See You On the Other Side

[Ronnie]

After listening to Talia rant and rave, he gave a sigh….Explaining her the situation to her without making him seem any more like a creeper was going to be hard…REALLY hard.

“Listen…Talia…First of all..I would NEVER associate myself with Thomas and his crew…They’re assholes and bad news in general….Second of all..I don’t think radiation would have a mirror…or whatever…and drugs? Seriously…Naahhh… Not possible… It was magic…honestly…” He paused to cock his head to the side, “Do you need me to prove it to you…? Maybe I can think of a way to change you back…There has to be a spell for this somewhere…..,” he ended with yet another sigh as he glanced down at his big black book of spells..His “Book of Shadows” so to speak.

[Amayasama]

She pursed her lips, it was frustrating this boy was in his own world and wasn't listening very well. "Change...me back?" She asked, following his gaze to see the large book. "Er...do you know how? I..I don't think I want another head." She said with a nervous laugh, ending in a sigh.

"I...it's too late, can you find someplace for me to sleep? I feel like my head is spinning." She paused and glanced around the gigantic room. 'Of course the one guy that I thought would be different kidnaps me...at least I think that's what you'd call this.' She thought as she glanced back up to the giant. "Your name is...Quinn right?"

[Ronnie]

Quinn gave another characteristic sigh...'I wonder if she has a psychic relation with my siblings and the rest of the warlock/witch world....' He thought as he remembered how much distrust they had in hsi magical abilities as well... He was the one that accidentally summoned a rather large and rather unhappy dragon....

However, her next words surprised him..."You...Know my name?" He semi-asked - partly in awe and partly in curiosity. "Oh...And I can most definitely find you a place to sleep...," he paused to look around, "... Somewhere..." Trying to think quickly, he paused to place Talia, albeit hesitantly, on his desktop...."Please don't run away...We have quite a few cats and other assortments of animals..." And with that he went to retrieve a shirt...and a scarf from his dresser.... He would have gotten a sock for her as a sleeping bag of sorts...but..he had a feeling she wouldn't appreciate that...

[Amayasama]

"O-Other assortment of animals?" She gapped and walked to the edge of the desk to see Quinn digging in his messy closet. "Do I want to know what they are?" She asked nervously, pulling at her gown to get it to stop sticking to her skin. 'It's too bad cats would eat me at this point...I love cats.' She sighed and looked back over to Quinn practically disappearing into his closet.

"Er...yeah, social butterfly." She looked down at her feet with a small smile. "I think I got my memory from my mother. She was Prom Queen, knew practically everyone."

[Ronnie]

Quinn gave a slight, nervous laugh at Talia’s question “Just some snakes…a tarantula… a couple rats… a smorgasbord of mice… Quite a few lizards (mainly newts)…and other ..er..unconventional stuff,” he paused to cough into his fist. Pulling out the shirt and scarf, he let a small smile cross his face. “There we go…”

He then walked over to the table and placed the shirt down (tucked neatly into a square) and then the scare tucked into a rectangle. “Is this good?” he asked with what he hoped was a reassuring smile.

[Amayasama]

She looked over to the hand-made bed and couldn't help a smile. At least he was trying. Talia carefully climbed up onto the shirt and leaned back against the sracf, looking up to Quinn. "These better be clean." She teased before surveying the room again. "Er...if you have so many pets, where are they?"

She shivered at the thought that the snake or spider might get free. She was never a big fan of them when she was BIG. And rats...ugh, disgusting creatures they were. She could handle mice just fine but rats were a totally different ride.

[Ronnie]

Quinn gave a light laugh..though the nervousness was still etched into his voice as he responded, “They’re clean..I can assure you that…and as for the pets…we keep them in a certain room…My younger (and only) sister is allergic to cats…and dogs…and pretty much any furry animal…so yes…they’re all kept in the basement….and we have a barn for ..er..some others…..Heh….I don’t really like anything scaly or with too many legs so there weren’t any options I was willing to take to put in my room…so no worries.” He ended with a smile. “Er…You aren’t hungry or thirsty by any chance, are you?” Quinn added as an afterthought.

[Amayasama]

Talia wrapped herself in the edge of the scarf, ready to just go to sleep and let the day end. All of this still felt like a dream...even if magic did seem like a good explanation to all of this. Though to hear Quinn's comment, she glanced back up to the giant with a confused expression. She wondered why he was so concerned when he was the one who brought her here...

"Um...no I'm okay." She said with a nervous smile. "Thank you but I think sleep is all I need." She paused and searched her lap for the words. "Quinn...how am I going to school? Or explain this to my parents? Or..."

[Ronnie]

Quinn was about to smile and say “Well…Sleep away then”, but, instead, Talia spoke up again. And said something that made him quiet for quite a bit.

“Quinn…How am I going to school? Or explain this to my parents? Or…”

He gave a saddened frown as he felt tears well up in both of his eyes. ‘oh Quinn…What have you done…You just ruined Talia’s life….Possibly forever…’ He shook his head lightly to get rid of the negative thoughts..well..at least get rid of them partially..It was going to be hard to explain to Talia her situation without sadness….or regret…mostly regret.

“I-I’m afraid …I can’t let either of those happen just yet….” He paused before partially lying. “Don’t worry…I should have a reverse spell soon enough….” He ended..forcing a small, sad smile. Though deep down, he had a sickening feeling things were going to go for the worse.

[Amayasama]

Talia swallowed a throat full of cotton and squeezed her hands together. "Q-Quinn..." She said softly before looking up to him. "I..." She shook her head quickly with a little smile. "I'll see you in the morning Quinn." She said through a wavering voice. She pulled the scarf over her like a quilt with a little sigh. "And one more question." She rolled over to look skyward. "You don't have any younger siblings do you?"

((>< Arg! Curse the short posts!))

[Ronnie]

((Tis okay...mine's not that much longer ^^; ))

Quinn frowned…There was still fear of the unknown in her voice… Though he really couldn’t blame her. He felt the same way. Before he could wish her good-night, Talia piped up again.

“And one more question. You don’t have any younger siblings do you?”

“Heh…I’m one of 9 actually….. and I have two younger siblings…. My fifteen year old brother and my fourteen year old sister…So..You don’t have to worry too much about little kids…The one you really have to worry about is my older brother, Darien. He’s a trouble-maker…..”

As if on cue, the Quinn’s door flung open revealing none other than Darien (with Quinn’s younger brother, Tommy, in tow).

“Darien! What the hell!?” growled Quinn has he obscured Talia from their view.

Darien simply snorted. “We heard you talking to yourself, Freakazoid…What are ya, some nut job or somethin’? ….Or are you …Hiding something?” Ended Darien coyly.

‘Oh shit,’ thought Quinn dismally, ‘What am I going to do now?’

[Ronnie]

<-- Darien

[Ronnie]

<-- Tommy

[Amayasama]

Talia almost felt like the blood in her entire body washed out of her. She felt cold and couldn't move, when she saw the two boys burst in. She wanted to scream, wanted to run, wanted to do something to get them to not notice her but thankfully Quinn took defense and quickly blocked their view of her.

She bit her lip, wondering what to do in this situation. It's not like she had training with people that could hurt her entire body with a single touch. She groaned softly and suddenly an idea popped into her head. Dolls. She was the size of a doll. Of course the thought made her feel a bit beaten down but dolls were limp. Besides the fact that Quinn would look like he had a doll in his room it was better then explaining how she got here and letting them know she was alive.

She dropped on top of the soft surface, closing her eyes so she would have to stare, and went as limp as she could. Talia begged no one would see her but if they did, at least she couldn't see...and she wouldn't look alive. She was safe this way...right?

[Ronnie]

((sorry for taking so long! D': I was incredibly distracted last evening/night ^^; ))

Quinn couldn’t mask the fear in his eyes. ‘Oh Gawd….’ Was all he was able to even think! He couldn’t even silently pray to for Talia’s safety.

Darien couldn’t wipe the smirk off his face. He knew Quinn had some kind of secret. And he just couldn’t wait to find out what! He was positive it was something he could hold against Quinn for the rest of his life. That “fact” was written all over Quinn’s fear-stricken face.

“Now..Now…Quinn… No need to be so frightened. We’re only here for our concern for you, isn’t the right Tommy?” Grinned Darien as he lightly elbowed Tommy. However, the boy just gave him a puzzled look.

“You’re useless!” snapped Darien before coughing into his fist and putting back on his mask of “concern”.

“Quinn….,” began Darien before he stopped completely. He just stared past Quinn with wide eyes.

Quinn, with wide eyes, realized that he might have not been blocking Talia completely from Darien’s view.

“Darien…,” began Quinn before Darien outright interrupted him.

“Is that a doll!?,” cried Darien as he snickered/snorted. “You gotta be kidding me! Seriously, Quinn, get some REAL friend!”

Quinn winced. Darien always knew how to hit where it hurt. However, before Quinn could say anything, Darien started to reach for the doll.

Quinn’s heart pretty much stopped at this.

“NO!,” cried Quinn.

But it was too late. Darien’s hand had wrapped itself around the “doll” and was in the process of picking up before dropping it and withdrawing completely.

“Holy shit! That doll is warm! B-But it can’t be! QUINN! WHAT THE HELL!?” growled Darien accusingly.

Quinn just sighed dismally as he placed his head into his hands. ‘I guess this just became a family affair,’ he thought to himself with an inward groan.

[Amayasama]

Talia let out a cry of pain when she was dropped...right onto the table top. She could feel the tears pulling at her eyes as she sat up and rubbed her shoulder where she had fallen. She glared up at the boy with a snort. No boy had ever touched her against her will...if only she was a few feet taller.

And no matter how much she wanted to keep her act up, the pain in her shoulder was a bit too much and to have her heart race so fast she was sure the giants could hear it anyway. She stood up, a bit wobbley at first before crossing her arms carefully over her chest. "You don't have to yell." She mumbled, looking toward Quinn. She couldn't imagine what he went through if this was just one of his brothers...she felt pity now. She wished she could have at least met him before he used all that magic.

[Ronnie]

“WhoOoOOa,” began Tommy as he took a step back at the tiny girl’s cry of pain,”She’s alive!”

Darien just snorted, “Aye…That she is….” He paused to turn towards Quinn…ignoring Talia’s obvious pain and her desire for them to be quiet. “What the hell did you do, Quinn!? Do you even realize what you’ve done!? You jeopardized us! That’s what! Mom and dad can’t find out…NO ONE can find out…Sooo….Get rid of her…..”

“WHAT!?” Cried out Quinn before lowering his voice to a low hiss…partially for Talia and partially so no one else would hear. “I’m not going to KILL her…That’s murder! You’ve sunk to a new low, Darien……”

“Pfftt…,” started Darien in an annoyed manner before turning back towards his angry brother…The look on his brother’s face was foreign, yet familiar at the same time. Darien let his features soften. ‘He really cares for this chick….’ He thought to himself before sighing in defeat.

“Fine..You can keep ‘er….”

“I’m not going to KEEP her Darien…She’s not something to keep…She’s a person!” Growled Quinn lowly. “I plan on turning her back!”

This caused Darien’s eyes to widen. “You can’t do that! She’ll tattle on our kind for sure! Regular humans can NOT know of us magic folk…Understood!"

“She won’t say a word…I…I know she won’t…..,” responded Quinn quietly.

“Well…I for one…Don’t believe that shit….You’re not changing her back..and that’s FINAL…,” roared Darien as he quickly swiped up Quinn’s Big Black Book. “…And I’m taking this to make sure of that….See you at dinner..Brother” ended Darien with a sneer.

Quinn was furious and was about to leap at Darien when Darien muttered something under his breath. And just like that Quinn felt his knees buckle as he fell to the ground, seemingly paralyzed.

“Don’t worry, brother, this spell will wear off my dinner..See ya then!” He all but snickered.
Quinn merely groaned in response…Being unable to find his voice.

‘I’m sorry Talia…’ he thought to himself as shame started to cloud over his entire being.

[Amayasama]

Talia watched in shock to see the brothers quarrel. She was sure they would break out fighting any moment with the yelling and her ears were ringing because of it. But to hear that Quinn was protecting her so much when she couldn't get in a word made her heart ache. This boy was in love. That was the only reason. If she was just some girl he messed up on during his...magic spell then she was sure that he wouldn't care what happened to her.

“Well…I for one…Don’t believe that shit….You’re not changing her back..and that’s FINAL…" That made Talia's thoughts come to a screeching halt and she instantly looked back up to the, apparently an older brother, big brute that had snatched her up before. He had Quinn's book in his hand with a dark sneer of a grin on his lips.

She growled and looked around for something to chuck at the idiot's head to get him to look at her but an echoing thump made her eyes go straight to Quinn. He wasn't standing anymore, he was on the floor...and the two brothers were gone. How overwealming this felt the only thing that was going through her head was, 'Check on Quinn.'

Talia ran over to the side of the desk and looked over the side with a shiver. She bit her lip and searched the ground for something that would break her fall. She lifted her head and looked over her shoulder at the scarf still curled up. She nodded and ran over to it, pulling it over to the edge and pushing some of it under a textbook's edge. She slid down over the side of the desk and slowly made her way to the floor.

Thankfully her arms were strong enough to keep her from slipping and she landed on her feet on the carpet. She hurried over to the gigantic boy with a bit of a shiver before kneeling by his eyes and tilting her head to see him right. "Quinn...Quinn are you okay?" She looked over him quickly and lifted her hands to press them against his large forehead. He didn't have a fever...what did his brother do?!

[Ronnie]

(( I finally did A post...sorry for taking so long D: ))

Quinn silently cursed to himself. ‘How could I me so stupid!? How could I let Darien get me like that!? Oh Gawd! Talia….I … I failed her…Dammit… Dammit.. DAMMIT!’

His thoughts; however, were interrupted by a warmth on his forehead. He slowly opened eyes to see Talia there. ‘How’d she get there…?’ He wondered….

“Quinn… Quinn, are you okay?,” she asked him. He could hear the concern in her voice…and it puzzled him.

‘Wh-why does she care…? Especially, after what I have done!? I’m so confused…’

He tried in vain to tell her it was just a spell and he’d be ok, but all that came out was a muted moan.

‘Dammit, I can’t even talk!’ He thought in annoyance to himself.

He sighed – unsure of what to do. He couldn’t move or talk or anything (besides breathing, of course!). It frustrated him to no end.

Giving another soft groan, he simply looked at Talia with pleading eyes… Pleading for forgiveness.

‘Talia…I’m sorry….’

[Amayasama]

Talia jumped at the rumbling moan and first thought that he was in pain before looking at his eyes. Worry, pity, and sadness reflected back at her. She frowned and gently pecked his forehead in a small kiss and patted his hairline. "Idiot..." She whispered as she shook her head.

She could guess what he was saying and she so desprately wanted words but guessing was probably as good as it was going to get for a while. "Can...can you blink once if you're hurt anywhere?" She said softly as she looked down the length of his body with a slight shiver. "And twice is you are okay." She added and carefully watched his large beautiful eyes.