Hey guys! I forgot the AN last chapter and I just need to say a few things.
First, I am new to and before now I haven't published any of my stories so please be honest so I can try and improve.
Second, I probably won't be updating with any particular pattern (like every week) as I am busy and can only write in the morning, afternoon, and on weekends. The reason this chapter is out so soon after the first is that I already had a lot of it typed up.
Third, this chapter probably isn't very realistic for some parts, but nothing in Regular Show is anyway. Also the characters may seem a little OOC, but I'm trying my best.
"Hey dude! Come look at this!" A vaguely familiar and excited voice said.
"So? It's just a girl." Another, still familiar voice said.
"Yeah, but look at her. She looks hurt!" The first voice said.
"Hnn ..." Phoenix awoke to the sound of two voices arguing.
"Hey look! Dude, she's waking up!" The first voice said.
"Are you okay?" The second and slightly more concerned voice said.
Phoenix opened her eyes slightly to a sight that she thought she would never see and at first she thought that she was going crazy or was still dreaming because standing over her looking concerned were... Mordecai and Rigby from Regular Show!
Her jaw dropped, but she quickly closed her mouth (which was feeling a little different then she remembered) and spoke in a nervous voice, "Uh... Y-Yeah! I mean, why wouldn't I be?" she nervously laughed little and waited for an answer.
"Dude, you have cuts all over you and you were asleep or unconscious, not sure which." Rigby answered.
"Oh, these?" She gestured to what little part of her legs could be seen without looking at them herself and said, "No these are just some scars." She easily avoided mentioning the accident but still smiled sadly.
"Oh, well I'm Mordecai and this is Rigby. What's your name?" Mordecai asked after he gestured to himself and then Rigby.
"I'm Phoenix, Phoenix Willows." She actually had a proper smile now and shook both of their hands, or paws, or whatever they were considered here. As she was letting her hand fall back to her side she took a careless glance at it.
She quickly took a double take. For, instead of her usual hands, she had paws! They were a pretty rose pink. They also had those padded skin things that a regular cat has and claws. She panicked and ran over to the fountain which was nearby and looked at her reflection. She was a freakin cat! Sure she had always loved cats, but this was insane! She had the face of a cat with golden fur and a muzzle which was rose pink but just after it got to the whiskers - yes, she had whiskers - it faded to a pale pink colour. She still had her lavender eyes, but now she had two large cat-ears at the top of her head (which followed the same colour scheme as her muzzle). Her hair was still very long, but it was now tied back with a black hair band. It was now also rose pink and it got paler the further down it was. She was also just a little taller than Rigby and the scars on the parts of her legs that she could see were pearly-pink (although it looked like her fur was already starting to grow over them), and she could tell why Rigby and Mordecai had mistaken them for cuts. She also had a long, silky, fluffy tail that was golden for the most part but it went pink close to the end and then pale pink at the end.
She was now wearing the same clothes that she'd been wearing recently instead of her pyjamas (thank God) and she had to admit that they did look very depressing.
She took a few deep breaths and walked back to Rigby and Mordecai who were looking at her strangely. She quickly tried to lie about her weird behaviour and said, "Sorry about that. You see, I had a weird dream where I was a human and I was a little disorientated from it."
They seemed to buy her excuse and nodded in understanding. Suddenly, Rigby lifted up a bag that Phoenix recognised as her largest suitcase. "Dude, is this yours? We found it right next to you." He said and she quickly nodded.
"Yeah, thanks." Phoenix thanked him as he handed the suitcase (which was a blue that faded to purple that faded to pink with a leopard print pattern) to her.
Just then, a loud voice interrupted their conversation. "MORDECAI! RIGBY! What are you slackers doing! I told you to rake the leaves an hour ago and it's still not finished!"
Phoenix could see Benson behind Mordecai and Rigby as they whirled around and started talking at the same time, trying to make up excuses. She quickly walked around them and stood in front of Benson whose gumballs were red with anger.
"I'm sorry, it was all my fault. You see I don't know my way around the park and I asked them where the house was and if there was a job available. I hope you'll forgive them." She quickly said, and they looked at her in both surprise and gratitude.
Benson's gumballs quickly turned back to their normal purple colour and he said, "Oh, then why didn't you say so? I'm sorry for jumping to conclusions guys." He said looking at Mordecai and Rigby behind me and then turned back to me, "So you're looking for a job?" At my nod he continued, "Well I think we actually do have an opening. All I'll need is an interview and we'll see if you've got what it takes. Now follow me and we can do this in my office." He said, and he started walking in the direction that Phoenix knew the house was in (yeah, she lied, she already knew this place pretty well). She looked back at Mordecai and Rigby one more time and they both smiled at her before they picked up their conveniently close-by rakes and started raking up the leaves.
They soon arrived at the house and Benson opened the door and let Phoenix through first. She thanked him and looked around. She couldn't believe that she was actually in the house. Everything looked like it did on TV, the staircase was in front of her and there were a few cabinets and cupboards around as well as the doorway to the lounge room.
"Come on, it's this way." Benson said, gesturing towards the stairs.
"Oh." She acted like she hadn't known that and she walked up the staircase, looking at some of the pictures of Pops that were on the walls. Benson walked ahead of her and into what was obviously his office and sat down at his desk. She went into the room and looked around. There was a desk, some filing cabinets and Benson's jacket on the door, all in all nothing too special.
She sat down in the chair opposite Benson's and put her suitcase next to her chair and looked at him expectantly. He cleared his throat, "Okay, so here is the sheet that you will need to fill out and I will ask you some questions when you're done. Is that okay with you?" He asked, and Phoenix quickly nodded.
He passed her a pen and she started. The first thing that Phoenix had to write was her full name and she wrote; Phoenix Rose Willows. Next was age; 19. Then was address and she bit her lip - which hurt more than normal because of her new, sharper teeth - and she left it blank and Phoenix saw Benson frown thoughtfully at that. Next was phone number and Phoenix wrote her mobile number; 765 293 0480. Next she had to write her email address, so she wrote the one for her laptop; phoenixrox88 (yeah I know, original right XD). Next she had to write if she had any work experience and she wrote; I used to work at a restaurant as a waitress and sometimes chef for two years but I quit. Last was if she had any criminal background and she raised an eyebrow before she wrote; no. She handed Benson back the sheet.
He read over her answers carefully before he put it on a small pile of papers and looked back at her. "So I see that you don't have a place to live?" He asked making sure.
"No sir." Phoenix answered.
"Alright, so tell me about your close family. As in brothers, sisters and parents." He said and Phoenix winced.
"Well I had a 13-year-old brother called Ash, a 9-year-old sister called Holly, my Dad was 39 and his name was Chase and my Mom was 35 and her name was Brook." Phoenix said, even though it was very painful to do so.
"Had and was?" Benson asked and Phoenix grimaced.
"Well, you see ... I-I ... I don't wanna talk about it." Phoenix said, suddenly finding her hands (paws, lol) very interesting.
"I understand, but you should try and talk about it to someone, it will help, but you shouldn't until you're ready." Benson said comfortingly and Phoenix smiled thankfully. "So last question, how do you feel about cleaning, raking, mowing and washing?"
"Well it's work, and to me, work is work and needs to be done. I'm also a hard worker and clean up after myself as well as being a reasonably good cook and have plenty of all-round knowledge and skill." Phoenix said and Benson looked shocked but then grinned.
"You're hired!" He declared and Phoenix grinned.
"Thank you! I promise that I won't let you down!" She thanked him and jumped in the air as she fist pumped (she got out of her chair before she did). Benson looked amused at her reaction and he chuckled.
"Do you want a room here?" He asked and she sheepishly nodded and rubbed the back of her neck. "Follow me, we have one more spare room that you can sleep in." He got up from his chair and beckoned for her to follow (which she did), and they walked past the door to Mordecai and Rigby's room to the one next to it. "Now this room has a bed, closet, cabinet, and adjacent bathroom. You can have the rest of this day to settle in and unpack. Tomorrow you will start work. Call me if you need anything." He closed the door and left, leaving her to unpack.
"This is probably the craziest thing that could've happened." Phoenix mumbled to herself as she looked at her new room. It was simple, a cupboard built into the wall, the bed was facing the cabinet on the other side of the room and a window with blinds. There was also a door that she was sure led into the bathroom that Benson mentioned.
She put down her suitcase and opened it, and saw all of her clothes on top of other stuff that she couldn't see (because the stuff was covered with her clothes). She went over to the cabinet and opened the top single drawer. She took out all of her shirts (which were conveniently at the top of the clothes, as well as folded) and put all of them away. She then opened the drawer under that and placed all of her pants in it. She put all of her socks and underwear in one of the top drawers, and all of her things like scarves, beanies, gloves, caps, etc in the other. She left the two last drawers empty (for now) and almost fainted at what was next in her suitcase.
"I guess it is the Regular Show world." She murmured. Somehow, her HDTV was there. She took it out (with little difficulty) and placed it on her bed. Next she pulled out her DVD player and put it on top of the cabinet with her clothes. She wasn't surprised to find her power board next and plugged it into the wall next to the cabinet and plugged her DVD player into the power board. She pulled out her FetchTV thing next, put it on the cabinet, and plugged it in. She then grabbed her TV again and placed it on top of the cabinet in between the DVD player and the FetchTV device (it was a wide cabinet) and obviously plugged it in.
Next she unpacked her remotes and movies. She placed the remotes on the DVD player and the movies in the highest unused drawer (she had a lot of movies, they filled the drawer). She somehow next pulled out a bedside table (which had drawers), a lamp (which she plugged into the wall next to her bed), all of her books (and she had a lot of books). She placed the books in both of the top drawers of the bedside table.
She took out covers for the bed (which was a bare mattress on a frame so far) and put the sheet on it first. Then she took out her fuzzy blanket and put it on top of the sheet. She then took out another fluffy blanket and a doona that had a purple leopard print cover. She placed them on, fluffy blanket first, doona second. She then pulled out her pillow (with the same cover as her doona), her fluffy pink cushion that she always had on top of her pillow to sleep on and her teddy bear that she'd had ever since she was a baby. It had button eyes, a stitched on mouth, a small muzzle, and it was rainbow. She placed them on the bed, pillow first, cushion second and her teddy - which was named Teddy - on the top.
Phoenix tentatively took another look inside her suitcase and let out a breath of relief at the sight of the next thing to be pulled out, because it actually didn't defy the laws of physics, space, motion, and whatever other science laws there were. It was her laptop and charger and she carefully picked them both up and placed them on her bedside table. She also found her phone (which was an iPhone) in the pocket of her hoodie and placed it on top of her laptop. She wearily went back over to 'The Impossible Suitcase' as she had now called it and found a pencilcase (with her pencils, pens, rubbers, highlighters, scissors, glue and glitter/gel pens) at the bottom along with some deodorant, the posters and pictures that had been decorating her room and her wallet. She put them all away.
Finally, there was only one thing left, a picture that had macaroni glued onto the frame and was spray painted gold with silver corners. Her eyes welled with tears as she recognised the photo frame that she had made with her siblings and parents one time when they had a family day together. It was a plain wood photo frame with the macaroni glued on top and spray painted. It had glass covering the picture inside it, which showed her family together, her Dad, Mum, sister and brother and of course, herself, all happy. They were laughing at some forgotten joke, but little had they known of the violence that tore their family apart in the future, leaving one behind. She leant against the wall, slid down it, and sat there, clutching it to her chest. She closed her eyes and let the tears fall, curling in on herself (think of Elsa in Frozen when her parents had died and she was in her room, except without the ice/snow, with Phoenix holding something and, of course, different clothes).
And there we go! I think I outdid myself with the ending there, if I do say so myself. Did any of you get the quote/reference there? If you think you did then PM me and send me your guesses. Please fave, follow, or review (maybe even all three XD)!