Ashley gave a loud groan. "Are you kidding me?!"
The ginger man smirked, resting his arm on his leg as he held his head in his hand. "Nope."
She looked up at the sky, raising her arms. "Why do you hate me?!" She asked loudly. When she received no answer, she groaned and looked at the ginger. "Okay, fine, fine, you wanna help me out? Go away- check on my little bro, Zach for me. He's at my old house, in the room that's facing the big tree in the backyard. Keep him safe."
Ginger held up his arms defensively with that same, shit-eating grin. "Hey, come on now, what's with all the unnecessary hate? You don't even know me!"
"DON'T FUCKING LIE." She shot back, pointing at him. "You've been stalking me since I was sixteen! Trying to shoot me with your stupid bow! You're worse than a delinquent, you're a freaking attempted murderer!"
"I was not trying to shoot you-"
"YES YOU WERE!" She all but yelled. He must've thought that she was a complete idiot, or something!
Ginger laughed. "Okay, maybe I was. But I was only to trying to help you..."
"BY KILLING ME?!" She screamed exasperatedly, making various hand gestures. Some of which were very... rude.
"I wasn't trying to kill you, I was just trying to get you." The ginger defended.
Jack, North, and Bunny all stepped forward when they heard that, and they did not look happy. As a matter of fact, they almost looked as unhappy as Ashley was. Which was a hell of a lot...
"Vhat?!" North roared, "You have tried to harm our Ashvey?! You must go! Ve do not vant you!" North picked her up, much to her surprise, and placed her on one of his massive shoulders before pulling out one of his swords. She knew she was supposed to be mad, but the fact that North was Santa, and he had swords was just... amazing.
"Santa has swords," Ashley said to herself slowly, "That is so awesome..."
"Well, you're stuck with me," The ginger said with a smirk, "I volunteered to protect her, and that's what I'm gonna do."
"Shove off, ya bloody clacker!" Bunny said darkly. "Don't come a gutser and try to hang about, or you'll regret it."
Jack nodded and glared daggers at the older man. "It'd be best if you left. Forever."
The ginger still had that stupid smirk on his face and he stood up. "Maybe it'd clear some things up if I introduced myself. I'm Eros, the spirit of love. Basically, I'm cupid."
"So you were trying to make me fall in love, you bitch?!" She asked angrily, eye twitching. Maybe that wasn't as bad as trying to kill her, but it still pissed her off. She would be in the middle of a store, just hanging with a bro, when all of the sudden, she would see the flash of ginger hair and a golden arrow before ducking and rolling to avoid getting hit! No one else ever seemed to notice the bright and shiny golden arrow sticking out of the wall, so people had thought, and still think that she's a nut job!
"What's wrong with love?!" Eros defended.
"Love is for the weak!" She scowled. "I don't do that crap! And you made people think I'm flipping nuts!"
Eros laughed and leaned against the rail. "People already think that, remember? And you only say that because you haven't experienced love, yet! But you will, I promise you will... You've managed to evade me for some years, but I'll getcha. One way, or another..."
She gave the ginger an unamused look and hopped down from North's shoulder before walking towards him, trident ready to pierce. "Is that a threat...? You threatening me, boy? You wanna go?!"
"How cute," Eros chuckled. He sat up and leaned closer with a smirk. "Depends on where we're goin', sweetheart... My place, or yours?"
Yeah, uh... Ashley isn't always the brightest penny in the purse... She didn't understand what he had meant by that, and she faltered, cocking her head to the side. "Wait, what...?"
His smirk grew. "I'm asking you where you wanna have sex."
Everyone around her froze in shock. Her face turned bright red, and she held out her trident like she was staving off a killer beast as she quickly backed away. She kind of wanted to ask what in the hell was wrong with him, but she didn't. And as it turns out, she didn't need to. Of all the people who had her back, she was not expecting Jack Frost.
"What's wrong with you?!" The winter spirit asked angrily, "You don't just say stuff like that! Would you just go away?!" He looked over at the dumbstruck Ashley and put his hand on her shoulder. "You want someone to check on Zach? I'll do it. I was starting to worry about him, anyways."
She started to nod, only to stop suddenly and shake her head. "Wait, no, I'll do it. I should be able to get him to see me, and all the other things, and I want to do that. Thanks, though."
"I can take you." Eros jumped up, hanging his bow over his shoulder with an excited grin. When he was balanced, wings shot out of his back. Everyone froze at the sight of the huge wings. They were the same colour as his hair, and about ten to fifteen feet wide. And god, Ashley wanted to touch them...
She had started to reach out towards his wings, almost in a daze, but remembered who this was and quickly withdrew her hand, shaking her head vigorously.
"Fuck you." She said simply. "You're wings are cool, but you aren't. I hope you have a terrible day." She gave a mock bow before turning to the Guardians. "I'm gonna go check on Zach. You guys go on ahead without me. I... I'd like to have a bit of time and try to figure all this crap out... Well, really it's mainly just that I want to go see Zach, but I want that other thing, too."
"That's going to take you days if you walk," Eros reasoned, "Let me fly you there. It won't take long."
Ashley narrowed her eyes and opened her mouth to tell him to screw off, but Jack beat her to the punch.
"Uh, no." Jack told him sourly, "If anything, I'll fly her there."
The ginger raised an eyebrow to the teen's challenge, but stopped, only to get a big grin. "Oooh, protective, are we..?" He chuckled and nodded. "Well, good. She's gonna need that when things come to the worst. Makes my job easier, too... But I think it would be best if I took her. Gotta earn her trust and what not."
She deadpanned at the ginger. "Bitch, shut up. You lost all chances of that happening when you shot at my face."
He grinned at her. "But I can get it back..."
"No," She said slowly, like she was talking to a baby, "You can't. Now, I'm gonna go. And you're gonna stay. Right there..."
She started to walk away, but Eros, the bastard, blocked her way with one of her wings. The more he kept her from getting to her baby, the more frustrated and exasperated she got. "Just let me take you." The ginger told her.
She inhaled deeply, praying for whatever mysterious entity up there for patience before tangling her fingers in her hair and tugging. "You're stubborn, I'll give you that..."
Jack rolled his eyes and gave the ginger man a look. "How about, instead of bugging her, you let her decide what she wants to do for herself...?"
Eros nodded and clapped his hands together. "You're quite right." He turned to Ashley. "Would you want me,or the kid to take you?"
Jack protested as Ashley gave the winged-man a blank look. Wow... That had escalating quickly... "Uh..." She stuttered, "I uh... I-I guess... I guess if I had to go with someone, I'd go with Frost... He's done it once, horrifying as it was, and he didn't drop me or anything..."
Jack gave a short, victorious laugh as he put his arm around her shoulder and brought her closer, flashing the pouting ginger a smug smirk.
Wait... was Jack actually gonna take her there? She hadn't meant it like that! She didn't want to fly at all, shit!
"Wait, wait, wait, I thought that I was just settling a rivalry, I don't actually wanna fly," She yelped, freezing up as she raised her arms defensively. "I can just walk- I don't wanna fly! I-I-I'm scared for my life, flying is precarious! I don't wanna do this!"
"Too late!" Jack laughed at her as his (and her) feet slowly lifted from the ground. Her eyes widened, and she shrunk down, clutching the teen around the chest as they got higher and higher, and she began panicking. She managed to catch Bunny's sympathetic look before North picked the rabbit by the scruff of the neck, and Bunny's face soon mirrored hers, before going out of sight.
"Oh God Oh God Oh God," She choked out as they flew over the trees, "Danger! Danger! Death! I'm dying! I am so dying!"
Jack's laugh rang pierced the air as the wind led him to Burgess, Pennsylvania. "Come on, flying isn't that bad," The teen told her with a grin, "It's fun!"
"It's dangerous," She strainedly told him between clenched teeth, "And I am very frightened."
Jack raised an eyebrow and glanced down to where the young woman was clutching him, almost as pale as him. He cocked his head to the side. "Why are you talking like that...?"
"Because if I don't, I'm gonna make stupid sounds," She grunted into his hoodie, squeezing her eyes shut as much as she could. "And I don't like makin' stupid sounds. When I make stupid sounds, I'm a lot more liable to get more scared, and I'm trying really hard to stay calm."
Jack hummed, and glanced up at the dark clouds above him, before getting an idea and smiling to himself at his own ingenious. "Hey, keep your eyes closed." He told her. Ashley didn't say anything, but she nodded into his hoodie, which was good enough for him.
The wind led him up, through the clouds. He leaned back, so that she was resting against his chest instead of dangling in the air, and put a hand behind his head as they glided through the sky.
"Okay," the winter spirit told her with a big smile, "Open your eyes, and look up."
Now, you've gotta remember, Ashley was very frightened at the time. It took a lot to convince herself to open her eyes. Really, the main thing that got her to do it, was that Jack had sounded so excited when he had told her to open her eyes. It reminded her of Zach, and that in itself was reason enough to her. When her brother used that voice, she knew that he was trying to do something to make her happy or to relax her. When someone asked you to do something in that voice, man, you do it.
She peeked up, only to double take and have her jaw drop. "Woah..."
They were above the dark and gloomy clouds. Stars painted the sky, and the moon, getting ever closer to being full, seemed to smile at her. The moon was so bright that when she dared to peek down, the clouds seemed to glow. She could practically hear the dramatic music in the background as she grinned to herself. As horrifying as it was, Ashley realized, being up so high from the ground granted some killer sights. It was damn beautiful...
Jack smiled at her. "Yeah, see? It isn't all that bad when you've got such a great view, right?"
Ashley looked between Jack and the moon before shrugging and lightly, playfully headbutting his chest. "Yeah, I guess so..."
"You guess?"
"I know," She corrected with a scoff, "You ass. You were right, I was wrong... Are you content, now?"
He gave a cheeky grin. "Nope. Maybe if you gave me something, I would be. Like... you could make me some more hot chocolate when we get to Zach!"
"How about I give you a fat lip, Frost?" She asked sarcastically.
Jack laughed. "You wouldn't do that..."
She scoffed and raised an eyebrow at the teen. "You seem awfully sure of that. What makes you think I won't? Do you think you're special or something? That I like you...?"
He shrugged one shoulder, watching her carefully for her reaction as he spoke slowly. "Well, yeah, actually. That, and I might accidentally drop you if you were to do that..."
At the mention of being dropped, Ashley swallowed thickly and gave a nervous laugh as she unconsciously tightened her hold on his hoodie. "Hot chocolate, you said? You got it, babe. Once I get to Zach, and things slow down a bit, I'll make you some."
Jack threw his head back and laughed. "Somehow, I knew you'd say something like that!"
Ashley scowled, but didn't retort, even though she wanted to. It was really hard, being the bigger man, but she did it. Mostly because she was worried that if she didn't, Jack would end up dropping her. So, she stayed quiet for once, and settled with glaring at the moon.
They continued like that for a while, gliding through the sky that got steadily brighter as the minutes ticked by. They weren't going as fast as Jack would have liked, but Ashley wasn't frozen with fear this way, so the winter spirit didn't mind it as much as he normally would.
The young woman tore her eyes away from the sky and glanced at the teen, who was surprisingly calm. "Hey, Frost, are you always this cold...?"
Jack gave a dry, almost mocking smile and nodded. "Yep. I can only cool things down. Sorry..." His whole mood deflated, but he tried to hide it by avoiding her eyes and looking up at the sky. As slow as she sometimes is, Ashley definitely caught it... She quickly decided that she didn't like to see the winter spirit so solemn, and figured that she should cheer him up.
She shrugged her shoulders as much as she dared, being up so high, and gave him a grin. "Don't apologize, Frost... You can't help it, and, between you and me... It feels pretty good. I'm always a tad bit too hot, and it feels pretty damn great to me. Can't say the same for anyone else, but I sure don't mind it..."
Jack's eyes widened a bit. "Wait, I... Really...? It doesn't bother you?"
"Not really," She admitted. "I can act like it bugs me, if you want..."
"No, no, no!" He quickly protested, "I was just... surprised."
Ashley chuckled and nodded. "Yeah, I know. I was just playing. Chill out, Frosty." Did you catch what she did there...? She told the spirit of winter to chill, and...
Oh, never mind...
Jack quickly averted his eyes and smiled giddily at the moon. Ashley watched him curiously, cocking her head to the side. She had never gotten a chance to really look at the teen, so she was drinking it in.
His white hair seemed to glow in the moonlight, and his blue eyes had an almost luminescent light to them. His cheeks were actually kind of blotchy, and he had very faint freckles, despite being so pale. Which, by the way, was probably why she had never noticed it before. He had salt and pepper eyebrows, and his hair was awfully messy, too, but... It kind of suited him, actually.
"You would have made a damn good-looking man, Frost," She mused quietly. Said teen choked on unspoken words, and she could have been wrong, but she swore his cheeks looked a little redder than before.
"I, uh..." Jack stuttered, clearing his throat after his voice cracked. "You... You think so?"
She smirked. "Yep. I do, indeed."
He stuttered some more, and Ashley laughed at him. He finally stopped trying to talk back, and settled with just shutting his mouth. She raised an eyebrow at the teen, and he just stuck his tongue out like a kid would. She scoffed and lightly headbutted his chest, only to keep her head down because, well... She was freaking tired, man. She figured now was as good a time as any for a nap...
"If you ever tell anyone I said this, I'll deny it, but..." Ashley mumbled, "You actually aren't that horrible, Frosty."
He gave a short laugh. "Thanks... I guess you aren't that bad, either."
"That bad?" She snorted, stifling a yawn. "Dude, don't lie, I'm freaking fantastic..."
She heard him scoff before zoning out and quickly falling asleep.
Jack called her name a few times before realizing she had fallen asleep. For a few seconds, he thought about pulling a prank on the dozing girl, but quickly abandoned the thought. The past few days have been really... Not good, to put it lightly. He figured that she deserved a few minutes of sleep, at the least.
Not only that, but with her asleep, he could start going faster. The wind pushed him with more force, and he glanced down at the sleeping girl.
"Huh..." He mused to himself quietly, "She actually almost looks peaceful for once..."
When Ashley woke up again, she momentarily forgot where she was and let go of Jack to stretch.
Luckily for her, they were only a few feet above the ground...
She flinched when she landed on her arse again, letting out a low string or curses as she rolled onto her side, shielding her eyes from the sun. "Where am I...?" She croaked.
"You're at Zach's school. He should be leaving for recess any minute now..."
Looking up at the smirking teen, she grumbled quietly and sat up. She started to push herself up, but stopped halfway up and gave him a dubious look. "When did we get here?!"
They were on the edge of the playground. Which was basically just a big plot of land with a swing set and a bright red slide.
"Like half an hour ago," He told her as his feet planted on the ground, and a small burst of wind slapped her in the face. He reached his hand down to help her up, but she lightly smacked it away and staggered up with a yawn.
Ashley rubbed her eyes and started to ask how long it was until recess started, but the recess bell rung before she could ask. Oh... Well, there was her answer. She picked her trident up from the ground and leaned towards the school, waiting to catch a glimpse of her baby.
Her heart began fluttering around in her chest, and as the milliseconds ticked by, a grin crossed her face. By the time the first kid ran out the door, she was practically bouncing in place. "God, I can't wait to see him," She breathed excitedly, "I'm gonna squeeze the freaking life out of him, and I ain't lettin' go, man..."
Jack laughed at the excited girl as more and more kids poured out the double doors. Ashley gave a low whine of impatience as her stomach began bouncing around more and more.
She finally caught sight of the boy, and she practically squealed in excitement, turning to Jack Frost and picking him up by the collar of his hoodie before hugging him really quickly. She dropped him and spun around once before going back to bouncing in place with a goofy grin on her face. She kind of reminded Jack of an excited puppy...
Zach walked with crutches, slowly, and with his shoulders slumped over and face staring at the ground, but Ashley didn't mention it because she knew that would change soon.
Finally, she decided the time was right and she started making her way over, only to stop a few meters away.
"You gonna go back in your corner and cry to yourself?" A child's voice rang out. Ashley frowned.
A boy that was a few inches taller than Zach walked over. He had light brown hair that was slicked into a faux-hawk. He pushed Zach's shoulder, and a spark of anger ran through Ashley. It wasn't very hard, but it still made her mad.
"Just leave me alone." Zach mumbled.
The boy frowned. "Look, man... I'm sorry about your sister, but you've gotta stop this. We need our defender back... You were the fastest runner out of all of us, and... Well, we miss you. You never talked much, but you were still apart of the team."
"Well you're not getting him back," Zach sniffled. "Because I... I just can't."
The boy looked sad for a few seconds, before scowling and shoving Zach to the ground. "Being sad isn't going to bring your sister back!" The boy kicked him once. Not even all that hard, but it was enough to make Ashley madder than she had ever been.
The anger was red-hot, and started in her belly. It reared up like a bear would, and exploded in every limb, every string of muscle, every vein in her body. Ashley forgot herself, so lost in her anger, and didn't even notice the... changes, that partook.
Ashley stormed over and loomed over the boy, nostrils flaring...
Except, it wasn't quite... her.
A huge bear-a polar bear-with a scarred face and sliced ear snorted in the taller boy's face. All the children in the playground had frozen at the sight. The bear reared up, easily surpassing eleven feet, and roared in the boy's face, who screamed like a little girl before running, as did many of the closest children.
Zach was pale as the great bear turned to him. It breathed in his face, and the young boy fell over with wide eyes, frozen with fear. The bear crooned and leaned it's massive head down, very gently and tenderly nuzzling the top of the boy's head, wrapping a massive paw around him protectively.
The bear looked down at the boy, only to flinch. Zach was looking at her with... terror. Did her face really get that messed up...? North lied to her... And the more she looked at Zach, the more it kind of crushed her entire soul...
"Ashley!" Jack Frost whisper-yelled as he appeared next to the bear. "Are you still mentally you, or...?"
The bear looked over at the teen, cocking its head to the side, giving the winter spirit a confused and questioning look with surprisingly expressive brown eyes.
Jack grimaced and leapt at the bear, wrapping his arms around its middle as best as he could before summoning the strongest winds he could muster, and lifting both him and (just barely) the bear into the thick forest, while the bear protested loudly, fearfully.
A group of children, stopped their panic, to gape at Jack Frost as he dragged the bear up into the air.
Just as the bear disappeared into the tops of the trees, several teachers burst through the doors to see the panicking children, and Zach, who was still sitting on the ground in shock. One of the teachers ran over, and lifted the boy up by his arms, asking what had just happened.
"That-that bear..." The young boy choked out, "That bear was... It seemed familiar, somehow..."
"What are you doing?!" Ashley roared at the teen. Said teen grinned weakly from the ground, gasping for breath.
"Sorry," He wheezed. "I don't speak bear..."
"What?!" Ashley asked bewilderedly, "Are you high?!What are you talking about-bear?!"
Jack still didn't understand her, but he figured he caught the gist of what she had tried to say. "Look at your hands..."
As confused and angry as the girl was, the winter spirit looked really exhausted, and she didn't like kicking people while they were down, both physically and vocally. So, against her better judgement, she looked down at her hands.
Except, they weren't hands... They were paws. Massive paws with long, sharp claws at the end of five furry fingers. And well...
She screamed. Or, she would have, if she weren't a bear, but she was so... She made a panicked roar instead, as she bounced around and spun to catch a glimpse of a white, furry butt.
"What is this?!" She cried out, "How did this happen?! HOW DO I TURN BACK?!"
She paused to take a breath before continuing. "I'm a freaking bear! What do I do to turn back-do I-do I have to pull some voodoo crap?! Do I need a Ouija board or something?! Maybe some holy water?!"
Jack grinned at her from the ground. "Nope," He choked out, "You don't need holy water..."
She turned to him and waved her arms around frantically. "Then what do I need?! I don't want to be a bear forever!"
"You won't."
"How do you know that?! Are you a wizard?! Can you see the future?! NO! You can't! So you don't know nothin'!"
"You're right, I don't," He laughed weakly. "But from the looks of it, you don't know nothing, either..."
She glared at him. "What is that supposed to mean?!"
"Look down."
Ashley faltered. "Oh..." She looked from her hands to Jack, then back at her hands. "Where's my trident...?"
"Over there, where you started off."
She looked over, only to nod. "Ah. There it is. Thanks, Eros."
As she was walking over, it hit her. She jumped up and turned to face the smug ginger, who grinned and gave a two-fingered salute as his wings folded against his back. "Hey there."
She sighed and slapped her palm to her forehead. "I should've known," She muttered, "No one ever let's me off easy." She continued on her way to her trident, and brushed some dead leaves off of it as she lifted it up.
Eros shrugged and grinned, only to look over to Jack and frown. "Your friend isn't looking too hot..."
"Ha ha ha, you're a comedy genius," Jack coughed, sitting up with a grimace. "Of course I don't... I just lifted a half-ton bear..."
Ashley flinched and walked over, crouching down. "Damn, I'm sorry..." She put her hand on his shoulder. "I... Are you okay...?"
Jack laughed weakly. "I don't know yet... My body isn't done cursing me out, yet..."
She shrunk down and gave him a guilty look. "I'm really sorry, bud."
"S'okay." He grunted, "You didn't even know you were a bear, did you...?"
Shaking her head, she frowned. "No... I-that explains why he was looking at me like that..." She grimaced and made a feeble attempt to reach for her chest, only to stop and drop her hand, letting it dangle in the air. "That... That kind of messed me up, but... I-I should be worrying about you. Do you want me to carry you...?"
"NO." Jack said quickly, letting his head fall back. "Just... give me a minute. You are not carrying me..."
Eros walked over, and kneeled down with Ashley. He looked from Ashley to Jack, back to Ashley, then to Jack again. "Okay, so you aren't gonna be carried... Would you ride a bear?"
Both Ashley and Jack gave the spirit of love a bewildered look.
"Say what?!"
"A bear?!"
Eros smirked and nodded. Jack and Ashley looked from Eros to each other...
And so...
That's why, a few minutes later, Jack was riding on the back of a massive polar bear, holding his staff in one hand while the other was buried in the soft, white, and thick fur.
Jack rolled his shoulders and leaned forward, laying his chest against the bear's back. "This is really comfortable..."
"Don't get used to it..." Ashley told him as she padded along besides Eros, who had refused to leave. "This isn't becoming a regular thing, even if you are skinny and weigh pretty much nothing. Don't want people to think I'm actually starting to tolerate you..."
Jack grinned as he ran his fingers through her fur, which felt surprisingly good. She could see why dogs liked it so much.. "Still don't speak bear, Ash."
"Oh yeah..." She muttered. "Wait, so you can't understand me?"
"You can still understand me when you're a bear, so why are you still talking to me when I can't understand...?" The teen chuckled.
"Sooo... I can pretty much say whatever I want with no consequences...?" Ashley mused aloud. She grinned to herself.
"Me... No... Speaky... Bear..." Jack said slowly, like he was talking to a baby.
"You're an idiot." Ashley told him matter-of-factly. "You're also annoying. Sometimes, I wanna smack you upside the head with my shield. And a lot of the time, I wanna wipe that crooked smirk of yours off your pretty little face."
Jack paused before leaning closer, narrowing his eyes. "You're insulting me, aren't you...?"
She shut up, and Eros barked a laugh as the large bear gave the ground a guilty look.
They continued like that for a while, until they got near the backyard of Ashley's former home, and her steps got more and more unsure. She stopped just before the tree line, and hunched her shoulders together, watching the house with an uncertain, almost scared look as Zach's horrified face rang clear through her head.
He had been so scared... Of her. She lost control once... What if... What if it happened again...? She messed up...
"I told you to learn to control your anger."
She felt Jack jerk in surprise, but Ashley was almost completely unfazed. She was just used to it, by now...
"I would retort, but you won't understand me." She told Slendy without turning to look at him.
She heard Slendy's chuckle. "I told you, young one, I am an all knowing entity. I can understand you, though the others do not."
She sighed and shrugged one massive shoulder. "Okay, cool..."
"Are you talking to us...?" Jack asked unsurely, only to get ignored.
"What troubles you?"
"Well," Ashley began tiredly, "I just... I don't know. I feel scared, even though I shouldn't..." She turned her head, only to find that Slendy was standing right next to her. "Just... Did you see his face? He was horrified... Of me... And I ended up hurting Frost because I lost my stupid temper..."
Slendy hummed and nodded. "I see... You are still worried that you are unfit for this."
She cocked her head to the side, raising one furry brow. "What?How did you get that out of-"
"All knowing entity..."
She nodded slowly. "Right... Continue."
Slendy nodded and turned his head to her former home. "You are worried that you are unfit to do this. You are aware of your temper, and worry that you will harm those close to you..."
"What...?" Jack asked in disbelief, "Are you talking about Ash?!"
Slendy ignored the winter spirit and continued. "These are pointless concerns. Vergil knew what he was doing. I can see that now... The Nightmare King is clever, yes. He is highly intelligent, a smooth talker, calm and collected... You... not so much."
"Gee, thanks for the pep talk, Slendy..." Ashley grumbled sarcastically.
"I'm not finished. You have a very short temper. You are impatient. You curse more than you should, and are blunt as well as violent."
"Really," She sighed. "You're not helping. Just stop..."
"Clumsy at best," Slendy continued, "You have trouble expressing your emotions. Also, you are very stubborn..."
She shot her head over and gave a low growl. "Are you done yet?!"
"-But, you also have many redeeming qualities that make up for the bad. Have faith in Vergil, young one. He is, by no means, an idiot."
She gave an exasperated look to the sky. "That was supposed to make me feel better?!That-I... What?!" She looked over, only to find an empty spot...
The bear roared in anger and frustration as it stomped it's feet on the ground. "YOU SUCK AT HELPING!"
Author's Note~
Every once in a while, I feel bad for Ashley, and all the stress I put her through, so... Guess who she's finally gonna see next chapter? I'm not tellin', though. Ya might get it right (and you probably will) or you might get it wrong, but not a word shall pass my lips.
So... May I take a moment, and thank everyone who's read, reviewed, favorited, and followed? Because I want to. Seriously, I really appreciate all the positive-ness my little story is getting. Makes my day a little better, yo.
As always, tell me if I made any mistakes. I've found that transferring the file from google to here messes some stuff up. Thanks for reading, and I hope you get a few laughs out of my little tale :)
,BlueAsh666