Amethyst Ice

Ch.4-Meetings

Cosmo and Sanderson's meeting might not be a coincidence…they have met before…a long time ago…

"Hi Cosmo, hi Wanda, what's happening?" Timmy asked as he came home from school.

"What's happening? Let me think…wait, don't rush me." Cosmo said, rapping his knuckles to his head. Wanda rolled her eyes and flew to Timmy, giving the day's events.

"I see…Cosmo's mouth got him into trouble again?" Timmy asked.

"Yeah…and I still need to talk to him." Wanda snorted, watching as Cosmo looked under Timmy's bed and other things, muttering to himself,

"I know it was here…"

"So Sanderson is in a bit of a rut, eh?" Timmy asked.

"Not technically…he seems to be fine." Wanda said.

"Hey, I found it…ouch!" Cosmo hit the top of his head as he tried to get out from under the bed. It was a flash, but he distinctively remembered something from his childhood…

The rain poured heavily as he shoved a boy into the mud.

"Hey, freak! You don't belong here!" A dark-red haired fairy boy sneered as the young pixie got dirty.

(He's just a stupid fairy…and you're a pixie prince…)

"Go back to whatever dirt hole you came from!" He sniffed, trying no to cry as he slowly started to get up from the mud.

"Jake, he's just a kid!" A green-haired boy protested as he showed up with an umbrella.

"He didn't do anything to you!" Eddie glanced up to see him.

"He's...protecting me, right?" He asked quietly to himself.

(Don't be foolish…he's probably with his friend on this…)

"Oh, he did all right, Cosmo…he was born in this world. We don't need anymore boring freaks like him scrapping up our turf!" he sneered before he glanced back down at the pixie.

"Hey, didn't you hear me? I said, now!" This time Jake kicked him, laughing as he once again landed in the mud.

"Stop that! Are you stooping so low that you're torturing a little pixie kid!" Cosmo yelled. Jake glared at him angrily.

"Those damn pixies killed my parents! Do you think I'm going to let him go! He's one of them!" He snarled.

"But he's just innocent child!" Cosmo argued back. Jake shook his head, angry tears mixing with the raindrops on his cheeks.

"…Taking the little bastard's side…how could you…I thought you were my friend Cosmo! You said you'd back me up no matter what!" He screamed, throwing a rock at the pixie boy and missing. Eddie only wanted to swing on swings like any other kid…why was he picking on him? There were smaller kids, yet they weren't picking on them. Was it because…he was alone, and bullies can sense weak children? Or… was it because he was a pixie? He got up once again, scrubbing the tears away as flew away. Jake flew after him and threw dirt and hollered obscene names.

"STOP THAT!" Cosmo yelled, running after him and tackling his friend to the ground. The rain seemed to come down even harder…

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The pixie tied the boy to the swing set poles, smirking after the strange green-haired fairy left them alone for a few seconds. It was very easy to knock out the weak boy. He was a fairy, after all…

"Did you really think you could get away with that?" He asked coldly.

"Hey, let me go you freak! I'll get Jorgen on you!" Jake cried out.

"Jorgen? Ha! There's nobody around...nobody cares about a couple of kids in the rain…" He stood a few feet away, crossing his arms across his chest, his wet ebony hair plastered to his forehead.

"…So why don't we play a little game? Have you heard of it? It's called 'Russian Roulette.' A very fun game, I'm told." He said.

"H…how do you play?" The fairy asked nervously. Eddie chuckled, pinging up a small pistol in his hand.

"Oh, it's very easy to play. I stick a bullet in the chamber like so…" The boy watched the young pixie expertly open the chamber and produce a magic bullet from out of nowhere, sticking it in there.

"…Close and spin the chamber…" Jake heard the spinning chamber amongst the sounds of the rain splattering against the cement.

"…Pull back the hammer…" He heard the click as the hammer was set.

"…And aim." He smiled, fixing the gun to the boy's temple. Jake whimpered, squeezing his eyes shut as he pulled the trigger. CLICK. He almost wet his pants when he heard that sound in relief.

"Oh poo...looks like you were lucky that time." Eddie said in a mock disappointed voice.

"I guess we're going to have to try again shall we?" he asked, cocking back the hammer again.

"You're crazy! You're going to kill me!" Jake yelled.

"Don't worry...the bullet is probably a dud." Eddie smiled evilly. Jake started whimpering again as he pulled the trigger, this time slowly. CLICK.

"My, aren't we having fun?" The young pixie asked as he watched the fairy boy tremble in horror.

"But let's stack the stakes higher, ne? The young pixie boy cocked back the hammer, but this time, he forced his mouth open and placed the gun in his mouth. The fairy shook, unable to take his eyes off the barrel of the gun.

"You've got two more chances to live…unless you stay away from me forever…because if I see you in my sight ever again…" He pulled the trigger, smiling more ferally as Jake started crying out muffled apologies. CLICK.

"I'll blast your brains out. Do you hear me?" Jake nodded his head wildly as Eddie looked at him.

"…I don't think you're being very honest. I think I'll pull the trigger one more time just in case." The young red-haired fairy shook his head, but his screams were muffled by the barrel, and the click of the hammer being cocked back once again.

"If there's a click, I'll let you off with the warning. If not…" The pixie boy shrugged his shoulders.

"Eh, who cares?" Time seemed to slow down, as if pitying the young soul and the madness that seemed to poison his innocent young mind as he slowly pulled the trigger once again.

"No! Don't!" Cosmo intervened and smacked the gun out of his hand, making it fly into a puddle. Eddie looked at him with a look of pure hatred in his eyes, which was now a crimson red.

"What are you doing!" He demanded.

"Stop this! I don't know you, and you don't know me, but don't you know killing is wrong!" Cosmo asked, kneeling to his height. Eddie looked away, refusing to answer.

"Answer me…do you know what you're even doing?" He slowly blinked, finally looking at Cosmo as he clamed down, his eyes slowly turning back to normal amethyst ice.

"Punishing him."

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"Oh my gods…" Cosmo whispered to himself in horror. He finally remembered that he saw that same shade of purple in Sanderson's eyes back in the office a few hours ago…was it him that he met all those years ago? He wasn't sure, but he wasn't willing to ignore it. He pulled his head from under the bed, deciding not to tell Timmy or Wanda.

'I'm going to have to find out for myself.'