Sorcerer in my Pocket:
Chapter 1: Wherein Vaati finds himself in an unfortunate predicament.
"And what's in it for me?" Suvi asked bluntly as she folded her arms across her chest, a thin smile of contempt forming on her angular face as she gazed at the miniature magician perched on the edge of her bookshelf. 'This ought to be good' she thought to herself.
"FINE!" he growled back at her "When I am returned to power…"
"If" Suvi corrected.
Vaati glared angrily at the gigantic girl before him in frustration. It was only a few days ago that he had loomed menacingly over her slight frame, sending shivers down her spine when he first encountered her in the library. That was the fateful day when Suvi's cram session for her final exams had led to an explosive argument over the relevance of magic in modern hyrulean medicine, as well as a lifetime ban from the reference section for both of them. The way Suvi saw it- she owed him some big time payback. And now, it seemed the goddesses had gifted her with the perfect opportunity.
Vaati closed his blood red eyes and slowly counted to ten, regaining his composure.
"If…..I am returned to power" he muttered, his eyes still closed, "perhaps I will….not…..kill you, along with the others"
Vaati opened his eyes to behold the giant sniggering at him.
Gah! He was losing another argument, to the same person, in the space of less than a week!
"That's your proposition?" Suvi laughed mockingly "You can't be serious?"
Suvi knew deep down that she shouldn't laugh so openly at him; after all, she was well aware of exactly what he was capable of, when he wasn't two inches tall that is. The stories of the things he'd done were legendary. Still, having a deranged purple chipmunk scream profanities at you in a ridiculously high pitched voice was the most hysterically funny thing to happen to her since the start of the semester. When she found him that morning, Suvi had almost collapsed in laughter upon observing him venting his frustrations by picking a fight with an innocent ladybug, unfortunately for Vaati, the ladybug won.
"Very well then" he replied, his superiority complex unwavering "perhaps I can find some sort of use for you, I assume as a doctor in training you have some degree of competence in menial tasks. Perhaps organising my royal pajamas for instance, or curator of my stamp collection"
Suvi roared even louder with laughter, the tears of glee trickling down her cheeks.
"Please, don't say anything more" she begged breathlessly, "I'm gonna pee"
She really couldn't believe the words that were coming from his mouth. For someone who was supposed to be all powerful, supremely intelligent and above all, immensely feared, he really didn't seem to grasp the enormity of his current predicament, no pun intended! It was quite possible that had he not been so intimidating when they first met that she would not have found his current situation so funny, then again it was also quite possible that she would have stepped on him, ridding the world of him once and for all.
"Okay, okay" Suvi giggled, wiping a hysterical tear from her eye, "let's say for a second that I agree to help you out, there's a few things I'm gonna need you to do for me…in advance"
Vaati glowered at her, his hands clenched into tiny fists turning white at the knuckle.
"I'm listening" he growled.
"For starters, you are gonna help me ace my final exam tomorrow, then we'll talk about what else you can do to help me out"
Vaati forked his eyebrows at her.
"You mean, help you cheat?"
Suvi pondered this accusation for a moment.
"Well, no, I wouldn't say cheat exactly. It's just that you, how do I put this; 'get' this magic stuff and unfortunately I don't, so, you help me to 'get' it and then maybe we can look into…making you…not…..this" she replied, her hand gesturing to all of him, or at least, all there was of him.
Vaati held his glare for a few moments, contemplating his reply.
How do I know you won't double cross me?" he replied eventually, cocking his head slightly to one side.
"How do I know you won't double cross me?" the girl retorted, folding her arms defensively across her chest. "Of course if you'd prefer, I can put you right back where I found you, or possibly somewhere more entertaining"
Vaati shuddered at her threat. This really had been the most inconvenient thing to happen to him in a very long time, including all that business with his former master, and that infernal green pixie boy, not to mention all those obnoxious shadow clones. He had been strolling along, relatively innocently when someone somewhere had hexed him back to his picori form, well sort of. He was minish in size except this time he retained his humanoid appearance, losing all that cuteness factor in the process. To make matters worse he had lost all his magic, except for some weak telepathy, which, so far only seemed to be effective on snails, stupid snails to be precise, the smart ones appeared to be immune; either that or they were just ignoring him. This time he really was up an excrement filled creek without a propulsion apparatus!
"Deal" he sighed reluctantly.
"Of course I will be wanting some form of insurance. Believe me I wouldn't trust you as far as I could throw you"
Actually, right now she could probably have lobbed him pretty far, but you get the point.
Vaati groaned at the mention of insurance. In terms of insurance against him double crossing her that generally meant more hexes, and having already seen her handiwork in that department he felt pretty certain that she wouldn't be able to place any kind of binding spell on him without some form of assistance. That meant only one thing….
"Potion shop?"smiled the girl.
"Whatever" Vaati sighed despondently, burying his face in his hands.