Chapter two
"Wow, you got some pretty good lungs on ya, but why are you screaming?" The boy/corpse/it whatever said.
I just stood there stunned and unable to fully understand what I was looking at. Just then uncle walked into the room with a frown.
"My dear, can you please explain to me why on earth did you scream, I was giving Misaki a shot and your scream messed up my aim and I stuck her in the wrong place and now she is rolling around on the floor crying about how much her paw hurts" Uncle said seemingly not noticing the thing sitting up in the coffin.
"I screamed because one of you bodies just sat up and said hi to me" I shouted and pointed to the living corpse.
"Um, sorry to disappoint you but that isn't one of my bodies, and that 'corpse' isn't dead" Uncle said looking at me with a big smile on his face "HAHAHAHAHAHA, but I wish I was here to witness your face when you thought one of my bodies had risen"
I just scowled at uncle as he laughed at me. Then I looked over at the person who was still in the coffin. "Why in the world were you doing in the coffin anyway?" I asked.
"I was sleeping duh!" The boy said (at least I think it's a boy, I'm not so sure what to call it).
"Who sleeps in a coffin?" I asked irritated at this person.
"We all do eventually, I was just trying them out, trying to see how comfortable my dead body will be" He said.
I stared at him for a second and then shook my head.
'He is almost as weird as Uncle'
"But that is not the only reason I'm here" The boy said.
"Why else are you here" I ask.
He dramatically pointed at my Uncle, "I want to become his apprentice" He said.
"You're a strange boy "I say.
"I'm no boy, I am the daughter of Hannah Anafeloz and William Spears, I am Noah Spears" The boy, now girl said.
"Oh, well sorry for the mix up, you just look a lot like a boy" I say apologetic.
"No prob, everyone does at some point, but if you ever call me a boy again, ill cut out your tongue and beat you with a rabid cat" Noah said.
She was smiling as she said it but I could tell she was serious.
I felt a sweat drop on my forehead and looked over at Uncle who stood there shockingly with no smile on his face and seemed to be in deep thought about something.
"Uncle?" I asked trying to get his attention.
"Huh, oh yes my dear I'm sorry, but I don't know if I can take you on as an apprentice" Said Uncle.
That made Noah look sad, but she then had a look of determination on her face.
"I promise I will work hard and I won't be any trouble, I'll do whatever you want" Noah said looking straight at Uncle.
"Hmmmm….I'm not sure, I guess if you pass a few test then I might consider it, but until then you are just going to have to be patient" Uncle said.
"Really! That's great, I promise I will be totally awesome and you will no choice but to have me as your apprentice" Noah said happily and confidently.
Then Uncle turned to me as Noah started doing a happy dance. "Blake, would you please go in and check on Misaki as I talk with Noah here" Uncle said quite seriously. I don't see Uncle being serious a lot so I nodded and headed behind the curtain that opened to a hallway. There were no lights. It was lit by candles hanging on the walls. To my left was an open door with light flowing out. I walked towards the door and looked inside. Inside was Misaki lying in a bed carefully licking her tail. I walked inside and closed the door.
"Hey Misaki, how are you doing" I asked.
'I'm fine, my paw just hurts really bad' Misaki said sadly.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scream so loud but something really freaky happened" I said.
'What?'
"Well a dead body came to life and said hi to me and it scared the hell out of me then uncle came in and told me that is wasn't a corpse and it turned out to be a living girl who wants to become uncles apprentice" I said.
Misaki looked at me for a second as though I had lost my mind.
'Ok I think you might have hit your head when you escaped and are slowly losing it' Misaki said while rubbing her paw on my arm.
"I'm not lying, it really happened, but never mind that, we just need to focus on your condition, not my mental state" I said.
Just then Uncle walked in. "Where's Noah?" I asked.
"Oh she is just cleaning the coffins, as a way of earning her place as my apprentice" Uncle said.
"Oh well do you have a way of turning Misaki back to normal?"I asked looking at him hopefully.
"Nope" Uncle said.
My spirit dropped.
"But I know a friend who can help us" Uncle said.
I felt a sweat drop and glared at my Uncle. "You know, you could have said that first" I said annoyed.
"Hehehehe, I'm sorry my dear but the look on your face was so funny" Uncle said and laughed. I just groaned as I watched my Uncle laugh.
"Whatever, who is this friend of yours" I asked.
"Oh I can't just tell you who it is, that will be no fun, hehehe, instead I'll just take you to her in person, she prefers it that way" uncle said.
"OK, but we need to hurry" I say.
Uncle looks at me puzzled, "Why such the rush my dear?"
"No reason" I say.
'No way am I telling him so that that weird cat rapist doesn't try and do something weird to Misaki while she is in this form'
"Well ok, I'll take you too her, I just need to collect some things and we'll be on our way" Uncle said.
"Wait… we?" I asked watching as mu Uncle turned to leave the room. He stopped at the door and looked at me; at least I think he was looking at me.
"Yes my dear, we, I am going with you, there is no that she will see you if you go alone "Uncle said, "She is very secluded and will most likely be on her guard around people she doesn't know, and you will receive no help at all that way."
"Oh, so who is going to watch your shop?" I asked.
"Why my new service monkey, hehehe, sorry I meant apprentice in waiting", Uncle said and walked out the room laughing. I turned to Misaki and shook my head. Sometimes Uncle can be so weird, but that's what I love about him. He is ok with himself and is comfortable being himself. Now if only I could muster up some courage and be me. But I was afraid that whoever I am, or was, died already.
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We stood in front of a strange building on the outskirts of London. It was two stories high and was a kind of grape color and strangely the roof was a light sky blue color. The door was also a deep red color that reminded me of blood. I stared at the house and got a firmer grip on Misaki who had fallen asleep in my arms. "Well, here we are my dear, it took us a while to get here, but I'm sure the trip would be worth it once we get Misaki back to normal" Uncle said and proceeded to walk toward the house. I slowly followed suit and looked around our surroundings. The house was surrounded by an incredible garden that seemed to of attached itself onto the house. There were flowers and nicely trimmed bushes. One oddly looked like Uncle, but I dismissed that thought thinking I might just be looking at it wrong. As we approached the door Uncle stopped. I stopped as well and looked up at him. Then what happens next was so unexpected that I wasn't sure I had seen it right. Uncle stepped on the door mat in front of us and then he disappeared. Just disappeared out of thin air. I just stood there and stared at the place that Uncle had stood.
"So are you going to come in or what?" I heard Uncle's voice say. I jumped and looked around searching for him.
"Uncle, where are you, where did you go?" I asked.
"Step on the door mat my dear" Uncle said.
I looked at the door mat wearily and stepped closer to it cautiously.
"Hurry my dear, my friend doesn't like to wait" Uncle said.
I closed my eyes and stepped on the mat. Once I did a shot of electricity shot through me. It didn't hurt but I was very surprised. Then as soon as the shock came it disappeared. I stood there with my eyes closed and soon felt as though I was falling. I held in a scream and waited. Soon I heard the floor coming up and I held tightly onto Misaki and flipped and landed just as I was about to land flat on my butt. I slowly opened my eyes and looked down at Misaki who had closed her eyes as well.
"It's ok Misaki, you can open your eyes now" I say and watch Misaki open one eye and then the other.
"Wow, that was really scary" Misaki said and looked around the room, "Where in the world are we?"
I looked up and looked around the room that we were in. I was covered in odd machinery and there was test tubs glowing with some kind of liquid on different parts of the room. The room looked to be in utter chaos.
"Uncle, Uncle where are you" I called out.
"Over here my dear, I'm so glad you made it, I was afraid that the barrier would repel you" Uncle said.
I followed the sound of his voice and saw him standing in the middle of all the chaos, and standing beside him was a young woman who looked the age of teen about to blossom into early adult hood. She had skin like finely made chocolate. Her hair was as black as the sky on a moonless night and fell on her shoulders and her bangs rested above her eyes. Her eyes were the color of bluest and brightest gem but were covered with glasses. Only one word came to mind as I looked at her.
Beautiful.
She was so beautiful. She stood maybe a foot shorter then Uncle but was taller than me. I slowly walked towards them, keeping my eyes on the mystery woman. As I stared at her I noticed her cloths. She was wearing a tank top with a boy wearing an odd looking hat with a yellow dog and they were bumping fist and above their heads was the word 'Mathematical'. The tank top confused me, I mean really, what the hell is that supposed to mean. Anyway, back to the rest of her cloths. She was also wearing grey sweatpants, converses that had what looked like a crazy clown on it and she was wearing a lab coat. She looked pretty much laid back, but that didn't reduce her beauty. I stopped in front of them and looked between them. How had these two come to meet?
"It's not polite to stare my dear" Uncle said pulling my attention away from the woman. I turned and looked at Uncle then back at the young woman and lowered my eyes. "I am sorry, I did not mean to stare" I said. Then I looked up and turned to my Uncle and stood by his side.
"My dear friend, I am pleased to introduce my sweet little niece Blake and her friend Misaki" Uncle said. The young woman turned to me and Misaki and stared at us intently. After a second she turned back to Uncle. "What seems to be the problem Adrian" She asks.
"Hehehe, Well it will seem that I need your assistants in returning Misaki back to her regular form" Uncle said. But as they talked I was awe struck, because very few people are allowed to call Uncle by his real name. But I soon understood that they have been friends for a long time and have great trust in each other if Uncle has revealed his name to her.
"Uncle, how can she help us?" I asked.
Uncle turned to me and smiled. "Hehehehe, well my dear, Victoria here is a witch and a powerful one at that, even for someone of her age" Uncle said.
I looked at the young woman I now knew as Victoria, "But she doesn't look like a witch to me."
"And what do you suppose a witch should look like?" Victoria asked looking at me and I saw what looked like anger in her eyes.
"Well, clothed in a cloak and maybe a dress or gown and wearing boots, but you are wearing a tank top, sweats, converses, and wearing a lab coat" I say.
"So you don't think we should have green skin and a grotesque looking nose and fucked up teeth?" Victoria asked taking a step closer to me.
"No, I think that image is ridiculous and I question the origins of such a description" I say and at that Victoria's eyes soften.
"I think I just might like you" Victoria says and flashes me a bright smile," So what is the problem?"
"Well, my friend Misaki was turned into a cat and we're not sure how to turn her back" I say and hold Misaki out for her to see.
"Hmmm" Victoria says and leans in to get a better look of her.
"So what happened before your friend here was turned?" Victoria asked.
"I'm not sure, I was already too far away when it happened, but she can tell you" I say.
"What, she can talk while in this form?" Victoria asked surprised.
"Well no, she can tell me mentally and I can repeat it back to you" I say.
Victoria and Uncle shared a look then look back at me. I didn't understand what the look meant but I don't think it was good. "Ok, let's hear it" Victoria says and sits down it a rolling chair.
Misaki looks at me and I feel our minds connect.
It was when I was holding those bad guys back and I was doing pretty well until some strange guy showed up. I had already taken down the other guys and he just stood there watching me. I thought I could take him and so I was about to attack when my feet left the ground and the next thing I know I'm being thrown into a tree, and then the ground, a tree, and another tree, then I was thrown through a boulder. I was hurt pretty bad but I wasn't going to give up, then when I stood up I saw him mumbling something under his breath and then I got dizzy and I blacked out. And then I woke up in this form.
After I was done translating I looked back up at them. They had an unreadable look on their faces. Then Victoria sighed and stood up.
"Ok, let's get down to business"
Author Note: Ok my pretties, I just want you guys to know that I am a pretty slow writer but I try my best to update as fast as possible. This is my very first time posting a story on FF, and I hope I do a good job. I also want you to know that updating is not my first priority. I have a life to live and stuff to do and I will write when I write. So hope you enjoyed this chapter and see you guys later.