Truly Nolan

By HamClover

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Chapter five- Nolan gets his land legs (finally)

Nolan woke up in Daisuke's room. It was still dark out. Sitting up, Nolan realized that everything seemed to be a lot smaller in perspective.

"Gee, I had the weirdest dream," He moaned, not fully awake yet.

Nolan yawned and stretched his legs out. He stopped dead. In front of him stood a girl, who wasn't Maki!

"GAH! Who are you!?" Nolan shrieked.

The girl giggled.

"Someone you already know! It's Artemis silly! I'm just a human now, and so.are.YOU!"

Nolan looked down in complete dismay. The human Artemis was right! Nolan was in Daisuke's body!

"Oh..my.....God.." Nolan murmured, inspecting his hands.

Artemis was quite content with herself.

"Yup! You are now officially a human!" The announced with much pride.

Nolan looked up at Artemis.

"But you were just a hamster a while ago.." He said.

"Yes, but that's my OTHER form! Every Wish Mage has an animal form, mine's a hamster. But we can only stay in our animal form for two and a half hours!" Artemis stated.

Nolan blinked, then returned to adjusting to this strange new body.

"So, this means I can talk to Maki?" Nolan asked.

Artemis frowned.

"Mm, doubtful," She answered.

"Why not??"

"Well, you remember, Daisuke and her got in a fight, Maki still thinks you are Daisuke, so I doubt she'll talk to you. You 'prolly will never be able to talk to her-"

"What!? Why not Artemis!?" Nolan whined.

"Duh! Nolan, since you're in Daisuke's body, you have to take his place and go to college. But don't fret, all his knowledge is still in his body. Only your soul left the body."

"Okay."

"You have one year to live in Daisuke's body."

"Only one.?"

"Yeah, sorry, those are the rules.."

Artemis was now sitting by Daisuke's desk.

"And if you were worrying about Daisuke, he's fine, he's now in your body. But, he'll act like a normal hamster. But as for you, you have to get used to being human! The instincts will come."

"Great."

Nolan stood up, his legs wobbling. He shouted as he stepped off the futon and on the floor. As soon as Nolan got used to walking, he went to the bathroom to admire himself. Artemis followed.

"Wow. I never noticed that Daisuke was such a good looking guy! What a confidence boost this face'll be!!" Nolan exclaimed.

Artemis giggled.

"Are you going to keep your hair down?" She asked.

Artemis pointed Nolan to a photo framed by the sink. It was a picture of Daisuke pushing a younger Maki on the swings. Daisuke's hair was gelled up.

"Oh, the gel. Naw, it's too. gelly. I'll keep it down." Nolan responded, brushing his hair.

Artemis glanced at a nearby clock.

"Um, Nolan, your plane leaves in an hour."

"WHAT!? OH CRAP! IT TAKES FOREVER TO GET THERE! AND I CAN'T DRIVE! SHIT!"

Artemis sighed.

"Look, you can take the bus, okay?"

"Oh yeah.heh.. The bus."

Nolan grabbed all of Daisuke's bags and headed out the room and down the hall to Maki's room. Silently, he creaked the door open and peeked inside. Maki was sound asleep. Nolan swore he could feel tears swell in his eyes. That's when the song came to his mouth;

"Hello! Hello! How are you! My friend Nolan! My friend Nolan! Friends forever! You and I, truly Nolan!"

Maki stirred. A smile seemed to cover her face. Nolan smiled. As quiet as a mouse, Nolan shut the door and turned to Artemis. He knew she had more things to say.

"Okay Nolan," She began, "Remember all the rules I told you. I won't be helping you with this, but an advisor will. You have one year, please don't mess up, it's what Maki wants."

Nolan nodded as Artemis turned for the door.

"Gee, she's crazy," Nolan thought, "I wonder if she has a sister."

Artemis came to a halt and snickered.

"Yes, Nolan, I am crazy, and yes, I have a sister." She said.

"WHAAAA!!!???" Nolan shrieked, "You can read minds!?"

Artemis turned around to Nolan and smiled. "Duh!" She said. And with the snap of her fingers, she disappeared, leaving Nolan alone to find his way across the seas!

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Wee! Okay, well that basically the whole prologue. Those first five chapters set up the story, so after this, it get a lot better! As Nolan goes to this "new land", new characters will be introduced and chaos ensues. I'm really putting my heart and soul into this story, so it oughtta be good! Stay tuned!