AUTHOR'S NOTE: In this AU story, Stuart's birthday will be switched to July as I still want Murdoc to be older. So Stuart's birthday won't be May 23 but July 23 instead. Just a little heads up okay? Thank you for your time and I hope you enjoy the story. :)
The weather was warm as the sun shined brightly. Stuart smiled as he was lead through the parking lot and into the Mall.
He hasn't been back here for months, plus Murdoc wasn't with him. Then again, that was the reason.
It was Summer now, and it was also June 5th, Murdoc's birthday was tomorrow. Before school let out, Murdoc and him had found out each others birthday. Murdoc also made fun by saying he was older.
'But only by a month.' thought Stuart. Still, Murdoc wasn't here as the brunette was looking for a gift for him.
His mother hummed as they walked through the store. They soon arrived at the toy store. "So, which one will Murdoc like?" asked Rachel. "Mom, Murdoc isn't really into toys, he loves music." said Stuart.
"Alright, but I still think a toy would be nice." said Rachel. "Mom, Murdoc's my best friend, I don't want a 'nice' gift, I want an epic or awesome gift." said Stuart. "Alright sweetie, where to then?" asked Rachel.
"Actually, could I wonder around a bit?" asked Stuart. "Heavens no, you're only five." said Rachel. "Please, you can just wait outside the stores." said Stuart. "Hm, well fine, I guess." said Rachel. "Thank you Mom." beamed Stuart.
He left the toy store to look at some other ones. "Stuart, not so fast." called Rachel. The brunette didn't listen as he looked around, trying to see something that screamed 'Murdoc'.
He soon stopped as he saw a dark looking store. He couldn't read the name, but the window had displays of goat skulls and pentagrams. 'Maybe there's something for Murdoc here.' thought Stuart.
Looking back, he saw his mother slowly catching up, so the brunette walks into the store.
It was dim inside but the kid wasn't scared. He'd seen this stuff as Murdoc showed him. His friend has a LOT of books on Demons and stuff.
He heard a creak and saw a tall man. "What can I do for you, you don't seem the type to walk the path of darkness." said the man. "Oh, I'm looking for a birthday gift for my friend, he's a Satanist." said Stuart. "A child who walks this path, so young, well, what would he like?" asked the man.
"He shouldn't know, it's for his birthday, mister...um." started Stuart. "Morningstar, Mr. Morningstar, and I see, how kind to find him something here." said the man. "Oh, I don't mind, he's showed me a lot of cool stuff, anyway, um, can I look around?" asked Stuart. "Of course." said Morningstar.
The brunette smiled to look around. There was a lot of cool stuff Murdoc would like, but he didn't see what he could get. Stuart soon passed a small display case and looked inside.
Sitting in a small box that was covered in scarlet velvet, was a golden cross necklace, but this one was upside down. "This one catch your eye, an inverted cross necklace?" asked Morningstar. Stuart jumped, he didn't hear him approach.
"Um ya, the cross is upside down." said Stuart. "An inverted cross can be related to some Satanists, some even have tattoos or simple objects like this." said Morningstar. "Cool, I think Murdoc would love this." said Stuart. "I see, well then, let me get it for you." said Morningstar.
He took out a key and unlocks the case. He takes the box and leads the kid to the counter. "Alright, the necklace will be 66.06." said Morningstar. Stuart opened his pockets and pulled out three twenties and a ten.
"That's quite a bit of money." said Morningstar. "I've been saving up my allowances for weeks." said Stuart. Morningstar ran the purchase and closed the box before handing some money back. "3.94 is your chance, have a pleasant morning Stuart." said Morningstar.
The brunette thanked him before leaving. "Stuart, there you are, what were you doing in there?" asked Rachel. "They had a bunch of cool stuff that Murdoc would like." said Stuart, holding up the bag.
Rachel sighed before taking her son's hand. "Alright then, let's go home, is Murdoc staying over again?" asked Rachel. "Of course, plus we're having his birthday dinner tomorrow." said Stuart. "Yes I know, we decided on a kid friendly restaurant." said Rachel.
Stuart nodded and walked with his mom out of the mall. It wasn't till they were in the car that something hit the kid. 'How did Mr. Morningstar know my name?' thought Stuart.
*~* GORILLAZ *~*
Morning came quickly as Stuart woke up. He looked beside himself to see Murdoc was sleeping, snoring a bit as a trail of drool came from his mouth.
The brunette got out of bed quietly and went to his desk. He pulled out a poorly wrapped box that was cover in blue and green paper with music notes drawn on. Again, drawn poorly.
Stuart got back onto the bed and shook his friend. "Murdoc, wake up." said Stuart. Murdoc grumbled before peeling his eyes open.
"What time is it?" asked Murdoc. "Nine o'clock." said Stuart. "Sweet Satan, it's too damn early." yawned Murdoc. "Come on Mudsy, please wake up." begged Stuart. "Ugh fine, what you want?" asked Murdoc.
He sat up for the gift to be handed over. "Happy Birthday." said Stuart. Murdoc blinked to shake his head. "I don't celebrate my birthday, it's just a reminder that I'm stuck with my dad and that my bitch of a mother didn't want me." said Murdoc. "But you're not stuck with your dad, you've been staying here since Summer started, plus you're mother is missing out on how awesome you are." said Stuart.
The child blinked to smile. "Shut up before you kill me with your kindness." said Murdoc. The brunette smiled happily as Murdoc ripped the paper off the box.
He saw the small black box and opened it to stare. The golden inverted cross shined in the morning light, seemingly greeting the child. "Holy shit, where'd you get this?" asked Murdoc. "Some store I went to yesterday, it had a bunch of cool stuff you showed me before, the shop owner was nice too, a bit creepy though." said Stuart.
Murdoc smiled and put the necklace on. It shined even more, it was a perfect match. "You look so, what was it you called it, uh, bad ass." said Stuart. "Damn straight." smirked Murdoc.
The two laughed before Stuart hopped off the bed. "Dad is taking us to the park, so we can hang out in the tree house, after we're going to take you out to dinner." said Stuart.
"Sounds good, so long as it isn't a place that'll go nuts over birthdays." said Murdoc. "I hate that too, it's kinda embarrassing." said Stuart.
The two laughed and the brunette grabs his clothes. "I'm gonna change, be right back." said Stuart. He left the room and Murdoc hopped down to get dressed too.
He took the Batman PJs off and opens his bag of clothes. He puts on a black T-shirt and then slips on some dark jeans and his black boots. He sees a mirror on the back of Stuart's door and looks in it.
He looks like himself, only now with the golden invert cross. It made him happy and he felt tougher too. 'Stuart knows what I like.' thought Murdoc.
The door opens and Stuart appears. He was wearing a red fox shirt with bash shorts and his white sneakers. "Hey Mudsy, it's time for breakfast and then to the park." said Stuart.
The child nodded and followed his friend out the room. Where were they taking him for dinner anyway? 'Hopefully no where bland.' thought Murdoc.
*~* GORILLAZ *~*
Murdoc felt his eye twitching as he was lead inside the building. It was a kid's restaurant filled with games, greasy pizza, and stupid animatronics. This was the dreaded Cheesy Alley Cat restaurant, yep, it's modeled after cats.
'I hate cats.' thought Murdoc.
"We're going to order, what kind of pizza do you like, Murdoc?" asked David. "I like mine with meat." said Murdoc. The couple nodded before going off to order.
"On the bright side we're not in the birthday section." said Stuart. "Ya, thankfully we had the cake and birthday part during lunch." said Murdoc.
The brunette nodded to look at his friend. "So, what did you wish for anyway?" asked Stuart. "Can't tell you, otherwise it'll never come true." said Murdoc, looking away. "Okay, fair enough." smiled Stuart.
The child sighed as he thought of what he'd wished for at lunch. Of course it was to be a musician, but more than that, he wished that Stuart would always stay by his side. 'People would laugh if they knew I wished for that.' thought Murdoc.
After awhile of talking, Rachel and David came back with the pizza. "Okay boys, you guys eat first then go play." said David. Stuart nodded as they sat together.
The pizza was devoured in minutes and the soda drank.
"Here are some tokens, have fun." said Rachel. The two boys took two small cups full of tokens. They walked off as they looked around.
It was nosy as kids ran all over the place. Some were even crowding the stage as the robotic cat band played. "This place is too much." said Murdoc. "It'd be better if it was a normal arcade, but we can't change it." said Stuart.
Murdoc agreed and they came to a skee ball game. "Hey, wanna win all the tickets here?" asked Murdoc. "How, we have to roll the balls." said Stuart. "Nope, keep watch and warn me if anyone is coming." said Murdoc.
Stuart nodded and looked away as Murdoc slipped in his first token. The balls came down and he grabbed them.
Once with an okay from Stuart, he gets onto the game and heads to the holes. He smirks as he drops them in the thousand points hole. He gets all the balls in and climbs back down to see ticket after ticket coming out.
"Wow, that worked great." said Stuart. "See, cheating does help, now keep looking out, I'm putting another token in." said Murdoc.
After a few more tokens and dropping balls in, Murdoc and Stuart had a pile of tickets. "Can we play another game, I would like to play something." said Stuart. "Sure, let's look around." said Murdoc. He gathered the tickets and the two walked around.
As Stuart looked he grabbed his friend's hand and lead him towards a machine. "Kill-A-Zombie?" asked Murdoc. "Yes, this looks cool." said Stuart. Murdoc shrugged and leaned against the machine. "Go nuts." said Murdoc.
Stuart put in a token and grabbed the mallet. Murdoc watched as his friend hit the small plastic zombies. When he hit one, the top of it's head lit up, showing a pink brain. It was a little entertaining watching his friend happily bash in the zombie's skulls.
The game soon ended, and surprisingly, Stuart hit every one minus the last one. "I died." said Stuart. "Nah, he just ran for cover as he watched you kill all his little buddies." said Murdoc. The brunette laughed and gathered the tickets he won from the game.
"So, what next?" asked Stuart. "Well, seeing you kill zombies, makes me want to play one of those two player shooting games." said Murdoc. "Cool, I saw one that takes you through a haunted house with ghosts, demons, and other monsters." gushed Stuart.
The two laughed and walked off again. "Shit, I forgot my tokens, I'll be right back, hold the tickets." said Murdoc. Stuart nodded and took them as his friend ran off. Stuart took a seat and waited patiently.
As he waited, he heard laughing behind them. "Hey kid." said a voice. Stuart looked to see an older kid who looked to be ten. "Hi." said Stuart. "That's a lot of tickets you got there, mind if I have a few?" asked the kid. "Sorry, but these are mine and Murdoc's." said Stuart.
"Fine, we'll just take them." said the kid. With that, he shoved Stuart over, ripping the tickets from his hands. The brunette sniffled a bit as he scraped his elbow and the kid left with the tickets.
Murdoc soon came back to find his friend crying. "Stu-pot, what happened?" asked Murdoc. "A-an older kid stole our tickets and shoved me, I'm sorry I let him take our tickets." sniffled Stuart. Murdoc patted his friend's back and he was angry.
Not over some pieces of paper, but the fact this big kid had the balls to attack his friend. "Where is he?" asked Murdoc. "I saw him head towards the play area." said Stuart. "Alright, Stu listen, I want you to wait here for me." said Murdoc. "O-okay." said Stuart.
Murdoc smiled at him to head towards the play area. He looked around, seeing eight and seven year olds. He soon looked up to see a ten year old. And low and behold, in his back pocket was a large amount of tickets.
"Found you." muttered Murdoc. He went to the giant jungle gym and took his shoes off. He was then in. He came to the top to see the ten year old laughing as he pushes a six year old down a slide.
"Think it's funny to push others?" asked Murdoc. "Huh, who are you?" asked the kid. "Murdoc." said the child. "Murdoc, oh, that little kid's buddy, is he still balling his eyes out." sneered the kid. Murdoc was pissed and growled.
He hisses, showing off his sharp teeth and long tongue. The kid freaks out and falls back. "What the heck are you?" asked the kid. "A demon that's very pissed that you hurt his friend." spat Murdoc. The kid calmed down to shake his head.
"No way, I'm bigger than you." said the kid. "So what, that shit has nothing on me." snorted Murdoc. The kid charged at him but Murdoc ducked and punched him in the gut. The kid went down, crying, holding his stomach.
Murdoc took all the tickets to glare at the sobbing kid. He then saw some lose netting and grinned. He grabbed it to wrap it around the kid's ankle.
"Hey kid." said Murdoc. The sobbing boy looked at him as he grinned. "See you next fall." said Murdoc.
With that, he shoved the boy off the jungle gym where his tied ankle caught and left him hanging there a few feet off the ground. "AHHH, PULL ME UP, PULL ME UP!" sobbed the boy. "Nope, and listen here, you tell ANYONE what I did, I'll personally make your life a living Hell, that's a promise." growled Murdoc.
The boy sobbed as he tried to pull himself up. With that, Murdoc went down the slide and retrieved his shoes. He then left the play area as an adult screamed and someone yelled to help the dangling child.
Stuart looked over to see his friend. "You're back, and you got our tickets back." said Stuart. "Yep, come on, we have a game to shoot up." said Murdoc. The brunette beamed and followed Murdoc, not even questioning why adults were panicking around the play area.
After awhile, the tokens were used up, leaving only one left. "What should we do with the last one?" asked Murdoc. Stuart looked around to smile and point.
There was a small photo booth. "Alright, I'm down with it." said Murdoc. The two went in and took a seat. Stuart smiled big as Murdoc leaned back to grin, showing off his sharp teeth. After three more poses, they were done.
Two strips of photos came out and happily were plain, nothing added to them. "Nice, so, prize time?" asked Murdoc. Stuart nodded and they headed to the machine to get their tickets tallied up.
They had two thousand tickets!
"Wow, we can get some cool stuff, hopefully." said Stuart. "Ya, let's go." said Murdoc. They came to the prize counter and got to work getting their prizes.
Murdoc got a video camera, new headphones, a hand held game, and a basket ball. "We could have some fun with this I guess." muttered Murdoc. Stuart settled on a small guitar, keyboard, mega phone, and skate board.
They walked away as Stuart handed over the guitar. "I know it isn't a bass, but it's close, right?" asked Stuart. Murdoc took it to smile. "Here, you'd like this game device more than me." said Murdoc. The brunette smiled and they met up with his parents.
"Guess it's time to go home." said David. They walked towards the exit and Murdoc spotted a group of adults. They were around the ten year old bully. He was wrapped in a blanket, still crying.
Murdoc snorts and the two lock eyes. Murdoc lashes out his serpent tongue, getting the boy to scream, sobbing louder. The child ran out, laughing.
He got in the car as they drove back towards the house. As they did, Murdoc reached into his pocket, pulling out the photos he and Stuart took. He smiled at it before returning them to his pocket and leaning back.
Today had to have been his best birthday ever.
A/N: Murdoc's birthday is over and we just learned two new thing. 1. Never mess with Stuart, otherwise you get an angry demonic kid after you. 2. Those two can't go anywhere without causing trouble. -_-' I know that I got the ticket amount and prize count wrong, but oh well. What will happen next? Stay tuned and plz review.