Chapter 42: Voice Change and Planning
(Ally's POV)
We had fallen asleep in Lloyd's room together. Dad was hanging on to Lloyd and me and Crystal slept on the floor. I woke up with the sun in my eyes. The room was bathed in light so I guess it was about noon. I looked around and saw Lloyd and Crystal still sleeping, but dad was gone. Must have woke up the earliest. I got off the floor and blankets to look in the mirror. My hair was a mess, all tangled and fuzzy. I grabbed a brush and ran it through my hair trying to undo the mess. I was working on the sides when, "WHY ARE YOU IN BED WITH MY DAUGHTER!?" Oh no. I ran to the door to see dad with red eyes aflame chasing Cole who had on nothing but black boxers. I have a good feeling Mag had a great night. Then came Mag wearing her lilac purple bathrobe chasing dad and Cole. Then Uncle yelling at dad to stop. Then Kai, Jay, and Zane. And finally Nya at the end yelling for everyone to get a brain. I decided I might as well have some fun to. I joined at the end of the line and started chasing, yelling funny things about this situation. "Mag and Cole are in trouble!" I laughed as I said everything in my head. "Cole is gonna get it!" The line kept running until dad locked the door behind him and he and Cole were alone. "Father! Open this door!" Mag sounded like she had no patience left. She banged on the door with her fist so hard I'm surprised it didn't break. "FATHER! YOU WILL LEAVE COLE ALONE!" She is seriously angry. Her eyes are just starting to turn red. "Everyone back up!" I yell. They do as I say and Mag begins to change. Her hair grows black, her eyes are blood red, her teeth are grown to fangs, and her power has increased immensely. She kicks down the door and the room reveals Cole tied to a chair with duct tape on his mouth and dad across from him holding electrically functioning spark wires. "Oh," he can't even say another word before Mag pounces on him like a wolf and starts to claw at him. Uncle and I untie Cole while we decide to let Mag have her crazy fun. She is manically laughing as dad yells in pain and horror. We sneak Cole out and now Mag has dad tied to the chair and his mouth duct taped. He muffles yells of anger but Mag's instincts have taken over and she feels no remorse. We watch from the door as she circles him like a shark around a seal. She pulls her staff from the corner of the room and points it at his throat. "What is she…" I shush Kai as Mag continues to circle and laugh. Then she says something in a devilish voice. It was her own voice, but a deeper, darker one right behind it. "I wonder what your voice would sound like if you were a woman." Her question is responded by dad's muffled cries of disapproval. She laughs and points her staff at the middle of his throat. He tries to yell but it doesn't come out. The staff glows and her laughs grow even more insane. The light blinds the room and soon dies down and dad is still screaming under his gag. But it sounds much more high pitched. Mag laughs again and removes the tape over his mouth. "Now what was th…" OH SWEET AND GLORY MOTHER OF GARMADON! His voice is a woman's. Mag grins as her appearance and power returns to normal. "Well, don't you have a pretty voice." She is so evil! I guess we really are our dad's daughters. "Mag! What did you do!?" I had to keep myself from laughing and rolling on the floor from dad's now high pitched and feminine voice. Like a princess from a movie. "Relax," she said "this isn't permanent, but it won't go away until I make it." Oh she is super evil! I love having her as my sister. "I think I'll leave you to get use to your new voice 'mom'." She leaves the room laughing and winks at us as she passes by. "Man, she is nuts," Jay said. "Maybe, but I love what she did," Kai said while laughing.
Mag left dad's voice like a woman's all day. Everyone had a hard time trying not to laugh, especially at dinner. Lloyd was failing miserably at trying to conceal his red faced laughter. Molly was doing just as bad as Lloyd was, but she was giggling. If our aunt was here, she'd be teasing dad about being a girl. I can't wait to see her again. But with dad and nana, it's gonna be awkward. They never really got along on account nana always said mom could do better. She wasn't wrong, but it still wasn't nice. Our aunt might be younger than dad, but she always teased him about everything. All the funny things that happened in the past will be told by her when we get there. What I'm really interested in is seeing our youngest brother. I don't even know what his name is. Mom stopped sending letters after two years of being gone. I guess that's when Lady Destructia… did the deed. We know it's a boy and he is the ninja of darkness and he looks like dad a lot, but that's it. From the time we've made today we should be there tomorrow at about noon. I can't wait to see how this family reunion goes. And for you people who can't tell, I'm being sarcastic. This will not be going well. "Alright," Mag said pulling out a clipboard with an itinerary on it "we need to get our aunt, nana, and bro from the woods. Then we'll need to get our special friend from the woods. Next is our three friends from the beach where they live. Finally we'll need to pick up our families." "Why exactly do we need them?" Jay asked. "Because, if Lady Destructia was evil enough to kill our mom and target the rest of our bloodline she won't hesitate to use family that can't defend themselves as bait." "It is awful but true," Uncle agreed. "If she is twisted enough to take trophies from the people she kills we better get the families sooner," I said. "Agreed, so we'll get to the cabin tomorrow and get the defenseless next. Then our forest friend and last our three ocean friends." "Why don't you just tell us who these friends are?" Zane asked. "Because it's fun to have that first impression with them," Crystal said. "But one thing, when we get to our forest dwelling friend be very gentle on the topic of serpentine," I said cautioning them. "Why?" Kai asked. "She never told us why, but something about them makes her extremely angry. Especially the annocandrai," Mag said. "Why does she hate them so much?" Molly asked. "She doesn't talk about it, but it is very personal. When you ask she either cries or yells about not wanting to talk about it," I said. "So something bad happened between her and the serpentine?" Jay asked. "From what we tell it must have broke her heart in two to cause that kind of reaction," Crystal said. "Yeah, it was like she couldn't even speak of it," I said. "Well, what about these three friends on the beach?" Cole asked. "Yeah do they live in a beach house or something?" Ben asked. "No, they live at the beach. In the ocean," Mag said casually. "What does that mean?" Lloyd said. "It means what it says. They actually live in the water, like fish. That's why we'll need their help to find the oceanic orb," I said. The table didn't get it. "How do three people live in the ocean like fish do?" Nya asked."I'm afraid we can't answer that or we'll ruin the surprise," I said. "Alright then, I'm just going to bed," Molly said. "Me too," Lloyd yawned. "Get some sleep kids!" Mag yelled. The room was silent for a second. "Mag, can you please fix my voice," dad said in his woman's voice. "Sure thing 'mom'," she laughed at her own joke and they left to another room.