A Dagger, Trolls, you know the rest...
~ Mage Kitty
A/N: I seriously think I'm gonna change the name of this fic... The name is getting on my nerves... Sorta... Well, it's slightly better that what I called this fic way back in January... I think it was 'Er, Holly's Past???' lol. Titles aren't something I'm amazingly great at. If you have a better one, or any title at all, leave it in your review. Or, if you have an allergic reaction to reviewing, e-mail me... Hell, e-mail me anyways! Oh, yes... people who left a signed review for the last chapter will realize that they got an e-mail from me. Cause I was bored. If you didn't get one, sorry, I'm a lazy kaka head and I wont do it again. I hope... Or it just went to your junk mail folder and didn't receive. Either way... Now, on with the anonymous review reply things... Well, when I get on a comp with the 'net, I will...
becca8: Thanks
Blondee: Er, that wasn't even a big cliffy... I've done way worse. *laughs* Thank you! I'm updating now, obviously!
Kelsey: er, I get the picture. Do I really need that much encouragement? I'm not gonna not finish this, so it will end. When, I have no bloody idea ^^;;;
Tonduil the Elf: Er, I don't think I emailed you. If I did, oh well. You'll see about Night's Daggerness this chapter and the next one! Can't be giving away all my plot here! I barely have enough to write this fic ^^
fictionfan: yes, they are. My bedroom was pink once. Well, the walls were a pale pink colour a looong time ago. It's blue now ^^
scarletswitchblade: (for chapter 9) You're welcome. Yup. A kick ass possessed elf. Not that great ^^ Parazonium is Latin for Dagger, incase you were wondering. That was my creativity at it's peak ^^ I bet it did too. Either that or it bullied everyone ^^ (for chapter 10. wow. 10) Thanks for the use of Libimbo! Bwha! I used it in this chapter, although it wasn't yelled out. In the next chapter Night will yell it at Lili herself, though ^^ So true, but Holly can't be labeled as a murder, could she? Ahh yes, Trouble is so much fun to write thick headed. *laughs* Actually, he's a pretty fun character to write about, though I tend to make all my characters have evil parents etc. Okay, me call you Scarlet now ^^ Bwha. Easier ^^
Disclaimer: I do not own Holly, Trouble, Root, Lili, sorta Cedar, sorta Primrose, and sorta Vinyáya... Grrr... did I get the accent thing right?? Me go check. Later. Oh, and Scarlet (scarletswitchblade) owns the name Libimbo. I'm just borrowing it cause her genius is better than mine ^^
*~*~*~*~* Chapter 11: I'll think of a title later... *~*~*~*~*
Night lifted her hand and knocked. The door was opened almost instantaneously.
"Er, did Holly get a butler?" Night asked herself.
"Do I look like one?" The middle-aged female elf asked Night.
"Er, nope. Wait a minute! You're that person who's running to be a Council member! What's your name again?" Night asked, eyes turned upwards as she scanned her memory.
"Ivy Vinyáya. And you are?" The elf with red hair down to the back of her knees answered.
"Night Shade," Night inclined her head.
"Who's that behind you?" Ivy asked.
"The conscious one is Elburt, or Trouble as he prefers to be called, Kelp. The unconscious one is Holly Short," Night stated.
"Kelp? Wait a minute! What do you mean by Holly being unconscious?" Ivy asked.
"Unconscious. As in knocked out, not awake, asleep," Night rolled her eyes, "We need to see Captain Cedar Short."
"He's inside... What are you waiting for? Come in!" Ivy ushered them inside into the brightly light room. Trouble kicked the door closed behind him. With the light's brightness hurting her eyes, Night blinked. She gazed at the elf standing in front of her. The first thing a fairy would notice is the hair. It's dark red, woven with black ribbons and fell down to the back of her knees. Her eyes are blue-green; Night could tell she had a bit of sorceress blood in her, just by the colour of her eyes. Like many fairies, her skin was pale, due to lack of sun. Not that elves wanted to be around much sun, anyway. Ivy wore black boots that nearly reached her knees, or hooker boots, as Night and quite a few others call them. Ivy was wearing a pale blue collared shirt with the top few buttons undone and a tie hung loosely around her neck. To finish this boring description, she wore a dark skirt. (A/N: Crap, I describe things soooo well... Yes... I drew a pic of Ivy; it's not that bad, but I need to wander down to Crimson's house and get it scanned. And then I would have to save it onto a floppy disk and transfer it to my house. Crimson's Internet is down and is currently suffering from FFD, or FanFiction Deprivation. Okay, a million days later, I got this floppy disk back from Crimson's house with the picture of Vinyáya... I'll upload it onto my DeviantART account, but I can't promise it not being screwed. Come on, I've had that account for all of two days... Damn thing... Can't get it to work properly. Ah well, a little bit of screwing around and I'll be fine ^^ Oh yes, the account... mage-kitty.deviantart.com Er, where was I in this fic??)
"What's this?" Primrose had walked into the room, "Oh my... Holly!" Primrose's hands flew to her mouth.
"She's just unconscious. She'll be okay. I hope," Night said encouragingly.
"What would you know; you're just some stupid girl," Primrose sniffed.
"Er, hello. This stupid girl just stopped your daughter from committing murder. Although I do wish that Lili Frond would die..." Night pondered. Trouble stayed silent and continued holding Holly.
"WHAT? MURDER!" Primrose screeched.
"Yeah, murder. Though she could plead possessed..." Night tilted her head back and tried to remember whether or not that was an option to be able to plead. She knew that you could plead guilty, not guilty or insane. But possessed, she didn't remember.
"WHAT? POSSESSED?" Primrose screeched again.
"Darling, what's the matter?" a tired Cedar with ruffled hair stood in the doorway.
"This girl is saying that Holly attempted murder possessed!" Primrose shrieked, running over to Cedar and throwing her arms around him.
"Possessed?" Cedar asked Night.
"Yeah, Parazonium can do that. Bloody Dagger," Night grumbled.
"Yeah, I know. Root told us," Cedar said.
"Root knew!? Root knew and he didn't tell me!? AHHH! BLOODY INSANE ELF!" Night yelled, frustrated.
"What's all the noise? Who's yelling?" Holly rubbed one of her hazel eyes, not noticing that Trouble was carrying her.
"Welcome to the land of the living. Me and your mother were yelling, Holls," Night said.
"What are you doing here, Night? And you Ivy? And... Trouble?!?" Holly stared, her mouth open in shock, "Okay, Ivy and Night I can understand, but what are you doing in my... front porch?" Holly looked completely confused.
"Me and Trouble are here cause we took you home and I have no idea why Ivy Vinyáya is here. We are in your front porch because that is as far as we got into your house," Night explained.
"Okay, will someone explain what is going on?" Holly asked.
"I would like to know, too," Ivy said quietly.
"I've been asking that question since Night ran into Lili's house," Trouble grumbled, still holding Holly.
"Er, maybe we could go into a living room or something? And Trouble, you can put Holly down now," Night said.
"Er, yeah... right," Trouble put Holly down, semi reluctantly. The six elves walked into the living room, seating themselves in various places. Holly sat between Trouble and her father, and Ivy and Primrose sat in chairs. Night was left with the coffee table.
"Well, explanations, huh?" Night started.
"No beating around the bush again, Night," Holly interrupted, knowing that her friend was beginning to start her little game of rambling and, well, beating around the bush.
"Whatever do you mean?" Night asked innocently.
"Just explain. This is me we're talking about and I don't know what's going on," Holly sighed.
"Alright... Patience is -"
"NIGHT!"
"Fine. Holly recently found a Dagger, also known as Parazonium, which steals magick. What I didn't realize, until late today, was that the aforementioned Dagger also has the ability to control the bodies of its current owner, if I could call it that. You may have noticed that Mrs. Mandrake and Tarra Reid have been missing for quite a long time now. Incidentally, Holly, and I, hate both of those fairies. Around the time they disappeared, Holly was unusually bitchy and tired. Put two and two together, and it is obvious that Parazonium has done something to them while using Holly's body. As soon as I made that connection, I realized that Parazonium was getting rid of people Holly hates to strengthen his hold on her. The next obvious person in the list of victims was Lili Frond. I immediately took off at a run for Libimbo's house. Fortunately I live closer to her than Holly does. I was able to arrive at her house approximately five minutes before Holly/Parazonium came. What I didn't expect was that Trouble was there. I was able to get through to Holly and Holly was able to regain control of her body. From what I assume was the effort Holly fainted. But before she lost conscious she tossed the Dagger away from her. The only way I could get it out of the house was to take it myself, considering that I am the only other person with no magick. Well, asides from the Show magick all Sorcerers have," Night concluded her speech.
"So you're telling me that I incapacitated Mandrake and Tarra?" Holly asked.
"Yes. Whether or not you killed them, I have no idea," Night said.
"Where is Parazonium now?" Cedar asked.
"The spirit or the Dagger? It would make more sense to refer to the item as the Dagger, as we have all along, and refer to the being as Parazonium, it's name," Night said.
"The Dagger."
"Dunno. Somewhere in your front porch. Holly, you better go get it," Night said. Holly got up to get it.
"You've only handled this Dagger for a short time. Will you become possessed as well?" Ivy asked, speaking up for the first time in awhile.
"I don't know. I honestly don't know," Night looked worried, "I can only hope I have the mental capabilities to hold it off. But if Holly can't..." Night trailed off, showing that she really didn't believe that she could hold off Parazonium anymore than Holly could.
"Let me get this straight. My daughter is being controlled by some dagger by the name of Parawhatever?" Primrose asked softly, unbelievingly.
"Yes. And there is a good chance that I will be too," Night said.
"Why wasn't I told before?" Primrose asked.
"We didn't want to worry you, and this isn't the sort of thing you tell anyone, darling," Cedar said.
"But she's my daughter," Primrose said.
"Not that anyone could tell," Night muttered softly under her breath. Ivy smiled, thinking about how true the statement was. Holly walked in, unconsciously spinning the Dagger around in her hand.
"I have to go. I have to get up pretty early in the evening to work on my campaigning," Ivy excused herself. She got up and when she passed Trouble, she swore she heard the elf say 'Beat my father for me.' How odd. Imagining that her opposition's son wanted her to get elected into the Council over his father. Hmmm... If that was true, Ivy could really use that bit of information to her advantage. As she left the house, Ivy's thoughts were back on her task at hand. Getting elected into the Council to argue woman's rights.
"Good morning Aunt Ivy," Holly called to Ivy's back.
"Good morning, Holly," Ivy called back, slightly distracted.
"Look, I've gotta go too. Sleep and whatnot," Night said, preparing to leave, "I don't know why or how Trouble was at Libimbo's house at this hour, but I'm going to bed.
"Why don't you two stay. It's late; you shouldn't be wandering around at this time of the morning," Cedar said, "I'll call your parents."
"Don't bother. They don't exist," Night said blandly and shrugged. The adults and Trouble looked at her oddly.
"Alright, I'll just call Trouble's parents," Cedar said.
"You mean my mother," Trouble muttered under his breath.
"The girls can stay in Holly's room and Trouble can have the guest bedroom," Primrose said, glad to be back on a topic she understood and could take care of.
"Sounds fine," Night shrugged. Holly led Night and Trouble up to her room. The first door she stopped at was the guestroom. Trouble disappeared inside. Night and Holly walked to the next door and walked inside.
"So, who gets the bed?" Night asked.
"Me. I live here, remember."
"Sure. I'll take the window seat thing," Night said.
"Could you even fit on there?" Holly asked.
"When there's a will, there's a way," Night shrugged. She walked over to the window seat and attempted to lie down on it. It wasn't quite working.
"No need to bother, Night. I brought up a mattress," Cedar held up a foot by foot square. He tossed it into the middle of the room and it expanded its self to a queen size mattress.
"Ooo! Thanks!" Night chirped and lied down on it, bouncing. Cedar threw a blanket and a pillow on her head. Night quickly arranged her bed.
While all that was happening, Holly was changing into her pajamas in her bathroom. She walked out and tossed Night a shirt and sweats that were to big for her. In other words, the perfect size for Night.
"Thanks," Night said then walked into the bathroom herself. When she came out, Trouble was stretched out on her bed, "Move over," She kicked him. Trouble moved.
"What do you mean be you having no parents," Trouble got straight to the question he was meaning to ask for a while.
"I mean that I have no parents. I have House, though," Night shrugged, "She's sorta like a mother."
"What?" Trouble asked. Night just looked at him, green eyes meeting blue. Trouble looked away first.
"Why didn't you tell me about the Dagger," Trouble asked.
"Same reason why we didn't tell Holls' mother," Night said.
"Then why did you tell Ivy Vinyáya?"
"Because she would ask questions. I get the drift that she's close enough to Holly to pester us for ages about why Holls was unconscious," Night said.
"Yes, she would. I've known her forever. Until I was about 11 I always thought that she was my aunt, hence the reason why I called her Aunt Ivy. She's really just a family friend," Holly said, "I never called Root 'Uncle Root' ever, though."
"You were smart, in other words," Night said.
"Too true."
Cedar walked down the hall and stopped at Holly's door. He knocked, then entered, "I called your parents, Trouble. Night, your number is unlisted."
"That's because I don't have a home phone number. You could call my cell, though," Night shrugged.
"And where would your cell be?" Cedar asked.
"Probably my jacket pocket," Night said and crawled over to her jacket. She rooted around in the pockets, trying to find her cell, "Yup, here it is."
"Alright then. The three of you get some sleep. You have school tomorrow, or rather, today," Cedar smiled.
"Good morning, Dad," Holly smiled and curled up under her covers.
"Good morning, Cedar," Night said and rolled herself into a cocoon in her blanket.
"Good morning," Trouble turned his back to the girls.
"Good morning," Cedar said to them all. He shut off the light and walked out of the room, closing the door with a click.
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A/N: Wow. I can never update early, can I? And the end is in sight! Bwha! For me at least. I approximate that there is anywhere between 5 and 10 chapters left. Well, the guide thing I made up when I was bored 5 months ago says that I have 4 chapters left, but now that I have the H/T thing, it's gonna be a bit longer. The primary genre of this fic is Action/Adventure. Though I don't know whether or not the other should be humour or romance. This is probably my most serious fic, asides from the angst one. The rest of mine are humour/something. Mainly romance. This won't contain very much romance, unless I do what Stardust Firebolt did with 'A Twist of Fate'. You know, I never liked the ending of that fic. It ends evilly! It's still good, though. I'm rambling. There will be romance though, don't worry, just not as much as my other romance fics. Not that either of them have any romance in them yet... Which is crazy, because in my HP romance one the term hasn't even started and it's longer than this fic ^^;;; I'm still rambling. Anywhos, I'm planning a companion fic to this one. It's a companion cause it wont have enough of Night to be a sequel or anything and it skips all the way until after TEC. I plan on pre-writing most of it, if not all before I post it. That way there won't be any four-month waits like with this one. A million dollars says that I won't pre-write it, though... I think this is my longest chapter for this fic... eight pages without the reply to reviewer thing, not that I'll have much. I'm just gonna shut up now and write the next chapter for Foaly's Carrot, or type up the next chapter for TSDADAP...
~ Mage Kitty =^.^=