:Hi… WOOT! I just love how this one is turning out! This is my longest fanfic I've written. Now for the shout outs… shout out…
Hawk: Well most time travel is magical but hey the story never turns out like this one. And this is only the beginning of where my imagination is going to take us. And don't worry our boys are going to be ok. Please keep reading and reviewing and hold on tight. This ride has only begun.
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Love Across Time
Chapter 13: Magical Pull
I took the boys back inside. I knew that they would be needing feeding but everything I had was 21st century food. Well they would just have to deal.
After much unease from the boys and a lot of reassuring from me we sat by the TV to eat Cool Ranch Doritos, Lays Potato Chips, and plenty of RootBeer. At around 8 o'clock I decided to pop in a movie. With a smile I introduced my boys to Lord of the Rings. We spent the next few hours watching the first stage in Frodo's journey. The boys enjoyed it greatly.
Once the movie was over I was hit with questions about my favorite story. They wanted to know if I was going to let them watch the next movie. The answer was of course but not tonight. I then situated them into comfortable sleeping arrangements. Once they were asleep I started working on a plan for then next day.
What I am going through right now is what I call my Ferret stage. This is a period of time were Jessie gets little or no sleep because I must protect my new Ferrets. Many none changers have marveled at this and ask us how we do it. The answer is simple… our instincts won't let us rest unless we know our new Ferrets are safe. This stage is also the reason their aren't more of us. It takes a long time to change a human.
But I still managed to get a few hours of sleep. ( like 2 )
I was up an hour before the boys. I busied myself with protection spells and I started working on the blocking for our school play back in the 21st century. As I busied myself with choreographing Ease on Down the Road Blink woke up. I was half way through the dance when I noticed he was staring.
I turned to him. "What do you think?"
"Interesting." It was then that I remembered that this kind of music will not become popular for several years. "What song was that?"
"Ease on Down the Road." his face was still blank. "It's from the play the Wiz." I explained.
I then spent the next half an hour explaining the story of the Wiz and teaching him the words to the song which I was amazed to learn he found a fun and neat melody.
By the time all of the boys were awake the song was stuck in my head. I then fed them breakfast while explaining what they needed to tell the other boys.
Right before they left I placed the Protection Spells on them so I would not need to fallow them. It was as I was placing the charm on Jack that I noticed something odd.
I gave a sharp intake of breathe. "Johnny 13" I whispered.
"Wha…" Jack started. But before he could continue I turned to the others.
"Tell the others that Jack wasn't feeling well and he stayed behind." I then hurried them out.
"What was that?" he questioned frightened. "Who's Johnny 13?"
"Johnny 13, first of all, is a curse not a person. Second of all it can rub off onto others when not kept in check or removed."
"How did I get it?"
"Johnny 13 can only be cast by a nonhuman and likewise removed. None of the Newsies are nonhuman. So one of Tombs' servants must have cast it." I sighed. "It's hard to explain."
"Can you try?"
Oh great. "Well you have what we call a Magical Pull." He had no idea what I was talking about. Isn't that just me luck. "It means that you have a natural way of attracting supernatural creatures."
"How?"
"It's in your spirit." I tried to think of a way to describe it to him. "Like if you smell fresh baked cookies you are likely to go toward the smell. The supernatural creatures sense you like how you smell the cookie and then they go to find you."
"Why me?"
"Why is anything the way it is?" I muttered to myself. "I was the same way when I was your age."
"How did you know?"
"The first time I left the safety of the citadel I found an orphaned unicorn foul down by the river. After I fed her and played with her for a while she followed me home… And that was only the first time."
"But why now?"
"I don't know. It hits everyone at different times. I was 6 when it first hit me and David , for example, was 35."
"So it hits different for everyone."
"Yep."
"What's going to happen to me?"
"Most people end up losing their humanity. They're just lucky that most dark creatures don't know about Magical Pull and will eventually leave them alone."
"Are you going to turn me?"
"It would be the smart thing to do. But I can only turn you if you are willing."
"And if I'm not?"
"Then you'll be stuck with the next creature you meet and they may not be as kind about it as I am."
"But why you?"
I shrugged. "Everything happens for a reason. That's the first thing I was taught."
"Wait a minute… you told me that you ran away from home."
"Yeah I did."
"But you mentioned a citadel."
"When I ran away from home I fell through a portal or a dimension wormhole."
Jack sat down heavily on the couch. "But what's going to happen to me now?"
I walked over to him and gave him a hug. "Don't worry. I'll look after you."
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