Say 'Yay!' for chapter 3 guys! Okay, so what's it been, like a friggin' month since I updated this? Pretty much. I apologise, but I was sorting out what I'm going to do with this chapter, and indeed story. Do not fret though, I finally know what I shall do :) Anyway, this chapter introduces Sophia 'Fia' Fujihara, an OC of mine based almost entirely on my best friend sunshinedasies (or Sophia, as I like to call her). So, I hope you enjoy this chapter and welcome my new OC!
Disclaimer: I don't own Dento/Cilan from Pokemon, Harry Potter, or indeed Yu-Gi-Oh! I just use the characters for my (and your) entertainment :)
I sat cross-legged on my bed, letting the sun spill onto the masterpiece before me. Well, if you could call it that.
My drawing was one of Dento from Pokémon, and I was proud of it, even if he looked a little too curvy to be male. Smirking and closing my sketch-book, I hopped off my bed and slipped my shoes on, before rushing to the stairs and sliding down the banister, a trick Joey taught me.
CRASH!
Unfortunately, I needed to work on the landings.
"Carlin? What are you doing?"I heard my aunt call. Dammit, she heard me fall.
"Oh, nothing!"I called sheepishly, standing and brushing myself down. "I'm going down to the village, Marik said he'd bring water balloons!"
"Fine, but if you'll end up soaked if Yami throws one at you. He's got a very accurate aim!"
"Oookay... Bye!"
With that information, I bolted out of the door and into the sunlight. Today wasn't as hot as yesterday or the day before, but it was still shorts-and-a-t-shirt weather. I was actually coming to terms with the heat a little too, although when it frazzled my hair and dried my skin, I didn't thank it. As I approached the village, I noticed Joey standing with a girl a little smaller than me, laughing while she got annoyed. He leaned closer to her and said something, something that caused her to hit him in the back of the head with a large book she was holding. He fell to the ground and twitched a little in shock while the girl dusted her book off. She had curly blonde hair that fell to her shoulder-blade and turquoise eyes that still showed strong annoyance.
"Hey, didja have to hit me like dat?"Joey groaned, raising his head from the gravel. "Dat hurt!"
"Good."the girl answered. "You deserved it."
My lips curved into a smile at the sight of Joey returning to his feet, muttering curses and God knows what else at the girl, who chose to ignore him.
"Hey Joey!"I called, walking over. "What'd you do this time?"
"Carlin! I didn't do anythin'!"he whined, seeing as I was taking the side of the stranger.
"Saying that Harry Potter is a pile of crap is not nothing!"the girl interjected, glaring at the New Yorker again. He huffed and I raised my eyebrows.
"Sorry Joey, but I agree. Harry Potter is amazing."
"Aw, come on! I was only kiddin'!"he reasoned, looking between me and the blonde girl. Both of us kept our poker faces. Sighing, he turned and began walking toward the centre of the town.
"I'm goin' to meet Yami and Marik. Don't be too long or you'll miss the fun! You can come along too if ya want Fia!"he called, before disappearing in the small crowd that was forming. Shaking my head and turning to the other girl, I noticed the book in her hands. The front cover read:
The Harry Potter Encyclopedia~ By Sophia Fujihara
Harry Potter Encyclopedia? Since when was there one?
"So, you're the Carlin I know about."
I snapped my head up, a large and painful crack emanating from my neck as I did, and looked at the girl. Rubbing my neck and wincing slightly, I asked,
"Yeah... How d'you know about me?"
"I know many things..."
Right about now, she was starting to really freak me out. That was until she said,
"About Harry Potter! Joey told me all about you! I bet you thought I was a real weirdo just then!"
She laughed at my confused face and held a hand out,
"I'm Sophia Fujihara, but that's Fia to you!"
So she was the one writing the encyclopedia...
I shook her hand and introduced myself more thoroughly, completely forgetting about going to meet Joey and the others. I inquired more into the book in her hands, and she said that she was the biggest (and proudest) Harry Potter nerd in the village, although she wanted the title of 'Biggest in Japan' and then 'Biggest in the World' later on. With no-one else to talk to about Harry Potter (at least, not in the village), she began writing the Harry Potter Encyclopedia, to share her knowledge with the paper, and hoped to one day get it published, therefore sharing her knowledge with the world. I was intrigued, being a big HP fan myself, and before we knew it, we were having an enormous discussion, including everything, from which Weasley twin was better, to which Death Eater was the least evil. Our talk came to an end after about 45 minutes, with the sound of the clock-tower bells ringing, signalling 11 o'clock.
"Crap. Frick. Dammit. Shoot."the vulgarity kept pouring from my mouth as I remembered telling everyone I'd be there by 10:30.
"Sophia, I've really gotta go. Now. Oh God, they're gonna kill me..."I muttered as I began to walk to the meeting place, not noticing Sophia starting to follow me. When I did realise, I sent her a questioning look and asked,
"What are you doing? Becoming my stalker?"
She smirked and shook her head, her frizzy curls bouncing off her face and shoulders.
"Joey said I could come if I wanted to, so I think I will. I don't trust that lot with you, 'specially not Marik. He hasn't tried flirting with you, has he?"
I raised my eyebrows and nodded.
"How come you're the one looking after me? How old are you anyway?"
"16."
She chuckled at my defeated face as we kept walking. Damn, how could she be older? She looked way younger! As we entered the village square, she said one last thing to me,
"By the way, I told you, call me Fia."
~YGO!~
"Where the frig have you been? We've been waiting for half an hour!"
Yes Marik, I'm well aware of that. No need to tell the entire town though.
"Yeah, did you two start talkin' 'bout Harry Potter?"Joey questioned. Both me and Sophia exchanged sceptical glances, before nodding.
"Why don't we start what we came here to do, rather than argue over something that's past us?"
Spoken like a true Philosopher, Yami.
After, Marik grinned and put a bucket down in front of him, full to the brim with water balloons. The rules were simple. Throw them at each other. Should they hit someone not involved in the game, deal with the consequences as they come.
Sophia placed her book on one of the tables of a nearby café, alongside Yami's pyramid pendant to keep them dry, while the rest of us took three balloons each and waited for Yami to start the game. Once we were all positioned, it was as simple as,
"3! 2! 1! Game start!"
Immediately I jumped out of the way of a balloon thrown by Marik, chucking one back that also missed. Yami was in the process of aiming a balloon at Marik's head, while Joey and Sophia were at close range, both already soaked with water and reaching for their next firing loads. Suddenly, two rushes of water hit the back of my head as both Yami and Marik threw their last balloons at me. Spinning around, grinning like a psycho maniac, I launched my remaining two balloons at them, both barely hitting as they scarpered. Marik's hair was damp, and my attack left him with a big wet patch on his bottom, while the back of Yami's black tank top was considerably darker than the rest, and my balloon had soaked the shins of his (leather?) pants. The fun continued for what felt like forever, becoming only more exciting when we discovered Marik had filled some of the balloons with mustard. It was humorous to say that we discovered the mustard-balloons when Marik himself was hit with one, leaving him covered in the yellow liquid. By the time we were down to the last few balloons, the only one to have not been covered in mustard was Yami, who lived up to his reputation as a skilled balloon thrower/dodger. I was amazed though, that we had not hit anyone with the balloons. Sure, Joey almost hit a young boy, who temporarily joined the game until his mother called him back to her side, but all we managed to do was gather a large crowd to watch. I daresay I felt like an utter moron running around with mustard dripping from my hair, but that was better than Marik and Sophia. Her curls were a mess of hair and mustard, quite the disturbing sight, while Marik was like a mustard monster. Almost completely covered in it, save for his face, he took no shame in smearing it deeper into his clothes and body. A sudden high pitched laugh from the crowd alerted me to turn around. Fluffy white hair caught my attention, and I immediately knew who was watching. Giggling uncontrollably from the front of the crowd was Ryou, an upturned hand trying to mask his laughs. I waved and laughed with him, before spotting the perfect target for my last balloon in Yami. Standing near a section of the crowd, showing off his dripping body to a group of hysteric 5 year-olds, he seemed unaware of anything else. Pulling my arm back and aiming for that smug face of his, I launched and smiled with anticipation, crossing my fingers for luck.
Stupid luck.
Yami turned his head ever so slightly, just enough to see the purple balloon out of the corner of his eye and swiftly moved his head, dodging the thing by a whole 3 inches. I growled in irritation, although that was all soon forgotten as the balloon hit a member of the crowd. Not in the face, but right in the neck and chest. My eyes widened and I completely froze as the man's face turned sour. It was then I realised that this was the blue-haired man who had helped Ryou when Kuroi kicked him. His father maybe?
The crowd sensed the bad atmosphere and began disbanding, everyone going back to doing their own thing. The man walked forward, so we were facing each other. Joey, Sophia, Yami and Marik lined up behind me. Ryou ran across and grabbed onto the man's arm, looking up to him with pleading puppy-dog eyes.
"Father, that was an accident! Don't get mad at her! She didn't mean to do that!"Ryou begged the man, but he stayed cold and serious. How could he deny those eyes?
"Yeah, I'm sorry, it was just an accide-"
"You were at the ranch yesterday, with Ryou. I thought you would be an okay girl, but if you're hanging around with these hooligans (indicating Joey, Marik and Yami), you can't be that great. All of you, stay away from my son."
With that, he turned on heel and began walking back in the direction of the ranch. Ryou stood, mouth open and not sure what to say.
"Come on Ryou!"
"Y-yes Father!"he squeaked, sending us apologetic looks and running after him. None of us spoke as we watched them walk away, son a few feet behind father. Five minutes later, we were all still stood there, motionless as the town moved around us. I had hoped to befriend and get to know Ryou. Now, that was gonna get a whole lot harder...
Hehe, there I go with my superior writing skills again. Now, lets see if anyone noticed,
'Game start'-a reference to Season 0. Yami always says that before starting the Shadow Game :)
And some other things,
Dento drawing-based off a real drawing I did of him. He looked perfect, just too curvy to be of the male species.
Fia's Harry Potter obsession-a real trait of the person she's based on. I don't think she's written an encyclopedia, but she could.
Anyway, I'm glad I've gotten this posted. I go on holiday to Germany tomorrow, and don't come back until Sunday next week (I think). Believe me, if I hand't posted this now, I'd be real agitated all throughout the holiday XD Anyway, I hope you like the chapter, please review and lemme know what you think, and I'll be sure to read them when we find internet! ^_^
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