The Diary

Chronicles of Dominic Deegan.

by Jennifer Grow (sn:KittenKagome)

"Luna..this way.." Dominic held up a lantern as he held Luna's hand and guided her through. "Just for once, we are going to relax and not have to worry about psycopathic mages, my brother, or anyone else, bothering us. They can all just go away."

Luna shook her head, but stopped in place when Dominic's light flickered and faded.

"Habeke..." She said confused, "You just lit that Dominic...Dominic..."

There was no reply.

Luna felt around for him. It was completely dark, and not even moonlight shown down to give her some guidance.."Where are you..no no I shouldve bought more lights, this is my fault..its always my fault...Dominic!"

The lantern started up again, and it rested on the ground. Normal moonlight returned to the area..and on the ground beside the lantern was Dominic's hat and pipe.

"Where are you? Dominic!.." Luna began to run east, "Gregory..somebody! Dominic isnt here! He isnt here!"

He was alone. He was stranded in darkness, bumbling around God knows where as he reached out for a place to rest his weariness. All he could tell is that he was stuck in a dense thicket of trees,and his own senses told him he needed to get out of their and fast. He pushed aside his fatigue and went faster, faster, until a bright light hit his eye. A great pole shined a light down upon him, and he stood there, stunned. He shielded his eyes and stepped out onto the hard pavement. The lights were all around, and in the distance, many lit buildings, flashing a million colors in every direction. He stared down the small hill and could tell that several of the lights were moving, and the hum of the crowd could just barely be heard. He examined where he stood, the markings drawn along the road seperating it into two sections.

"Well, at least I can see, " Dominic Deegan, Oracle for Hire.. told himself as she sat down in the middle of the road. It wasnt long before he heard a roar behind him, and when he turned around, two bright lights again shined straight at him. The next thing he knew he was several feet away from where he sat, sprawled out, bleeding. Why didn't I see that before it happened? he asked himself...before all before him began to dim and grow black.. I have this feeling..no..have I lost my...power...

He woke up in a hospital bed, that much he could tell. He had various things attached to him, and he wondered if this was really the work of some dark lord or maybe his crazy brother that was out to get him. He pulled himself up and looked around the room. A few paintings were on the walls, tons of equipment he didn't recognize, and a vase behind his bed. Well, there is no moving me now..I... He paused his train of thought when he picked up on a conversation in the other room.

A young girl no older than 19 stood outside, talking to a doctor. "Is he going to be okay...Oh my gosh, I didn't mean to hit him, he came out of nowhere! I swear.." The girl sobbed uncontrollably grabbing on to the doctors jacket as the poor guy stood their stunned.

"Young lady he is just fine. Even though at the speed you were going on that road I..." he stopped when he saw the girl cry more, and he patted her back, "He is doing just fine. He is going to have a road of recovery ahead of him, but he is a strong lad and will do well."

The girl nodded and walked inside Dominic's room. They stared at each other. Dominic's face twisted up in frustration, and the girl's in fear.

"I..." they both said at the same time.

"Do you know what happened to me?" Dominic asked. "Im guessing this was some sort of accident..."

"I hit..you with my car..." She gets on his knees, "I'll be your personal slave for life, but please don't sue me I beg of you...I know this is probably a hopeless cause but I just cant afford it! I can barely afford this, Im probably going to have to sell my car I might even have to sell my cat! and I love my cat! I don't know what to do they are going to put me down for manslaughter or something awful like that and I just don't know what I would do. Im not a bad person and Im a really really really careful driver and everything and I just can't believe this happened I know you are probably going to do everything in your power to make me miserable but I know I deserve it but I ask no I beg for your forgiveness at least before you throw me to the courts?"

"Eh..."

The girl burst into tears again.

Dominic waved his hands, "No..don't cry..I..Its okay, It was an accident..I guess. My brother Gregory probably has put me in worse situations in the past." He reached over and put his hand on the girls shoulder, rubbing it so she would calm down. After she finally caught her breath, she wiped her eyes and sat down in the chair beside his bed.

"We will take care of you, I promise. Me and my cat, Spark."

"That..is the name of my cat?"

"Really, I guess that is a common name. Then again, I should rename my cat garbage disposal because he can really put it down."

Dominic smiles, "Are you sure you aren't harboring my cat?"

"I don't think so.." The girl smiles and takes a deep breath. "Im Lina. What is your name, if you dont mind me asking?"

"Dominic Deegan."

"Nice to meet you Dominic. You know, I havent heard of many people with that name. Its rather unique, you should be proud."

"Thank you..."

"Welcome."

Lina licks her lips and walks out. She comes back not two minutes later with a huge gift basket. "Here you go. I bought you this..I didn't think it would make anything better, but I was just thinking maybe it would at least brighten your mood. Not that Im trying to get out of being sued. Im not..I thought I would be anyway..err.."

Dominic raised his hand and motioned for her to set the basket down. "I appreciate that. Can you at least tell me where I am."

"Oh. We are at Righven General Hospital."

"This is Righven, then?" Dominic shook his head at asking a stupid question, but then again, he had just been hit by a car.

"Yes, this is Righven, near the city limits. Do you have any family or friends we can contact?"

"My brother..or maybe I should call Rachel.." Or maybe I shouldn't... "None of them have much money, but if I have to work off a bill or something I guess I could open a shop or something.." He shuddered at the mere thought of it.. "and answer stupid questions for money."

"You answer questions? Dealing with what topic. If you are one of those financial aid guys, I could sure use your help."

"Finan-..." Dominic blinked, "Oh, no no no...I'm a s-" Wait a second, No you don't Dominic you arent going to get yourself looped into another pointless job asking questions for stupid people. Besides, if your second sight has really disappeared for some reason, it would be of no use to you anyway. Maybe there is something else I can do..

"You are a s-..what?"

"S-..Se.Secretary?" Dominic kicked himself inwardly.

"Oh I had a friend that used to do that. A guy too. He was really good at it, better than a lot of the bimbos that came before him. He could take notes by pen faster than most people could type them, remember almost every single message given to him, and, oh this was pretty cool, he had a photographic memory. It is any bosses dream to have a super secretary like Robert. He's a great guy too, and if Im not mistaken, my second cousin. He moved recently though, and I can only hope he found as good a job as the one he had here. Hey, maybe you can take over where he left off. I know some of the guys around there, if you would like to try. I mean..not that you have to pay for anything since this is technically entirely my fault so dont worry the hospital bills are taken care of but Im just saying if you want ajob.."

Dominic nodded and patted Lina on the shoulder. "I get it, I get it. My wounds will heal pretty well, and if I cant find my way home by then, Im sure we will work something out. Just, try to stay calm okay?"

"Thanks. You sound just like Robert. Really smart and intelligent and all that."

Dominic leaned back against his pillow and shut his eyes. He didnt not want to move anywhere for quite a while, and took the time to enjoy the peace and quiet between Lina's chattering. She was only nervous, it didn't take his second sight to know that, and had a good heart as far as he could tell, but..she was as jittery as Spark when he waved fresh fish in front of his face. However, thinking of Spark made him think of home. He was obviously far away from it, and had no idea how he got here and even less of an idea on how to get back. Spark, Gregory, Pam...Luna...they could be scattered in this town of "Righven" or left back home. His second sight was dead to him, he was without his spellbook and not sure if he could summon up any kind of magic ability at all. The more he thought of it, the more he realized that he could very well be stranded there. How long would depend on fate itself, whether she chose to whisk him back home or make a new one where he lay now. Exhausting himself with thought, his only relief from his developing headache was sleep, and it came to him.

When his dreams took flight, he saw himself standing on a ledge, looking out to a city. Enjoying the moment, Dominic took a puff from his pipe and shut his eyes feeling the wind brush through his hair. Unfortunatley for him, his scarf undid itself and lost itself in the breeze.

"Arggh! Wait!" Dominic reached out for it but he just missed and the scarf was lost to him. "Well that is just great. I can't get another one for a whi-" He didn't finish his statement, as he noticed the ground beneath his feet begin to sink in a little. "Eh..." He stepped back as the ground broke down beneath him, and when it gave way, he slid down the face of the cliff, screaming for dear life. He grabbed a tight hold of a ledge to save his life, and when he looked up at it, he saw that he was holding on to an old book"

Dominic woke up, dripping in sweat. He was shaking. "M-..s..." He curled up and caught his breath. "My second sight. Did it return to me...no no it..didn't but then what was that about. I could feel that was no ordinary dream." He reviewed the horrifying dream in his mind. "Lets see. I was on a cliff, I lost my scarf, I fell, and when I went to grab on I grabbed on to a book that was on a ledge. By..using that book it was the only way I could hold on and get my way back up." He shut his eyes. "It was a message. To get home, I have to find that book."

He fell back on his pillow. If I had my stupid crystal ball, I bet I wouldnt have had to go through all that. I know Im in a different place. My mother told me of a situation like this once, she got whisked to one of the other worlds and it took her years to get back. She said it often happens to Deegans. Well this is just peachy. After all the luck Ive had, why couldnt this have happened to Jacob. That moron deserves to be lost forever.

Lina stepped in quietly. When she first looked at him, she thought he was asleep and sat down in the chair quietly and looked out the window. "What am I going to do? I just wish I could undo all this. Ive been so jittery lately I can't even drive."

Dominic turned his head and looked out the window too. He could see clearly now all the tall buildings and moving vehicles. This only proved what he had thought before was right. At the moment, his main concern was dealign with Lina "Accidents happen," he stated "So try not to worry."

She smiled slightly and turned her head to him. "You are awake?"

"I am unless I talk in my sleep. And quite well I might add."

"Funny too huh? Okay okay. Well you amazingly survived the accident with very minor injuries. In fact, they are going to let you go later today. They did say that if you felt anything out of the ordinary to report back to the hospital right away. Did you think of anyone you wanted to contact?"

Until I figure out where the others are, I have nothing. "No, I haven't."

Lina nodded and stood up. "When you are ready to go, I'll drive you home, carefully. I told you before I don't live too far from here so I shouldnt get into any major accidents while...Im not making myself look very good here right now am I?"

Dominic sat up and stretched. "Its okay, but have you seen my glasses?"

Lina sat back down in the chair and thought about it for a moment. "I guess I can go back over to where it occured and looked for them, but I wouldn't be too hopeful." She cringed as she saw Dominic made another ugly face, but when he saw her cringe, he managed a smile.

"Well can we at least go look for them? If they are not destroyed or anything I would like to have them back."

"Oh, yes, of course, no problem." Lina grabbed her soda and sipped to make sure she didn't turn into a nervous wreck. Dominic rolled his eyes at this, and hoped that once he got out of this hospital she would stop acting like he was goign to explode at any moment. She almost reminds me of Luna, he thought, Worried that the sky is going to fault and that it would be her fault.

"Until then, is there anything you would like to talk about?" Dominic asked Lina.

"Actually Im glad you asked that." Lina brightened up a bit and pulled a table out so Dominic could reach it. She put down a puzzle box, emptied out all the pieces, and smiled at him. "Wanna help me put together this puzzle?''

"Puzzle? Well er..." He looked at the puzzle. He had seen similar sorts of games, but never one like this before. "So what do you do with it, exactly''

Lina frowned. "I mustve really gave you head trauma.."

"What..Oh..I just..havent, played this in a while. He watched Lina fiddle with a few pieces, then grabbed some of his own and put them together. "Yeah, we just put these together."

Lina propped the puzzle box up on the edge of the table. "To make it a little easier, this is a picture of the finished product."

For about two hours, Dominic and Luna intensely worked on two puzzled with very small pieces. One was a picture of a city scape, and the other was of a mountain range, which made Dominic think about his horrible dream. Dominic couldnt say that he wasn't enjoying this, anything that pushed him to the limit and caused him to sharpen his mind was always a good thing. Even though this was not magic based, he considered it valuble training to improve his mental abilities.

"Luna wouldve loved this.." he said quietly.

"Did you call me?" Lina looked up at Dominic.

"No, just thinking about a friend. I'm sure I'll find her later though."

Lina started to work on the puzzle again, but not without a feeling of uneasiness. Somehow this poor young man was lost, confused, and because of her, hurt. She barely kept herself from getting upset again, and breathed a sigh of relief when Dominic snapped the last piece in place.

"Its about the time the docs said you could go. I'll step out so you can get dressed, we will talk to the front desk, and then I will take you back home to relax."

Dominic nodded. He pushed the table aside, got his clothes, and dressed quickly. "If Gregory was here I wouldn't have had to stay in this place more than five minutes. Gregory, wherever you are man, Im going to find you. Im going to find all of you. Well, except for Stunt and Bumper. They can stay lost."