Fate's Cruelty.
1 By
Bentley Gallo.
Chapter 3: A blessing in disguise.
Fiona walked through the streets of Seattle by herself.
She saw old homeless families standing around burn barrels warming their hands over a small fire.
She pushed pass the begging hands of the families asking for food.
She walked down an alleyway and saw the door leading to who knows what.
But Fiona felt it held something. Something important.
~*~
"Fiona…"Jack asked. "Hello? Anyone home?"
Jack's voice pulled her out of that memory. And she glad. That was one she wanted to forget.
"Are you okay honey?" Molly asked from the other side of the dinner table.
"Oh!" She gasped. "Yeah! I'm fine, just daydreaming."
"Well." Carey said. "Can you daydream the mashed potatoes my way?"
"Yeah sure." Fiona smiled and handed the bowl towards Carey.
Her hand brushed against his and old flame ignited again in both their hearts.
Fiona remembered the times before she had left when she had feelings for Carey. She sensed that those feelings were back.
And Carey instantly felt an attraction towards this girl now.
Fiona pulled her hand away slowly and stared into his eyes.
He stared back until they felt they eyes of everyone else in the room fall on them.
"Oh!" Carey said. " Better get started with these mashed potatoes!"
"Yeah dude." Clu said spoiling the moment. "I am having some serious potato munchies!"
Annie shot a glance over towards Fiona.
"What am I going to do to get her to help me?" She thought to herself.
And the panthers response said simply in her head; Anything you can…
~*~
Later that night Annie made way as Fiona's new bed was moved into her bedroom.
"Can I help with anything Molly?" Annie asked.
"Oh, yeah sure Annie." Molly said meeting Annie in the doorway to the room. "Can you please go downstairs and grab Fi's bags?"
"Sure." Annie said. "That's easy enough."
Annie pushed up against the side of the hall as Jack, Clu and Carey brought Fiona's bed through the hallway.
"Excuse me Annie." Just said brushing past her.
"Same for us." Clu said.
"Okay guys." Annie laughed making her way down the stairwell.
She opened the closet next to the front door and grabbed at Fiona's suitcases.
Annie pushed the lighter bags holding things like makeup and jewelry back towards the stairs.
Finally there was one bag left to take out of the closet.
Unfortunately, it was the biggest and heaviest ones.
When she finally managed to lug it out of the closet it was almost as if by bad luck, the latches came open and everything fell out of the front pouch.
The things that fell out mostly consisted of; more jewelry and makeup, photos of Seattle and of the gang, and last but not least, a floppy disk.
"Hmm?" Annie said picking up the disk and reading the front label.
The label had only one word written on it sprawled in black ink; 'BRICRIU.'
"Why does that word sound so familiar?" Annie asked herself.
Then she remembered.
She remembered the talks that she used to have with Fi over the Internet.
But one Instant message stood out in her mind.
~*~
Rockerbaby: Hi Annie!
ThelenGirl: Fi! What's up?
Rockerbaby: Oh nothing much.
ThelenGirl: Oh! Come on there's got to be something going on.
Rockerbaby: Well. There is something….
ThelenGirl: You can tell me!
Rockerbaby: Well, it's a long story.
ThelenGirl: I've got time.
Rockerbaby: Well it all started the day that my mom had to perform at the Marfa Lights Music Festival in Texas.
ThelenGirl: Oh! I saw that on paper view! (!!
Rockerbaby: Anyway… The festival was made in honor of the mysterious ghost lights that are frequently spotted in the forest.
ThelenGirl: Ghost Lights? You mean Will-o-the-wisps?
Rockerbaby: So you've heard of them?
ThelenGirl: I've done some research in my spare time.
Rockerbaby: Then you know that they can possess people? Well Jack was one of them.
ThelenGirl: Jack? No way!!
Rockerbaby: Yes! He stopped time and told me that is I could guess his real name I could have Jack back.
ThelenGirl: So we have the real jack back right?
Rockerbaby: Yeah. I used a hangman program that jack created to find the sprite's name. His name was Bricriu. And to get rid of him I had to say 'Be gone from this mortal world Bricriu!' Sounded kind of stupid.
ThelenGirl: So have you seen him since?
Rockerbaby: Unfortunately, yes…
ThelenGirl: What?!
Rockerbaby: It's totally true! And you'll never guess whom he possessed this time…
ThelenGirl: Who? Come on Fi! You have to tell me!
Rockerbaby: My mom…
ThelenGirl: Molly? Does she or jack remember anything?
Rockerbaby: No. But I'd like to forget that time. We both almost died. But I don't think it was Bricriu's fault. I think he was trying to stop it.
ThelenGirl: Stop what?
Rockerbaby: Well. When he possessed mom he did another stop time and transported me, mom and a friend is what I'll call him, to an old factory with lots of gas tanks. Anyway the friend of the family was a really close friend to my daddy when he was still alive. And he was really scared of fire. So to try and scare him away Bricriu started a fire and caught the place on fire. Just before he left my mom he said 'Oh well, I caused the very thing I came to prevent.'
ThelenGirl: So he was in your Molly's body to protect your family. Am I right?
Rockerbaby: Yeah. But then the day you first came to the old house he came back again.
ThelenGirl: The big firefly that I saw?
Rockerbaby: Yes. And he came with a warning for me. Or you could say, a trick for me. He told me to read a spell from a spell book I got a hold of in my earlier travels. You know the one. So I did. He went in my computer to convince me. When I read the spell it was supposed cut off my power of the supernatural. It didn't work. That's all I'm going to tell you.
ThelenGirl: Fi. Your mom's calling me. I've gotta go! See ya later!
Rockerbaby: See ya Annie!
Rockerbaby has signed off.
ThelenGirl has signed off.
~*~
Annie was pulled back into reality and stared down at the floppy disk in her hand.
"Bricriu huh?" Annie asked. "You could just be my blessing in disguise…"
Annie pushed the floppy disk into her back pocket. As she pulled her hand back to the suitcase and began putting the things back inside a voice sounded behind her.
"Annie?!" Fiona yelled.
1 By
Bentley Gallo.
Chapter 3: A blessing in disguise.
Fiona walked through the streets of Seattle by herself.
She saw old homeless families standing around burn barrels warming their hands over a small fire.
She pushed pass the begging hands of the families asking for food.
She walked down an alleyway and saw the door leading to who knows what.
But Fiona felt it held something. Something important.
~*~
"Fiona…"Jack asked. "Hello? Anyone home?"
Jack's voice pulled her out of that memory. And she glad. That was one she wanted to forget.
"Are you okay honey?" Molly asked from the other side of the dinner table.
"Oh!" She gasped. "Yeah! I'm fine, just daydreaming."
"Well." Carey said. "Can you daydream the mashed potatoes my way?"
"Yeah sure." Fiona smiled and handed the bowl towards Carey.
Her hand brushed against his and old flame ignited again in both their hearts.
Fiona remembered the times before she had left when she had feelings for Carey. She sensed that those feelings were back.
And Carey instantly felt an attraction towards this girl now.
Fiona pulled her hand away slowly and stared into his eyes.
He stared back until they felt they eyes of everyone else in the room fall on them.
"Oh!" Carey said. " Better get started with these mashed potatoes!"
"Yeah dude." Clu said spoiling the moment. "I am having some serious potato munchies!"
Annie shot a glance over towards Fiona.
"What am I going to do to get her to help me?" She thought to herself.
And the panthers response said simply in her head; Anything you can…
~*~
Later that night Annie made way as Fiona's new bed was moved into her bedroom.
"Can I help with anything Molly?" Annie asked.
"Oh, yeah sure Annie." Molly said meeting Annie in the doorway to the room. "Can you please go downstairs and grab Fi's bags?"
"Sure." Annie said. "That's easy enough."
Annie pushed up against the side of the hall as Jack, Clu and Carey brought Fiona's bed through the hallway.
"Excuse me Annie." Just said brushing past her.
"Same for us." Clu said.
"Okay guys." Annie laughed making her way down the stairwell.
She opened the closet next to the front door and grabbed at Fiona's suitcases.
Annie pushed the lighter bags holding things like makeup and jewelry back towards the stairs.
Finally there was one bag left to take out of the closet.
Unfortunately, it was the biggest and heaviest ones.
When she finally managed to lug it out of the closet it was almost as if by bad luck, the latches came open and everything fell out of the front pouch.
The things that fell out mostly consisted of; more jewelry and makeup, photos of Seattle and of the gang, and last but not least, a floppy disk.
"Hmm?" Annie said picking up the disk and reading the front label.
The label had only one word written on it sprawled in black ink; 'BRICRIU.'
"Why does that word sound so familiar?" Annie asked herself.
Then she remembered.
She remembered the talks that she used to have with Fi over the Internet.
But one Instant message stood out in her mind.
~*~
Rockerbaby: Hi Annie!
ThelenGirl: Fi! What's up?
Rockerbaby: Oh nothing much.
ThelenGirl: Oh! Come on there's got to be something going on.
Rockerbaby: Well. There is something….
ThelenGirl: You can tell me!
Rockerbaby: Well, it's a long story.
ThelenGirl: I've got time.
Rockerbaby: Well it all started the day that my mom had to perform at the Marfa Lights Music Festival in Texas.
ThelenGirl: Oh! I saw that on paper view! (!!
Rockerbaby: Anyway… The festival was made in honor of the mysterious ghost lights that are frequently spotted in the forest.
ThelenGirl: Ghost Lights? You mean Will-o-the-wisps?
Rockerbaby: So you've heard of them?
ThelenGirl: I've done some research in my spare time.
Rockerbaby: Then you know that they can possess people? Well Jack was one of them.
ThelenGirl: Jack? No way!!
Rockerbaby: Yes! He stopped time and told me that is I could guess his real name I could have Jack back.
ThelenGirl: So we have the real jack back right?
Rockerbaby: Yeah. I used a hangman program that jack created to find the sprite's name. His name was Bricriu. And to get rid of him I had to say 'Be gone from this mortal world Bricriu!' Sounded kind of stupid.
ThelenGirl: So have you seen him since?
Rockerbaby: Unfortunately, yes…
ThelenGirl: What?!
Rockerbaby: It's totally true! And you'll never guess whom he possessed this time…
ThelenGirl: Who? Come on Fi! You have to tell me!
Rockerbaby: My mom…
ThelenGirl: Molly? Does she or jack remember anything?
Rockerbaby: No. But I'd like to forget that time. We both almost died. But I don't think it was Bricriu's fault. I think he was trying to stop it.
ThelenGirl: Stop what?
Rockerbaby: Well. When he possessed mom he did another stop time and transported me, mom and a friend is what I'll call him, to an old factory with lots of gas tanks. Anyway the friend of the family was a really close friend to my daddy when he was still alive. And he was really scared of fire. So to try and scare him away Bricriu started a fire and caught the place on fire. Just before he left my mom he said 'Oh well, I caused the very thing I came to prevent.'
ThelenGirl: So he was in your Molly's body to protect your family. Am I right?
Rockerbaby: Yeah. But then the day you first came to the old house he came back again.
ThelenGirl: The big firefly that I saw?
Rockerbaby: Yes. And he came with a warning for me. Or you could say, a trick for me. He told me to read a spell from a spell book I got a hold of in my earlier travels. You know the one. So I did. He went in my computer to convince me. When I read the spell it was supposed cut off my power of the supernatural. It didn't work. That's all I'm going to tell you.
ThelenGirl: Fi. Your mom's calling me. I've gotta go! See ya later!
Rockerbaby: See ya Annie!
Rockerbaby has signed off.
ThelenGirl has signed off.
~*~
Annie was pulled back into reality and stared down at the floppy disk in her hand.
"Bricriu huh?" Annie asked. "You could just be my blessing in disguise…"
Annie pushed the floppy disk into her back pocket. As she pulled her hand back to the suitcase and began putting the things back inside a voice sounded behind her.
"Annie?!" Fiona yelled.