It's a list this time guys! Just know that you all are completely awesome.
So thanks to:
BiddyAuthor, Fanfiction Ninja, GreenLiLyz, HorseGirl784, Carles-Ichigo-Desu, MagicalSquaresOfDarkness, Mita, Mint Pockii, RebeccaSaysYay, MidnightxMusic, and last but certainly not least, Azn-Rinny.
Thank you all for continuing to read! To all of you that hung on to the cliffie's, endured the fake confessions, and finally got to the top to see Chase kiss an unconscious Molly...I salute you!
(Oh, and to HorseGirl784 I'll try to keep it a tad bit more toned down but there will be the curse word here and there and suggestive themes ^-^' thanks for still reading although it's not completely clean!)
Also thanks for pointing out mistakes Mita, I'm gonna go back and correct those when I get the chance. Sorry to my readers who got confused because of those little mess ups. How embarrassing XP.
On with the story ^-^
~Molly's POV~
Everyone stared at me and started to laugh.
Well...almost everyone.
Even Wizard was chuckling with his back turned! Chase just stood there, looking as though he had just been given the title of 'Best Chef In The World" as he stared at me.
"What's wrong-" Chase lightly placed his forehead on mine.
"Ch-Ch-Chase?" He was confusing me now. I heard the laughter stop.
"If you ever wander off again I will make you drink out of sippy-cups for the rest of your life!" He said with a slight laugh but his voice sounded relieved and exhausted.
"O-okay Chase..." I bit my lip and my face got hot again.
"What's going on...I don't understand. Why are my lips warm? The last thing I remember is going into Fugue Forest!" I was a little worried.
"It's nothing. Nothing's wrong. You just wandered off and hit your head after you tripped on something in the forest. Witch found you and you're alright now. Just...idiot..." He sighed. I looked at Chase and something kept popping up in my head, like a phrase I heard while I was unconscious.
'Don't you dare wake up during this.' I wonder where it came from.
I swung my feet over the edge of the bed but Chase made me lay back down. Angela stood by me too and eyed me in her motherly manner.
"Don't you get up just yet!" She scolded me and turned to talk to Wizard.
"It's not like I'm physically impaired..." I muttered.
"Well, since you guys are here..." Witch began, sitting on the bed next to me.
"We should discuss this business concerning the bringer and the title she has over this dark sprite she's conjured up. We need to find the object it's tied to." I felt a wave of some unexplained feeling wash over me as an image popped into my head.
"It's...the Watery Cave!"
Everyone turned to me with an inquisitive look.
"What did you...just say?" Wizard asked me seriously.
"I-I remember this thing. I can't exactly recall everything as to how know but I-I remember that there was something on the bottom floor of the Watery Cave, deep down in the water! It was something small...like a necklace maybe..."
"And you're sure about this?" Angela asked me.
"I am." Something started to stir in me and I felt myself shaking.
"I need to go! I need to go right now!" I said urgently, shoving past Chase to get out of the bed. He grabbed my wrist.
"Where?" He asked sternly.
"The cave. I need to check." I told him. Chase gave me a chastising look.
"No, Molly! Wizard, Witch and I will go check it out later and Chase will keep an eye on you!" Angela said and Wizard gave her a look as well. Witch looked from me and Angela in disapproval.
"What do you mean...you'll check it out...?" Wizard's voice was calm but he said it in a very stern and loud way which caught everyone off-guard.
"Exactly! And what did I just tell you about running off!" Chase scolded at me and I flinched slightly but stood my ground.
"We need to end this!" Angela countered.
"I-it does involve us!" I pushed my point.
Chase and Wizard gave both of us unwavering looks meaning they weren't going for it. Chase's eyes were more violent looking than usual and my resolve started to shake.
"Um...or...I...uh." I stammered and Angela took my hand.
"Don't give in Molly! Perseverance!" Angela encouraged me.
"Angela..." Wizard warned and Angela seemed to petrify as she turned to Wizard whose bi-colored hues now seemed equally as violent as Chase's.
"I-I've never seen th-that look before..." She stated cautiously.
"That means that...you should quickly rethink...what you just said..." Now Chase and Wizard were starting to scare me.
"Stop with those looks...you're starting to creep us out." Angela tried saying playfully but I heard her confidence dying down.
"Are you going to enforce anymore, Molly?" Chase asked me and I bit my lip.
"We're gonna go and that's-" Angela started but Wizard sent her a look that I couldn't quite see. Whatever the look was made her gulp and her legs shake.
"O-or we could stay wh-where you can see us?" I suggested and held onto Angela and she clutched onto me in return.
"That's...acceptable..."
"That's what I thought." Wizard and Chase responded.
"Look at you two brutes! Scaring the poor girls, I swear all men are so barbaric!" Witch exclaimed rushing in between our defeat.
"Never the less...I do somewhat agree with them. I'll go and check. If we were to leave you two alone I'm sure at least one of you would go running off somewhere" Witch said haughtily and then flashed a smile at us.
"But if they do anything to bother you just let me know and I'll be the one to deal with them." She whispered and Angela and I both smiled.
"But don't you need us to spot the thing anyways?" Angela suddenly piped up and I suddenly remembered the information she relayed to me from Wizard.
"That's right. Can't it only be seen when two people of pure heart come together?" I questioned.
"Which is exactly why I'm going to perform a spell that will combine your pure hearts, into one!"
"WHAT!" Chase didn't seem too happy about that. Wizard stared at Witch with a questionable expression.
"Calm down! Stop staring at me like that! It won't combine them into one person! Rather, it will be used to combine an essence of them into a person, all their own!" Before anyone could protest in any form, Witch took Angela and I by the hand and lead us to her cauldron.
"Isn't there another potion in there already?" Angela asked.
"There is?" I asked.
"It cleans itself out after I'm done with it, refilling with the best base for potions, Swamp Water!" Witch replied cheerfully.
Chase started to spit and wipe at his tongue rapidly and Angela gave me one of those horrified looks.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"Nothing!" Chase and Angela said at the same time.
Witch pulled out a knife, questionable ingredients, and...two bandages? She began throwing the random ingredients into the pot
"What are the bandages for?" Angela asked.
"Here, I'll show you." Witch smiled and took mine and Angela's right and left hands and held them over the bubbling cauldron.
With a flick of her wrist, the blade swooped and sliced mine and Angela's index fingers, causing the crimson red liquid to spill out into the pot.
"Ow!" We exclaimed, more in surprise than anything else.
Witch then put the bandages on our fingers.
"It's only a cut so don't get so shocked!" Witch scolded but it was in her nice kind of way.
"Are you going to drink that?" Chase asked and Witch made a face.
"No! That would be dirty!" She said in pure disgust.
"I actually need help tipping it over. My magical strength is too weak, unfortunately..." She grumbled.
"Does that mean you can weight train your magical strength?" I asked.
"No, Witches are naturally weaker in lifting magic than wizards. Magic may not judge, but it is sexist." Witch stomped her foot with a grimace and Angela and I laughed quietly.
"Anyways. You!" She pointed to Wizard.
"Tip it over!" She commanded.
"And if I...don't comply...?"
"That spell to take a certain someone-"
"I get it..." He mumbled angrily and lifted his hands.
"What exactly did I miss?" I asked Angela.
"Nothing really. Just various conversations about various things."
"You two might want to back away. You don't want any of this to get on you." Witch said and dragged us over to the side with her.
We watched as Wizard poured the formula all over the floor, the crimson red potion looking much like blood as it spread over the floor. It started to twitch as if it were alive.
"Ew..." Angela murmured.
"What the-" Chase said in surprise and I just stared on in awe as the liquid began to build up on itself.
It began to make a mound that looked much like gelatin and it soon started to change into a different color. At first it was a sort of tan, kind of like mine and Angela's skin, but then it turned into a deeper tan. Witch picked my arm up and looked from me to the ever growing blob.
"Why's the skin changing a different colors than yours and Angela's?" She said with some concern.
"Skin? Do you mean that thing is turning into a human?" Chase asked.
"I think I already made that clear earlier." Witch said but still showing concern towards the things skin color.
The blob then emerged into at least the same height as Chase and Wizard, give or take a few.
"Why is it so much taller too?" Witch's face began to pale.
Smoke began to fill the room and it became like a dense fog that no one could see through. Everyone started to have a bit of a coughing fit, I closed my eyes to block out the hated gas and I heard someone open the door quickly. The smoke filtered out slowly and I heard the slam of the door once enough was out. We all opened our eyes to see a figure of a man standing in the center of us.
"OH NO!" Witch exclaimed with sorrow.
My eyes widened in shock and my face grew hot as I bit my lip and shielded my eyes.
"Oh. Dear. Goddess." Angela said.
"Put some clothes on him!" She completed.
"How did this happen? Why are you a man?" Witch exclaimed and I peeked through my fingers, trying to keep my eyes on the man's face but I noticed that the smoke conveniently lingered around is nether regions *ahem*.
"Don't look!" Angela exclaimed trying to place her hand over my face but I pushed it away.
"Gee, well thanks mom." Witch's creation replied sarcastically.
"How did this happen!" Witch exclaimed again. Chase was thoroughly amused by the outcome and Wizard was smirking.
"Well you see-"
"DISGUSTING! GO PUT SOME CLOTHES ON!" Witch exclaimed
"I don't have clothes." He replied plainly.
Witch waved her hands and some clothes popped up on her bed.
"Change into those and we'll try to figure this out!" She exclaimed and turned to Angela and I.
"This happened because of your blood! I don't know how, but it did." She exclaimed hurriedly.
"Maybe it's because of all the X-chromosomes." Angela offered.
"Maybe he's one of those he-females or something." Chase laughed and the man looked down as the smoke cleared.
"Nope, that's definitely a-"
"SHUT UP! PUT THE STUFF ON!" Witch was livid. All the females in the room turned away abruptly.
"So in the spell..." Witch started as she held a book open and flipped to the page. "It says that you have to use the blood of two people of your choice but I thought it would have been a sure bet to being a girl because of using the blood of two women."
Witch then showed us the page.
"But I never bothered to look at this part of the page which is the disclaimer stating that the gender may vary depending on two things."
I looked closely at the disclaimer and it read:
Variation of gender caused by:
- Sex of an unborn child.
- If the blood donor is in love.
"Molly...do I need to get Kathy, Luke and Calvin over here to question you about this again?" Angela joked and my face went red.
"Sh-shut up!"
"I think it may be your fault though." Angela continued.
"How so?" I asked.
"Cuz you're in love." She whispered and Witch looked at me weirdly.
"So it's true?" She asked. My face went red.
"N-no!"
"You stammered!" Witch accused me and then peered over my shoulder at what I assumed to be at Chase.
"I seriously can't believe that..." She said.
"Change of subject please!" I begged.
"Neither can I! Anyone except for him, right?"
"Please?"
"Isn't that the truth!"
"HEY! He is a good person so don't question it!" I stuck up for him.
"Oh, so she isn't denying it..." Angela said.
"Love at it's purest." Witch agreed.
"Stooooooop!" I whined.
"Okay so what are doing now?" We all turned to see the man dressed and Chase and Wizard standing around boredly.
"How long does the spell last?" Angela asked.
"In technical terms...forever..." Witch said.
"Seriously?" Angela asked.
"I am a real, living, breathing, person now." He relayed.
"Well then shouldn't we give you a name then?" I asked.
Everyone was silent for a second and Witch looked over at a little suitcase that was laying near the foot of her bed. She then took out a random piece of paper, wrote on it, and shoved it in his face.
"Casey? Oh that's original. At least put a 'K' for the first letter instead of 'C'."
"Like it will make a difference." She rolled her eyes.
"You're still a disgusting man that I have to deal with now."
"Aren't you just a bucket of sunshine?" Kasey retorted and Witch glared at him.
"I don't have time for this nonsense." She turned to everyone besides Kasey.
"To my displeasure...I'll be going down into the cave with him to check if the item is there. But I have to prepare first so it would be best if you all got going. The mortals that you know must be going crazy since you've been gone for so long."
My eyes widened at this thought.
'Oh Goddess! Kathy doesn't need to jump to anymore conclusions!'
"This isn't good..." I groaned and Chase looked at me.
"What's wrong?"
"Kathy..." I sighed as we started walking away from Witch's house.
As we exited the forest, we ran into a couple of people standing on Moon Hill. Luke and Selena being two that immediately spotted us. Luke ran over.
"Hey, did you have fun exploring that cave you found?" He asked and I picked up on everyone else's excuse for going to Witch's house quickly.
"Yeah...it was fun." I replied.
"Hey." Selena greeted us.
"Um...hi?" Angela replied.
"I don't think we've met yet. I'm Selena. I'm the dancer for the Brass Bar."
"Oh, I'm Angela, Molly's sister."
"Oh yeah, you're house is all done, barn and all, Master!" Luke laughed.
Angela slapped a hand on his shoulder.
"That'll do pig...that'll do." She imitated her favorite quote from the movie Babe and Luke thought it was the funniest thing in the world.
"So were you two just getting ready to leave these two lovebirds alone?" Luke asked Angela and Wizard.
"What are you talking about?" Chase asked.
"I'd like to ask that too." I said.
"One, tonight is the Moon Viewing Festival. Two, Chase and Molly are a-" Selena slapped a hand over his mouth
"Sorry, Luke is a bit of a big mouth but I'm sure you knew that already." She laughed and dragged him away with a smile.
"The Moon Viewing Festival...huh?" Chase said.
"Wow...I must have been out cold for a while." I remarked.
"You really don't remember what happened before you blacked out?" Chase looked at me warily.
"Uh...no...I'm sorry...I keep getting one picture in my mind though..."
"What's that?"
My face went into a distinct shade of red and I looked away from him only to be faced with Angela and Wizard.
"OH! The Moon Festival you say? Well, Wizard, why don't you and I just go...over there!" Angela said, trying to give me some privacy with Chase...which is actually the last thing I wanted!
"Ang-" I started but Angela had already dragged Wizard away with her.
"Molly?" Chase snapped my attention back to him. I looked at him warily.
"What did you see?"
"...Food." I said plainly.
"Food?"
"Food. Tasty food..." I lied.
"Really? Are you hungry?"
My stomach growled. For once in my life, I was happy to go eat something.
"Yes! Now I want to eat that tasty food I thought of." I said and started to stiffly walk away.
"What food was that?" Chase asked me, suspicion dripping from his voice.
"I think it was something Yolanda made." I said as Chase now joined me in walking to Harmonica Town.
~Kasey's POV~
"So we're here...what do we do?" I asked her witchiness.
"Well you have to scope out the area. Tell me if you find anything." She said.
"Okay...there's nothing here to search but the water."
"Oh, so you do have a brain!" She sounded ecstatic.
"I'm going to ignore that...wait...WHAT! I have to look in the water?"
"And now I'm questioning if you have a brain again..." She conjured up a chair and sat in it.
"I can't breath under water! How can I search in it if I can't breathe?"
She flicked a pill into my mouth and I felt my lungs begin to change a little.
"Now you can for three days straight, so stop whining and start searching." I guess I was the passive type because I dropped the conversation and began to pull my shirt and pants off.
"W-what are you doing you imbecile?" She shrieked and I turned to her.
"Getting ready to dive into cold waters...why?"
"Uggggh! Just...jump in already!" She screeched and I, again, shrugged and dove into the water.
Well...I'm sure that things are gonna be resolved pretty soon here sooooooo...review and show me some of that feed back that I love so much.
You guys are great for waiting. I'm already thinking of the next chapter so you won't have to wait for too long! Yay!