A/N: once I get into it, I go all out, now don't I? XD Man, talk about screwing up the series. I pulled the idea of Billy's escape and made it my own. By the by, I'll be takin' a character I made up out of the series in the next one. My three boys are watching me from atop my teddy bear. (My boys are my Edward Elric, Alphonse Elric and Erik the Phantom dolls that I have, Ed and Al I made. Ed's got my HP character Astra doll on his lap though. She keeps ending up there for some reason. O.o And Al keeps ending up under me when I wake up. Weird stuff. My friend Amanda says he has a crush on me. XD Aww, Al's so sweet. I think he's actually trying beg me to make him a girlfriend.)
Also, my mp3 player is acting like it's freakin' possessed! O.o what the hell is going on with this thing! It started playing Mitternaucht really slow and the guy's voice was like that of the devil!
I've only had this thing for four months and now it's acting like something's possessing it. ARGH!
Chapter Fourteen
"Could you pass me the toast, Gabe?"
"Oi, oi, oi, don't eat all the bacon, mate!"
"Oh calm down, Sander." CRUNCH!
"Where are we going to hide Billy, Charlie?" Gabriel put down his bacon and looked to Charlie who was looking out the window as he nibbled on his toast.
Charlie looked over and blinked. Him? Where didhe think of hiding Billy? Why were they asking him this? "Er… I was hoping one of you would come up with something."
Gabriel grunted and rolled his eyes before smiling and patting a gerbil cage. Billy seemed happy enough talking to the gerbils.
"I said don't eat all the bacon, Tanc!" Lysander whacked Tancred on the shoulder just as the blonde haired boy down the last piece.
"Ow!" Tancred grunted and a small gust blew through, causing all the gerbils to squeak at once.
"Ow! Stop doing that, Tancred! There are too many here! I can't hear anything!" cried Billy as he put his hands over his ears.
While Gabriel grilled Billy on what the gerbils were saying, Charlie looked out the window. It'd been several hours since they'd come to the gerbil house and nothing had happened. Mrs. Pest would surely be looking to lash out at the boys for hurting her husband and taking away their charge, not to mention Catherine would be just as angry.
Just then, a pair of hot coals for eyes came up right in front of his face. Charlie yelped and flew backward, running into Tancred. Tancred looked up and shouted something before flying into Lysander and all of them ran out of the gerbil house, dragging Gabriel, who was yelling about his gerbils.
Mrs. Pest narrowed her eyes at the group and a fire sprang up all around them. "How dare you harm my defenseless husband? How dare you take away our new son," she snarled.
"Defenseless!" cried Charlie. "How could he be defensless. Didn't he and Catherine use some sickness power on him while he was there!"
"My husband isn't endowed…. But the son of one who is. Just shows how little you observe, Mr. Bone," said Mrs. Pest with a horrible grin, those coals for eyes glaring right into his.
Then, the sound of drums sounded. Tancred was glaring angrily at Mrs. Pest, the wind picking up again around them making the fire spread toward Gabriel's house. "Tancred! Stop! My house!" cried Gabriel before smacking the boy on the arm. Tancred didn't budge, but let the wind die down.
The sound of drums grew louder. Lysander was gazing at Mrs. Pest coldly as spirits of men with spears and swords appeared menacingly around him. Mrs. Pest frowned and more fire burst to life as she glared at the spirits.
"Mum!"
Mrs. Pest was nearly bowled over by Catherine half tackling her mother and clinging to her. "Mum! Please stop!"
Mrs. Pest blinked and the red glare died down as she gazed down dazedly at her daughter. Catherine was crying into her chest, trembling slightly. "Please… please stop. I don't want you to get hurt too!"
Charlie watched in absolute amazement as the most loving expression crossed Mrs. Pest's face as she looked down at her crying daughter and then hugged her. "Shhhh let's go see daddy, all right?"
Catherine hiccupped and nodded, clinging to her mother as the fires died away and they walked away through the yard and out to the road. Lysander smiled faintly and nodded to his ancestors. "Thank you, I'm sorry for the false alarm."
They nodded and disappeared, the drums fading away. Charlie looked to Billy and smiled. "Well, now all we have to do is hide you someplace where they can't find you."
Billy smiled and the other boys laughed the whole thing off, going into the gerbil house to retrieve their fallen breakfast and take the dishes inside.
Morgan put books up in the library. There was still time before she had to get ready to leave. Her sinuses were getting better and she didn't apparently have a cold, but a very big problem with something in the air. She sighed and put a book away and yawned. Too bad watching Asa roam around in beast form rather suspiciously kept her up until very late.
She felt a little strange suddenly, as though she was being watched. She looked around and found nothing. However, the strange uneasiness remained.
"Problem, MacGregor?"
Manfred. Morgan grunted and rolled her eyes. "No, there is no problem, but I would appreciate it if you didn't sit there and stare at me, you're bloody creepy," she grunted in irritation.
"Want another detention?" said Manfred, eyeing her disdainfully.
"No," she said and put a book up.
"I want you to do something for me," he said softly.
Morgan frowned and looked ahead. "What."
"Tell me, what has he been doing as of late? He's been very secretive," he said in a rather persuasive tone.
Morgan found it hard to resist telling him anything. "I don't know, he's been acting weird and keeps trying to kiss me. I don't like it though," she said as she put the last book away, but didn't turn around.
"Trying to kiss you? His tastes have fallen," said Manfred with a snort.
Morgan grunted, clenching her fists. "What do you mean, Mr. Bloor?"
"I mean he had such a good prospect with Zelda's friend. She seemed to like him a great deal, but he, being the dunderhead he is, didn't notice."
Morgan felt her powers twitch slightly, like electricity flowing through her. "Really? Then, if he had such a good prospect, why didn't you shove him at her and tell him to maul her like you did to Zelda Dobinski? I'm sure he would've noticed then," she said, her voice getting cold, but not raising in volume.
Manfred growled and glared at Morgan's back. "Turn around and say that to me."
"Like I'm that stupid, Bloor. Get away from me this instant before that desk behind you starts crashing into your head," she growled, a strange red aura starting to spark to life around her.
Manfred eyed her carefully. He heard the desk behind him twitch and ran out of there quickly, yelping surprise. Morgan let out her breath and turned around. Manfred was long gone by now, probably sprinting to his room to cuddle with his pillow and whimper about wanting his mother.
She tugged at the ribbons in her hair and pulled her hair loose, looking at the colored ribbons coldly. "Why do I bother?" she muttered and walked out of the library.
Gabriel waved to Charlie as they walked up to Tancred's home. They went up the hill past a sign that read THUNDER HOUSE before going up even more to the Torrson home. "This should be the safest place around for Billy to be, Charlie," said Tancred.
Charlie nodded and looked to Billy. "Go on, it's a little odd at first, but you get used to it."
Tancred grunted as his hair sparked. Charlie blushed faintly and shrugged, "Sorry, Tancred." Tancred waved him off and pulled little Billy inside like a kidnapper.
Then, Charlie went down the road where Mr. Silk was waiting and got into Mr. Silk's car. This was going to be hard to explain to his grandmother Jones. Mrs. Bone was easier, but Maisie was the devoted grandmother and worried constantly about Charlie at the school. Charlie didn't want to be there in the first place, but he was accepting the fact that he was there slowly.
When they stopped in front of Charlie's house, Mr. Silk turned and smiled at Charlie. "This whole thing has been so inspiring. Thank you, Charlie," he said, "Now go on in, I'm sure your family is worried sick about you."
Charlie smiled and nodded and got out of the car. They still had not seen Emma all the while. It unnerved Charlie to think that she didn't even show up to one of the boys houses….
Charlie realized that he still had her clothes. If she did get lost, she wouldn't have flown to one of the boys' homes, but either gone home or gone to Olivia's. Charlie blushed scarlet and looked in the bag. Sure enough, the offending garments were in there, including a pair of pale green panties. Pale green?
Charlie almost fainted. He shoved the panties into the bag and closed it, though he had to wrestle with the zipper to do it. Surely she could wear UNDERWEAR when she transformed, she didn't go home in starkers! Right!
"Get inside!" Charlie was dragged in by Grandma Bone and set down in front of his three horrible aunts. "What were you doing out like that?" she said with a scowl.
"I forgot to tell mum and gran that I was going to Gabriel's to sleep over," he said.
"Now, Charlie, you shouldn't tell such nasty lies," said Venetia, though she didn't look quite so together as she used to, her iron claw in the velvet glove routine came out just as stunningly.
"I'm not lying," said Charlie.
"Charlie! There you are!" Maisie came swooping in and pulled Charlie into the kitchen before The Aunts and Grandma Bone could have another word out of him.
Quite frankly, Charlie was relieved. Maisie whapped him on the head, however and put her hands on her hips. "You shouldn't leave like that without saying a word! You nearly scared me to death!" she cried in hushed tones. "Thankfully, you remembered to call."
Charlie apologized as Maisie set a plate down for him and gave him lunch. Not long after, the aunts and Grandma Bone left out the door. Charlie chose then to fill Maisie in on everything. "Oh dear dear, I hope that boy will be all right," she said.
Charlie smiled and continued to eat his lunch until it was gone. Then, he went up to his room and laid down for a nap. He was more than tired and went to sleep immediately
He saw the moth fly over him, beckoning him to follow it. He did so and followed it down the stairs to the front door. Was this a dream? He found himself in front of the old walnut tree in front of the house and looked to the moth. His wand.
The moth fluttered around the tree to the other side and Charlie followed it. An entrance was there where there had been nothing but tree before. Charlie frowned and followed the moth inside. He walked down the tunnel under the tree and found himself inside a large chamber where a bell was hung. A verylarge bell.
The moth fluttered through the gap and Charlie had to squeeze by going sideways. The bell didn't move, thankfully, though it was a bit rusted. He found another tunnel and followed the moth through it as well.
What he saw next could barely be described. He was in a large round chamber with ten knights all around it, gold and jewels everywhere. However, at the very back, as he followed, was a woman wearing a multicolored veil over her face and a gold circlet holding it in place. "He…hello?" His voice echoed in the chamber.
The woman's eyes opened, black as her hair, and peered at him through the rainbow veil. "Hello?" he said again as he walked closer to her.
"Welcome, Charlie," she said in a soft voice, "to my tomb."
