Chapter 1: Preparation
It was easy enough for her to say that she was bored, cold, and wanted to be elsewhere. It was FAR too easy for her to say this.
Of course that would be a lie.
A very big lie.
As the older woman in front of her continued to look around the forest for various ingredients, the teen followed with keen interest. To most people it would have been an odd or sad sight. Odd just for the fact a woman with a very large and very worn book was walking around the woods aimlessly with a young girl behind her and Sad for the fact that one may have thought the woman was "sick" in some way or another and the girl was following to keep an eye on her.
Those would be lies as well. Not that one would believe the truth if either told it. In all honesty it would just make the sad story seem more true. The teen wasn't bothered by that fact; in all honesty she came to expect it.
Not many people believed in Magic after all.
"Emily! Stay closer dear, last thing we need is for any shadows to come and catch you!" The one addressed Emily looked at the older and smiled.
"Sorry Mrs. Richards! Mind just started wandering, yah know?" The teen lifted her feet up and jogged closer to the woman. Careful to not to trip on frozen roots hidden in the fresh snow, Emily was soon standing next to the woman who gave her a disapproving look.
"Dear, how many times have I told you not to call me that? Anya is just fine at your age." Patting the cold cheek with a gloved hand the older woman shook her head in mock annoyance. Emily merely laughed the gesture off before walking a little ahead of the greying woman.
"Sorry, don't mean to make you feel old. Just something to get used to." Emily ducked behind a tree as the woman attempted to throw a snow ball at her. While Anya was nearing her golden years, the woman still contained enough energy in her to rival someone in their early thirties. Something the younger teen only wished to have when she reached that age.
"An apprentice is supposed to show respect you know. Been teaching you all of this since you were a baby and that's one lesson that never stuck." Emily rolled her eyes and brushed her auburn hair way from her face.
"I know, I know, but as your daughter I get special privileges don't I?" She teased and dodged another snow ball thrown her way.
"I told her! Told the social worker you were a feisty one! Saw it when I saw those blue eyes of yours. 'Those are the eyes of a mischievous spirit!' I said. Did she listen? Oh no, had to wait for that first visit when you caught her off guard..." As Anya rambled on and on in that affectionate tone, Emily merely sat on a lone trunk and watched with amusement. It was a story she heard countless times before as she grew up.
"Don't you think we should finish the preparations?" She stated nonchalantly, an eyebrow raised and her head rested on her hand.
"Then y-...oh right...the winter solstice is coming and I'm doing solo this year because some ladies got more important things to do." The girl sighed again but stood up an apologetic smile on her face.
"I can't help it. It's for school you know...I need to keep my grades up." She shrugged in a helpless manner as Anya rolled her brown eyes at the teen. While she supported the girl's dreams of college it didn't change the fact she wished the girl would just stick to the life of magic and wonder the guardian raise her in. The life style was so much simpler and freeing then pursuing a high education.
"Oh don't worry. I know you wanna be a techno artist or whatever you call it. Besides I haven't done it solo in a long while, make me feel real young again." Anya patted the girl's cheek again as Emily gave a helpless sigh.
"Now, let's get going! We still have a lot to do before the winter solstice!"
"Right Anya...what else do we need?" Emily sat up a pushed the thoughts of her real plans away. She would face that issue later.
Okay, hello and welcome to my first ROTG fanfic! Um I know that this isn't the first OC story out there. Honestly the amount of them for this fandom seems to be the greatest I've ever seen in a while.
BUT ANYWAYS! This one is gonna be different from the others! This is Jack becoming FRIENDS with the girl. JUST FRIENDS! Yeah you heard me. My oc is being FRIEND ZONED. I might drop suggestive moments here or there but that's will probably be up to you to decide and my own way of messing around for fun.
I know this story doesn't have much of the guardians yet but it will. Just gotta wait it out with me!