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WOOOT! Another chapter done :D
Sorry for the wait, writers block came back to visit and I just got done with one of my summer classes.
Thank you soooooo much Ai-Sama for all of your help ^_^
And thank you to all of you who are reading/faving/reviewing my story.
Ok, I know I have forgotten to put this on the last few chapters, so…
***Disclaimer*** I do NOT own these characters, if I did… well let's just say that life would be more interesting. ;)
Italicized are thoughts.
Bold Italicized are spells.
*Update as of 7/19 - I was informed of some edits that needed to be made.
Chapter 6
- Ezra - village gate -
Alfred ran toward Gilbert to attack him, but the baby chick jumped up into his face and started to peck him. He backed down and jumped away.
"Nice job, Gilbird!" yelled Gilbert.
"Hey, ya know, it is easy to take out such a lil thing like that, right?" Alfred questioned.
"Well, he maybe little now, but not for long!" Gilbert responded and began to laugh.
"Huh?" Alfred shot a confused look at the self-proclaimed 'AWESOME' hunter.
Then suddenly, the chick started to chirp loudly and jump up and down. A glowing yellow-magic circle appeared underneath it and it began to grow.
"WHOA!" Alfred yelled as he looks up at the chick that is now as tall as the nearby buildings.
The chick chirps, loudly.
- Ezra - outskirts -
Can it be…him. After all of this time. Arthur began to look around for the owner of the voice only to still find nothing. About to pursue this further, Arthur is stopped by a loud sound coming from the other side of the village. When he turned, Arthur found himself seeing, over many of the houses, a very, very large baby chick. What in the… Arthur began to think as he started to run in the direction of the creature.
- Ezra - village gate -
Alfred bounced off one of the buildings in order to get high enough to try to kick Gilbird and knock it off balance. Just as he almost reaches it, the chick brings up one of its wings and swats him away, almost like he was a bothersome fly.
Alfred flips around and is able to land on his feet. With unwavering confidence in his voice, Alfred comes back with, "Hey, is that all ya got, chicky? !"
Gilbert laughed, loudly, in return, "HA! Not even close, shorty! Gilbird! Squash him like the little, not-as-awesome-as-me, bug that he is!"
Gilbird chirped a confirmation, and started to run towards Alfred, pecking him whenever it got close enough to him.
Luckily, for Alfred, he was able to run or jump out of the chick's path before it got to him. "Oh, PLEASE! Like that huge thing is gonna catch me! I have way better moves and I'm totally way faster than it!"
The pattern of running, attacking, and dodging continued for a few more minutes. Rounding one of the corners, Arthur finally came in to see the fight, if one would call it that. Arthur is then stopped in his tracks and looks on at the fight with a dumbfounded look. Is he fighting a chicken? was the only thought that was able to process through his mind. After a moment in his stupor, Arthur started to look around and sees near the village gate Gilbert. OH, bloody hell, he is here too? !
It was at this same moment that Gilbert noticed Arthur and shouted, "Hey, well if it isn't my drinking partner! Have you come to help me get my AWESOME title back? Or would you really think about helping that lil vamp, huh, Tinker Bell?"
Stomping closer to Gilbert, Arthur was about to retort with some profanities, but stopped when Alfred glomped his mid-section, nearly knocking him over. "Artie, you're back! Where did you go? Did you get lost? Why didn't you follow me? Hey, are you here to help me? Do you know that man? He was talking to you as if he knew you. Do you know why he says that he is awesome?" Alfred asked, words going almost too fast to understand.
"Oy, one question at a time! But before that, let's deal with this idiot first." Arthur said to Alfred. Then turning to Gilbert, "You're the one who placed the sleeping spell on this village, correct?"
"Why, yes I am. We aren't supposed to use magic in front of the normal folk so I just put them to sleep." Gilbert replied. "Now are you going to be standing in my way of getting my AWESOME title back, or will you be a good boy and not interfere?"
"As much as I would love to see Alfred get his arse handed to himself, I can't let you hurt him. I need his help with this mission." Arthur said.
"Oh well, suit yourself." And with that Gilbert begins to chant, another yellow magic circle appears underneath him. "I call on earth to bind my spell; air to speed is travel well; bright as fire shall it glow; deep as tide of water flow…"
Alfred begins to charge towards Gilbert but is stopped by Gilbird pecking at him again.
Before Arthur was able to start a counter spell, but Gilbert was able to finish with, "count the elements four-fold; in the fifth the spell shall hold; no harm nor return to cause on me; as I do will, so mote it be," leaving Arthur stunned and unable to move.
Alfred looks back at Arthur, "Hey are ya ok?"
"No! I'm not ok. I can't move…" Arthur tried to say through his gritting teeth.
Alfred then started to run towards Arthur to help but Gilbird was preventing him from doing so. "Get out of my way!" He shouted and then he runs over to the buildings behind him and runs up the walls a little in order to help him jump high enough to reach Gilbird's head. Bringing his fist back, Alfred punches the chick and it crashes down to the ground.
"AHHH! NO! GILBIRD!" Yelled the Albino man, as he rushes over to his pet bird, who is now shrinking down to is natural size due to its unconscious state. "You will pay for this, mini-vamp!"
About to prepare for another spell, Gilbert is then hit with a large gust of wind and blown into the front gate of the village.
"That is what you get for immobilizing me, you twit!" Arthur says in a huff.
"ARTIE! You're free! And that was so COOL! He just totally went whoosh and bang in to the wall." Alfred exclaimed, while laughing a little and coming up towards Arthur. "Ya gotta teach me that spell! PLEASE!"
"Maybe later, right now we have an idiot to take care of." Arthur calmly replied.
"OW! Damn you! That HURT!" Gilbert yelled at the top of his lungs. Wobbly, he gets up and tries to steady himself before preparing to launch a counter attack.
"Alfred, I want you to distract Gilbert. I need a minute to chant a spell that will, hopefully, stop him. Can you do that?" asked Arthur. "Don't let him complete another spell.
Nodding his head vigorously, Alfred exclaimed, "No problem!" With that Alfred went straight for Gilbert, while Arthur gathered his strength. Arthur closes his eyes and begins to recite the spell's chant.
Alfred gets within a few feet of where Gilbert is, when he hears, "RAPIER!" and a silver sword appears within the albino's hand. Alfred avoided many of the swings that went his way. Backing up a little bit, he tried to sprint and get behind Gilbert but instead he received a deep cut on his leg by the sword.
"AHH, ow!" Alfred shouted, wincing in pain, and backing away.
"HA! Serves you right for challenging the awesome me!" Gilbert gloated.
Hearing the commotion, Arthur opened his eyes a little to see the little vampire and his leg bleeding. Alfred, Arthur thought, with a little concern, but he continued his chant. I need to finish it quickly.
Glaring at Gilbert and breathing a little heavily, Alfred shouted, "HEY! That hurt, ya jerk!"
Laughing manically, Gilbert yelled back, "Well, that's what you get for trying to steal my title! And I know that pure silver does quite a bit of damage to monsters like you, let's hope you last long enough to see me beat your partner."
"Whatever, dude. You will never be able to beat Arthur; he's too stubborn to be beaten by the likes of you. Of course, ya still need to get past me first!" Alfred exclaimed, as he was still trying to catch his breath.
Gilbert scoffed, and said "Tinker Bell over there? ! HA! Don't make me laugh! He may be good, but not as Awesome as me!"
With Gilbert in a rant, he didn't notice that Arthur had finished his spell. "For the last time, my name is not TINKER BELL! RAIN GALE!" and with that a storm of water and wind came down on Gilbert.
Not being able to move fast enough, Gilbert got caught in a watery tornado. Being lifted into the air, all Gilbert could do was scream, "AHHHHHHHHHHH!" After a minute, the spell wore off, letting go of Gilbert in midair. Coming down hard, the impact had rendered him unconscious.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Arthur thought, Finally. Walking over to the unconscious hunter, Arthur started chanting another spell. Ropes started to appear around Gilbert, wrapping around him securely.
Picking up the little chick, Alfred limped over to where Arthur was. "Did ya get him?" he asked, panting a little.
"Yes. Now all I have to do is send them back to headquarters. Let the superiors take care of them." Moving back a bit, he started chanting, "To to a different place I now refer, At the look of my face you now deter. Whether dark or light, Day or night. I banish thee from my sight." With that a light green circle appeared under Gilbert. After a moment he disappeared.
Before the circle closed, Alfred chucked Gilbird into the circle, making him disappear as well. Finally, too tired to stand because of his injured leg, Alfred sat down on the ground with a groan.
Hearing the groan, Arthur turned around to see Alfred on the dirt ground, complexion very pale, almost a grey color, with blood oozing from his leg. Walking up to him quickly, Arthur bent down and asked, "Are you alright?"
Giving him a crooked smile, Alfred said, "Yeah." trying not to wince he continued, "Oh man. I totally forgot how painful silver could be."
Guilt ridden, Arthur put his hands on the cut and started chanting, "The gods and goddesses from above; Hear my plea; My skin or bones; Have wrath unknown; Make the hatred and pain that burn so much; They will no longer succeed." Seeing that the cut wasn't completely healed, Arthur stated in bewilderment, "I don't understand! Why didn't it work?"
Alfred just gave him a look that read 'Are-you-stupid'. Just sighing, he explained, "Silver affects vampires, almost like it does werewolves. It won't heal like normal, for me. It will take a lot of time. Unfortunately, it will scar. And me being cursed doesn't help either."
"Alright then," Arthur mumbled, and with that he became silent and started to search through the many pockets. "There it is…" grabbing his first aid kit, he pulled it out.
"WHOA! How'd you do that? !" exclaimed Alfred.
Oh. Give me strength. Arthur thought, as he shook his head with a sigh. "My coat is charmed, so I can hold many things within it."
"OH! Way cool!" Alfred smiled.
Praying for patience, Arthur just said, "Ok, now sit still while I bandage you up."
"WHA! NO! I don't wanna look like a mummy!" whined Alfred.
With a slight eye twitch, Arthur sighed again. Is he really a centuries old vampire or a baby? he thought. Clenching his teeth, he countered, "Just hold still! And be quiet for a moment!" you little brat! Was left unsaid, but hung in the air.
Just huffing, Alfred crossed his arms and said, "Fine." and looked away from Arthur, as to not to see the hurt in his eyes.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, Arthur had seen the flash of hurt in Alfred's eyes. Feeling guiltier, Arthur swallowed his pride and mumbled, "I'm sorry." while wrapping his leg.
"What was that? I didn't quite hear you." Alfred asked sarcastically, still not looking at Arthur.
Swallowing again, Arthur said, a little louder, "I'm sorry."
Smirking now, Alfred asked, "Say that again. I couldn't quite hear you."
"I'M SORRY, YOU TWIT!" shouted Arthur.
Turning back around, Alfred had a big smile on his face. Jumping on Arthur, Alfred hugged him tightly, and exclaimed, "You're forgiven!"
"Ok. Ok. Get off me." mumbled Arthur, blushing a little. After a second Alfred let go. Standing up, after a second of hesitation, Arthur held out his hand to Alfred to take.
Eyes widening a little bit, Alfred grabbed the offered hand.
Pulling up the small, injured vampire, Arthur let go, after making sure Alfred wouldn't topple over.
"Thank you." said Alfred, smile in place.
Just nodding, Arthur said, "Now. I need to remove the spell that idiot hunter put over the town." Pulling out his star wand, Arthur started chanting, "What is dark be filled with light, remove this spell from my sight." Beneath his feet, his light green magic circle appeared. Out of the circle ribbons of light started shooting out around the village. After a couple of seconds the village started to come to life. With all the lights fading, the magic circle vanished with a flash of light. "There. Now, let's head back to the Inn, and start asking questions." said Arthur. With that he started to walk back to where the Inn was, but seeing as Alfred wasn't with him, he looked back to see him limping his way after him. Sighing a little, Arthur went back to where Alfred was. Without thinking, Arthur picked him up, and held him in one arm.
"Hey! What are you doing? ! I can walk you know!" shouted Alfred.
"You're taking too long." was all Arthur said. With that they both headed back towards the Inn to start their investigation.
Ok, I'm will be starting on the next chapter soon. It might take me a bit because of my last summer class; finals for it are next week.
Please read and review. Just don't call Arthur "Tinker Bell" or else he might come after you with his wand. LOL :D