A/N- hey guys. Just a pre-note to apologise for lateness and the poor quality of the previous chapter. I received a review from my good friend Neena14 who spotted my absentminded-ness, but just to say- dear, I didn't see it as a flame; I saw it as a good ol' kick in my goddess-ly arse.
If I don't update for some time, or if another chapter is poor quality, then I sincerely apologise. Wolf Love, unfortunately, has approached a bump in the road where I have ideas block. Then added to a health crisis I have, it doesn't really help (read DA journal for info).
I'm willing to accept ideas from any readers, since it would really help. Just email me, rather than putting it in a review…
OWTF
Phoenixandashes helped much with this chapter's ideas on what our animalistic heroes do… /huggles/ thankies!
'Animal speaking'
'Animal thinking'
Normal thinking
"Speaking"
"Another language"
"Johnny, what on Earth are you doing?"
"I'm setting up an eBay account."
Robert rolled his eyes. "Johnny, you are not selling Oliver, even though he looks like a unicorn. Now get away from that computer. We're going out to find Enrique."
"Stupid playboy Italian idiot…" Johnny muttered. "And stupid pretty-boy French freak…"
He looked down, though, when he heard a babbling noise sounded near his feet. Watery, large purple eyes looked up at him and the unicorn's lower lip curled over and wobbled. Johnny could feel his demeanour crack up and he sighed. Bending down he picked up his once-human teammate.
"Sorry Oli." He apologised, tucking the white foal underneath his arm and carrying him out the door after Robert. "I take back what I said about you-"
'And Enrique?'
"-but not what I said about Enrique."
'Worth a shot…'
"Will you stop talking. There's no point. I don't understand you." Johnny said.
Oliver rolled his eyes. 'Hurry up, though, you dolt. We're going lose Robert.'
"Johnny, hurry up, will you?" Robert's crisp voice nearly made Johnny jump.
"Right away, your majesty." Johnny muttered. He caught up with the German noble. "Say, Robert. What about Oliver? I mean, how can we change him back- wait, how can we be sure it is him?" Johnny shook his head. "Anyway, but he's a frickin' unicorn. We need to cover him up, in a way; pass him off as a normal foal."
Robert frowned. "I see your point… your bandana-"
"No touching the bandana. It's special." Johnny interrupted fiercely, pointing a finger at Robert. "Bandana stay on Johnny's head. Bandana no go on horsy's head."
"It only stays on your head because you have the most unruly hair in the universe." Robert pointed out.
"Exactly!"
Robert rolled his eyes.
'Morning Kitten.'
The baby-tiger looked to his left to the wolf-cub. 'Heh, hey Tala.'
'They've found that French kid.'
'Who? Oliver?' Ray blinked, sitting in front of Tala, black and white striped tail curled around him. 'Where was he?'
'With his team. He was changed as well… I don't know where he went, though.'
'Hm…' Ray looked at the floor sadly. 'Things are getting way too out of hand and freaky… I mean, an ancient Greek witch turning people into animals? It doesn't scream normal… far from it…'
'I agree with you, Ray, but things are never normal when I'm around, are they? I survived mass genetic experimentations which should have killed me, I woke up earlier than I should out of that coma that Garland put me in and I survived when my mind shut down; that hardly 'screams normal' but it happened.'
Ray smiled slightly. 'I see your… tail…'
'My tail?' Tala looked down at his fluffy white tail, thumping it on the floor a few times. 'Don't you mean point?'
But Ray wasn't listening, instead looking at his own black and white tail.
'Ray?'
'Sh… the thing might move…'
Tala blinked stupidly. 'Ray, that's your tail.'
'No it isn't!' Ray objected, eyes trained on his tail and pupils wide. 'My tail is black with white stripes. This thing's tail is white with black stripes.'
Tala was highly freaked out. Not only was he oblivious to it being his own tail- and the difference between having black with white stripes and vice versa-, but he began to chase it, running around and around in many circles trying to catch it. The room's occupants were also watching, including the cat's own boyfriend.
The little Racoon Dog, Fai, marched right up to the little tiger and whacked him squarely on the nose. Ray stopped immediately and stared at his own pet confusedly as Fai made the usual tutting sounds, though in a scolding tone.
Ray wandered over to the couch and leapt into Bryan's lap, snuggling into the Falcon's warmth, embarrassed.
"Wait, where's Moon Child?" Bryan asked. "And Tala?"
Kai and Cha'tima looked at each other then at the ajar-door.
"Shit! "
Both teen and wolf raced out the room with lightning speed. Enrique sighed. "Okay…"
"What's happening?" Traci asked, eyes still unseeing.
Meanwhile, Bryan got up and left a sleeping Ray on the couch.
"Oh, well, Ray went crazy and started chasing his own tail, Fai- the little racoon thing- told him off and now…" Enrique's eyes widened.
"Now what? Enrique?"
"Um, hold on a minute…" He murmured. "Uh, nature calls… I'll be back in a minute."
Traci smiled. "Okay, sure."
Enrique winced and rushed over to the window. "Michael!" He hissed at the baby-eagle, who was sat on the ledge outside the window. "Michael, what the hell are you doing? Get back inside here!"
"Enrique?" Traci asked from inside. "What are you doing at the window? I thought you said you needed to bathroom."
"Yeah, I'm just shooing away some birds that are- kidnapping Michael!"
"What?.!" Traci shrieked.
"Uh, just joking, Trace." Enrique lied with a chuckle, though internally spazzing because Michael was in fact being kidnapped by a magpie.
"Enrique, you shouldn't scare me like that!" She scolded. "Where is he?"
"Oh, right here. Listen, I'm going to take him outside for… a walk. Yeah, a walk. I think he wants one. Listen," He continued, "um, we'll be back in about five minutes. Ray's on the couch next to you, so he'll help you if you need something. Don't bother with Bryan; he's a bastard."
And he ran off, not bothering with the lift by taking the stairs, and rushed out the doors. He got out just in time to see the magpie fly into a huge tree in the nearby park.
"Stupid magpies…" He muttered, setting off at a fast pace again. "He's not even shiny for Christ's sake!" (1)
He managed to reach the tree in less than five minutes, but realised the magpie nest was very high up…
Bryan blinked at the white fluffball on his bed.
"Tala?"
The ball of fluff raised a sleepy head, yawning cutely. Ice blue eyes blinked sleep away.
"I though Moon Child had snatched you." Bryan sniggered as Tala just blinked up at him, yawning again. "Come on, you can sleep out in the living room. And since Kai's out looking for you and you have no lap to sit on, you can sit on me."
Tala looked as if he was smiling as the thought. The Falcon picked the little wolf up, watching as Tala seemed to fall asleep again; he chuckled.
Entering the living room, he frowned. "Where's Giancarlo?" He asked Traci as he sat down, Tala on his lap like he promised.
"Out."
He blinked at her peeved-ness. "What's up with you? You seem pissed off."
"He joked about Michael being kidnapped by birds. Then he took Michael out for a walk. I think I have a reason to be pissed off."
Bryan looked at the open window with curiosity. Laying Tala next to Ray on the couch, he moved over to the window to look out. The breeze ruffled his lavender hair, and equally lavender eyes scanned the city before him, the soft sunlight spreading across his pale skin, making his form look as if it were glowing; the peaceful sight would have made even Ray's fan-girls drown in their own drool… and let's not get started on Ray himself…
But his sight settled on the park nearby. More specifically, the large oak tree. A being was running away from it, holding something… and being chased by a group of black and white birds, meandering all over the place, but heading to the hotel nonetheless.
The blonde hair said it all. Bryan sighed heavily. "Giancarlo…" He muttered with a sadistic smirk. "And I thought you loved birds."
(1) A pun… using 'shiny' in a sense of the opposite of 'dull' which could mean both 'boring/stupid' and 'dark/non-glossy', so Enrique means that Michael is dull and boring
A/N- I was reading through WL: Opposites Attract for inspiration and realised that during the time I was writing it, I had a fetish over oompa-lumpas… tis rather scary… and the fact that in Wolf Love, I mentioned Tala being like the Easter bunny (Chapter 1) and the again in OP when Ray was talking to Bryan… this is one random fic…
Flashback- the ending of OP
Tala: The…end?
Demi-goddess: yep.
Tala: (cries into Kai's chest)
Tyson: you made him cry. You-
Demi-goddess: if that sentence ends in 'meanie' I shall rip your innards out and feed them to an oompa-lumpa.
Bryan: but Ian isn't a cannibal.
Demi-goddess: true
…
Demi-goddess: well, there you go. End of the 2nd Wolf Love. Hope you enjoyed it as much as the original and please have a pleasant day/night/rest of your life.
Ray: Or she'll set an oompa-lumpa…
Demi-goddess: AKA Daichi or Ian…
Ray: On you.
Tyson: how will that make your day/night/life better?
Demi-goddess: I dunno. But they're funny and break into song every five seconds…
… /gets poked with stick by readers/ huh? Oh, sorry, yeah…
So, if Tala wasn't snatched by Ayashe (AKA Moon Child), then where did she go?
…Review!. /runs away from sticks/
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