And here's the second part of the weirdness I told you about at the beginning of the last chapter.
And, same as before, you have been warned.
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Shadowy, the Siren, and the two Chibis stood in the middle of a street, soaked in the remnants of the rain from Chibi-Storm's . . . storm.
Only the Siren seemed to be enjoying it, for she pranced about in the rain, relishing the wet effect of it.
"Only a half-mermaid creature such as herself could appreciate weather like this," said Chibi-Erik, pulling his cloak tighter around himself.
"I don't know," put in Chibi-Pegasus. "This is rather refreshing."
"Yeah, because you're a psycho," Chibi-Erik muttered. Of course, he was a psycho as well, but that wasn't the point just then. At least he was being sane about the weather.
"What was that?"
"Nothing," said Chibi-Erik quickly, not wanting to get on his fellow Chibi's bad side. The consequences could be disastrous for the both of them.
Up ahead, far ahead of the two Chibis and just ahead of the still dancing Siren, Shadowy looked around, confused, wondering where to begin looking.
"Can't you just use whatever Authoress powers you've got and bring them here?" asked Chibi-Erik, appearing at her side suddenly. Shadowy shook her head.
"No. I have to know where I'm going, or where they are."
"Oh." The Chibi-Phantom sounded disappointed. "You should have brought that Chibi of the telepath with you."
"Shush," muttered Shadowy, looking around. Then she brightened up. "Hey, look over there!"
Her three companions looked. "What?"
"It's a restaurant!!" And she began running towards it.
"Why run when she can teleport us in there?" muttered Chibi-Erik.
"Must you nitpick everything she does?" demanded Chibi-Pegasus.
"Yes."
"All right."
They entered the restaurant and looked around, then sat at an empty booth.
"There's too many people in here," said Chibi-Erik warily, looking about.
"I could steal all of their souls," suggested Chibi-Pegasus, and then at the Siren's horrified look, added, "Oh, relax, I'm just kidding! Sheesh . . ."
Shadowy pounded on the table. "Waiter! WAITER!"
Her companions stared at her.
"What's with you?" asked the Siren.
"I'm hungry."
"We can see that," said Chibi-Erik dryly.
Chibi-Pegasus suddenly hopped up on the bench and turned towards the door. "Hey, aren't they the ones you're supposed to be looking for, Shadowy?"
Shadowy looked up from the menu that had been hurriedly brought by a waiter. "Oh. Oh yeah." She waved. "Magneto! Pyro! Colossus! Over here!"
The three Acolytes turned in her direction, trying to ignore the sudden stares of the other people in the restaurant who had looked their way after hearing Shadowy's shout. Several of them snickered at Magneto's new outfit, causing him to turn red with anger at his Chibi.
They hurried over to squeeze into the booth next to Shadowy and the Siren.
"Why did you call us by those names?" Magneto hissed. Shadowy shrugged.
"I don't know your real name, or Colossus'. I only know Pyro's is John, and Gambit is Remy." She flipped open her menu again.
"Aren't we going to go back to that mansion now?" asked the Siren, who blinked when Shadowy shot her a Look.
"No. I'm hungry, and I'm not leaving until I get -" she consulted the menu "- a Thundering Grand Slam." She closed the menu and set it down. Then she looked up.
The Acolytes were staring at her, open-mouthed with shock.
"What?"
"The TGS consists of eight pancakes, five sausages, ten pieces of bacon, and a plate each of hash browns and scrambled eggs," Magneto informed her. Shadowy shrugged.
"Yummy."
If this were being written in script format, the looks on the Acolytes' faces would have been that of 'O.o!
Shadowy pulled a waiter aside, told him what she wanted, and waited impatiently while it was being prepared.
The other six people at the table also waited impatiently, wanting to see if she could fulfill her claim of being able to eat it all.
Finally, the huge tray of food arrived, along with the condiments of butter, syrup, and a giant glass of milk. She picked up her fork and speared the sausages, which she then put on a napkin and pushed over to Chibi-Pegasus.
"I don't like sausage," she simply stated, then began preparing her pancakes.
Chibi-Pegasus looked disgusted at the meat-like products before him, and pushed it over to Chibi-Erik, who also pushed it away.
"I don't eat meat," said the Chibi-Phantom. The Siren sniffed it.
"I don't think I'd like it either," she said, pushing it over to Magneto. Magneto, too, pushed it away. And Colossus refused it as well.
Obviously waiting for this chance, Pyro snatched up all five sausages and stuffed them in his mouth. Oblivious to the disgusted stares of the people around him, he chewed and swallowed.
"Delicious!" he said, then looked across the table at Shadowy. The pancakes and eggs were gone.
They all gaped.
And, as they watched, Shadowy dumped the bacon onto the hash browns and began shoveling that into her mouth.
Hash browns and bacon really do go well together, by the way . . .
The Acolytes and Chibis didn't think she stopped to even chew the food.
"She's like a Hobbit!" the Siren giggled. "Either that, or a Saiyan!"
At the mention of Hobbits, Magneto frowned deeply.
No one noticed, because an instant after the Siren had finished talking, Shadowy took a big gulp from her milk glass, and stood up.
Immediately, a disco ball lowered from the ceiling, confetti appeared from who-knows-where, and a waiter popped up by Shadowy's side.
"You've been the first to completely finish the Thundering Grand Slam!" he said fake-cheerily. "Congratulations!"
"But I-" Pyro began to protest, but Magneto clamped his hand over his mouth.
"Let's see what the prize is," he hissed. Pyro nodded, saddened at not being able to receive his due credit.
"And as our compliments on your being the first to finish it," the waiter continued, "we'd like to give you this." And he handed over an envelope. Shadowy opened it curiously and peeked in.
"A voucher for another meal here?" Shadowy narrowed her eyes. "A meal that isn't to exceed three dollars?"
"Yep," said the waiter, reaching into his vest. "And here's your bill for this meal."
Shadowy looked at it. "Can I use the voucher on this?"
The waiter shook his head.
"Okay," said Shadowy, sitting back down. "I'll find my money to pay for it."
The waiter left.
"What a lousy prize," said Shadowy, handing the voucher to Pyro. "And not even giving me this meal for free."
"Cool!" said Pyro enthusiastically. "This means I can get more sausages!"
"Everyone hold hands," Shadowy instructed, and when they did so, snapped her fingers.
When he realized he'd been tricked, the waiter was very nervous about telling his manager that someone had run off without paying for the most expensive meal they had.
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"That was a very bad thing you did," scolded the Siren. Shadowy's only response was to grin fiendishly again as she ushered the Acolytes inside. She was relieved to see the X-Men still in their cage.
"You found them!" Chibi-Magneto sounded very relieved. "We were beginning to think something bad had happened."
"Like you being hit by a car and left in a ditch to die," said Teddy-Scott gloomily.
"I assure you that if that had happened, you'd have wound up in a pillow factory in dire need of stuffing," said Shadowy evilly.
Teddy-Scott squeaked in fear.
Meanwhile, the Acolytes stood in the doorway, staring up at the cage.
"Nice work," complimented Magneto. At the sound of his voice, all the X-Men turned to him.
Then they burst out laughing.
"It's not funny!" wailed Magneto. The X-Kids in the cage giggled. Magneto glared at Shadowy and Chibi-Magneto unhappily.
"How much time will you need for preparations?" asked Shadowy.
"Not long," answered Chibi-Magneto. "We just need to rehearse a little, and get the costumes together, and oh, we'll need a stage."
Shadowy snapped her fingers and a stage appeared on the opposite side of the main hall. Then a box of costumes and props appeared on the left side of it. Magneto, his Chibi, and the other Chibi-Acolytes and Acolytes went over to it.
Meanwhile, Shadowy pulled a notebook from nowhere and opened it, then searched for a pencil.
There was one hiding away underneath the stairs. When she finally found it, about an hour later, she settled back on the giant couch.
"All righty, Chibi-Pegasus, you ready?"
Chibi-Pegasus nodded and Chibi-Xavier rolled over.
"I can do this too, you know."
"No." Shadowy glared. "You need to keep that net intact. We still can't have the X-people knowing what we're up to."
"Aww," whined Chibi-Xavier, rolling away.
"Tell me the really juicy stuff!" said Shadowy, and Chibi-Pegasus turned his Millennium Eye towards the cage.
Meanwhile, the Chibi-Acolytes rehearsed.
About an hour later, Chibi-Pegasus sat down on the couch and yawned, in a very cute Chibi-like way.
Everyone say it with me: Awww!!!!!
Shadowy perused her notebook. Then she giggled.
"These embarrassing secrets are perfect!"
The X-Men gasped. "NOOOOO!" They couldn't believe it – this Authoress was truly a fiend.
Hehe.
Chibi-Magneto and his Chibi-Minions arrived at the couch. "We're ready."
"Yay!" said Shadowy, standing up. She snapped her fingers, and the giant couch moved closer to the stage. She, the rest of the Chibis, and the Siren walked over to it and sat down.
The Chibi-Acolytes and Magneto stood on the stage, mentally preparing themselves for what they were about to do.
Magneto wished he would die.
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DreamsMadeFlesh - Yeah, it would have been cool if you'd been reviewing the entire time, but it's okay. :D I'm glad you like Shadowy. The Teddy Bear thing is my response to another review . . . Go thank Sickminded Sucker.
YES! Send me Chibi-Nighty and Chibi-Shadowycat! I wanna see!!!
LOL, striped socks rule.
Silverwitch: Thanks. Chaotic Boredom helped me out with that too. :D Thank you for both compliments! :D I've seen Red Witch's stuff, doesn't she have over 100 fanfics? [this Authoress is envious of the quantity]
Lady LeBeau - Yep, I got this one! Yay!
Yes, chainsaws are so . . . I dunno. But whatever they are, they're it. ;D
Sometimes I have to bite my tongue to keep myself from pelting out a verse from a Phantom of the Opera song and embarrassing myself horribly . . . Heh. XP (I once sang a part of the old Ninja Turtles theme song at my little sister's school - I was mortified!)
I added in the bad singing bit as more of an attempt to keep Shadowy as non-Mary-Sue-ish as possible. Although, the fact that she's a Fangirl/Authoress already takes that away. Plus her horrible temper . . . and her enormous appetite, as shown in this chappie. XD
Well, with all the X-Chibis around, I would have been hard pressed to resist adding in the Chibis of my two favorite psycho dudes. XD And, as I said, I wrote Chibi-Pegsy in before you sent me that piccie. [sigh]
You've spent hours perfecting it!
This is true. Especially around midnight. The perfect time for an aspiring world conqueror to work on her laugh, right? XD
Thank you! And if ya want in on the next chappie of this, just tell me so! ;D
Heh, I saw this in someone's profile, and I thought I should mention it: Millennium Spork! :P
. . . .
O.o; Maybe I'll create a Millennium Chainsaw!!!! Whaddya think?! Ooh . . . I see a totally insane and nonsensical fanfic coming on . . . Hoo boy, can you imagine what the Yami of that particular item would be like? He, or she, would probably be at least ten, fifteen times worse than Yami Bakura . . . Maybe Yami Bakura should have been put into a Millennium Chainsaw. XP (Lol . . . that sounds so funny! Millennium Chainsaw . . . )
Sickminded Sucker - I dunno if they'll be turned back into humans . . . they're so much better this way, aren't they? [squeezes the two Teddies]
Teddy-Scott/Teddy-Jean: . . .
Ooh, Barney and Teletubbies. That is fiendish. . . I like your style.
Bangal Lore - Yay! You're back!
No, this fic isn't over. I'm guessing there's at least two or three more chappies.
Yes, next to sporks, chainsaws are my Weapon of Choice.
Hmm . . . if ice cream is capable of causing that kind of insanity, perhaps I should rethink my dislike of ice cream . . . Hmm.
Invader ZaiFae – Yes. Yes, revenge certainly is fun. :D
Well, of course the X-Men who like their Chibis won't be punished! XD
You're a phan now! dances with joy Isn't Erik just the dreamiest, coolest, sweetest, [goes on saying words that end in 'est' for a couple hours] guy EVER?!
I haven't gotten the Zim DVDs yet, but I will! I most certainly will! I'll remember to listen to the commentary when I get 'em. [grins]
All righty! The next chapter is the guest-insertion chappie! If you want in, tell me the name you wanna use, which Chibi is your favorite, and a general description of yourself! Okay? Okay!
Oh, and, this is more of a general rule than anything, you've gotta be a LotR fan. Since that's mainly gonna be the focus of the entire chappie.