Disclaimer: I don't own Howls moving castle.
"Calcifer, Where is Sophie?"
"She's in her room. Don't you dare wake her or do anything to her, she's worked her butt off today and I think she's still in shock so she is asleep."
"Since when do you care soo much for stranger's Calcifer?"
"Since when that stranger cleaned your pigsty and left wood in easy distance for me to eat."
Howl crossed the room to Sophie's door and popped his head round. Asleep on the bed was one for the most beautiful girls he had ever seen. He hadn't realised just how good looking Sophie was until she was asleep and not fuming at him. Not his normal vain peacocks, which he usually picked up but from what he had seen and experienced she was different. Strong and confident with a good amount of fight in her, she was unusual and perfect. Howl closed the door and silently planned about what to do next to win over his angel in the next room.
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The smell of food slowly wafted through to Sophie, she must have been asleep for a good few hours. She raised her head sleepily and looked around, "Where am I? This isn't my room." She then heard Howl and Markl in the next room and it hit her she wasn't at home anymore, she wasn't even in the same time or world. It finally hit her, she was in a strange situation with even stranger people and a possibility that she may never go home, not that there was very much waiting for her back there but nether the less her family would miss her, wouldn't they? Sophie was startled out of her ponderings by a soft knock on the door.
"Sophie dinners ready, do you want some?"
"I will be out in a moment Markl."
Sophie went towards the dresser in her room and had a look at herself before she left the room. She had been lying on the bed in such a way that she had lines down the side of her cheek, imprints from a combination of the duvet, pillow and her jacket, she looked a mess. She rubbed her cheek to try remove some of the marks. In the end it just resulted in her getting very red cheeks. She finally gave up with the thought that it didn't really matter what she looked like as she was not trying to impress anybody. She left the room with her head held high.
As Sophie entered the room Markl and Howl both had to chock back a laugh. The sight of Sophie was hilarious, not only was her face covered in lines, but the hair as the back of her head was sticking out all over the place.
"What are you two sniggering at? Have you not experienced the joy of waking up with lines on your face? You both are a couple of idiots." Sophie although she had tried to convince herself that it didn't matter was now highly embarrassed and turned back towards the bedroom.
"Sophie we're sorry please come back. Honestly you look adorable with your hair all mussed up and lines marking your face through sleep."
"You jerk."
"Ok, Ok I'm sorry come and have some tea with us; we promise not to laugh at you."
"I'm not hungry."
"Oh I beg to differ, now come and sit down! you have to eat something after working so hard on this place."
Again Sophie's actions weren't entirely her own and she was drawn towards the table where Howl and Markl were dinning.
"Hey, you can't do this! It's my body I should be allowed to move it by myself. I said I wasn't hungry."
"Yes, I heard you, but you are just being childish. Since you are acting like a child I am going to have to treat you like a child, I will look after you and feed you." Said Howl "I will also dress and undress you if needed." Howl thought to himself savouring the images he was creating in his mind.
"I AM NOT A CHILD, I'M 21."
"Temper, temper now we can't be having that, come to Howl he will make you smile again."
Sophie found herself moving and sitting in a chair just in front of Howl. Howl placed his hands on her shoulders and started to gently give her a massage. Against her better judgement Sophie found herself leaning into Howls touch and sighing under his ministrations. While he was doing this Howl magically sorted Sophie's hair, removed the lines from her face and changed her clothing, all without Sophie noticing. She was now in something more fitting to Howls world. Sophie seemed to be calming by the second.
"See now it's not as bad as you think, have a look!"
Howl produced a mirror and placed it into Sophie's hand. She noticed that her face and hair were sorted and was thankful for that, but she was still was annoyed by the fact that Howl was treating her like a child. Upon putting down the mirror on the table she noticed that her sleeves weren't the same colour as before.
"What have you done? Where are my clothes?" Sophie jumped up from the chair looking down at herself and the dress she was now in.
"Calm down my dear I have given you a new set of clothes, as your old ones are all dirty and horrible. Do they not please you?"
"No I want my old ones back, and how did you change my clothes without me noticing."
"Magic my dear, and no you cannot have your clothes back at the moment." He sat down on the chair the Sophie had just been in and pulled her onto his lap while she was looking down at herself.
"LET ME GO!"
"Shhhhh, shhhhh Sophie now eat."
Sophie tried to wriggle free from Howl's lap but found that she was firmly held in place.
"Howl let me go."
"No now stop wriggling and eat something!" Howl placed some food in her mouth and waited for her to chew and then put some more food in her mouth once she swallowed. During this time Markl had left the room quietly leaving Sophie and Howl by themselves. After the first bite of food, Sophie was overwhelmed with the taste that she completely forgot to struggle, savouring each bite that was offered to her. "Now my dear don't you feel better?"
"MMmmmm." Sophie replied.
"Sophie I would like to thank you personally for cleaning up in here and I would like to offer you my promise to keep you safe while you are in my world. Now I think its time for you to go to sleep, it's been a big day for you." Sophie's eyes were already drooping from the laced words and the warm comfortable feeling which was enveloping her. "That's it just go to sleep there is nothing to worry about my angel, I will keep you safe from harm."
Sophie was now asleep and her head was on Howls shoulder. He was soo happy and content to have her there that he didn't move and fell asleep on the chair with her in his lap. Tomorrow was a new day and he would deal with Sophie's anger at her sleeping on his lap all night tonight he would be close to his new angel.
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Well what do you think? I don't know if I'm staying in character. Please leave a review, is there any direction you would like to see the story going in? Thanks for all the reviews that I have already got.