Chapter Twelve

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                                 Mysterious girl
I walked into this expensive clib, finding loads of people packed in. I pulled my hood further over my head. In the process I accidently bumped into this elegant woman in a plain black dress. The dress covered her body,all but her arms. She had a maroon colored arms, becoming more red at her hands. Half her face was white, with a blue strip going across her eyes. It reminded me a lot of how pandas looked. She had long, blue ears that touched her shoulders. And a different toned blue hair pulled up into a tight hun. Her horns branched off her hear, kinda curling around to the back of her head and decorated with small chains that held pearls. I started to apologize and watched her red eyes turn smokey blue. She started to fall but that beast behind her caught her. He had a crown of horns that curled to the back of his head glowed colors of the rainbow. In the dim light I could see  cloud above his head that was also rainbow colored. He had long black hair that fell into his face, barely covered his four multi-colored eyes. He wore a black suit and had tusks like a Saber tooth tiger. He held her in her arms, making her look small in compairison, and looked down at me.
"Follow me." He bellowed and started walking. He had three tails, one down the middle that had an orange-brown colored fur around it that came into an arrow shaped tip. And two more on the other side starting at a purple color and fading into a red. I followed him into an office and watched him setting her in a chair behind the desk, and closing the door behind me.
"Is she going to be okay?" I asked, watching him shake his massive head.
"Yes, she'll be fine. She's just having a vision." He told me. I looked at him, my jaw dropping for a second.
"What made her have a vision?" I asked a little bit more curious.
"We will know for sure soon, however, I believe it was you. Please take a seat." He told me. I did as I was told, sitting in the nearest available seat. He poured a glass of something and waited. It seemed like forever before she finally came to. She blinked several times before looking at the man.
"Welcome back darling, what did you see?" He asked, handing her the drink. She took it immediately. She finally made eye contact with me. Her eyes back to a bright red again.
"Who is she?" She asked calmly, both of them now looking at me.
"Uh...well my name is abbie." I said, removing my hood. She nodded her head and drank some more. The man looked at her.
"My vision was of the child. She's come looking for her family." She spoke. I nodded my head rapidly.
"She does reek of hell hound." The man said.
"Just because she smells like a hell hound doesn't mean she is related to your family." She said shadly. She stood and walked over to me, looking me up and down. She sniffed the air above me, then proceeded to move towards the door. She waved her hand and turned back around.
"How old are you?" She asked, leaning against the door, the man's eyes back on me. Which was starting to creep me out considering he had two set of them. Looking back at her opened my mouth to speak.
"I..." I stuttered out "I'm ten years old." I told her my voice shaking under her crazy intense stare. Like she was looking into my soul.
"Ten. What was everyone doing ten years ago?" She asked, turning towards the man. I raised my hand slightly, my ears folding back against my head. The both looked at me, eyebrows raised.
"Who exactly are you guys? And why does the scary lady have visions?" I asked, wanting to know why I was stuck in this office with two strangers. I shook my head and opened my my mouth; word vomiting over the lady who was trying to answer my question.
"I just want to find my family, okay, and the last lead I had lead me here. And...and...an.." I started trailing off as my hears welding over my eyes and flowed over my cheeks. They both looked surprised but allowed me to bawl before them. They allowed me to finish crying before anyone moved. The lady moved towards me, placing one hand on my shoulder.
"My name is Empress, I am a Brazilian jungle monster." She told me plucking a hair off my head; going back to the desk. She opened up some cabinets, pulling out bottles and baggies.
"Really, hunny, you know that makes the office reek." The man said.
"Don't mind my husband. This is Star Screamer, he is a hell hound. Him and his family own this rather unique estblisment." She said, pulling a large bowl like thing from one of the draws. She began mixing the the ingredients, and started a small fire. It began to bubble and smell. Finally she dropped the strand of my hair into the mixture.
"What is she doing?" I asked, sitting on my knees as I looked, trying to see what she was doing.
"I'm going to help you find them." She said, pulling a locket from another draw. She dropped the pendent into the mixture, holding it by the chain. After a while she pulled it out and held it about the pot, allowing the excess mixture to drip off.
"How is this going to help me?" I questioned wide eyed. I watched as she dried the pendent off, and threw away the rag. She walked around the desk, her hand trailing along Star Screamer as she walked towards me.
"I have enchanted it to lead you to your parents. However, I ask you don't find them here. Even with your hell hound blood, it doesn't mean this is your family." She told me handing me the pendent. I took it in my hands, turning it over. My ears perked up a little.
"How will it do that exactly?" I asked looking back up at her.
"It will begin to glow as you draw near to your family. Since your heart desires your parents, so it will lead you to them. But I warn you, the creatures in this club are not exactly good willing people. Be careful who you meet." She said, walking towards the door. She opened it, standing there watching me. I got up and left the office, my brain pounding as i stumbled around till I bumped into a cream colored wolf, with golden yellow locks. She turned around her bright blue eyes looking into mine. I stood there frozen, the pendent glowing brightly.
"How did you get down here?" She asked me confused. I opened my mouth not knowing what to say. So I closed it, perked my ears up and tilted my head to the side. It appeared like she couldn't see the light.
"Hunny this section is for 18 plus. And you look a little underage." She told me, placing her hand on my shoulder and guided me in the opposite direction. We ended up back upstairs in the crowed ball.
"This is a tab bit more appropriate." She told me, walking away almost immediately. I blinked Atherton strange behavior and looked around. There were loads of people. And no possible way I could find my father with everyone. I weaved in and out of people, hiding away until closing.
After many hours, I woke up to people cleaning, glasses clicking together. I made my way back downstairs. The charm began to glow, getting brighter the closer I got. I could hear people talking.
"I find it strange that Sat would choose and ordinary wolf to settle down with. You think she'll get a job?" Some lady slurred out, she obviously had too much to drink.
"Why would she need to? She's about to marry the prince of hell." Said another lady, her voice sounding familiar, I met her earlier tonight.
"Yea, that's true. All the other lady's don't work. You never really see them unless it's one of these parties." The first lady said, burping loudly.
"She doesn't even know if she's going to marry him. So I may still have a shot with him." Said the other.
"Really Noa, You still think you have a shot? He's been turning you down for years. What makes you think he's interested?" Said the first lady. I peaked around the corner, watching them. It was the blonde lady from earlier, she was sitting at the bar with a blue lizard with pink markings. They were both wearing skimpy, but kind of classy dresses.
"Because he kissed me back, he would go for it?" Noa said watching her glass. It was half full of a brown liquid.
"Noa, You were rebound, just like last time. Except this time he chose to be a man." Said the lizard.
"You really think I was rebound?" Noa asked, drinking from her glass. The lizard nodded her head. She burped again, covering her mouth.
"You never did tell him about what happened, did you?" The first lady asked.
"Okay, but he did purpose till after she found out she was pregnant. Maybe if you had told him he might have choosen you." The lizard told her.
"Kiilala, you think too much." Can we go to the back room now?" Noa asked. I walked up to them, the pendent glowing brightly.
"Excuse me, miss Noa?" I asked, tapping her shoulder. She turned to look at me, her bright blue eyes looking even brighter with her red tinged eyes from crying. She blinked a few times, finally recognizing me.
"You're the kid from earlier, what are you still doing here?" She asked turning to me. The lizard woman glared at me, shooting dangers at me. I filled and winced a little bit.
"I know this is going to sound strange, but I think you're my mom?" I told her. Watching terror fill her face.
"Oh, im sorry. You've got the wrong person." She told me.
"Do your parents know you're here?" Kiilala asked me. I shook my head.
"Actually, I don't have any parents. I've been in the system since I was born. I was just dropped off at the police station. I ran away away from my current residence. I had a lead my parents both work here. Then this crazy lady fainted when I touched her, and I guess had a vision about me. Then gave me this pendent to help me track my parents down." I told them. They both stared for a second, taking a drink.
"I bet you never saw this coming coming Now." Kiilala snickered. Noa glared at her.
"Look, do you know who my father is?" I asked, getting frustrated. But I was just a kid, who was going to believe me.
"How would I know who your father is?" Noa asked me, her anger rising.
"I may just be 10 years old, but that lady assured me her magick works. Her husband vouched for her." I told them, my voice raising a little bit.
"Who? What lady?" She asked.
"I think she said her name was Empress?" And her husband's name was Star Screamer?" I told them lifting up the pendent. "And this pendent is suppose to glow when im near my family." I finished.
"Sorry to tell you kid, but it isn't glowing." Kiilala told me laughing a little bit. Noa has fallen quiet.
"Delonega, I need the reports done by at least Friday. I'll add this party in at the end of the week. Im too tired tonight." Came a males voice from the far entrance. He was walking closer, the pendent began to shine even brighter. I turned to see a tall, lean, black hell hound with wings. His nose was red and he had a mohawk, black with a red strip down the middle.
"Yea im a bit too drunk to get any paper work done tonight." Noa said, the man was dressed in a fancy suit, and stood before us, looking me over.
"Who may this be?" He asked.
"My name's Abbie." I replied.
"Why is a child in a strip club." He asked. Now I understood why I couldn't be here.
"According to her, she's here looking for her family. She claims that this magick amulet will help her find her family." Kiilala said laughing.
"Who gave you this amulet?" He asked.
"Empress." Noa told him looking up finally. He looked at her for a moment, then looked at me for a moment.
"Who does she say her parents are?" He asked me after a long pause.
"Well she's still looking for her father, but supposively, noa is her mom." Kiilala said laughing some more. The man didn't seem very amusing.
"Unfortunately I trust my aunt when it comes to magick." He told her. "As far as u can tell, that magick has led her to her family. I know that spell works." He explained. "I also think Noa has a lot to tell me." He said looking directly at Noa.
"Okay, look, I gave her up. It was a closed adoption. I never planned on telling you because I never expected to see her again. Noa said crying some more.
"Where are your parents Abbie?" He asked me.
"I don't have any, I've been in the system this entire time." I told him.
"Does the orphanage know youre here?" He asked me. I shook my head.
"No sir, I ran away." I told him.
"Noa cant take her, she's trashed." Kiilala said. He sighed and went quiet, thinking deeply. He pulled out his cellphone and dialed a number. I could hear the ring, and it finally pick up.
"I know this is the last minuet, but I need to bring some one home with me tonight." He said to the person on the other end. She began to scream at him.
"No, it's not a fuck buddy Kenna. I'll explain more later." He told her before hanging up the phone.
"All right, Noa we'll talk more later. Abbie, come with me. It's getting late." He told me, holding his hand out towards the far entrance. I looked back at Noa, then turned and left with the man. As we walked, we spoke.
"My name is Satchanan, my family calls me Satan. And judging by that pendent, you can call me dad." He told me.
"Wait, I can really call you dad? Noa denied she was my mom right away?" I told him.
"Like I told them, I trust my aunt Empress when it comes to this. Im sure Kenna will understand." He told me. He held the door open for me as we walked out into the parking lot. We got into this Jeep and drove all the way to the house in silence, thankfully it was only fifteen minuets.

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