Magic of Friendship
A/N I felt like writing another 5 Children and It fic about a young Psammead teen, Elisa's daughter moving to Earth and having to adjust to the world along with trusting humans and having friends even with those in her uncle's family. I hope you like.
Demi growled as she woke up.
The teenage Psammead was Elisa's daughter and had been sent by her mother to her Uncle Izz and his friends because she had no magic yet.
She had brown fur like her mother and Elisa's green snail like eyes but was very quiet and shy sometimes as well as being head strong.
She found Earth a strange place.
She was thirteen years old and was supposed to get her magic from the Wishing Star she'd been born from like all her other Psammead friends in Aria had.
Her mother had told her she was a late bloomer with her magic.
Demi had been living in Elisa's old room but had made it home for her. She found it cosy but was sad.
But the smell of breakfast shook those thoughts out of her head. The young Psammead was still sleepy but rubbed the sleep from her eyes walking downstairs to the kitchen. She only found her uncle and David there.
"Don't worry Demi, my other friends are gone.
One went to college and the other's at work.
They got up early and made breakfast.
You ready for your first day of junior high?" Izz asked his niece.
"Yeah sort of Uncle." she answered eating a pancake with the maple syrup over her furry hands as Izz and David laughed softly.
"You're thinking about the magic thing, right?" David asked her.
Demi nodded in reply.
"Yes I am.
My other friends back home already have their magic.
I'll never get it." she answered as her bat like ears drooped sadly at that thought.
"Oh man I'm going to be late!
I still haven't transformed yet." Demi said as she focused and suddenly she became a human teenager in appearance. Even though she didn't have magic yet, being able to look like a human was something all Psammeads were able to do.
Izz saw her grab her back pack and leave the house.
He had a very bad feeling she wouldn't get her magic but he hadn't the heart to tell her since the Psammead teenager was looking forward to it and he didn't want to ruin it or dash her hopes.
Demi took a deep breath before entering the junior high. To her all this was new along with being this close to humans but nobody would know what she truly was but the only signs that showed she was a Psammead were her bat ears and her snail like eyes.
But she saw a girl in pink clothes approach her.
"Look an new freak has joined us.
What's your name loser?" the girl demanded as her friends snickered
"D-Demi J Nassicus." the girl replied to her as they laughed at her.
"You're such a freak Nassicus.
You belong in a zoo." she said touching one of Demi's bat ears which she really hated.
"I'm Alainas and you're mine!" she said to her as Demi cowered running to home room as Alainas's friends along with her chased after her to Home room.
Izz wondered what was wrong as he saw Demi go upstairs and into her room.
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She then sat on her bed and decided to have a bath which made her feel better when she was sad. She'd had a very bad first day and it hurt her inside especially that Alainas girl. Right now she hated the human world as she was back in her normal Psammead form.
After she got out and dressed in warm pyjamas, she lay on her bed with her arms around her stuffed bat.
She'd brought it with her to Earth when she'd moved as tears fell from her eyes but wiped them away as she heard the door open.
It was her Uncle.
"Are you okay?
It's...... just Leah sensed something was up." he said putting a plate of pizza and chips on the bed beside her.
"I'm....... okay Uncle Izz.
Thanks." she said sitting up and eating as he closed the door. He was a little relieved but still worried for Demi because it reminded him of the way Elisa had looked when she'd started high school and was picked on by Kaya.
He then went downstairs and into the living room. Leah and David were watching something on TV while Carley was on her laptop writing stories after finishing assignments for class.
"Izz you okay?
You've been acting strange all night and been quiet." Leah asked him.
"It's Demi.
I've a feeling somebody's bothering like with Elisa when that human picked on her but right now Demi's having it harder. Imagine having to move from your home, your friends and everything you've ever known and having to live in a world you don't know or aren't used to yet.
How do you think she feels?" he answered.
"Scared and unsure but wanting to make a place that feels like home to her but now that somebody's bothering her at school, she's afraid to make friends but smart and sometimes brave." Leah told the Psammead.
Izz was surprised by that.
"I can relate to how she feels Izzard.
Our family had to move a couple of times and Leah was like Demi but now things have changed for the better.
Maybe you should talk to her." David answered as they ate nacho chips.
The twenty one year old Psammead nodded as he thought about it.
But later while getting a glass of water, he saw Demi sleep walking and was worried.
He saw her fall asleep on the couch.
He would wait until the morning to talk to her......