A/N: Hey guys! I just wanted to drop by and make it clear that yes I did pull inseparation for this story from the Studio Ghibli movie 'When Marnie Was There' so you know why it sounds familiar (if you haven't watched the movie Studio Ghibli fans go watch it right now it's amazing!) but before I get rambling (any more) let's begin the story! See you soon!
*Chapter 1*
My name is Gemma Louise McCall, I'm 15 years old. I have brown curly hair, fair skin, hazel eyes that are a mix of brown and blue, and I'm slightly short for my age. I've lived in the small town of Denton Ohio all my life and I've lived with my aunt Laura and uncle Ricky for as long as I can remember. You see I never really knew my real parents since they died when I was a month old, I don't know how all I was ever told was that it had been an accident.
I still live in Denton with my aunt and uncle, their friends Cosmo and Nation McKinley visit a lot. They're a nice pair, Nation has curly red hair that she always keeps pinned up, green eyes that look like emeralds, her lips are always painted red, and no matter how she is dressed she wears heels. Her husband Cosmo is a little more reserved, he is tall and thin, he's bald with blue eyes like sapphires that hide behind thick round glasses, he is normally dressed in a style that resembles a more proper look, and he doesn't talk very much.
Aunt Laura tells me that the McKinley's came from Europe so that's why Nation has a tendency to slip into a weird accent from time to time. After the tv studio went out Denton became a quiet little town like it used to be, of course I don't remember that time I was 2 when the studio shut down so I don't remember much from my time there other than it leaving my aunt, uncle and the McKinley's without jobs for awhile until the McKinley's got jobs at the hospital, aunt Laura works at a dress shop and uncle Ricky works at a record store.
I suppose I should tell you about my aunt and uncle. Aunt Laura isn't really my aunt she's really my mother's cousin but all I've ever called her was Aunt Laura so that's what she became and it was the same way with her husband. Laura is from Australia originally, in her early 30's with long brown hair, a slim build but she still has curves, brown eyes that have a tone of green in them, a voice that's maybe just a few octaves too high, and a very infectious smile. Uncle Ricky is a little older than Laura, with shaggy blonde-brown hair, deep brown eyes and a crooked smile.
And that's what I call my family, I've never known any other family and aunt Laura says my mother wasn't close to her family before I was born, and I'm okay with it. I had accepted years ago that my parents weren't around but I had everyone else but I still wanted to know more about them and this 'accident' they died in. Any time I would bring up the accident aunt Laura would look worriedly at Ricky, or Nation if she was there, and change the subject, she did tell me more about my mother but it was always the same childhood stories of their time together when my mother would visit her in Australia and the few times they met here in Denton.
Asking Nation or Cosmo about them wielded nothing as they would share a look and simply say they never knew either of my parents, I could tell they were hiding something but I never pushed it I knew better than to put my nose in things I wasn't supposed to know. As time went on I stopped asking and just let it be but when I was at the library one day looking through old microfilms for a school project I found an article about the old castle outside of town.
Everyone knew about the old castle. It had been there for a very long time but no one ever saw it built it just appeared one day, but of course the normal people said it must have been built a very long time ago and hid away for privacy. Growing up I could remember hearing a story about a couple that had gone to the castle and found it was full of aliens, naturally I always pushed this off as a joke because aliens were just science fiction movie nonsense.
After I found the article containing the story of the young couple, a Brad Majors and Janet Wise, I began to wonder about the old house because after that night nobody ever went back to the castle so it was left in ruin and abandoned. For no real reason other than to see if any of what this story said was true, because that would make a great report, I decided to make the long walk up to the old castle, little did I know I would find something that would change my life forever maybe if I had I wouldn't have gone at all.
A/N: Hey again everyone. Okay so I know what you're all thinking, the Rocky fans are going: "But Riff and Magenta flew back to Transexual in the castle so it can't still be there!" And the Shock Treatment fans are going "Ansalong didn't have a baby around in the movie!" Well this story has been tweaked a little for both movies if you don't think that's okay I'm sorry but that's how it's going to be. In this Riff and Magenta really took an escape pod leaving the castle behind to rot and Ansalong had her cousin's baby to take care of behind the scenes of Dentonvale. I hope that even with these changes you continue to read and review. Thanks for your time and views.