There's More to the Family

The morning breaks, a new day begins. The sun reaches out to the castle, hoping to wake the residents inside. In the bedroom, Norman is in a blue and white checkered bed with the blankets over his head. Norman moans and pulls his head out of the blankets to be greeted with a purple face with blue, glaring eyes and a toothy smile.

"Ello!" The face said sinisterly.

Norman's scream can be heard throughout the castle. There was a purple creature no bigger than twelve inches that was standing on his bed. Its head was shaped like a jester; it had big wings, and a devil-shaped tail. There is a spiked ball floating about his head.

"What the-! Who the-?"

Before any of his questions could be answered, gunshots could be heard in the hallway. Looking out of the room, Norman sees Drake firing his pistols into Davis' room. Norman ran to Drake's side and looked into Davis' room. There was a woman with long, maroon hair, dark skin, black tattoos on her right arm, forehand, and right leg, and scars on her stomach. She was wearing a black tunic with a lunar crest on the front, short above the knees, and wielding a thorny whip, which was wrapped around Davis' neck. She had no eyes, just holes with blood stains coming from the holes (the author is now being chased by the freaky woman and you'll find out later). There are bullet holes all over the walls.

"What's with the bloodshot eyes?" the creature asked happily, appearing right next to Norman. The woman whips the creature into submission.

"Tell me something, Davis; is there a reason you wear a bulls-eye shirt?" Norman asked.

"Hey, she appeared out of nowhere!" exclaimed Davis. "Ack!"

The woman goes back to choking him. Just then, Jammy and DXB came upstairs. DragonXBird was back into her blue clothing and Coco was once again on her head.

"What is going on here?!" Jammy yelled. "I was having a good dream and then I get the worst wakeup call ever."

"This woman came out of nowhere and attacked Davis." Drake said pointing at the woman.

"You mean the Midnight Assassin?" DXB said.

"Assassin?!" Drake yelled. "No wonder she dodge every single bullet I shot at her! And what the heck are you wearing?"

Jammy was wearing a long blue and white nightcap, a light blue gown, and Kiki slippers. Her tail had turned to a sheep tail.

"Oops! I forgot about this." Jammy was embarrassed. Her tail reverted back into a wolf tail. "Sorry. The sudden scream and noise woke me up and I just had to investigate."

"So this is your nightgown?" Norman asked.

"Do you really need to ask that question." The creature said as he regains conscious.

Jammy looks over Norman to see the creature get up on it's feet. "Who are you?"

"I am known as a chao; a dark, flying chao." The creature said with a toothy smile. "The name's Lin. That's L-I-N, Lin. Not L-Y-N. I was minding my own business (breaks into a song) when the volcano went KABLOOIE, and spilled magma on zee floor.

While everyone had their attention on Lin, Davis was suffocating. "A little help, please!" Finally, Jammy and DXB explains to the Midnight Assassin that Davis was a friend, not a foe. The Midnight Assassin was doubtful, but let's Davis go under their request. Davis was able to breathe once again.

"Okay, the Midnight Assassin, who is she." Davis asked breathlessly.

"She is our cousin." Jammy said.

Drake takes a good look at the assassin and back at the girls. "Seriously?"

"We're not sure." DragonXBird explains, "You see, she was trained to be one of the greatest warriors out there. We don't know the details ourselves, but she was train to overcome all her weakness, though there was one weakness she did not realize she had until was too late; love. She fell in love with a man and that man played her and killed her."

Jammy continues the explanation, "To make matters worse, her family is probably dead as well considering that a small piece of the branch has been erased. Seriously, whatever information we had on them is gone. Some of our family members keep information of the entire family tree, alive and decease. Apparently, someone hacked on their computers and went through the files because the information has gone missing."

"Then how the heck do you know she's part of your family." Norman asked confused.

"Blood test." DragonXBird said. "We compared her blood with some of ours and sure enough, she showed some relationship with us."

"Now, a brief description about the Midnight Assassin since she's here." Jammy said. "The Midnight Assassin doesn't talk. Not because she can't, but because she doesn't want to. Don't ask why, because she won't answer."

"We get it." Drake said, annoyed.

"Anyway," Jammy continues, "The Midnight Assassin likes to hang around the cemetery. She will attack anyone who points out that she has bloodshot eyes. And she hates men. Ever since her death, she began to loathe men and even made attempts to kill them."

"Lord knows how many time she try to kill Dad." DragonXBird said.

"Okay, so out of all the boys in this castle why did she attack me." Davis asked.

"The man that killed her was a blonde." DragonXBird said as Coco meowed.

"So as long as Davis is alive, the other two will stay alive. Yay for pressure!" Lin joyfully said.

Yay, another chance to get my head mounted on the wall." Norman said sarcastically


Norman was looking around outside with Jammy (who was back in here regular clothes), and sure enough there was a cemetery located at the lower right of the castle. At the lower left there was an empty stable. Lin was carrying a radio and some strange looking fruit as he headed over to the cemetery. Jammy looks over at Lin, curiously, as he walks towards the cemetery.

"I've never seen someone like Lin before. He must have come from a different world. Just like you and the other two." Jammy said to Norman.

"Who knows how many others got warped here by that portal of yours." Norman said back to her.

Just then, a girl with yellow eyes, and short, teal hair tackled Jammy. "Jammy! I found you!" The girl was wearing a strap shirt that seems to have a flag design of some sort. She had dark, punk-like pants on and boots. There was a tattoo all over her arm that looks just like the one on The Midnight Assassin. She had to be another family member considering she also had a lizard tail.

"Hi, Dractina." Jammy said, trying not to fall backwards. "You got snagged in the portal, too, I'm guessing."

"You bet." She turns around to see Norman. "Who's your friend?"

"That's Norman."

"Yeah, and I'm going to go before another cross-bred person makes an appearance." As he turns around, he hits something metal. A man with bluish-grey skin and pointy ears was looking down at him. He had teal-colored eyes, brown hair, and was covered in nothing but black armor. "Or not."

"Oh yeah, he found me as well." Dractina said. "We looked everywhere in Barton trying to find someone familiar. We found this castle so we knew that someone from our family had to be here."

"Barton?" Jammy asked.

"Yep." Dractina points at the castle. "If go to the woods north from here, you'll hit a place called Barton."

"I've heard of Barton. I got to check that place out."

"He keeps staring at me!" Norman said nervously. The person was glaring down at him.

"We're you doing anything funny when I wasn't around?" The person snarled.

"What! No! I wasn't… Wait a minute! What do you mean by that?!"

Jammy goes right next to the frightened Norman. "Don't mind him. That's just Torus, from the elf branch of our family. Dractina is half-dragon."

"An elf?! There are elves in this world?" Norman was shocked.

"You got a problem with that?" Torus growled.

"Torus is a little over-protective when it comes to men getting close to his female cousins." Jammy explains.

"But we're not—"

"Hey, Norman! Notice something different today?" Davis asked as he comes up to the crowd.

"Despite the fact that you are not wearing any pants." Jammy said look down at Davis' polka-dotted boxers.

"Yeah. DXB took them again." Davis said embarrassed.

"Well, I just discovered a cemetery, a stable, and two new cousins. One of them wants to kill me." Norman said looking up a Torus. "What did you notice different?"

"I haven't seen Tycoongirl or Tanya, yet." Davis said.

"There probably at the kitchen looking breakfast." Jammy said.

"Yeah! Let's go eat!" Dractina said excitedly.


"Why is he-man over there looking at us funny?" Drake asked Davis who got his pants back.

"Maybe he wants a hug." Lin jokes.

They were at a huge dining hall that looks like a place where kings and queens eat, especially when they had guests over. There were nine people at the table.

"I guess the Midnight Assassin doesn't eat with others." Drake said.

"Holy crap! She's here! Hit the deck!" The once tough Torus starts to cower under the table.

"They weren't kidding when they said that the Midnight Assassin has made attempts to kill the males." Lin laughs. Torus sticks his dagger upwards at the table, attempting to stab Lin.

"I'm hungry. Who's making breakfast?" Tycoongirl asked.

Norman comes out with four different plates. There were pancakes, sausage, bacon, and orange slices. "This should feed about ten people, and some food for the companions." Starry was at the table with Coco holding knives and forks.

"You cook?" Davis points at Norman in disbelief.

"Well, when you live alone for awhile, you need to know these things." Norman explains.

"Yay, pancakes!" DragonXBird and Dractina said excitedly.

"They do look delicious." Jammy said.

"Then let's dig in." Tycoongirl said getting some pancakes.

"What! No hash browns?" Torus said angrily.

"I was making hash browns, but I ended up having a little problem." Norman said, and he pulls out what appears to be a black teddy bear. The bear had unkempt fur, and huge fangs and claws. The eyes were red and there was a zipper located at the front on its belly.

"Grizzly! What are you doing out of the room?" Tails Doll Curse questioned.

"I don't know, but it wondered into the kitchen. I spilled ketchup all over the hash browns, and seeing how this thing is yours it would make sense that it thought it was blood. He ate the hash browns, the plate, the fork, and the ketchup bottle." Norman explained. Just then, the doll belches and a fork with ketchup on it comes out of its mouth. The ketchup-covered fork flies towards the table and spears the pancakes.

"Whelp, I lost my appetite." Drake gets up and walks out of the dining hall.

"That's my little Grizzly." Tanya said as she cheerfully hugs Grizzly.

"There goes the pancakes." Tycoongirl said sadly.

"I'm good with it." Lin said and, then, gobbles down the pancakes with the ketchup-covered fork. No one felt like eating after that.

"So, now what?" Jammy said. "There is a possibility that parts of our family are out there and chances that they may come down here to stay at the castle. We are not prepared for arrivals."

"I can help prepare you for any arrivals." Dractina said cheerfully.

Torus gets up and walks out. "I'm going to see if there is anyone in our family running around Barton."

"Okay, DXB, Tycoongirl, Tanya, and Dractina. Let's get this place tidy up." Jammy orders the girls.

"But that will take all day." Tycoongirl whines.

"I know how to get more help." DXB said. She tackles Davis and takes his pants, again.

"Hey! Give me those back?" Davis said irritated.

"Not until you decide to help us." The two run out of the dining hall.

"Hoo-hoo! I got to get a shot of this." Lin pulls out a video camera and goes after the two.

Everyone walks out of the room leaving Norman with Grizzly, Starry, and Coco. The three companions consume what's left of today's breakfast. Norman slumps onto one of chairs.

"More of them are coming." Norman said sadly. "First Tails Doll Curse, then the Midnight Assassin, and now this elf named Torus. How many more people want to try and mount my head on the wall? Better start making a will."