A Place in This World
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Chapter Three: There Goes the Neighborhood (1)
Felicity had been in her room for an hour finishing up loose ends on her weekend assignments when Samara knocked on the door then let herself in to the brunette teen's blue and green bedroom. The red haired princess laid herself down on Felicity's bed and began sifting through the books on Felicity's bedside table.
"Organic chemistry, One Hundred Years of Movies, and," Samara paused and began to count the different science and horticulture magazines on the floor, "you have very limited interests." She finally said. "But at least it'd be easy to pack."
"Did you come in here for a purpose?" Felicity asked not looking up.
"Yes, I want you to consider coming with me when I leave for Magix in the morning."
"You play contact sports without a helmet, don't you?" Felicity chided as she turned in her forest green upholstered desk chair to size up the other girl, and then quickly went back to her homework.
"No, I'm quite serious. Your mom's agreeable to the idea."
"My mom's usually agreeable to anything." Felicity sighed as she reached for her calculator. "I once dyed my hair pink and she went along with it."
There was a silence so thick in the room you could cut it with a knife as Samara tried to picture the hard headed but seemingly straight laced girl in front of her dying her hair any color not originally found in nature, then she decided to speak again.
"You're not like your mom then, are you?"
Felicity's hands froze in midair above her calculator and she turned to face Samara. "What do you mean by that?" Felicity wasn't upset, just curious how this girl who'd only met her a few hours ago could tell that she and her mother were nothing alike when people who had known them for years still assumed that since Flora and Felicity both were brunettes of medium height with tanned skin since they were mother and daughter, but closer than sisters and enjoyed botany and other sciences their personalities were the same as well.
"It's just that you seem more skeptical about everything than she is." Samara explained.
"Well, aren't you like your mom?"
The red haired girl looked up at the ceiling and sighed. "I don't know. I mean in some ways I do hope I'm like her because she's probably the most powerful fairy in history (2) and I wouldn't mind being powerful."
"Again with the fairies?" Felicity asked somewhat annoyed.
Samara ignored the interruption and continued. "But she tends to give up too quickly which is something I can't stand. And the stories I've heard about her and my father from their friends including your mom really make me hope that I'm…."
"Did you say my mom knew your parents?" Felicity gasped
"Yes, I did."
"So that could mean that you weren't just making stuff up because you fell on your head and there really is an alternate universe made up of magical beings."
"That's what I've been trying to say since I woke up." Samara replied testily. "But you just haven't been listening."
"That could be very interesting, but still I don't know. It just doesn't sound logical."
"I could show you if you wanted, there's no place like the magical dimension."
Felicity opened her mouth to respond, but a loud thud from downstairs interrupted the girls.
"What on earth was that?" Felicity wondered out loud as she pushed herself away from the desk and hurried out into the hallway, Samara was close behind her. The red haired princess bumped her nose into Felicity's back.
"Ow! Warn someone when you put on the brakes." She said rubbing her nose.
"What on earth is that?" Felicity asked, ignoring Samara's comment and pointing at the large dog that had cornered her mother between the bookcases by the front windows and a chair in the front room.
"That?" Samara asked looking to where Felicity was pointing. "That's something you don't want to mess with."
"What is it exactly? I mean it looks like a large dog."
"It's a tracker, look just get your mom out of here and I'll deal with everything else." Samara said as Delia and her pet closed in on Flora.
"Okay." Felicity replied as she leapt down the stairs to confront the intruders. "Hey! You! Get your dog out of my house!" She shouted.
"Who are you?" Delia asked turning around slowly, her glittering onyx eyes narrowed as she took in the green eyed teen and her angry face.
"I could ask you the same question." Felicity countered with her hands on her hips. "You're in my house."
"And you're in my way!" Delia shouted shoving past Felicity to get to Flora. "I'm here looking for someone."
"I believe that would be me." Samara said brandishing her sword. "Felicity, do something about her, I'll take care of her tracker." The
"So you think darling princess," Delia smirked looking at Samara's shocked expression. "Creatures appear!" as she said those words about seven or eight creatures that resembled small timber wolves emerged from the shadows and circled Felicity. The brunette girl squealed and picked up the closest thing she could get her hands on which was a bouquet of silk flowers in a large purple vase.
"Get away!" Felicity shouted brandishing the vase, but it didn't do anything except annoy the wolf like creatures. They nipped at the brunette's ankles with sharp teeth until Felicity was forced to leap out a front window after her mom, the creatures followed.
"How do we get rid of these things?" Felicity asked as she dodged the sharp teeth.
"Maybe like this, let's go ENCHANTIX!" Flora shouted and much to the astonishment of her daughter, the older brunette's hair began to grow and her dark green sweater and white jeans were transformed into a pale lavender baby doll dress with pastel green and blue accents and she sprouted colorful butterfly wings.
"Mom what on Earth is that?" Felicity gasped her eyes wide with shock.
"I'll explain later Lissie; I don't know how strong my magic is or how long I can keep it up. It's been a while since I transformed."
"Ookay." Felicity replied blinking, "Uh, let's get to work then, shall we?"
Flora nodded at her daughter, "Ivy rope!" She cried ensnaring a few of the creatures in twisting vines, Felicity watched in amazement as her mother unleashed another attack, this time of golden pollen causing a few more creatures to fall asleep.
Delia stared at Flora confused and took a small light blue crystal on a silver chain from her pants pocket and held it up. The crystal flared for a second then went out much to the black eyed beast manipulator's disappointment; this older fairy might have strong powers, but she wasn't one of the ones they were looking for.
"What rot, all this way for nothing." Delia grumbled flipping back her long blonde ponytail. "Do what you want my pets, but return to me when you're done." And with that, she clapped her hands three times and a bright blue light appeared engulfing the blonde and pulling her back to Magix.
Meanwhile Flora and Felicity were trying to fend off the wolf like creatures while Samara defended herself from the tracker, however once Delia had left, Lugh also vanished, but not before tearing the leg of Samara's black jeans.
"Blast! That was my new uniform." Samara shouted as she jumped out the window to join the two brunettes.
"Sorry to hear that." Felicity muttered sarcastically as she and Flora knocked away another one of the wolves. The going was getting harder because although the trio was gaining the upper hand every so often the creatures were growing larger. Then without warning, Flora fell to her knees- her Enchantix form slowly fading back to her civvies.
"Mom? Are you okay?" Felicity asked shoving one of the beasts out of the way and kneeling down next to her mom.
"I guess my strength isn't what it used to be." Flora replied weakly.
"Don't worry, I called for backup." Samara told them, and here it is now.
Felicity looked up to see a red ship with the same markings as the one on Samara's jacket land in her front yard. "There goes the neighborhood." She muttered as two girls-one with golden blonde hair in a long ponytail and another with her black hair in braids held back by a turquoise colored scarf- and a boy with cherry colored hair and a scowl on his face stepped off the ship.
"What took you so long?" Samara demanded looking right at the brunette girl who was standing next to the one with the braids.
"We had to drop Isilee off at Cloud Tower." The girl with the braids replied, Felicity noticed that she was dressed in an outfit similar to what Samara and her male companion were wearing. The blonde girl however was wearing a shimmery yellow top and a pair of white skinny jeans with a pair of gold heels.
"She's really going there?" Samara gasped.
"Yes, she's really going there." The boy replied.
"Hey! Can we do the socializing after we get rid of these… whatever they are?" Felicity asked as she tried to shake one of the wolf like things off her leg. It came off with part of her track pants and some skin.
"On it." The boy replied calmly as he pulled some throwing stars from his jacket. He tossed one and the rest flew from his hands and straight at the creatures knocking out all but one.
The one remaining beast seemed to grow right before their eyes and lunged right at the boy's chest knocking him to the ground. It was about to clamp its jaws around the boy's neck when Felicity let out a shout and shot vines out of her hands restraining the creature and pulling it off of the boy. Then quick as a wink, the blonde shot out a blast of light vaporizing the beastie.
"Glad that's over." Flora said, still sitting on the ground.
"Way to go Felicity, I knew you could do it." Samara complimented as she draped an arm around the astonished girl's shoulders.
"I guess that means I am a fairy." Felicity sighed.
"Or a witch." The blonde giggled.
"Nice. Hey, Samara are they friends of yours?"
"Yes they are." Samara replied. "Meet Aurora (3) from Solaria, she's the blonde and Aiyanna from Andros. Oh and the angry scowling guy is Gavin, he's from Melody."
"Okay." Was all Felicity could manage.
"Nice to meet you, are you coming to Alfea?" Aurora asked curiously.
"Now that we're done here, can we get going?" Gavin cut in before Felicity could reply. "We came here for nothing anyway."
"No one asked you to come here anyway." Felicity shot back. "And by the way, you're welcome."
"For what?" Gavin asked scratching his head.
"For saving your life." Felicity answered before going back into the house.
All good intentions must be circumvented (4)
Well, a few months and a few hours and I finally have a third chapter, don't forget to review, and yes, Felicity will be at Alfea by the next chapter.
1.) Song by Sheryl Crow
2.) According to Ms. Faraganda- not to me
3.) Aurora is Stella and Brandon's daughter in case you haven't guessed yet. Her name means Goddess of the Dawn according to babynames dot com
4.) Ten points and a chance at maybe being a character if you can name the song and the musical where this line is from.