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jess-the-vampire · 8 years ago

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Tom Vs The Forces Of Evil (Au), Chapter 1

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Hilariously enough i posted an image today with this au for Tomco week!!

Pretend this is my bonus submission for it XD

Also, yay!! New multichapter fic by me!!

Let’s hope it goes well...

Marco still remembered the day he first met Tom. I mean, it's kinda hard to forget the first day you got to meet your new roommate, especially when he's an alien prince. He was called to meet the principle, just some normal boring day, when Principle Skeeves took him outside to introduce him to someone. Marco couldn't help but feel a bit angry, hoping more that it would've been him being seen as more of a "Bad-Boy" or at most being praised for his effort in class. No, he got called up to meet a new kid. He was grumpily dragged to the Principle's office door and was told to wait outside, Marco sighed and leaned against the wall....what was he? A Tour guide? He knew he was considered the Safekid of the school, but that didn't mean he had to drag every new student around these halls to tell them where everything was

As he wondered where this kid would be from the door opened and the Principle walked out with a boy behind him, and the first thing Marco noticed is that he didn't quite seem normal. For one, he had these marks on his cheeks...upside down triangles, and his wardrobe was weird, he was wearing a roundish pale purple hat with horns on it's sides and an eye on it, a red shirt with a star in the center, one single armband on his right arm, a spiked belt, and some plain jeans and boots. Marco wasn't sure to call him edgy, or just plain weird. The new kid looked at him oddly, he had pink hair and red eyes that went along well with his strange color scheme, his eyes were even the same color as the eye on his hat! Marco could feel him judging him, but the boy didn't say anything and continued to examine him. Principle Skeeves spoke up, " This is...Tom..Tom..Butterfly?" Tom nodded. The man continued, " He's from some kingdom called Mewni, and he's our newest student....I hear he's a bit of a trouble maker, so i figured who better to look after him than our very own safe kid!!". The principle smiled proudly, pushing Marco towards Tom. Marco grumbled some more, muttering to himself as to not make a fool of himself in front of the new kid, " I'm a misunderstood badboy.." "Aww come now...you're adorable..." The Principle said, overhearing him, "Just give him a tour of the school and keep him out of trouble..". And with that he walked of leaving Marco with he newest addition to their school, or at least he thought he did, because when Marco turned around Tom was gone. "Tom?" Them he heard some angry noises coming from down another hallway, and it didn't take him long to find the boy angry trying to attack the water fountain, "WHAT THE HECK IS THIS STUPID THING???!!". In his rage he pulled out what looked like a toy wand and pointed it at the fountain. Marco at first thought, just assumed he might be crazy, until he saw the wand light up, a green aura that could only mean trouble. "HEY!!", Marco ran up to the boy and pulled him away, the wand dimmed down immediately, "What do you think you're doing??!" Tom looked at the human curiously, "This device was trying to shoot water at me!!! I was standing my ground..." Marco gave him a look, "That's a water fountain, it's harmless....". Marco looked at the wand Tom was holding, it was purple and red all over, it had bat wings, small horns, and a be-jeweled pentagram star in the center. "Look....I don't know where Mewni is.....but that's not how you handle things here in echo creek..." Marco placed a hand on Tom's back and lead him down the hall, " Just stay with me, and you won't have to worry about a thing..." "Is that why they call you the Safekid?", Tom asked, he seemed to be much calmer now, making Marco wonder if the strange device only turned green when he was angry. Marco grumbled, "I don't understand why they keep calling me that...". Then he reacted quickly, moving Tom out of the way of glass on the floor and some dangerously open lockers. "Look i get it, i wore a helmet once in the shower...but that was one time..", He sighed, "I'm tough, that title doesn't fit me at all.." "So everyone here kinds calls you that then?" Tom asked as a girl winked and made a sign at him that said "Call Me". Earth was super weird so far, and he didn't hesitate to get a bit closer to Marco out of safety. Marco grumbled, "Yeah, I wish they would stop calling me that.....I'm not safe...frankly I'd be happy to have a little danger in my life..." "Really?" Tom asked, he thought for a moment before pointing his wand and shooting some magic out of it, conjuring a rather large bat-wolf creature in front of Marco. Marco, surprised, jumped back behind Tom as the creature scurried off and chased some kids. "WHAT WAS THAT??!!" He screamed, but Tom look confused. "What? You wanted danger, so I did what you asked....Earth is weird man..." Marco stepped away from Tom, "Who...what are you?". Tom looked at him and sighed, holding out his magic wand, backing up, he magically conjured a multiple array of colorful flames and creatures surrounding him. He smirked at the human, enjoying his reaction that was a mix of amazement and slight fear. "I'm Tom, a magical prince.....from another dimension...", he playfully bowed at Marco, the fire dimmed down behind him, " But honestly that title sounds really corny and kinda lame so just know that I've never been to earth before...your magic seems weird.." Marco was still looking at the boy in shock, not even replying to him and denying the existence of magic, he backed up, "You know what?....forget the tour, you show yourself around....I'm going home.". Tom looked at Marco, almost a bit sad. "Did I do something wrong?" Marco pulled the hood of his hoodie over his head, backing up and away from the new boy, "What? No no...I just think..someone like you, doesn't need someone like me....". Marco didn't try to hide the sarcasm and cruelness behind his voice, between the magic, and the water fountain, this kid was far from the person he wanted to spend the rest of his time with. He'd be lucky to make it home alive. Marco turned to leave, not even facing the strange boy who looked almost as if his world blew up. "Oh well....see you around I suppose?" Tom called after him as Marco kept going. Marco didn't turn around and kept on going. If he was lucky, he wouldn't see that kid again.. - Marco arrived home rather late, he tried to wash Tom out of his mind as best he could by visiting a local Mexican restaurant and meeting up with Alfonso and Ferguson. They weren't exactly "Cool", but at least they were normal, and they weren't likely to blow up the entire school. And he could rant about his day and allow himself to let all that stress out, which he was thankful for. He sighed, at least he was finally home so he could relax. That was, until he opened the door to find his parents talking to a very familiar boy with a horned hat. "MARCO!!", His mother excitably called out to him, "Come meet your new roommate Tom!! He's the new foreign exchange student whose going to be living with us!!!". Tom awkwardly waved to him from between the couple on the couch, "Didn't the principle guy tell you? I kinda need a place to stay while I'm here and since I guess you guys take in all kinds of kids...they figured you'd be perfect.". Marco was still in shock, his brows folded and he crossed his arms. Angie pulled Tom up off the couch and practically presented him to Marco, "Won't it be nice having Tom's feisty personality around the house?" Marco grumbled, "We don't need Tom's feisty personality, this house is crazy enough..." Angie crossed her arms, "Marco, stop being rude, why don't you go help bring Tom's things up to his new room? He should start getting settled in, and i'm sure you two are going to going to be great friends once you get used to each other...". Tom smiled gently at Marco, almost as if he was trying to apologize for earlier. Marco gave him a look, he wasn't eager to have this kid as his friend, not at all. Marco found Tom's bags at the end of the stairs and picked them up, Tom followed after him as they went upstairs. This day was only getting better and better. - "I-I'm really excited to be living here with you...Marco." Tom said, as they reached his bedroom door, "I mean, I'm familiar with earth culture and stuff but I've never really been here before, Mewni kinda used to keep me from doing much traveling..." He laughed awkwardly, "But honestly anything is better then home so I hope this'll be cool and stuff..." Marco finished dragging Tom's things to his door, panting, just how much did this kid need? These bags might as well have been filled with rocks they were so heavy. Tom noticed his pain and picked up one of his bags with ease much to Marco's surprise, "Thanks for helping, i'll take them from here....". He opened the door to the plain old guest room and bit his lip, this was far from a room suited for him. He put his bag down. "Eh, this room is too plain and boring..." He pulled out his wand, making Marco slightly worried, "But I think I might be able to work with this.....RADIENT ROOM TRANSFORM!!". Marco watched in awe as the room expanded into a slight tower sticking out of his house, it had weapons on the walls, band posters all over, strange magic devices, videos games, a ping pong table, and even a nice double bed with flamed sheets. Marco could've sworn he also saw a small cage with a bunny in the corner as well. An edgy room, perfect for Tom, it matched him all too well. Tom smiled to himself, "I've been working on that spell for awhile, good thing it worked this time....otherwise you guys might not have had a roof anymore..." .He smiled bashfully at Marco, "Sorry bout weirding you out with my magic stuff earlier...I didn't know it'd freak you out so much...although I'll admit it was kinda funny.." Marco gave him a look, before pushing him aside to enter the boy's new room, he looked at it in awe. He couldn't deny, he was really impressed. "Man, I wish my room could look like this...", He said aloud. "Really?" Tom asked, eyebrows raised. "Yeah?", Marco said, suddenly embarrassed. Tom grinned, maybe this would impress Marco. Marco felt his stomach drop when he saw Tom start running down the hall towards Marco's bedroom, he chased after him, "Hey, wait-! Don't do anything-". He caught up to Tom, who stopped in his tracks before he did anything to Marco's bedroom, it was like he was frozen in place and unable to move. Marco looked at him like he was crazy, until he realized it looked as if Tom was about to cry. "Tom? Is everything ok?" That's when he noticed the wand lighting up, a green aura taking over and before Marco knew what was happening a green hole erupted inside the boy's room and started to suck everything inside of it, Tom snapped out of his stance immediately and started to panic and hold the door frame. "CLOSE THE DOOR!!", Marco shouted, clinging onto Tom for support. Tom used all his strength to get back into the hallway and close the door, which bizarrely kept the portal from sucking anything else in. Then they saw the green light from under the doorway fade, the portal must have vanished. A panicked Tom turned towards a terrified Marco, "Marco i'm so sorry, I don't know what came over me I ju-" "Save it..", He interrupted. He didn't mean to sound so mean, but he didn't want this, he had enough today. "Look, I don't know where you're from, but I can't live like this...I've gone through countless exchange students in my home and I'm tired of this, my room is gone, and i'm not interested in babysitting another troubled kid who could kill me in an instant...look if you're moving in, i'm moving out..." Marco lashed out before angrily turning away and heading down the stairs. But not before a heartbroken Tom's wand turned green and set a rain cloud upon the human on his way out. Tom looked out the window to see him leave down the street. "Great job Tom....you did it again.." - Marco was wet, no he was soaked. Standing outside of a store, at night, scaring away customers with his enragement. He wasn't even allowed back in to even get a refill on his drink because of the cloud. Ugh, he had to get a new foreign exchange student didn't he? A magic one. It was just his luck to get a dangerous magic child in his home. He sighed, maybe he'd been too cruel to Tom, but between how many times he could've gotten him killed today...Marco tried to tell himself his anger was justified. But then again Tom was the new kid and this was all probably strange to him, he needed to make friends and feel welcomed in this new environment and neither happened since he got here. He felt guilt welt up inside him for yelling at Tom, sigh, maybe he took it too far judging him so soon, he tried to deny his guilt but it was hard not picturing Tom's sad face. He muttered to himself until he heard a voice behind him. "Marco?" Marco turned around to find a familiar pink-haired boy shyly staring at him, Marco was originally going to turn around in anger at him, but his face softened at the sight of how sad he was. Man, now he really felt bad about lashing out at him. "I-I'm sorry Marco.." Tom said, sighing, "Earth was supposed to help me, help me control my emotions so my magic didn't hurt anyone.... and I've already hurt you within one day of being here...". He looked miserable, he took out his wand and got rid of Marco's cloud in an instant, " I'm sorry about your room, I already fixed it and got everything back when you wanna go back home..." Marco wanted to reach out to him, but Tom kept on going. "And...If you really don't want me there it's fine, I understand, It's not exactly the first time..." He awkwardly laughed to himself, "But it's ok, I can just...find another family to take me in I suppose...if you really don't want me there." "Tom..I-" Marco started, before his eyes grew wide. "T-Tom?" "Yeah?" Tom said, expecting Marco to be angry with him, but instead feeling a presence behind him and turned around. Monsters, a good few of them too, in many shapes and sizes. All angry. Tom grumbled, "What? You guys think just because i'm off mewni you can just waltz in here and take my stinking wand?". They got into fighting positions, ready to take out the mewni prince. "Marco stay back I-", Tom said before being cut off by a defensive Marco, who through a few kicks and hits took down one of the monsters. Tom was speechless, "Y-You can fight?" "What? You don't have karate back on your home planet?" , Marco said, smirking and continuing to fight against the group. A Smirking Tom held out his wand, "I've never had anyone fight with me before, this should be fun...just watch yourself safekid.." Tom was also pretty good at fighting on his own, with some hits and kicks, but he was strong with his magic. Shouting out spells that sounded rather silly to Marco, but caused a whole lot of damage to the monsters, giant fiery bats, raining bears, venomous wolfs that came in hoards. Marco couldn't hide his amazement, he was pretty good at magic when he could control himself. Marco helped push some more guys down and soon enough they were starting to retreat, fearing the angry prince and his new sidekick, they escaped through a portal, bruised and terrified. Tom panted, smiling at the human. "Marco, that was amazing, you were amazing..." Tom said in glee. "We were amazing.." Marco corrected, "That was a lot of fun...does this happen to you a lot? Being attacked by monsters and stuff?" Tom shrugged, " Sometimes....it's a long story involving my family and junk, but I should get ready to pack up and head out...". Before he could leave, Marco stood in front of him, "No Tom, look I was being stupid, I Judged you too hard and I should've never lashed out at you....you're in a new environment and you're still learning and I really should've considered your own feelings..." "Yeah but I screwed up, I ruined your room and I scared you.." Tom sighed, " You don't have to-" "Yeah, but i'm still here right?" ,Marco said, "And you managed to fix my room...so, it's ok. You didn't mean to....no hard feelings..ok?". He walked up closer to the boy and smiled, " I know I don't have to, but if you're having trouble with your emotions...maybe i can help? I mean, I know what's like to have trouble making friends and handling things...so maybe I can help make things easier for you around here?" "You'd do that for me?" "Yeah, it's the least I can do if you're going to be my new roommate..", Marco sighed, "Just.... be careful using magic around the house ok?" Tom smiled and pulled Marco in for a hug, "Thank you...you won't regret this, I promise...." It took Marco a second to register that Tom was hugging him, then he hugged him back, smiling. Y'know, maybe this wouldn't be so bad, he could go on exciting adventures, fight monsters, and he could even help someone handle their problems like a psychologist. The separated and Tom grinned, "Sorry, back home I really don't get hugs..." But Marco smiled just as wide, "C'mon...it's been a long day for both of us and we better get back home..." Tom agreed happily. The started walked along the sidewalk, Marco making sure Tom didn't step on anything dangerous or heading into the street. Tomorrow was a new day.

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readpleasereview · 7 years ago

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Best Travel Purse

I have long been in search of a functional, yet stylish, travel purse. No matter where I traveled, no matter how long, I always found myself wanting a purse with sufficient space but wasn’t bulky, that had many pockets and storage areas to choose from, that was durable yet didn’t cost an arm and a leg. Impossible? I was starting to think so.

However, after looking for what seemed like years (it might have been), and becoming convinced that this bag didn’t exist, I found myself in a travel conversation with a friend. During that conversation, she pointed me in the direction of the Kipling Alvar Solid Crossbody bag which she owns in black. She said she loves hers, has used it for years without disappointment, and it is still going strong.

I decided to take the plunge. I ordered up my bag about a week before an international trip and promptly became excited looking forward to its arrival. Was I finally going to discover the bag of my dreams?

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The Arrival

I had done a bit of research on the Kipling brand and knew that it was well respected and even loved. Kipling brand began solely as a bag company yet has grown to be a maker of quality travel gear. They’re recognized worldwide by the whimsical monkey key chain that comes with every bag. This furry mascot gives a nod to Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” as well as to the company’s fun-loving and adventurous brand which is named after Kipling himself.

Three days before our departure the bag arrived in a nondescript Mylar envelope. I quickly opened it and was happy to see that right off the bat the bag seemed excellent. I got straight to work opening and closing all the zippered compartments to see what they offered and appeared indestructible. This quality was great to see because nobody wants a zipper that doesn’t work when you’ve stored valuables inside.

Instantly, one of my favorite features was the two zippered sections on top, both of which access the entire height of the bag – top to bottom. I found this two-pocket design to be amazingly helpful for organization. The inner of these two zippered pockets, closest to your body, offers yet another zippered pocket. Right away I knew that this inner-most pocket would hold the bulk of my traveling money.

Passports fit in the slip-in pocket. Inner zipper holds travel cash.

The outer of the two, top, zippered sections offers two, additional, slide-in pockets which I tested out with our passports. Yeah! They both fit in the same slip-in pocket.�� One criterion important to me during travel is being able to access important documents and papers (such as tickets, boarding passes, and passports) quickly and easily.

Altogether, this bag has four exterior zippered pockets, one interior zippered pocket, and two interior slip-in (non-zippered) pockets. The latter two were conveniently handy as one held my iPhone 6 Plus (or our passports while we traveled) and the other perfectly fit my RFID-blocking credit card case. I can’t tell you how happy I am with the easy accessibility these two slip-in pockets offer.

Credit Card holder is easily accessible next to passports.

History of Bags

Earliest Bags

From the earliest stages of civilization, humans have traveled from one place to the next carrying their belongings with them. The history of bags with the dawn of time when they were first developed to help men and women carry loose items that were too much to hold in their hands. Because of this, they played a fundamental role in the development of civilization and migration as tribes, and wandering nomads took traditional items with them to new places, thus expanding culture and customs throughout the region and even the world. that could be folded up and tied. Because they made their bags out of these perishable, organic materials, few antique bags exist today.

1500 – 1800 A.D.

Travel forward to the period between 1500 – 1800 A.D. when bags became practical, everyday articles used to carry items since clothing was not made with pockets. These early purses were of a pouch, used by both men and women, that attached to their belts. In these pouch bags, they would keep necessities such as money, keys, and other valuables. Later in the 16th century, pockets were introduced into clothing, and subsequently, the waist-pouch bag went out of style.

19th Century

Throughout much of the 17th, 18th, and part of the 19th century, women’s clothing was such that not one but two bags could be hidden underneath. These were often referred to as hidden “pockets” – giving the name to modern-style pockets that are now permanently sewn into clothing.

Also during the 19th century and the time of the Industrial Revolution, we saw the invention of many new fabricating materials which include iron ore and steel. These new materials catapulted the popularity of hand bags which could now be made more durable with these materials.

These new materials also shaped the popularity of large travel bags. Travel trunks, also known as steamer trunks, came into fashion. With these study boxes, travelers could accommodate their many belongings and bring them along on long boat and rail journeys. In addition to these larger bags, manufacturers developed smaller bags called “hand luggage” so that travelers could keep their most essential items close by and not stowed far away in luggage compartments. Although these first hand-luggage bags were larger than what we carry today, they were the real beginnings of the handbag that we now know.

1900 – Present

The most influential factor in hand bag evolution during this period was the emancipation of women. Women were now working out of the home and becoming increasingly mobile. The handbag evolved rapidly as per the needs of these working women. Many new styles, from leather cases to plastic daytime bags, were being developed in rapid succession.

Branding also became all the rage and many great handbag designers that we still know today emerged. With fashion designers on board, the handbag became a favorite fashion accessory for many women. It now could be found in many shapes and forms and was no longer the static, unchanging design of the past.

Packing the Bag

We also kept our camera in the purse but took it out to take this picture!

Since it was going to be approximately 24 hours before we reached our final destination of India, we wanted to have a relatively large list of items accessible to us. I was able to fit every item in the picture above into the purse with ease.

On a side note, one thing that I would highly recommend having with you during long travel is a travel-scarf. You won’t believe how handy these can be as you can use these scarves to keep warm, as a pillow, to cover up yourself and your carry-on items while taking a cat nap, to block the light in the plane, and the list goes on…

Altogether, I wanted to fit the following items into the purse:

Passport

Money

Credit Card Case

Plane Tickets

Phone

Phone Charger

Camera

Headphones

Book

Gum

Socks

Reading Glasses

Sun Glasses

Hair Tie

Deodorant

Excedrin

Mini Toothpaste

Toothbrush

Travel Scarf

Lip Balm

And, we did it! The list is long, but we were able to get it all in – including our camera that’s not in the picture because, well, we needed it to take the picture!

Along the way, we used each and every one of these items and were even able to stuff in a few, additional, random gatherings as we traveled – such as a box of band aids and a ton of receipts and other papers that we collected along the way.

Overall, I would agree that this bag lives up to its hype and can hold and organize almost anything you throw at it.

Still looking good one week into the trip.

The Travel Purse Specs

Dimensions 13” x 10.25” x 1.75” Weight 0.62 lbs Material Nylon Shoulder Strap 24” adjustable Origin China Warranty 1 Year against manufacturer defects SKU HB4061

What I Liked

This bag is great for organization! I kid you not, throughout my 3 ½ week trip, I was able to organize and quickly find anything I had inside, from passports to boarding passes, to band aids. I especially loved that I could keep different country’s currency separated in the two front-zippered pockets for easy access while traveling from country to country.

The adjustable strap is sturdy and comfortable and can be adjusted to wear shorter over your shoulder or longer as a crossbody bag. This adjustability is a valuable feature which helps you set the bag to a comfortable length for your height. I, being height-challenged (LOL), always look for a bag that has a strap I can shorten enough to wear comfortably. All too often I come across a bag whose strap is too long, and the bag ultimately becomes uncomfortable to wear. I was able to sufficiently shorten this strap so that the bag comfortably hit my hip.

Even though I generally need to talk myself out of buying black accessories, in this particular case I was happy to buy this bag in black t have to worry about setting the bag on the floor of the plane or elsewhere. However, if black isn’t your color of choice, this bag comes in 25 different color options, so you’re bound to find one you like. Each bag includes a color-coordinated money key ring which is Kipling’s trademark. (Bonuses abound when you chose a Kipling!)

The fabric is durable and water resistant which helped tremendously on our trip since we traveled during the East Asian Monsoon which pelted the region with strong downpours nearly every day. Even if it got dirty, I could clean it easily and scrub off any dirt without damaging the material.

What I Didn’t Like

To be honest, I’d be hard-pressed to find something I didn’t like about this bag. I found it to honestly be the perfect travel bag.

If pushed, I might say that one negative would be that if you’re not organized putting things in the bag, you could easily lose them. I know this seems crazy, but it is absolutely true – I know because I lived it.

On two separate occasions, I haphazardly threw the apartment key into the bag even though I did remember zipping it safely inside. However, when we later returned to the apartment, I couldn’t find the key anywhere and literally had to empty the bag completely to find it. This, after looking in each pocket 2 to 3 times and creating a real nail-biter situation for myself.

For the record, this is not a small, nondescript key I’m talking about but a 5-inch long, silver skeleton key…. True story. Don’t tell anyone.

Conclusion

I can’t be more thankful than I am to Kipling for creating what I feel is the perfect travel bag. I finally found what I had been looking for after searching for years- literally years. The bag is durable, waterproof, and well-made of quality materials. It offers plenty of pockets for organization and even a pen holder between the two, inner, slip-in pockets. A simple but important feature which keeps you from having to route for a pen in the deepest folds of your purse. It’s this simple attention to details and the well-thought-out design that puts this bag above the rest. I plan to use it for years to come, and when it finally wears out, I will buy another that’s just the same. Thank you, Kipling.

Yep, this Kipling Alvar Crossbody Bag even got to visit the Taj Mahal.

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