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Chapter 21: Raining Toadstools
Pit, pat! Pitter, pat!
Tohru opened her blurry eyes and stretched. A vision of brown filled her sight, confusing the sleepy girl. She sat up, hearing the pitter pattering of the rain. Kyo hated the rain.
A foul stench filled her nose as she awoke more, her eyes glazing at the sight of a floating circle of smoke rising past her. She pursed her lips, looking back at Fen who had woken from the smell of smoke. He yawned and flapped his wings, ruffling the feathers.
"Mornin'," he mumbled, wiping his beady brown eyes with a wing.
Tohru nodded. "Good morning."
She had spent a whole day in this strange world without learning a single thing. They had walked a couple of miles the previous night, having to take shelter as a sudden gush of rain broke through the sky. The toadstool they had slept under had brown ridges underneath and was a bright red on top with white polka dots. In her shrunken state the toadstool had acted like a canopy, stopping the rain from drenching their skin and feathers.
Her heart hammered in her chest at the thought of never returning home, to never see her friends again. She inhaled a shaky breath. Tohru was determined to find her rabbit friend to take him home with her. She would find the directions and return.
Fen yawned, "Wow, it's still raining?"
"Mhm."
"It should have stopped by now." He frowned, stretching his clawed feet against the toadstools stub. "We'll get drenched in this rain."
Tohru giggled. It didn't sound that bad, not when she had nearly drowned in a confetti pile. Now that was something she could brag about. Who else would've experienced such a thing?
Her eyes drifted towards another circle of smoke wavering against the pellets of rain and twisting into a heart shape. Ignoring the eagle's strange look Tohru stepped out into the rain, peering over the tall toadstool.
Sitting leisurely under a giant leaf sat a giant Hatori, smoking away at a silver pipe. The puffs of smoke came out in different colours, each a different shape like the ones that had woken her up. She looked up at him, feeling the weight of the rain on her back.
"Hatori?"
He looked down with his large brown eyes, removing the pipe from his mouth. "Tohru Honda. Why are you so tiny?" he leaned down, uncovering his hidden eye as his long fringe fell forward. He was a giant in Tohru's eyes, standing higher than average. How strange.
Posting Date: 22nd May 2014
Words: 428
Symm: Does anyone watch the TV show Grimm? If not I'd recommend it. It's based off people who can change into other creatures from fables (worldwide ones) and commit crimes. The victims usually die...but the Christmas one was creepy. They completely ruined Santa Clause!