January 22, 2003
A/N: THAT IS IT!!! I AM NOT TRYING HTML AGAIN!!! IT HATES ME!!!!!!!! GAH!!!!!!! DIE HTML, DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *cough* um, excuse the outburst, I just don't like HTML! Er, Mrs. Mandrake has no relationship to anyone in real life (real life sucks, though!) but I don't know about Root… That would be funny, though. Holly leaves school and her boss becomes Root, a relative of her ex-teacher!! Tehehe… oh and the reason I have p and i /i is that I was attempting the evil HTML!
February 5, 2003
A/N: Oh, it has been sooo long… Too long… And too many assignments… And no free time… Life sucks… Anyway, I will do the Disclaimer now… O, I forgot, but since I have given up on HTML, all words that would be in italics are now CAPITALIZED! (Nope, not no more... I'm going through this story and fixing the formatting...)
Disclaimer: All rights reserved. No part of this story may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form of by any means without the author's consent. That includes printing the following document. Also, any characters having relationship to any person, living or dead, is purely accidental. Night, the five boys, the First Ritual, the Dagger and Mrs. Mandrake are owned by the authoress, Mage Kitty. Holly is owned by Eoin Colfer. (Actually, I don't care if you print this out. Just don't try to pass it as your own work.)
February 8, 2003
ARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ANNOYING LITTLE BROTHERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE KICKED ME OFF THE COMP CAUSE HE HAD TO DO SCIENCE FAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LIFE'S NOT FAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This sorta reminds me of a song… Life's not fair, Fighting all the time, She loves me not, loves me not!! Well, except for the she loves me not part… okay, okay, I'll start with the story already!
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Holly glared at the note in her hand. It was from Mrs. Mandrake to her parents. D'Arvit. She was going to be grounded, again. Not that it mattered. She really only had one friend, but she was busy all of the time. Her name is Night, but Holly thinks that is just what she calls herself. She probably has a different name that she hates. Holly had long stopped trying to figure out where Night lived, and what she did at home. Hell, Holly never has been to Night's house. Oh well. Real friends are hard to come by when you want to do the impossible. Then again, Night wanted to be a sorceress. That is even more ridiculous than Holly's dream of being in the LEP! The art of sorcery is long forgotten. Even the book has little to say about it!
Holly snapped out of her train of thought and concentrated on walking slower. She did not want to come home, but she had no choice. Where would she go? Night is out of the question. Stupid note! Holly could already here what her mother was going to say, "Holly! I am ashamed of you! That is the second note this week and it is only Wednesday! Just you wait until your father gets home! He'll put you in your place!" But Holly's father never punished her. If it was standing up for her beliefs, he praised her. If it was about fighting, he healed her and told her to describe the fight. She does and he tells her how to defend herself better. Holly loves her father.
Stop daydreaming! Walk slower! Holly yelled inwardly at herself. But if Holly had not begun to walk slowly, the following chain of events might not have happened. But, as it goes, Holly Short slowed down.
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"Hey look at that girl!" a red haired guy exclaimed.
"I know her! She's that girl that wants to be in the LEP!" a blonde boy said excitedly.
"She must pay for thinking of that!" a black haired boy said.
"I have an idea" a brunette grinned.
"Tell us," replied the fifth who was also the last boy.
The brunette told them.
The rest liked it.
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"Damn Mrs. Mandrake, Damn Mrs. Mandrake to hell!" Holly swore, showing her hate by using Mud People swears.
"Watch ya mouth little girl!" a blonde boy said. His three friends grinned.
"Yeah, girly! But you are right about Mrs. Mandrake, though," a red head said. Holly inwardly sighed. There are four boys, in front of her. Sheesh, at least they should try to surround her… 'Or maybe there are a few boys behind me!' Holly couldn't turn around, that would expose her back to the boys. What could she use to see behind her, then? A window! Holly was facing a window made of reflective glass! Holly squinted slightly and she could see a very obvious shimmer behind her, approaching quickly. D'Arvit! At least one of them is thirty! They've got magic! Therefore every time I hit them, they will be healed! And I am not old enough yet to have magic! Holly was at a major disadvantage. Even if it was obvious that they really sucked at magic if that guy behind her was their best warlock… Closer, closer, Holly thought at the 'invisible' boy. He came closer. Holly swiftly kicked him hard where she judged his stomach to be.
"Oof!" gasped the once 'invisible' boy.
"She saw him!" the red head yelped.
"She knew that he was there!" the black haired said astounded. Holly put up her fists.
"Get her!" yelled the blonde. All five boys ran at her. Holly crouched down, hoping that they would all trip over her, giving her time to escape. The once 'invisible' boy did. The rest stopped in time. Holly looked at the road she was crouching on, hoping for a rock or something that she could use as a weapon. Something red glinted (A/N glinted. Glinted… tehehe… if you say that word too much it begins to sound reeeealy weird) by her left foot. Holly reached for it and yanked it out of the ground. The red stone turned out to be a ruby attached to the hilt of a long dagger. Holly brandished the weapon with vigor. (A/N I like that word, too!)
"Hey! Where did she get the knife?" the black head asked. Since that question was not directed to her, Holly didn't answer.
"Whatever. We can take her, with or without a dagger!" The blonde rushed forward. Holly swung the blade in front of him and cut his shirt.
"Feisty little girl, ain'tcha?" the red head said. Holly didn't say anything.
"Not to mention very quiet!" the blonde said.
"I heard that blondes are really dumb," Holly said quietly, but everybody heard, "You've just proven that statement."
"What's that supposed to mean?" the blonde growled.
"That you attacked me barehanded and I have a knife, and that you said that I was quiet. Nobody said anything to me, so I neva said anything to you five!" Holly grinned, "And, are we finished talkin'? Cause I wanna kick your asses now!"
"I think it is us who will be doin' the ass kickin'!" the brunette yelled.
"Charge!" yelled the once 'invisible' boy. Holly grinned and swung the blade in front of their noses. She didn't actually cut them, though. Once the boys noticed that she never hit any of them they started closing in on her. Holly knew that she would have to cut one of them soon. There! The blonde, he was to close for comfort. Holly slashed at the arm reaching to grab her. Yelling, the blonde drew back his arm and gripped the cut with his other hand. Blood covered his arm and hand. Holly twirled the dagger, appearing unaware that the blonde's blood flicked off of it and on the other boys. The boys realized that she wasn't afraid of actually hurting them and they prepared to run. Blue sparks flickered on the blonde's injured arm.
"Bitch!" the blonde spat, then ran. His friends glared at Holly then ran after the blonde.
Holly sighed. She didn't like actually hurting people like that. It is one thing in a fist fight, but she had a slight advantage over those boys. Holly looked at her watch. "D'Arvit!" Holly never meant to take this long. Forty-five minutes has pasted since school ended and it was a ten minute walk home from where she is.
"I'm going to be in so much trouble!" Holly wailed. She shoved the dagger in her backpack, not bothering to clean it, and picked up the note that was on the road. Good thing I never lost this! Mrs. Mandrake would kill me if I lost it. Not to mention Mom! Holly turned and ran home.
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A/N: Does anybody know if Holly's parents have names? I don't think so, but it would make it easier for me. I really suck at making up names… oh well; I have one for her mom… And I will try to update fast next time, I promise! Ooo this is a little over four pages… whoa… I typed this much in a day while talking to people on MSN and message boards. Not to mention listening to music… It usually takes me days to type stuff. Then again, that stuff is for school and this isn't!! Well, it could be if I wanted it to be! I love creative writing!!!
~ Mage Kitty =^.^=