Hello, everyone. Thankyou for all the kind reviews from chapters 1-5. I am very grateful that you took the time to read the fic. (apologies for the short chapter)
Chapter 7
"Get up"
The two words had been spoken dozens of times before in that room. Haku began to pick himself off the floor, wondering how he had acquired so many cuts and burns in such a short time. For the last ten minutes he had been trying to deflect Yubabas magic, he was getting nowhere, he had been thrown across the room too many times that day and the pain was distracting him.
"Surely you can do this by now!" Yubaba said "Even animals can do very basic magic"
This was not fair, what she was trying to teach him was not 'basic magic'. Biting back a retort, Haku prepared for the next onslaught of pain. A wave of fire crashed through the practice room, Haku closed his eyes and concentrated hard, he braced himself for the inevitable burn, it didn't come. Tentatively he looked up at Yubaba. She was gazing at him with a sour expression.
"That is not the block I was teaching you, try that with missiles and they'd go right through the sheild"
Haku was angry, who cared if it wasn't the right one, it worked ! Why did she always have to focus on the things he did wrong. No, he thought, I mustn't think like that, it's just the way she is. I'll have to accept that.
"Come here, start sorting through these jewels. One of them is magic, try and find it" Yubaba said, slamming a velvet bag onto a small table.
Haku sighed and did what he was told, he picked up a small blue gem and weighed it in his hand. It had been three weeks since he had started studying with Yubaba, but she seemed reluctant to teach him powerful spells. He placed the sapphire he had been examining down and selected another. Suddenly the skull that served as a communication device chattered, Yubaba walked over to it and bent her ear towards its teeth.
"What is it?" she asked, the skull rattled again "Alright, stay there and I'll be down in a minute"
She beckoned to Haku, and began to walk out the door .
"Come on, boy. You can see how a real sorceress works…"
(end chapter 7)
what do you think? Is this worth continuing? Please review if you want more, or I'll assume no-one is reading anymore. Feel free to point out mistakes, but no flames, being cruel or rude is not helpful in the least.
Also if anyone has any ideas about a Petshop of horrors fic, I'd be very pleased to hear them.
