Chapter 4: The 'Other' Doctor
"This isn't good! Hggg…" panicked Aurora as she looked at Frostwind who just so happened to have her prosthetic mask broken into pieces all over the ground, while Frostwind was whimpering. "Frostwind! I told you not to run around the room that fast! Now look what you have done to your mask!" exclaimed Aurora while tapping her foot from frustration. Aurora picked up Frostwind and walked out of her odd looking house. Today the blizzard was strong but Aurora had to walk through much worst blizzards before.
About 20 minutes later Aurora and Frostwind arrived at Doc Patchingo's clinic, she walked in.
"Hello A-Aurora. I-I-I assume Frostwind broke her prosthetic mask again?" asked Doc Patchingo as he was wearing…a suit? Aurora nodded, she stared at Patch for a couple of minutes, "What's the suit for doc?" she asked as she put Frostwind down, Frostwind looked rather eerie when she had her mask taken off or broken, since the poor pretztail doesn't have her upper part of her snout, you could see all her teeth and her entire tongue on the bottom part of her snout. Patch blushed a bit, "W-Well…I'm going on a…d-d-date." he explained as he fixed his tie. Aurora gasped and grinned, "I bet it's Leafos hmm?" she teased as he nudged Patch with her elbow. "Well…y-yes…" muttered Patch as he cleared his throat. "Now if you e-excuse m-m-me…I need to get going or else I'm going to b-b-be late…" he stuttered as he took the flowers he had for Leafos. "But! Frostwind's mask…" she said as she held her piñata close, Patch frowned a little. "I really wish I c-could h-help you Aurora b-b-but I promise Leafos I won't be late…I heard there's another D-Doctor outside the village…near the swamp w-where Seedos lives…h-h-he might be able to help you…" said Patch as he fixed his tie once more. Aurora sighed as she looked at Patch, giving him a stressed look. "Alright…thanks anyway Patch…good luck on your date!" said Aurora as she waved him goodbye and ran out the clinic as fast as possible to get to the other doctor's clinic. Patch nodded as he walked out of his own clinic right after Aurora and locked the door as he began to make his way to meet Leafos in that restaurant she found few minutes outside the village.
After few minutes Aurora arrived at the clinic of that other doctor. The clinic looked rather dirty and it even seemed abandoned but as soon as Aurora knocked on the door, someone opened it.
It was a doctor wearing a crowla mask, an ominous cape that looked similar to Dracula's and a purple patterned dress, he also had bright ginger hair and eerie bright yellow eyes. The doctor grinned as soon as he saw Aurora. "Aaah! A new patient! Oh do come in…I promise I don't bite." he said as his grin became wider. Aurora gulped silently, "Hello Doctor…my name is Aurora and I came here because my piñata Frostwind broke her prosthetic mask and I thought you could help me?" she introduced herself nervously.
"Why of course I can help you young woman, come in, come in…Oh my! Your piñata does sure look cute…if you don't mind me asking how did that pretztail loose her upper part of her snout?" asked the doctor as Aurora entered his clinic, oh god…it stank of alcohol, strong herbs and…sour candy?…
Aurora wasn't sure if she could trust that guy, she hugged Frostwind closely. "Well…she was very sickly when she was a baby and well one day I went to Costolot to buy some bread only to discover that Dastardos…was in my garden…he managed to destroy Frostwind's upper muzzle but my Flapyack was keeping him distracted from completely destroying Frostwind into nothing but a pile of confetti by trying to fight him. In that moment, I grabbed Frostwind quickly and began to run to Patch's clinic while Dastardos started chasing after me…shouting nasty words behind my back. And the rest is just history…" explained Aurora as the doctor listened to her staring at her the whole time she talked, his face emotionless.
"I know it wasn't responsible to leave Frostwind like that when she was sick…but I didn't think that through at the time…I never felt guilty before than when she got that badly injured…and now…she can't live a proper happy life like every other piñata…" explained Aurora as her voice cracked at the end of that sentence, making Frostwind cuddle up to her. "A touching story I must say…that Dastardos can really be a pain in the backside can't he?" said the doctor as he smiled at Aurora as he began rummaging through one of his cupboards. "He really can…every time I look at him…I can see the malice in his twisted eyes…while he gives me an unfriendly smile…it's really creepy…" said Aurora as she sighed and looked out of the dirty window. "He always was that way…and he will probably never change…it's Dastardos after all! He even makes my sweet boy Alfred shake in his knees from fear…and my poisonous daughter Pom Pom keeps her distance from him…despite her obvious sour appearance." commented the doctor on the matter as he found a prosthetic mask, perfect for Frostwind.
Aurora couldn't believe what she just heard, Alfred the sweet paper boy. She couldn't believe that this was his father! Who would've thought…wait…did he just say Pom Pom is his daughter? THE Pom Pom? The one that destroys piñatas for fun only to get their candy and eat it while laughing at the gardeners crying over their once beloved piñata? What the-
"Alf…Alfred is your son?" asked the young witch in disbelief. How come a sweet child could have a father like…that?
"He certainly is! He is a great lil lad…a great paperboy…his mother would've been proud! Shame she's…" the doctor stopped smiling and a awkward silance followed, Aurora shifted in her chair in discomfort, this just got awkward…
"Anyways! I found a prosthetic mask perfect for your precious pretztail!" the doctor exclaimed suddenly as he returned to his creepy happy tone. He then put the mask on Frostwind, who in form of gratitude let herself be petted by him. Aurora then stood up and shook the doctor's hand in gratitude, "Thank you so much, Doctor…uh…um" she looked at him slightly uncomfortable, "Doctor Spencer." said the doctor as he gave Aurora an unfriendly grin.
"Rrrright…thank you Doctor Spencer…now I must get going back to my-" she said as she cut off by the doctor who took her hand which made Aurora turn around, looking at him in shock. "Before you go…here…" he said as he held a sour sweet right in front of Aurora, "Have some candy…" he grinned in a twisted manner, making Aurora feel sick as the doctor gave the sour candy to her and walked back to his clinic while he waved goodbye to the witch.
"Thank the stars that's over! This guy is so damn creepy!" exclaimed Aurora, baffled at what just happened. Her piñata, Frostwind nodded in approval of what her owner said. Aurora simply threw the sour candy away and instead she picked up Frostwind and started to make her way back to her house.
