~Tommy Voice Over.~
"Another night, another wolf out."
Tommy hops a fence.
"Here's hoping that I don't run into T-N-T."
He continues to run around and sees-
"Whoa! What the heck is that?"
A snake creature.
From the waist up the snake was human, but covered with scales that were different shades of green, yellow and a little bit of black. Its eyes were slitted and glowed green. It had black hair and from the waist down it had a tail. The snake flicked out its tongue, tasting the air, and the light glistened off its fangs. The snake reared back on its tail, and seeing no one, changed back to its human form with a slight pop of bone and muscle. The human then walked away.
Tommy's eyes widened.
"This thing is human? I gotta tell Merton."
Tommy took off for the lair.
"Just when you think you know everything in Pleasantville, something new shows up."
~End Tommy Voice Over.~
Tommy knocked on Merton's door.
"Hey Merton, it's me. Open up."
Merton opened the door and Tommy walked in.
"You will not believe what I just saw."
"What?"
Tommy crashed on the couch.
"I just saw a snake creature. Well, actually a snake girl."
Merton's mouth dropped open. "A what? You saw a what?"
"A snake girl. I was out running around and I was by the cemetery, and I saw this thing. I saw her change into her human form."
Merton started scanning his bookshelves, mumbling under his breath.
"Ah, here we go." he said picking a book. "She look like this?" he asked Tommy.
Tommy nodded.
"Were snakes...." Merton started talking about were snakes. "Are created by being bitten, wearing a talisman, or they are born that way."
The two traded ideas back and forth until Tommy left around 11:00pm.
The next morning Merton was looking for Lita.
"Hey Lita." he called out, coming up to her.
Lita smiled. "Hi Merton. How are you?"
"I'm fine."
The two did small talk for a few minutes when Merton asked, "Would you like to go out with me this Saturday?"
Lita nodded yes and they made plans for the park.
Tommy came up.
"Hi Merton."
"Oh hey Tommy. This is Lita."
Lita said hi.
Tommy's eyes widened slightly and he said hi.
(T.O.V.) ~"It's her."~ (End T.O.V.)
After school, Tommy cornered Merton.
"You know that snake girl I told you about? She's Lita."
Merton shook his head. "No way."
"Yes way. I saw her change. That's her."
"There's no way Lita's the snake girl."
"Oh? Just like there's no way I'm the werewolf?" Tommy growled.
"Okay, maybe she is. But I doubt it."
That Saturday afternoon Merton saw Lita waiting for him at the swings. Merton grinned as he watched her swing back and forth and he hid the roses for her behind his back. He walked up to the swings and Lita swung to a stop.
"Having fun?"
"Now that you're here, yeah."
Merton pulled the roses out from behind him. "These are for you."
Lita took the rose and sniffed them. "They're beautiful, thank you."
"Not a beautiful as you." Merton replied.
Lita blushed slightly.
"No way she's the snake girl." Merton thought.
The two spent the day together playing on the playground, skipping stones in the lake and trading movie trivia back and forth.
"Hey, I was going to ask earlier, but didn't get the chance. What's with the rose quartz?"
"It's been passed down in my family for centuries."
"A talisman?" Merton asked, remembering what he had read, that some natural were snakes wore a talisman of rose quartz.
"I guess you could say that." she nodded.
"May I?" he asked.
Lita took off the necklace so he could see it.
Merton turned the stone over. On the back was a small engraving of a snake.
"Or maybe she is." he thought.
"Hold up your hair, I'll put it back on."
Merton stepped behind Lita as she pulled up her hair. Merton fastened the chain and gently kissed the nape of her neck.
Lita's eye widened slightly and she felt her fangs extend slightly.
"No! Not now! Not now!" she yelled at herself, digging her nails into her palms. Swallowing, she calmed down and turned to face Merton.
"What? Did I do something wrong? You froze there for a second."
"No, you just caught me off guard for a moment, that's all."
She smiled and kissed Merton back. "Mmmm... That was nice." she whispered.
"Yeah." Merton whispered back, wrapping his arms around her.
"Another night, another wolf out."
Tommy hops a fence.
"Here's hoping that I don't run into T-N-T."
He continues to run around and sees-
"Whoa! What the heck is that?"
A snake creature.
From the waist up the snake was human, but covered with scales that were different shades of green, yellow and a little bit of black. Its eyes were slitted and glowed green. It had black hair and from the waist down it had a tail. The snake flicked out its tongue, tasting the air, and the light glistened off its fangs. The snake reared back on its tail, and seeing no one, changed back to its human form with a slight pop of bone and muscle. The human then walked away.
Tommy's eyes widened.
"This thing is human? I gotta tell Merton."
Tommy took off for the lair.
"Just when you think you know everything in Pleasantville, something new shows up."
~End Tommy Voice Over.~
Tommy knocked on Merton's door.
"Hey Merton, it's me. Open up."
Merton opened the door and Tommy walked in.
"You will not believe what I just saw."
"What?"
Tommy crashed on the couch.
"I just saw a snake creature. Well, actually a snake girl."
Merton's mouth dropped open. "A what? You saw a what?"
"A snake girl. I was out running around and I was by the cemetery, and I saw this thing. I saw her change into her human form."
Merton started scanning his bookshelves, mumbling under his breath.
"Ah, here we go." he said picking a book. "She look like this?" he asked Tommy.
Tommy nodded.
"Were snakes...." Merton started talking about were snakes. "Are created by being bitten, wearing a talisman, or they are born that way."
The two traded ideas back and forth until Tommy left around 11:00pm.
The next morning Merton was looking for Lita.
"Hey Lita." he called out, coming up to her.
Lita smiled. "Hi Merton. How are you?"
"I'm fine."
The two did small talk for a few minutes when Merton asked, "Would you like to go out with me this Saturday?"
Lita nodded yes and they made plans for the park.
Tommy came up.
"Hi Merton."
"Oh hey Tommy. This is Lita."
Lita said hi.
Tommy's eyes widened slightly and he said hi.
(T.O.V.) ~"It's her."~ (End T.O.V.)
After school, Tommy cornered Merton.
"You know that snake girl I told you about? She's Lita."
Merton shook his head. "No way."
"Yes way. I saw her change. That's her."
"There's no way Lita's the snake girl."
"Oh? Just like there's no way I'm the werewolf?" Tommy growled.
"Okay, maybe she is. But I doubt it."
That Saturday afternoon Merton saw Lita waiting for him at the swings. Merton grinned as he watched her swing back and forth and he hid the roses for her behind his back. He walked up to the swings and Lita swung to a stop.
"Having fun?"
"Now that you're here, yeah."
Merton pulled the roses out from behind him. "These are for you."
Lita took the rose and sniffed them. "They're beautiful, thank you."
"Not a beautiful as you." Merton replied.
Lita blushed slightly.
"No way she's the snake girl." Merton thought.
The two spent the day together playing on the playground, skipping stones in the lake and trading movie trivia back and forth.
"Hey, I was going to ask earlier, but didn't get the chance. What's with the rose quartz?"
"It's been passed down in my family for centuries."
"A talisman?" Merton asked, remembering what he had read, that some natural were snakes wore a talisman of rose quartz.
"I guess you could say that." she nodded.
"May I?" he asked.
Lita took off the necklace so he could see it.
Merton turned the stone over. On the back was a small engraving of a snake.
"Or maybe she is." he thought.
"Hold up your hair, I'll put it back on."
Merton stepped behind Lita as she pulled up her hair. Merton fastened the chain and gently kissed the nape of her neck.
Lita's eye widened slightly and she felt her fangs extend slightly.
"No! Not now! Not now!" she yelled at herself, digging her nails into her palms. Swallowing, she calmed down and turned to face Merton.
"What? Did I do something wrong? You froze there for a second."
"No, you just caught me off guard for a moment, that's all."
She smiled and kissed Merton back. "Mmmm... That was nice." she whispered.
"Yeah." Merton whispered back, wrapping his arms around her.