Phases of the Moon
By: ChocolateEclar
Disclaimer: All characters belong to the magnificent authoress, Diana Wynne Jones. I just borrowed them for a while.
Claimer: I do own Wyn though. *Hops around blissfully* Please don't use her without my permission though or I'll have to do something cruel like e-mail fanfiction.net. *laughs evilly. * Just kidding, but seriously its not nice to steal.
To Calcifersgrl: Yay! You updated!
To everyone else: Please review chapter 5 and this chapter too of course.
Chapter 6: In Which Morgan and Wyn Have a Wizards' Duel
Morgan huffed irately at his sister, who ignored him for what felt like the millionth time that day.
It seemed Morgan hadn't gotten over Wyn's little interruption on his date the night before and he was determined to sulk and make her feel guilty. Apparently, to everyone except Morgan, Wyn didn't really care if he moped or not.
"Will you pay attention to me over here, Wyn! It's the least you can do considering the pain you've caused me," said Morgan with an injured air to him.
This caused Sophie to snort for this was something she thought Morgan would never catch from Howl. She sighed and thought as she looked up from conversing with Calcifer, 'It seems acting pitiful is genetic or something.'
Wyn looked up from the book she was reading in the corner by the pantry, sitting on the tiny stool. "Why should I?" she questioned challengingly.
Morgan frowned at that. He hadn't expected her to challenge him. Then a thought struck him. "Because you're in big trouble now that I know the 'Calling Spell.' "
"Oh you mean the spell I've known since I was eight," Bronwyn replied dryly.
"You did not!"
"Wanna bet! I could beat you anytime, anyplace!" Wyn yelled back.
Morgan knew it was one of those days Wyn was feeling better then ever and that it was foolish to duel her but he retorted, "How about we find out right now with a wizards' duel!!!!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!!!!!!!!!!"
Let's go already," Morgan bellowed.
Sophie sighed and watched them both pad to the front door and go out into Kingsbury. 'This isn't going to end well,' she thought unhappily.
Sophie, with Calcifer bobbing by her head, followed them through the door. Out in Kingsbury, Wyn and Morgan were going down the street to their dueling destination. Sophie hoped they would pick a place were everyone and everything would be somewhat safe from getting ruined. At the same time she hoped Howl would notice the duel and try to stop the two feuding teenagers. He was in Kingsbury seeing the king at the moment and she knew he was the only one who could stop the powerful young wizard and witch.
Wyn and Morgan went to the forest outside of Kingsbury. They both agreed to not hurt any of the trees or dense shrubs and began.
Both of them faced each other silently as if sizing each other up. Then they seemed to brake out of their trances and suddenly in a flash of bright white light two large canines appeared in their places. One was a glossy midnight raven color that was so like Morgan's hair Sophie knew instantly who he was. The other dog was a rich carroty color like Wyn's hair.
The two dogs dashed towards each other and met with a clash of claws. Suddenly Sophie found herself blinded again by the same white light and now the two were back to normal sort of grappling each other to the ground.
Morgan, who was more sturdily built, was overpowering his sister when another flash of white and he was now wrestling with a brown bear. He glared at the bear angrily and abruptly let out a blast of azure lightning from the palms of his hands at it. The bear was thrown back and soon after there was another flash of fair light and Wyn stood somewhat ruffled but looking basically back to normal.
She clapped her hands and a minuscule flute like instrument appeared out of the sky and fell into her hands. She put it to her lips and began to play a haunting tune.
"Stop, you idiot!" shrieked Morgan as he realized what his sibling was doing.
Wyn took no heed to her brother's protests and in the distance Sophie's ears picked up the sound of powerful wings flapping strongly.
She soon found out who the wings belonged to though, as a giant winged lizard landed beside Wyn. It was a brilliant dragon with teal scales and a sky blue ruffle of fur around its neck. It was obviously a she-dragon by the feminine looking long dark eyelashes and beautiful pale golden eyes. It seemed only a young dragon though, a mere seven feet in height.
Morgan frowned and said coldly, "Hey, who said you could get help! That's cheating!"
"I used magic to get her here and besides she wanted to come, didn't you, Levana?" retorted Wyn looking affectionately at the dragon.
The dragon made a strange grunting noise that sounded odd but loving. Wyn patted its snout and said, "You'll help me show mean ol' Morgan what we're made of, won't you?"
The dragon made a slightly different grunt that time in reply and turned to face Morgan.
"I think you can do just fine in this duel, Wyn, without your friend's help," said an amused voice from behind Sophie and Calcifer. They all looked to see Howl smiling with his arms crossed firmly.
"How'd you know we were here?" asked Wyn curiously.
"I could feel the waves coming off of you two's fighting from the king's office," Howl replied.
"Oh. Okay then," she said then she turned to Levana, "I guess I can beat Morgan without you. Sorry, girl."
The dragon nodded and moved aside. Wyn smiled tenderly at it in return. She then turned to Morgan and her expression went dark. "Ready, Morgan?" she asked her brother.
"I've been ready. You get to start by the way; since I beat you on the last move," Morgan said smirking.
"You'll regret that," replied Wyn getting into position. She leaned forward and was gone so quickly Sophie didn't even realize what happened for a few seconds.
"You'll have to do better than some petty invisibility tricks to beat me, Wyn," said Morgan.
"What the-" Calcifer began.
Sophie glanced at Howl and Calcifer. Howl had done a sharp intake of breath suddenly at the same time Calcifer had spoken, which made Sophie have the feeling Wyn wasn't doing what Morgan thought she was . . .
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A/N: I'm so cruel I know, leaving you guys with a cliffhanger like this, but oh well. You'll just have to wait for the next chapter.
By the way, please review and I hoped everyone liked this chapter.
Next time you'll find out what Wyn's really doing, so till then.
Bye.
^__________^
By: ChocolateEclar
Disclaimer: All characters belong to the magnificent authoress, Diana Wynne Jones. I just borrowed them for a while.
Claimer: I do own Wyn though. *Hops around blissfully* Please don't use her without my permission though or I'll have to do something cruel like e-mail fanfiction.net. *laughs evilly. * Just kidding, but seriously its not nice to steal.
To Calcifersgrl: Yay! You updated!
To everyone else: Please review chapter 5 and this chapter too of course.
Chapter 6: In Which Morgan and Wyn Have a Wizards' Duel
Morgan huffed irately at his sister, who ignored him for what felt like the millionth time that day.
It seemed Morgan hadn't gotten over Wyn's little interruption on his date the night before and he was determined to sulk and make her feel guilty. Apparently, to everyone except Morgan, Wyn didn't really care if he moped or not.
"Will you pay attention to me over here, Wyn! It's the least you can do considering the pain you've caused me," said Morgan with an injured air to him.
This caused Sophie to snort for this was something she thought Morgan would never catch from Howl. She sighed and thought as she looked up from conversing with Calcifer, 'It seems acting pitiful is genetic or something.'
Wyn looked up from the book she was reading in the corner by the pantry, sitting on the tiny stool. "Why should I?" she questioned challengingly.
Morgan frowned at that. He hadn't expected her to challenge him. Then a thought struck him. "Because you're in big trouble now that I know the 'Calling Spell.' "
"Oh you mean the spell I've known since I was eight," Bronwyn replied dryly.
"You did not!"
"Wanna bet! I could beat you anytime, anyplace!" Wyn yelled back.
Morgan knew it was one of those days Wyn was feeling better then ever and that it was foolish to duel her but he retorted, "How about we find out right now with a wizards' duel!!!!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!!!!!!!!!!"
Let's go already," Morgan bellowed.
Sophie sighed and watched them both pad to the front door and go out into Kingsbury. 'This isn't going to end well,' she thought unhappily.
Sophie, with Calcifer bobbing by her head, followed them through the door. Out in Kingsbury, Wyn and Morgan were going down the street to their dueling destination. Sophie hoped they would pick a place were everyone and everything would be somewhat safe from getting ruined. At the same time she hoped Howl would notice the duel and try to stop the two feuding teenagers. He was in Kingsbury seeing the king at the moment and she knew he was the only one who could stop the powerful young wizard and witch.
Wyn and Morgan went to the forest outside of Kingsbury. They both agreed to not hurt any of the trees or dense shrubs and began.
Both of them faced each other silently as if sizing each other up. Then they seemed to brake out of their trances and suddenly in a flash of bright white light two large canines appeared in their places. One was a glossy midnight raven color that was so like Morgan's hair Sophie knew instantly who he was. The other dog was a rich carroty color like Wyn's hair.
The two dogs dashed towards each other and met with a clash of claws. Suddenly Sophie found herself blinded again by the same white light and now the two were back to normal sort of grappling each other to the ground.
Morgan, who was more sturdily built, was overpowering his sister when another flash of white and he was now wrestling with a brown bear. He glared at the bear angrily and abruptly let out a blast of azure lightning from the palms of his hands at it. The bear was thrown back and soon after there was another flash of fair light and Wyn stood somewhat ruffled but looking basically back to normal.
She clapped her hands and a minuscule flute like instrument appeared out of the sky and fell into her hands. She put it to her lips and began to play a haunting tune.
"Stop, you idiot!" shrieked Morgan as he realized what his sibling was doing.
Wyn took no heed to her brother's protests and in the distance Sophie's ears picked up the sound of powerful wings flapping strongly.
She soon found out who the wings belonged to though, as a giant winged lizard landed beside Wyn. It was a brilliant dragon with teal scales and a sky blue ruffle of fur around its neck. It was obviously a she-dragon by the feminine looking long dark eyelashes and beautiful pale golden eyes. It seemed only a young dragon though, a mere seven feet in height.
Morgan frowned and said coldly, "Hey, who said you could get help! That's cheating!"
"I used magic to get her here and besides she wanted to come, didn't you, Levana?" retorted Wyn looking affectionately at the dragon.
The dragon made a strange grunting noise that sounded odd but loving. Wyn patted its snout and said, "You'll help me show mean ol' Morgan what we're made of, won't you?"
The dragon made a slightly different grunt that time in reply and turned to face Morgan.
"I think you can do just fine in this duel, Wyn, without your friend's help," said an amused voice from behind Sophie and Calcifer. They all looked to see Howl smiling with his arms crossed firmly.
"How'd you know we were here?" asked Wyn curiously.
"I could feel the waves coming off of you two's fighting from the king's office," Howl replied.
"Oh. Okay then," she said then she turned to Levana, "I guess I can beat Morgan without you. Sorry, girl."
The dragon nodded and moved aside. Wyn smiled tenderly at it in return. She then turned to Morgan and her expression went dark. "Ready, Morgan?" she asked her brother.
"I've been ready. You get to start by the way; since I beat you on the last move," Morgan said smirking.
"You'll regret that," replied Wyn getting into position. She leaned forward and was gone so quickly Sophie didn't even realize what happened for a few seconds.
"You'll have to do better than some petty invisibility tricks to beat me, Wyn," said Morgan.
"What the-" Calcifer began.
Sophie glanced at Howl and Calcifer. Howl had done a sharp intake of breath suddenly at the same time Calcifer had spoken, which made Sophie have the feeling Wyn wasn't doing what Morgan thought she was . . .
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A/N: I'm so cruel I know, leaving you guys with a cliffhanger like this, but oh well. You'll just have to wait for the next chapter.
By the way, please review and I hoped everyone liked this chapter.
Next time you'll find out what Wyn's really doing, so till then.
Bye.
^__________^