Chapter 10: Run Away to Paris

Maria slowly opened her eyes and when her vision became clear she saw Teekl resting on her chest purring loudly.

When did I...? Maria thought then she remembered Klarion escaping from Lillian's mansion to get away from Dennis now that he was free. Maria slowly sat up, waking the cat familiar then Teekl jumped down and walked away. Maria changed her clothes and walked out of the room. She wasn't familiar with the surroundings but she then came to the kitchen and saw Julian on the couch asleep.

"Morning..." Klarion greeted as he was drinking something out of a tea cup. Maria nodded then went to the fridge and see what was there to eat. Klarion was using his magic to look on the screens to see what Dennis, Lillian, and Randy were doing.

"What happened yesterday...?" Maria asked as she was munching on a box of doughnuts.

"After Dennis tried to attack me, I used my magic to send us to Paris. We're in a pent house I rented." Klarion said then Maria dropped the box of doughnuts then quickly ran towards a window to see the view of Paris.

"WE'RE ACTUALLY HERE IN PARIS?!" Maria yelled waking Julian up.

"Morning, Julian." Klarion said as he gave a coffee mug to Julian. The goth boy smiled as he drank out of the mug. Maria looked at the two of them curiously.
Are they...? Nah! She thought as she went back to the fridge to look for more food.

"So... What is he up to...? Dennis I mean..."

"Hmmm... So far I haven't seen any sign of that man... And Randy is keeping a close eye on Lillian..."

"Did we really make the right choice, Klarion...? Bringing Dennis back I mean..." Julian asked then Klarion looked at him.
"You don't know how those two were back in the past. I did. I saw how Lillian loved Dennis and how he loved her. They were perfect for each other, that is... Until Lillian sealed Dennis's soul inside the Demonomicon book."

"Wait, she sealed him in that book?" Julian asked then Klarion sighed softly.
"Yes... She regretted it though..." Klarion said as he showed a scene of the past to Julian. Julian watched then looked down.
"Do you think... Someone as bad as Dennis... Could change...?"

"...Who knows..." Klarion answered as he made the video image vanished.
"All I do know is that Dennis is after the remaining pages from the book..."

"How many pages does he need...?"

"995..." Klarion answered then Julian looked down. Both boys felt that bringing Dennis out of the book could've been a mistake.

"Yo!" Maria called, snapping both boys back to reality.

"Somebody take me to a shop that sells some baked goods!" Maria yelled then Klarion chuckled.
"Alright, alright, I'll take you since you'll probably get lost the moment you step out of this place."

"I so would not!" Maria said as she followed Klarion.

"Julian? You coming?" Klarion asked then the goth boy smiled gently at the witch boy.
"I'll stay here, but umm..." Julian beckoned Klarion to come closer. He whispered something into the witch boy's ear then Klarion smiled.
"Alright..." He said then when Maria headed out the door, Klarion waved his hand created the video screen image of what happened to Lillian and Dennis in the past.

"We'll be back soon, Julian." Klarion said as he closed the door. Julian watched everything that happened then he sighed softly.
"She suffered so much..." The goth boy whispered then he heard Teekl meowed. Julian held out his hand, and as Teekl sniffed it, she gently rubbed her cheek against his hand and he chuckled.

At Maria's house, Dennis looked through her photo album, while looking he saw many photos of her with Lillian. He took a few and ripped out the part Maria was in. He then came across some photos with beautiful, dark and mysterious landscapes.

Where is it...? He thought then he finally came across a photo of a raven.

"There you are..." He said as he took the photo. He used his ability to merge into the shadows then he arrived back at Lillian's mansion. He held the photo of the raven then burned it. Emerging out of the flame was a raven and it looked at Dennis then bowed its head.

"Find the little girl, Maria... And when you do, attached yourself onto her... Now go." Dennis said then the raven flew away and the young man chuckled.
"I told you... I won't be satisfied until I get what I want... Now... Let's see what my Fair Maiden is up to..." He said as he vanished into the shadows.

Back in Paris, Klarion was carrying big bags of desserts and he held a small bag containing the dark chocolate desserts Julian wanted.

"Dude, why'd you buy that crappy chocolate desserts for Julian? He should've came with us." Maria said as she was eating some macaroons that Klarion bought her.

"Julian wanted to stay at the penthouse so I'm going to let him. Besides, he needed to watch Teekl for me."

"Why? What she gonna do, scratch all the chairs?" Maria laughed then Klarion rolled his eyes.
"You'd be surprised at the kind of mischief my familiar gets into..." He said as he and Maria kept walking to the penthouse. The raven that Dennis summoned was sitting on a tree branch and the moment it saw Maria, it flew straight towards her. The raven suddenly hit Maria's back merging into her then Maria blinked and stopped.

"Hmm? Hey, what's the matter? Hurry up, or I'm gonna leave you." Klarion said then Maria snapped back into reality then she caught up to Klarion.

"We're back, Julian." Klarion called then Julian woke up and yawned. As Klarion placed Maria's bags on the table he walked over and handed the small bag to Julian.
"These are the ones, right?" He asked the goth boy then when Julian opened the bag he smiled.
"Yep. These are the ones. Caramel Dark Chocolate Truffles with Fleur De Sel."

"'Fleur de sel'? What dat?" Maria asked then Julian ate a truffle and smiled.

"It's French sea salt." Klarion answered then Maria made a gag face.
"Gross..."

"It's not so bad. Wanna try one?"

"No thanks... I hate dark chocolate." Maria answered then she headed to her room but when she was almost there, she felt her back.
"Why does my back feel so... Heavy...?"