Alec raced back to the castle where his grandfather was pacing back and forth in his large beastly form. He had been waiting for Alec for a very long time and he was fuming!
"THERE YOU ARE!" snapped Terence.
"Hey Grandpa! You won't believe what…"
"DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I'VE WAITED FOR YOU?!"
"Oh, I'm sorry about that! I was…."
"Sorry?! Just sorry?! That's all you have to say for yourself Alec?!" He snarled, now stomping over to him where they were almost nose to nose.
"But I am sorry. I didn't mean to…"
"You just left without telling anyone! ANYONE!"
"I would have told you but…"
"But what?!" Terence snapped, seemingly growing angrier with each passing second. Now Alec began to get angry too and his neck hair began to stand in anger.
"LET ME FINISH A SENTENCE!" Alec snapped.
"DON'T YOU SPEAK TO ME THAT WAY!" Terence hissed.
"IF YOU WANT ME TO APOLOGIZE THEN YOU NEED TO LET ME FINISH!" Alec yelled.
"You can't possibly have anything important to say about running off without telling me!" Terence growled menacingly.
Finally, Alec had enough. He turned tail and began storming back to the castle.
"And where do you think you're going?!" Terence roared, now running in front of him and cutting Alec off.
"Leave me alone!" Alec responded, his eyes narrowing.
"Don't you dare take that tone with me Alec; you are already in deep enough trouble."
"You know what?! I give up! I've had enough!" Alec snapped, now walking past him and back towards the castle.
"Had enough of what?!" Terence said, now walking closely behind him, feeling that he may have gone too far.
"I'm done with this training! This whole idea learning to be a beast! I'm getting the first taxi back home!" Alec snorted, now turning his back on him and walking into the castle. Terence's mouth dropped open in shock.
"Alec! Alec come back here!" Terence gasped, now horrified that his grandson was now willing to give up everything after he trained so hard!
But Alec wasn't listening. The minute he opened the door, he raced up to his room on all fours. What he didn't see was the fairy servant looking at him in concern. She quickly flew after him and saw him slam his door shut and it sounded like he locked it too.
"Master Alec! Master Alec open up!" Celia pleaded, now gently knocking on the door. With his good hearing, he could hear the fairy knocking.
"Please just leave me alone, Celia!" He said angrily.
"Master Alec come now, open up!" Celia pleaded.
"No!" He said, now getting on the bed and burying himself under the covers. "I am leaving this place first thing in the morning!"
"Master Alec you can't!" Celia gasped. She shrunk to a small size and stuck her head through the keyhole.
"Yes I can! This whole thing is a mess and I wish I never came here!"
"What happened?"
"Nothing!"
"Please talk to me Master Alec! I want to help!"
"I'm fine! It will all be better when I'm gone and you all will be much happier!"
"Master Alec, surely you can't mean this! You can't just leave!" She said, now sticking her upper body through the key hole.
"Yes I can! In fact, I will start packing in a few minutes!"
"Alec, please listen to me! You can't just leave us! We love you and we want you to stay!" Celia said, now pulling her lower half through the keyhole.
But Alec was already gone.
Alec was running through the woods back to Lucinda and Meadow's house.
"Hey, big guy."
Alec stopped and looked up. There was Lucinda, she flew down on the ground. "What happened? I heard roaring back at the castle!"
"It was my grandpa." Alec huffed. "He got all upset just because I went out here to see you." He blinked. "Wait a minute, where were you anyway? I went to your house but you were nowhere to be found!"
"I'm sorry, Alec. I was doing some grocery shopping." Lucinda said. "Meadow told me what happened." She smiled. "You've certainly makes an impression on her."
"Yeah, too bad my grandpa isn't as cool as you guys." Alec said. He sighed. "I hate this whole beast thing..."
Lucinda stroked Alec's mane. "It's okay, Al. Tonight we'll start what we talked about." She handed him a piece of paper. "This is an enchanted map that with show you where we need to meet. Be there a half hour before midnight. We'll take care of this beast problem once and for all."
"Thanks, Lucinda." Alec said. "You're a real friend."
"Always happy to help." Lucinda leaned close to Alec. "You wanna steal a kiss from me?"
Without thinking, Alec stuck his tongue out and licked Lucinda's cheek.
"AAAH!" Alec backed away, covering his mouth. "Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry! I don't know what got into me!" He growled in annoyance and embarrassment.
Lucinda chuckled as she's wiped the drool off her face. "It's alright. It's just your beast instincts."
"Well, I can't wait for tonight. My problems will finally be over." Alec put the map in his pocket. "See ya, Lucinda." He took off.
"Bye!" Lucinda waved.
Alec retreated back to the castle. He entered and the first thing to greet him was his angry grandfather marching towards him.
Sneering, Alec waited for the worst. But what he didn't expect was the elderly beast to wrap his big arms around him in a hug.
"I'm sorry, Alec." Terence said softly. "I was just so worried about you when you left without my knowing." He hugged him tighter. "I love you like a son, Alec. I can't imagine what would happen if something happened to you."
Completely caught off-guard, Alec spoke after a moment of silence. "Uh, I understand, grandpa."
Terence smiled and ruffled the boy beast's hair. "Good. Now, let's go to the dining room for some grub! Celia's making her famous turkey with hoemmade gravy!" He slurped his tongue across his drooling mouth.
Ellie can even sliding down the stair banister. "With Cheetos on the side?!" Her eyes wide with wonderous hunger.
"Yes, Ellie." Terence chuckled. "With Cheetos on the side."
Terence and Ellie raced to the dining room, leaving Alec alone to ponder.
He remembered the map Lucinda gave him. And he remembered how much Terence and Ellie love him.
Determination filled Alec's person. He knew what he had to do tonight.
To guestsurprise: Hope you like it! We'll talk about the next chapter later. Right now, we can talk about other stories!
For our next project, I say we do a story where Rachel and Sasha are spending a night at Jocu's castle because the Grant Mansion is being fumigated.
But the girls get lost and become afraid. Their fear awakens the various feathery objects in the castle who chase and tickle the girls. They run all over the place and end up being trapped in a room that tickles them silly!
But...I'm not sure where they get tickled in. Or what things tickle them. So...you can seen me your half and a list of what tickles them and where!