Chapter 2: Red Riding Hood
You're in love with him, aren't you?
No, I'm not.
Really? Well, your brain might say that but your heart can't deny it.
Shut up.
His hands entwined with yours.
Shut up.
His lips on yours.
Shut up!
His body...
"SHUT UP!" Annie shouted at Tibbers, sitting in front of her.
Champions and summoners stopped at what they were doing and looked at Annie. She buried her face in her resting arms on the table and felt the embarrassment.
She expected that this was going to happen but this was beyond her expectation. Falling in love was no easy thing the teenager can handle plus she had no experience of it.
Annie stood up and took her bear with her.
She tried to forget about her quarrel against her own thoughts but the more she tried to forget, the more Frost came into her mind.
It was unbearable for her.
Annie felt sweat trickled from her forehead. Her cheeks were bloody red.
She shook her head, throwing out the naughty things in her mind, and walked to the exit.
Before she reach the door, she heard a loud noise, like an explosion.
It was so loud that the noise echoed in the hallways and cafeteria.
Annie panicked.
Did someone attacked the League? Terrorists? Bombers?
She knew a swarm of people will go to the loud noise but no one seemed to care at all.
Annie heard that Jinx was busy again so they completely ignored it.
She scurried out of the exit and ran where she heard the explosion.
Even if it was Jinx, Annie was concerned about her fellow champions.
She arrived at the garden. Shards of metal were everywhere. Some plants were burning and ashes fell from the sky.
It must have happened a while ago.
She investigated around and heard rustling behind a big tree.
Annie saw a long blue braided hair, she assumed it was Jinx, positioned like a dog. Talking and laughing.
What is Jinx up to?
As Annie tiptoed sidewards and hid behind a bush sculpture. From there, she saw a familiar white hair. It was Frost.
Frost was leaning against the tree and Jinx was on her hands and knees in front of Frost. Their face were merely inches away from each other.
Annie looked closer and saw Jinx looking at Frost with sultry eyes.
T-They're going to do that!
Annie silently took quick steps, away from the two lovers.
She entered the hallways once more with a blank face and sat on a nearby bench located near Morgana's mini bakery. She felt her chest tightened and her eyes on the verge of crying.
A-Am I... jealous?
Yes you are, dummy!
Why am I jealous? I don't like Frost. Right?
Are you hearing yourself? You? Don't like Frost? YOU love him!
…
Annie didn't argued with herself anymore. It was true after all. The teenager just kept denying it.
Tears stung her eyes.
Annie tried to stop herself from crying but she did anyways. She covered her face with her hands and let the tears out of her eyes.
A minute has passed and Annie stopped crying. She wiped her tears with the back of her hand and looked straightforward.
There was a woman standing in front of her. The woman has two elven like ears and purple eyes. She was wearing a bakery outfit and holding a tray of cookies.
"Would you like some cookies, Annie?" The woman offered her and smiled. "You look pale. Did something happened?"
"I'm fine, Ms. Morgana." She replied as she took a cookie and gave it a bite. "Thank you for the cookies though."
"You don't seem fine to me." Morgana sat beside Annie and placed the tray in her legs. "I heard you were not usable anymore. I'm sorry."
"That's okay. I don't mind it anyways."
"Then why are you so blue?"
"H-He..." Annie stopped and then continued. "It's nothing."
"Oh. Frost is it? I heard a lot about the guy. Did he molested you? We can burn him together if you want to." Morgana gave a humorous laugh but Annie didn't returned any. Morgana's face became serious. "Wait, did he?"
"N-No, Ms. Morgana. He would never do such a thing to me and we've only met." Annie took another cookie. "It's just..."
Morgana sighed in relief and continued, "Just?"
"I can't really explain it." Annie moved her free hand over her chest and slowly curling it into a fist.
"Oh! You're in the stage of liking someone!" Morgana surprisingly said. "Do you like Frost?"
Annie didn't said anything but she nodded while her cheeks flushed. Morgana giggled and clapped her hands.
"So you do!"
"Y-Yes."
"How wonderful! Teenagers these days! All lovey dovey!" Morgana took off her oven glove and snapped her fingers. At her hand, revealed a potion with purple ooze in it. "I know you two are not compatible since you are too young but lucky you, Ms. Morgana here has a potion that can instantly turn you into a young adult!"
Annie became interested and suddenly find herself smiling.
"But be wary! There are few ticks and clicks on this potion here. By ticks and clicks I mean side effects." Morgana laid the potion between them and waited for Annie's reaction.
Annie asked herself,
Do I really want this?
Why wouldn't you? It's the only way to cuddle with Frost, you know!
I can cuddle with him-
No! You know what I mean!
Annie stopped and sighed.
"Why are you helping me, Ms. Morgana?"
"Well, I was once like that in my early years though we are immortal but yeah, I fell for a human and of course, as an immortal, I can't really be with him."
"So what did you do?"
"Well, I tried to make him immortal but it went wrong and I suffered a lot. I never fell in love again."
"That's kinda sad."
"Yes, so right now, I'm here to help you! I don't want you to feel the things I felt in my past." Morgana took the potion again and reached it out in Annie's tiny hands. "Drink it, little one!"
Without hesitation, Annie opened the potion and drank the contents.
They both waited for something to happen but nothing did.
"That's odd. It supposed to be working right now. Well it was worth a shot!" Morgana stood up and waved at Annie. "But if anything does happen, you come to my place." With that, she entered her bakery and went back to baking again.
All the anticipation suddenly disappeared when the potion didn't worked. Annie felt dizzy and later on, she fell asleep in the bench.
When she woke up, she was on a bed.
She looked around the room. It was painted with dark purple. Mysterious artifacts cased in cabinets. Potions on top of it. A ceiling fan continuously producing cold air.
"You're awake!" Annie turned at her side and saw Morgana sitting on a chair with a mirror in her hand. "Don't be alarmed! We're in the bakery. Anyway, you wouldn't believe what you look like right now."
Annie was terrified.
The potion didn't worked!
Maybe it's the side effects!
She snatched the mirror from Morgana and took a look in it.
What she saw wasn't the face she was expecting. What reflected in the mirror was a beautiful red-haired young woman.
A smile appeared on Annie's face.
"Looks good, doesn't it?" said Morgana. "By the way, your old clothes were torn apart when I saw you so I gave you one of my own."
"I-I.. Thank you, Ms. Morgana!" Annie tossed the mirror and hugged Morgana tightly.
"You're welcome, child or should I say, lady?"
Annie's smile broadened as she released the older woman. She was a young woman now. She can finally be with Frost.
Go to nice places with him.
Hold hands with him.
Kiss him.
Make love with him.
Annie began to drool and Morgana laughed. She stopped thinking, wiping the drool off her mouth and looked at the changes in her body.
She grew a few inches larger and her height was now 5'7. Her A cups transformed into C ones. Her short hair became long, so long that it reached her elbow. Her body became more slender.
Annie got out of bed and thanked Morgana once more for the potion and went straight outside the bakery.
There were no champions nor summoners on her sight. She looked around and saw a digital clock that said, 11:43pm
It was nearly midnight and Annie began walking towards her room.
She expected Frost to be there and she was so excited to show him her new physical changes.
She stopped at walking and started skipping like when she was 9 years old. She was too happy.
Annie silently hummed a lullaby her mother used to sing to her.
Minutes have passed and Annie arrived at her door.
She wondered about the two Piltover cops but she didn't bothered. Those two were inseparable.
What if they stole something?
Those two? Nah! They're too kind to do that.
Except for Vi.
Yeah, except for Vi.
Annie turned the knob and it didn't opened. She tucked the pockets of Morgana's outfit and felt the keys. She grabbed it and inserted it in the keyhole. It made a cling sound.
As she slowly opened the door, her heartbeats became faster.
"Frost?" called Annie, entering the room. "Are you here?"
She took off her new shoes and placed it on her shoe rack and replaced them with her soft slippers. Luckily it still fits.
"Frost?" called Annie again and still no response.
Annie searched her dormitory and couldn't find Frost.
Where could he be? He don't have any room yet. Unless...
JINX!
She rushed to the door and slammed it from behind.
It was midnight and Annie desperately ran to the bulletin board. She grabbed a list of champions and looked for Jinx's dormitory number.
13-10-10
Annie re attached the list against the board and hastened to the Loose Cannon's room.
She was sweating and panting. She knocked at the door and asked, "Is anybody home?" She waited a few seconds for a reply but no one did. She tried again, louder, but failed again.
Annie kicked the door out of frustration.
She was getting more and more desperate.
Annie heard something and looked down at her feet. There was an envelope.
Maybe it's important, just for her to see.
Maybe it's not.
She tore the envelope and grabbed the note from the inside. She began to read it,
Dear Summoners and Champions,
Jinx is currently experiencing lots of difficulties. Apparently, there were 'bugs' that tweaked on her system and we are trying our best to fix that. According to her schedule of release,she will be usable again in less than two days.
To the champions that needs to see her, she is in the Infirmary.
Thank you for your cooperation,
High Council
"That was easy." Annie murmured. "And here I thought this was none of my business."
She carefully put the note back into the envelope and laid the envelope where she found it.
After a minute of walking, Annie arrived at the door of the Infirmary. She thought,
Remember, you are only here to ask about Frost.
Really? As far as I can remember you want to tear Jinx apart, limb from limb.
I don't want that. Stop contradicting me.
I'm not. You're contradicting yourself.
Annie snapped out of herself and gently turned the knob and slowly pushed the door.
She strolled around the infirmary and there was no sign of Jinx nor Frost. She, then, saw a light from a curtain and saw a pink stockings on the right leg of the patient.
That must be her.
Annie sauntered her way to Jinx's bed and took a peek on her.
She couldn't believe what she saw.
There, a sleeping Jinx was lying on the bed with her fingers coiled around Frost's, who was sitting at a chair and his head was enshrouded by his arm.
Due to incredulity, she dropped her bear and left the Infirmary.
A/N:
So yeah, Annie became a young adult and saw Jinx holding hands with Frost. What's the problem with that?
Anyway, I just want to remind you guys that I'm not good at English and grammar. If you are willing to help me and fix some of my errors, it would be great.
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