A/N: Look whose back and tired as hell? Me, that's who! You guys should be happy I'm nice enough to be writing this at 11 PM… Heh, just kidding, I've been wanting to type this up for a while now. And I feel like a loser since I have up to chapter twelve planned out. I need ideas though!! Also, thank you Fox for reviewing and Gamegurl12736 for the Favourite Story/Story Alert! Welll, here you guys go!
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I ran towards Harmonica Town in a complete panic. My first intention was to go straight home, but then I remembered the one person who was never asleep at this time and who may be of some help to me; Wizard. Believe it or not, we were actually on pretty good terms. You could maybe even call us friends.
Without bothering to knock, I whipped Wizard's door open and ran inside, slamming and locking the door behind me, panting gasps escaping my lungs. In front of me, Wizard stood, a large brown coffee stain on the front of his shirt. Why did I have a feeling he wasn't impressed about having his hot drink spill on himself by the surprise of someone running into their house without notice? I guess I had pretty good feelings at those kinds of times.
"Gill… What is it…?" he questioned in his normal broken up speech. It was obvious he wasn't one of many words, unlike most of the islanders. Actually, Wizard was one of the more unusual people on the island. His skin was naturally a coffee-cream colour which made his mis-matched golden and emerald eyes stand out greatly. Under his right eye, a strange white line with the small marks tattooed his otherwise flawless skin. His sandy blond hair was a normal length except for the long part that was always braided on the left side of his head. Often, he wore a black turtle neck with white pants that had triangle designs on the bottoms, black boots peeking out the bottom. To top it off, a navy cloak often was on him; though, for some reason it wasn't now.
Trying to catch my breath, I rested my hands on my bending knees, hunched over. "A-Ashley… She… Blood… Kasey…" I muttered, the fear returning as the scene replayed in my mind.
"Gill," Wizard said softly, putting a hand on my shoulder. "Start… From the beginning… And tell me what is wrong…"
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"… So I came here," I ended after explaining the situation to Wizards who hadn't said a thing throughout the whole thing.
After a moment more of silence, Wizard nodded, looking at my straight in the eye. "Gill… Do you… Know what she really is?"
Confusion must have crossed my face then. "Uh, no… But she isn't human right?"
The tan man nodded as he stood and started walking to the door. "Correct. I recommend… Researching creatures… That seduce their victims before drinking their blood…"
"Wouldn't that be a vampire?" I asked standing and following the path Wizard had walked to get to the book, avoiding stepping on the many books and papers that decorated the floor.
A shadow of a smirk crossed his face as he shook his head, opening the door. "You have much to learn yet."
With that, I was out of the house, confused as to what Wizard meant. But I decided on thinking that after I got into my warm, safe home.
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Days passed, and I still had no idea what I was looking for. I even brought out the computer that hadn't been touched for years to do some research, though it wasn't too much help unless you knew what you were looking up. I was about to give up when I typed in 'Seducing Creatures' in the search bar and a Wikipedia page appeared. "Succubus" is had said. After reading everything and matching it to the events with Ashley, I was almost positive that was she was. I had gone to Wizard after looking up as much as I could about the Succubus race.
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"Wizard!" I called, opening he door to his house uninvited once more. This time, he was by some books, organizing then I assumed. Without any coffee to spill on himself.
"Can't you knock?" he sighed, before motioning to a couch, sitting himself
"I figured out what Ashley is!" I exclaimed, taking a seat though it seemed as if I couldn't stay still.
Wizard arched a sandy blonde eye brow, crossing his arms as he nodded in a way to tell me to continue.
"She's a succubus right? A creature who seduces men before eating them or drinking their blood. Only blood and flesh will keep the unnatural beauty going for the succubus. The male version is an incubus," I explained, grinning as I told a portion of my knowledge.
Wizard gave a small smile before nodding. "Very good… Now that you know… I can seal the being inside her…"
Standing, I furrowed my brows before following Wizard who had disappeared into a back room. Inside, bookshelves of a foreign text were packed, jars and bottles with strange liquids rest. In the center of the room, a chalk-like circle with a star and more of the strange writing was drawn. "I suggest you keep a small distance," Wizard warned quietly, sitting in the center of the circle with his legs crossed, hands on either leg.
Taking his advice, I pressed myself to the door, not releasing my eyes from Wizard's figure. He started mumbling strange words, though I could only tell they weren't English until a few moments later. By then, Wizard was levitating and the circle was giving a small blue glow along all the lines. The glow of the lines rose before swirling uncontrollably around, a wind whipping papers everywhere. I gasped and a moment later, everything fell back into place, and the wind was gone without a trace to show I wasn't imagining things.
Wizard was back on his feet now, but he slightly swayed as he walked as if he were drunk. But perhaps he was drunk; with power that is. I was able to run over and catch the falling man just before he hit the floor.
Oh Goddess, what was wrong with him?!
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A/N: Okay, looks like I'm gonna end up changing some of what's happening in what chapter now, so it'll be longer than twelve chapters for sure. Woo! Anyways, sorry for the crappiness of this; like I said before, it's late. Right now, it's about 12:30 AM… Anyways, tell me what you think! It's just a click of a button and a few keys to press! Haha, see ya guys next time!
