Authors Note : Wassup! Not much to say so, here's another chapter!

A Potion and Proposition

Chelsea

I was still pretty depressed for the next few days. Some days, I'd curl up into a ball in the stable and cry. Others, I'd go into my field and yell. Others, I'd cast spells on unsuspecting townsfolk. I had turned Lanna blue, turned invisible and given Elliot a mini heart attack and had zip-mouthed Julia for a day. Will had called a few times asking did I want to go out with him for dinner, lunch, walks etc, etc, but I always said no. I just wasn't in the mood. He was sorta, kinda the reason as well. I know I shouldn't think like that but it helped me put the blame on someone else. I had become pretty close with Witch and visited everyday. I had learned how to cast a mini tornado, learned how to read minds (though it was very hard and I had to focus for several minutes) and how to turn someone into a teddy bear. I thought the last was useless but when I told Witch that, she had an outburst and we had a magic battle. But her niece, Witchkins, had come in right when I was about use my zip-mouth spell and interupted us. I promised not to insult her bears if she didn't try to cast death spells on me.

I woke up the next morning to be greeted by rain pounding on my roof. The only upside, since he stopped talking to me, was that it rained every single day. I got out of bed and looked at the calender. It was Monday. It had been two weeks since that time. I groaned and quickly got dressed. I decided that today I would play a few pranks on unsuspecting townsfolk. I fed the animal and ran to Witch's house. "The usual, I presume?" Kirk asked when I got into the boat. I nodded and he rowed the boat to Mystic.

I opened the door and walked in without knocking. Witch looked up at me, smiled and then went back to brewing...whatever she was brewing. I took the seat beside the cauldron. "Whatcha doing?" I asked her. She scowled. "That brat turned one of my beloved bears into a frog! So I'm making a potion to turn her into a bear!" She cackled and started brewing again. "Chelsea, pass me that newt eye." I did and sat in silence until she finished.

"Hey, Witch? Do you mind if I have a look through your potion books?" I asked. She gave me a nod and I started skimming through her books. I knew what I was looking for. Turn into frogs...Turn into bears...Turn someone pink...Turn someone mulberry... Aha! Vision potion! "Hey, mind if I..?" "No, not at all."

I took out her cauldron and began brewing. It was all new to me so I needed Witch's help. But, when we did get it, I leant over it and whispered. "Show me Vaughn Davis." The water rippled but when it calmed I saw a vision of someone I so badly wanted to talk to again.

Vaughn was sitting at a desk in his room, fiddling with a pen. A stack of paper was beside him. There was a knock on the door and Julia's head popped round.

"Vaughn?"

Vaughn let out a groan. "For the last time Julia, leave me alone!"

Hurt flashed across Julia's face but it didn't show for long. "I just want to talk. Please, Vaughn."

Vaughn sighed but let her in. "What?"

Julia thought for a moment but then looked straight at Vaughn. "What happened between you and Chelsea?"

A few emotions passed through Vaughn's face but then returned to it's unemotional state. Anger, embarrasment and...sadness. He growled at Julia. "What's it to you? You don't like her, you're probably glad I'm not talking to her!" Julia remained unfazed.

"I admit, I'm not her biggest fan but..," She sighed. "Vaughn, do you like her?" Vaughn looked up. "Of course I do! Are you that stupid?" Julia's eyes widened and then she glared at him. "Vaughn! If you like Chelsea, then why are you dating Sabrina?" Vaughn stared at her before letting out a small laugh. "God, Julia! Not like that! She's my friend! Sheesh, woman!" Julia turned red. "B-but you seemed so down, so I thought..." Vaughn just shook his head.

"Vaughn. I think you should go make things up with her. When you're with Chelsea you seem so happy... She does too. I also think you should call it off with Sabrina. It's because of her that Will..."

Vaughn shot up. "Will what? What's he doing to Chelsea? Tell me now Julia or..!" Vaughn took hold of Julia's shoulders and started shaking. Julia just shook her head. "It's not my place to say... All I know is you don't have feelings for Sabrina anymore. And I still don't think you're telling the truth about Chelsea. As much as I don't like her, I think she's more then just a friend..." Julia ran out of the room and Vaughn flopped on to the bed. The image flickered and I was left looking at my reflection.

"Witch, I have to go!" I heard Witch giggle. "Sure thing, Chels. See you later, alligator!" I gave her a small wave as I ran back to Kirk.

...

When I docked on to Verdure, I began to run to the animal shop. Unfortuantley, I ran into Will.

"Ah, Chelsea! I was looking for you. Do you think I could talk to you for a minute on my ship?" he asked. "Um, I-I'm a b-bit busy W-Will. M-maybe later?" I was getting a strange aura all of a sudden. It felt like I was a rabbit in a cage full of lions. I don't know why I didn't get it earlier. Will just smiled.

"Please, it won't take a second." He took my arm and lead me to his ship. The aura only got worse and worse. When we reached the ship, he turned and put his arms on my shoulders.

"Chelsea, I really like you. I felt we really clicked that night. I find myself thinking about you all the time. Would you do me the honor of becoming my girlfriend?"

My breath got caught in my breath. "Well, uh, I-I-I, um..." But he cut me off. By kissing me full on the mouth. If I could scream mentally, I did. The kiss was painful. It felt like every cell in my body was being pulled out one by one. It felt like being stabbed and waiting to die. It felt like having a gun pointed at you and waiting for the trigger to be pulled. It felt like jumping off of a cliff and waiting for the painful landing. It felt like death.

He pulled away slowly and stroked my cheek. "You truly are my darling angel." He leant in for anothe kiss but I put my hand in front of my face. "I'm no average angel." I then smirked a smirk I hadn't in two weeks. "Besides," I leant my forehead aginst his. "If I'm an angel I'd hate to see what the devil's like." I drew back quickly and punched him in the stomach. I then kicked him in the groin. He doubled over and I bolted from the scene. I kept running until I bumbed into something. Or, rather, someone. Whover it was had a chest like a wall. I fell back on my butt and looked up to give out to them. But my mouth just hung agape and tears welled up in my eye.

They were wearing a full cowboy outfit. Black shirt, black jeans, a brown jacket, cowboy boots and black Stetson, that I had always stolen just to make them smile. Silver hair and beautiful purple eyes. They glared down but the glare soften a little when they saw me. Vaughn.

I stared at him for a few seconds when a voice sounded behind me. It was Will's. "What the hell, Chelsea? What the frick is wrong with you?" Will came from Sprout Island. I stood up quickly, ready to cast a mini-tornado should I need to. But then the unexpected happened. Vaughn took hold of my shoulders and pulled me to his chest. I gasped but sobbed into his chest. Will stood in front of Vaughn. Vaughn growled at him. "What do want, pretty boy?"

Will stared at me but then turned his attention to Vaughn. "She's crazy! Weird and crazy! A freak!" I stopped breathing. A freak... Vaughn brought me closer to him. "Never. Call. Her. That." His voice was dangerously soft. I looked up at Vaughn he was glaring at Will with so much force, I'm surprised Will didn't just die right there.

Will just looked straight at me. "I'm never talking to you again Chelsea. That's the last time I put on the sweet act around you. Guess it's just you and the cowboy again." Then he turned on his heel and walked away.

Vaughn held me back at arms length. "Are you okay Chelsea?" I looked up at me and burst into tears. I flung my arms around his waist and hugged him. "Woah,what's wrong, Chelsea?" Vaughn tried to pry me off of him but I had a tight grip on him. "You were right, Vaughn. Will was horrible and I can't believe I didn't see it."I cryed into his chest. "What did he do to you?" Vaughn's voice was demanding. "Nothing really. I finally got an aura off him and it was horrible. Then he kissed me and it felt horrible. Like I was about to be killed. So I kicked him and ran...And... Vaughn I'm so sorry!" I let go and stared at him straight in the eye. "P-please can we go back to being friends? The last two weeks have been painful, knowing that when you came over I couldn't talk to you. Witch is fun but she's not the same. Please?" I could swear I saw a ghost of a smile but he smirked instead. I glared at him. "H-hey! I'm confessing feelings here! The least you can do is make me feel comfortable!" The smirk didn't leave his face though. "It's nice to know you still have your feisty-ness intact." I playfully punched his shoulder. "Hey!"

He shook his head. "Come one. Let's get you home."

He me back home and at the door he paused. "Um, Vaughn? D-do you think you can come in? I want to talk to you..." He nodded and stepped inside. He sat down at the table and I sat across from him.

"I-I want to tell you about my past... You don't have to tell me your's but I want to tell you mine..." He nodded and motioned for me to start. I began.

"Well, Mark is my older brother. Mark is also normal. He was the most popular guy in school with his messed up blond hair and emerald eyes. Mother and Father loved him so much. Then they decided to have another child. They wanted a beautiful girl who would be popular and have a knack for farming. A girl Mark. But... I was born. Theyy noticed something off about me the moment I opened my eyes. Mother and Father have green eyes like Mark but... I opened my eyes and they were huge. Huge, sea-blue eyes. As dark and big as the sea. I didn't scream like most new-born babies. I let out a small melody instead.

Two weeks later, Mark, who was 5, comes home asking what the word 'freak' meant. Father told him it is someone who is just unaturally weird. Mark pondered on this and then walked up to my room. I was lying down in the crib when Mark comes up. "Heya, Chelsea. I just found a word that describes you and your eyes to a 'T'. Freak." He then left, satisfied with himself. I screamed after him. And then my 'first words' came out. "Le' i' wain, Le' i' pouw, Le' de noisy dundew woar." The next thing there was word of a big, hurricane that happened in Japan, compelety out of this world. Over 500,000 people, killed. Mark insisted it was my fault and Mother and Father never talked about me to anyone. some people still though Mark was an only child.

The years went by and I'm 10 years old. In the last 5 years, I hadn't smiled at all. In fact there were times were I just looked like a zombie. I hung around with myself and nobody took any notice of me. Then, my first music class came. I got picked to play the flute. I picked it up and it was like my fingers already knew what to do. I was told to keep the flute. Slowly, my room became a music room, full of instruments and music sheets. Mark was 15 and told me that it wasn't normal for a 10 year old to know how to play that many instruments. He insisted that my love for music was another freaky thing about me.

5 years later. I was 15 and as weird as ever. I hadn't gotten a single spot and my hair never got greasy. Mark took over the farm and he had 3 girlfriends since he was 18. Then one day, Mark invited his girlfiend, Lumina, to have a look at his farm. I hid in a tree, wanting to pull a prank on Mark. Mark came in and was showing Lumina around when I sang my famous 'Song of Storms'. Lumina and Mark were almost squished under a tree. I fell out of my tree, but didn't get so much as a scratch. Mark saw me and marched over to me with Lumina. I noticed something off Lumina. There was something pleasant about her. I felt relaxed. This was my first 'aura'. I talked to Lumina like I knew her forever. Lumina looked slightly shocked. Then really, really scared. She dragged Mark over away from me. Then she dumped him because 'That girl's a creep and I don't want anything to do her!'. Mark got so angry with me and told me that I was so freaky that a girl dumped him because of me. I became extremly anti-social and never talked to anyone. And when I did, I felt so uncomfortable that I couldn't think and stuttered like a fool. Mother told me I had a serious disease and after that she constantley hit me.

I'm now 21. Mark is 26. Mother and Father tell me that they have made arrangements to move to a place called Sunshine Islands to start my own farm, as Mark had done. They told me that they would call me every few days but I said no. They gave out to me for being so disrespectful. They said I would be come as successful as Mark one day and threw me out of the house with all of my belongings... And now I'm here." I finished my story.

Vaughn just looked at me with sympathy. But then he looked slightly upset. "Um, Chelsea? I know I should tell you my past but... I'm just not ready... I'm sorry..." I shook my head. "Remember? I said you don't need to tell me yours. I just wanted to tell you mine." He nodded and then got up. "I'm gonna head out know..." I nodded and followed him to the door.

Vaughn

Chelsea walked to her door behind me. I felt like jumping around, I was so happy. I had never been this happy in my life. I was about to leave when Chelsea called out to me.

"Hey, Vaughn?" I turned to face her and she was muttering under her breath. She nodded and then looked at me. "Um, do you mind me asking you something?" I shook my head. "Is purple your natural eye colour?" I scowled at her question but nodded my head. She looked straight at me and then broke out into a huge, genuine smile. Her eyes sparkled and she showed all of her perfect, pearly teeth. I looked around. "Where's the beautiful thing?" She just smiled. "Your eyes. They're beautiful." And with that she closed the doors, leaving me utterly confused.

I walked back to the animal shop. My eyes were...beautiful? No they weren't. I had been teased constantly about my eyes. I grumbled to myself and went to bed sleep.

I was in a forest near a small pond. I didn't know where I was. Then I heard a voice call my name.

I turned around and saw... Sabrina. Her black hair was shining in the moonlight and she smiled shyly at me and gave me a small wave. This was shy Sabrina. The Sabrina I had dated until she showed her true colours. Sabrina suddenly looked beside her and scowled.

Another figure came from the bushes. I could see Sabrina but this figure was completly black. I could tell it was a girl. I could only make out an outline but I saw she had straight, shoulder length hair. I couldn't see her eyes but it felt like she was looking at me. I heard a small giggle behind me and turned to find yet another woman, floating over the pond. She had green hair and big green eyes, like Chelsea's only... green.

The green haired woman started to talk. "Well, Vaughn? Your fate has a dividing path now. You can only choose one." I looked back at Sabrina. She gave me a small wave. I looked over at the other girl. She looked at Sabrina, me, then down at the ground. She looked back at me and started to fade. But before she completly vanished I caught a single glimpse of her eyes.

Big, sea-blue eyes

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