Thank you: In The Forest, MikuNinja0607, KittyCatt1036
Okay since I did a chapter in Clair's pov I decided it is only fair to do one in Midnight's pov. Also this is really hard to do a chapter in someone else's mind so bear with me.
This is dedicated to Midnight's owner.
Now for the first time ever, Midnight's pov:
I looked at the figure running away from the scene. Katherine has only been kind to me since I came here, even going as far as to save my life. I thought she was strong; she seemed to radiate kindness and courage. But everyone has their weak points, their weaknesses, I guess this was hers.
'How can anyone hurt her? How could anyone hurt someone as selfless as she is?' I thought to myself. "I don't know." I jumped at the sudden voice of a stranger. I turn quickly, making a backwards round house kick only to be blocked. I looked up to see a man with yellow eyes, blocking my roundhouse, next to a shorter man with an eye patch.
'A pirate?' He huffed, "I am not a pirate! What is it with you and the other girl thinking I am a pirate?" 'Did he just read my mind?' "Yes I read your mind." 'Hmmm, testing 1, 2, 3. Testing' "No need to test it." He said bluntly, he seems to be getting aggravated.
He sighed and looked at me. 'He has pretty silver eyes.' I saw a light blush cross over his pale cheeks. 'Crap! I forgot he can read minds!' "I am Nightmare Gottschalk, an incubus and dream demon." My mind crosses over the stories and legends I have read and heard about incubuses and step back from him. "I am not like them! Seriously, a few bad ones and the world put us all in that category. I am a dream demon a subcategory of them. Don't link me with those." I hesitantly step closer to him, he seems to be honest.
"This is my subordinate, Gray Ringmark." I looked at the man who miraculously blocked my kick. "You have quick reflexes." I said in a matter-of-fact manner. He nodded his head yes. 'Talkative much?' I thought sarcastically. Nightmare chuckled, he must be amused from my thoughts.
I looked at the girl whose name is Clair. 'Katherine cared about you and you did that to her?' I was annoyed don't get me wrong, but she seemed to need a shoulder to cry on. She is Katherine's friend and I doubt Katherine would want her to be a mess. So for Katherine I will deal with her . . . for now.
I walked over to the girl and grabbed her hand and dragged her to a random chair. I saw tears start to uncontrollably leave her eyes. I hug the girl awkwardly, I can't help it I don't tend to show any form of compassion. I felt her place her head on my shoulder and soak my coat with her salt-water tears.
I heard her mumble something into my coat but couldn't make it out. "What?" I, as well as the others, question. She sniffed and rubbed her nose with her sleeves. She hick-uped and looked at the ground before she spoke again, "Kat used to tell me that 'Crying shows strength not weakness.'" 'Wow that isn't bad advice I will have to remember that'
"Katherine sounds pretty wise." I told her. "Yeah she was always talking like she was twenty years older than she is! We all called her 'Old Lady' and 'Mom' because of it. She just yelled that she wasn't old. And sorry, what is your name again?" 'Wow she makes her sound old not smart. Not cool. And she doesn't bother to remember my name. I told them all my name. Well, I was pretty out of it and they were probably shocked by my not-so-amazing entrance.'
I think my exasperation showed, "Midnight." "Ohhhhh . . . Hi Midnight!" She waved at me . . . and her stuffed bunny too . . . weird. "Oni." I heard the girl say. 'Huh?' I thought confused. "Huh?" I heard the twins say, voicing my thoughts out loud. "Oni. It means demon in Japanese. It is also the name of my little friend here!" She said smiling and pointing at the black bunny, now known as Oni, on her shoulder.
"And how do you know that my dear?" I heard Blood say. 'I was wondering that too.' "Oh Kat and I like Japan. We watch there shows and stuff. So Kat and I look up translations and we learned the Japanese word for demon." She said in a too innocent manner.
"That's so cool, Bunny-onee-chan!" The blue clad twin said. "But why were you a meanie to Kitty-onee-chan?" The red eyed twin said. 'Yeah! Why were you mean to her?!' I thought in an angry manner. Nightmare looked at me hearing my angry thoughts, probably worried I would choke the girl.
"I told you I can get mean. When I get really angry or upset. Or even if I try to play along I can get carried away." I felt everyone's eyes on me. "Did you do this to her before?" The carrot top asked. I look at him with sad eyes, "Yeah but never this bad. She always forgave me without thinking about it. But I never almost gave a secret away. I was just not thinking about how she felt, or just being rude. She never ran away before. I never . . ." 'That is no excuse! Learn to control it!' She looked down.
"I never . . . I never seen her look so upset. I've never seen her cry! What scares me is that, is that, she-she" She stopped talking and let the sentence trail off. "She always protected me. Always. She stood up for me, helped me, defended me. She did so much and she never asked for anything from me. I just hurt her . . . bad." 'Yeah you did. The look she had on her face. True utter distress and hurt.' I saw the albino bunny man come up and comfort the girl so I took the chance to get up and walk away from her, before I strangle her for her stupidity. 'He probably just saved her life.'
I took the seat between Clair and Nightmare. So far I think I like Katherine and Nightmare most. They seem pretty cool. I sat next to Clair because I should at least give her a chance plus Katherine likes her so she can't be half bad. She is just waaayyyyy to energetic. She also never stopped eating the food. 'She is going to have a serious stomach ache I just know it.' I thought and heard Nightmare chuckle next to me, I gave him a smile. He isn't a half bad dude once you get past the look and act of a seasick pirate. "Hey! I told you I am not a pirate!" 'Oops he read my mind again.'
He looked away with a 'humph' and crossed his arms. I gave a giggle, but a manly one I may be a girl but I ain't no sissy!
"Oh crap." I heard the pastry addicted girl say in a somewhat scared tone. "What?" Peter asked her for all of us as we watched on. She looked at us all seriously, like she would tell us the world would end, "I ate a lot of cake. Now I face the consequences. Tummy ache~." I can't believe I thought she would say something serious, I can't believe I really thought that.
"Kat was really worried about you." I told her suddenly. I know I may sound harsh but she needs to know. I continued on, "She shouted in that foreign tongue. Then said, 'I left Clair with the weirdos!' She grabbed me and ran." Nightmare looked some-what insulted at hearing the weirdo part. 'Hey she is a girl that ended up here surrounded by people dressed differently and is told she is in some weird game can you blame her?' I thought to him. Nightmare seemed to understand but still seemed a little miffed.
She started talking to Peter so I went back to talking with the others. Gray and I found some common ground as well as Ace. We all love weapondry~! 'Ahh weapons so wonderful~ I wonder if Katherine likes weapons? She seemed interested when she gave me mine back and—' My thoughts were cut short when Clair spoke up with a bit of concern in her voice.
"Wait, she was worried about me being alone with a bunch of people, right?" I saw Midnight nod her head yes after a pause. "Well, that pink cat chased after her. And they are alone together with no one else. And Kat isn't in her right mind right now. That pink cat wears pink but is a guy and Kat is a girl. And Kat is part cat now and he is a cat. Should we trust him with her?"
'Oh crap I didn't even think about that when he went after her!' I thought in a worried manner. I looked around to see everyone's expressions, trying to read what they thought of the situation. Trying to figure out if I should go after my new-found friend. The other rabbit eared man, with a strange carrot addiction, looked as if he would kill the cat man but everyone else seemed not too concerned.
"Katherine can protect herself. I may not have known her long but I would trust her with my life. She has enough of a right mind to not let anything waver her decisions." This is true I would trust her with my life, she has already proven that to me, and she seems to have her head on right. And the pink obsessed cat looked like he was truly concerned about her. She told me she had gotten here shortly before me but that cat-dude and carrot top rabbit seem attached to her already.
I felt my eyes widen, 'Are those black rabbit ears on her head? She didn't have those on a minute ago. Well that explains the nickname the twins gave her.' Peter, as I learned his name was, Clair says it often enough, started rubbing her ears gently. 'Hmm looks like someone got attached to her already huh?' I thought to Nightmare seeing him look smugly back to me. Clair blushed so badly it was hilarious!
"Boris brought Kitty-onee-chan back!" I heard the twins holler happily to everyone. "Kat's back?!" Clair yelled in a panic. I look in the direction where I could see Boris walking towards us with Katherine. 'Does she have cat ears and tail?' I saw Nightmare nod his yes to my unspoken question. 'Stupid, but cool, mind-reading powers.' He chuckled at my expense.
When they got closer I see that Boris had his arm around her. He seemed to be guiding her as she was entranced by the object she held in her hands. When they got close Boris tried to get her attention. "See I told you she—" Clair started but I stopped her with a glare. Clair seemed to get the idea to shut up or I would make her shut up.
When Boris stopped walking Katherine kept walking staring at the object entranced by it. Suddenly she tripped and Boris grabbed her shoulders to steady her. That seemed to get her out of her daze. She shook her head slowly to get her mind strait again. She looked at us all, a bit confused. "Oh we are back." She sounded kind of sad but had attempted to smile.
"Thanks Boris for bringing me back." She told Boris and gave him a hug. 'He is blushing, ohhh I am so going to tease him about this.' I thought evilly. I saw her walk to me. "How are you doing so far? Did any of them upset you? Because if they did . . ." She trailed off looking at them all evilly. 'After what happened to her she was still concerned about me? Wow.' I thought happily and touched, she cares so much for someone she just met.
"I am fine; they have all been pleasant enough." I told her. I hugged her before the thought even processed through my mind. I felt her stiffen in my arms; she must be as shocked as I. I felt her wrap her arms around me, returning my hug. 'I feel so warm. I feel so comforted and cared for. It is weird but not in a bad way.' I thought confused but happy.
"I am happy that you are fine." I told her opening my eyes that I did not realize I had closed. She pulled away from my hug and smiled at me. 'I truly feel loved by her. She truly cares for me even though she hasn't known me for a whole day.'
She turned around to face the role holders. 'Oh crap. Something big is about to happen.'
(Okay now before you go on I need to change the Point of view for a while. Back to Kat's pov.)
Kat's pov:
I turned away from my new friend who I already love. She is like the sister I always wanted. I felt my heart sting in my chest. I grip my chest trying to push the hurt away. I took a deep breath and faced the role holders.
"I saw something when Boris tried to bring me back the first time. I got away from him and he followed me and we found something interesting." I open my palm to show the shiny object. The others stared at the object.
"A . . . key?" Elliot, my dear hare, stated in a confused manner. "Yes but this isn't your typical key." I told them staring at the shiny key. 'Shiny . . .' I quickly brought my head up so I wouldn't get entranced again. "What do you mean Kitty-onee-chan?" "This is a skeleton key. A skeleton key is a type of key that is very unique and usuful."
I got confused glances from the others or blank/bored glances from others. "Let me guess, 'Kat be a dear and explain for we are all confused and need your superior brain to explain.'" I gave a sigh before beginning my dictionary like explanation.
"A skeleton key is also known as a passing key. It has been altered and tampered with so it can bypass the wards, or keys, placed in a warded lock. The term 'skeleton key' is more known because it can open any lock, no matter the type. It is referring to the skeletal structure which can get past any and all locks."
I got looks from everyone in front of me. "What? A girl can read up on interests." I looked away from them with crossed arms. "You, young miss, have an interest in 'skeleton keys.'" I heard that stupid, smug Blood say. "Yes I do, old man, I found them interesting. And before you question me further. I read anything I can. Any book, pamphlet, flyer, and poster. The only thing I don't read is magazines I find them extremely boring."
"Anything?" I heard Ace question me. "Okay . . . how about, when was the saxophone invented?" I smirked, 'Ohhh he wants to make a competition out of this. Bring it on pretty boy.'
"The saxophone, also known as the sax, is conical-bore woodwind musical instrument. This single-reed instrument was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846." I looked at him with sparkling eyes. 'I love challenges.' "Anyone else want to test me?"
"When was the carrot cake invented?" This got moans from the group. Elliot looked confused by everyone sounding upset. "Typical Elliot to ask about carrot cake but there is no—" I cut off the annoying Mafioso by speaking.
"carrots have been used in sweet cakes since the medieval time period. During the medieval time sweeteners were scare and extremely expensive. But, carrots happen to contain more sugar than any other vegetable with the exception of the sugar beet. They were also easier to get and were used to make sweet deserts because of this. The origins of the carrot cake are unknown. The popularity of carrot cake was greatly revived in Great Britain, also known as England. This was because of world war II rationing. Carrot cakes first became available in restaurants and cafeterias in the United States in the early 1960s and were at first a novelty item. But, thankfully, so many people liked them that they became a common dessert. It was found out that in the 1970s that the carrot cake was one of the top five desserts. It is also the favorite cake in the United Kingdom."
Everyone stared at me in shock and Elliot looked the most shocked. I noticed Elliot blushing, 'Does he have a fever?' I suddenly was pulled into a hug by the questioner. I just was frozen by the affection. "Uhhh," was all I could say. "How did you know that?" I was not sure who questioned me.
"Elliot could you please put me down so I can answer that question?" Elliot frowned but gently put my back on my feet. I smoothed out my now rumpled clothing and spoke. "One, I told you I read everything, and I mean everything. Two, I love carrot cake. It is one of my favorite desserts. Three, it has a special meaning to me that I won't share just yet." When I said the second reason I was pulled into a hug. I sighed but relented and let the man hug me. Who am I to judge? I am also a hugger so I am not going to be a hypocrite.
"You know, Elliot, I don't think I ever met someone who hugs people more than me before?" I told him, looking up at him with humored eyes. I gave a light giggle at his pink face. "Chicky-bunny" One twin started. "He is not a bunny!" "I am not a rabbit!" We both yelled at the same time yet again. 'Ugh, I think this is going to be a regular occurance.' I saw Nightmare laugh. "Doesn't hug anyone but Onee-chan and you." The other twin ended with an upset pout.
'He doesn't hug anyone but me and Alice? Wow, don't I feel special.' I looked up at Elliot who was bright red and looked down at me embarrassed and loosening his grip to let me go. "Really? I must be special. Thank you Elliot! That makes me so happy to be an exception. It really mean a lot to me!" I hug him quickly and turn around.
"Now if we can go back to the key." I saw everyone nod their heads as if to tell me that I can continue. "This is pure silver. I can tell, it is the same as my ring." I pointed to the ring on my ring finger, on my right hand. "Why do you have that ring, Pretty Kitty?" The overly cheery knight asked me. "A story for another day, knight." I told him with a do-not-ask me-further glare, once again gaining everyone's attention.
"I think that there was a reason for me to see this key. Boris didn't notice it until I pointed it out to him after I got away. And this is no ordinary key. I felt that this was pulling me to it. Calling out to me. It was so weird."
I held up the key for them all to see. It was slightly dirty but still shiny silver. 'Nothing a littler polishing won't fix.' The handle, or bow, made the shape of a heart and was twisted like vines, at the dip was a fully bloomed rose. The blade had the pattern of hearts, spades, diamonds, and clubs going down it. The only teeth, as it was a skeleton key, were at the end. It looked like one of those old fashion keys you would see in a museum.
"What do you think it means?" I asked the role holders.
Skeleton Keys are Awesome
Okay so how was my first attempt at Midnight's pov. And to Midnight's owner. I am so sorry I didn't get to put in the scenes you wanted yet! They are coming up I just wanted to publish this chapter!
I only own Kat. MikuNinja0607 owns Clair. My other friend owns Midnights. I do not own HnKnA.
Gasp! Clair didn't apologize yet! Will she apologize?
Will Kat accept the long awaited apology?
Who will Kat be with?
Where will the foreigners (Kat, Clair, Midnight) choose to live?!
And what will the role holders say about the key?
~Fruity out! Peace!
PS the poll is still up!