To the MAX

by ManEatingUnicorn

Your average 132 y.o. girl, lives in her hidden alternative-space on Earth. Years pass, same old giant tree holding everything together and none of the soul eggs she planted hatched yet. Then one day on the job, a boy ruins her plan, and gets himself possessed. Now she must rid him of his new body-roommate. But what will she do when he wakes and asks to become her apprentice?

3. Ch 3 Day of the Un-Dead

James walked a few more blocks up, turning a couple corners, magiclessly navigating my way around town (paranormal beings seeking power are attracted to power, so using magic would basically be like a human ringing the doorbell on the senses of a gross, un-dead, mutant dog. "Here I am, eat me,") finally James reached a street where I sensed the Suckers presence strongest. (I can sense paranormal beings without using magic. Like a hound sniffing out its next dinner. Only I'm sniffing out the dog, and instead of eating it, am about to seriously kick some paranormal ass.) I stop walking and stand still. With eyes closed and my senses multiplied ten-fold, I listen.

*MAX NOTES:* Small, semi-important thing to keep in mind; I am very powerful. (Further details to come) but to explain the situation right now, I am covering up my enormous "Magical Presence" with more magic. Doesn't really make sense, I know, but I'm like god here so don't question it. I am able to use all of my advanced senses of a powerful Magic user while not being noticed by SirSuckerFace.

*Authors Note: When I explain something in further detail that is not completely relevant to the story, I will mark them as a side note, like so: MAGIC HISTORY: or something along those lines. Readers can choose to read those or not. Those who read it will just be more informed and engulfed in the magical world I am trying to create. MAX NOTES are part of the story and cannot be skipped without causing confusion. Read at own risk. "If it's in bold, you should read it in order to avoid further mental breakdown. Thanks." ONWARD AND WHEREVER THE HELL THIS STORY IS GOING*

Given the current situation, I have disguised my presence as an average human, or if anything, even more helpless. In the Suckers eyes, or whatever it uses to see, (open to suggestions) if it were to sense me, I would be considered a flea on its dead dog back. If I were to release my concealing spell, it would be like the Sucker was a mini-dwarf flea on a full-grown pissed off Dragon of the ancient times. If you were wondering, even compared to humans, that's damn big.

*MAX'S DRAGON HISTORY:* (optional reading) Like many animal species, there are different breeds of Dragon. The largest and oldest on record is the Dragon of Ancient Times (about twice the size of a blue whale.) Now there are plenty of different dragons of various species. Dragons are an important figure in this story. Where do they reside? Read on! (More info later)

*Authors note: (Super optional reading) If you want to imagine the dragons and what they look like or if you have an idea of what you want them to look like, Draw it! Message me if you want to see my take on the dragons, I'll search the internet, or draw one up or something. Just makes the story more real, y'know?*

*END OF MAX HISTORY*

At first, nothing seems out of the ordinary. Just a normal cracked up street with sidewalks remodeled by tree roots and a passerby every so often. Then, a sensational smell graced James' nose. It was a musty smell, earthy, little bit of rotting corpse, and it had a nice coating of evil (that's right, I can smell evil)

*MAX'S SUCKER INFORMATION:* (optional reading) SoulSuckers after about an Earth's year or so loses its goal of "get more powerful to get noticed," and changes the motive to, "kill." But that's in extreme cases. Right now, this one is just a brainless idiot causing chaos wherever it goes. My guess is it sucked up a bad soul or two in one of its meals, conveniently speeding up the process towards its new motive.

*END OF MAX SUCKING WITH INFORMATION*

This bugger's got to be a little over half a year old, I thought to myself. James followed my sense of smell another block up, turned the corner and found himself face to chewed off tail with the hind legs of what resembled a dog. I hope he won't ever have to see the face of this pup.

Just as that thought rang through my head, it twitched its head and stopped what it was doing, eating a half-eaten pizza out of the garbage.

*MAX'S MAGIC INFO:* (optional reading) When a being becomes so powerful, it will then be easier to locate, so it instinctively disguises its presence, if they feel it is the smart thing to do. (I use "feel" and "smart" as very loose terms in this situation.) It is similar to what I have done with my magic presence. Except, what the SoulSucker does (this applies to more monsters/ paranormal beings than just a SoulSucker) when it has possessed a body, and wishes to disguise itself, it has a couple of options.

*MAX NOTES:* (read to avoid brain flips) This specific SoulSucker used the only known technique that applies to dead body possessions which is: adopting the characteristics of the being it has possessed, however it is used with a living host sometimes too, but that is less common, reason being is that their presence is not completely erased, just weakened, it's kind of a "blend with the crowd" sort of deal, but they remain conscious and can awake whenever they please, they're taking acting to a whole new level. (EXAMPLE: Max walks across an innocent looking dog eating a pizza [except for the fact that the mutt looks half dead] and would have walked right by it if not for her super senses. Max draws her sword and dog turns into grotesque(er) monster dog. END OF EXAMPLE) *END OF MAX NOTES*

*MAX'S UNSUPPORTED INFORMATION CONTINUATION:*(optional reading)

The advantages of something possessing a living body is that once it has control, it basically becomes a parasite and feeds off the life force of its host. When it's "awake" and in control of the body, it does as it pleases while being supported by a functioning living body, the disadvantages is that it takes a lot of energy to remain "awake" or in control of a living body for a long period of time. However this can also be considered an advantage, when the control is lost, a SoulSucker will go into a slumber-like state inside the living being and be almost completely un-detectable. The only way to detect a paranormal being inside a living being, while in its dormant state, is with a spell that can only be used by a specific category of magic users (more info later), or me. However, another disadvantage is that it can only awaken when it has regained enough energy to take control again. (EXAMPLE: Human seems totally normal one day, turns into a serial killer the next, then returns to its normal routine a week or so later without warning. [however, they could just be a serial killer…])

Possessions of dead bodies usually need to exchange bodies every now and then if they get too… rotty. Possessions of living bodies end when the "possessor" decides to give it up, or if it has a parasitic relationship and ends up killing its host. FUN FACT: Some Paranormal beings can possess something (dead or alive) and it will retain its current state until it is done with the body. (more info later.. maybe..)

*END OF MAX'S MAGIC LESSON*

The mutt stopped chewing. It turned its bulbous head innocently towards where James was standing. But the way it stared at me, and the way it positioned itself, it knew its façade was over. Poised in a pouncing position, it squealed at me. It sounded like some of its vocal chords had been ripped out (which they had) and as if the other vocal chords were attempting to make a sound of the living. James drew his sword.