[Dedicated to Pepper, Pork, Eddie, and those reading]
[Thank you, Peppy] XD
Silently, he led her through the elegant dining room and up the spiraling staircase.
It led her to a world of stairs that went right, left, up, down, and all ways never thought possible.
“Gravity defiant stairs…” She murmured, “But someone here’s not…” (>=D)
She roughly pushed him when he least expected it. “The bigger they are, the harder they fall, freak!” She screamed, laughing manically.
What she didn’t know was that he had been behind her the whole time she blabbed on about his ridiculous hairstyle, taste in fashion, and even his fancy mannerisms.
“Your turn.” He said breathily, leaning against the wall.
She found herself sinking through the staircase.
He only watched.
“This isn’t even a passageway!” She exclaimed, feeling its hollowness.
“You still don’t believe you’re here, hmm?” He was slightly annoyed.
“This is all part of my freaky dream…” She said.
“Am I freaking you out? Is this a freaky dream?” He asked.
“I’ve had some pretty freaky dreams…like that one time I was a guinea pig…but with my face…then I was a giraffe…” She carried on, sinking little by little through the stair.
He sighed, lazily holding out his hand for her to take.
She took it. “Buhbye, David Bowie…”
He arched an eyebrow.
She only smiled. (=3)
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Clickety-click, clickety-click, clickety-click.
The catchy clicking noise stirred Tiffany from her nightly slumber. She pressed her face against the pillow, her nose brushing back and forth against the soft cotton as she buried her face in deeper, trying her very best to disregard the bothersome clicking sound. The large room always taunted her with unusual noises at night, and to her this was only another obstacle to what she called it to be her “beauty sleep”.
However, the turning of a doorknob was a different story. Her body tensed. She pushed the pillow aside, pried her satin blanket off for comfort as she lifted herself up to a comfy sitting position.
Her thoughts were blurry, mind groggy, but it’d wear off after a minute or two—if she could only keep her eyes open. Her sluggish state changed swiftly once the door slowly opened. Shifty-eyed, she bit her lower lip the sight of the door. Her imagination went wild the moment the dark hall sparked her fear. The immediate thought of a monster caused her to hold her stiff friend even tighter.
“Didn’t know you were afraid of the dark.”
“I’m not, sign.”
“I do have a name, don’tcha know?”
“You never spelled it out for me.”
“Ivanov? Your name is Ivanov? What kind of name is that? Named after a cigar or something?”
“You’re the one to talk…you were nicknamed after a drink that rots teeth.”
“How dare you!”
Her mind toyed with her again.
Noises.
Michael Jackson was hiding under her bed.
She knew it!
Something beneath it glowed.
She dropped to her knees, with her butt in the air as she searched it out.
A head in a crystal ball glowed. It did not scare her at all—it may have only been a head---but it was beautiful nevertheless. Too distracted to care, she carefully took it out not wanting to roll it.
“It’s been two months since somebody finally took me out of there!” She cried, exasperated.
She gazed at her wondrously. “I’m very sorry to hear that! You’re very pretty…what’s your name?”
“Lady Hestia.” She said, with a smile.
“Won’t you come with me to investigate that noise? I’m afraid to go by myself.
“Yes, but you’re going to have to carry me.” She said sheepishly.
“Yeah..and your glowy effect helps. What race are you?” Tiffany asked.
“Goblin, but let’s just say I became an embellishment for the king. A gift to some twerp named Tiffany.” She muttered.
“You’re a goblin? Gee wiz, never saw a beautiful goblin before!” She cried, walking out of the room. “I’m…the twerp…by the way.”
“You are? Oh, um, I’m sorry.” She said, blushing a dark blue.
“It’s ok…they call me that all the time at school.” She said, nodding.
“What are you afraid of?” She asked.
“Noise…” She answered.
“Silly! I know you’re afraid of the dark—I heard you not too long ago!” She said factually.
“You THOUGHT you heard something…” She said, red in the face.
“I know what I heard.” She teased.
The sound of another door slammed shut.
Hestia looked around frantically.
“Very superstitious...” Hestia started...
Hestia:
“Very superstitious, writings on the wall
Very superstitious, ladders bout' to fall
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass
Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past…”
Tiffany screamed as a ladder did indeed fall down.
Hestia couldn’t help but scream herself.
Tiffany:
When you believe in things that you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way
Very superstitious, wash your face and hands…
Hestia looked up to her grimly.
“Oops.” Tiffany said. (><)
Hestia:
Rid me of the problem, do all that you can
Keep me in a daydream, keep me goin' strong
You don't wanna save me, sad is my song
When you believe in things that you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, yeh, yeh
Tiffany:
<B>
Very superstitious, nothin' more to say
Very superstitious, the devil's on his way
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass
Seven years of bad luck, good things in your past
When you believe in things that you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, no, no, no
</B>
They discovered their roaming came to a stop in the dining room.
They looked at eachother puzzled.
“Guess there was nothing to be afraid of!” Hestia declared.
“Guess again.”