Episode 1: Me, a sorceress? I can't be a magical girl!
** I (unfortunately) don't own Slayers or any other shows I may or may not have parodied in this fic. Heehee.
AN: Hey all! I was reading some fics of the Slayers gang in high school and I got this amazing idea of my own. I've wanted to do a sillier fic to contrast the more serious one I've been doing and I think this one will do nicely. It would be G rated but I upped it because I might have some language and such in here. I know I usually put in HTML and stuff but the compy I'm at right now doesn't save those right. ^_^;; Oh well, text only will have to do for now. Anyway, let me know if you enjoy this. ^_^
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Lina Yamada quickly brushed through her fiery auburn hair and flashed a smile into her mirror. 'Ahhh! It's not all over the place today!' she thought happily, and she gracefully danced out of her room grabbing her backpack and slinging it over her shoulder as she descended a flight of stairs. "Hey sis, what's for breakfast?" she called out, tossing her backpack on the floor and padding her way to the dining room table.
"Pancakes and eggs!" her sister called back from the kitchen. "They're almost ready!"
"'Kay!" Lina acknowledged, and plunked herself down in a chair. She looked up at the clock hanging on the wall in front of her and smiled. There was plenty of time for her to eat and be on her way out. That was saying a lot; Lina sure liked to eat! Her sister didn't know where her appetite came from and never failed to mention that whenever they shared a meal. Sure enough, it was mentioned again today soon after the food was placed on the table.
"Kripes, Lina, how do you fit all that stuff into that skinny body of yours?"
"I can't help it if I'm starving, Luna," she replied as she shoveled food down her throat.
"You're starving all day, every day, Lina," Luna sighed as she delicately cut her own pancakes into manageable pieces. "You're gonna get fat if you keep this up."
"Will not," she mumbled, finishing the last of her food and gulping down a glass of milk. "Mmm, that really hit the spot. And I've still got plenty of time to get Gourry and go to school!" Lina shoved her chair back and ran to the door, backpack in hand. "See-ya, Luna!" she called out as she slipped her feet into her shoes and walked outside. As she passed the bushes that grew alongside of her driveway, a pair of slanted blue eyes could be seen glowing out from underneath them, watching Lina intently...
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Lina took a deep breath as she walked down the street towards her friend's house. She was feeling fine today; she loved being on time for school and she had saved enough time to account for the awful ordeal that would surely take place at Gourry's house today. If she was late for school she'd miss part of her Mythology class, and that was her favorite class. She had a notion that most people hated it, but she soaked up the information like a sponge. She treated most information in a similar manner, actually, but especially myths and legends.
She walked up the pathway and knocked on a door to an average-looking house. A young blonde woman answered. "Good-morning, Lina-san! I tried to get Gourry up, but..."
Lina's face darkened. "Step aside, Izawa-san," she said seriously. "I'll take care of this..."
"H...hai..." Gourry's mom murmured as she watched Lina stomp up the steps to Gourry's room. "Such a strange girl..."
Lina kicked open the door to Gourry's room and waited for her eyes to adjust to the darkness. She saw Gourry asleep in his bed; he was tangled up in his sheets and his long blonde hair was a mess. With a sigh Lina threw open the curtains and Gourry rolled over to face away from the sunlight.
"Gourry," Lina said softly tapping him. No response. She pushed on his shoulder. "Gourry!" she said louder. He curled up tighter, so she shook him violently and screamed in his ear. "GOURRY YOU JELLYFISH FOR BRAINS! GET YOUR BUTT OUT OF BED RIGHT THIS INSTANT!"
Gourry, of course, woke up, his head whirling. "Ow, Lina! Whatcha do that for?"
"I will NOT be late to school because of your laziness! Out of bed! Out! Out!" Gourry obediently got out of bed and began dragging himself to the bathroom. "Faster! Faster!" Lina shouted. "Comb your hair! Brush your teeth! Put on your uniform! Get your backpack!" she ranted, waving her arms this way and that. Gourry rushed to comply lest Lina hit him again. She shoved him down the stairs. "Eat your breakfast. Quickly now! Come on come on come on!" She paused for a moment to flash a smile at Gourry's mom and got back to harping Gourry. "Put on your shoes! Let's go! We don't have all day!" And with that, she pushed grabbed Gourry's hand and pulled him out the door.
"Lina!" Gourry panted, "Do we really have to run? We'd get there in time if we walked!"
"Shut up, you overgrown jellyfish! I wanna get there and be in my seat before the bell rings."
"But Lina, I'm sleepy! Linaaaaaa!"
As Lina zoomed past an empty alleyway with Gourry flying behind her, the same glowing blue eyes peered out at. "Yes," a female voice sounded. "She is the one..."
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Lina stretched her arms out wide as she left the school building. What a wonderful day she had! In mythology class she had gotten back her test on the legendary Dark Star weapons and had gotten an A plus, and her homework in her history class was perfect. Poor Gourry had fallen asleep in Arithmetic and had gotten a detention, so she had to walk home by herself.
Suddenly, Lina got the feeling that she was being watched. She slowed down her walk and looked cautiously all around her, noticing a pair of glowing blue eyes peering out from underneath a car. "H-hey!" she stammered as the eyes disappeared from their position and reappeared right in front of her.
"Ooo, a baby blue dragon! What are you doing here, girl?" she cooed to the creature in front of her, scratching it's head and under it's chin.
The dragon allowed this, her eyes closing. "Mmm, that feels nice...Hey hey hey! Waitaminute!" Lina jumped back as the little dragon shook out her wings and stared at Lina inquisitively. "You're not surprised to see me?" it asked.
Lina shook her head. "Not really, though I'm not sure why I don't...I've never seen a baby dragon before...or any dragon, for that matter. In fact, I didn't know they existed."
"I'm not a baby, dearie; just a miniature," the dragon said to the red- haired girl crouching before her. "My name is Aqua, and my mission was to find you. The dark lord Shabranigdo has been reborn, and-"
"Hold on a second here! Shabranigdo is a myth! He isn't real! And why did you want me? And how come no one else cares that a dragon is sitting here on the sidewalk?" That last question came up as she looked about and realized that no one was paying attention to what should have been a side show.
"Look hon, Shabranigdo is real, and he's back, and you're the only one who can stop him." She paused, and as an added side note she added, "I'm spelled so that the average person sees me as a tanuki."
"Great," Lina muttered. "People see me sitting here talking to a raccoon- dog. Lovely. So," she said in a normal voice, "what exactly do you think I can do against a reborn dark lord, anyway?"
"You're accepting this rather readily; I'm surprised. Most people in your situation...wouldn't."
"Right now I see a talking blue dragon sitting in front of me. I figure that if I'm going insane, I may as well go full out."
"Your logic is infallible, as always," Aqua said, chuckling. She caught Lina's confused look. "Lina Yamada, you are the reincarnation of the famous Lina Inverse! Dragon Spooker and Sorcery Genuis! You must defeat Shabranigdo once again!"
"Uh huh. And how do you propose I do that?"
"You merely need to transform into your previous self, Lina. Your magical abilities and skills are locked inside of yourself, and you must transform in order to use your latent talents."
Lina backed away, frightened. "Oohhhh no, I'm not being no magical girl. No way. Uh uh. I can't. I'm not stupid and I love school and I'm not a klutz. Not only will I not be a magical girl, I'm also the wrong type of person for the job. You sure you don't want Gourry instead? He'd be perfect!"
Aqua chose to ignore her remark. She shimmered a blue aura and a black headband appeared in Lina's hands. "Put that on, Yamada-san," the dragon ordered. "To gain access to your previous self, you wear the headband and say, "Magical Sorceress Power Transform!""
"Ugh, that sounds so...gay," Lina scoffed, but she put the headband on. At least it looked nice with her grayscale uniform, and she had intended to buy one like it to keep her unruly bangs from out of her face. She felt a strange sensation tingle through her. This was all so weird. She had learned about Lina Inverse and Shabranigdo in mythology, but had never thought that they had any factual basis. She STILL didn't think so. She stood. "Can I go now?"
The dragon smiled knowingly. "Yes. And don't forget to take a peek in that alley over there." And with that, the dragon vanished.
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"Hm..." Lina murmured, "It couldn't hurt just to take a look, could it?" Lina wandered over to the alley and gasped at what she saw. A creature stood over a distressed woman, and...it was on fire! A creature made of fire torturing a helpless girl. Lina couldn't tolerate it. Before she could think better of herself she shouted 'MAGICAL SORCERESS POWER TRANSFORM!" She was engulfed in a red light and emerged wearing a fancy cape, boots, and gloves, among other things. Her school uniform was gone. "At least I didn't have a naked transformation," she mumbled as she dashed into the alley. The creature looked up at her with it's eyes narrowed.
"Ooo! Someone else for me to play with!" it hissed and left the other woman trembling against the brick wall.
"Oh, you wanna play, do you?" Lina mused, folding her arms. "Do you know who I am?"
"It makes no difference to me who you are, little girl," it said, advancing on Lina.
"I am the beautiful sorcery genius, Lina Inverse!" Lina announced anyway, the words flowing naturally from her tongue. She glared at the fire creature. "And I just LOVE playing with fire."
"You can't fool me, mortal!" it cackled. "Lina Inverse is dead! A little girl like you can't stop me!"
"Hm. Don't be so sure, hot stuff." Lina could feel magical energy swirling all around her. Her instincts took over, and she molded the energy in her hands. "Freeze Arrow!" she cried, and a arrow of ice sprang from her hands and hit the fire creature dead on. It screamed with pain as the ice spread from the arrow to cover it's entire body. It was soon encased in a giant ice cube. Lina casually walked over to it and kicked it; the ice shattered into billions of pieces and started to melt, taking the fire creature with it.
"Aww, man!" she complained. "That was WAY too easy! Magical girls aren't supposed to have an easy first fight! I feel so unsatisfied!" She leaned down towards the frightened woman and smiled. "You're welcome!" The poor girl got up and managed to stammer a thanks before stumbling out of the alley. Lina looked around. "Now what? I guess I had better go home." She started to leave the alley when she realized something very important.
"I'm still wearing the Inverse costume! Hey, Aqua? Where are you? How do I de-transform? Aqua? Come on, don't leave me like this! I'm starving! AQUUAAAAAA!!!!!"
[End of Episode One!]
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AN: That was long, ne? I wanted to put all of the first episode in one chapter so you could get a good feel for what I want to do. If you guys like this I'll write more episodes like this, but it'll take a while because each episode is so long. I tried to break this one up into sections, at least. Please please PLEASE review this and tell me how you like it! And don't worry that so far only Lina and Gourry are in it; the rest will come if I write more, I assure you! ^_^
** I (unfortunately) don't own Slayers or any other shows I may or may not have parodied in this fic. Heehee.
AN: Hey all! I was reading some fics of the Slayers gang in high school and I got this amazing idea of my own. I've wanted to do a sillier fic to contrast the more serious one I've been doing and I think this one will do nicely. It would be G rated but I upped it because I might have some language and such in here. I know I usually put in HTML and stuff but the compy I'm at right now doesn't save those right. ^_^;; Oh well, text only will have to do for now. Anyway, let me know if you enjoy this. ^_^
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Lina Yamada quickly brushed through her fiery auburn hair and flashed a smile into her mirror. 'Ahhh! It's not all over the place today!' she thought happily, and she gracefully danced out of her room grabbing her backpack and slinging it over her shoulder as she descended a flight of stairs. "Hey sis, what's for breakfast?" she called out, tossing her backpack on the floor and padding her way to the dining room table.
"Pancakes and eggs!" her sister called back from the kitchen. "They're almost ready!"
"'Kay!" Lina acknowledged, and plunked herself down in a chair. She looked up at the clock hanging on the wall in front of her and smiled. There was plenty of time for her to eat and be on her way out. That was saying a lot; Lina sure liked to eat! Her sister didn't know where her appetite came from and never failed to mention that whenever they shared a meal. Sure enough, it was mentioned again today soon after the food was placed on the table.
"Kripes, Lina, how do you fit all that stuff into that skinny body of yours?"
"I can't help it if I'm starving, Luna," she replied as she shoveled food down her throat.
"You're starving all day, every day, Lina," Luna sighed as she delicately cut her own pancakes into manageable pieces. "You're gonna get fat if you keep this up."
"Will not," she mumbled, finishing the last of her food and gulping down a glass of milk. "Mmm, that really hit the spot. And I've still got plenty of time to get Gourry and go to school!" Lina shoved her chair back and ran to the door, backpack in hand. "See-ya, Luna!" she called out as she slipped her feet into her shoes and walked outside. As she passed the bushes that grew alongside of her driveway, a pair of slanted blue eyes could be seen glowing out from underneath them, watching Lina intently...
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Lina took a deep breath as she walked down the street towards her friend's house. She was feeling fine today; she loved being on time for school and she had saved enough time to account for the awful ordeal that would surely take place at Gourry's house today. If she was late for school she'd miss part of her Mythology class, and that was her favorite class. She had a notion that most people hated it, but she soaked up the information like a sponge. She treated most information in a similar manner, actually, but especially myths and legends.
She walked up the pathway and knocked on a door to an average-looking house. A young blonde woman answered. "Good-morning, Lina-san! I tried to get Gourry up, but..."
Lina's face darkened. "Step aside, Izawa-san," she said seriously. "I'll take care of this..."
"H...hai..." Gourry's mom murmured as she watched Lina stomp up the steps to Gourry's room. "Such a strange girl..."
Lina kicked open the door to Gourry's room and waited for her eyes to adjust to the darkness. She saw Gourry asleep in his bed; he was tangled up in his sheets and his long blonde hair was a mess. With a sigh Lina threw open the curtains and Gourry rolled over to face away from the sunlight.
"Gourry," Lina said softly tapping him. No response. She pushed on his shoulder. "Gourry!" she said louder. He curled up tighter, so she shook him violently and screamed in his ear. "GOURRY YOU JELLYFISH FOR BRAINS! GET YOUR BUTT OUT OF BED RIGHT THIS INSTANT!"
Gourry, of course, woke up, his head whirling. "Ow, Lina! Whatcha do that for?"
"I will NOT be late to school because of your laziness! Out of bed! Out! Out!" Gourry obediently got out of bed and began dragging himself to the bathroom. "Faster! Faster!" Lina shouted. "Comb your hair! Brush your teeth! Put on your uniform! Get your backpack!" she ranted, waving her arms this way and that. Gourry rushed to comply lest Lina hit him again. She shoved him down the stairs. "Eat your breakfast. Quickly now! Come on come on come on!" She paused for a moment to flash a smile at Gourry's mom and got back to harping Gourry. "Put on your shoes! Let's go! We don't have all day!" And with that, she pushed grabbed Gourry's hand and pulled him out the door.
"Lina!" Gourry panted, "Do we really have to run? We'd get there in time if we walked!"
"Shut up, you overgrown jellyfish! I wanna get there and be in my seat before the bell rings."
"But Lina, I'm sleepy! Linaaaaaa!"
As Lina zoomed past an empty alleyway with Gourry flying behind her, the same glowing blue eyes peered out at. "Yes," a female voice sounded. "She is the one..."
********************* ---big scene change! WAI!
Lina stretched her arms out wide as she left the school building. What a wonderful day she had! In mythology class she had gotten back her test on the legendary Dark Star weapons and had gotten an A plus, and her homework in her history class was perfect. Poor Gourry had fallen asleep in Arithmetic and had gotten a detention, so she had to walk home by herself.
Suddenly, Lina got the feeling that she was being watched. She slowed down her walk and looked cautiously all around her, noticing a pair of glowing blue eyes peering out from underneath a car. "H-hey!" she stammered as the eyes disappeared from their position and reappeared right in front of her.
"Ooo, a baby blue dragon! What are you doing here, girl?" she cooed to the creature in front of her, scratching it's head and under it's chin.
The dragon allowed this, her eyes closing. "Mmm, that feels nice...Hey hey hey! Waitaminute!" Lina jumped back as the little dragon shook out her wings and stared at Lina inquisitively. "You're not surprised to see me?" it asked.
Lina shook her head. "Not really, though I'm not sure why I don't...I've never seen a baby dragon before...or any dragon, for that matter. In fact, I didn't know they existed."
"I'm not a baby, dearie; just a miniature," the dragon said to the red- haired girl crouching before her. "My name is Aqua, and my mission was to find you. The dark lord Shabranigdo has been reborn, and-"
"Hold on a second here! Shabranigdo is a myth! He isn't real! And why did you want me? And how come no one else cares that a dragon is sitting here on the sidewalk?" That last question came up as she looked about and realized that no one was paying attention to what should have been a side show.
"Look hon, Shabranigdo is real, and he's back, and you're the only one who can stop him." She paused, and as an added side note she added, "I'm spelled so that the average person sees me as a tanuki."
"Great," Lina muttered. "People see me sitting here talking to a raccoon- dog. Lovely. So," she said in a normal voice, "what exactly do you think I can do against a reborn dark lord, anyway?"
"You're accepting this rather readily; I'm surprised. Most people in your situation...wouldn't."
"Right now I see a talking blue dragon sitting in front of me. I figure that if I'm going insane, I may as well go full out."
"Your logic is infallible, as always," Aqua said, chuckling. She caught Lina's confused look. "Lina Yamada, you are the reincarnation of the famous Lina Inverse! Dragon Spooker and Sorcery Genuis! You must defeat Shabranigdo once again!"
"Uh huh. And how do you propose I do that?"
"You merely need to transform into your previous self, Lina. Your magical abilities and skills are locked inside of yourself, and you must transform in order to use your latent talents."
Lina backed away, frightened. "Oohhhh no, I'm not being no magical girl. No way. Uh uh. I can't. I'm not stupid and I love school and I'm not a klutz. Not only will I not be a magical girl, I'm also the wrong type of person for the job. You sure you don't want Gourry instead? He'd be perfect!"
Aqua chose to ignore her remark. She shimmered a blue aura and a black headband appeared in Lina's hands. "Put that on, Yamada-san," the dragon ordered. "To gain access to your previous self, you wear the headband and say, "Magical Sorceress Power Transform!""
"Ugh, that sounds so...gay," Lina scoffed, but she put the headband on. At least it looked nice with her grayscale uniform, and she had intended to buy one like it to keep her unruly bangs from out of her face. She felt a strange sensation tingle through her. This was all so weird. She had learned about Lina Inverse and Shabranigdo in mythology, but had never thought that they had any factual basis. She STILL didn't think so. She stood. "Can I go now?"
The dragon smiled knowingly. "Yes. And don't forget to take a peek in that alley over there." And with that, the dragon vanished.
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"Hm..." Lina murmured, "It couldn't hurt just to take a look, could it?" Lina wandered over to the alley and gasped at what she saw. A creature stood over a distressed woman, and...it was on fire! A creature made of fire torturing a helpless girl. Lina couldn't tolerate it. Before she could think better of herself she shouted 'MAGICAL SORCERESS POWER TRANSFORM!" She was engulfed in a red light and emerged wearing a fancy cape, boots, and gloves, among other things. Her school uniform was gone. "At least I didn't have a naked transformation," she mumbled as she dashed into the alley. The creature looked up at her with it's eyes narrowed.
"Ooo! Someone else for me to play with!" it hissed and left the other woman trembling against the brick wall.
"Oh, you wanna play, do you?" Lina mused, folding her arms. "Do you know who I am?"
"It makes no difference to me who you are, little girl," it said, advancing on Lina.
"I am the beautiful sorcery genius, Lina Inverse!" Lina announced anyway, the words flowing naturally from her tongue. She glared at the fire creature. "And I just LOVE playing with fire."
"You can't fool me, mortal!" it cackled. "Lina Inverse is dead! A little girl like you can't stop me!"
"Hm. Don't be so sure, hot stuff." Lina could feel magical energy swirling all around her. Her instincts took over, and she molded the energy in her hands. "Freeze Arrow!" she cried, and a arrow of ice sprang from her hands and hit the fire creature dead on. It screamed with pain as the ice spread from the arrow to cover it's entire body. It was soon encased in a giant ice cube. Lina casually walked over to it and kicked it; the ice shattered into billions of pieces and started to melt, taking the fire creature with it.
"Aww, man!" she complained. "That was WAY too easy! Magical girls aren't supposed to have an easy first fight! I feel so unsatisfied!" She leaned down towards the frightened woman and smiled. "You're welcome!" The poor girl got up and managed to stammer a thanks before stumbling out of the alley. Lina looked around. "Now what? I guess I had better go home." She started to leave the alley when she realized something very important.
"I'm still wearing the Inverse costume! Hey, Aqua? Where are you? How do I de-transform? Aqua? Come on, don't leave me like this! I'm starving! AQUUAAAAAA!!!!!"
[End of Episode One!]
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AN: That was long, ne? I wanted to put all of the first episode in one chapter so you could get a good feel for what I want to do. If you guys like this I'll write more episodes like this, but it'll take a while because each episode is so long. I tried to break this one up into sections, at least. Please please PLEASE review this and tell me how you like it! And don't worry that so far only Lina and Gourry are in it; the rest will come if I write more, I assure you! ^_^
