I'm back! And not dead! Amazing, right? XD Anyhow, sorry for the long wait everybody. I couldn't stop reading Harry Potter fanfictions *again*. And I got caught up in annoying schoolwork, so yeah. (Damn it, you math teacher! Get it right! Not everyone wants to listen to you lecture on things that we have already learned years ago! Nobody cares! We just want you to shut up and let us read!)
Sorry to all you HP fans! I think I've gone way to slow on this story and need to speed it up. Remember that the Hogwarts letter said that Dani would have to meet up with Mcgonall since she was a foreign new student? Well, that part's coming up soon!
P.S. Ember likes to call Danny dipstick, so I thought she could call Dani babypop. *crowd laughs* DON'T JUDGE ME!
P.S. Esperanto is just the first letter rearranged on the end of the word. EX: What= Hatw
Dis: If I owned the Harry Potter books, then my name would be J.K. Rowling. Also I would be poor because I would probably screw-up the books. And Butch Hartman is a guy. I am not a dude. I am a dudette. Because I am in fact *shocker* a girl! So no, I am not J.K. Rowling or Butch Hartman.
Chapter 4- Make a Run for It! (Ember's POV)
Back in the slammer. Just great. And what was it this time? Me and Wulf apparently "took hostage of young child and tortured". Seriously, all we did was pull some pranks on that brat Youngblood and his stupid parrot. Okay, I admit, maybe we maybe went a little far by tying him up and sending his a one- way ticket to embarrassment in the human realm. But I didn't anticipate his awful parrot tattle- tailing us to the police I rally Nate that clue out I really hate the pile of talking of talking bones…
There's something very fishy going on here. First, we get sent to jail, then we meet this girt who looks like the dipstick, and Walker takes her away from us! I really hope that babypop will be okay. I've heard that Walker only takes you separately when you've done something really bad. The victims wouldn't say anything else other than that.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Wulf, Cujo! We need to save babypop!" I harshly yelled through the prison bars to across the hall. I saw four ears perk up as if on instinct. I lifted my boot and kick-flipped the door down. The dipstick taught me a few fighting skills; not that I'll ever admit it. I watched Wulf bash down the bars for him and Cujo. Then the guards came to crash our party; like they always do. All three of us started running *floating, really* towards the end of the hall and flung open the door. Of course, these stupid guards chased us through the prisoner halls, the lunchroom, the dormitory for Walker's guards, and finally through the office of Walker himself. When we got there, it was much too late though. I have to admit, I have never seen anything more horrific in my life…
Babypop was unconscious, there was no doubt about it. On her frail arms were deep cut wounds covered in green ectoplasm and red *HUMAN* blood. The cuts from Walker's knife spelt out the words, "GZ outlaw" on her right arm from shoulder to wrist. On her left arm was "blood traitor". There was ripped holes spread randomly on Dani's costume pant legs showing her knees, ankle, and some thigh. I really didn't want to know what dumb rules she had broken, but I guessed they were pretty bad.
The rage on Walker's face when he saw us was terrifying. Those blood red eyes showed his hatred of rule-breakers, anger that we escaped, surprise of maybe Dani's Christmas-colored blood, and also threatening. Walker pursed his lips first, then pulled them into a combination of a smirk, evil widespread grin, and anger. That famous look was a warning… that something awful was about to happen to you.
Walker gritting his teeth and threw down Dani's ripped selves he had been holding to raise his bloody knife. Something told me to get out of this situation- FAST. So I swept my fist across my magic guitar strings and knocked the guards out. Unfortunately, I got some gunpowder and sharp cuts before I quickly scooped up the remote from inside the first guard's pocket and released Wulf, Cujo, Dani, and me from our restraints. They came clattering down onto the lab concrete floors once detached from our necks, wrists, legs, etc. Wulf opened a human realm portal with his bare claws, and Cujo dragged Dani's leg into it. All four of us were out of there before Walker's knife could get its revenge. We still had some scratches, cuts, and bruises, but not nearly as bad as Dani's.
I was flabbergasted as I looked around the other side of the portal. This was where we ended up. Right in the middle of Casper High's cafeteria- which was also exactly where dipstick (Phantom) and my ex- boyfriend (Skulker) were fighting. The stunned looks on their faces were priceless, though! And all I had to do was walk right through their battle with my head held high.
"Ember?! What exactly are you doing?!" Dipstick asked.
"Huh," I huffed, "I was wondering the same thing." And then the rest of my gang came tumbling out of the ghost portal just as it closed permanently shut.
"Riendf! Hatw houlds ew od bouta het irlg?" Wulf frantically panted. Dani was- as you guessed it- still unconscious and covered in Christmas- colored blood. You could hardly recognize her as a person anymore, but maybe as a thing.
"What's with that creepy alien thing?" Skulker suddenly asked.
"Wulf! What are you doing here? And Cujo? You're with them too?!" Phantom exclaimed.
Just then, something unbelievable happened. A ring of light, like a million blue stars had come together, separated Dani's torso and expanded across her body. However, I didn't take much notice in anything other than her hair. Mostly because I couldn't spot anything through the rough outer layer around her. Anyway, her hair went from pure white as freshly fallen snow to a midnight raven black as those blue rings expanded across her head. And her soaked black-and-white hazmat suit changed to a soaked hoodie and skinny jeans.
"Well, we'll be going now…" I gritted through my teeth, "Another Portal, Wulf!"
When we jumped through the next swirling green circle Wulf created with his claws, I was hoping for maybe a marketplace. Maybe a street road- somewhere where we could escape from easily. Instead, we ended up right where I was not anticipating- since fate just loves beating me up all the time. Except this time fate helped me. Because we landed in a hospital waiting area. But I wasn't complaining to fate again…
I noticed that the room was a kinda empty, white, boring shell. Over the check-in desk in the left corner, there was a sign that read, "St. Mongos Hospital for Magical Injuries." (As for the hospital name, I couldn't remember the full title. Look it up yourself.) The woman at the desk muttered something under her breath and flicked a stick. I was about to laugh, but then I saw a stack of papers flutter about the waiting room in a circular motion and land on another paper stack that was halfway across the room.
"Whoa." I gaped at the scene. I almost forgot everything that had happened that day until I was rudely interrupted by a crude voice.
"Can I help you...?" She asked in a false attempt to act nice. It was clear that she hated her job. But that wasn't the thing I was amazed at. I was amazed that she didn't freak out at the sight of a ghost.
"Umm… will you help us with this girl? She's extremely injured." I ushered Dani up to the front desk. When she asked for her name, I stiffened up. But I quickly sputtered out "Time! Danielle Time!" remembering the first encounter with the spunky girl I had met earlier that day.
"I don't see a 'Danielle Time' on the waiting list. Do you have an appointment?"
"No, ma'am. We're a walk-in, actually. Dani's got some major cuts…"
"It will take about 45 minutes for an empty bed to come up, please sit and make yourself comfortable." She gestured to the couch. I was getting impatient.
"BUT THIS IS AN EMERGENCY!"
"Fine," she huffed, "about 5 minutes minimum." Wulf, Cujo, Dani, and I plopped down on the white couch with Dani's head resting on my lap. She looked peaceful, and… human. That's when I noticed how different she looked. I wiped off some grime from her delicate face and saw skin. And black bangs. And the hood of a blue sweatshirt. And no famous ghost glow.
Dani was stirring. "Em-ber?" she sweetly asked. "Yes?" I softly replied. "Where are we?"
I paused. "Umm… a hospital. You blacked out at Walker's prison."
She started sweating bullets. "What happened? He didn't cut you, did he?"
Cujo spoke up now, "On, utb eh idd utc ouy!"
"Huh?"
I slowly pulled back the sleeve of her blue sweatshirt. And there was the scars. "OH!" she cried. "It's still bleeding!" The wound wasn't just an easy ointment-and-bandage fix. In fact, it didn't even look like a wrap-up-in-cloth treatment! It was the kind of use-stitches-with-fancy-equipment fix. And if we had to wait much longer, then her cuts would never heal!
As if on cue, some doctors rushed in with white robes and some sticks pointed outwards. They all shouted "Wingardiam leveosa" and Dani was lifted into the air through a nearby door labeled, "Magical Unknown Injuries".
I heard a silver engraved key fall from Dani's jean's pocket onto the hard, concrete floor with a "CLINK!" I carefully picked it up and examined it. There were the words, "Gringotts Bank- Danielle Time," surrounded by metal plant vines; half of them looked strong and healthy, while the other half looked dead and swollen. "Huh. Well, that's weird. But of course, everything about this mess is strange." I thought.
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU (see if you recognize anyone at the hospital!) UUUUUUUUUUUU
About 45 minutes later, all three of us were allowed to go to see Dani. Good. Because I was getting tired watching people walk in and out of the waiting room. I had seen many humans. There was a man with red hair and freckles, a woman with short, brown hair, and a rather ugly pink cardigan, one with brilliant blue flowing robes, a long white beard, and twinkles in his eyes, and lastly, two twin boys each with red hair, freckles, and bags full of oddly-shaped candy and instruments. The latter caused some screams, too.
Anyway, I followed the nurse in robes through many corridors until we got to Dani's room. There was also an odd couple named "Longbottom" who were oddly amused at the sight of the ceiling. As I passed them, they both reached out to try to touch me; thank goodness for intangibility… We finally arrived at the foot of Dani's bed. She was sitting up against the head of the bed with her frail body covered in her now clean clothes and white robes.
"Hi guys!"
"How are you feeling?" I asked in sympathy.
"Not as bad as those two…" she gestured towards the Longbottom couple, who were currently picking at each other's pillows.
"Yeah."
"You don't have to feel bad for me, ya know…" she reassured me. "I just got some new scars, that's all. And all they told me was that it was some strange magic in these cuts, and they couldn't heal it completely. But that's okay. I'm not afraid of a little magic…"
"Do you know what this key means?" I got strait to the point, not bearing to look at the scars any longer.
She stared at the unfamiliar object in my hand with curiosity. She said she had never seen it before. But Dani did point out that she couldn't remember anything after she got to the hospital bed at first because of "those freaky sticks", and how she might have missed something. And she told me about a special necklace they were interested in.
"Before you say anything, yes, I do know Clockwork; master of time. And yes, this is in fact a time thingy."
"Whoa. Can I see?"
"Sure." Dani passed the medallion to me.
There was as engraving on the side that said "Time does not show everything- remember that." Huh. Interesting… I turned to show it to Wulf, and as soon as his claw touched the surface, everything went dark.
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