Okay. I got the 2nd Chapter up! I don't usually post anything, but I want to say thank you to my friend DJ and Brian for helping to edit my story! Hopefully, I'm playing the Goblin King right. If you think I need to add something more to his personality or anything, please let me know! I would love to hear ideas that can help with the Goblin King!
Chapter Two – Notice of the Owl and Hurt Feelings
It has been a week later since Rose had found the old, worn out, red leather book and still, she was unaware that a magical being has been following her day to day. Each day, Rose would go out, either hanging out at the park to read or work on her doll. When she did go out, the Goblin King noticed that when interacting with people, they would always be laughing or smiling. Especially with the ones who were down in the dumps. Rose would sit down beside someone and talk to them. She would try to get them to talk about their problems or a subject that they were interested in. Rose had a gift of being able to get people happy and feel relaxed by seeing the good in them when they could not.
The day started out different for the Goblin King. He was in his barn owl form, perched in a tree in front of the high school. He watched as Rose slowly walked out of the main building and stood to the side of the sidewalk looking as she was waiting on someone. It wasn't long until two new girls appeared. They were walking side by side towards Rose's direction. One girl was short, height about 5'0 with light brown hair and the other girl had long brown hair, wore dark frame glasses and is an inch shorter than Rose who is 5'6.
"Emily! Amanda!" Rose called out with a smile as she ran over to them. The two girls stopped and looked to Rose with curiosity.
"Hey Rose, What can we do for you?" Amanda asked as she brushed her light brown hair out of her face even though it was in a ponytail.
"I was wondering if we can hang out together. I want to show you guys something if it's okay," Rose smiled at her two friends. Emily and Amanda looked at each other with an unsure look since they weren't sure on how to tell her.
"I'm sorry, Rose… "Emily started, frowning a bit, "But we can't hang out with you today…"
Rose tilted her head with confusion as she frowned at this. "How come? Is it because of the group that Mrs. Worth controls?" Rose folded her arms around the book since she had been carrying it with her, holding it close to her chest. The two girls looked at each other before they nodded to her.
"Yeah, Sorry Rose, but we can't hang out with you… Because if we do, we'll be kicked out of the group ourselves…" Emily smiled lightly to her. "We have to go… Bye Rose..."
"Yeah, so we'll see you later, Rose…" Amanda nodded as they hurried off to the mall. Rose just stood there in shock, not sure what to do or say. She just hugged her book tightly to her chest as she closed her eyes to try and fight the tears from forming. She took a deep breath before she slowly turned to start walking towards the park until she saw someone getting out of their car. Rose stood there, trying to think of what to say or do.
The person getting out of the car was a chubby lady, long dark brown nearly black hair wearing a dark blue dress. Her name was Worth, Andrea Worth. Andrea Worth is the person in charge of a club that helps teenagers and young adults make friends while also getting them prepared for the real world to be able to obtain a job. Rose could see that Andrea wasn't smiling as Andrea walked in her direction.
"Oh no, I can't talk to her now, "Rose muttered to herself as she quickly turned away. "I need to get to the park now and fast…" She then started to run towards the park.
When Rose ran away from Andrea Worth to the park, the Goblin King's eyes rested upon her with his feathers ruffling to show that he was furious. He could sense that something was wrong about Rose after her interactions with her friends and seeing this Andrea Worth person appearing at the school. He let his wings out and took flight, flying towards the park to catch up with Rose so he could keep his eye on her.
'I must find out why she is bothered,' Goblin King told himself as he flew to the tree that Rose had decided to stop at and try to recollect her emotions.
Rose leaned her back against the tree, panting heavily from running all the way to the park from the High School. She tossed her bag on the ground and dropped the book along with it as she closed her eyes, trying to regain her emotions.
"Damn that Andrea!" Rose groaned, stomping her right foot into the dirt. "Why… Why… Why can't I confront her? I mean! She kicked me out of the club just a couple days before my birthday and I don't know why she would do that… I mean, what did I do to be kicked out? "
Rose slid down to the ground, covering her face with her hands as she started to cry. "Even though she let me back in after my mom begged her. My mom told me it was her fault that I was kicked out and not mine… It never felt the same being there, and now…. I can't… I can't even hang out with my friends…" She couldn't speak anymore as she continued to cry.
Goblin King frowned as he listened and watched her. His heart started to ache from the pain he felt from her tears. He wanted to go to her to comfort her, but he knew he couldn't. The only way for him to reveal himself to her is if she wished that she needed him, but since she didn't make a wish, he could only watch for now.
"Hey Rose!" A voice called out, but Rose didn't seem to hear her name being called as she sat there crying. "Rose? Rose, are you okay?"
A girl, in her 20s with short blonde hair and a pink strip in her hair, sat down beside Rose and wrapped her arms around her to hold her close. She could feel Rose leaning into her arms as she comforted her, rubbing her back as she listened to Rose's crying fade to a sniffle.
"There, there, Rose, I'm here for you," She spoke with a smile, lifting her chin up to look at Rose's face.
Rose looked up to her friend and she smiled lightly, "Thanks, Harmony."
Harmony chuckled lightly as she hugged her close. "No problem, Rose." She then looked down to Rose as she frowned. "What happen? Was it Andrea again?"
Rose nodded quietly as she hugged her friend tightly, resting her head on her chest. "Yeah, it was her. She made sure that none of my friends could hang out with me because if they do, they would be kicked out of the club… I don't really know what I did to her that I can't even be with my friends."
"Oh Rose, "Harmony sighed, hugging her tightly. "Andrea is just a bitch. She just wants to control everyone and have them listen to her even though this is a land of freedom. If you remember, she has been trying to turn the club into a place to make money. She doesn't care about you or anyone else, even your mother knows about that." She ran her fingers through Rose's long, wavy hair.
"I know, Harmony. I just wish I could have the confidence to ask her. I'm tired of being upset and scared all the time."
"I know, Rose. It has been hard for you ever since your father died. I promised your mother that I would help you as much as I could," Harmony smiled, "Since I'm here, I brought some music to play for you."
This got Rose's attention. She sat up, pulling away from Harmony's arms. "Oh? What is it?"
"Well, I remember that there was a movie based similar to the book you have been reading. Can't find the movie, but I did manage to find the song which you will like." Harmony pulled her duffle bag over, pulling out what looked to be a CD player with a speaker. She set it down on the grass as she got up, leaning over to press play.
The music started to play and Harmony pulled Rose onto her feet to dance. Harmony started to dance side to side with a slight swirl as she swayed her hips side to side. "Come on, Rose! Come dance!"
"But, but, but…" Rose stammered
"No buts, Rose! Now Dance!" Harmony smirked as she continued to dance to the music. Rose sighed as she started to dance and followed the dance movement with Harmony.
"You remind me of the babe," Harmony singed, leaning towards Rose with grin as she danced to the music.
"What babe?" Rose asked, tilting her head as she started to follow Harmony's lead as she stepped side to side shaking her hips.
"Babe with the power," Harmony answered, leaning back as she danced around Rose with her hands out to the side like she was trying to get Rose to understand.
"What power?" Rose asked with slight confusion, holding out a hand in gesture that she was asking in the role she played.
"Power of voodoo," Harmony grinned as she grabbed Rose's hand and swirled her around in a circle.
"Who do?" Rose asked while being swirled in a circle, trying not to fall.
"You do!" Harmony stopped the swirl then pulled Rose into her arms as they danced.
"Do what?" Rose squeaked as she laughed, wiggling in Harmony's arms as she was trying to escape.
"Remind me of the babe!" Harmony than let go of Rose and she started to do some unique dance move that got Rose's attention.
The two girls laughed as they danced, taking turn singing as the singer and other voice in the song on the player. Their dance movements were moving of a line dance as they swayed their hips to the "Dance Magic Dance" to jumping like a rabbit to "Jump Magic Jump." During the "Jump Magic Jump, slap them baby" Harmony reached over and smacked Rose's in the butt who jumped up with a squeak, laughing.
While the girls were dancing, the Goblin King listened and he smiled to himself that he was happy that Rose was able to cheer up, but when he heard the words of the song he ruffled his feathers. 'What in Fae has stolen my song that only I, the Goblin King, am allowed to sing?!' He had to calm down as he continued to ruffle his feathers.
The song finished and the girls collapsed under the tree, lying on their backs with their bags under their head. Rose closed her eyes, feeling exhausted from the dancing before reopening her eyes to gaze up to the tree and listening to her friend Harmony.
"I figured this would help you and free your mind up," Harmony grinned at her and Rose smiled. "Yeah, thanks Harmony I needed that. It was a lot of fun dancing to the lyrics. I can't believe you slapped me in the butt!"
Harmony grin cheekily at her as she closed her eyes, "Oh, come on! You needed it! Beside I bet you wished it was the Goblin King who would had slapped you on the ass."
Rose blushed like crazy and stared up to the tree, rubbing the rim of her nose, "Harmony! Please! Don't say that!" Rose felt quite embarrassed from the thought.
Goblin King was amused as he watched her. 'So she thinks about me like that? What a naughty girl she is!' He chuckled to himself, definitely amused that this naïve girl had a naughty side. He shook his head, moving a claw talon on the branch to fix his position. When he gazed back down, his dark owl eyes stared down at Rose, freezing in place when her green eyes suddenly gazed up into the tree, in his direction. 'She can't see me,' he told himself. "No one can see me with my magic except for animals.'
But he was wrong; Rose was indeed staring up at the white, brown winged owl who was watching her as she talked to Harmony. She had to blink a few times to make sure that her eyes weren't playing tricks. 'There's an owl staring at me,' Rose thought, 'but why is it staring at me? Aren't barn owls supposed to be asleep since they are nocturnal?'
"Hey Harmony?" Rose asked, not taking her eyes off of the owl.
"Hmm?" Harmony laid there with her eyes closed, enjoying the subtle breeze around them and relaxing from their dance.
"Open your eyes and tell me that I'm staring up at an owl," Rose still not able to believe her eyes.
"What do you mean?" Harmony opened her eyes to gaze up into the tree to see this owl that Rose wanted her to see, but she didn't see any owl at all. "I don't see anything, Rose. Perhaps you should go and relax?"
'Strange… So Harmony doesn't see it? I wonder why,' Rose thought, tilting her head to the side as she continued to stare at him. She rolled over to get up. "Yeah, I guess I should. Thanks for everything, Harmony. I'll see you later."
"No problem, Rose. If you have any problem this weekend, just give me a call and I'll come on over," Harmony sat up with a smile on her face. "Thanks! See you later!" Rose chuckled as she got to her feet and grabbed her bag with her book and headed off home.
Later that night, when everyone was asleep, the Goblin King flew through an open window and into Rose's bedroom, taking his human form once again. He wore something different than he usually did. This time he wore a cream-colored shirt, loose-sleeves with silken cuffs at the wrists. He was shod in knee-high black boots, over gray tights, and black gloves. He walked towards the bed where Rose laid, slowly sitting on the side of the bed as he reached out to touch her cheek with his thumb.
"My precious flower, it seems that you have magic in you. No one has noticed me in the trees until now," He spoke in a soft, gentle voice. "I have seen much pain today from you. I know you have the courage to stand up to her. I know you can do it. I can sense so much more in you and you can be stronger. Our time for us to meet is coming shortly. I can feel it…"
His mismatched eyes gazed down to her sleeping face as he continued to caresses her cheek. He noticed that she wore a blue night shirt, a bit too big for herself and it gave him a view to see her chest. He smirked at this, liking the view and he reached down to pull the collar up a bit, covering her chest a bit better until Rose moved with a groan.
Goblin King froze in his spot, hoping she was just getting comfortable, but he was wrong when she opened her eyes she saw him and yet, she closed her eyes once again. He quickly decided it was enough and vanished from her room before she would open her eyes again.
Rose thought she was dreaming when she saw Goblin King and the feel of his leather gloved hand against her cheek that she closed her eyes to go to back to sleep until she realize that it wasn't a dream and she woke up quickly only to find the room empty. "Strange," Rose told herself, "he was in here, wasn't he? Maybe I'm just too stressed out… Well, hopefully next Friday, I will be able to confront Andrea and tell her what I'm feeling."
Rose got up from her bed, reaching over into her bag to pull out her almost completely finished doll of the Goblin King and crawled back into bedroom to get more sleep.