Leprechauns | ✔

- Chapter 22 -

I thought through my adventures the last couple of days. I had been busy searching for a job. There had to be something I could do to earn some magic that wasn't going to hurt either of us. Emerson didn't deserve to go to jail for something she would never be able to explain to anyone.

My heart broke at the thought of her not being able to explain this part of her life to anyone. She needed to be able to talk to people about what was going on. Maybe once we built up a better trust with one another I would allow her to tell one person. Of course their mind would be wiped clean as soon as I graduate....if I did graduate.

Emerson stirs in her sleep, I freeze waiting to see if this was the time she would wake up. I needed her to sleep for just a little while longer so I could finish these papers. I needed to make sure I was able to get all of my thoughts down on the paper. This all needed to sound professional and it had to cover everything. We couldn't have anymore slip ups. My entire life counted on it.

I dipped the feather into the ink once again... I liked the feel of this more than writing with a normal pen. I carefully write the last few words making sure to cross the t's and dot the I's. Everything had to be perfect. Reading over it one last time I glanced at the one I had written for myself.

I had to say goodbye to Rumple. We couldn't be friends anymore. Especially if I wanted to pass. I wouldn't be able to gamble with him if I lost my powers anyways. We had a good run but there needed to be some boundaries and since he wasn't interested in hanging out then I wasn't interested in it either.

I figured now would be the best of time to wake Emerson up. I had the contracts ready and I just needed her to sign them. Maybe it was better to wake her up early so that she wasn't wide awake when she signed hers. Then she wouldn't ask too many questions.

I shook my head. That was an awful idea. I needed her wide awake and ready to focus so that she didn't mess anything up. She needed to really read it and understand what was asked of her.

I make my way over to the bed climbing up the sheets until I was standing on top of it. Her chest raises as she breathes, the dreams of whatever girls dreamed about frolic in her mind as she sleeps peacefully. I didn't want to wake her up for fear that she would be angry with me, but I needed to know this was taken care of. I couldn't hold it off anymore.

"Emerson?" I could feel the word felt uncomfortable in my voice. I tried my best to remove the accent but at times it was difficult. I placed my hand on her shoulder shaking her slightly to shuffle her out of her sleep. She stirs easily as she rolls over nearly crushing me in the process. I let out a yelp before jumping out of the way. Her eyes flutter open as she looks at me.

"What do you want?" She groans as she pulls the pillow closer to herself. I shook my head holding the paper tightly in my hand.

"I nade yer ter sign dis," I could feel the words tremble on my lips before they hit her. She rolls her eyes sitting up carefully.

"What?" She questions rubbing the back of her head. I didn't know how to respond. Did she really not know what I was talking about?

"I... need.. yer to sign this," I tried my best to say each word carefully so she would understand what I was saying. She looked at my hands, her eyes dancing over the paper they held. I decided to show her. Tossing the paper gently into the air the scroll unfolded itself before it grows to it's normal size. It unrolls in front of her the world carefully etched on the sheet of yellow and golds.

"Why do I need to sign this?" She leans forward peering carefully at the sheet in front of her. Her eyes shaking as she reads.

"We nade ter make sure we are followin' de rules an' oi nade yer ter never knuk anythin' ever again," The words flew out of my mouth like a jet stream. There was no way she was going to be able to understand everything I had said. "Steal, I mean you can't steal anything," I did my best to fix the accent once again. I kept forgetting and I'm sure I always would. It was so much easier to talk to people from my world. I wasn't always trying to adjust my dialect for them.

She reads the contract carefully before turning back to me.

"I won't steal anything ever again. I'm so embarrassed I did in the first place, there is no need for a contract," She plopped back onto her bed staring up at the ceiling. I shook my head.

"Sign it," I muttered.

"Why are you so demanding so early?" She groans rolling over in her bed as she sits up again. Grabbing the pen from me she scribbles her name across the bottom.

"Because dis is serious, yer are gonna ruin me life if yer don't folly dees rules," She rolled her eyes as I spoke. My heart was racing. She had signed the contract but was she being honest. Would she really steal something for more magic. I knew I was going tomorrow to work, trying to earn magic in the most proper way I could think of.

I had a job set up for tomorrow morning and I needed Emerson to trust that I was going to work as hard as I could to get as much magic needed to finish off the rest of the assignment. This was important and I needed to pass. I had to pass.

"Why is it so important? How could I ruin your life?" She questions pulling the blankets over her head as if she was annoyed with me. Odds are she probably was. I couldn't help it though. I plopped down on the pillow next to her head. She needed to listen and if she wasn't going to I was going to have to tell the fairy council and then she would be in real trouble.

Humans weren't let off easy if they misbehaved while knowing about mythical creatures. This made creatures like myself very unhappy and usually they would use their magic to hurt the humans.

"Oi lose me magic if yer don't listen ter me," Without my magic I was nothing. I would become a figment of her imagination. The idea that I would cease to exists scared me. I didn't want to disappear. I wanted to continue to live, I wanted to use my magic to the best of my ability. I needed her to focus so I could do so.

"What do you mean you lose your magic?" I could hear the confusion in her voice but I could feel that she didn't actually care. She was just asking the questions to get them out there. I shook my head slightly annoyed with the way she was acting. Was I this difficult when I first wake up?

"Withoyt me magic, oi'm not a leprechaun, oi 'ill jist vanish an' everythin' Ah've done or everyone Ah've known 'ill naw longer mind me. oi 'ill 'av 'ad naw impact on de warrld," The words came out so fast they flew like lightning. Emerson cocked her head to the side pulling it out from under the sheets.

"Fine, I won't steal anything else," With that she threw the blanket over her head again leaving me to sit in silence as she tried her hardest to fall asleep.

There was nothing to say.

But I hoped she would keep her word. She did sign a contract.