Chapter 1
I was never one to believe in magic and stupid things like fairytales. I hatted watching those sappy Disney movies with my annoying neighbor, but she some how managed to get me to watch them with her anyway. I never thought such a thing could happen, especially to me. It all started the summer of 2013. I had turned seventeen a couple of months before. I was sitting on the bus while Jazmine talked to me.
"Did you do the science project for Mrs. Patrik's class?" She asked me.
"Yes Jazmine, This is the fifth time you ask." I was beginning to get annoyed with her.
She had asked me the same damn question none stop all day.
"Oh sorry, I forgot."
I sighed.
I thought she was acting strange, but I ignored it.
"Soo...you want to come over and watch some movies?"
"No."
"What about play some games, I just got a new board game and-"
"No Jazmine!"
"Ok."
It was quite for a minute until she spoke again.
"So what do you want to do?" She asked me as we exited the bus.
"I just want to go home and relax."
"I see. Then I'll see you later." She says as she makes her way home.
'Finally she gets the memo.' I thought as I walk to my house.
"Hey boy!"
"Hey Grandad." I said as I started to walk upstairs.
"Where's your brother?"
"I don't know."
Riley was probably hanging out with thugnificent or someone. He's been skipping school and I think its time I talk to him, but not now I just want to relax. My homework was already completed since I work on it in school. I grabbed a book and decided to lay down and have a peaceful read. Finally I get to read in peace with no-
My phone began to ring.
-Interruptions.
I sighed and answered the phone.
"Hello." I say.
"Hey Huey. I know you want to relax and all, but is it ok if I come over?" Jazmine asked.
I knew she would just continue to bug me if I said no.
"Fine." I say, agreeing .
I could hear her cheer in the back ground.
"I'm on my way."
literally a couple of seconds later she was in my room with a bag full of who knows what.
"I brought games that we could play."
"Jazmine I just want to read right now."
"Huey Freeman that's all you ever do, every day you read and read. Loosen up a bit."
I sigh.
"Jazmine I don't mind your company but I just want some peace and quite, Is that much to ask?"
"Ok fine, I'm sorry."
She sits on the other side of my bed and plugs her earphones in. A second later I hear her damn music playing from her earphones.
"Jazmine." I say but she obviously can't here me.
"Jazmine!" I try again.
"Yeah?" She says as she takes an earphone out.
"Can you please put it down?"
"Oh yeah, sorry."
How many times has she said "sorry" today?
"Huey?"
"Hmm?"
"It's been an hour, can we please do something?"
I sigh.
"Fine Jazmine."
She cheers and grabs her bag that was lying on the floor.
"I brought Uno."
I rolled my eyes, I beat her every time we play.
At that moment Riley walked in.
"Hey Riley, you wanna play?" Jazmine asked him as she lifted the deck of cards up to show Riley.
"No, I ain't a kid Jazzy. I 'ont got the time to be playin those card games."
"By the way Riley you need to stop skipping school. If and when Grandad finds out you-"
"I aint scurd of that old ass nigga."
"Riley! Get you ass down here boy! Yo teacher called and said you been skipping!"
Riley gulped.
"You were saying?" I asked him.
"Shut up! I aint scurd."
"Riley!"
"I'm comin, damn."
Riley finally leaves and Jazmine starts dealing the cards.
So far everything was normal, right? Well just wait it gets better, or in my case worse. I stood at my locker grabbing my things, Caesar next to me, when Jazmine walks up to me.
"Huey can we talk?"
"Sure."
She looks up at Caesar.
"In private." She says.
I look at him with confusion and Caesar just shrugs.
"Ok lets go." I say as I lead her somewhere private.
We reach the other side of the school, barely anyone comes here.
"What is it?" I ask her.
She begins to play with her thumbs and looks down at her feet.
I sigh. I was beginning to get irritated.
"Jazmine-"
"I LOVE YOU HUEY FREEMAN!" She yells out, her face was completely red.
I looked stunned and I was taken aback by what she had just said.
"W-what?"
she takes in air and slowly breaths it out.
"I've loved you since day one and I felt like I needed to tell you."
I was silent.
"Say something." She says.
"I-I'm sorry but I have nothing to say to that."
"...So you don't feel the same?"
I shook my head.
"Sorry."
she seamed hurt and for some reason my heart began aching when I looked at her expression.
"I see." She said before running off.
I don't know why but my heart was telling me to tell her that I did love her while my brain told me not to. Of course I listened to my brain.
Because of Jazmine's and I's conversation I had missed the bus. As I walked home I noticed a tent in the middle of the side walk. It seamed like one of those circus tents just smaller. Normally I would have ignored it but I felt drawn to it. I stepped inside and looked around, the place was bigger inside then outside. There was a shelf filled with dead animals in a jar, just looking at it made me cringe. I kept walking until I was face to face with a lady siting at a table with a crystal ball.
'Great, one of them want to be psychics.' I thought.
"I'm not a wanna be,child." She says.
'Did I say that out loud?'
"No, but please have a seat." She says as she points at the chair in front of her.
I sit down, it was like my body was moving on its own.
The lady was probably around her sixty's, she had long black hair with gray streaks and dark chocolate eyes. She was really pale and I couldn't stop thinking that she needed a tan.
"I do, maybe I'll go to Hawaii soon."
"How do you-"
"Do that? It's because I'm a witch Huey Freeman."
I would have laughed at her if it wasn't for the fact that she knew my name.
"How do you know my name?" I asked a bit alarmed.
"Calm down Huey. I know everything that I need to know about you."
"Like what?" I asked.
"Like the reason why you are here. The question is, do you know?"
"the place seamed interesting and I wanted to check it out."
She shook her head.
"Wrong. The reason you are here is because you love your neighbor, but your ego is preventing you from telling her."
I laugh.
"I don't love Jazmine."
As soon as I said that my heart began to ache.
"Don't tell me you didn't feel that Huey, because I know you did."
I didn't say anything and waited for her to speak.
"You see I want to help you and I'm going to do it the only way I know how."
"Let me guess, with magic."
"Yes."
I began to laugh some more.
She rolled her eyes and said something I did not quite understand, it sounded like she was speaking in Latin.
For some reason I felt different but I did not understand why.
"Let's see If you laugh after this." She says as she hands me a mirror.
I look in it and see a girl with short brown curly hair, It sort of resembled an afro. Her eyes is what freaked me out. The only person that I knew with the same eye color was Riley. This girl looked to much like...me. I felt my chest and I was shocked when I felt something squishy.
"It can't be." I say.
My voice was different it sounded feminine.
"What did you do to me? I'm a girl!"
"Well do you believe me now?" She asked.
"Yes, now please turn me back."
"Sorry Huey but I cant do that."
I was beginning to get angry.
"And why the hell not?" I ask.
"Because there's only one person that can turn you back."
"Let me take a stab at it, only my one true love has the power."
"Bingo, and we both know who that is."
Why the hell is this happening to me. I must be dreaming.
"No, You're awake."
"Damn."
"Now listen carefully because there are some rules and If you break them you are going to stay a girl until you die."
"I figured this shit had rules." I say aggravated.
"One, you can not tell anyone who you are until they figure it out on their own."
"What about they tell someone else."
"Make sure they don't."
I nod and she continues.
"Two, you can drop hints but you cant make them to obvious. For example you cant write '' I'm Huey freeman.'' and give it to someone. That will cause you to remain a girl."
"Ok,what else?"
She made a thinking face.
"That actually is pretty much it."
"Ok, can I go."
"Wait!" She stops me from getting up.
"The only way the spell will be broken is if the person you love realizes who you truly are and says ''Huey Freeman it's you.'' or something along those lines."
"Ok."
"Here." She says as she hands me some keys.
"Everyone come morning will think you disappeared and will not know where you went. Those are the keys to your new apartment, don't worry you don't need a map to find it. They will guide you there."
I look at the keys and back at her, she seamed like she had realized something.
"I almost forgot to tell you that you have only a year to brake the curse."
"Great." I mutter.
"Now Huey what's the name you want to go by?"
I thought about it before answering.
"Hue Freedom."
She thought about it and smiled.
"It works. Tomorrow Hue will be registered in class."
I nod.
And this is how my crazy life as Hue began.
AN: So yep here is another story. So I wanted to write something different. I didn't want to write a story where people reading would think "I have read the same type of story a million times." This is a Juey (In case no one understood) but it definitely is not your average regular Juey story. Please tell me what you think and if I should continue. It's a bit slow because it's chapter one but it gets better, I promise.