This has been cross-posted on Wattpad under the same name/strong/p

It was a bright sunny Friday morning as I browsed an antiques shop. In all honesty, I hadn't even meant to come in here. I had been on my way home from a job I had taken up, but I had passed by the shop and felt something pull at me, so I had entered. So far, I have had no luck in figuring out why I was drawn in, Right now, all I'm doing is following my gut.I glanced at the vase in front of me before moving on.

I passed by an antique Victorian mirror and paused to check it out. It showed my rather short reflection. I stood at about 4'9 with long lilac hair with frost blue tips pulled up into a ponytail that reached my lower back. My golden eyes stared back at me, reflecting my curiosity, complimenting my pale complexion. I lost interest in it once i realized the pull wasn't coming from the mirror. I walked down another isle and the tugging feeling in my gut doubled. Immediately curious, I followed it to a closed case that reeked of dark magic. 'I wonder why I'd be drawn to this?' I wondered, before relenting and grabbing the case. I took it up to the front and paid before heading home. It was curious because I had never been pulled to such a dark object.

Once I arrived at my little shop, I went to my apartment above it and locked the door behind me. I went to my kitchen and placed the case on the case. I gently opened it, fully prepared to fight back against whatever lurked inside, only to find a puppet. I blinked in shock, tilting my head in curiosity. It reeked worse of dark magic inside then when it was closed, so it had to be the doll. I gently pulled it out and got a better look at it. It was a male ventriloquist puppet, A piece of paper fell. I grabbed it and placed it off to the side, before taking a good look at the puppet. It was male about 2 and a half feet long, brown hair and eyes and a Caucasian paint job. He was dressed in a grey suit with a red bow tie and a fake red carnation and dress shoes to complete the outfit. I looked back at the case to find any clues as to where it had originally came from, but I only found a metal name plate that red Slappy, otherwise it was a normal black holding case. I turned back to the puppet and picked it up, turning it in my hands, my skin crawling at the dark magic the puppet radiated. I sat him back down and looked at the paper that had come with it. 'Karru Marri Odonna Loma Molonu Karrano' I read silently. I raised an eyebrow in wonder. It was a spell to bring the puppet to life. I set it down and took a closer look at the doll, channeling magic into my eyes. There were sentient spells cast all over the doll, as well one that gave it free will. Most of them were your common sentient spells, but one caught my eye and just rubbed me the wrong way, it was one that made the doll evil. I frowned and pulled at it. It really didn't want to move. It seemed that all of the other spells were tied into it. I scowled, Id have to cast another spell on it and wire the spells to that, before I could remove it. I took a step back and placed the case on the floor before turning back to 'Slappy'.

I stretched a little before getting to work. First I cast the sentient spell to make him at least chaotic neutral. Next I began connecting the necessary spells to it. Once I was done,I started cutting the ties between the dark spell and the other sentience spells. I was huffing from exertion afterwards. Afterward a small break, I grabbed a hold of the dark spell with both hands and pulled. A loud wailing sound came from the doll. I hissed and flinched at the dark and ominous sound before pulling harder. Once it finally came free, the spell squirmed in my hands, trying to escape destruction. I scowled before squeezing my fist and made the spell shatter. A wave of exhaustion swept over me. I shook myself and pushed it aside. I walked closer to Slappy and picked him up. My magic reacted automatically, flowing out of me quickly and searing my brand into the doll. I let out a loud curse, before looking all over the doll,before finding the familiar dragon on his back, where it had decided to form. "Shit! Sorry, I really had no idea my magic would react like that." I said, talking to the sentient doll, even though, technically, it was still asleep. I was confused, why would my magic act like this now and not when I first touched the puppet? I looked back at the seal and the symbols etched around it. 'Fuck is he going to be pissed once he wakes up, no being with human sentience likes being pulled into a familiar contract, even if it was by accident' I thought, before pulling his little jacket and shirt down. I set him down before grabbing the paper, "Alright, time to wake you up and see if it worked." I said, before looking down at the paper. "Karru Marri Odonna Loma Molonu Karrano" I chanted and I could feel the magic embedded inside the puppet activate. 'Odd, I figured it would wake up immediately.' I thought before I placed the paper in my pocket, before focusing on the doll, only for the world to start swimming and my body to start tipping over as exhaustion took over. 'Huh, maybe that took more out of me then I realized.' I thought, before the world went dark and my consciousness fading. /p