Hi! I know this is my first A/N, through out this story. Nut I had the feeling I should write one, so yeah... Anyways, I'm sorry It took a long time to update, but I had huge writer's block! SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...Anyways...please enjoy. XD
Chapter 4
Some Unease and Some New Friends
It's been nearly a week since the fight between Melody and Zelda and still, Melody hasn't come back to school. On his visits to the hospital, Billy found out that there was nothing wrong with Melody's back. Everybody in the school disliked Zelda even more for hurting a little eight-year-old. A lot of people gave Billy a lot of respect for defending Melody. After two weeks was when Melody finally came to school, completely cured (well except for her hand). Melody was near the door of the tower of her class when Billy saw her and called out.
"Melody!" Billy yelled. Melody turned and smiled and waved at Billy.
"Hey Billy!" she yelled back, as the small albino ran towards her. "It's nice to see you."
"Same here. I can't believe you're cured already," Billy said.
"Well believe it," Melody said.
"Melody, are you willing to meet some of my friends?" Billy asked.
"Of course I am," Melody said smiling. "When do I meet them?"
"During break," Billy said. "Well I have to get going. I'll see you later."
"Yeah, see you," Melody said as she opened the door of the tower. She then ran up the long staircase. Melody was out of breath when she made it to the top. Panting, she opened the door of her class and walked in. As she went and stood in front of the piano, she had a bad feeling.
"I'm beginning to hate this endowdment thing," Melody groaned and hung her head. She then raised her head and looked at the keys before her. Melody pressed a few keys with her good hand. She sat down on the stool, wondering what she should play. But before she could decide, the fingers of her good hand started to move and created a wonderful song.
'I know this song. Where have I heard it?' Melody thought, as she continued to play. Then suddenly, another hand joined in. Melody looked up to see Mr. Pilgrim. Mr. Pilgrim had his eyes closed, as his fingers smoothly pressed the keys. Melody smiled and continued to play with one hand. At the end of the song, Melody heard clapping from behind. She turned around and saw Gabriel standing their clapping and grinning. Melody beamed, and looked up at Mr. Pilgrim, who was looking at her too, with a smile on his face.
"You play really good Mr. Pilgrim," Melody said, smiling.
"Than-you Melody," Mr. Pilgrim said. He then looked at her hand that had a cast on. "What happened to your hand?"
"It got squashed," Melody said.
"Oh," Mr. Pilgrim said. Gabriel cleared his throat. Mr. Pilgrim looked at Gabriel, with a puzzled look. Melody got off the bench so Gabriel could sit and play. Gabriel slowly sat down on the bench. And just sat there and stared at the keys.
"Go on, play," Melody said sweetly. Gabriel nodded and slowly he started to play a peaceful song. And the class went on like that, until the bell rang. Melody walked out of the room before Gabriel did. Gabriel quickly grabbed his bag and went after Melody.
"Hey Melody," Gabriel called after her. Melody stopped and waited for Gabriel. As Gabriel ran down to Melody, he tripped over his own feet, and started to fall. Frantically, Gabriel's hands looked for something to hold onto, but there was nothing. Before Gabriel knew it, he was tumbling down the stairs. Melody gasped as she watched Gabriel roll down as a ball and crash into the door at the bottom of the stairs. Melody carefully ran down the stairs, and found Gabriel on the ground in a weird position; he was upside down with his back against the door, and his legs were over his head. Melody ran to his side.
"Gabriel, are you okay?" Melody said. Gabriel groaned.
"No," he managed to say.
"Oh, here let me help," Melody said. She pushed Gabriel slightly, causing him to fall on his side. Gabriel groaned. "Sorry."
Melody carefully put Gabriel's arm over her shoulder as best as she could. She then tried to pick him up, but couldn't.
"You're too heavy for me," Melody said. She then got an idea. "Wait right here. I'll go get some help."
"Yeah I'll stay here. It's not like I'm going to go anywhere anytime soon," Gabriel said. Melody smiled weakly, before running out of the tower in search for help. As she ran, she ran into someone and fell to the ground on her butt.
"Sorry," Melody said. She looked at the person who she bumped into. Her jaws dropped open. "J-Jesse?"
"The one and only," said Jesse as he helped Melody up.
"How did you-? How come-? Aren't you-? Huh?" Melody said, confused. Jesse laughed.
"Mom and Dad enrolled me into the academy so I can make sure you don't have another accident," Jesse explained.
"Oooh," Melody said. "Speaking of accidents…Jesse I need your help!"
"Already?" Jesse said.
"Yes. Gabriel fell down the stairs, and well, he needs help," Melody said.
"Who's Gabriel?" Jesse said suspiciously.
"Jesse, this isn't the time to get suspicious," Melody said. "I really need your help."
"Alright, alright. Lead the way then," Jesse said.
"This way," Melody said as she ran off, Jesse close behind. Melody had slammed into a few people and landed on her butt every time, on their way to the west wing. Every time she slammed into someone, they would start yelling, but when they realized whom it was, they apologized and helped her up. Melody fell on her butt so much that by the time they reached the west wing, her butt was hurting so much that it hurt to crouch down and sit down (I know this from experience).
"Gabriel, I brought help," Melody as she gently shook Gabriel. Gabriel groaned and looked up at Jesse, who smiled. "Gabriel, this is my brother Jesse."
"Nice to meet you. Here let me lend you a hand," Jesse said as he crouched down and grabbed Gabriel's arm and pulled him up gently. Gabriel gasped in pain. "Whoops. Sorry about that, didn't mean to be rough. Melody, where's the clinic?"
"This way," Melody said. Jesse nodded, as he put Gabriel's arm around his neck and grabbed Gabriel around the waist to keep him up.
"Hold on. We don't want you falling and injuring yourself again," Jesse said. Gabriel nodded. They then headed for the clinic; taking a turn here and there, keeping Gabriel from injuring himself again. As they made their way, they noticed that there was no one around.
"Hm, everybody must be out," Melody said. She looked at Jesse who was looking at her with a questioning look. "After our first class, we go out for a break."
"Oh," Jesse said. They kept on walking until they reached the clinic where the nurse laid Gabriel on a bed, so he could rest. Melody and Jesse decided to stay there for a while. Melody then noticed that Jesse was wearing a green cape.
"Oh so you're in art," Melody said. Jesse nodded.
"It's the only thing I'm good at; drawing things," Jesse said with a smile.
"Yeah, but most of your drawings are women in bikinis," Melody said as she sighed. "How did I get a perverted brother? The better question is, how did you get perverted. I mean you used to be so care-free and innocent, but now you're all, tch, messed up and perverted. "
"Shut-up, Melody," Jesse said, his face red. Melody smiled innocently as she thought, then she gasped.
"Oh god, you learned the pervertness from Dad," Melody said. Jesse flinched at the comment, and Gabriel looked up, interested in the conversation. "One time when I was looking for Renegade, I looked into Dad's secret box, and found magazines with almost naked ladies on them. The only thing that went through my head at that point was 'OH GOD! DAD'S SUCH A SICK PERVE!' …I never looked inside the secret box ever again, even when I lost Renegade."
Jesse gapped at Melody and so did Gabriel. Melody saw them and looked at them with an innocent look.
"What? I'm only telling you how I found out, that my dad was a pervert," Melody said as she looked away. Then her eyes brightened up, and she looked up at the two older boys. "Hey Jesse and Gabriel. Where do babies come from? I mean, how can a mom get a baby in their stomach. It's not like it appears magically. Huh Jesse, Gabriel?"
Melody looked at Jesse and Gabriel who both changed scared glances.
"Er well, you see Melody…Babies well…um," Gabriel said, looking nervously at Melody's curious and innocent look.
"Just tell her the truth," Jesse said. Gabriel looked at Jesse in horror.
"What! But she's only eight!" Gabriel shouted.
"But she should know," Jesse said. He sighed and looked at Melody. "You see Melody, a baby really does magically appears in the mom's stomach. It's like this, when a mom and dad love each other so much and they want to have a baby. They do this sort of ritual, you know, magic. But they have to be alone to do the ritual."
"Oh, so that's why Mom and Dad lock themselves in their room at night. But Jesse, they kept doing weird noises," Melody said, as she looked at Jesse. Gabriel looked at Melody in horror then looked at Jesse, whom had his eyebrows raised.
"Well, they have to do that. They have to make weird noise to make the spell work, you know, the noise is like...magic words," Jesse said.
"Oh," Melody said, with and. She then frowned. "But Jesse, Mom and Dad do the ritual almost every night, how come they haven't had a baby yet?"
The two Serpent children heard a thump come from Gabriel's bed and turned to see Gabriel lying on his bed, unconsious.
"He must've fainted," Jesse muttered. He then looked at Melody with an awkward smile. "Anyways Melody, that's because they messed up somewhere in the ritual. Until they figure out what the mistake is, they can't make a baby."
"Oh," Melody said, smiling at Jesse. "Thanks Jesse for telling me where babies come from."
"Anything for you sis," Jesse said, sending a nervous look at Gabriel. 'I so have to talk to Mom and Dad about their little "rituals", before Melody gets the idea to peek at them, just to see how they do a "ritual". It's amazing that she is still gullible. I'm her big brother, of course she'd believe me!'
For a few more minutes they talked about school things. Suddenly Melody got up from her chair so fast, that Jesse jumped so hard and fell off his chair. He got up, rubbing his backside.
"Oh no! I forgot about Billy," Melody said.
"What about your boyfriend," Jesse said frowning at Melody.
"He's not my boyfriend, so stop saying that he is," Melody said angrily. "I promised that I'd meet him at break so I can meet his friends. Oh snap! I got to go bye."
And before Jesse could say anything, Melody ran out of the clinic and off to the coatroom.
"Argh, that girl, one of these days I'll… Argh!" Jesse said before he too left, leaving an unconsious Gabriel all alone. Jesse ran after Melody who was about 20 yards away from him. Jesse might be taller than Melody and have longer legs, but for some reason Melody was always faster than him. Jesse tried running faster, which sort of worked, because he was now 10 yards away. He saw Melody disappear into a room, and went after her. He opened the door and saw Melody hang her cape on a hook. Quickly, Jesse did the same and walked up to Melody. But before he could reach her, she ran out of the room and out to the playing field. Jesse groaned, and went after her, again. As he ran out, he saw Melody looking around, and before Melody could run off again, he grabbed her from the waist into a tight hug.
"Where do you think you're going, missy?" Jesse said.
"Jesse let go of me, I need to find Billy before the bell rings," Melody as she struggled against Jesse.
"You're not going to find him," Jesse said plainly.
"And why not?!" Melody said angrily, tearing from Jesse's grip.
"Because he found you," Jesse said as he pointed in a direction. Melody followed the finger and saw Billy running towards them. Melody broke into one of her award winning smiles and waved at him happily.
"Hey Billy!" Melody said cheerfully.
"Hey Melody, Jesse," Billy added as he spotted Jesse. Jesse smiled at him, and Billy returned the smile before he turned to look at Melody. "Where were you? I couldn't find you anywhere?"
"Er well, Gabriel had an accident and me and Jesse took him to the clinic," Melody said with a weak smile.
"I never knew Jesse came to Bloor's Academy," Billy said, looking at the boy with his large eyes.
"He doesn't'. Well now he does, but he just got here. He says he wanted to keep an eye on me," Melody said, rolling her eyes.
"Well I guess that's a good thing. I don't want you to get hurt again," Billy said, blushing a bit. "Er well, come on. You said you wanted to meet my friends, but then again you already know them, don't you."
"Yup! But they don't know me...sort of," Melody said. Jesse was looking at her with a questioning look, and I guess Melody saw him, because she added to him. "I told him about my endowedments. Don't worry, he can be trusted."
"Endowedments?" Jesse said, raising a brow.
"You know… my superpowers," Melody said.
"Oh, so that's what they're called," Jesse said. "Don't worry I trust him. So Billy, you think you can introduce me to your friends, too."
"Sure, why not," Billy said. "They're over here."
Billy started to walk off, with Melody and Jesse following him close behind. As they walked Jesse saw that Billy was leading them to a group of two girls and four boys. One of the boy's hair looked uncombed, another boy's head was sticking out everywhere like he got shocked or something. The other two boys looked pretty normal. Then the girls also looked normal too, but what had Jesse's fullest attention was the girl with brown mousy hair. He couldn't keep his eyes off her; he thought she was the most gorgeous girl he'd ever seen. He was snapped out of his trance when he accidentally bumped into both eight year olds. Billy and Melody fell on their butts with an uf. Melody whimpered a bit as she got up (But do you blame her? Her butt is sore from falling all the time.).
"Whoops, sorry about that small ones," Jesse said. Melody frowned at him, while Billy gave him a reassuring nod. Jesse laughed nervously, and Melody shook her head. She then looked up to see six pair of eyes watching her.
'So much for a first impression,' Melody thought wearily. There was an awkward silence, but was broken by Melody.
"It's too quiet, someone say something!" Melody shouted.
"Something," Tancred said. "I said something, now what?"
Melody looked at him for a moment before she pointed at him accusingly.
"OH MY GOD, YOU'RE THAT BOOGER-EATING KID!" Melody shouted, shaking her finger at Tancred. "Torsson, right?"
'Wow! She is really good at acting,' Billy thought, looking at Melody as Tancred nodded.
"Yeah. Tancred Torsson to be exact. Just to let you know, it tasted like chicken," Tancred said, winking at Melody. Melody looked at Tancred with a horror stricken face.
"Way too much info," Melody said. Tancred laughed and walked next to Melody. He put a hand on Melody's head and ruffled her hair.
"You know, I like you already. This may be the start of a beautiful relationship," Tancred said with a grin. Everyone looked at him horror stricken faces. Tancred saw the face and quickly added, "NOT LIKE THAT!"
"Good, cuz you're way too old for me," Melody said.
"Only by what, five years," Tancred said. Melody smiled sweetly at Tancred, who smiled in return. "I volunteer to introduce you to my friends, after you introduce yourself and your friend over there."
"Then I better get started," Melody said grinning. She cleared her throat. "I'm Melody Serpent, and this is my brother, Jesse Serpent.
"Give us some information about yourselves," Tancred said. Melody looked at him.
"That wasn't part of the deal," Melody said.
"Well it is now," Tancred said with a toothy grin. Melody sighed.
"Hm, well…I don't know what to say about myself," Melody said.
"But I do," Jesse said suddenly. "Melody…our dear, sweet Melody. Hm, well the word I would describe her with is kind."
"I say beautiful," Tancred said.
"Ditto," Billy said. Melody blushed.
"Well anyways, Melody, she's good at almost everything! Which is pretty impressive for a girl her age," Jesse said. "She loves animals, flowers, shoot she loves everything. She's stubborn, generous, helpful, hard working, and a bunch of other stuff. …And I think that's about it."
"Well I guess since you talked abut me, I'll tell them about you," Melody said. "Jesse is protective, as I put it. He's excellent at drawing people and manga characters. He loves animals, his Wii Nintendo, and his magazines. He's also stubborn, hard working, helpful, kind, sometimes generous, and really possessive when it comes to his magazines. …Done."
"Interesting, really interesting. Jesse are you endowed?" Tancred said. Jesse shook his head. "Hm. What's your endowedment Melody?"
"I rather not talk about them," Melody said.
"THEM!" everyone, but Jesse and Billy shouted.
"Yeah, I got two," Melody said a bit nervously. "But forget about them. What about you guys? You haven't introduced yourselves."
"Melody, if we tell you our endowedments, well you tell us yours? At least one of them," Tancred said, putting his hands together in a begging mode. Melody looked at him as she thought. Then she nodded slowly.
"I guess one endowedment wouldn't hurt," Melody said. Tancred cheered, causing Melody to smile sweetly.
"Okay, I'll start with myself," Tancred said. "As you already know, my name is Tancred Torsson. I describe myself loyal, I guess."
"More like short tempered," Lysander said. Tancred shot him a glare.
"As I was saying…I'm good at art; mostly painting portraits and scenery. I love sunny days, animals, and my X-Box 360. I'm-
"Stubborn. Really stubborn," Lysander interrupted. Tancred shot him a glare.
"Generous," Charlie said. Tancred smiled a thankful smile.
"Helpful," Fidelio said.
"Kind," Billy said.
"Smart…ish," Emma said frowning slightly.
"Eh," Olivia said shrugging. Melody and Jesse laughed as Tancred shot Olivia a glare. "What?! I can't think of anything to say."
"Tch, figures. You're to slow to think of anything," Tancred said, crossing his arms across his chest. Olivia glared at him. "Well anyways, I'm a weather monger. I can control the weather and junk."
"Oh wow," Jesse said, raising a brow in amazement. Tancred grinned.
"Now next we have Charlie Bone," Tancred said, waving a hand at Charlie. "A word I would describe Charlie is determined. He loves animals. Shoot everyone here loves animals! Anyways, he loves…he loves… Well to tell the truth I don't know the things he loves besides his family. But I do know that he hates his great-aunts, his evil grandmother, the Bloors, Yolanda, traitors, and I think he hates his endowedment. …And er…he's sort of bad at his trumpet, no offence."
"Non-taken," Charlie said.
"And well, he's a picture traveller; he can hear voices of people in pictures, painting, and portraits, and sometimes he can meet them," Tancred said.
"Hm, interesting," Melody said truthfully. She never knew that she could actually meet the people in the pictures.
"It is, isn't it?" Tancred said. "Next is Fidelio Gunn! He is always happy and talks most of the time. So the word I describe him is energetic. He loves his violin, his huge family, and music. He barely hates anything. And he's normal and junk."
"You make it sound like a bad thing," Fidelio said, frowning.
"Sorry, I guess," Tancred said. "...Er next is Lysander Sage. Sander is the most loyal friend you could find! He's also very kind, and gentle. He loves art, sometimes I think he loves it more than his own family. He's in art, of course, he love kids, and pretty things!"
"Shut-up Tanc!" Lysander said. Tancred laughed lightly.
"Ok I'm sorry, ahem, anyways...he hates nasty people, shoot we all do!" Tancred shouted. "And for some odd reason...he hates potatoes...and loves spinach..."
"I like spinach," Melody said with an innocent look. "But you lost me with the potatoes..."
"Same goes for me," Jesse said, raising a brow. Everyone laughed and agreed.
tbc
Okay well there's my fourth chapter! I hope it made you laugh like heck! In my opinion...I like the whole baby talk thing. XD Again, I'm sorry, but like I told you...major writer's block! People...please review! okay? okay! Bye!
