"What do you think she meant?"
"I-I just don't know what's going on."
After a little conference between us, we decided to turn to James Bond mode and detect their location to probably break the crystal as all the unknown words I uttered was confirmed by Casper-both surprisingly and mysteriously.
We- I sat in the chair with the miniatures on the circular ancient table with me struggling a lot to hear their low voiced words.
Whatever.
"So as you mentioned, where are the epoxy trees?"
"As said trees live in forests. So _"
"So you literally expect us to search in every forest in Glasgow day and night while they prepare to kill us all? Great scheme Travis. Great work."
"Guys please. This is not a time to fight but solve the_"
"Whatever, continue."
I rolled my eyes to Joey's typical phenomenon and moreover stated out the points.
"But those trees are invisible, so only finding a pixie will lead us to their abode."
"And we know that they wrestle at the night of full moon which is only two days later. Plus they are are fond of horses."
"But the full moon lasts 7-9 hours so we have enough time to go around all of the forests."
"Haha poor my best friend and Casper. They have to roam so much and we'll chill in her pockets. Lolz."
"Ex-Ex-Exciuzz me Mr. You ain't gonna chill. All of you will help me spot those little pixies. After all you are their sweet big dolls- I..I mean their size. "
We ended our conversation there and awaited the special night, except I envied them for being able to ditch school with an actual problematic reason.
And these two days, we divided the four miniatures to stay in grandma's house and mine for they wouldn't appear in their home like that.
***
A shade of leaves covered my head from the scorching sun as I looked up ahead.
I surveyed the place where I was and discovered myself in a forest with stables at a corner.
There was a horse of subtle chestnut dapple with mane and tail of dark ink, eyes of Laguna bluegreen, frolicking around the area.
Some sort of nuclear energy bursted from his mouth and promptly his whole body deformed to Godzilla where his attacking beam shifted towards me and I shook.
My eyes shut open as I woke away from the weird bizzare dream.
Now the word weird seemed normal to me.
And Godzilla was never of my like.
But then again, I thought about the horse whom I saw and I had an urge to find him and_ the thought just went away.
Confused yet drowsy, I went back to sleep.
Rise and shine, the morning sun hit my eyes.
I forgot to close the curtains.
Without any further ado, we went to grandma's house and planned to get a horse and the horse from my dream came into thoughts which I soon put to action.
"We must head to LaGuardia Forest of Horses to get the horse."
My words came out automatically except I only felt the need to say it.
Nobody dared to question after Grandma agreed with me and we headed towards the forest which I thought never existed.
We moved to the stables to take a random horse.
But when I saw that totally same horse with those bluegreen eyes, I couldn't help but look at it, soon deciding to take that horse for our mission.
They didn't ponder about my weird behaviour but they just let it go normally, except for grandma's sudden tension.
But the problem occured with that horse.
Seeing no owner and less time, I rubbed my hand over his mane and pulled the rope tied to his body.
But he was one heck of a horse.
The horse didn't leave the position , sticking to the ground like a statue and I got determined to make him come with us at any cost.
My eyebrows puckered and I pulled the rope again but that bastard shook his body so hard that the rope slipped from my hand and afraid of his actions, I jerked back causing laughter between my team members.
"One heck of an asshole." I muttered. But it was rare I even uttered any curse, that too to an animal.
However, I didn't give up for the horse was a damn challenge to me then.
I tried to get up on his back but as soon as I swung my leg around him but he bent sideways , making me almost fell but then rubbed his tail against my nose which made my body turned to the other side for the final fall.
Damn ow.
Fury struck me so hard that I was about to kick his butt but as if sensing my future actions, he kicked me back with both of his legs and I fell backwards on my ass.
"You douchebag! What do you think yourself to be?! The king of me?! The-the owner of this stable!? Just a freaking animal you are determined to follow the orders of a huma-" I stopped instantly, realising my own cruel statements. How could I ever say those?
I grunted and stomped my foot but didn't have up. Struggling with the damn horse, I furiously sat down on the ground.
"I WON'T LEAVE THE PLACE UNTIL YOU IDIOT COME WITH ME! Get it?! No matter how much you kick me, I'll still get up! Humph!"
Daring, that horse blew his tongue on me and my jaw was left open.
"Rebecca?! Whatcha doing here!? And I called you so many times, why didn't you answer . And why you leave me yesterday after the phone call?" I looked back and quickly stood up to face a honey sweet angry Addy.
"Oh no wait? Are you trying to ignore me? ARE YOU DITCHING ME ?!"
"NO NO! Addy, listen to me." I forwarded towards her and held her shoulders, "Look girl. I-I just have been a bit...busy. Okay? I've...I've been fighting monsters for a long time and I don't prefer anyone important in my life to interfere an...and unknowingly make it any worse. So..."
She calmed down for a while and her face turned pale with an abject apology.
I nodded and noticed her eyes switch to that moronic horse. She looked elated and jumped like a child towards the horse....as if they knew each other.
She touched the horse's back and patted his head and he responded in gay.
I was shocked as hell. Like that's so unfair!
"Look. This is my horse. Isn't she so sweet? I just love her so much."
"Oh wait, he's a ...I mean she's a she? And she's yours? "
"Yeah. Yesterday when I came to Glasgow, I had been busy with the furniture and all. So I had to keep her somewhere. And here she is." She shrugged and kept on patting her and to make less delay, I asked her directly, "Can I borrow your horse? Like I really need a horse for a very important mission."
"What mission?"
"Uh...I can't tell you right now. I-I just need space from people right now- an-and I promise I'll tell you everything... I-I ju-just."
"It's totally fine. Really. I know we haven't really been around talking and missed a few un-virtual fun and stuff but issok."
"Thank you so much for understanding!" I gave her a tight hug which I really desired and moved along with the moro- okay, Addy's horse.
At midnight, I suddenly got a call from Grandma, but it was Austin's voice instead.
"Organa's gone. We can't find her anywhere . A-and my legs are hurting so hard for walking around the whole damn house, oh lord!" He seemed to speak the truth for his deep breaths and that got me concerned.
"What do you mean? Where can gran go? And_"
"I told you she's not here and I fear the pixies did something. Jus-just quickly come here and take us to your home for the while. Eventually we'll get back to the pixies and get your granny but if we get killed_"
"Okay okay. Imma come right now."
As I said, with Casper's transportation power, we arrived at her house and taking a last search, we picked Austin and Travis to our home.
As my small house had two rooms, as for the storeroom and my bedroom and to provide proper privacy, Clay, Austin and Travis shifted to the store and Joey in mine, sleeping in the bathtub. Totally her choice.
Finally I was going to lie down on the bed, just at the moment I heard the door creak open, revealing Austin's tiny body.
"Didn't you learn to knock the door?" I frowned.
"Didn't you learn to lock the door?" He retorted back but I only rolled my eyes.
"What do you want?"
"I-uhm...wanted to say sorry. Fo-for yesterday at school."
"Whatever. Just say that you want your weapon back. No need for the act."
"It's not an act, Rebecca. Why do you have to make things complicated?"
"Excuse me? Are you even- whatever , talking with an asshole like you is pointless and useless."
"Look, I seriously am sorry." He continued shouting as he forwarded towards the side table .
He started to get up with the knobs but couldn't balance his body and was about to fall on his face if I didn't pick him up, and put Austin on the table.
"Uh thanks."
"Do I look like I care?"
"If you didn't, then you wouldn't pick me up , would you?" He smirked and rested his elbow on my alarm clock which was kept beside my phone.
And that when the blunder occured.
He elbow slightly pushed the alarm. Overlapping my phone, the alarm banged on the floor and to balance his fall on the surface, his leg moved forward to push my phone on the floor.
And that exact moment, I felt like shaking his body till his muscles wear out .
Breathless with shock combined with prompt anger, I literally took his body in my hands and screamed like hell, "Are you freaking mad? Wha- you- What did you just do? How irresponsible can you be?"
His face scrunched up in disgust and he spat out while I panting, "Stop splitting for god's sake bruh."
I just threw him on the surface of my bed, still in the process of calming myself down from my simmering rage.
"You-Rebecca, god! You are insane, lord! Go to hell you!"
"Oh puhleez, only if I could show hell to you."
"Might as well. Angry bird."
"Huh bird?! Like bird? Then I would want you to be the lil gruesome rat! Brat! I-"
"And your lil birdy brain cell is only filled with loneliness, and ask me, I have two brains!"
"Which only makes you twice as stupid."
"Ugh, like you're not that pretty to be this stupid. Goddess of Rubbish- and yeah that's to you."
"Oh yeah? You seem to be suffering from delusions of adequacy. Like seriously, some blunt popular chick you are."
"Excuse me? Does your ass ever get jealous of all the crap that comes out of your mouth?"
"Oh not really, unless the crap's not for your dick."
"Right girl, both of us knows that your sharpness only exceeds till rubber. Both physically and mentally."
"Oh puhleez. If you want sex related joke, then please go look into the mirror!"
"The mirror is all I need to go and love myself more."
"An-and so what do you me-mean? I hate myself? I have low self esteem? I don't have friends? I-" I somewhat exaggerated but wanted to let it out. I bowed my head down, not sure what to say else.
"No! Where ar-are you draggin- not like I have a lot of friends- I"
Shocked myself at his false words, I looked up to him and inquired quietly, "You are kidding me, like a self centered handsome guy with no friends? Hah." I scoffed.
"That doesn't mean every one is a true friend who actually cares about me. They are fake. Everything is fa- sorry I didn't mean to say like_"
"It's okay. Sometimes you just need to face the truth and live it. Stop settling to things the way they are and start living but with genuine life . And okay, I must admit I'm horrible at red talks so_" he started to cackle for some seconds and I joined him.
"You are not as lame as you seem."
"I can't say the same about you."
"Yeah so I'm lame."
Unreasonably, we again laughed and it was contagious to say in one word.
For the first time, I had a completely different but soothing sensation with Austin, other than hatred and exasperation.
His eyes visibly brightened more and the corners of his lips wrinkled so slightly and it was a smile from him, that ever looked genuine.
Not to mentioned, but for the first time I did notice how handsome he actually looked with defined facial structures. His smile looked beautiful enough that involuntarily made me smile.
"Not to mind but a huge please , please take me to that her room, my leg literally hurts as hell. "
"No." I denied simply, like just because we laughed for some time, doesn't really mean I liked him. I mean-
"Please Rebecca. Don't be so cruel. C'mon sweetheart." He poured with puppy eyes but that wasn't what annoyed me.
"Don't call be that."
"What sweetheart? Okay, sweetheart." He smirked, knowingly that it would irritate me.
He continued until I agreed to give him a fine ride.
I picked him with my hands again and was heading towards the door, just when I tripped for the damn clock on the floor and fell on the bed- what the worst thing was that Austin's tiny body got thrown and fell right on my face, each part spread.
Noticing how awkward the situation got, I got up , panting deep breaths.
Awkwardly embarrassed, I decided to exit the room for fresh air from all those nonsense, stopping at the door to say something, "Just please, Next time you cross the road, try hard to not bother looking."
As I went to the kitchen, I heard Casper dying out of laughter. And I felt like smacking him so hard that he could barely walk.
"HAHAHAHA. That might just be the most hilarious scene I'll ever see in my whole afterlife. Haha."
"SHUT THE HELL UP CASPER ."
***
The night of the full moon arrived and we all set for our so called mission.
At first we searched the LaGuardia Forest for a beginning but nothing actually was found.
On each forest, we spent one hour and two were left.
Hope stored within, we made the horse roam around almost willingly but nothing seemed to come to eye - except Addy _ again.