^_^ I love Carprincess, who came up with the equaly awsome names for both the story and the chapter :D
*sighs* anyways just a note, this takes place about 10 years in the past and is slightly AU
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CH 1
"Don't mess with a McGarden"
'Stupid stomach' 10 year old Gazille Redfox thought patting his tummy lightly 'I already ate all the bread I swiped from the orphanage, I got nothing' left' he thought remembering his completely empty pockets 'Maybe I need something more filling' his mouth watered as he looked at a defenseless wheelbarrow parked on the side of the dirt road
"Hey kid" a balding man called, lifting up the cart and joining the young boy as he trekked upon the path "Where ya headed?"
"Town" Gazille answered automatically 'Or at least as far away from that damned orphanage as I can get' He thought shuttering at the memory of the Nuns that ran the place. As far as adults went, he conceded, they might have been bearable, if they hadn't made him read, pray, and eat regular food day in and day out, without any metal. 'Well, unless you count the couple crosses I 'lost'' Gazille felt his mouth water in hunger again.
"Oh okay then, ya better hurry on up to Anais son" The tanned man said making a sharp right onto a connecting road "Sun's bout ta set, an' it gets mighty dark round these parts" the farmer called waving goodbye to the child.
Gazille stopped, on top of a fairly tall hill that sat above a very small village 'Damn' he thought not seeing any local junk yards 'Looks like I'll have to steal my dinner tonight' he decided, nonchalantly walking through the small town 'They've gotta have some sort of abandoned home or tractor around here' Gazille thought frowning when his stomach growled "This place'll have to do" he mumbled to himself, walking in to a general store
"Welcome" a very fragile old woman greeted, smiling at the boy from her seat behind a wooden counter "Haven't seen you around Anais before" she said looking at him with kind auburn eyes "Are you here to get someone somethingspecial? Or to get something for someonespecial?" she said giggling
The young boy simply narrowed his eyes at her 'So she's one of those types' he thought rolling his eyes and walking into the small building "Nah. I'm just lookin'"
"Alright Sonny" she said pulling down one of the apples from the fruit stand beside her "Ask me if you need any help" she said lazily polishing the fruit with a cloth
Gazille just nodded his head at her and followed his nose to the back of the shop 'Copper'll have to do tonight' he thought, forcing his hand to turn into a pair of large bolt cutters 'Now which would be easier to get away with' he thought looking between a crane and deer, both completely solid 'The crane's head would be less noticeable…but those antlers look soo good' he thought chopping off the right antler and bringing it to his mouth
"Sonny what do you think you're doing?"
Gazille turned quickly the small old woman standing just above him and staring at him, confused 'When did she move behind me?'
"Look Sonny, stealing is wrong, and if you're a punk who just wants some scrap metal to keep defiling your face I'd be happy to sell you some" she said smiling wryly at the 10 year old
"Granny, my name's not sonny" he said barring his sharp teeth at her in a fashion reminiscent to that of Metalicana "It's Gazille, and my piercings are made of platinum, from my father's fangs" he said taking a bite out of the copper antler, and making the old woman's eyes widen a bit "There's no way I'd use food like this for a ritual piercing" he said stuffing the rest of the 'food' into his mouth and chopping ferociously "An' I ain't a punk!"
"Coulda fooled me" she quipped "You defiantly look like a punk street kid that thinks he can take advantage of a poor old woman"
Gazille felt something stab at his head and heart, seems his conscience was committing mutiny 'Traitor, it's either do what's right or starve' he told himself. A small voice in the back of his head remined him that he still had the orphanage, they fed him there. He told the voice to shut the hell up. "And you granny look like you should be stuffed and put on display in one of those museums as the first human in existence"
"Ohohoho" The woman laughed, bringing a shriveled hand to her wizened, thin mouth "Sonny, you're amazing" she said grinning at him when Gazille's face twisted in a mask of confusion "Stealing from Ruby McGarden and insulting her" she said shaking her head at him "Go ahead sonny take your fill of the deer"
Gazille looked at her, distrusting, and picked up what was left of the decoration "Free?" The old woman nodded at him and he began munching on the other antler
"Want something else? Water? Soda? Apples?" she offered, having them take a little tour of her small shop. He lunged for one of the jugs of water downing it quickly
"Ya know lady" Gazille said, shaking his ear length jet black hair, and grinning at her "You're alright"
"Ohohoho" the old woman laughed smiling at him serenely "No, I'm just giving you a last meal of sorts" she said seeing his eyes widen "I'm quite vindictive, and you called me old. I hate that." She said as magic circle glowing in a dark pink shade opened underneath Gazille
"What the Fuck are you doing Lady?" Gazille screamed, lunging to the side to try and escape "Ouch fuck" he said rubbing his head
"Sorry sonn-Gazille, I also trapped you in a reverse barrier" she said tapping her head "This 'old hag' still has the brain of a trained mage, ya know" she said grinning at him
"Let me out you god damned fossil!" Gazille yelled turning his entire body into iron and ramming against the barrier. At that moment, he hated himself for leaving the convent's orphanage 'I wouldn't have to deal with this horseshit if I'd just stayed put. The worst thing that could happen to me there would be the metal I could horde might rust if Juvia hung around, and that's all' he thought feeling his eyes water a bit 'Why the fuck is this happening to me'
"Tsk. Tsk. Gazille-chan" she said crossing her arms and tapping her chin "you're only making it worse for yourself" she said shaking her head at the boy who continued using harsher and harsher language "Ah, alright!" she said a determined look forming upon her old face "I'll sentence you to one of the levels of hell they don't tell you about" she said grinning slyly
"Fine try an' kill me then" the 10 year old said morphing both his arms into giant spikes and setting them against one side of the barrier "But I'm not going down without a fight" he screamed, letting loose an Iron Dragon Roar and battering against the shield
"Ohoho-" Granny McGarden stopped and blinked at the boy "I'm not going to kill you just for stealing from me and calling me old"
"You're not?"
"No silly" she said, another circle of dark pink opening above his head "I'm going to turn you into a stuffed animal, and send you to my granddaughter's for a week" she said, as everything around Gazille burned pink "This is the hell you will endure! Ohohohoh!"
"You're going to do what-!" Gazille felt his skin and bones pull and stretch, like he was shrinking in most parts, yet growing in others. It didn't feel right, but it didn't hurt.
"-hohoh, ah, how do you feel teddy bear?" the ancient woman asked, dispersing the magic and using a cane to hoist him up
'Fuck you' Gazille tried to say, hearing an odd sort of bleating noise escape his mouth '….what the fuck' he thought feeling a rage bubble up inside himself 'How the hell am I supposed to find Metalicana in this stupid fucking body' he tried letting loose one of his Iron dragon roars right in the old lady's face
"Pfft" the old woman laughed clutching around his stomach getting spittle all over his new body "Silly child, you cannot use magic in this form" she said leaving the cane on top of the counter and carrying him with her as she walked "But" she conceded as she continued up the stairs to her home above her shop "Since you are a magical being you did retain you ability to move and make noises" she said eyeing him a bit disdainfully "Even some of your..physical qualities" she said frowning "And here I was hoping to give my granddaughter something cute" Ruby McGarden sighed as she opened the door "Oh well, after your week is up I'll change you back, promise"
'Damn this old lady and her magic, to hell with transformation magic, if I ever get out of this stupid body then I'm going to murder her' Gazille vowed, trying to claw at her with his now soft and fluffy arms 'I…don't have fingers anymore' he thought feeling his face twitch a bit as the woman opened a door and rummaged around for something
"Well" the old woman drawled "Now Teddy, this will be your home for now" she said stuffing him into a cage where the remnants of some old bird food still sat as well as a dirty thin mirror and a little broken bell.
The old hag muttered something and the bars of the cage glowed pink for a few seconds "Try and eat the bars and your house will shrink" she said closing her eyes sympathetically "Now get some sleep, your real punishment begins tomorrow" she said setting him on top of the kitchen counter and flicking off the light, making everything around him turn pitch black
'I think I'm going to make it my main goal in life to destroy all old women and transformation mages' Gazille thought pacing the floor of his new cell and banging his head against the cage wall
"Teddy! Quiet, or else I'll shrink the cage!"
Gazille sighed, and laid down 'A week, and then I'll be free of this damned curse' he thought closing his eyes 'A week and I'll be free…god I hope the girl is nothing like the old lady'
Inspiration for this story came from a stuffed animal I recently got. Named it Amaimon, and have been sleeping with it every night since. (weird, b/c I didn't do that with anything, even when I was a kid)
Anyways just thought you should know :P
Oh yeah, REVIEW, or else Granny McGarden will turn you into a stuffed animal….I'm not kiddingO.o
or if anyone has read future diary, I´ll tell Yuno you kissed Yuki O_O (Seriously effed up manga)