Chapter 2: The Spell
It was Christmas and the goddesses and Keiichi were up early opening presents. Skuld had gotten a tool set from Keiichi and Belldandy and a bicycle from Urd. Keiichi got an engine from Skuld, a bottle of strength enhancing pills form Urd, and new shoes and shirts from Belldandy. (Urd did not receive any presents because she got drunk and loudly proclaimed she didn't want any). Then it was Belldandy who opened her presents last (with a very polite thank you after each one, ha). She received a case of sake from Urd, a computer from Skuld, and of course, the spell book set. "Keiichi! Thank you! Thank you very much!" "Ha, you're welcome! It was nothing really, but now, I've got to head to work!" "You're working on Christmas?" "Well, you know Chihiro (Keiichi's boss for all you non- OMG readers). "Ok, well bye Keiichi! Merry Christmas!" "See ya, Bell!" Later that day, things were mostly back to normal at the house besides the wrapping paper strewn all over the living room floor. Urd had fallen asleep and Skuld was installing something on her bike. The snow outside was falling and everything was peaceful. Everything was quiet except for the occasional snoring coming from Urd. Belldandy sighed and opened her spell book. Most of the spells she knew how to cast and was actually pretty bored until she laid eyes on a strange spell in red writing. "Hmmmm, I've never seen this one before," she thought to herself. Then came the fateful moment when Belldandy decided to cast it. She chanted the words and she noticed the book glowing red. It flew around the room a few times until it stopped in midair in the middle of the room. The pages started flipping back and forth until they shot out of the book and started to gather in a shape around the book's binding. The paper and the book binding created a large human shaped form. Belldandy ran out of the room and cast wind spells at the giant but the pages would come off only to be regenerated. Exhausted from casting the spells, Belldandy stopped to rest. Skuld came in to the room and screamed. The monster grabbed her and threw her through the wall. Belldandy made a barrier behind Skuld so she slid gently to the ground. Urd rushed in and started casting lightning bolts but the book monster grabbed the lightning bolts and hurled them back at her. The gargantuan then paralyzed Belldandy with a spell and snatched her off the ground. A large puff of smoke rose from where he was standing and all the pages fluttered down to the ground. After the smoke had cleared, there wasn't a trace of Belldandy anywhere. "Urd, where's Belldandy!?" "How should I know?" "You're the oldest!" "And don't you forget it. But it won't do us any good arguing. Come on Skuld. We have to do a trace spell." "You're sounding a lot more grown up today Urd." Urd shrugged and proceeded to do a trace spell. "Hmmmmmmmm. I can't find her." "What should we do?" "Call the hotline. I'll do another trace spell why you do that." Skuld rushed into the hallway and dialed the number. She waited and then dialed again. The same answer kept coming back. "How's it goin' Skuld?" "Urd. It's says it's disconnected."
It was Christmas and the goddesses and Keiichi were up early opening presents. Skuld had gotten a tool set from Keiichi and Belldandy and a bicycle from Urd. Keiichi got an engine from Skuld, a bottle of strength enhancing pills form Urd, and new shoes and shirts from Belldandy. (Urd did not receive any presents because she got drunk and loudly proclaimed she didn't want any). Then it was Belldandy who opened her presents last (with a very polite thank you after each one, ha). She received a case of sake from Urd, a computer from Skuld, and of course, the spell book set. "Keiichi! Thank you! Thank you very much!" "Ha, you're welcome! It was nothing really, but now, I've got to head to work!" "You're working on Christmas?" "Well, you know Chihiro (Keiichi's boss for all you non- OMG readers). "Ok, well bye Keiichi! Merry Christmas!" "See ya, Bell!" Later that day, things were mostly back to normal at the house besides the wrapping paper strewn all over the living room floor. Urd had fallen asleep and Skuld was installing something on her bike. The snow outside was falling and everything was peaceful. Everything was quiet except for the occasional snoring coming from Urd. Belldandy sighed and opened her spell book. Most of the spells she knew how to cast and was actually pretty bored until she laid eyes on a strange spell in red writing. "Hmmmm, I've never seen this one before," she thought to herself. Then came the fateful moment when Belldandy decided to cast it. She chanted the words and she noticed the book glowing red. It flew around the room a few times until it stopped in midair in the middle of the room. The pages started flipping back and forth until they shot out of the book and started to gather in a shape around the book's binding. The paper and the book binding created a large human shaped form. Belldandy ran out of the room and cast wind spells at the giant but the pages would come off only to be regenerated. Exhausted from casting the spells, Belldandy stopped to rest. Skuld came in to the room and screamed. The monster grabbed her and threw her through the wall. Belldandy made a barrier behind Skuld so she slid gently to the ground. Urd rushed in and started casting lightning bolts but the book monster grabbed the lightning bolts and hurled them back at her. The gargantuan then paralyzed Belldandy with a spell and snatched her off the ground. A large puff of smoke rose from where he was standing and all the pages fluttered down to the ground. After the smoke had cleared, there wasn't a trace of Belldandy anywhere. "Urd, where's Belldandy!?" "How should I know?" "You're the oldest!" "And don't you forget it. But it won't do us any good arguing. Come on Skuld. We have to do a trace spell." "You're sounding a lot more grown up today Urd." Urd shrugged and proceeded to do a trace spell. "Hmmmmmmmm. I can't find her." "What should we do?" "Call the hotline. I'll do another trace spell why you do that." Skuld rushed into the hallway and dialed the number. She waited and then dialed again. The same answer kept coming back. "How's it goin' Skuld?" "Urd. It's says it's disconnected."