(chapter two/THE WISE FOUL)
(note: Emily is the youngest sister by two hours.)
Emily woke up Inside her uncles van as Ponyo did some stretches on her lap, she smiled lovingly at her tabby and noticed that they were at the airport.
"Come on Ponyo, we are here" Emily whispered as she picked up Ponyo and held her in her arms gently making her way out of her uncle's van as she moved Ponyo in her arms so she could grab her purse from inside the van as well and went to the trunk, she could hear her sister complaining about their uncle. "let go old man! or I'm going to kill you!"
Pook was shrieked in horror with their uncle giving her an overly tight hug as Emily smiled to herself, she knew she was going to miss this place a lot and putting Ponyo in her carrier bag that the airplane gave to her and her sister, she got special permission to be able to bring their pets on the plane with them and grabbed her suitcase along the Ponyo's carrier. "I hope you don't plan on leaving without giving uncle glen a hug are you?"
'crap!' Emily thought with dismay when she heard uncle Glen's sad voice behind her. She knew, she was doomed as he closed in on her but surprisingly his usually bone crushing hug was soft like her fathers, she cried hugging him back as she realized that this was the last time her and her sister will ever see him but knowing they had to go uncle glen let her go and smiled lovingly at the both of his nieces." I promised your dad and mother that I would look after you two but it looks like it will be harder than expected, I'll still be here when you need me so don't forget me-uff!"
"How could we forget you! ...your our stupid asshole of an uncle, a second dad to us. of course we'll miss you!" Pook interrupted uncle glen angrily as Emily smiled proudly at her twin sister, she hugged their uncle for the first and last time. she let go of him and turned away not speaking a word and Emily waved goodbye to uncle glen with a forced smile as tears went down her face, her uncle wave back with the same smile.
Emily turned around and followed after her sister, Pook had already grabbed her travel bag out of the van with a tear running down her cheek as her face was calm.
"I'm going to miss that jackass... don't tell him I said that okay?"Pook muttered under her breath sadly, as she looked at her sister warning.
"okay, Pook..." Emily said softly to her sister and Pook smiled at her as she whipped away her tear, they entered the plane and took their seats with their pet carriers on their laps facing next to each other.
" not you" Ponyo whined in annoyance as she didn't want to be bother by the puppy beside her.
"Grr hey, whats that suppose to mean?" Nicky growled back as he glared annoyed at Ponyo's attitude, she was laying down like Ponyo was in her carrier as there was not that much space.
"nothing..." Ponyo muttered to herself sadly and just looked away.
"Oh! okay, um... Mom's been having trouble sleeping lately ever since... You know the accident and I wanted to know if you'd know who to fix that?" Nicky whined sadly as Ponyo snapped her eyes back on to Nicky's sad ones.
"Same with my owner Emily, but she's not as strong as Pook I'm afraid it will consume her... that's why I've come up with a plan to make her happy" Ponyo said coldly at Nicky with serious eyes as Nick eagerly barked and wanted to know but when Ponyo told her, she wasn't sheer about it as she barked and looked at the feline carefully. "Do you think that will work? Wait! We can not even do that, you know the rules. they can die if we do that to them Ponyo... If push comes to shove and the only other option is death or doing what your suggesting then we do it but if not then no!"
"I guess your right, We'll wait until it can help them now... Shut up so I can sleep puppy!" Ponyo said and smirked at Nicky who was growling warning her. she soon fell asleep and Nicky was ready to sleep to, but Pook suddenly took her out of the carrier and hugged Nicky close lovingly, as Emily did the same to Ponyo.
" New York awaits us!" Emily yelled over dramatically with glee as Pook tried to get over her fear of heights by hugging her dog close, the plane started to move. ' Well this couldn't get any worse'
"would you like any refreshments darlings?" Pook was taken out of her musing by a clear southern accent of the airplane trolley man but Pook looked out the window of the now air born plan, sickly as Emily orders them both drinks instead awkwardly as she was still not used to guys. the incident from the day before gotten her to not even touch man anymore other then Uncle Glen of course."ha-ha... a water and some tea would be nice thank you."
"I think I'm going to be sick" Pook said over dramatically as Emily looked at her sister with a sweat drop and asked for a bag too. After the man left the sisters sat there enjoying the fight. well, one of them at least as Emily was babbling about the plan ride as she pet Ponyo"this it great I bet nothing could go wrong now right sis?"
"Hai..." Pook barely said as the plan rocked about but little did Emily and Pook know that just by that one word their life would change dramatically, as Ponyo felt the plain rock a bit and then dive down, she watched as everyone started screaming and panicked for her family, she needed to do the plan now and fast as she looked at Nicky who was frantic.
"Nicky we need to do it now!" Ponyo yelled to Nicky who looked at Ponyo scared and sad as he nodded and they joined their paws together. Ponyo and Nicky's past memories flashed before their eyes.
"Nicky! come here girl!"
Pook had yelled with happiness in a field as Nicky ran after her while Ponyo played on Emily's lap as they sat on the ground. it was last spring when the twins had turned eleven and their uncle glen brought them to the park to have fun on their birthday.
"haha! Ponyo that tickles don't lick my nose ew!"Emily yelled happily giggling as Ponyo had liked her nose.
The memory changed.
"Ponyo! there you are, oh my god I thought I lost you come here you must be freezing?" Emily cried panicking as Ponyo could hear her scared voice and saw her blurry figure coming towards her wet form on the road. it was the Autumn when Emily had lost Ponyo on a cold rainy day and found her in an alleyway socket-wet, Emily and Pook had turned nine that year.
"don't run away again! you hear me Ponyo!"Emily cried worried, as she picked up the wet, hurt Ponyo carefully and put her under her raincoat. safe from the rain.
The memory changed.
"What the hell do you think you're doing to my baby! fuck off!" Nicky saw Pook yell and take the teen boy that was beating her by the shoulder and punch him straight in the face. she ended up taking the beating instead and Nicky had limped over to her mom's hurt body laying on the ground of the school yard to see if she was okay.
"I will always protect my baby even if you are a dog, Nicky your mine...' Pook struggled to say to Nicky. Nicky had ran throw her pain for help that summer and saved Pook's life as she had to stay at the vet for three weeks but Pook was there by her side. it was going to be Pook's seventh birthday soon.
The memory changed.
"I'm going to call her Ponyo dad!"I'm going to call her Nicky mom!"
Ponyo and Nicky sat there under the Chrismiss tree watching their new mom's name them in unison. Emily had picked up Ponyo for the first time with a happy smile on her face and her sister did the same with Nicky as they cuddled them lovingly.
"we will be your mommy's from now"and to the end of time" Pook had finished her sister's sentence as their parent's chuckled while picking them up with Ponyo and Nicky still cuddled in their arms, they were to be put to bed. it was their first and the last Christmas with the whole family. the twins had turned five later that spring.
The memory ended.
"remember us..." Ponyo and Nicky prayed as they memorized their mom's scared faces and closed their eyes. they whispered the incantation that would save their mom's life's in replace for theirs and clapped their paws together.
"we loved you both..." Ponyo and Nicky whispered lovingly as two glowing orbs come out of their chests, their body's disappeared into little lights that went into the orbs as they grew around each twin one blue and the other green. Pook was freaking out. "what the hell is happening! Emily!"
"Pook!" Emily and Pook called for one another as they looked at each other before they disappeared and the plane crashed into the ocean below. Emily made a promise with Pook.
"I will find you! I promise!" Emily's voice echoed as they were finally gone and everything went black, their story had began.
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to be continued!