Re: The Ye Old Shoppe o' Curiosities (An OpenBook Production)

by **bookcrazI** Sat Aug 27, 2011 6:23 pm

Molly: Looked to the ground then back up with determination.
"If you help her then I will give myself to you as your apprentice."
She squared her shoulders and lifted her chin in her pageant look of confidence, only her smile was elsewhere.

Johnny: I stood and shook my head. "No, no.. Molly no!" I whispered.
She couldn't...
No...

by **OpenTheDoor** Sun Aug 28, 2011 3:06 pm

Fergie: "What are you doing?!"
That was a stupid thing to do, and all to save Robin? That was seriously a stupid thing to do.
I quickly looked to Johnny, my already pale face getting even more drained. My fists clenched as I looked up to see her face. Her eyes, full of determination... Shit.
The old woman raised her head up, looking the girl up and down. A small smile appeared on her lips as she unbolted the door, standing out a little more.
"My apprentice? And do you know what that will entail?"
She took a step forward, gripping onto Molly's chin to look her in the eyes momentarily before snatching it away again.
"It means that you answer to me and only to me. If I say you have to do something, you will do it. Your previous life here will be unimportant...but more of that can be discussed... Come in."
Lilith shuffled into the tiny shop, waving the girl in further.

by **bookcrazI** Mon Aug 29, 2011 4:58 pm

Molly: I stepped inside and strode after the woman. "Save my friend now. Save Robin." I repeated.
I opened my hands to reveal her miniature and limp body.
"please."

Johnny: I looked at Fergie sadly and put my face in my hands. "It's too late now.." I moaned.

by **OpenTheDoor** Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:31 pm

Lilith peered over, studying the tiny Robin that she was holding. Suddenly, she clapped her hands as a huge grin exploded onto her face.
"Oh, her, I knew she would get into deeper trouble!"
With a small chuckle, she took the teen that was being held by Molly. As she walked over to her desk, she placed the girl upon a velvet-styled pillow that was there before looking back up to her.
"So, for your friend to be saved by me, you will pledge to be my apprentice, meaning that you will commit to being my lower. You will be under my guidance and I will show you how to cast, how to charm, and also how to control that power that you managed to acquire when you knocked on my knockers. You'll have to stay in the shoppe, doing as I say and do everything that I tell you. Well, you get the point of it. Do you wish to proceed?"

Fergie: Slowly, a frown shifted onto my face as I heard her words, knowing that she was going to commit to it; that dark feeling of knowing was churning in my stomach.
"Excuse me," I murmured, walking over to the corner of the pocket, "I need to be alone."

by **bookcrazI** Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:59 pm

Molly:
I nodded, holding back tears that threatened to spill. I let Lilith guide me to a curiously musty chair and get back to helping Robin.
With a weak breath I pulled Fergie from my pocket and gently hugged him. I nuzzled his tiny head then set him and Johnny on the ground, I couldn't let them stay here.
"Once you exit this place you'll grow back into your normal size. Don't let Lilith catch you. One more thing; when she lets Robin leave, once shes healed I want you to take her to a safe place. Do not under any circumstance tell her what happened here. Not ever. Forget about me, please." I pushed a small smile to my lips, "I'll miss you Fergie, you too Johnny. Be safe, Fergie I give you permission to date anyone you like."

I hugged myself and looked away, pushing them with my foot gently to leave. Leave me to my business.
Leave me alone.

Johnny: I fell back in shock. Forget her? She was like a sister to me.
With all the will I could summon I stood and pulled Fergie carefully outside and behind a dying bush where we both resumed our normal size.

by **OpenTheDoor** Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:41 am

Fergie: "Molly!"
But before I knew it the door shut behind us and I was stuck behind a dead bush with one of the worst people that I could possibly have been with.
"No..."

Lilith hovered a hand above the tiny Robin, a small frown of concentration coming onto her face. Her spare hand grabbed onto the book that was lying on the side as she quickly finished the page that she was reading. After a quick mumble and a glance at the small girl, she turned over a couple of pages before stopping.
"This happened randomly, yes?"
She wasn't waiting for an answer, though, she was just talking to herself as she always did. Slowly, her words got louder, loud enough for it to be heard by someone other than herself.
"Hmm... Brier red mongoose flat... harp noise gingerbread snap. Trickle pillow green plant. Swallow keys vixen aunt."
She repeated her chant again and again, quicker and quicker, her voice getting louder and louder each time. Halfway through, she took her hand away as Robin started to grow to normal size and her body started to glow slightly from the magic. Lilith began to smirk as she took a couple of steps back away from the desk from where now full-sized Robin was laying, her head and legs dangling off of the edge of the desk. The old lady stopped chanting.
"There, she's fine now..."
Turning around, she looked at Molly, a small grin on her face as she turned her attentions back towards Robin. Her face was still lifeless, not moving as though she was sleeping, until her lip began to quiver.
"She's waking up. I'll escort her outside. Stay there."
The old woman pulled the girl groggily onto her feet before pushing her towards the door. The girl walked like a zombie, her feet heavy and her head hanging, but eventually made it out of the door.
"Goodbye, dear," Lilith grumbled, making her hold onto the ledge of the shop, "You can make your own way home, right?"
As Robin drowsily began to raise her head, the old woman had already slammed the door behind her, leaving the girl outside.
"Looks like we're done!" Lilith shouted, rubbing her hands together, "Now dear Apprentice, let me show you my world of magic!"
"

by **bookcrazI** Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:36 pm

Molly: I nodded, forcing an interested look upon my face. "Sounds great!" I said trying to sound enthusiastic.
My heart hurt.
With a quiet mutter I sent luck to my friends, ones I would never see again.

Johnny: I got up and caught Robin,her body beginning to regain heat. I picked her up bridal style and turned to Fergie.
"We have to go." I said in a broken murmur.
I loved Robin and I loved Molly, I have been sworn by my honor to do as Molly said, though Fergie didn't know. I nuzzled Robin's head to hide my tears of rage.
"Come Fergie.

by **OpenTheDoor** Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:40 pm

Fergie: I didn't want to go. I didn't want to leave her behind. She was the one girl that I truly adored. The one girl that I actually wanted to spend the rest of my life with... Now she was gone, stuck behind closed doors... I needed to talk to Lilith about some sort of arrangement.
"Fine," I muttered, my hands crumbling into fists as my body began to shake from holding in the tears, "Fine."
Sniffing away a running nose, I gave a quick glance at Robin's face before walking ahead of them; I didn't particularly want to see either of them. I needed to be by myself for a while.
"Are you taking Robin back to your's or her's?" I asked, watching as her eyelids began to flicker, "Whichever one is closest would be the best and mine's on the other side of town... Plus I'm going there."
Without looking at either of them, I pulled out my phone, beginning to tap in a message to my House Elf to pick us all up as soon as possible.

Lilith grinned at her before quickly frowning again, "Forget about them! Friends and family are unimportant when you're studying the art of magic."
Slowly, she began to hobble over to the door and windows, slapping the blinds down so that she couldn't peer out to the sand-covered street outside. She turned around, lighting a few candles on her way over to her newly found apprentice.

by **bookcrazI** Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:41 am

Molly: I let Lilith guide me to the back where I adopted an obedient nature,I might as well try to enjoy my work. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad, maybe I would be able to be happy.
A sudden thought of Fergie trashed those thoughts and the ones about being moderately happy as well.
Shit.
"Lilith. Can you promise me that you'll never make a deal with Fergie, don't act like you don't know who he is. Just promise me, please." I glanced at her with hopeful eyes.
I couldn't let Fergie ruin his life.

Johnny: I sat in Fergie's car and stroked Robin's forehead tenderly as her gradual attempt to wakeup continued.
The ice in the air from Johnny made me shiver, sure I felt helpless, sure I felt guilty but I had my Robin.
"My sweet little bird.." I murmured.
"She must have a plan.. She always has a plan, even when you think she doesn't.. Maybe she.. She.." I stopped myself.
I couldn't continue on.

(Possible time skip? Like a week maybe- you could post it..)

by **OpenTheDoor** Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:56 pm

Alright, time skip...

Robin: "See ya mum!"
I slammed the front door behind me as I stepped out onto the street outside my house. The wind was pretty bitter, but that wasn't the only thing that was on my mind. Despite that it had been a couple of days now, it was easy to say that my head was still aching from earlier that week, not that Johnny was telling me anything about it. Even so, with a pot full of coffee in my system, I had to head to school.
I pushed my headphones into my ears as I walked down to the bus stop, about ten minutes early for the ride to school, not that I was bothered. Plus, it gave me plenty of time to contemplate that week behind me, or what I remembered of it. I hadn't heard from Molly for a few days as well... Maybe I should call her?... No, she's probably fine. She's probably just tired from it all... Hopefully.

by **bookcrazI** Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:22 pm

Johnny: I stood with my mouth wide open and tugged on Fergie's sleeve. This couldn't be happening.
This just wasn't possible unless she had made another deal, what had she done? More importantly who were the guys with her?
Molly stood at her locker wearing a modest dress, something she rarely did,with two huge guys at both sides. The guys seemed at least a foot taller than her and each looked like a character from a comic book- lean but muscular. Johnny glanced to Fergie and back to them in shock and disbelief.

Molly: I grabbed my books from my locker and pressed a smile at my face. With a step forward Josh and Jim shadowed her, blocking her glance to the side like blinders on a horse.
Josh sent her a sweet smile and Jim offered a gruff glance.

by **OpenTheDoor** Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:36 am

Fergie: My heart suddenly stopped. Was it her? Was it really her? And if so, why did she have two guys protecting her? I thought that that was my job. And she said that 'I could date anyone I liked' so now she comes out with Tweedledee and Tweedledum... I guess that there was only one way to sum it up.
"Bloody hell."
I glanced at Johnny, his face as shocked as mine was. But if she was here, it must have meant that there was a new deal in place too, which meant more circumstances...
"Very bloody hell."
Nice one Fergie.

Robin: No Molly on the bus, no Molly outside waiting for me and certainly no Molly by our usual spot in the halls. Where the damn was she?
"Maybe the guys are keeping secrets..."
I shook my head with that thought but continued to my locker, replacing all of the relevant books in my bag before letting out a small sigh...and also right before the light got blocked out.
Turning around, I expect to see a teacher or something like that, but instead two really tall guys with pretty nice bodies? It was a better sight, but was better was who was standing in between them.
"Molly?!"

by **bookcrazI** Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:11 am

Molly: I ignored my name and let myself be lead to my next class. Obedience was not something I could skip over.
I didn't even glance in their direction,
I couldn't.
It hurt too much.

Johnny: I walked over to Robin and placed my hand on her shoulder, my eyes never leaving Molly.
"What the he'll..." I murmured.

by **OpenTheDoor** Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:21 am

I thought that Johnny went to a different school...or it's my imagination...

Fergie: Somewhat reluctantly, I stood next to the pair though my eyes didn't leave Molly. She was here and she was ignoring us? At least that if she wasn't here anymore I could have gotten over her, but now those two were there to make it harder.
"One of us needs to talk to her."

Robin: I didn't turn around to look at Johnny but just kept my eyes set on the space where Molly had passed me before I felt my cheeks turn red slightly. I wasn't sure if it was from rage or if it was because I just got blanked, but I could definately feel my cheeks get warmer.
"Exactly," I murmured, "One of us needs to talk to her..."
Quickly, I glanced at the boys before giving a half-hearted attempt of a grin at Johnny, though it didn't shift my thoughts away from her behind me.

by **bookcrazI** Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:21 pm

Ur imagination :p
Molly: With a sharp intake of breath I grabbed my phone and checked the text messages.
There was one.
It was from her.
I glanced at the guys and nodded to each of them eliciting a nod from each in return. I turned and exited the building quickly as both of the guys walked toward my friends.
Well, they used to be my friends.

Johnny: as the two guys approached I wrapped an arm around Robin protectively, they might've been a few inches taller than I but I was stronger.

by **OpenTheDoor** Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:45 am

Fergie: Oh hell, they were coming over. And it was at this point that I was glad that we had an Elf here. But either way, it wasn't going to talk so I instead just cast my gaze at Molly's back as she walked out of the school, her eyes pinned down to her phone.

Robin: As the two of the guys walked over, I found myself craning my neck quite a bit to keep my eyes on theirs. And I thought that Johnny was tall...
"Hello," I said, my tone as casual as ever, "What's you names?"
I was probably getting an invite for them to punch me, but if I didn't speak first, then I knew that they would, and who knows what they would say. Anyway, surely school wouldn't want these two here by any means, right? But then again, this place was pretty useless.
Blinking innocently at the pair of them, I rested a hand on Johny's arm quite lightly, my fingers drumming on the top of his skin. His grip was pretty tight, but I didn't let it effect my thoughts. He was just doing as any guy would.

by **bookcrazI** Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:52 am

"I'm Jim."
"This is Jay."
"We're just here to remind you,"
"To stay away from Molly,"
"She's our girl now,"
"And Lilith doesn't want you all to,
"Interfere. Got it?"
They crossed their arms causing the muscles that previously hid to bulge.

Johnny: I glanced at Robin- she was pricing it together..

by **OpenTheDoor** Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:29 pm

Fergie: I sucked in a little, waiting to see Robin's reaction. I think it was also that and that I was trying to make myself look bigger, though that was a bit useless seeing as I was quite small compared to the other three.
"Interfere?" I smirked, looking up at either Jim or Jay, "We're not going to interfere."

Robin: Speak for yourself.
I lolled my head to the side as I looked the pair up and down a few times, studying their postures as if I knew something about that sort of things. Like half of these fictional characters, I recognised them from some place.
"Lilith doesn't want us to 'interfere'? That's a bit ironic."
Feeling Johnny's arm tense a little, I knew that he knew that I knew, but I in fact had that thought in the back of my mind all of the time. I just didn't want to admit it to myself. I gave his arm a little squeeze but kept my eyes firmly on the two guys.

by **bookcrazI** Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:31 pm

Jim smirked, his slouched posture and messy black hair making him look laid back. The only thing that seemed strange was his icy purple eyes, calculating and cold, matching those of Jay's. Jay's apparel was pressed and neat, also very much in style, both lookeddangerous.
A grin curled Jay's lips up in an almost feline manner as he opened his mouth to speak.
"Well, we only follow orders and do our best to please our master."
"Molly is such a pretty master isn't she Jay?"
"Yes, no wonder she gave up on... Him, right Jim?" Jay said, directing a sharp mocking glance at Fergie.
"Right Jay.. She deserves so much more than a mixed breed bastard child who recently resided with the Lost boys."
"She, as a blue blood, deserves a pedigree like ourselves..."
"You are oh so very right. Let's leave these... What's a good word? These miscreants to their fiddlings."
With that the men turned and exited the school, the bell ringing for class to start as the doors closed behind them.

Johnny: I release Robin and, with a clenched fist, punched the locker behind me. The dent caused the locker to hang limply from it's hinges and it was only the fact that Robin was beside me that I restrained myself from doing further damage.

by **OpenTheDoor** Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:52 am

Fergie: My eyes narrowed on the back of their heads as they walked out the school doors, my face redder than it had ever been before. Rage built up in me as I felt myself about to explode.
"Miscreants?! I'll bloody give you miscreants you...you... pompous plums!"
...I seriously was a bad-ass.
Either way, I shook my head as the last of the people walked to their classrooms, beginning to walk away from the other two. Even though I just got called a bastard, I wasn't going to miss the start of class and end up in more trouble than we were all in. However, I didn't look back at the other two and the broken locker; if they were late, I wasn't going to worry.

Robin: It seemed that for once, I was the calm one in a bad situation. Generally, I would have been the one storming off instead of Fergie... Looks like we've switched places.
"Hey, hey... Don't take it out on my locker," I whispered calmly to Johnny, "It didn't do anything."
I tried on a smirk as I took a hold of his fist, gently rubbing the top of my thumb over his knuckles as I looked up to his eyes. It was of those smiles that was forced but seeing as I wasn't too bad at drama, it didn't look much like one.
"Anyway, they're just up-themselves and over-confident with a freaky eye colour. What they say doesn't matter. Who are they to say, eh?"
Pushing out a small girly giggle, I got onto my tiptoes and kissed his cheek lightly, using his hands for balance. Slowly, I took a hand off of his and tucked a loose lock out of his eyes and behind his ear, still tittering slightly as I did so.
"Now go on," I said, taking my hands back again, "I think I need to go report my locker being smashed when I got here to someone."

by **bookcrazI** Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:39 am

Johnny: I smiled sheepishly and kissed her cheek and hurried off to class. Next time I saw those guys I would be ripping their eyes out.
I'd even let Fergie help if he wanted to.
Gruesome thoughts filled my eyes with medieval bloodlust and some instinct deep inside began to rumble.

Molly: I chanted the incantation again, exact to my orders, and completed the spell. Lilith thought it too soon for me to revisit the normal world even with babysitters to guide me. With the first lesson over I made my way to my little room in the basement and opened my mind. Ever since she taught me how I had searched for Fergie's consciousness, when I found it only and hour before last I couldn't help but cradle it in my mind's eye.
I didn't realize how addicted I was to him.
His scent.
His face.
His voice.
All of me longed to feel his presence once more and my mind wished to latch onto his.
I let him go and opened my eyes.
I had to give him up, no more could I linger. I had had my fun and now I must suffer the consequences.

by **OpenTheDoor** Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:25 am

Robin: My head tilted to the side as I watched him walk to his class whilst I just watched. There was obviously something wrong in his mind, but that was something that I could deal with later after chatting to him...hopefully. If not I'll have to personally restrain him and lock him in a music room until he had calmed down completely.
"How did it all get like this?" I muttered under my breath, putting a hand up to my smashed locker, "My best bud has gone...again... This is all just a repeat of last year, eh?"
With a small sigh, I hovered a hand over the locker, staring at the back of it lazily. Steadily, I shut my eyes as I lowered my palm back onto the dented metal.
That strange tingle returned to my hand only to quickly fade again. Gently, I opened my eyes, peering at the locker once again, undented, just like the test of them.
"That's better."
Stuffing my hand into my pocket, I swept back a stray lock of hair from my sigh as I began my walk to a class that I was now quite late for, keeping my head down to stop anyone from seeing my eyes. I just had to hope that the sercuity camera was busted.

Fergie: Second lesson, biology. That was the only thing that I could think about. Biology, my one lesson with Molly, but also a lesson where she sat next to me. But that small part of that was prepared for something else. Maybe she really had moved on? Maybe she really did replace me with those two pedigree chums...
Even so, as the bell rang, I was definitely the first out of my seat and out of the room, before Mr. Griffins had a chance to let us go. I didn't care though, I could see her.
Getting to class, I slumped down in my chair, trying to be casual. However, my heart was beating like a doldrum beneath my chest, growing with anticipation to talk to her, or at least to give her that real goodbye that I was rustled out of doing.

by **bookcrazI** Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:51 pm

(A TWIST! I SAW WHUT CHU DID THAR!)

Molly: I curled around a few of my books that I had gotten from my room when asked to leave my home.
(time skip?)

by **OpenTheDoor** Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:58 pm

Well she needs something to do Razz

And yeah, time skip. You can start it if you would like Smile

by **bookcrazI** Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:24 pm

Molly: I check my watch as I exited my shower. It was the end of school.
Robin probably found it all out by now and Johnny was going to the library with her. Fergie...
What would he be doing?
Molly grimaced in annoyance as the twins walked in.
"I'm in a towel." she growled, "Get out."
"Fine but Lilith wanted to tell you she sensed some energy earlier and she wants you to find it."
With that the guys left with sweet smiles.

by **OpenTheDoor** Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:54 pm

Robin: "Yeah, I'm gonna be a little late tonight; I'm studying... How funny, of course I am... No, I have not got myself a detention, I'm studying in the library with Johnny seeing as he actually understands algebra... No, you can't come and meet him...especially if Angie is there... Alright, see ya."
I clicked off the phone and set it on the table just as Johnny came into view. My fingers began to drum on the table, smiling as he came closer. I just hoped that he hadn't overheard that.
"Hey," I smiled, "You took long enough."

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