Not Your Average Girl, Or Life
Chapter 2: Playing Games With Ichii?
The next morning Zora awoke to the feeling of someone shaking her shoulder lightly. She opened eyes and squinted them so her eyes could adjust to the blurry figure in front of her. She smiled when she saw Ichii standing there smiling back at her. She sat up in her bed, stretching ,wincing when the bruises around her ribs and back stung at the sudden movement. She rub her eyes and looked on her side table to see a plate of pancakes, eggs, and sausage with syrup literally almost covering the plate.
"Morning. Why do you seem to fix me food every time I wake up?" she replied with tiredness lingering in her voice. She smiled and picked up the plate and started to eat the delicious, sugary pancakes happily. Maybe she could get use to this.
"I just thought you would like some after I fixed Zero and I some." he replied.
"By the way, where is Zero?" she asked, looking around the room to make sure he wasn't in here.
"He went out to the local store to find us some things we will need." Ichii said.
"And what about Zura?" she looked beside her to see the sea horse wasn't there.
"We sent him back at Zero's home cause he started to get sick." Ichii said. She nodded and returned to the situation Zero was in.
"Well, good luck. I live in the middle of hill-billy country of Kentucky. I mean there is mountains everywhere, oh, and the pill-headed zombies or what you would call the 'the local citizens here.'" she scoffed at her sarcasm.
"This is place is quite different. I expected the pearl to land in a more city life area, no offense. This area is quite southern. I can tell by everyone's southern accent, most you can't really understand. Your accent is just right though, not too thick, but thick enough to make the way you talk kinda,hmm, cute." Ichii said smiling at Zora, which made her blush madly to the point were she thought her face was gong to catch fire. She sat there silently eating her pancakes.
"Yeah, well, I can understand most of the people here since I am pretty much used to it. You want to play my Wii U with me?" she smiled up at Ichii, he replied with a nod.
She placed the plate back down on her night stand and begin walking over to her dark blue and purple bean bag chairs. Ichii took the plate to his kitchen in his and Zero's room so he could wash it later. She grab the black control pad and turned on the TV remote part of the gaming pad, so she could turn on the TV. She put in Nintendo Land and set the Wii remotes so they could play, she got the pink one while Ichii got the black one. The two began playing Pikmin and Super Mario Chase, with Ichii beating her a few times and Zora beating him quite more frequent then him.
"You're good at this. We don't have gaming consoles like this in our world, but this is a pretty cool one." Ichii said. Then the two began playing the Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest game.
"I want to go to the magic world one day. Actually, I want to live there at one point. What mom had read to me from my great grandmother's journal, the magic world seems amazing! Ichii, could I go to the magic world with you one day?" she said. She gave a quick smile to him before she went back focusing on the screen, so she know where the monsters are for her to shoot an arrow to.
"Maybe after the exam is over, Zora. Maybe they will let you go since you are a witch." Ichii said while he attacked the monsters with his sword. "Zora, there is something I would like to ask you." Ichii said, his mind going back to yesterday.
"Yes, Ichii?" Zora said her eyes not looking away from the TV.
"If the crystal pearl can change you into a full witch, once it has left your body, will you keep it for yourself?" Ichii asked. Zora paused the game and looked at him seriously.
"Ichii, I would not do that because it's not fair. Yeah, I would like to be a full witch, but that will be me taking your guys dreams away. You guys have dedicate for a whole year of risking your lives to protect me, and me be selfish to take that away from you after all your hard work? I would never do that cause I couldn't live with myself being that unfair." Zora said. She un-paused the game so they could continue playing.
"Thank you, Zora. I see you are a very kind-heart young lady. I hope we may have your word of a promise until the end of the exam. I will definitely talk to Zero about allowing you to come with us to magic world." Ichii said.
Later on, Ichii and Zora were playing Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess. Zora had already beat it, but she wanted Ichii to experience it himself. She gave him advice on where to go and what to do, but didn't tell him everything that needed to be done. He got pretty far for his first time playing, they have been playing for hours anyways.
"You have to get close enough, so Midna will allow you to jump up there." Zora directed him on what to do. "Now, climb into that hole on the top of the building. When you do, you have to go get the Orodon shield." Zora said.
"This is a fun game! Though, I wonder what is taking Zero so long." Ichii said once he achieved the shield.
"I hope he's okay." Zora said.
"Maybe he's talking a walk. Where ever he is, he's strong enough to take care of himself, so he's fine no matter what." Ichii said trying to sound reassuring. After what seemed like another hour and Ichii finally beat the forest temple, Zora hugged him after he saved his progress.
"Dude! That was really good for your first time playing! You are definitely my new gamer buddy!" Zora said excitedly. Soon the window to her balcony opened to reveal a spiky, blue haired boy that was the same age as her. She got up and hugged him.
"Zero! I'm glad you are safe you been gone all day! Where have you been?" Zora said.
"Oh, you know, shopping, walking, other random stuff to keep me busy." He said taking the stuff he bought into his and Ichii's room.
"You know your guy's car? Where do you guys park it at cause if my parents saw it, they would freak." Zora asked.
"It's parked in the forest on a clearing not far from your backyard, but far enough that you can't see." Zero said, Zora replied with a nod. She heard a car pull into the drive way. She got up to see who was home, it was her parents.
"Guys, my parents are home. I need to go talk to them, so stay right here for a minute." Zora said leaving her room and down her stairs.
"Hey mom, hey dad!" she walked over to both her parents giving them a hug.
"Mom, can I talk to you in the lair?" Zora asked, her mother nodded her head. The two walked into the lair so they could talk.
"Mom, what if I told you I met two people from the magic world that Grandma Dorthalin is from?" Zora asked.
"Well darling, that would be amazing! I should meet them one day, but why are they here?" her mother, Felicity Caudill.
"Well, they are here for an exam. This exam allows them to be professional wizards. The object of the exam is to find this crystal ball and protect it until after Christmas. The problem is, well, I mistaken the crystal ball as a gum ball." Zora said rocking on the back of her heels.
"And where are they now?" her mother raised an eyebrow toward her daughter.
"Lets just say they aren't that far away." Zora said awkwardly.
"Are they any where in this house?" she asked. Zora stood quiet not knowing what to say. "Listen, I don't care if they are having to stay here so they can protect you from, what I'm guessing, other people who want this crystal ball. As long as you guys don't do anything inappropriate, like having sex or anything." Mrs. Caudill said.
"Mom! You know I wouldn't do anything like that!" Zora screamed.
"I know, that's why I trust you. Your father on the other hand, lets not tell him. Anyways, when can I meet them? I want to know what type of magic they have. Oh, and where are they staying at?" she asked.
"They made a bedroom of their own in my closet and you can meet them right now, if you want." Zora scratched the back of her neck awkwardly.
"Well, that is pretty close to you. Just keep what I said in mind." her mother winked at her which caused her to blush madly. The two then headed up stairs to Zora's room. She walked into the room and saw Zero and Ichii weren't in her room. She knocked on the door to the two wizards room, nothing.
"Guys, you can come on out it's okay." Zora said. Ichii opened the door with Zero behind him. They saw a woman probably around mid thirties with long brown hair and hazel eyes. She had the same face structure as Zora and she was just a few inches taller than her. They guessed this woman is her mother.
"Zora, um, who is this?" Zero asked. Ichii slapped him upside the head. "Ow! What was that for?" Zero glared, holding the back of his head.
"That's for being rude." Ichii glared back.
"Anyways, guys, this is my mother Felicity Caudill. She wanted to talk to guys about your magic, but don't worry she'll be the only one of my parents who will know about you staying here. Mom, this is Zero," she pointed to the wizard with blue spiky hair. "and that is Ichii." she said pointing toward Ichi.
"Hello nice to meet you!" she held out her hand which the boys took and shook. Soon they all sat and talked in Zora's bedroom. Zora sitting on her bed, Zero and Ichi in the bean bags, and her mother at Zora's computer desk. She had already lectured the two on how to not have any type sexual physical contact with her which caused all three to blush. "Now, what type of magic do you guys practice?" Felicity asked.
"I do defensive magic." Ichii said.
"Yeah, and I do destructive magic!" Zero said.
"That is neat. I practice psychokinesis magic, like Zora. She gets elemental powers from her grandmother, my mother. Though, she has not trained in elemental yet, but she will around next week after we are done practicing transformations and mind reading." Felicity replied.
"But mom! 4-H camp is only four weeks away! I can't go to grandma's to train when I have to go to 4-H!" Zora exclaimed.
"Zora Azalea Caudill, you will go to your grandma's. You can leave for your four day summer camp and then come back to her house, but you must train elemental magic." her mother said sternly.
"Great, it seems like I can never get a break from school. Even on summer break!" Zora laid face first on her bed with a big sigh. She regret the impact as it stung her bruises.
"Hmm, Azalea, huh?" Zero whispered with an evil look in his eye as he grinned.
"Well, if Zora is going to a camp, how do we get in as well?" Ichii asked.
"Well, you to sign the forms and pay one-hundred-fifty dollars. What type of currency does the magic world have?" Felicity said.
"The same currency and I'm pretty sure we have around that much or more with us." Zero said.
"No! No, no, no! You are not coming to 4-H camp with me! I can take care of myself!" Zora panicked. It was bad enough she was stuck with them for the rest of the year!
"We have to protect you! Why can't you except that! We aren't leaving until the crystal ball it out and we know you are no longer in danger!" Zero exclaimed.
"I have powers too, you know! I can take care of myself!" Zora said. She threw a pillow at Zero's head and let out a sigh of frustration. He threw the pillow back at her and she just glared at him.
After arguing over the subject, Zora finally came to the conclusion that she wasn't going to win. Now she thought that this year camp trip was going to be the worst of them all. Soon the four ended their conversation and Zora and her mother went to the lair to train Zora Mind reading and transformations. Today they were only going to practice mind reading.
"Concentrate, Zora! You have to concentrate harder if you are going to get this. Now, concentrate on my eyes and try to read my mind." Felicity ordered her daughter.
Zora concentrated on her mother's eyes for a good five minutes and then all she saw was a flash of black and all she could hear was a woman's voice that sounded like her mother's. At first she couldn't understand what the voice was saying. Before she could make out what it was saying, the blackness flashed from her eyes and she could see her mother again. She knew she was close to getting it.
"Zora, clear your mind. I can read your mind right now and can tell that you are thinking too much about those boys. You need to let go of that situation for now and focus on your training. You are especially thinking about that Zero boy." she mumbled that last part so Zora didn't hear. What else she said was just enough to make her daughter blush.
Zora took a deep breath and cleared her head. She began concentrating on her mother's eyes once again. The blackness returned to her vision and the muffled voice came back. She concentrated on the voice she heard to unscrambled what it is saying. About a period of time that seemed to last forever, she finally understood it was in fact her mother's voice and she kept saying, 'I love you' to her. She opened her eyes and walked over to her mom and wrapped her arms around her neck and in a hush voice only loud enough for her mom to hear she said;
"I love you, too, Mom." the two smiled. After their little moment she proceeded on her mind reading course.
After her lesson for the day, Zora ran back up the stair case and saw Zero sitting on her bed with a dark blue laptop in his lap. Ichii was sitting on her floor continuing his game play with the Legend of Zelda. Zora giggled at how she probably got him addicted to it now. She sat beside Zero on the purple comforter, bed as she watched him do random things on his computer. She ruffled up his spiky hair and grabbed the computer from his lap.
"Hey! Zora! Give it back!" Zero flailed his arms around trying to reach, but Zora kept pushing him away.
She giggled and looked up at him and gave a cutesy smile. He stopped his attempt to win his computer back and watched her do whatever on it. She connected his computer to her house's internet and proceeded to Google Chrome. She went to YouTube and searched up 'A Prophecy' by Asking Alexandria. As soon as the screams began, Ichii fell over and paused the game. Zero just sat there tapping his fingers to the music. He gave her a soft smile and enjoyed the music. He looked up on the walls and notice the many band posters like; Black Veil Brides, All Time Low, Sleeping With Sirens, Asking Alexandria, Set It Off, Of Mice & Men; etc.
Ichii turned around and gave a slight glare to the two on the bed, with his hand over his heart like he almost had a heart attack. "What is that that you two are listening to? That scared me to death!" Zero and Zora laughed at his expression.
"We are listening to good music! Well, music that I love." Zora said. She looked up Zero and he only shrugged.
"I like that kind of music. I think it's okay." She gave him a big smile.
She tackled him in hug and squeezed his waist like it was a life support. As soon as she realized she pretty much was laying on top of him, she got up quickly with a blush quickly forming. Zero sat up with a light blush forming as well. Ichii glanced at the two from his game with a confused look. He just shrugged it off and continued the game. Zero and Zora stayed in a awkward silence while Zero watched Zora did whatever on his computer. After a while, Ichii saved and quit his game and stood up, stretching and a yawning. He looked over at the two with a small smile on his face.
"I'm going to take a shower." With that Ichii left the room to head to take a shower. As soon as he was out of earshot, Zora managed to figure something out to say to break the silence between them.
"I'm sorry, Zero. I didn't mean that to happen like that." She ducked her head down, her face turning a bright red.
"It's okay, I don't care much. Hey, you mentioned about a camp earlier, how can Ichii and I sign up?" Zero asked.
"We will have to go to the Extension Office tomorrow in order to get the pre-registration forms. Before you can turn them in, you have to be enrolled into my school." Zora sighed.
"Great! Ichii and I going to a real human school! This is going to be so cool! We are definitely enrolling tomorrow!" Zero was enthusiastic, which kinda scared and shocked her. How could anyone be enthusiastic over school!?
"All in one day? Okay, I guess." Zora shrugged her shoulders. Ichii walked back into the room with a pair sweat pants and a muscle tank on. His long brown was wet and stuck to the sides of neck. Zora gazed at him with wide eyes as she observed his muscle frame.
"Zero and I was talking about what we are going to do tomorrow. About you guys going to camp and school with me." Ichii nodded at her response. He smiled when he noticed the pink tint to her cheeks.
"Well, it's getting really late. Better head to bed and get ready for the day up ahead. Zero you got to take a shower." Ichii gave him a serious look. Zero pouted.
"Come on! I can take one in the morning!" Zero argued.
"Uh, no. Go take one, now. Goodnight Zora," Ichii walked over and gave her a hug. She hugged him back with her blush getting redder. "Remember, if you need Zero and I, don't be afraid to come an wake us up. We are here to protect you." He smiled at her as he pushed some of her golden hair behind her ear. She nodded her head as she gazed into his rich, chocolate eyes.
"Goodnight Zora! See you in the morning!" Zero said giving her a quick hug and ruffling her hair before he went off to his and Ichii's room. She smiled at the two as she watched them walk into the other room. As much as she hated being watched over like an eight-year-old, she had to admit that she made an exception for these two. She actually like having their company.
So, this chapter is a little short, but it's enough. I know I haven't been writing much, but I'm going to again. School just recently let out and I just recently got back from the beach for the first time! :D So, I hoped you guys liked this. Check out my story 'The Serpentine's Withered Rose' too! I'll have the second chapter up probably tomorrow. I still have writer's block on my Harry Potter story so that's on hold.