Chapter two.
Man was the first chapter short. This one is much longer. Enjoy!
Suddenly there was a fierce knock on the door shocking him out of his thoughts, "what do you want?" he yelled as he jumped up and opened the door.
"Guess who brought you room service!"
A short chubby Hispanic girl stood with a food cart in front of her. She wore a hideous chef outfit along with a head band that had a crude looking chef's hat on it. and her hair was a knotted mess.
"Who are you?" Austin growled, truly he did not recognize the girl as any of his usual entourage, he figured it was just a rouge fan of his.
She pushed her way through, "Coming through!" shouted the girl pushing the cart hard.
Austin had no choice but to get out of the way, "Hey! What are you doing?" He yelled hoping to get the attention of Jimmy or one of the security guards.
"It's nice to see you again too!" Trish said enthusiastically, "Now I have fries, hamburgers, milkshakes, hotdogs, soda, salad—"
"I don't want anything!" Austin shouted.
"Oh good!" Trish said sitting down in Austin's chair and grabbed a magazine, "I hate this job, it's always what can I get you? Want do you want?—"
"Who are you?" Austin yelled still hoping security would come in soon.
Trish looked up from the magazine, "seriously?"
"Get out!" Austin yelled, "Security!" Austin ran towards the door that still remained open.
Suddenly the door slammed shut. Austin's hand still out about to take the doorknob an expression of shock rippled through his features. He pulled his hand back and looked back at Trish who held a long black stick with a plush red star on the end. She wore a sly smirk on her pudgy face.
She waved her wand back and forth and clicked her tongue, "ah ah ah, I wouldn't be doing that now."
"w-who are you?" Now he was starting to get scared.
"Really you don't remember me at all?" Trish raised a suspicious eyebrow.
Austin backed up, "Security!"
"Austin stop yelling they can't hear you."
"What are you going to do?"
"I just wanted to stop by and talk to an old friend."
"Then why are you here?"
"Because you're the friend."
"I don't know you!"
"Austin come on! It's me!" she struck a dramatic pose.
Austin gave her a blank look.
Trish saw this and glared putting her arms and crossing them now standing, "Trish?"
Austin still didn't remember her, but he decided to play along with it, "oh-OH! Trish! Right! Your Trish, how could I forget you?" Austin forced a smile.
Trish remained unconvinced, "mm hm, when's my birthday?"
"Uhh…" Austin said, "May fourteenth?"
"Eeehhhhh, wrong!" Trish said.
"Oh come on!" Austin whined.
Trish shook her head suddenly having a sad expression on her face, "so much has changed since you left Austin," she said in a whisper.
"What?" Austin said tot understanding.
Trish looked up like she was coming out of deep thought, "but don't worry, I'm going to fix it."
"Fix what?"
"Our lives!"
"My life is fine! Besides I don't care if your life sucks!"
Trish looked hurt, truly and genuinely hurt. But her face quickly hardened. She raised her wand and flicked her head. Silver sparkles engulfed her and when the simmering light disappeared her clothes had changed.
She was now wearing a red dress that came to her ankles and had black zebra stripes design. A black leather belt. She had long black gloves that ran up her arm. Her head band now had a red plush tilted witch hat jaunted to the right. And her hair now perfectly curled sat nicely on her back. Her brown eyes sparkled with mischief.
Austin's eyes widened.
"You know you're in trouble now right?" Trish said.
Austin nodded and fell to his knees, "please! Don't hurt me! I'll do anything! I'll-I'll-I'll get you a slot on my show! I'll pay you ten percent of my checks, I'll-"
Trish held up her wand to stop him, "listen Austin, like I said a lot has changed, I'm not that girl anymore. And it's actually kinda sad that's all you know me for, always talking bribes."
Austin folded his hands, "please!"
"Here's the deal, I'm going to change you into your true self, and the only way to undo the spell is to right every wrong you've committed against your friends."
"What? But-but I can't do that I have fans I have to keep happy," Austin argued, "They'll be raving mad if I do this."
"You care as much about your fans as you do your friends, and you don't have any friends anymore."
"Then what's my true self?"
Trish smiled, "oh it's just your inner 'beauty' is all."
"Beauty? I got tons of that on the outside why would I need it on the inside?"
"That is exactly my point, now I can promise you, you won't like what you see."
"Then I'm not doing it."
"Doesn't matter if you want to or not it's going to happen."
Trish raised her wand, and Austin backed into a corner. She began to chant, "With dungeons fire and caldrons bubble. Take this liar, and make him struggle." Austin felt like ropes were being pulled across his arms burning them, he screamed. Wind wiped his hair yet Trish's stayed perfectly still
"Use the powers of nature and space to hold him in place,"
Suddenly the invisible ropes wrapped around his torso holding him in place.
"Make this sinner into his true self, a monster a creature—"
"Please! I can't right all the wrongs please make it easier!" Austin cried tears coming to his eyes as the invisible ropes grew tighter.
The winds slowed only a little as Trish stopped chanting, "A half spell could kill us Austin, I have to finish,"
"Please just make it a little easier."
"Mm, maybe not easier…"
Lightning began to flash close enough for the two to feel its heat, "I have to finish the spell!" Trish cried.
"Make this sinner into his true self, a monster, a creature, a beast!"
Austin suddenly felt himself change, Trish grabbed his hand and continued to chant, "If he cannot learn to love and care for others a beast he shall remain, if this last rose petal falls!"
Austin felt his wrist burn, afraid to look down he closed his eyes.
"All Humanity in him will cease, all he will know is evil and wrong! Unless…"
The wind began to cease but the transformation was still mutating Austin making him feel pain he'd never once thought possible.
Throughout all this Trish had been practically screaming the incarnation. But when she got to that word… that single word that can change the entire outcome of a fate… Unless. She grew quiet, "unless you can right your wrongs, Austin, as many as you can. Unless you can find people who will care about you, who will love you, you'll be a beast forever. Start with your old friends Austin, I heard they still care. Find Dez… find… Ally," and with those hauntingly familiar names and horrible pain, she left with a swish of her wand and a puff of smoke.
End of Chapter 2! YAY! I really didn't know when Trish's birthday was, and if you thought it was ooc of her not to take the bribe… don't bash me for it, I won't read them. The reveal shall be in the next chapter let me know what you think of this one!