Phases of the Moon
By: ChocolateEclar
Disclaimer: All characters belong to the magnificent authoress, Diana Wynne Jones. I just rented them for a while.
Claimer: I only own Wyn and Aidan (you'll meet him in this chapter), but that's enough for me really.
To Calcifersgrl: Hello. I'm glad you like the duel thing I'm doing and the way I update so quickly. Can you update 'There and Back Again' soon? Please, pretty please. Anyway, I guess the duel is like the duel in the animated 'Sword in the Stone' movie. What was that old lady with the purple hair's name anyway? The thing is Wyn isn't going to infect her brother like Merlin did that old woman. I actually have the movie somewhere so maybe I'll watch it again someday. By the way, I was looking for a new interesting story to read so I decided to look in your favorite stories archive thing and I found 'The Courting Of Aviahnna Rubenne' and I have to say you have really good taste. That story's great!
To eklektik: Where've you been? Please read and review.
To everyone: Please review. I hope you like this chapter.
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Chapter 7: In Which the Duel is Finished and a Mysterious Friend of Wyn's is Presented
Morgan looked around trying to find some sign of his sister. He was getting confused. 'She's not THIS good. I should be able to hear her moving or something.' he thought.
Sophie was peering around too. "What did she really do?" she asked Calcifer.
"Wyn has melted into the air somehow. It's almost impossibly hard to do. Only a few people I've ever heard of have ever been able to do THAT," he replied.
"Its ten times more effective than turning invisible and the user can turn back to normal instantly so that the opponent never knows when the user will attack," Howl added.
"Can YOU do that?" asked Sophie curiously.
Howl gave her a wry smile. "Yes, actually I can, but.. It took me forever to learn how," he answered.
"Then, how."
"I honestly don't know, Mrs. Nose, and that's saying something," Howl replied.
"I see," said Sophie turning back to the duel.
Morgan was still looking puzzledly around, not really paying attention to his parents or Calcifer; he didn't know what Wyn had really done.
Suddenly out of nowhere, a familiar voice, seeming to come from all directions, said, "Can't find me, can you, Morgan?"
"Shut up! Were are you? You're cheating, aren't you?" Morgan said accusingly.
"I'm all around you, stupid! And I'm NOT cheating! Its not my fault you don't know how ta do this!!!" Wyn retorted.
Morgan fumed. Unbeknownst to him, Wyn was about to give him a little shock. He felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned his head to see.. his sister!
Morgan would never, as long as he lived, let go what he did next. He shrieked, he literally yelped!
Wyn tried to keep her brother's pride, but it just wasn't possible. She chortled with laughter she just couldn't hold in.
When Morgan realized what had happened he shot back up from where he had fallen in shock and jumped towards his sister. On the last moment though, Wyn melted into the air again, causing Morgan to fall flat on his face in the dirt.
He could hear somewhat mocking chuckling coming from the air. He sighed and said, "You're just going to keep doing that aren't you?"
"Yep," came the reply from seemingly everywhere.
"Just tell me one thing," Morgan said.
"What?"
"How exactly did you learn how to do that?" Morgan asked.
"How would you react if I said 'None of your beeswax?' " Wyn questioned mischievously.
"I'd say 'YOU'LL NEVER HEAR THE END OF THIS IF YOU DON'T!!!!!' " Morgan said darkly.
"Oh. Okay, then. Then I'll just say I just learned it. Bye, I'm going home," Wyn replied.
"Wait!! That's not an answer!" Morgan exclaimed hurriedly.
It was obviously to late for a second later there was no reply just the popping sound of a transport spell. Morgan cried out something totally inaudible and scuffed off to Kingsbury.
Howl, Sophie, and Calcifer looked at each other curiously. Howl shrugged his shoulders and Calcifer chuckled.
"I wonder how she did learn that though? It's a spell that hasn't be written down; do to the fact its too complicated to be written down. So where did she learn that, I wonder?" Calcifer said.
"Indeed, old friend. I wonder too, but I have the feeling she won't be telling us anytime soon," Howl said.
Sophie glanced at them both inquiringly. 'How DID Wyn learn that spell,' she thought bizarrely.
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'Bronnnnwynnnnnnn.' A voice whispered accusingly.
"Yes," came the confident reply.
'Your giving me away, ya know."
"I know, I'm sorry but I wanted to try that trick out on someone, Aidan."
"Its all right. There was no real harm done, Wyn," Aidan replied kindly now.
"Did I do well?"
"In fact you did. You're getting better, ya know," said Aidan coming into view in the dim garden they were in. His hair was made of babyish chocolate colored curls. As for his face it was far from babyish. His eyes had a powerful light to them. They were midnight blue with strange flecks of gold in them. He looked to be about a year older than Wyn but he definitely knew far more spells than she did.
He had taken an interest in her when she had appeared at his father's spell ingredient store in Kingsbury. She had gone there with a list of refills Howl needed for his spells for the king and he happened to have been watching over the store at the time.
She had asked him about various ingredients and he had answered in such a casual way Wyn had inquired if he had learned magic.
"I have learned many spells, yes," Aidan had replied simply.
"I've learned many too. I'm Bronwyn Jenkins, by the way," she had said.
"I see. I'm Aidan Calypso. Aren't you the one of the royal wizards' daughters?" Aidan had asked.
"Yep. I've been taught by the Wizard Howl," Wyn had answered proudly.
Aidan had nodded and said, "I was taught by my father, Agharna Calypso."
"Not to be rude or anything, but who's he?"
Aidan had laughed at that causing his curls to bop slightly. "He's the owner of this shop and the world's greatest selection of spell books."
"Really?" Wyn had asked inquisitively.
"Yes," Aidan laughed again, "Yes, he is."
"Oh. Okay, then. I bet you don't know any spells I don't." Wyn had challenged.
It had turned out Aidan knew a lot of spells she didn't. She talked with him some more and they both agreed they would meet twice a week in the backyard of the shop and Aidan would show Wyn how to do a new spell.
The only catch was she couldn't tell anyone who was teaching her the spells. It seemed Aidan's father hadn't really taught him magic. He wasn't even supposed to have learned magic let alone read the spell books and learned the spells on his own. This was because he wasn't the oldest child and his father believed magic was the oldest own privilege. Aidan was the youngest of three sisters, who only wanted to shop and court. So he had secretly taken their spell time for them. So in the end they didn't get in trouble and he learned magic like he wanted.
At first this had been fine, but after a while Wyn wished there was something she could teach Aidan too. She soon did. Aidan may have known a lot of spells, but he hadn't perfected them so that they all were flawless and graceful. So after she had learned a spell pretty well she would help Aidan fix his version of the spell.
Soon, both of them were getting better than ever and Wyn hoped Aidan would never run out of spells to teach her. She was afraid without a reason to see her, Aidan wouldn't want to anymore.
"I'm really getting better?" asked Wyn.
"Much," answered Aidan smiling at her.
"Good. I have the feeling my brother isn't going to be to pleased with me for a while though," Wyn said.
"Oh well, you'll get threw that I'm sure," Aidan replied.
"Easy for you to say. You don't know Morgan. He's the most stubborn person on the planet!" Wyn said passionately.
"Oh I don't know about that. You can probably rival him at that," answered Aidan grinning.
Wyn gave him a slightly dangerous glare and said, "I'd better go. Morgan probably is blowing up the moving castle by now and my mother is most likely worried about were I've disappeared to this time."
"Alright. Bye, Wyn," whispered Aidan with an odd new glint in his already intense eyes.
"Bye, Aidan. See you in two days," Wyn said right before transporting to the moving castle.
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Later that night, after she had told her parents she had needed a walk and tried to get Morgan to calm down to no avail, Wyn sat on her four-post bed staring out into the night sky. The sky was cloudless and filled with thousands of stars. Her thoughts were not on the stars though, but Aidan.
She kept seeing his strange deep eyes before her own eyes. She sighed and realized something with a bit of a shock. 'I'm no better than a lovesick puppy dog and I'm only thirteen!' she thought. She knew very well that some girls were like that with tons of guys, but not her. This was a totally new feeling for her.
'What have I gotten myself into?' she thought rather dreamily.
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A/N: Awwwww, how cute, puppy love..
I surprise myself sometimes. I didn't even know what Wyn had done till I started writing this chapter.
I also didn't know I was going to throw in some romance until I thought about who I should have Wyn have learned the 'airy spell,' as I like to call it. I just decided I was going to use an 'adorable' boy to teach Wyn. Hehe. But really, this surprised me a lot considering I've never had a boyfriend, only a few crushes. I guess I've got an over active imagination.
A/N 2: Please review. Please, pretty please. This chapter took me forever to get somewhat perfect! *Uses the cute face of death. *
By: ChocolateEclar
Disclaimer: All characters belong to the magnificent authoress, Diana Wynne Jones. I just rented them for a while.
Claimer: I only own Wyn and Aidan (you'll meet him in this chapter), but that's enough for me really.
To Calcifersgrl: Hello. I'm glad you like the duel thing I'm doing and the way I update so quickly. Can you update 'There and Back Again' soon? Please, pretty please. Anyway, I guess the duel is like the duel in the animated 'Sword in the Stone' movie. What was that old lady with the purple hair's name anyway? The thing is Wyn isn't going to infect her brother like Merlin did that old woman. I actually have the movie somewhere so maybe I'll watch it again someday. By the way, I was looking for a new interesting story to read so I decided to look in your favorite stories archive thing and I found 'The Courting Of Aviahnna Rubenne' and I have to say you have really good taste. That story's great!
To eklektik: Where've you been? Please read and review.
To everyone: Please review. I hope you like this chapter.
^_____^
Chapter 7: In Which the Duel is Finished and a Mysterious Friend of Wyn's is Presented
Morgan looked around trying to find some sign of his sister. He was getting confused. 'She's not THIS good. I should be able to hear her moving or something.' he thought.
Sophie was peering around too. "What did she really do?" she asked Calcifer.
"Wyn has melted into the air somehow. It's almost impossibly hard to do. Only a few people I've ever heard of have ever been able to do THAT," he replied.
"Its ten times more effective than turning invisible and the user can turn back to normal instantly so that the opponent never knows when the user will attack," Howl added.
"Can YOU do that?" asked Sophie curiously.
Howl gave her a wry smile. "Yes, actually I can, but.. It took me forever to learn how," he answered.
"Then, how."
"I honestly don't know, Mrs. Nose, and that's saying something," Howl replied.
"I see," said Sophie turning back to the duel.
Morgan was still looking puzzledly around, not really paying attention to his parents or Calcifer; he didn't know what Wyn had really done.
Suddenly out of nowhere, a familiar voice, seeming to come from all directions, said, "Can't find me, can you, Morgan?"
"Shut up! Were are you? You're cheating, aren't you?" Morgan said accusingly.
"I'm all around you, stupid! And I'm NOT cheating! Its not my fault you don't know how ta do this!!!" Wyn retorted.
Morgan fumed. Unbeknownst to him, Wyn was about to give him a little shock. He felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned his head to see.. his sister!
Morgan would never, as long as he lived, let go what he did next. He shrieked, he literally yelped!
Wyn tried to keep her brother's pride, but it just wasn't possible. She chortled with laughter she just couldn't hold in.
When Morgan realized what had happened he shot back up from where he had fallen in shock and jumped towards his sister. On the last moment though, Wyn melted into the air again, causing Morgan to fall flat on his face in the dirt.
He could hear somewhat mocking chuckling coming from the air. He sighed and said, "You're just going to keep doing that aren't you?"
"Yep," came the reply from seemingly everywhere.
"Just tell me one thing," Morgan said.
"What?"
"How exactly did you learn how to do that?" Morgan asked.
"How would you react if I said 'None of your beeswax?' " Wyn questioned mischievously.
"I'd say 'YOU'LL NEVER HEAR THE END OF THIS IF YOU DON'T!!!!!' " Morgan said darkly.
"Oh. Okay, then. Then I'll just say I just learned it. Bye, I'm going home," Wyn replied.
"Wait!! That's not an answer!" Morgan exclaimed hurriedly.
It was obviously to late for a second later there was no reply just the popping sound of a transport spell. Morgan cried out something totally inaudible and scuffed off to Kingsbury.
Howl, Sophie, and Calcifer looked at each other curiously. Howl shrugged his shoulders and Calcifer chuckled.
"I wonder how she did learn that though? It's a spell that hasn't be written down; do to the fact its too complicated to be written down. So where did she learn that, I wonder?" Calcifer said.
"Indeed, old friend. I wonder too, but I have the feeling she won't be telling us anytime soon," Howl said.
Sophie glanced at them both inquiringly. 'How DID Wyn learn that spell,' she thought bizarrely.
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'Bronnnnwynnnnnnn.' A voice whispered accusingly.
"Yes," came the confident reply.
'Your giving me away, ya know."
"I know, I'm sorry but I wanted to try that trick out on someone, Aidan."
"Its all right. There was no real harm done, Wyn," Aidan replied kindly now.
"Did I do well?"
"In fact you did. You're getting better, ya know," said Aidan coming into view in the dim garden they were in. His hair was made of babyish chocolate colored curls. As for his face it was far from babyish. His eyes had a powerful light to them. They were midnight blue with strange flecks of gold in them. He looked to be about a year older than Wyn but he definitely knew far more spells than she did.
He had taken an interest in her when she had appeared at his father's spell ingredient store in Kingsbury. She had gone there with a list of refills Howl needed for his spells for the king and he happened to have been watching over the store at the time.
She had asked him about various ingredients and he had answered in such a casual way Wyn had inquired if he had learned magic.
"I have learned many spells, yes," Aidan had replied simply.
"I've learned many too. I'm Bronwyn Jenkins, by the way," she had said.
"I see. I'm Aidan Calypso. Aren't you the one of the royal wizards' daughters?" Aidan had asked.
"Yep. I've been taught by the Wizard Howl," Wyn had answered proudly.
Aidan had nodded and said, "I was taught by my father, Agharna Calypso."
"Not to be rude or anything, but who's he?"
Aidan had laughed at that causing his curls to bop slightly. "He's the owner of this shop and the world's greatest selection of spell books."
"Really?" Wyn had asked inquisitively.
"Yes," Aidan laughed again, "Yes, he is."
"Oh. Okay, then. I bet you don't know any spells I don't." Wyn had challenged.
It had turned out Aidan knew a lot of spells she didn't. She talked with him some more and they both agreed they would meet twice a week in the backyard of the shop and Aidan would show Wyn how to do a new spell.
The only catch was she couldn't tell anyone who was teaching her the spells. It seemed Aidan's father hadn't really taught him magic. He wasn't even supposed to have learned magic let alone read the spell books and learned the spells on his own. This was because he wasn't the oldest child and his father believed magic was the oldest own privilege. Aidan was the youngest of three sisters, who only wanted to shop and court. So he had secretly taken their spell time for them. So in the end they didn't get in trouble and he learned magic like he wanted.
At first this had been fine, but after a while Wyn wished there was something she could teach Aidan too. She soon did. Aidan may have known a lot of spells, but he hadn't perfected them so that they all were flawless and graceful. So after she had learned a spell pretty well she would help Aidan fix his version of the spell.
Soon, both of them were getting better than ever and Wyn hoped Aidan would never run out of spells to teach her. She was afraid without a reason to see her, Aidan wouldn't want to anymore.
"I'm really getting better?" asked Wyn.
"Much," answered Aidan smiling at her.
"Good. I have the feeling my brother isn't going to be to pleased with me for a while though," Wyn said.
"Oh well, you'll get threw that I'm sure," Aidan replied.
"Easy for you to say. You don't know Morgan. He's the most stubborn person on the planet!" Wyn said passionately.
"Oh I don't know about that. You can probably rival him at that," answered Aidan grinning.
Wyn gave him a slightly dangerous glare and said, "I'd better go. Morgan probably is blowing up the moving castle by now and my mother is most likely worried about were I've disappeared to this time."
"Alright. Bye, Wyn," whispered Aidan with an odd new glint in his already intense eyes.
"Bye, Aidan. See you in two days," Wyn said right before transporting to the moving castle.
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Later that night, after she had told her parents she had needed a walk and tried to get Morgan to calm down to no avail, Wyn sat on her four-post bed staring out into the night sky. The sky was cloudless and filled with thousands of stars. Her thoughts were not on the stars though, but Aidan.
She kept seeing his strange deep eyes before her own eyes. She sighed and realized something with a bit of a shock. 'I'm no better than a lovesick puppy dog and I'm only thirteen!' she thought. She knew very well that some girls were like that with tons of guys, but not her. This was a totally new feeling for her.
'What have I gotten myself into?' she thought rather dreamily.
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A/N: Awwwww, how cute, puppy love..
I surprise myself sometimes. I didn't even know what Wyn had done till I started writing this chapter.
I also didn't know I was going to throw in some romance until I thought about who I should have Wyn have learned the 'airy spell,' as I like to call it. I just decided I was going to use an 'adorable' boy to teach Wyn. Hehe. But really, this surprised me a lot considering I've never had a boyfriend, only a few crushes. I guess I've got an over active imagination.
A/N 2: Please review. Please, pretty please. This chapter took me forever to get somewhat perfect! *Uses the cute face of death. *