Disclaimer:I do not own Inkheart,I only on my oc Mia :)
Also thank you to to crazypinkgirl for review ;) Im sorry for any mistakes I made and I agree Dustfinger is an awesome character that deserves to be in some random chapters :)
Chapter 2: An Unexpected Turn of events
"I'm home Mia said I'm sorry that I'm abit late"
"It's ok sweetheart Mia's mother replied. She was a pale skinned woman, with dark brown hair and dark brown eye's, she was around the average height and also slim like Mia.
"Bloody hell you took your time Mia" came a deep voice of a man.
"Hi dad I'm sorry I got caught up in a conversation with a friend" Mia replied.
Mia's father was a slightly pudgy tall man with black hair, pale blue eyes, and tanned sun kissed skin.
"I hope you were not speaking with a Boy I don't want my daughter dating any of the dirty little buggers around here".
"Oh leave her be Zack, Mia can date who she wants to she's a grown woman now" her mother smiled.
"Yea dad I'm twenty years old now I'm a full grown adult!"
"Not to us you aren't sweetheart you'll always be our little girl" her dad replied.
"Dad that sounds so corny" Mia laughed.
Zack laughed out loud. "You hear that Jane that sounds like a teenage attitude not a full grown woman's attitude"
"oh knock it off you silly twit" Jane laughed." well come on then you two dinner is ready".
After dinner Mia went upstairs to her small room and sat on her bed while reading a book called a series of unfortunate events volume one. The series of unfortunate events books were so interesting and good to her. Although each story was not exactly cheerful and happily ever after. The whole series was very clever and as soon as you read one you wanted to read the others and follow the trilogy to the end. Her favorite character was Violet Baudelaire a fourteen year old young girl who was a brilliant inventor and an elder sister to her younger always admired Violet for being so strong and having the ability to stay positive and work through any tough situation. The villain in the story however creeped Mia out to no end. Count Olaf the evil tyrant who wanted the Baudelaire's fortune for himself and would do anything to claim it. He made the children's lives a living hell without even blinking an eye that was how cruel he was.
Mia remembered the handsome stranger she had met earlier and those dreadful scars given to him by what was his name? Bas Basta that was it! She didn't understand how someone could be that cruel. Sure she had been insulted and put down by others a lot but to hurt someone like that was completely out of the question and downright nasty to her.
Mia went back to thinking about her chat with Dustfinger it was strange for a traveler to come by this village in Italy not many people tended to come there just to stop by, it wasn't a very popular place so for a stranger to come out of nowhere it was interesting to say the least. The man was quite mysterious but so interesting to her, and was probably the one person who went out of his way to strike up a conversation with her.
Mia smiled " It sounds sad and pathetic but I'm so glad to have finally made a friend here, it's just too bad he is a traveler and doesn't live here" she took out her sketchbook and began to draw Dusfinger as best as she could, trying to remember each detail of his face and features. Such as his sky blue eye's wavy blonde hair and even the small scars across his left also added a tiny Gwin in the drawing just to finish it off.
Suddenly there was a knock on her door." Mia it's me sweetheart" Jane said opening her daughter's bedroom door.
"Oh hey mum what's up?" Mia asked closing her sketchbook so her mother couldn't see the picture of dustfinger she had just drawn.
"Nothing I just bought up some tea for you" her mother replied with a eye's suddenly went on the book on her daughters bed."Err Mia you haven't read anything out lately have you" she asked.
Mia looked away with a sad smile "no mum I haven't done that in a while, and I don't intend to anymore I'm such a freak" Mia sighed.
"No of course you're not hunnie" Jane cried as she wrapped her arms around her daughter. "Think of it as a gift which it is it's an amazing thing to have "her mother smiled wiping the tears of Mia's cheek.
Mia gave a small laugh "thanks mum but you have to admit it's pretty strange, not everyone can read out objects in a book it's a good thing I can't read out people or anything".
Jane started to laugh "that's true you could accidently read out the wicked witch of the west from the wizard of Oz now that would be scary".
"Aww nah I'm not scared of that old hag she was defeated with a bucket of water so I'd just throw that at her then she'd melt away" Mia laughed.
Jane laughed along with Mia at the thought of the so called powerful witch being defeated by water."Mia you're such a beautiful girl now you have blossomed into a wonderful young woman" Jane smiled.
"Aww comon mum that sounds so lame Mia laughed but thank you for the complement all the same".
"You're welcome Jane winked, but please Mia never think of yourself as a freak me and your father don't think that and neither should you what you have is an amazing gift".
"Thank you mum Mia smiled who knows it may actually be helpful someday"
"Exactly" her mum replied "well goodnight Hun get some sleep ok and don't stay up too late".
"Mum I'm old enough to know when I should go to bed silly honestly I'm not a child" Mia laughed.
"Yeah yea I know her mother replied goodnight sweetie".
Mia went back to reading her book soon after and finally got to the chapter were count Olaf had wanted to marry violet in order to get the Baudelaire fortune.
"What a total creep" Mia said to herself quietly
The thought of a 14 year old child being married to a dirty old evil man creeped Mia out big time and made her smiled as she reached the end of the book though violet and her siblings had managed to outsmart Olaf by not signing the marriage certificate with violets writing hand. It was so clever Lemony snicket was such a brilliant writer. Different yes but still amazing.
Mia closed the book and jumped off her bed. "well I better go to the downstairs library to read the next 's parents owned a semi large house with a medium sized library full of books of all couldn't how but be reminded that her house was similar to the baudilares house in a series of unfortunate events, Accept her house was no mansion, although both of them did have a library.
As Mia walked down the dark hallway of her house towards the library she couldn't shake off the feeling that she was being watched by someone. Both of her parents were asleep in bed so it was unlikely that it could be shrugged off the airy feeling and continued walking down the hallway. She wasn't wearing her pj's she was still wearing her outfit from today. Which was a black shirt with long red and black sleeves, a pair of black leggings, a checked pattern red and black skirt with a blue belt, a black choker around her small neck, a silver chain with a silver skull, and black boots with purple laces, she also had skull clips in her black and auburn choppy short hair.
Mia entered the library and walked towards the bookcase that contained the series of unfortunate events books, she climbed up the ladder to get to the books and placed volume one back into the case. As Mia went to grab the second volume another book fell on her head. "Ow bloody hell" Mia cursed.
Mia stepped down from the ladder and looked at the book that had fallen on top of her head. The title red ink heart. "That's a funny name for a book" Mia said to herself. "I didn't even realize this was in here. She began to flip the pages and thought the book to be quite suddenly stopped upon a page and name was in the book. "no it can't be she gasped it can't be the same Dustfinger that's just crazy".
As she read more about him she discovered that the man she had met was certainly dustfinger from the book. It described him as a fire juggler with blonde wavy hair blue eyes and two scars running down his could hardly believe what she was reading. She also discovered that dustfinger had a beautiful wife named Roxanne and two children. "Figures a nice looking guy like him has a wife she said to herself but Roxanne sounds cool in my book so I'm happy for him".
"Is that so" a man's voice asked.
Mia jumped in shock turned around and punched the man square in the face.
"Ow bloody hell Mia you bloody pack a punch" dusfinger cried in pain.
"Omg dustfinger I'm so sorry but you startled me, what the bloody hell are you doing in my house?" Mia asked helping Dustfinger up.
"Mia listen carefully a group of men will be coming to kidnap you soon so please you must get away from here as fast as possible" said dustfinger while holding Mia's shoulders and looking into her light grey eye's.
"What?! Why do they want me?" Mia cried.
"Because of your gift Mia, your ability to read objects out of books" he replied.
"What about my parents I can't just leave them here Dustfinger they are everything to me"."And how did you know about my gift? She asked I never told you about it!"
Dustfinger looked down at the young woman. Her entire body was shaking and her eyes were widened in shock the poor girl was completely petrified.
"Mia I'm sorry but we really need to get moving now" dustfinger replied gently we will figure things out and chat later, just pack a bag as quick as you can and I'll wait here and keep a lookout for Capricorns men.
"Ok Mia replied but I will not leave my parents to get hurt by a bunch of thugs I would never forgive myself".
"I understand" dustfinger replied, thinking back to his family in wanted to see them more than anything and would do whatever he could to go back into his world.
Mia quickly ran out of the library and back into her room where she grabbed her bag. She didn't add much just a few clothes, her iPod, some food, her drawing book, her cell phone, and the book ink heart into her bag, along with a bottle of water, underwear, money, and some sanitary towels. Once she was done packing she ran back downstairs to the library only to find there was no sign of dustfinger."What the hell where is he?" she asked herself."Dustfinger where are you?" she cried.
"Well well what have we here a damsel in distress?" a man's voice 's whole body froze on the spot.
"Wow she's a pretty little thing" a man's voice that sounded abit like a cat's said leering at the girl.
Mia found the courage to turn around and saw two men standing in front of her. One of the men was very young looking, short with dark black hair, narrow dark brown eye's, and shoulders that were wiry like a teenage boys. The other man was very tall, with a red Mohawk, and bright blue eyes that seemed to pierce right through her, he also had a small goatee that was the same colour as his hair, and she noticed he also had writing tattooed across his face which reminded her of writing print from a book.
"Who are you people and what do you want from me?" Mia asked as bravely as she could.
"Well princess we know about your little reading ability, and our boss Capricorn has use for that" the red head man leered looking at the young woman intently.
"He needs my gift?" Mia asked.
"of course cat man replied, who wouldn't want someone who can read objects out of books you could read out a fortune and all sorts of good's" cat man smiled.
"What do ya think Basta she'd make a fine little wife wouldn't she?" the red head man asked.
Mia began to feel even more nervous, these two creeps were actually hitting on her?!
"Yes she would cockerell, but I saw her first you gimpy legged bastard" Basta replied smirking.
"F### you Basta" I'm sure she'd want a more experienced man like me and not a wimpy little git like you" Cockerell smirked.
"Screw you Cockerell at least I can walk properly" Basta replied. As the two men were arguing.
Mia suddenly felt her adreline rush through her getting angry at the two men who were talking about her as if she were a piece of meat."I don't know who the bloody hell you two think you are but I'm not going to be either of yours wife so get lost I'm not going anywhere with you" Mia replied as sternly as she could.
"Sweetheart if you know us black jackets then you'd know that we take things we want by force" Cockerell smirked.
"Yes! So you have no choice" Basta smirked making a grab for Mia's small arm.
Mia suddenly panicked and kicked Basta where the sun doesn't shine, and also punched him across the face.
"Owww you little bitch!!!" Basta screamed
Cockerell laughed out loud "wow we have a little wild cat here wouldn't you say boy's?"
Mia jumped in shock and Turned around. Much to her dislike there was men dressed in black all around her trapping her from escaping. They were throwing all the books around in the library tearing up the pages and destroying the leather binding, her parents were going to have a nervous breakdown as soon as they saw this. Standing right in front of her was a huge man with a very deformed strange nose which made her shudder.
"Got ya you little witch" the huge man said making a grab for her.
He grabbed her arms and tried to throw her over his shoulder."Get off me!!!!" Mia screamed while kicking the man right in the face making him stumble back and letting her go.
"Bloody hell this woman packs a punch doesn't she?" Basta said with widened eyes."She pretty much just kicked flat nose's ass!"
"She sure does" Cockerell sneered I like a feisty woman".
Mia knew there was no chance of escape she was completely surrounded by these horrible men. She felt tears come to her eyes."Dammit don't you dare cry for them!!!" she thought to herself angrily.
Suddenly the giant monster of a man named flat nose got back up looking so angry his whole face was red and his ugly nose was all puffed out and bleeding due to Mia's kick.
Mia backed up terrified and all of a sudden two very strong arms wrapped around her tiny waist trapping her hands and making it hard to move her legs.
"Sorry sweetheart but the games over" Cockerell smiled.
"And If you continue to be a stubborn little wench I'll have to cut your pretty skin with this" Basta said holding up a knife.
"Omg nooooo let me go!!!" Mia cried.
Cockerell dragged Mia along with him while she was trying to break free of his tight grip on her body.
All of a sudden Mia's parents blasted though the door wide eye's with shock.
"What is going on here?" Jane cried.
"We are taking away your little girl and her special gift we were ordered by Capricorn to take her back to our village so she can read for him" Basta smirked.
Mia's parents looked over at Mia who looked terrified within the red haired man with the Mohawk holding their daughter tightly to him.
"GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF MY DAUGHTER!!!!" Mia's father shouted.
"I don't think so old man she's ours now Cockerell sneered and I think she'd make a fine little wife" he said while stroking Mia's cheek which was now covered in tears.
"I SAID GET YOUR DIRTY HANDS OFF OF HER YOU BASTARD!!!" zack shouted.
"Omg please don't take our daughter!!!" Jane cried with tears running down her pale face.
"if you two don't shut the hell up I'll slit your throats!!!" Basta shouted stroking his knife.
"No please leave them alone!!" Mia cried I'll… I'll go with you she said bowing her head down in defeat.
"Smart girl Basta replied walking up to her and grabbing her chin don't worry princess you'll be treated well" he said smirking at the terrified girl.
Mia felt so helpless; there was absolutely nothing she could do in this sitauation."Wait where is dustfinger? She asked did you hurt him."
"No sweetheart we didn't' do anything Cockerell replied with a smug grin. In fact he was the one who betrayed you".
Mia gasped in shock. It couldn't be she thought he was her friend perhaps the black jackets were lying to her in order to catch her off guard.
"You're lying Dustfinger warned me that you were coming" Mia cried.
Flat nose laughed out loud "sorry girly but you've been duped" he sneered.
Basta also joined in the laughter "He must have told you that out of last minute guilt sweetheart, because he is the one who led us to you!"
Mia gasped; her so called friend had sold her out and betrayed her."I don't understand I mean why would he do that?" Mia sniffed.
Cockerell laughed and pulled her body closer to him causing mia to blush."He has his own selfish reasons he is trusting Capricorn to find a chance for himself to go back into his own world, known as Ink heart".
Mia understood now. Dustfinger was desperate to go back to his family at any cost. She felt bad for him in a way but was so angry that he had betrayed her and led these horrible people to capture her and take her god knows where away from her family.
"Speaking of Ink heart Flat nose said looking at the other men. Have any of you seen the book around here?"
"No sir there is no sign of the book" one random henchman replied.
"Ink heart! Mia thought to herslef,I put it in my bag I can't let these goons have it Cockerell said Dustfinger needed it in order to get if it is his fault I'm in this current situation I won't let these creeps have their way!" she thought to herself while trying to pull away from Cockerell's tight grip on her.
"Please just let our daughter go!" Jane begged the men who just laughed at her helplessness.
"we have already told you no you idiots Basta shouted, the girl is mine now!!"
"I think you mean mine basta!" Cockerell sneered tighting his grip on Mia's waist.
Mia was still trying to pull away from the man but he was too strong for her to handle."Stop talking about me as if I were a bloody toy!" she yelled at the two.
The two men just laughed at her.
"I've had enough of this!!! Zack roared Let her go!!" he shouted charging up to Cockerell ready to punch him in the face.
"Zack NO! Don't!!!" Jane shouted.
Before Zack could do anything Basta strode up to him and stabbed him in the stomach with his knife.
"DAD!!!!!" Mia screamed
"ZACK NO!" Jane cried
Mia's father gave a weak smile at his daughter before dropping to the floor and passing out.
Jane ran up to her husband and knelt down beside him checking his pulse while crying hysterically.
Mia was in complete shock and couldn't feel her legs or anything. She felt her eye's blur over and passed out into Cockerell's arms.
"Oh thank god he is still alive! Jane cried then looked up to Basta who was still smirking while cleaning his knife. You bastard! Jane screamed charging at him and slapping him in the face.
Basta stumbled back abit suprised."What the hell are all the women in this family amazons or something?" he cried. He then raised his hand and knocked Jane out cold with the back of his hand.
"Well I guess that's that then flat nose laughed, mission accomplished!"
Cockerell laughed and looked down at the girl in his arms. "she is certainly a beauty isn't she he asked, I may have to ask Capricorn if I can take her as my bride" he laughed.
"Piss off Cockerell I saw her first not you!" Basta shouted at the red haired man.
"Get real basta flat nose laughed, why would she want you as her husband you're paranoid about literally everything".
"Shut it you!" basta yelled while waving his knife in flat noses direction.
"Anway, Cockerell sneered I think it's time we take sleeping beauty here back to Capricorns village".
"What about them?" flat nose asked pointing at mia's parents who were both lying on the floor out cold and in Mai's father's case bleeding.
"Leave them like that basta replied we can use their lives for an advantage against the girl" he sneered.
"Alright then let's go!" Cockerell laughed carrying Mia bridal style in his arms. All of the books in the library were now destroyed and thrown outside to burn.
All the black jackets got into separate black , cockerell, and flat nose got into one as a group. Basta got in the front passengers seat to drive, flatnose was next to him in the other passenger seat, and Cockerell was in the back with Mia's sleeping form next to him much to his delight.
The car then started up and drove away into the deep dark night.
Hope everyone liked it please review and tell me what you think :)