Hey! How are all you lovely people doing? I don't actually have anything to say, so just gonna start.
Disclaimer: I do not have time to repeat the disclaimer that is in absolutely every chapter! Just look in the last one *points towards it overdramatically *
Also, why is this story so popular? Seriously, why? Can some of you maybe review or something XD *laughs awkwardly* anyway, umm...
Enjoy ~
Child's Play
Chapter 5
Saphia turned on her heel, her tail swishing as it sliced the air around it. She went back to washing dishes at the sink, and the faucet seemed to be the only sound. She sighed, and shut it off, waiting five minutes before talking, "what do you want Tooth Fairy?"
Saphia turns back around and Tooth walks forward. Her face is tired and annoyed, and Saphia's mimics that while she avoids eye contact, "what exactly are you planning?" Saphia's one ear goes down, the other sticking straight up, and she tilts her head. Tooth slowly flutters closer, and stands by the girl. Tooth is a foot or two taller than Saphia, but the girl glared, even if indirect, showed no fear. "I know that you must have something planned. Whether it's to trap Jack and make him love you, or if it has something to do with your sisters, I'll stop you. Do you hear me you little freak?" Tooth's glare was hard and cold. And, horribly out of character.
Saphia blinked and was silent, then burst out laughing. It surprised Tooth to know end, "Jack? Jack! That's a riot! Ya, like I'm planning on trapping Jack!" she laughed even louder, and The Fairy glared at her. The light from the candle near the sink flicked, and Saphia giggled and stood up, "When did you become his mother? Jack's like my big brother, if anyone was to say otherwise," she paused for a moment, thinking deeply, "then again; Scarlet has a huge crush on him." She shrugs and smiles, "But that only fuels your "evidence" that I may be teamed up with my sisters. Good job accusing a child Toothianna" She starts laughing again and turns around going back to the dishes.
Tooth glares at the back of Saphia's head, "It's not funny!" getting no response but more laughter, Tooth fumes with anger. She looks around in the dimly lit candle light, and spots a lone knife. She, not thinking straightly, grabs it and lunges forward.
Tooth didn't expect Saphia to turn around and grab her wrist, in a bone crushing grip, nor did she expect the girl the growl while looking her in the eye. As Toothianna's Violet eyes met Saphia's dark blue ones, she was swept into a world of darkness. Not long after did she see the same room that Sandy had, the one with cages and sharp medical objects. Slowly her vision got closer to the same cage Sandy's had, and a faint giggling was heard. Inside the cage, which was still very dark, three figures stood close to each other. Two looked curiously and one was explaining something. She held something tight in her small hand, and it was now obvious she was about a three year old Saphia with a huge scratch on her face. She slowly unraveled her hand, showing a very very very tiny tooth, sharp like a cat's fang. She smiled brightly, one of her top middle teeth missing, "and I saw them fly by the window! They are supposed to come get everyone's teeth, but they just keep missing us. So," she paused and pulled something out of a ting bag she had. As it came out, it showed a necklace with several tiny cat teeth on a string, like a tiny necklace. She put it on, and smiled down at all the white teeth, "I'm gonna make everyone necklaces to save them for the little tooth fairies! That way when they find us, they won't miss anything!"
Stiches stood up and shrieked excitedly, "That's amazing Saphia!" all three girls hugged and started working on the necklaces. After a little while, stiches put hers down, "c-can we stay up with you tonight? Maybe so we can watch out the window too?" her voice was soft-spoken and shy as she looked towards Saphia happily.
Scarlet smiled gleefully and giggled excitedly, "Yes please! Maybe everyone can!" All girls shrieked and started shouting their plan while dancing around. This caused quite a ruckus in all the cages around them, and many small children coming to the edges of their cages and shouting at the girls, calling them crazy, or idiotically hilarious.
A few minutes later a shout is heard, "Girls! Girls! Settle it down! You'll wake up the dead!" A deep voice shouts jokingly and and the three children all gasped and ran to the edge of their cage. They shouted together "Daddy" and jumped out of the opened cage and into the arms of a man in a lab coat.
Before anymore is seen, Tooth is now back into the dimly lit kitchen. She is pinned to the wall by Saphia, who stares towards the wall near her head. Tooth now sees that Saphia has a necklace with one giant fang on it hanging on her neck made with rope. She stares at it shocked, and Saphia lets go. Toothianna stays against the wall as Saphia reaches into her pockets. She pulls out several different bags, each one clunky and faded. Her hands trace over the fabric, as she sighs, "They were good girls. We all were good children." She looks up at Tooth, their eyes meeting, But Saphia's becoming sad. A few tears escape from the dark blue pools, and fall onto the floor, "e-every kid there was good. We never disobeyed what the scientists said. Otherwise," she looks away and whimpers. "They did a lot of tests and stuff. They even made us," she shakes her head violently and grabs it. She lets out a shaky breath and sits on the floor, "Daddy was always good. H-h-he was supportive and always-"
She covers her face with her arms and rocks back and forth on the floor. Tooth gulped and leaned forward, resting a hand on Saphia's shoulder. Saphia gasped and looked up at her with big red eyes, "it's okay Saphia." The girl sobbed and stood up, reaching out and hugging tooth. The fairy was extremely shocked, especially as Saphia buried her face into the multicolored feathers, sobbing, "No it's not! No it's not!" over and over again. Tooth rubbed soothing circles on her back shushing her, "It is Saphia. It is. You had to deal with a lot, it's all okay."
Tooth was surprised when she pulled back and sniffed, looking at her with big eyes. She looked at the bags, which she still held protectively in her hands, "Daddy called me a ringleader. H-he said that I gave them faith in things that m-m-may not ever come true. I also made them a big promise." She runs her fingers over the fabric of the bags again, and holds out her hands towards the tooth fairy. She looks toward the bags and the girl and reaches out slowly, "I promised that if I ever found the Tooth Fairy, or one of her minis, I would give them their teeth. That way we know they are safe," Saphia places the bags in the large fairies hands, then grips her own necklace protectively. She smiles kindly and breaths in and out carefully.
Tooth nods and opens one bag, peeking down into the bag. Inside were several different kinds of teeth, most animal like and some human like. Faint strings are seen and tooth looks up at Saphia, "how did you?"
"I was buried with them." She is now back by the sink, the same look of nothing on her face. As scrubbed the dishes and then dried them, she was careful not to break them. Tooth pulls out a few necklaces, seeing that most of the teeth on the string were from the same animal, or peoples and all of them seem to be sparkling white. Saphia's own tooth is white as snow, almost challenging Jacks. After a few minutes, Saphia turns again and smiles, her fangs sticking out slightly and her necklace hanging lowly and swaying as she moved towards her, "I think it's time you head back to your room Tooth. Tomorrow I need some help with some things and, it um… may be best for everyone to get as much sleep as possible." She smiles kindly at the older immortal.
Tooth nods and heads for the hallway. She turns back around quickly with a curious look, "Saphia? Aren't you going to go to sleep to?" she stares curiously at the girl, who puts down the cup she was cleaning. Tooth looks at the girl, who she can't tell is laughing or crying again, "Saphia?"
"Experiment number 7941. Date, August 16th, year unknown. Experiments identity, STFC1, age 2 and a half, gendered female, half tiger, commonly called Sapphire or Saphia. Experiment: new caffeine that should help keeps people up longer so they could focus better when they absolutely had to. Results: experiment is unable to fall asleep. Follow up results 4 years later: Experiment has permanently been unable to fall asleep, and seems immune to any normal sleep potion. She doesn't pass out from blood loss, and only needs something blue to get her back to normal. Product is claimed unsafe, due to fact that girl will never be able to sleep again." She looks at the extremely surprised Tooth fairy with a calm look, "my 7,941st experiment made me unable to sleep; the only time I ever slept again was when I died. Now," she turned back to her dishes and continued, "if you wouldn't mind, please take your friends with you. I know that they are all standing there, I am part Tiger. My eyes adjust to the dark." Out of a corner walk three figures, all with the same blank faces. Four figures trailed down the hallway silently, all walking into different rooms. Saphia waited patiently for ten minutes, then dropped the dish she had mindlessly been scrubbing, "Jackson Overland Frost, I know you are hiding there. Come out now, if you like living."
Jack slowly came out from the corner he had managed to curl up into. Saphia glared at him and he rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. "h-hey Saph. Sorry about that…" his voice trailed off and Saphia looked at him calmly. He smiled kindly and held open his arms, a sob escaping her lips as she ran forward and buried her face in his sweatshirt. He wrapped his arms around her as she sobbed, and he murmured sweet nothings into her hair. She didn't seem to calm down at all, and Jack continued to hug her and try to sooth her.
~ The next morning ~
Saphia had managed to whip up a breakfast with eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, waffles, French toast, donuts, and much more. As everyone ate, Bunny complained about how much meat there was. Saphia got him to shut up about 10 minutes later by saying how she was a carnivore, and naturally would eat things like Rabbit. So if he didn't be quiet, she'd eat him. He shut up, but about 5 minutes later Tooth began complaining about the donuts and their frosting. Thus began the cycle again.
After breakfast, Saphia began begging North for one of his magic snow globes. This took them about an hour to argue about, both shouting at each other in different languages. Sandy had managed to fall back asleep, Jack watched with a bowl of popcorn, Bunny raided the fridge and threw out all the meat (she's half tiger, there's a lot), and Tooth sat on the couch waiting. After it was done, Saphia ended up with a snow globe, and a new sled… and a china doll. She happily put away her new things, and took out a bunch of her little cloud balls. She avoided Jacks questions about why she needed those things, and where they were going. She tossed them onto the ground and the group was whisked away in a blue cloud.
After a couple minutes, they landed roughly on the ground. Saphia ended up in a laughing fit and Jack started yelling at her. As they looked around, they noticed they were in a peaceful meadow. All around pink flowers covered the ground, the trees leaves pink and heart shaped. Flamingos flew around, and swans swam in a lake at the end of a waterfall. Small creators skipped and jumped around, a sweet murmur in the air.
Saphia looked around happily and giggled loudly, "Isn't it lovely?" she burst out laughing and Jack poked her with his stick. She grabbed it in her mouth, after shifting into a tiger, and pulled on it playfully, instigating a game of tug-a-war as he pulled back. This kept up for a good five minutes, bore they ended up freezing about half the water, "uh oh..." Saphia whimpered and hid behind Jack.
"Saphia! Why am I not surprised!" A small angel like baby flew over. He lands near the blue girl glaring, and she smiled up at him awkwardly. He shook his head, "Do you ever not bring trouble places!"
She sighed, her face going red. She scratched at the ground and smiled slightly, "I can't help it. Something about this place Cu just makes me all... Blah." She smiles kindly at him, and he shakes his head. Saphia shifts into her human form His hair is still flat with odd colored streaks in it, and he's obviously annoyed. After a minute or two though, he smiles and fly's down hugging her. She hugs him back and ruffles his hair, "Fluffy!"
He swats her hands away glaring, "you stupid tiger! You're messing up my hair!"
Saphia rolls her eyes, "oh so manly Cupid!" she shifts once again into a tiger, and walks past him. Her tail creases under his chin, and flicks his nose slightly. He blushes bright red, and laughs at him. He glares at her and she smiles, "aww, Cupid mad at me? What he gonna turn into an actual man now and-" She is cut off as cupid lifts her from the ground by the scruff of her neck, now in the form of an 19 year old wearing a pink shirt and jeans. She glares at him while he smiles back, "I hate you sometimes."
Jack clears his throat, and the two look towards him, "Saphia…" he looks at her confused and mildly upset, "you know Cupid? I thought you said you didn't…" his voice trails off, and Cupid puts the girl down. She glares at him, and reaches back trying to lick the spot she was grabbed.
After a few failed attempts at this she sighs and scratches at the ground, "I didn't know any of your friends. Cupid…" she looks at him and smiles awkwardly, "Is different. He, my sisters, and I all got trapped in a cave together for a week when I was a new immortal. We've kept in touch for a while but," she blushes, checks turning red, and looks away, "we got into a huge fight about a month before I met you. We haven't talked since. "She looks back at him and smirks, "must be a big deal if he called, apologized, and asked me to come over and see him." She slowly walks towards him and rubs against his leg, "what's a matter Cu-boy? Miss me already?"
Cupid shook his head and let out an exasperated sigh, "You know exactly why I called you! Look at my hair!" Cupid started ranting once again about things like his hair and arrows, and Saphia once again ended up in a laughing fit, but rolled around in her human form. Cupid stopped and pulled out an arrow, he got ready to shoot it at the laughing girl, when it turns bright green and the heart becomes a clover. The feathers turn a darker green and become leaves. He shoots it and it lands about two feet away from Saphia, who stares at it confused, "is that anything to laugh at Saphia!"
Saphia grabs the arrow and cleans off the edge. She stares down at the green arrow, and traces its edges carefully. After a minute or two she sighs, gripping the arrow. She holds it tightly and whispers something to herself. She looks up slightly, her tail waving Cupid over. He walks over and sits next to her, and she grabs some of him hair and puts the arrow next to it, "Video hic mutatio de eodem sanguine et non faciunt. Adjuva me luna, restituere quod suus 'bonus, et adiuva meos egentes carus amicus. Reddere quod mutatum est et illud maledictum satisfacere." Her hands turn navy blue, and so does the arrow and cupids hair. It clears, and the arrow is back to normal and so is curly and blond. "There ya go bud! Your other arrows should be fine too."
Cupid grabbed the arrow, and pulled out a mirror. He examined his hair in it and smiled brightly. He leaned over and hugged Saphia, "Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU!" he squeezed her and she blushed, while trying to get out of his vise-like grip, "if you ever ever EVER need anything Sa-Sa, don't hesitate."
Saphia's blush grew a deep crimson, enough that it challenged She pushed against him growling slightly; "You could let go!" he quickly does and rubs the back of his neck as she gasps for air. She glares up at him and sighs, "It's bad enough I let you all call me Saphia and Saph, if you start calling me Sa-Sa, you will NOT be feeling the love. Ya here me ya Pink baby boy?"
He laughs and helps her up to her feet. He smiles down at her, "what would you possibly do to me Sa-Sa?" she glared up at him, and he leans down kissing her forehead. Her face becomes even redder, and Jack stands a few feet away gripping his staff and grinding his teeth. The other guardians watch awkwardly, and Saphia mumbles something inaudible. Cupid smiles and leans down whispering something into her ears. She blinks looking at him confused, and he hands her a piece of paper. She opens it slowly at stares at him confused. "I'm sorry, I told a few people about it, and then word got around, and umm," he points to something on it and Saphia's face flushes, "that may be a good place to start."
She looks up at him with an annoyed face, "really now Cu? Why I awtta!" she slaps him across the face, hard enough that it makes a sound. The others cringe, and Cupid rubs his check, "I could have done much worse!" She stops, and smiles kindly at him. She reaches up and kisses his cheek, making him blush. Jack begins getting very angry, and he clears his throat. Saphia looks at him and smiles awkwardly, "sorry, sorry! Anyway, thanks to cupid here," she glares at him, and he smiles sheepishly back, "we have to go visit an old "friend" of yours."
"Who?" the five say in unison. This ends up making both Saphia and Cupid start laughing loudly. They both turn towards each other laughing, and Saphia falls to her knees on the floor. After a good few minutes of this, Jack gets annoyed again. He holds up his staff and fires an ice blast straight in between the two. Jack is extremely angry, his face turning red due to it. Saphia and Cupid smiled awkwardly, and turned away from each other.
Saphia sighed and turned the paper towards the group, pointing to a name written in black ink, "It's time I met Pitch Black"
~ End of chapter 5 ~
So umm, ya. Weird chapter. A few things, 1. Cupid now can become a nineteen year old boy! XD sorry, sorry, I just had the idea that maybe some past romance between Saphia and someone, and cupid was supposed to be in this chapter, so I thought "hey! Maybe if I gave him a way to change his age…" and thus, he was born XD. I am debating whether or not I should have him follow them around, or just ditch him :3. Tell me what you think. 2. I needed a good reason for Saphia to be up at this hour, doing dishes, plus I wanted some drama to be caused between her and tooth so. Ya, now tooth has a bunch of random teeth from children she has no files of that are almost all part animal. 3. Saphia's giant tooth is not that small one she was holding. This one is different. She hides it inside her shirt most the time, but pulled it out in an attempt to get Tooth out of her… um… "State". Ya…. 4. Yes, Not only did Saphia con Santa outta a snow globe, sled, and china doll, but Bunny stole all her meat! That's not in the Easter Spirit (Bunny: Hey!) And 5. Come on, I think a jealous Jack would be hilarious XD. If Cupid stays with them… :3 muahahaha. Plus, Saphia and Cupid are so cute! XD okay, okay, I'm done being all girly again.
So, tell me what you think. And tell me whether or not you like cupid XD. Sorry, I've been working endlessly all week, and Am in a really weird kind of happy-hyper mode right now. The kinds where I wish I could like run around my house and jump and stuff XD. Hyper me = not good. I need to get some sleep already. Plus, I think I'm getting sick. I'm not happy about that.
OH Ya! Saphia said "I see a change here, from similar blood, and that will not do. Help me moon, restore what's good, and help my poor dear friend. Restore what has been changed, and make amends to that which has been cursed." Not very creative, but this is kinda a day after I started writing, so I ran out of creativity.
So um… Happy Easter! Bunnymund says hi! *nudges him*
Bunny: *sighs* ello everyone
Saphia: *pats his shoulder* Easter Platypus has a busy weekend, no?
Bunny: *growls* why I awtta-
Enough! So umm, I wrote this is just a few hours! 3,765 words! My hand hurts T.T
Bye~