Hey everyone, this is my first fan fiction :D I decided to do Molly Moon Because I saw it was lacking, and I just reread the series. This is meant as an alternate 6th book to "Molly Moon and the Monster Music" Simply because I really did not agree with how Byng ended the book series. All credits for characters, and some of the lines at the beginning of this chapter go to Georgia Byng. Also, I've given Molly a little bit of a breather in between adventures so now shes about 13 or 14 in this chapter. Enjoy!
"I wish you were here," Molly said. she was on the phone to Rocky, with fat headphones on her ears and a mike at her mouth, sitting in a moving helicopter hovering over the rain forest canopy. "An it's so lucky that Hunroe's hypnotism on you wore off…. It's been a bit hairy here. Actually, thats an understatement. But it's over now, and everyone's fine." She paused as Rocky spoke. "Yup, we got the hypnotism book…. No, couldn't find the crystals… maybe Miss Suzette has them. And i can tell you, if i ever find them, I'm not letting Lucy and Primo take them again. But I got Hunroes coin. It's quite cool." Molly took Miss Hunroe's coin out of her pocket and fingered it. Then, right as she was going to slip it back into her pocket, a slight turbulence with the helicopter made her slip and the coin tumbled down into the tropical heaven. Molly cursed, and almost felt the sudden need to jump down into the forest below and grab the coin, like an obsession. As quickly as the urge appeared, it was gone, and Molly suddenly wondered why she was thinking so irrationally.
Then, Rocky asked a question. "Yeah, I dropped the coin….. I guess I will just have to settle with the hypnotism book as a token of this adventure. Oh well." Molly answered, and then she was asked another. "Oh, yes, the stones are all back on its front cover." Molly patted the book. It was on her knee. "I know, isn't it amazing….! Yeah, maggots…. Malcom said he's going to stay here with Bas for a bit. Says he wants to forget about aliens and get into ecology. The cloud forest is so beautiful, you see… Hey, why don't you come out?" Molly paused.
Below her, the jungle was vast and green and rolling away on every side. Molly imagined how small that one coin was compared to everything else in this tropical paradise, and any small need to go on a rescue mission for the coin, was gone. Ahead, in the western skies, the sun was setting in red and pink. A pink blush spread through the white cumulus clouds there so that they floated like magic puffs of rose-tinted smoke. Molly hugged Petula. sometimes life was too good to be true.
Micky glanced over at Molly, right as she was saying: " Yeah, I guess ill see you at the airport. Ughh…. I'm dreading it. Im going to be on lockdown for the rest of my life….G'bye Rock… tell Ojas I said hi." And with that, the line went dead. "You know Molly, Christmas is coming up, and we still have no idea what to get Rocky." Micky said, while drumming his hands on his knees, in deep thought. Molly then began throwing ideas at Micky, while Micky quickly nixxed the ideas or, agreed with them, until Molly thought back on it and realized that it wasn't such a good idea after all. This debate went on for 20 minutes, and Molly exclaimed "Crumbs! I can't think of anything!" Too which Micky thoughtfully responded "The gift doesn't have to be perfect, hes your best friend for petes sake! If you gave him a sack of coal he would be grateful!"Micky didn't notice, due to their imminent landing at the small, dusty airport in Quito. But at the mention of her and Rocky being best friends, a slight tinge of pink was in Molly's checks.
The flight was quite uneventful. Micky read a thick tome about chemistry, Lily played with Petula, and Molly stared thoughtfully out into the tiny dot of a landscape. Eventually everyone fell asleep, including Molly, who ended up lying on top of Micky in an awkward position.
Molly's stomach did a 180 as she was woken up by the sudden decrease in altitude, and she began feeling anxiety. She new Primo and Lucy would be worried sick, that was obvious; but the question was, would they watch her like a hawk after this? Profile every person that Molly became friends with? This ached at her, but the sharp, wishful thinking portion of her mind replied to that thinking saying "They could also realise that hypnotism is the only real way she could defend herself, and lift the ban." But Molly, still anxiety stricken, knew that the former was much more likely than the latter.
And finally, the plane slowly began its jolting, bumpy ride down the airstrip. The terminals and the rest of the airport came into view. Then, a pre-recorded message came onto the loudspeakers and said very crisply "Our arrival is, as always, on time. Remember to set your watches back to the normal time, and we hope you enjoyed your flight!" And with that, the 4 friends rushed off the large plane and into the cool, crisp, night air. Micky glanced at Molly and said in a low tone: "Still nervous?" Molly quickly replied "like an eel out of water" And smiled
And then, she rushed through the large door marked ARRIVALS in bold letters, and there they were. The whole gang. Primo, Forest, Lucy, Ojas, Rocky, and all the pets, except Armrit, who, much to Ojas's disappointment, was banned from airports. Then, Primo and Lucy ran towards Molly and Micky, and enveloped them in huge, strangling bear hugs. "Im so sorry Molly" Lucy whispered in a hushed tone, with tears in her eyes."I should have known. I should have done background checks I should have-"Lucy was cut short by Molly in a comforting tone, who said "It's okay mom. You did the best you could. We were all under her spell. The only person who had any idea was Petula, and she can smell danger" They stood there for a few moments, at an awkward, yet comforting, silence..
When Lucy and Molly finally separated, Rocky came over and hugged her. Then he said "I missed you so much" Which Molly replied smartly to Rocky, in the way only best friends can "Oh, so you're saying you actually need me?" Too which Rocky came back "Hey, everyone needs someone annoying in their lives.
When Rocky and Molly seperated, Molly glimpsed Lucy running to Theobald, and Molly smiled and saw just how wonderful love and kindness is.
When everyone had had there sappy reunitings and Molly and Micky had properly said goodbye to Lilly and Theobald, they began the long road trip back to Briersville park, and Molly and Micky properly explained their adventure, face to face with the entire family (Excluding Armit, of course, but Molly was sure that Ojas would fill her in)
When they reached Briersville park, a very large surprise was in order. There, the Queen, her butler, Smuthers, and the rasta man leonard, were sitting in their very own dining room. Molly and Micky's mouths hung agape, as all 3 people they had morphed into.
Molly's thoughts were going lightspeed. She thought, no, she knew, that she was there due to Molly invading her private thoughts and using her as a way to get the hypnotisim book from Theobald, who turned out to not be bad at all. To Molly it was like awaiting judgement day….. and she was the defendant. With a quick look to the right of her, Micky was obiously having the same state of mind. And they simply stood there.
And so, both were surprised when the Queen stated: "Thank goodness you two are alright! We thought you had been hypnotised by black or that awful woman Hunroe" And to this, Molly instantly rose a thought bubble above the Queen's scalp by asking her mentally "What are you thinking?" And then Molly sighed with relief when she realized that the thoughts and the relatively friendly things the queen was saying matched up perfectly. She breathed a sigh of relief and said "Yes, your highness, it was quite an adventure. Turns out, Black is actually on our side!" And so, Molly and Micky told the story once again, which, to be honest, was getting quite old for Molly.
After all the storytelling was over, Todson, the crew, and the chef, had a massive "Welcome Home" Party, with all of their favorites. Stacks of pre-prepared ketchup sandwiches, bottles of soy-sauce, pitchers of concentrating orange squash…. If someone in the house liked it, chances are, it was there.
Lucy had Molly place the Hypnotism book right next to its prequel, and Molly was distraught at this. She longed to take a look at the chapters "Hypno-Dreaming" "The Logan Stones" "Possibilities" And a quick refresher on morphing. But Molly new, Lucy was destined to stop her if she tried to read it out in the open, as Molly would want to try her newfound skills out.
At 12 o'clock, an unaccompanied chorus of cuckoo's, gongs, and other clock related timers rang out. This was due to the fact that every hour, most of the clocks inside briersville park were timed to go off every hour with a different sound then another clock. However, when they had first moved in, Primo and Lucy tried to change the clocks to never go off, with no avail. Instead, they just managed to have it go off at midnight and noon, every day. When everyone had first began sleeping, everyone woke up at midnight, and that became some sort of new mealtime, since everyone always woke up. But then, they slowly got used to it, and less and less people were waken.
But there was one person awake.
Molly's tiptoed as quietly as she could through the hallways of briersville park. In the darkness only pierced by the dim light from Molly's torch, the animal heads on the walls looked like dark monsters growling and reaching to grab Molly. And then, Molly hit a loose floorboard right outside Primo and Lucy's room, and cursed all the creaky floorboards that had ever existed, and faster than she knew she could, she dashed off to an antique cable showing off pendulums and hid under the tablecloth.
She sat there for about five minutes, and when she realized that it was more than likely that the creaky floorboard fell upon deaf ears, she continued her journey, being extra careful where she stepped.
Molly ended up passing the game room, the dining room, the kitchen, the study, Primo's office, and Mercury and Silvers "Bird Room" before she finally reached it. The Logan Family library.
By anyones accounts, the Library was not massive, it was… average sized, the size you might see in a elementary or middle school library. But that, did not make its value decrease at all.
There were books on the brain, dreams, time, space, turtles, you name it, there's probably a rare book in that library that is about that topic. And although Molly rarely entered the library, it was Micky's heaven. When he wasn't playing video games with Rocky and Ojas, his nose was buried deep into a book on the parts of the brain. Molly had seen him countless times in the library, 3 in the morning, with his pajamas on, curled up in a comfy armchair near the hearth with a book.
As for how the library looked well…. The carpet was a pattern completely made up of words from the english language, and the place was dotted with row after row of books. The funny thing is, is that the entirety of the library is not sorted. You could glance on a shelf and find "Dolphin Riding; an art form" next to "Conspiracy theories; why the Queen is an Alien" The air was constantly filled with the smell of old, yellowing books and brand new paperbacks alike, and the shelves mirrored this, dotting with fading labels and bright, shiny bindings.
At this point, Molly had completely dropped stealth mode simply because nobody could ever be in the library at this time. The only person who could be was Micky, and Molly had already checked that he was in bed, sound asleep, still clutching a shakespeare play. And so, she flat out sprinted to the very back of the library, dodging in-between display cases and antique tables, until she reached the very place she had been wanting to go to all day. She slowly pulled the large, leather tomed book with the four stones out, and flipped to the first page on Hypno-Dreaming
"Hypno-Dreaming is one of the most interesting of the arts of hypnotism, as in most studies i have done, it completely baffles me. Most of the lessons in this book are very hypnotism dependent, one lying on top of the other. For example, time stopping requires hypnotism, and time travelling requires time stopping. However, as much as Hypno-dreaming seems to be dependent on morphing AND hypnotism, people who are horrid at both excel at Hypno-dreaming. This does not mean, however, that acclaimed hypnotists can not do hypno-dreaming.
To achieve "Hypno-Dreaming" You must do as you always must do; achieve a semi trance. Once this is done, you must look at a nonliving object and attempt to morph into it, using the steps from "Animal morphing" When you are flying through the air, however, you must imagine you, as nothingness, as a whole person. When you finally reach the nonliving object, you will find that you will bounce off it, and that you are, a ghostly version of yourself. This ghostly you, will be able to hear, touch smell,see, and taste anything, but you will be invisible. You can also walk through solid objects. You must also see that you cannot do anything but morph or meego during this state, due to the fact that all of the other "Arts" Require certain things: Eyes or a voicebox, time crystals, Etc. Etc. Now this is only half of what you can do with hypno dreaming-"
Molly's reading session was cut short when she heard a yawn coming from across the library, and recognized it instantly. Micky.
Although half of Molly wanted to tell Micky, the other half was very suspicious and instead Molly decided to try to work out a way to get around Micky without being caught.
Molly decided to take a gamble, and she soon stripped down naked, hiding her clothes. She guessed that, like morphing, it left her clothes behind, so she didn't want micky to accidently find her pajamas on the ground.
Then, she concentrated hard on a paperback in front of her that was titled: "Silly Puns And Fun" And then, Molly figured what it was like to be a paperback, to be read, to be so full of knowledge, and then she forced herself to want to be like that, and combined it with a pattern from the wallpaper, attempted to morph into it. And in mid-air, she imagined her ghostly nothingness as herself, potato-nosed, bog-eyed molly moon, and without a doubt, there she was standing, in ghostly transparency.
Molly wasted no time in dashing across the library, and straight through the wall leading to the hallway. She ran up the stairs, dashed through her door, and meegoed into bed. Molly was so excited to read the rest of the chapter, she couldn't wait.