Hello again people I start this chapter as soon as I finish the last cause that's just how I roll ^-^
Willis: you waited 3 weeks :I
me: oswari
Willis: *falls* damn it stop doing that its getting old!
Me: for you perhaps… oswari
Willis: *falls* damn it…
Me: any whoo here's the next chapter… all you inuyasha fans out there may have gotten the title name from last time
Chapter 5: Secret of the Ginger Vick
The morning came fast as Vick lazily got out of bed. She felt rather weak and flimsy. She walked out to the kitchen yawning quite loudly.
"Good morning Roxy… sleep well?" She asked with a stretch. The raccoon turned to her friend with a glass of juice in her hand. The glass fell as Roxy gave a gasp. Vick easily caught it in her hand. "Dude! What's wrong?" Vick panicked as much as her mobian friend.
"W-who are you?" stammered Roxy.
"Whatdya mean Rox?" Vick cocked her head. "I know you went through a lot and all but that doesn't mean you can forget about me over night… it's me… Vick? Remember? The girl that rescued you?"
"V-Vick?" the raccoon settled. "What… what happened to your hair?" she pointed. "And you're missing your ears and tails…" Vick looked at her oddly.
"Huh? You feelin alright Rox?" she reached up to scratch her large ear, only to scratch at air. Confused, she pulled her hand down to her head and searched for her ears. Panicking she ran to a mirror and gasped ever so slightly when she saw what was there.
There, in the mirror, stood a girl about Vick's height, her hair a fiery orange, her skin pale and full of darker flecks. What really shocked her was her right eye. It was now a very bright yellow that clashed with her blue left.
"W-what... what happened to me!" her eyes grew wide with panic as she yanked on her hair hoping this was a weird dream. "Ouch!" she tugged on something else, something rather round that seemed to lead to a hole in her head. "Are these… my ears?" she tugged some more as Roxy watched, unsure of what to do.
"Vick… it's ok…" the raccoon rubbed her panicking friend's back. Just then, the spikey blue hero of Vick's past was in the door way, appearing out of nowhere, and biting crudely into an apple from Vick's supply. Startled by the crunch of the apple, Roxy turned to the hedgehog and slightly hid behind Vick.
"Mornin'Vi-...oh um hi there… is Vick home?" he asked cluelessly. Vick paused, and then banged her head on the wall for a little bit. Sonic merely watched her in wonder. Why is this girl banging her head on the wall…? he thought.
"Sonic… I am Vick…" said Vick, slightly sobbing with frustration.
"… No way… Vick has… these HUGE ears," Sonic motioned large ears. "And… these two tails," he motioned her two tails. "Vick also has blonde hair… and defiantly doesn't have a yellow eye…"
"I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED OK!" she burst, which surprised everyone including herself. She quickly grabbed her mouth in shock that she had yelled. She had never actually yelled at one of her friends like that before. Especially not Sonic. "I'm... I'm sorry!" she fled back into the bedroom in shame, tears of embarrassment trailing behind her.
"Vick wait!" Roxy chased after her in worry. Sonic pondered whether or not he should try to make Vick feel better. He just went over and looked at Vick's sketch book to see what was new.
Meanwhile… somewhere near the base of Angel Island
"Willis! Kamme! Come on dudes wait up!" cried a familiar bobcat.
"Move your tail slow poke!" called Kamme, who was waiting with the long haired half demon boy for his brother. The boy sat like a common dog and scratched his ears with his foot. "Do you have to scratch your head like that?" asked the green bobcat, irritated.
"Why does it bug you?" asked Willis curiously.
"Yeah it does actually…"
"Good that means I can enjoy doing it even more" he gave a smirk and continued to scratch his ear. The blue bobcat pushed his way through the brush, panting.
"Hey guys… can we… take break…?" he gasped.
"No way were already losing daylight just waiting for you…" yakked Kamme.
"Look we can either take a break for five minutes… or…" Emmak began to take off his tattered burlap glove, one finger at a time. "We can take a break for however long it takes you to wake up…" Kamme called his brothers bluff and crossed his arms in defiance. Willis stood there watching them, waiting to see who would break first, the bobcat… or the bobcat. Finally he decided to intervene.
"Hey hey hey! Knock it off you morons!" thinking fast Willis grabbed them by the shirt collars and banged their heads together lightly by his standards.
"OW!" cried Kamme.
"OW! Watch the scar man!" cried Emmak as he held his forehead. A few days ago he had gotten a scar on his forehead while the "idiot brigade" was hunting for treasure at the bottom of a chasm. He had dropped from a clinging branch and hit his fore head on a rock.
He checked to make sure his scar hadn't reopened. But it had broken open a little bit and left a mark on Kamme's head that matched the X shape of Emmak's scar. "Aw nuts… Willis you hit my scar…" Emmak took out some gauze and wrapped it around his head.
"Ah don't be a bab-" Kamme stopped as blood from Emmak's scar was on his hand, and thinking it was his own, he fainted and fell over. The two boys still conscious face-palmed at his hypocrisy. Emmak put his glove back on and began to drag his brother to their destination of the base of Angel Island. Willis led on like a hound dog in a fox hunt.
Quickly, and with Kamme on his back, Willis scaled up the rope with ease to the floating isle. Emmak followed after, though struggling, his burlap gloves did help him grip.
At the top waited an echidna with a bright red pelt and an attitude to match. He stood there with his arms crossed. Behind him shone a giant green emerald, known as the master emerald, which kept the island in the sky. The echidna opened his eyes as the boys approached him, ready to strike, but then lowered his fist at the sight of them.
"Oh it's you guys… what's up?" he said, seeing that their faces spelled victory. Emmak shook his brother violently trying to wake him up.
"Well we defiantly found old stuff Knuckles…" said Willis as he pulled a satchel out from his puffy sleeve. "Coolest ruins ever man…wish ya coulda seen it…" he handed the bag over to Knuckles, who then rummaged through their treasures.
"Nice find guys! Chalices, bangles and… what's this?" in confusion the echidna pulled out a very old musical looking instrument.
"It's like a flute thing. Watch," Willis took the instrument, as Knuckles handed in to him, and blew into it crudely. It gave a large cloud of dust as well as a toot note E over high C. the group coughed due to the dust, turning into a laugh of enjoyment. "Ha-ha see?" Willis gave a smirk. He put their things away back into Willis' sleeve.
"There was another thing we found but I think it's better to show you in a more… private place…" said Kamme, who had awoken to the flute, as his ears moved around listening for spies.
Back at the Treehouse
"Come on Vick… you have to come out sometime…" coaxed Sonic from outside the door. Vick had locked it and was opening the roof to fly away. Up she jumped, only to fall back down hard with a small snap that her human ears could not here.
"Oh come on! I can't even fly anymore!" she cried with frustration. In despair, the young, now human, girl slumped to her knees and held her head. "I'm… I'm human…. Why am I suddenly human…" she moved her wrist ever so slightly. "OW! What the?"
"Vick if you don't open the door I'm gonna spindash it down…" bluffed the hedgehog trying to get her out. A pause between them stood. Vick unlocked the door and came out with a confused and pained expression glued onto her face. "It's alright Vick we'll fix this. I promise."
"Sonic… I can't fly… and my wrist hurts…" Her face was struck with sadness and grief.
"Here let me see Vick," concerned, Roxy gently took Vick's wrist. Vick winced with pain as the raccoon's fingers moved gently across the pained area, checking for abnormalities. "Well no wonder it hurts… you broke your wrist Vick…" she explained.
"Broke?" Vick cocked her head to the side. "Do I need a new one?" She had never "broken" anything before, aside from a few of Eggman's things.
"No silly it just needs to heal…" Roxy giggled slightly at Vick's curious face. "Erm… Sonic was it? Do you mind getting some splints and bandages for he-" however, being as fast as he was, Sonic had already gotten them. "Wow you ARE fast…" Roxy had to admit she was impressed. She bandaged Vick's wrist tight so the splints would not slip.
"Yeah that's kinda my thing…" smirked the hedgehog. Vick waved her arm, unable to bend her wrist, and frowned.
"Now I can't move my hand…"
"You're not supposed to… you have to give it time to heal…" Roxy rubbed Vick's head.
"Sonic! Where'd you go?" cried a young awkward voice from outside.
"Oh yeah, Vick, I want you to meet someone." The hedgehog walked over to the doorway. "Over here Tails!" he yelled, as a young yellow fox came into view and landed on the porch. "Tails this is Vick, Vick meet Tails."
"Nice to meet you," Tails' voice sounded young and cute to Vick's, now human, ears. "Though you don't look how Sonic said you did…" at the moment he was right.
"Yeah were still trying to figure out what's up with that…" said Sonic, still befuddled at what was wrong with his half breed friend. Quite suddenly and out of nowhere, a box appeared on Vick's chair. "Hey where'd that come from?" he went over to the box. It looked like a birthday present of some sort. "There's a label on it… 'to the birthday half breed girl, from ~N' …. Who's N?"
"My birthday was last week…" Vick took the box and studied every which angle of it. "Should I open it?" no one answered, so without waiting she unwrapped the box carefully and awkwardly with her broken wrist. Her new backpack helped out by cutting the box open for her. Inside there was a letter on top of a lot of tissue paper.
Gently, she picked out the letter and began to dig in the box, pulling out a pair of yellow and blue large 80's bangles, a set of large silver aviator goggles, a silky, midnight blue cloak with a gold trim and stars, and a book that was titled "Simple Spells for Beginners." She took the letter, opened it and began to read it aloud.
"'Dear Vick, I suppose you're wondering who I am… Well you'll find out in time, you just need to know I am a friend not a foe.' … what's a foe?" she asked curiously.
"It means an enemy… like eggman." explained Roxy.
"Oh… 'The bangles are necessary for you to wear, they go around your wrist. Make sure you NEVER take them off… as you get older your strength will increase, that's the reason you are currently human at the moment. Your strength is so great right now that your body needs to "power down" in order to keep you from losing control.'" she continued. "'The other stuff is less of a seriously needed gift. But they aren't just accessories. The cloak is "enchanted" which means there is a magick spell cast upon it. It will protect you from harm, especially when you are human like now so you may want to keep it.' … huh… that's nice of… who ever this guy is…" said Vick as she put on the cloak.
"Magick? Like hocus pocus and all that?" questioned sonic, skeptical of the letters words.
"Well it looks comfy any way… what else does it say Vick?" Roxy was intrigued and on the edge of her seat as if the letter was a good book. Vick turned over the letter and there was even more explaining.
"'The cloak can turn you invisible, double as a parachute, and keep you warm or cool in intense weather conditions… moving on, the goggles belonged to your grandfather, they have his knowledge of flight tactics and aerial maneuvers. Wear them with pride and may you gain his knowledge….'" Vick put the goggles on as well, they felt… right to her. "'and the book… well its sorta self-explanatory, your family is well known for magickal abilities. Learn well and you'll be able to help your friends even when you're human. That's all until next year… happy birthday kiddo, sincerely ~N…. PS. you'll be back to normal by sunset… don't worry…'"
"Weird… who's this N person…" Sonic questioned unsure if Vick should wear her "gifts."
"I… don't know… but I feel like I can trust them… whoever they are…" she twirled around with her new cloak swaying along with her. "any way how do I look?" the gift had obviously cheered her up enough to forget she was human.
"Like little red riding hood but blue" laughed Sonic. This caused everyone to laugh along. Another box appeared where the first had. "another one?"
Vick went to open the other box. Inside there was a belt with six white and red little balls and a card case full of cards on it, and a few large eggs that reminded Sonic of Easter. The cards had strange little creatures on it. She passed them to the others to see. A ball on her belt wiggled out of its place and fell off onto the ground. It rolled between Vick's feet. This little ball had a little lightning bolt symbol on it, they all looked at in curiously.
Me: Yes I finally finished it after like… a year XDDD
Roxy: phew… what a rush… a lot happened today XD
Me: no kidding…
Roxy: OH Vick it's time to be all mysterious, dbz ending and all that…
Me: orite XD *ehem* what is making this mysterious little ball move? Who is this N that knows so much about Vick? Will Vick really return to normal ever again? What did the idiot brigade find on that exploration? WHY am I asking you all this? All this and more will be answered… next time on dragon ba- oops wrong show~ XD next time on Sonic Worlds Redux! "monsters in the treehouse!"