Chapter three! Please enjoy and don't forget to review!^^
Angeon's residents had learnt to accept the magical community of their small town, but some non-magical residents still hated new residents. Ludwig's first customer was one of these few people.
The elderly woman had taken one look at Feliciano and silently fumed, sending death glares to the frightened ragdoll. Feliciano had taken up the task of cleaning the shop, dusting and cleaning various parts of the shop.
He hummed a merry tune as he dusted what Ludwig had missed, which was usually left to the Russian Brownie that sometimes appeared.
The door chimed its cheery bell as the door opened and closed, with most customers being curious about the Ragdoll. They peppered him with questions, leaving him rather frightened to the point that he hid in the back room until the customers had left.
Some wanted to know about his limbs, some called him an abomination of life. The little ragdoll became more distressed as the day went on, causing him to stay in the back room permanently, rummaging through the outdated suits to find a new set of clothes.
He ended up with around three to four suits, all of an older Victorian style.
As the sun dipped behind the far hills, a young man wandered into the shop, dressed sharply in a modern suit. Ludwig looked up from his counting to look at the man. The younger man's vibrant purple eyes complimented his childlike face.
Light brown, curly hair surrounded the boy's face. A pale yet long blue scarf was wrapped around his neck despite the humid weather of the current season.
"Ah Valentine. There was no need to come today. I do apologize but Feliciano cleaned up about an hour ago." Ludwig said, taking a few minutes to remember the Russian boy's name.
Valentine Christiansen was the nephew of the local watchman, Ivan Braginsky. Valentine was a polite boy, unlike most of the youth in the village.
"Who is Feliciano?" The young Russian asked, his neat eyebrow rising in confusion.
"Feliciano can you come here for a few minutes?" the wolf called to the ragdoll. The young ragdoll walked into the room, taking a swift glance around before joining the wolf at the counter.
He smiled at the Brownie and waved shyly. The German Introduced the two and was delighted when they moved to the back together to tidy up, leaving the wolf to count and lock up.
About an hour later, Ludwig had finished locking and counting and went to find the two boys. He found the two pushing boxes onto the shelves, his office now cleaner than it had been in a long time.
Feliciano suddenly dropped a box, stumbled backwards and hit his head on the edge of the desk, effectively knocking himself out. Due to the lack of a blood in his body, nothing leaked out from the large gash on the back of his head.
Valentine moved the boxes out of the way so that Ludwig could scoop the small Italian figure into his arms.
The Russian Brownie pushed away obstacles and doors as Ludwig moved with the ragdoll to the van.
Valentine locked up the back, locking all the windows in the office before he left. Gently Ludwig laid Feliciano in the back of the van, positioning an old jacket under his head. Valentine returned to the Van, placing the tailor's suitcase into the back with the unconscious ragdoll.
He sat in the seat and the two creatures sat in silence as Ludwig drove the three of them home.
A few minutes later, the van pulled up in the dark driveway of the Wolf's home. Valentine ran ahead and grabbed the briefcase as Ludwig pulled the ragdoll into his arms again. The young Russian pushed the front door opened and held it for the German to enter before locking it.
The young man pulled an apron from his pocket and tied it around his waist before moving around the room to dust and repair items, pulling cotton thread and a needle out to repair curtains and other fabrics in the room. Superglue came next as he repaired the smashed vase in the hallway.
The ragdoll was laid down on the couch, on his stomach, so that Ludwig could look at the injury on the back of his head. The injury had made no damage to the spinal cord, but a large gash was visible.
Sighing, Ludwig pulled out the roll of fishing wire to sew the wound up. As he pushed the needle into the flesh, and sewed it up as gently as he could. But seeing that it was a head wound Feliciano still cried out in pain causing Gilbert to come in and hold the doll down as Ludwig tied off the stitches.
The Germanic wolf packed the sewing equipment away and stroked the ragdolls hair as he calmed down. Gilbird fluttered from Gilbert's hair to land in front of Feliciano, in his own attempts to cheer him up.
The little ragdoll looked up shyly and petted the little bird, instantly cheered up. He pulled himself into a seated position; wincing at the pain he felt when his movements pulled his stitches a bit.
"Ohhh! Right! I have to tell Roddy that Toni and Frenchie are coming over for dinner again!" With that Gilbert ran from the room, skidding into the kitchen on his socks.
Not even 5 minutes later, there was a heavy knock on the door. Valentine opened the door and made a disgusted look as the Frenchman blew him a kiss and the Spaniard waved ecstatically, his dragging smaller man behind him. They walked into the living room and froze at the sight of the Ragdoll.
As the small Ragdoll's attention was on the bird, he did not notice the shadows looming over him, until the small bird squeaked in surprise. Feliciano tensed and slowly tilted his head up to look at the shadows.
As fast as lightning he was hidden behind the wolf who had re-entered the room. Ludwig sighed and looked at the 3 behind the couch. Francis was the first one he recognized, closely followed by Antonio. His gaze then fell upon the last guest and his heart sank.
It was the town Siren Lovino.
Lovino and Ludwig had never been on good terms, after a small incident in College involving an argument over a trivial topic. Currently, Lovino was glaring at the German, but also held an expression of curiousness.
"Feliciano, you are alright. They will not hurt you. They are Gilbert's friends and acquaintances .The one with blonde hair is Francis, A Incubus. The one with green eyes and brown hair is Antonio, a vampire and the grumpy looking boy with the curl is Lovino, a Siren." Ludwig told the cowering ragdoll.
The Italian ragdoll peeked out from behind Ludwig and slowly came out from his hiding place. Gilbird fluttered back into the room, grabbing the ragdolls attention. He giggled and ran after the bird. The three by the couch were startled out of their shock by the ragdolls sudden change in nature.
Lovino had his gaze fixed on the other Italian as he flew around the room after the bird, playfully. His sharp eyes zoned in on to the curl and his eyes went wide. Moving across the room quickly, he grabbed hold of the ragdoll by the back of the neck, ripping the stitches out of the back of his neck, causing him to howl in pain.
The howl was almost completely lupine in its pitch. Feliciano crumpled to the ground, holding the back of his neck as the siren released him. The German wolf shoved the angry Italian and knelt down in front of Feliciano.
"Feliciano! Are you ok?" Ludwig asked as a the boy whimpered in pain. Lovino just sat on the ground glaring at the ragdoll.
The siren growled at the ragdoll like a savage barbarian. Ludwig flickered his gaze between the two Italians, before lifting the injured ragdoll into his arms once again.
The small boy clung to him, crying out in pain as the German moved across the room to the couch and was deposited on the couch. Antonio was seated on one end of the couch and smiled happily at the ragdoll.
Valentine appeared at the side of the couch and handed the wolf a threaded needle, ready to sew the neck back up. The Brownie seemed prepared for everything.
Feliciano eyed the needle in the Germans hand and curled into a ball as the German neared him, hiding his neck with his hands. Ludwig's attempts to move them proved useless until Antonio winked at him.
As fast as lightening the vampire gripped the boy's hands and flipped him onto his stomach, holding him down. The ragdoll thrashed and struggled under the Spaniards grasp and cried out as the needle entered the skin on his neck.
His head shot backwards, accidently pushing the needle into the muscle. A scream ripped from the boys' mouth, rivaling that of Lovino's. The windows appeared to shake as the sound tore through his vocal cords.
Antonio and Ludwig slammed their hands over their ears, effectively releasing the ragdoll. Lovino appeared at the couch and held the ragdolls face. The scream ended as the siren pulled the needle from the ragdolls neck.
He beckoned to Francis, who was unaffected by the scream. Quickly whispering to the incubus, he waited for the Frenchman to talk to the distraught ragdoll. He waited before gently pushing the needle through the skin.
Feliciano did not even flinch. He carried on talking to the ragdoll as Lovino sewed the back of his head on, whilst Ludwig looked on in confusion. Francis was distracting Feliciano from the pain of the needle being pushed through the skin by Lovino. Lovino had not pushed the needle as deep as Ludwig accidently had.
Lovino tapped Francis on the shoulder, indicating that he had finished. The Frenchman nodded and stood up, helping the boy into a seated position. Feliciano's eyes were still tearing filled but he looked at Ludwig apologetically.
"I-I'm s-sorry Mr. - Beilschmidt! I-I di-didn't m-mean t-o hurt you! P-please d-don't h-hurt m-me!" The ragdoll cried, hiding his face in his hands in fright.
"No. It's ok Feliciano. Don't apologize." The wolf replied, smiling slightly. Seeing this boy cry tugged Ludwig's heartstrings.
The others had claimed seats on the couch arms and floor, leaving Ludwig a small area on the couch, next to the little ragdoll. They talked for ages, laughing and crying, till the last hours of the day and eventually, Feliciano fell asleep against Ludwig's shoulder.
I changed more in this chapter than I did in the last two. I think I'll take this fic in a diffrent direction than the previous author had planned so if you've read the orignial then expect a lot of changes. Please review!^^