OK just a few disclaimers before the chapter starts. First off, Georgia Byng owns all the characters in this chapter, and the rest of the chapters I will be writing, as well. Also, I am going to be putting a little Rocky Molly relationship, although I'm going to try to keep it to a minimum, so the whole story isn't slathered in sappiness. Also, it will be a few chapters until the real drama heats up, so you might have to wait a little bit. Also, reviews would be appreciated :D
The very next day, everyone was resuming their morning schedules. Forest meditated while simultaneously sipping a blended veggie shake. Micky made waffles and, instead of using syrup, doused it whole in soy sauce, while doing his best to try not to get it all over his book about the endangered Black Footed Ferret. Ojas fed and washed Armit outside, as he had already eaten breakfast. Primo crunched on a granola bar while on his laptop, Lucy was reading the morning paper, Rocky was downing a Qube while attacking some aliens on his MePod, Silver and Mercury were annoying Cornelius in the llama fields, and petula was snuggled up at Molly's feet while she ate ketchup toast, which was a breakfast suggested by Micky shortly after he moved in.
But at the same time, new schedules were being formed, and this was obvious when Lucy called all of the family into the living room, saying she had a very important announcement to make. When everyone was present, she stood up, and began speaking "As much as I know this will be such a strain on Molly…." She said, then pursed her lips "We are going to have you attend the public school in Briersville."
Molly felt like someone had just dropped a bomb on her, and she was already dreading the weeks until winter break. She knew having one horrible teacher was bad enough, but eight? Even if some nice teachers were mixed in, Molly knew the students would be the worst. She would be teased, harassed, and chastised. "Its close to home, and it'll be good for you guys to get out, make friends, be a normal kid." And thats when Molly realized that sending her to public school was just another step to get Molly to be normal, planned out by Primo and Lucy.
And then Lucy clapped her hands and said "We are going to Primo's mansion for Christmas, and we are going to be meeting all of our old friends. I've invited people like Malcolm and Bas, and of course all the children from the orphanage will be there, since that is their home.
"Also, ive decided that it would be okay for Molly to teach Micky hypnotism again. I feel like Micky needs a way to defend himself, and a talent unused is a talent wasted." And with that, Lucy went back to reading the paper and left everyone to decompile the information they had just been told.
The next morning, Molly was shaken awake from a bad dream of turning her into a mouse by Rocky, with his chocolate skin and his smooth voice. "Molly, wake up!" "Do you really wan't to repeat being late ever day again?" Rocky was right. Molly wasn't exactly someone to be "Perfectly Punctual" Especially when it concerned school. And so, Molly dragged herself around her room, getting ready, and every so often Rocky would peek in to check if she was nodding off.
Then, the 3 boys and Molly were off to school, and the feeling of dread in the pit of her stomach grew as the number of miles shrank.
Finally, they arrived at school, and Molly was suprised when the entirety of first period she was not made fun of at all. But all this changed when Molly stepped out of homeroom, to come face to face with a group of classic "Mean girls" "Oh, I remember you, Bog Eyes." the largest one spat, and much to Molly's dismay, she recognized them.
Although it was longer than 3 years ago, Molly still remembered the ranting she got from these girls everyday in class. Although she could not remember their names, she remembered that Hazel used to hang out with them. The old Hazel, the snobby brat Hazel. not the good-natured Hazel who was more then likely to be sitting in her bedroom at Magpie Mansion.
Then, a confident voice yelled to the posse of girls "Hey, bugger off!" And Rocky walked straight up, face to face to their leader, with a fierce determination in his eyes. "Oh, powr wittle Molly Moon needs her boyfriend to hewlp herr…" The Girls sneered. And with that, they marched off to torture some other victim.
"Thanks Rocky" Molly said with a smile on her face. "Hey, im your Rock that you stand on, anytime" And after that, whenever somebody went to pick on Molly, Rocky was always there, helping her get rid of any verbal attackers.
The months passed by, and Molly had not touched the book again once. She was scared by her close call with Micky in the library, and did not want to get caught. Soon Micky had walked into Molly's room for his very first hypnotism lesson.
"Hey Molly" Micky exclaimed eagerly, obviously ready to begin his training to finally master the Logan legacy.
Molly was sitting crosslegged in the center of the room, with two of her favorite pendulums from the collection in the house to the right of her. One was bright, neon green and yellow and the other's swirl was inlaid with common hypnotic instructions. In front of her was "Hypnotism:An ancient Art explained" and next to it, was a grasshopper in a bottle.
"Sit down" Molly called, and Micky sat awkwardly in the same position as Molly.
"Ok Micky, I know you might die from excitement, but we are going to start with the most basic form of hypnotism there is. Animal hypnotising." And so Molly opened the old book to the first chapter and started talking. "Ok Micky, this is a bit hairy if you don't know what you're doing, but im sure you'll get the hang of it. After all, your twin is the most amazing hypnotist out there" Molly winked and Micky Smiled. "Ok Micky, you see this grasshopper?" Micky Nodded. "Ok, now I wan't you to try to become that animal. To find the Essence of the animal." And so, Micky went into a trance, and all he thought about was becoming a grasshopper, how nice it would be to be a grasshopper. And he ended up seeing just why the grasshopper was so mad.
This particular grasshopper was not happy. He had been happily jumping through the Llamma fields, when he had been captured by the giant with the potato noise and the green eyes. Then he had been shakingly tossed about, as he was carried up the stairs and into Molly's bedroom. But of course, he didn't know it was her bedroom. Now he was jumping up and down, with all his willpower, to try to escape.
Micky opened his eyes, as he had found the essence of the animal. "Now what?" Micky asked, but almost being able to guess what she was going to say next, like a small tidbit the Mind Machine had forgotten to take. "Now, Micky, you repeat the essence slowly and calmly, you try to make the animal feel relaxed, make it feel nice and cozy. And so, Micky did just that.
The fusion feeling seeped into Micky like a long lost friend, and indeed it was. Micky had last felt this awesome feeling when he had hypnotized Rocky while under the princesses brainwashing, something he still was trying to make up to Rocky "Wow!" Micky said, and then questioned "So hes zapped?" "Yup" Molly replied. Then, Molly told Micky "Here comes the hard part. Giving instructions to humans is easy. Well, easy as long as you speak their language. But animals are hard, and you really have to use your imagination." And so, for the better part of two minutes, Micky was trying to get the grasshopper to lie down, roll over, and play dead. And then, with a whole lot of hand-motions and nudging, Mickey and Molly witnessed a dog-trained grasshopper.