Now for the chapter where the action takes place!
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Fangface the Second: lol there's gonna be a reunion alright… though, I wouldn't address it as a 'family' one. (though remind me to use that chapter title later)
Fangs and Kite sat in the library later that night, guarding the picture that hid the safe. Kite was holding a glowing sword, the hilt of it looking like his bracelet (namely because the sword was actually his bracelet in the form of a weapon), while Fangs held a regular sword that was crafted by Will Turner, with his initials carved into the blade. Everyone decided to keep guard of the book, just in case someone was tempted to open it. Fangs was too scared to open it and unleashing a dark force onto mankind… even though everyone told him that only a member of Lamone's family could read the spell, but he didn't want to take any chances.
Fangface, however, was far from scared, as he was completely curious about the book. "Ooh, ooh, do you really think that there's a demon in that book? (grr) Do ya?" he asked Fangs, mentally.
I wouldn't doubt it… especially since we both were sucked into books back in "Magical Mishaps". Fangs thought in reply. …One reason why I don't plan on ever reading a book again…
"What do you think would happen if we opened it?"
Hel-LO! Did you NOT pay attention earlier? If we open that book, that witch-girl will burst out and take over the world… and WE'D get blamed for it!
"(grr) No… only a member of Pugs' family can do THAT. What I meant was, what would happen if someone else opened it? (grr) Someone else,"
Fangs paused, equally curious, and he turned to Kite. "Hey, Kite, what do you think would happen if one of us opened that book? I mean, we're not related to Pugs or anything." he said.
Kite shrugged. "I don't know… That 'Darkarai' chick would probably pull something, like make a new spell appear that could only be read by a Fangsworth, or maybe entrance one of us into handing the book over to Puggsy, Lamone, Toni, Kiff, or Hardy." he replied, giving Fangs a serious look. "In other words- Don't. Touch. It."
There's your answer. Fangs thought to Fangface.
Kite looked at the clock: 11:45 PM, and he sighed. "Just fifteen more minutes, then Edwin and Biff can take over the watch," he sighed.
"Ooh, I wish we didn't take the night-shift," Fangs said, trembling as he looked around at the library, how the moonlight shined through the window, making the book-shelves cast off shadows. "C-Can't we just turn into Fangface and Kitefang and have them take over?"
"Oh, sure, make us do ALL the work," Fangface scoffed.
"No way. They're both too curious about the book… plus, they have the next shift tomorrow night." Kite replied.
"(grr) Hey, I'm not THAT curious about the book!" Kitefang snapped.
Dude, you were just picturing cracking the safe and flipping through the book's pages. Kite thought in response.
"How do I know that wasn't YOUR fantasy?"
*Creeaak…* went a floorboard, and the two teens froze.
"W-W-What was t-t-that?" Fangs stammered, holding him his sword, shakily.
Kite looked at the clock: 11:50. Edwin and Biff wouldn't be coming until midnight, and he knew that the others were fast-asleep. "C'mon, we'd better check it out," he said, walking towards the door.
"There is NO WAY I'm creeping down a dark hallway in the middle of the night! …I do enough of that on the show and in fan-fictions!"
Kite shrugged. "Alright. I'll go check it out, and you can stay and guard the book, all by yourself."
Fangs gulped. "M-Myself? …Hold up, Kite!" he then began to follow Kite toward the door.
"What's the matter? Afraid of being by yourself?"
"No! Maybe. …Yes."
Kite rubbed his chin, then snapped his fingers. "I've got it. We can defuse from our werewolf halves, that way Fangface can stand guard with you, and Kitefang can help me investigate."
Fangs shook his head. "Nuh uh! You know how much I hate defusing from Fangface! It freaks me out, seeing half of me walking around!"
"(grr) Seeing you around isn't a pretty sight, either!" Fangface sneered.
"It's not THAT bad, Fangs. …Heck remember the FIRST time you both defused?" Kite asked.
~Flashback Time!~
Fangs is sitting on the couch, while Kite is looking through one of Edwin's spell-books. "Hey, Edwin? What does this 'diffusion spell' do?" Kite asked his friend.
Edwin scratched his head. "Huh, I don't know. I've never tried it out before." he said.
Kite grabbed his wand, rubbing his chin. "I guess there wouldn't be any harm in seeing what would happen if I tested it, right?" he said. Before Edwin could protest, Kite repeated the spell.
A bolt of lightening shot out of his wand and struck Fangs. "YEOW!" Fangs cried out, falling to the floor.
"Augh! Oh my gosh, Fangs, I'm sorry!" Kite gasped, dropping his wand.
"Are you alright, Sherman?" Edwin asked.
Fangs popped up, leaning over the back of the couch. "Yeah… I'm fine," he said, rubbing his head.
"I'm fine, too." Fangface said, popping up next to Fangs, also rubbing his head.
Fangs and Fangface both paused and looked at each other, their eyes going wide. "AUGH!" they both screamed, falling back from shock.
"Huh. So THAT'S what it does," Edwin said. "Nifty."
~End of Flashback!~
Fangs had his arms crossed, scowling. "Yeah… and I'm STILL scarred for life," he sneered.
"Ah, quit complaining, and just do it!" Kite said, holding up his wand. Waving it, he defused from Kitefang and made Fangs defuse from Fangface. "There, now was that so bad?"
"Yeah, Fangs, was that so bad? (grr)" Fangface repeated with a smirk.
"I still think it's creepy," Fangs muttered.
"You and Fangface guard the book, (snarl) and we'll see who was in the hall," Kitefang said, ignoring Fangs' statement, as he and Kite walked through the door. He then poked his head back in. "And DON'T touch that book! (grr) Don't touch," Then he left.
Fangs turned to Fangface, giving him a stern glance. "You hear that, Fangface? No touching the book!"
"(grr) What makes you think that I, Fangface, the one werewolf who can control myself, (grr) would try to open a book that would unleash a demon?" Fangface scoffed, giving Fangs a stern glance back, his gaze suddenly falling on the picture that hid the safe.
Not even 20 seconds later…
"Fangface, I said NO!" Fangs snapped, trapping Fangface in a full-nelson, trying to keep the werewolf from grabbing the book out of the safe, which was now opened.
"(grr) I won't open it entirely!" Fangface argued, pulling Fangs off him and reaching for the book. "I'll just check out the table of contents! (grr)"
Fangs tackled Fangface onto the ground, and they got into a wrestling match- Fangface trying to grab the book while Fangs would pull him down. …A bit OOC, but hey, you'd do the same thing if your werewolf half was overly-curious about a cursed book.
Kite and Kitefang snuck down the hall, pausing when they saw a small shadow disappear around the corner. "Alright… on the count of three…" Kite whispered. "Ready? …Three!"
"Yaaaaaaaaaaaah-huh?" Both of them yelled, pausing when they saw what was around the corner.
A small Pomeranian with charcoal-gray fur with a bit of white on its chest and paws, and riding on its head was a small green iguana. "Arf!" The Pomeranian barked viciously, running up to them and snarling.
"Rickishi? Rickishi?" came WG's voice, and she stepped out from around a different corner, smiling when she saw the Pomeranian. "Oh, there you are, Kishi." she then turned around. "Yo, Silver! I found 'em!"
Silver stepped around the corner. "Ooh, ooh! Pocca! There you are-" the werewolf said, running toward the two animals.
"Arf! Arf arf arf arf arf arf ARF!" The Pomeranian snapped, running up and snapping at Silver.
"Down, boy!" WG snapped, picking up the small dog, while Silver grabbed the iguana.
Kite and Kitefang only stared. "Um… guys? What's with the dog and the lizard?" Kite asked, arching an eyebrow.
"Oh, didn't you hear? It's 'Bring Your Pet into a Fic' Day," WG replied, stroking the Pomeranian. "This is my dog: Rickishi Ricardo McFluffin Pomeranian Southerland. …But everyone in my family just calls him Ricky."
"And this is my iguana, Pocca," Silver added, letting Pocca crawl up his arm, shoulder, and onto his snout.
"We were keeping them in our room, but SOMEONE left the door open and they got out," Saying this, WG looked at Silver.
"Hey, it's not MY fault that door doesn't shut properly! (grr) Not my fault,"
"Just be lucky we found 'em. Who knows what could have happened to my little Kishi-ween." the authoress nuzzled her dog, cuddling with him. "Ain't that right, Puff-Puff?"
"Um… okay…" Kitefang said. "Well, I guess we'll get back to our post, then, since it was only you guys and your pets walking around."
WG and Silver looked at each other. "What do you mean?" Silver asked.
"We heard someone walking past the library," Kite explained. "It was probably just you guys, or your pets."
"But, guys… we didn't go PAST the library," WG said, then held up Ricky. "Did you, Ricky?" Ricky only blinked.
"Pocca, what about you, girl?" Silver asked his pet.
"Uh-uh," Pocca replied in a small voice, shaking her head.
"But… if you guys weren't the ones who went by, then who…?" Kite began to ask, pausing.
They all looked at each other, and rushed down the hallway back towards the library.
Fifteen Minutes Prior…
Toni opened her eyes, sitting up in her bed. She was staying in a spare bedroom with Luca and Stutz, all of them fast asleep… and suddenly she felt wide-awake. For some strange reason, she walked out of the bedroom and into the hall, looking around, having a feeling that someone was there. I guess it was just a feeling, she thought.
That is, until she saw a shadow run down an adjoining hallway. "Huh? Who's there?" Toni called in a whisper, stepping out and running around the corner after the shadowed figure, seeing that they were heading toward the library. "Hey, stop!"
She ran past Puggsy's room. Hearing someone running down the hall, the teenager woke up and stepped out of his room. "Toni?" he asked in a yawn, rubbing his eye. He saw his young cousin running to the library. "Toni! Wait!"
Inside the library, meanwhile, Fangs had Fangface pinned to the ground, grabbing his leg and bending it upward. "Ack! Uncle! Uncle!" Fangface grunted, pounding his fist on the floor. "Let me go! (ow!) Let me go! (snarl)"
"Not until Kite and Kitefang come back and we fuse back together!" Fangs snapped. "I am NOT going to be held responsible if you release some dark-powered sorceress-WAUGH!" Fangface had reached back and grabbed Fangs' shoulders, yanking him over head and running over him. "Oh, no you don't!" Fangs grabbed his foot, tripping him.
"Oof! (grr) Why you…!" Fangface growled, twisting around and tackling Fangs.
While the two half-wits were fighting over self-control (first time without being fused together), a cloaked figure slipped into the library, grabbing the book out of the safe and lying it on a table in the moonlight. Hearing footsteps, the figure quickly slipped back into the shadows.
"Hey, who's in here?" Toni asked, stepping into the library and looking around, seeing nothing but books… and two idiots in a wrestling-duel. She rolled her eyes. "Huh, boy, it figures… Only midnight, and the nit-wolf is fighting with himself." she began walking over to them. "Alright, guys, break it up-"
*Badda-bum badda-bum badda-bum…*
Toni froze at the sound of drumming, turning to see where it was coming from… her eyes falling on the cursed book. What the…? How'd that get there? she thought, walking over and picking up the book. "I'd better put this back, before some moron decides to open it." She began walking toward the safe… slowing down her pace and then stopping, eyeing the book.
She knew it would be foolish to open it… yet, she still wondered what could be in it (besides a witch). As she held the book, she felt some sort of power surge through her veins, her mind going blank as she stared at the cover.
"C'mon, Fangface! Fight the urge! Be strong!" Fangs snapped, having caught Fangface in a choke-hold.
"Gack! Alright, alright! …But how come Toni gets to hold the book, and I can't so much as touch it? (grr)" Fangface demanded.
"What are you talking about? No one's allowed to… hold the… Toni!" Fangs looked over, seeing that Toni held the book, a blank look in her eye.
"(grr) Uh, oh!"
"Quick! Before it's too late!" Kite cried out, running down the hall with the others, passing by Puggsy as they did.
"Guys! What's going on?" Puggsy asked, catching up to them, then eyed Ricky and Pocca. "And what's with the furball and reptile?"
"Someone's in the complex!" WG replied, then held up Ricky. "And this is my dog, Ricky."
"This is Pocca," Silver said, pointing to Pocca.
"They snuck by the library a few minutes ago." Kitefang said, then caught himself. "Er, that is, the intruder did!"
"I just saw Toni heading toward the library a second ago!" Puggsy said.
"Then this… is bad." Kite said.
They burst into the library, just in time to see Toni preparing to open the book. "T-Toni, don't!" Fangs cried, running towards her. Unfortunately, he tripped over his sword (having dropped it after tackling Fangface) and fell to the ground, and Fangface tripped over him. "Oof!"
"Toni, NO!" Puggsy yelled.
It was too late.
Toni had opened the book.
A gust of wind suddenly blew, sending books flying off their shelves, and a green light appeared in the pages of the cursed book, highlighting strange symbols no one could read…
No one… except Toni. "Zepon nori kuna makahn dovi bula teswan gola byn yun!" she said, sounding as if she were in a trance.
*PSSSHHHH!*
A powerful light shot out of the book, causing the others to be temporarily blinded and fall back. Toni suddenly dropped the book, falling over, unconscious.
Edwin, Biff, and all the others ran into the library, hearing the commotion. "Oh… sugar honey iced-tea!" Edwin cried out.
"W-What's going on? What's happening?" Gin cried out, clinging on to Biff.
A silhouette appeared in the bright light, hovering in the air, then floating toward the ground. Meanwhile, a cloaked figure stood behind a book-shelf, grinning in satisfaction. The light dimmed, and when everyone's vision's cleared and re-adjusted to the darkness, they gasped, seeing Darkarai in the flesh…
She was a little girl, looking at least 10, with dark skin, long black hair pulled back by a golden tiara with a green gem in the middle, wearing a bikini-like green top, dark-moss-green Arabic pants, green slippers, a gold necklace with an emerald in the center, and had bright green eyes.
"Unfortunately… all hell just broke loose," Lamone said, bluntly.
A/N: Well, it looks like trouble is about to ensue… Now, review! (Note: flames are for weenies, so don't send any)