Disclaimer-I do not own Inkheart or any of its characters. I only own my oc Mia and my other oc Cole. Thank you to everyone who reviwed, and also thank you to Basta's girl for helping me out with the grammar in my story.
I'm sorry if this isn't all that great but I've got a lot of things going on right now. Hope you all enjoy reading this, and please review! Thank you: D
Chapter 10: A new outfit and Mia's close call
Mia began to stir under the sheets of Cockerell's bed. She opened her eyes only to meet with a certain red head.
"What happened?" she asked Cockerell.
Cockerell looked at her intently and smirked. "Well girly you passed out after you finished reading for Capricorn. You've been knocked out cold for an entire day just so you know".
Mia's eyes widened. "A whole day!" she cried.
"Yep, Cockerell replied simply. Anyway I'm off to work" he said standing up and walking towards the front door.
Mia looked back at him surprised. "Where are you going?" she asked.
Cockerell looked back at her and smirked. "To find a man named Silvertoungue, we've been trying to track him down for years but have had no such luck" he replied gritting his teeth.
Mia blinked. "Silvertoungue? Who the bloody hell is that?" she asked.
Cockerell snorted at her expression. "Silvertoungue is a man named Mortimer Folchart. He has the same reading ability as you do girly! Except his is much more powerful".
"I see, Mia replied. Wait a minute does that mean once you find him then Capricorn will have no use for me?" she asked happily. "If that is the case then I can go home!" she thought. There was still hope for her to get away from this place!
Cockerell narrowed his eyes. Almost as though he knew exactly what she was thinking. "No princess! Remember you are still married to me and I don't plan on divorcing you anytime soon" he smirked while holding up his hand which contained the wedding ring.
"Crap!" Mia thought angrily. She looked down at her wedding ring and sighed.
Cockerell noticed her expression and laughed. "Aww why so down? Am I that bad a husband?" he asked smiling.
Mia glared at him. "Do you really want me to answer that?" she asked.
"I don't really care how you feel or what you think Mia, he replied. Anyway I'm off! Don't try or do anything stupid while I'm gone! And stay away from that Cole boy as well".
"Ok I understand" Mia replied. There was no point in arguing with him. Nothing she said or did would make any difference.
"Good girl" Cockerell laughed. He walked out of the front door, not bothering to lock it. He knew Mia wouldn't try to escape with her parents lives threatened. He hated the thought of loosing anything that belonged to him. "That's never going to happen, she's mine now and if anyone tries to take her away from me Ill kill them!" he thought to himself angrily.
"Oh well, time to find Silvertoungue" he muttered walking towards the car park.
Mia's pov
Ok here I am stuck in Cockerell's house for the remainder of the day. I would go outside but what's the bloody point? I didn't have anything to do, so I might as well just chill out here. Thankfully my iPod still had quite a lot of power left, which was awesome because I didn't have a charger anywhere near me. Music is one of the only things that makes me feel completely calm. I was listening to face down by the red jumpsuit apparatus band, while drawing random little doodles in my sketch book.
All of a sudden I felt a surge of pain run through my tummy. I tried to think of what it could be... "Oh no not now!" I cried. It was my time of month and I barely had more than 3 sanitary towels.
The thought of Capricorn seeing them that one time in front of all of his men made my face flush red. Why did things like that always happen to me? Such as the golden plate smacking Capricorn directly in the head. I didn't even do that on purpose, it just came out of the blue. I was surprised he didn't have me killed on the spot.
All of a sudden I was rudely interrupted. My headphones had been snatched off of my head and my iPod hit the floor with a crack. I looked up only to see a certain old ugly magpie smirking down at me.
"You just broke my iPod!" I cried.
Mortala sneered at me. "Oh I'm so sorry" she replied sarcastically.
I felt like hitting her. I don't know if it was my hormones or what making me so angry today. But to tell the truth I actually liked it... I'm not sure if I've become more cynical since I've been here or something. Rather that or just more confident than I was before.
"I'm sure you are, I muttered irritated. Anyway what do you want? Did you come here to lecture me or just annoy me?" I asked glaring at the old woman.
Mortala gave me a look that sent shivers down my spine. "So much for the adreline rush" I thought to myself.
"I came here to give you these you stupid girl!" Mortala growled throwing some black clothes at me.
She had thrown a black short sleeved shirt at me, a long black skirt that stopped just before the kneecaps, a black set of underwear and bra's (which looked a little too big for me, curse you small chest!), a pair of black tights, and last but least a small long black jacket just to add the darkness of the outfit.
"Oh thank you" I replied surprised. I was grateful for the change of clothes since I had run out of my casual outfits from home. And black was one of my favorite being trapped in a village with people dressed head to toe in black. I actually still love the colour; you'd think I would be sick of seeing it in the village of evil all the time. I guess I'm just a special case or a nut case at the moment anyway.
"It's the black jackets wife attire Mortala replied. You're too wear it at all times from now on!". Mortala then proceeded to throw a pair of high heeled shoes at me, which by the way hit me on the head. Seriously this woman could be a serial killer in disguise for all I know, and for some reason I am her current target!
"OW!" I cried rubbing my head. "What did you do that for? How would you like it if someone did that to you?" I asked angrily.
Mortala snorted. "It serves you right you little wench! Since you have been here you have been nothing but trouble!"
"Oh I'm so sorry" I replied sarcastically. I proceeded to put my high heeled shoes on but I wasn't making any progress with walking in them. Suddenly I lost balance and hit the floor with a thud.
Mortala snorted and grinned (in a scary creepy way) down at me. "Pathetic! A woman whom cannot walk in heels. You may as well have been a boy you're so uncouth and a downright disgrace of a woman!"
I just glared up at her. I honestly couldn't be bothered to start a fight with the wicked witch of the west today. I stood up off of the floor and brushed myself down. It was a good thing she gave me some new clothes today. Because my current clothes were covered in dust from the floor. I honestly needed to start cleaning Cockerell's house sometime soon. Men are so untidy!
"Do I have to wear heels and skirt? I asked. I'd much rather prefer trousers and my older walking boots".
Mortala just gave me a funny look and walked out of the doorway to Cockerell's house.
"Well that was helpful" I muttered sarcastically. I knew for a fact that she didn't want me anywhere near the kitchen anymore. Yay! I managed to avoid manual labor for now anyway.
I got changed into my new outfit, which I have to admit is pretty cool; I especially like the black jacket. The skirt isn't too short (Thank god!), and the black casual shirt fits like a glove. Which is more than I can say for the Bra she gave me. Mortala must have thought I had a big bust since she gave me a 34 c cup, while I'm only a 36 A cup. I thought about stuffing it to hold it up properly, but I also didn't want any of the creeps around here knowing that Cockerell's little wife stuffs her Bra. I might have to console her about that. That is, if she doesn't rip my head off first.
After I brushed my hair, I used what was left of my sanitary towels. And decided I'd have to force myself to go and find Mortala, to ask if she had anymore that I could use.
There was no way in hell I was going to put on those horrid heels. So instead I grabbed my boots over by the bed and pulled them on. They were comfortable and actually fit the whole black jacket wife attire look. I don't think anyone here would care if I didn't wear my heels, screw them if they did! Men should see what hardships women have to go through daily just to look nice and presentable. Hopefully Mortala would not snitch to Capricorn about such a un- important thing. If she did or does then she's just sad.
As soon as I walked out of Cockerell's house looking for Resa (preferably) or just some maids to help me out with my whole PMS crises. I came across the most annoying person known to this earth. Basta!
"Hello there lovely, out for a walk without her husband I see" he purred.
I glared at him intently. "What's it to you? I don't need my husband to be at everyplace and time for me you know".
Basta just smiled a creepy smile that sent shivers down my spine. "Is that so? Well either way it makes you all the more vunerable, wouden't you say?"
Honestly could this guy get any more annoying? "I can take care of myself" I replied rolling my eyes and walking off far away from the knife wielding nutter.
Basta growled and came charging at me. I screamed as he knocked me down full force onto the ground. Pain shot through my right ankle and I couldn't move it properly.
Basta crawled over me and pinned me down. His knife was at my throat ready to attack at any given moment. People looked at us in awe and just stood there staring! I thought at least one of the maids could have screamed or at least done something other than standing there in complete silence!
I cringed as the blade came closer to my 's foxy face was hovering over mine with that horrible smirk stuck on his face. His dark eyes were burning with rage and looked as though they wanted to incinerate me right on the spot.
I tried to pull out from under him but his body was just too heavy. Plus the fact that my right ankle could be broken, the pain was shooting through my leg like crazy. And my Pms made my tummy ache. This position was certainly not helping it either. "Get off of me you knife bound freak!" I shouted as fiercely as I could.
Basta smirked down at me with his knife still near my throat. "You know if I were to kill you that would make Cockerell very unhappy". "Although, that to me would be blissful. Since I couldn't be married to you, I could care less about harming you now that you belong to that limping git!".
I stared back at him in shock. "Are you really all that jealous Basta? Because that to me sounds like a pretty sad thing for you to do. All because you didn't get what you want, you just want to destroy and be done with it instead". I honestly don't know why those words came out of my mouth. Maybe it was just all the frustration building up inside of me. Or maybe I just simply didn't care anymore...
"How dare you!" Basta growled punching me across the face. I felt blood run down my chin and drip onto the concrete floor. Before Basta could raise his knife he was knocked off of me by an unknown 's punch had blurred my vision a little. All I was seeing was black spots.
"Mia!" a man's voice shouted.
It sounded familiar could it have been..."Dustfinger"?
"Mia are you ok? Speak to me!" Dustfinger cried pulling me up into his arms. My vision was blurry but starting to go back to normal. "I'll be ok, no worries" I replied giving a small smile. My mouth was filled with blood.
All of a sudden Cole ran over to us. He looked tired and completely exhausted. By the time he reached me and Dustfinger he was panting heavily. "Oh my god Mia! I can't believe what that bastard did to you". He cried running over to me and hugging me against him, even though I was still being held in Dustfinger's arms.
My vision had completely come too now. I couldn't stand up at all so I was rest assured that my right ankle was indeed broken. And my face was on fire from where Basta had punched me. I must have looked a right sight because all of the maids were looking at me in shock. Panic suddenly over took me. "Wait! Where is Basta? Is he still around here?" I asked trembling.
Dustfinger picked me up into his arms bridal style and smiled. "No need to worry about him, I sent him a wonderful gift of fire onto his backside. And he's probably running back to his masters side like a good little pet" Dustfinger laughed.
I couldn't help but laugh even with my mouth hurting. Basta truly was like a little dog trying to please his master Capricorn. It was sad...and just pathetic for someone to look up to a person that evil. "I Guess he has his reasons" I thought to myself quietly.
Cole however was not laughing. "I'm so sorry Mia,I should have got here sooner! Then I would have beat the shit out of that little bastard for doing this to you!" he cried looking down at me with those beautiful sad green eyes.
"It's ok Cole I'll be fine and thank you both so much for coming to my rescue" I said gratefully. "If it weren't for either of you id be dead by now". Suddenly water just sprang out of my eyes and down my pale face. I felt so pathetic and helpless. My salt tears were dripping onto my now dirty clothes along with some of the stained blood.
Dustfinger held me close to him and started walking towards the maid's kitchen. Cole followed us and kept reassuring me that I would be ok and that he would be my personal bodyguard from now on. It was sweet of him but I doubt Capricorn would allow him to do that.
Once inside the kitchen I saw Resa look back at us in shock. She quickly got out some bandadges, plasters, various cream products, scissors, and some anti bacterial ointment out of the first aid kit box. Along with a warm bowel of watter, and a towel.
Dustfinger and Cole sat in another room waiting until Resa was done tending to my injuries. She was kind enough to make me a cup of tea and a omellete, along with a piece of chocolate cake. Once my mouth was cleaned up (thankfully I didn't lose any teeth) I ate both food beverages, and gulped down the tea.
Resa had cleaned the blood off of my face, Apparently I had a few scratches on my neck which I didn't realize until she pointed it out to me. They had cleaned with the antibacterial ointment and now covered with plasters. It was creepy to think that Basta has scratched my neck with his knife. The thought of it made me shudder. Resa then wrapped my broken ankle in a well fitted bandage, with some healing cream to help ease the pain. Thing is though we didn't have a cast so it looked as though I'd be hopping around for a while...how lovely. That would be a funny sight for the Black Jackets indeed. As well as Mortala and Capricorn.
Resa smiled at me when I said I couldn't thank her enough for all of this. I also told her about my pms issue and she gave me a whole bag of sanity towels (Thank god for this woman!). Honestly Id have been lost without her. And also Dustfinger and Cole of course. If not for them I would have been killed.
Dustfinger walked up to me with Gwin peaking out of his pocket. "We are going to have to take you home Mia, Cockerell will be back soon. And he will be wondering why you are not there".
Oh my god! How could I forget Cockerell? If he knew Basta did this to me then god knows what his reaction would be. "I can't go back there with you two, he told me not to go anywhere near you".
"Screw him!" Cole cried. "Don't worry Mia we can stand up to that bloke no problem".
Dustfinger sighed. "No Cole you're missing the point. Once Cockerell knows that Mia has been anywhere near us he will punish her because she promised him she wouldn't see us".
Cole's eyes burned up with anger. "It wasn't her fault! Let's just tell him that!"
I couldn't stand seeing both of them getting all worked up over me. "It's ok really Ill accept my punishment from him". I shuddered at the thought but there was no way in hell I was going to let Cockerell hurt or attempt to kill these two.
Cole's eyes widened. He walked over to me and sat down. "Not like this you won't! I will not let that bastard touch you, when you are already injured".
"Let's just get Mia back home first, and then figure out what we are going to do" Said Dustfinger. He picked me up in his arms (which are really strong by the way) and carried me outside towards Cockerells house.
It was already night time and I thought Cockerell would be back by now. But he wasn't home yet which worked out perfectly for us. Unfortunately being an idiot I forgot the front door key. "Shit! I cursed. How could I have been so stupid as to lock myself out!"
"Don't worry!" Dustfinger said while reaching into his pocket. "I have a spare right here" he smiled.
Me and Cole blinked.
"I'm guessing you stole all the spare key's from Mortala" Cole grinned.
"Actually Gwin is to blame for that part" Dustfinger smiled.
"Well well what do we have here?" came a course voice.
I knew that accent from anywhere. "Cockerell!"
"Hi sweetheart thought you could sneak around my back and chat to these two did you?" Cockerell tutted. "Maybe I need to teach you a lesson after all. And get your dirty hands off of her dirty fingers!" he shouted.
"She's injured you daft prat!" Cole shouted.
Cockerell turned around and punched Cole across the face so hard that he fell to the ground. He then proceeded to kick him.
"No stop it!" I cried. "Please leave him alone he was just trying to help me! "
Cockerell sneered." I've been wanting to do that for a long time. And by the way dirty fingers why is my woman injured?" he growled.
Dustfinger glared at him intently."Maybe you should ask Basta that question! He is the one who made the girl trip and break her ankle, aswell as punching her across the face, and attempting to cut her throat".
Cockerells eyes windend. He looked down at me and asked in his scary quiet voice "Is this true?"
"Yes, I replied. Basta could have killed me if Dustfinger and Cole hadn't of saved me".
I noticed Cockerell's blue eyes were filled with anger and hatred. He looked as though he was ready to go out and kill someone. Before I knew it he had run off towards Capricorns castle.
"Oh my god what is he doing?" I asked nervously.
Dustfinger sighed. "My guess is that his anger is about to be fully directed at Basta".
"I'm fine by the way" Cole muttered sarcastically.
"Oh no I'm sorry Cole! Are u ok?" I asked.
"I'm fine, he smiled. I've taken harder hit's than that believe me".
I smiled back at him and would have hugged him if I could walk over to him. I had this horrible feeling in my stomach. Like a pit of despair starting up. The look I just saw in Cockerell's eyes made me feel really nervous. What was going to happen...?
End of chapter: D Hope you all liked it, please review thank you XD
I have a lot of new ideas for this story now; I'm not sure how many chapters I'm going to write though. I don't want to overdo it and make the story repetitive and boring. Until then cya! XD