#got spooky contacts and sharpened her teeth

[pearly-sims]

Looking suspiciously vampiric tonight girl

[pepitotheantichristandgaz]

Credit goes to my friend CelestialDarkness666 on AO3 💙💙💙

I will be posting on here for her since she isn't on Tumblr. She is an all around nice person and i support her fanfics, especially this rare pairing. (She also is writing a ZimxGaz fic on Archive of our own titled Lost and Found) 💙

Dib's New Neighbors of Doom!

Chapter 2: When Pigs Fly!

Saturday rolled around fast, and Dib woke up really early, thanks to a beeping noise on his laptop. He eagerly grabbed the laptop that sat beside his nightstand and flipped it open.

A message chat with a Swollen Eyeball member awaited him. Dib eagerly clicked the icon, starting a video chat with Agent Disembodied Head.

"Mothman." The man said as a form of a greeting.

"Agent Disembodied Head! Did you get my picture?!" Dib asked excitedly, waiting for his verdict on the picture of his neighbor the Antichrist.

"Yes, we've received the picture." He said, sounding serious.

"And? Am I right or am I right?!" Dib excitedly asked, feeling sure of himself.

"I have to admit, we all had our doubts about you..." Disembodied Head began to tell him.

"Go on..." The young paranormal investigator replied, waiting for recognition and praise.

"And we were right! You really ARE crazy!" He yelled as a parrot sitting on his shoulder squawked.

"Wait. WHAT?" Dib said as his mouth dropped open, not expecting that reaction.

The agent looked at the picture of Pepito that he printed out. "I will, however, give you some credit, since well, you're you. And you're delusional. This is one really hideous, scary looking mall goth... but not a demon, let alone the FREAKING ANTICHRIST!" He yelled as his anger got the better of him, holding up the picture of Pepito as he shook with rage. A horrible rage that was due to the fact Dib had cried wolf one too many times...and now no one took him seriously. Especially in the Swollen Eyeball.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! You call yourself an EXPERT?! He's not some mall goth! I saw him manifest a fireball out of thin air! Look at his pointy horns and eyes and his demon teeth!" Dib screamed, trying to point out the obvious in the photo.

"Heh heh. You don't know much about mall goths, do you? They pride themselves on looking spooky and scary! Which is what this young man is clearly trying to do, what with his fake horns and contact lenses. He even went as far as to sharpen his teeth! And as for the fireball, he could have just been doing a magic trick or an illusion with some smoke bombs and you were just gullible enough to believe it." The Agent explained, virtually trying to debunk the entire case Dib brought forth.

"IT WASN'T AN ILLUSION! IT'S NOT LIKE HE CAME OVER TO MY HOUSE TO PULL A RABBIT OUT OF A TOP HAT! THIS IS SERIOUS! HE'S PROBABLY PLOTTING HUMANITY'S DOWNFALL AS WE SPEAK!" Dib screamed, trying to reason with the guy...to no avail.

"HA! This is just like that whole 'the green kid's an alien thing', isn't it?! And when we didn't believe you about him, you started making up stories about Antichrists running around to doom us all so we would help you." The Agent fired back in a know-it-all manner.

"This isn't anything like Zim! He's...WORSE! And I had to save the world so many times from Zim, with no help from you, thank you very much! You're lucky we're not all DEAD! You're like the worst investigator ever!" Dib fired back.

"Well, if that's how you're going to act towards a respected member of the paranormal community, you can go to HELL, where you can hallucinate about Antichrists with pitchforks galore!" The Agent yelled back as he was about to click a button and end their conversation.

"WAIT!" Dib yelled. He had no choice but to swallow his pride and try to beg for some help...even if it came from the lazy Agent who just debunked nearly everything. "B-b-but you HAVE TO DO SOMETHING! He's coming over to my house soon to play video games with my little sister!"

"Oh ho ho! That's what this is really about! You're afraid this freaky mall goth likes your sister!" Disembodied Headed said with a cackle.

"NO! Well, maybe a little. But it's really about him trying to end the world! The Antichrist's arrival is a sign that we're all doomed! And he's probably gonna destroy us ALL! That means you, too! You have to believe me!" Dib shouted, begging for the ignorant man to believe him.

The Agent sighed deeply. "I get it, kid. I have a little sister as well, and she means the world to me. I'd be worried if she started hanging out with a weirdo like that too! Tell you what, kid. If you can get video footage of him using his 'powers' instead of just a picture of him, I'll consider sending you help." He told him.

"Really?" Dib asked, feeling a bit more hopeful.

"Yeah. I'm a man of my word. I doubt you'll get it though. I'd have a much better chance of seeing pigs fly!" He said, cackling as he cut their conversation short.

Dib stared at the blank screen for a moment. "Okay. Video footage...I can do this!" He confidently said to himself.

On perfect timing, a rubber piggy with a jetpack flew through his window, smashing it, and nearly scaring the crap out of Dib. He got up to look out of the broken window.

"What the-"

"MY PIGGY! HE FLIES! GIMME! I NEEDS IT MARY!" A green dog screamed in a shrill voice as he jumped up and down on the lawn.

Dib groaned, already getting annoyed with the start of his day so far. He threw the rubber piggy to Gir, who squealed and continued to play with it.

He quickly got to work, setting up some hidden cameras before his sister woke up, and connecting them to his drives to record potential evidence. He was disappointed that the drives currently needed to be repaired, but once they were fixed and functional, he would have the evidence he needed. After everything was set up accordingly, he went downstairs for some breakfast...only to find a note on the table with his name on it.

"Dib, don't do anything to embarrass your sister.

And don't start calling the neighbor boy a demon or rant about the paranormal.

We need to get off to a good start with these new neighbors.

The last ones wouldn't even come out during the day because of you.

Speaking of which, make sure your sister doesn't rip this kid's limbs off.

P.S. There's a questionable mold in the very bottom drawer of the fridge.

Don't clean it up. I plan on using it for SCIENCE!

Love, Dad."

"You've gotta be kidding me! They wouldn't come out during the day because they're called VAMPIRES, Dad! And why leave mold in the fridge?! WHO DOES THAT?!" Dib yelled to himself. "Crap. I have to record the Mysterious Mysteries marathon today. And stop Zim from whatever he's up to. Oh god! What am I gonna do?! I can't watch him AND save the world from Zim at the same time!"

"Where's the Franken-chokies?"

"AAHHH! Oh, Gaz, you startled me!" Dib said, shoving the note into his mouth and eating it before Gaz could read it. "I think they're in the top cupboard! And you're dressed already?"

Gaz quickly found them and poured herself a bowl of cereal. She was already dressed, wearing her classic black form fitting dress over pink leggings, along with combat boots. "Yeah. I have my new game to play and Pepito's coming over soon."

"He's the Antichrist, Gaz! Why?! Why him?! He's EVIL, Gaz!" Dib screamed, unable to hold it back any longer.

Suddenly, Gaz gripped him by his shirt collar and growled in a threatening manner. "Listen to me, Dib. I don't care if he's the Antichrist or not. I have two games I've been dying to play, but I couldn't because I needed a second player to unlock the later levels. I NEED him." She said, beginning to shake from rage...and desperation to potentially play locked levels.

"ALL THIS FOR VIDEO GAMES?! I could play with you...after I stop Zim!" Dib said.

Gaz scoffed. "Yeah right. You couldn't even make it past level 5 last time. I just want to play some video games with him and that's it. You better not do anything weird to mess up my day, or I'll send you to a nightmare world from which there's no waking. Got it?" She said, directing a warning glare at him.

"Got it." Dib yelped.

With that, Gaz released him. "Good. Mysterious Mysteries marathon is on soon."

"I know. I'm gonna watch it while I monitor Pe- Zim!" He said.

"Whatever. As long as you don't bug us." Gaz said as she stuffed her face with delicious cereal, tuning him out.

A little while passed, and Dib slinked up to his room, turning on several monitors. One showed Zim's Base, the other showed the downstairs living room, and the third surveyed the outside of the house.

"You're crazy if you think I'm just gonna let you alone with a horrible monster, Gaz." Dib whispered to himself. He focused on the monitor with his sister on, watching her set up a wide array of snacks to eat...

"Are you kidding me? Since when does she offer other people food? What is she-" Dib's train of thoughts were cut short when he heard a loud explosion. He turned his head to the third monitor, only to see a mail truck turned on its side, bursting into flames. The mailman got out and started running in fear for his life, all while Pepito happily watched the chaos he created.

"OH MY GOD! That poor mailman!" Dib screamed, pointing at the monitor as he watched the Antichrist, who looked like he was in a good mood, levitating to his front door. "I GOTTA SAVE GAZ! WHO KNOWS WHAT HE'S CAPABLE OF!" He yelled, anxiously trotting down the steps as he heard knocking at the door.

He saw his sister was about to answer the door, but before she could, he pushed her out of the way.

"HEY!" She yelled in surprise.

Dib grabbed the nearest weapon he could find to ward off the beast...which happened to be an umbrella.

"YAAAAHHH!" Dib screamed as he flung open the door and pointed the folded umbrella at the Antichrist's face, all while he stood in a Kung Fu stance. "YOU'RE NOT WELCOME HERE, SPAWN OF SATAN! GO HOME!"

Upon seeing Dib screaming and waving an umbrella in his face, Pepito's once happy smile quickly faded to an annoyed scowl.

One angry Gaz got up off the floor, tackling Dib to the ground, to Pepito's surprise. "DIB! WHAT DID I JUST SAY ABOUT SENDING YOU TO A NIGHTMARE WORLD IF YOU BUGGED US?!"

"GAZ! You don't understand! He blew up the mail truck!" Dib pleaded as he barely managed to point to the demolished truck through the open door.

Gaz looked at the mail truck laying on its side, engulfed in flames. "So?" She said in her indifferent voice. Years of seeing and hearing Zim destroy various cars, people and property, this didn't surprise her at all. "Let's get Pepito's side of the story." She suggested.

"So?! That poor mailman-"

"Almost ran me over." Pepito finished, folding his arms.

"Wait. What?" Dib asked as he and his sister stared at him.

"Sí. I was on my way over here and he nearly ran me over. So I blew up his truck. He's lucky I didn't explode his head right then and there!" He explained.

Dib didn't believe a word of it. Years of fighting with Zim and the vile alien always came up with some excuse or fake reason for his horrible actions. Well, at least he had it on camera so he could replay it.

"You're lying! You're not the first monster I've had to deal with! It's so typical of an evil creature like yourself to just make up an excuse!" Dib screamed in an accusing manner.

This comment only made Pepito angrier... "FOOL! I've no reason to lie!" He yelled.

Gaz actually felt somewhat embarrassed that her older brother was acting like this in front of him. At this point, she assumed he was probably not looking forward to being here at all. And she didn't want that. Not with her video games at stake.

"DIB! If you don't go back upstairs right now and hide in your room for the rest of the day, I'm gonna make you suffer horribly!" The scary sister threatened as a dark aura now surrounded her.

Dib just looked at her as if she was crazy. "But-"

"Horrible suffering." She warned in a low whisper.

"O-okay!" Dib nervously replied, dropping the umbrella and trotting back up the steps to avoid his sister's dark wrath. He figured he probably shouldn't interfere anymore. Not unless Gaz needed him. And lucky for her, he could just watch them both on the monitor!

Gaz glared at him until he was finally out of her sight. She turned around to face Pepito, who was still standing in the doorway. "Sorry about that. He's crazy sometimes."

The Antichrist shrugged his shoulders. "Eh, it's okay. He's really protective of you. I read his soul...he acts like that everyday?" Pepito asked.

"Yes. I always have to listen to his constant screaming." Gaz complained.

Pepito grimaced. He couldn't imagine listening to such screaming day in and day out. "That must be very annoying."

"HEY! I'm not annoying!" Dib quietly yelled to himself as he watched them on the screen.

"It is...welcome to my house." She responded as she motioned for him to come inside.

Which earned a chuckle out of the Antichrist who entered the home and started looking around.

Gaz shut the door and walked over to the sofa and took a seat, Pepito following her and taking a seat nearby.

He looked at the table in front of him...which was loaded with junk food. So much junk food, it could feed an entire Superbowl party. There were bags of chips, popcorn, nachos, pretzels, candy bars, soda, cupcakes and all sorts of snacks.

Gaz gestured to the table. "Help yourself to some snacks."

Pepito's eyes widened in shock. "That's a lot of food." He replied, looking surprised.

Gaz merely shrugged her shoulders. "Eh...not really. If we run out, I'll just order us some pizza or something."

He looked at her in astonishment. She's a thin girl that has the table loaded down with all kinds of food that was more than enough for the both of them, and she's worried about running out?

"Gracias." He told her, smiling at her. This was literally the first time he had been invited to someone's house...and needless to say, it wasn't exactly easy for him to make friends, let alone be friends with a girl. To say that most people were frightened of him was an understatement. But this girl...really didn't seem to mind?

"No problem." Gaz replied as she actually smiled a tiny bit at him.

Pepito fidgeted somewhat anxiously, he fumbled with his hands. "So uh, doesn't it bother you at all that I'm the Antichrist?"

"So glad you admitted it on camera, Satan Spawn!" Dib whispered in excitement in his room. "Man the Eyeballs have to see this!" He said, sending a message to the Agency on his laptop.

The goth girl raised an eyebrow. "No...Why would it?"

He was surprised at her answer. She didn't even seem fazed the first time he said it. She was full of surprises. "Eh...I don't know. Most humans are terrified of me. I can be rather terrifying. Very terrifying." He responded, bragging about it to her.

"Meh..." She said in her usual indifferent attitude...to his dismay.

After seeing her unaffected reaction, he felt overcome with the need to prove his scariness to her. "Okay...I shall prove it to you!" He declared, leaping off of the sofa and standing in front of her. A fiery aura suddenly formed around him as he levitated above the floor. Flames burst from his hands, as the rest of the room grew pitch black with swirling darkness and ghoulish shadow figures, all while he laughed evilly. "MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

It was indeed horrifying! Especially to Dib, who clutched his chest in a panic attack.

"OH MY GOD! GAZ! I'LL SAVE YOU!" He screamed in a horrific panic, running out of the room to rescue his sister from the demonic nightmare...

"Terrifying, sí?" Pepito asked in a low growl, as he stepped closer to Gaz.

She crossed her arms, unamused. "No." She answered as she watched him like he was putting on a play, rather than a display of fiery demonic power.

Which stunned the Antichrist... "But it's at least spooky, no?" He asked, wanting some form of approval from her.

"No. Not really." Gaz answered. Maybe to every other person on the planet, but not to someone like Gaz Membrane.

"Are you sure you're not even a little terrified?" He inquired, still making flames shoot out of his hands.

"Do I look like the type to be terrified?" She responded in her usual surly voice, placing her hands on her hips and waiting for an answer.

"No." He finally responded as he dissipated the flames from his hands and made the room go back to normal. He sat back down on the couch beside her, pouting.

Gaz noticed this, and while she was now a little amused, she kinda wanted to say something to make him feel better. "I have to admit...that was pretty cool, though."

Pepito perked up after hearing her say that, staring at her. She didn't think he was scary, and it didn't apparently bother her that he was the Antichrist. It was a good thing that she wasn't afraid of him, and it was even better that she thought his scariness was cool. He could get a vague reading on her, but otherwise she was a mystery to him, which was a first. But he knew that she seemed different than anyone else he encountered. And she seemed kinda feisty...which he liked.

Gaz caught him staring at her for a second or two longer than normal. She placed several games on the table in front of him. "Alright. Let's get started."

Dib stood at the top of the stairway, watching the spectacle. He felt somewhat relieved when the Antichrist stopped his scary display of demon power! Except he was now sitting aside of his sister, to his disgust. He marched back into his room before his scary sister would notice...

Pepito looked at the blood and gore on the covers of the games, raising a surprised eyebrow. Most girls (at least the ones he knew) weren't interested in such violent games. "These are all fighting games..."

"Yeah. They're the best kind." Gaz responded with some genuine enthusiasm.

He smiled, content with her choice of games. Yet another thing they had in common. "They're my favorite too."

The goth girl smiled lightly. "Cool... Do you want to play Super Kicky Fighters 12? I wanted to play some locked levels on there and I needed a second player in order to do so." She explained.

"Sure. I had the same problem. I needed another player to unlock the bonus levels on mine but I never had anyone to play with me." He replied, being faced with the same dilemma as nobody wanted to play with the Antichrist.

"Huh. I thought I was the only one." She responded as she scratched her head. She put in the game and handed him a controller.

Dib watched the two of them, as he finally received a response from the Eyeball team. He opened his laptop, eagerly awaiting to show the next Agent. "Agent Dark Booty! Quick! The Antichrist is in my house next to my little sister!" He said, pointing the laptop in the direction of the monitor.

The camera showed Pepito and Gaz sitting side by side...quietly playing their game together.

"Mothman! I've already told you that jokes have no place in the Swollen Eyeball Network." Dark Booty told him, getting irritated.

Dib just stared at him in disbelief. "But I-"

"TIME TO EXPLODE YOUR HEAD!" Pepito sinisterly yelled in a threatening tone of voice.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH! WHAT?!" Dib shrieked as his heart jumped into his throat in pure fear as he looked at the camera. Dark Booty looked back at the monitor as well.

"Nice one." Gaz complimented, actually starting to giggle as Pepito blew up one of the other important fighters in the game like it was nothing. She was actually kind of...impressed?

"Gracias." He answered, feeling content that he was starting to impress her.

Gaz smiled. "You got his brains all over the street. I love this game, but the graphics on the 10th one were actually-"

"Better?" He asked, completing her sentence.

"Yeah." She said, kinda surprised since most people argued that the latest version's graphics were definitely the best.

A wave of temporary relief washed over Dib once he realized that the demon wasn't talking about his sister, but rather the video game character.

"Those kids really love their video games. They develop hand eye coordination, you know." Dark Booty said to Dib in amusement.

"NO! Forget the game! Look at his horns!" Dib insisted, pointing to the screen.

"Disembodied Head told me about you. You should be ashamed of yourself." The Agent told him.

"What?! ME?!" Dib asked in surprise.

"Just because he has a different... appearance, doesn't mean he's a paranormal case. He may dress like the devil, but that doesn't mean he IS the devil." The Agent told him, trying to make a point.

"Except he IS! HE IS THE DEVIL!" Dib emphasized, about to go through the roof.

On that note, Dark Booty was disgusted, and promptly ended the conversation.

"Just wait. WAIT UNTIL I SEND YOU THE RECORDINGS! ONCE I- OH MY GOD!" Dib shouted in a panic as he noticed they were no longer playing the game...

He noticed the Antichrist manifesting some more fire in his hands, holding them near his sister!

Dib tripped and flopped on the floor like a noodle, trying to get up to rescue his baby sister. "GAZ! I'M COMING! I'M-"

Dib was about to run out of the room to save her...until he noticed that his sister started to hold a bowl of cheese dip over his hands, trying to heat it. After a moment she took it away and placed it on the table, the two of them dunked some nachos into it and began to eat.

"Mmm. That is better than using the microwave." She admitted.

"Si. I do this all the time. It loses flavor if it's in the microwave too long." He explained.

Dib continued to watch the two of them, his anxiety getting the better of him as he nearly had a heart attack several times over. But so far, so good. They just snacked, and played video games for a while. One thing was weird though. It seemed like they were actually enjoying each other's company. Which was a first for Gaz, who could barely tolerate or socialize with anybody. And seeing that he's the Antichrist and wants to doom everyone. Babysitting the two of them made him forget what else was on his agenda for today. The poor paranormal investigator was soon interrupted by a loud explosion, but it wasn't from downstairs. He rushed to the window, and heard yet another explosion in the distance.

"Zim! ZIM!" He angrily screamed about to rush out the door. Except he was forgetting one thing. "OH NO! What am I gonna do?! I can't leave them alone! But I also can't let Zim destroy the world! What am I gonna do?! Gaz will kill me if I bother them again! MUST. CHOOOOOSE!" He very reluctantly made his choice. He crawled out the window and got in Tak's ship. He HATED leaving them alone, but he figured they made it this far without any incident. Besides, if Pepito did something really stupid, Gaz might just doom him! He piloted the ship out of his yard, and headed toward the direction of a large cloud of smoke in the distance.

In the meantime, Gaz and Pepito had just finished their Super Kicky Fighters 12 game.

She was impressed with his gaming skills, especially since the two of them were fighting in perfect harmony with one another and getting really great scores. Needless to say, she was now in a good mood. "Wow...That was...fun."

"Sí...that was. You're a really good gamer." He said to her, paying her a nice compliment.

"Thanks...And I know." She responded.

Pepito smiled, running his fingers through his hair. "No. I mean, like the best I've ever seen."

On that note she started to blush lightly, Pepito noticing the pale pinkish color on her face, to his delight.

The purple haired girl smiled at him, getting an odd feeling that was foreign to her as she continued to stare at him. "Thanks...You're actually pretty good too."

Coming from Gaz, that was a pretty damn good compliment. And it was the truth. He actually did have skill, and was a true gamer, to her surprise.

"Eh...I try my best. I've been playing video games since I was a little kid." He told her, as he started eating a cupcake.

Gaz's eyes lit up at that comment. "Me too. Which game do you want to play next? I've got the latest Vampire Piggy Hunter game or-"

"Vampire Piggy Hunter. Also one of my favorites. I'll play." He immediately replied, smiling at her.

Pepito handed her the game at the same time Gaz reached for it, their hands touching one another's on accident. At that very same second, they suddenly heard a loud crash, followed by some loud yelling.

They separated their hands, and looked towards the source of the ruckus.

The front door was blasted apart, and one short, angry green alien marched through her home. He had an array of weapons coming out of his Pak, one of which was a laser, a buzz saw, and a mini cannon, and he wore an insane look on his face...

Gaz growled in annoyance, as her day was about to get crazier.

[mirkwoodshewolf]

Guardian of creatures; AU! Queen x oc female x reader Chap. 6

*Author’s note*

Hey gang well even though Halloween is over, I’m still gonna continue updating this story but I think I’ll end the Hallowqueen tags since it’s no longer the spooky time anymore. Also this chapter is the one I’ve been dying to write along with the next one coming up, because now instead of just a quick scene or mention of his name, Freddie Mercury our beloved Naga finally makes a real appearance in this story, and from here on out he will. Also please listen to the song choices I have selected for you all to help you get into the mood of the scene.

Warnings: Snake-like mentions (for those that are afraid of snakes), attempts of drowning, some fluff, magic, and mentions of killing monsters.

Taglist:

@plethora-of-things​ @waddles03​  @psychosupernatural​  @ixchel-9275​  @simonedk​  @queensdivas​  @queen-paladin​  @queendeakyy​  @jd-johndeacon-or-jackdaniels​  @dancingcoolcat​  @geek-and-proud​  @kinole009x​  @wormzteef​

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Chapter 6,

The Final Test

Days went by and you were learning more and more spells each day.  As each day that went by, your magic grew stronger and stronger.  Soon enough you were at the very level of magic that John and Serafina were by the time they were in their 2nd year.

But soon came the day that you would never forget.  The day you met—him.

*May 21st, 1926, 9:25am*

You just woke up from a long night’s rest.  You flick the sheets back up to fold themselves up and then you snap your fingers as you say your destined clothing choice for today. The wardrobe opens up and flicks you your clothing of choice and you get yourself dressed.

Walking down the stairs you come into the kitchen to see breakfast is ready but no one is in the kitchen.

“John? Serafina? Roger? Brian? Hello? Is anyone here?” as you walk along the kitchen that’s when you finally take notice of a note with your name on it.  You pick it up and unfold it before reading it out-loud. “Had to go into town to handle something at the club. No need to worry everything’s alright just some scheduling mishaps. Prepared your favorite meal so it should still be warm. After breakfast go downstairs to the basement for a meeting that you are now ready to have. Love Serafina.”

You set the note down confused at first.

“‘Meeting that I’m now ready for?’ what does she mean by that?” Wait…….she couldn’t mean.

‘It’d be best to come downstairs now. I hate it whenever someone comes smelling like food when I’ve yet to have my meal.’ A voice says in your head.  That very same hissing, haunting yet soft voice you heard the night you were taken by Jarod. You feel your heart beating faster and your anxiety starts to race.

You were finally going to meet the mysterious and most dangerous mythical creature the world has ever known.  You were finally going to meet Freddie.  Remembering how you were told that Naga’s don’t like to be offended, you quickly race towards the door that led to the basement.  You had never been down there but you knew where the door was thanks to the tour they gave you when you officially moved in.

Gulping nervously you reach for the door handle and slowly turn it downwards and the door creaks up.  Inside you could see nothing but darkness.  Taking out Serafina’s wand you say.

“Lumos.” And the tip of her wand lights up as you slowly begin to descend down the stairs.

Play video

You begin to notice that the further down you got, the less of a house it became.  Soon enough you were walking through what looked like a cave.  The cold breeze brushed against your arms, the rhythmic drip-drips of water that fell from the ceiling of the cave to the puddles down below, and it was so dark that you couldn’t even see what was in front of you anymore.

“F-Freddie?” you softly call out.  Only silence was your response in the cave.  “Freddie Mercury?”

“Well, at lasssst we meet.” You quickly turn around and all you can see are coils slithering about.  The coils were thicker than the most muscular man’s thigh, and was dark green with a hint of yellow. “(Y/n) (M/n) (L/n). Their power ssstill growing.” You turn around again but all you still see are coils slithering about on top of one another.

Jesus just how big was he?

You keep spinning about trying to find his face when suddenly as you turn one last time, he is suddenly there.  You jump back slightly at the sudden appearance of his human half and you finally get a look at the Last of the Nagas.

Long, madded black hair that reminded you of a lion’s mane that framed his face perfectly and rested just above his shoulders. Yellow-snake-like eyes that stared straight into yours, piercing your very soul and sending shivers up your spine.

Green scales also came up along his arms, decorated across his chest, neck and face.  You also saw a couple of golden gauntlets resting along his forearms, his fingers were long, slim and sharpened at the point with long claw-like fingernails. But what really frightened you the most was the noticeable overbite he had.  Instead of normal teeth, they were curved and sharp, like a real pythons teeth.

And true to what everyone said, just below the waist the rest of his body was a snake’s tail instead of human limbs.  He slowly slithered across from you as he said in that chilling voice of his.

“Are you afraid of me? Darling.” You take a hesitant step back and stammer.

“N-no.” you jump as you feel the brush of his coil at your back and your eyes follow it only to now see Freddie right in your face and he says as his index and thumb cup the bottom of your chin.

“Sometimes fear….is the only intelligent responssse.” You knew you should look away from his eyes less you be hypnotized but your fear made you freeze and choke up as you were forced to keep direct eye contact. The hint of a sadistic-like grin spreads at the corner of his lips as he toys with you by saying, “Don’t you think?” you don’t respond.

The grin falls from his face as he released your chin and slowly slithers to your right.

“Say something.” He softly demands you. “Or I shall get bored.” He then slithers towards a portion of his coils and slithers around on top of himself.  

It was almost kinda sensual to watch as he would stretch his arms out, or curl in on himself, and were you hearing a slight purr come out of him? Do snakes even purr?

“And when I get bored…..” he groaned out, but then faster than lightning he appeared right before you again as he growled out angrily, “I get HUNGRY!” his fangs bared and you could see the rows and rows of teeth behind his overbite.

Shit he was getting offended! Don’t fuck this up (Y/n) they told you it’s never a good idea to offend a Naga and you really didn’t want to get eaten today.

“I know you wish to speak your mind. Now talk!” he hissed as he came around behind you and hissed in your ear.

“Why did you save me from Prince Jarod of the Faes?” that was the first thing to come out of your mouth.  Now whether or not that was what you really wanted to ask him when you got the chance to meet him, you couldn’t answer that.  But it was already done.

You hear him hiss in slight surprise and his coils got riled up as they began slithering about faster as Freddie said.

“Why do you think these misfits brought you here to live with them? Why do you think we sought out John and Serafina to be the King and Queen pieces in this game of Ultimate chessss?” Freddie questioned out as he slithered around you.

You didn’t take your eyes off of him for a second.  King and Queen of a chess set? Bringing me to live here? Just what the hell was going on?

“What are you talking about?” you demanded.

“Oh come now, even you must think this is unusual.” Freddie said as he had himself raised up over you, probably now standing 7-9ft tall. His forked tongue poked out as he continued to glare down at you. “One human out of billions of you in the world, learning the ways of the Magic wielders. Learning of Elves, and Nokkssss.”

Suddenly you felt this excruciating pain all over your body. It was almost as if you were trapped underneath a car and it was continuously sinking down on top of you. You tried to free yourself but you found your legs were trapped together and your arms were starting to close in around your side.

You also felt yourself being lifted into the air and you then realized just what was happening.  Freddie had trapped you in his coils! And he was squeezing you tighter and tighter.

All you could do was scream in agony as his coils continued to wrap around you tighter and tighter.  You cries fell on Freddie’s deaf ears, in fact you thought he was taking pleasure at hearing your screams and cries of pain and agony.  In the darkness of the cave, your senses were heightened.  The pain felt twice as agonizing and you were powerless to fight back.

Blood rushed to your head as your neck was now the last thing to be coiled up as Freddie’s voice echoed through the darkness.

“I think it’s time you realized dearie, that you are the Knight in which our plan can fully execute.” And just like that. Freddie’s coils set you down and you quickly took in as much air as you could.

Coughing and feeling around for Serafina’s wand to try and light the cave back up to give you some sense of comfort.  But you fearfully turn towards the wall of a cave as Freddie slithers right towards you, his eyes now starting to shift and spiral.

“Every day, as your complete each test.” He hisses out. “Every day, you come closer to our goal.” He’s now once again standing over you, his hypnotic eyes staring down at you and you soon begin to see flashes of multiple wars, fire burning homes and forests, and wizards in black suits or dresses.

You also heard agonizing screaming and creatures of various forms and sizes being slaughtered in cold blood.  A wicked maniacal witch’s laugh echoed through your head as you saw creatures being killed.  How could anyone be so cruel as to do something like this and just laugh about it?

‘For too long we have been hunted. And killed. But now the time has come. For us to finally take our stand! With John and Serafina at the lead.’ You then saw John and Serafina standing side by side before a crowd of various mythical creatures.  The two of them raised their arms up almost like they were giving a battle speech. ‘What say you now? Our human knight?’ you then saw yourself surrounded by fire.

You looked all dirty and covered with ash and blood but in your hand you were holding something but it was unclear just what it was. But you saw your eyes were cold, distant, and ready to kill whoever it was you were facing.

“Do you hear?” You snap out of the vision as Freddie slithers past you and he stares upward.  Faintly you could hear the sounds of thunder rumbling in the sky. “The final test—commences.” He then turns back towards you and he says with a grin, “I shall be watching.”

Feeling the wand being placed in your hand you quickly mutter the Lumos spell and quickly race back up the stairs.  When you finally reach the safety of the main level, you slam the door shut and slowly collapse to the ground, your back leaning against the wooden door.

The adrenaline finally died out from your body and you were left trembling so hard, it was like you had just come out of a winter’s storm. Your shoulders shaking and tears falling down your face.  Dear god you had never felt more afraid in your entire life.

A hand gently cups the side of your head and you feel this immense warmth overflow your senses.  Your anxiety stops and you can feel your tears drying up.  Lifting up your head you see John sitting in front of you.

“The first meeting with him can be frightening.”

“That’s an understatement.” You mutter shamefully as you turn your head.

“We told him to not go over the top but you can never tell whether a Naga will keep his word. Here, eat this.” He then takes out from his pocket a piece of chocolate.  “It always helped Serafina calm down. Plus it’s the one thing I’ve admired that humans help improve. Putting chocolate into a bar, genius engineering.”

Wow.  This was probably the first time you’ve ever seen John act so—nurturing towards you. Like a father consoling their crying child.  You take the chocolate bar and take a small bite of it and immediately you start to feel better.  Chocolate always did that after all.

“He…..” you start off saying but Freddie’s voice came into your head, hissing.

‘Bessst not let them know what we’ve talked about. What happenssss in the basement, ssstayssss in the basement.’

“He what?” John asks you.  Fearing that Freddie may come up and squeeze you to death in his coils again (maybe this time even eat you) you shake your head.

“He……is he always like that?” you say after a moment of silence. He scoffs softly and says.

“In more ways than one. He doesn’t like to show it but he does have a soft side. It’s just in the nature of a Naga to be defensive as well as cunning. But they are wise. It was said that Balthazar himself sought council with the Nagas.” You think back to the visions that you were shown of all those creatures being hunted and killed, John and Serafina leading an army and of course you holding the mysterious weapon.

“You said that you would monitor my final test today right?”

“Yes. But we’ll do that after you’ve calmed down. When you’re ready meet me by the lake.” He stands up and walks out, but he advises you one last time to finish the chocolate bar.  You smile and didn’t hesitate in finishing the rest of it.

After also getting a tall glass of your favorite drink to wash the chocolate out of your mouth, you did as John said and met him at the lake. The sky was grey and dark as thunder was gently rumbling from the sky.

“So what’s my final test?” you ask him.

“You’ll see.” He walks right up to the lake and looks down at his reflection.  You stand next to him and he turns to you saying. “Swim down.”

“What?”

“Is there an echo in here? I said swim down.”

“How far do you want me to go?”

“As far as you can go. I’ll be right behind you.” his eyes showed that he wasn’t joking or messing around with you.  you look down at the still lake and take a deep breath before diving right on in.

You open your eyes just enough for you to see what was in front of you and you swim down.  You began to notice that no matter how far you swam down, you still didn’t see the bottom.

As you continued to swim down, your lungs soon felt like they were on fire.  So you decided it was time to go back up for air.  But suddenly the water around you began to push you sideways every time you tried to swim up.  

It was like you were in a washing machine as the waves kept thrashing you around.  Exhaustion and lack of air soon began to hit you hard as your vision turned black, but before you felt yourself pass out, a force of magic grabbed you and pulled you out of the water and you took a desperate breath of air.

You coughed out harshly as you felt yourself being lowered down to a mushy pebbled surface.  On your hands and knees you coughed and gasped in as much air as you could, all the while shivering from the sudden cold breeze that was blowing across your body.

You look up and saw nothing but dark thunder clouds and a vast ocean ahead of you.  Wait an ocean? You were swimming down a lake and now you’re at a beach of some sorts?

“This is where your final test begins.” John’s voice soon spoke up.  You turn behind you to see him standing there, staring beyond the raging sea.

“And it took nearly dying to get here?”

“Water transportation can be tricky, but you know you could’ve given yourself gills to breathe right?”

“Well thanks for the suggestion!” you exclaim sarcastically. You stand up and rub your arms trying to warm yourself up. “Where are we?”

“The Norwegian coastline. A part of the island where the country and the sea stand before a sacred island. And what your final test will be. You and I will cross the sea until we both reach the island.”

“But how are we gonna do that? Even if we built a strong enough boat, those waves would drown us.”

“Who said anything about building a boat?” he said bluntly. He took off his overcoat and you suddenly realized what he meant.

“Y-you mean run across?”

“Remember we’re not normal humans. We can use our magic to assist us to cross the sea. But we must not leave the other to drown against the waves. Is that understood?”

“Yes Professor.” You say.

“Good. Now strip out of your clothes.” He says as he unbuttons his shirt.

“Excuse me?”

“You wouldn’t want to get your clothes trashed in the waves do you? Or ripped against any corals and rocks?”

“No but—do I have to do it in front of you?”

“If it makes you uncomfortable, there’s a boulder you can undress behind. And I’m not asking you to get fully naked. Just till you’re in your trousers. Serafina would kill me if you came back with a cold.” You turn and see a fairly large boulder that stood about a foot taller than you.

You go behind and did exactly as John told you to do.  Once you were in your under garments you come out from behind the boulder and are stunned at what you see.

While he was fairly lean, John Deacon did have some muscle to him but what caught your eye was layered all over his back were scars. Deep, white and faded scars that looked like they came from either a whip or a knife.  They decorated all over his back and even part of his collar bone as he turned towards you.

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How in the world did he get them? And just who or what could do something like that to a man like John?

“You ready?” you snap out of your dazed state and nod determinedly.

“Let’s do it.”

“Alright, stand right next to me.” You come right up to him and you both stare out towards the raging sea.  It’s waves seemed to grow higher almost as if challenging you both to dare enter it’s domain. “On three, we both run and use the frozen pad spell to help us cross the water.”

“Right.” You nod.

“One……two……” you take a deep breath in and hold Serafina’s wand tightly in your hand. “Three!” you run across the peddled sand and you both cry out. “Hypoducto!” soon with each step you both took, a frozen patch of ice came out to help you guys across the sea.

As a huge wave soon came for you guys, John dived through the wave while you tried to walk over it but it only resulted in you getting flown onto your back and washed back to shore.

You shake yourself off like a dog as you stare back out towards the sea.

“Dive with the wave. If you try to outsmart the wave, it’ll just keep dragging you down.” John says as he levitates himself down beside you.

“I thought I could do it.” You say.

“Well now you know it won’t be possible. Trust me I know from experience. Again on three.” You stand side by side and after he counts down, you both take off running again.  Jumping across the frozen pads once more as a wave comes towards yu both, you follow John’s lead and dive right through the wave.

He helps you stand up on top of a boulder just barely big enough for the two of you to stand on top of.  He then extends his hands and makes a ice slide for you both to slide down on.  You both race across the sea and this time an even bigger wave starts to form.

“HYPO-FINITE!” you both exclaim and soon the center of the wave freezes over giving you guys enough time to race up the icy ramp.  But just as you both got half way up, the ice began to crack and break apart as the wave started to come down over you two.  

Your footing starts to falter and soon it’s all too much as the icy path before you both crumbles and you both are sent down over 12ft into the deep water below.  You feel yourself sinking down until you manage to catch yourself and try to search for John.  He soon comes up to you and he touches your neck and soon you begin to feel a ticklish feeling in your neck.

You let in a sudden gasp of air and at first panic cause water would get in your lungs but when you felt they didn’t you turn to John confused.

“The merfolk spell I mentioned earlier. It’s only temporary though. Come on, we have to get to the surface and try again.” You swim behind him until you stop when a sudden figure appears just a few feet away from you. The flashes of lightning from above the surface gave a faint light on the figure as haunting bluish white eyes were staring at you both before suddenly vanishing in the darkness of the sea. The figure then reappeared, this time right in front of you and John.  It was a horse formed entirely out of water.

It slightly reared itself up as it stared at the two of you. It then turned to John and narrowed it’s eyes before vanishing once again in a blink of an eye.  John takes your hand and pulls you up to the surface. You both let out a gasp and you say to him.

“Wait! Was that Roger?”

“Afraid so. And he’s in one of his moods again.”

“Moods? What do you mean moods?” you look under the water and soon see Roger charging full speed towards you two.

“No time to explain. Quick!” he then lifted his hand out of the water and formed a quick ice raft just a couple of inches away from you. “Get on quick!” without question you pull yourself onto the raft and tell John to swim fast.  But just before he could reach your hand, Roger shoots out of the water like a missile knocking John high into the air and sending him further away from you.

“JOHN!!” the waves continued their relentless breaches as you searched aimlessly for John till finally he came out from the under the water just behind you. “JOHN! Hang on I’m coming!” you paddle the ice raft towards him but from the wave coming towards him, you saw Roger’s horse form charging straight for John once again. “ON YOUR LEFT!!”

But it was too late.  Just before John could turn around, Roger leapt out from the wave and pounced right on top of John.  Fearing for John’s safety you quickly dive back down into the water.

You see before you Roger’s back legs kicking hard as they dived both him and John deeper into the sea.  You also saw his front hooves literally pressed against John’s ribs, while John’s hands were trapped in Roger’s muzzle, preventing him from doing any magic.

You quickly take out Serafina’s wand and think of a spell and do the motion and soon Roger’s motions halted as he froze into a statue before quickly fading back within the water.  John takes back control and swims towards you and takes your hand, quickly swimming you both back up to the surface.

You both breach but before either of you could say a word, this time you are sent flying through the air as Roger’s dark whinny’s and neighs echoed over the crashing waves.  You land hard on your back against the water, you also felt like you might’ve gotten whiplash from the impact of the water on your neck.

Now Roger is coming in hot towards you.  His eyes narrowed with what almost seemed like pure hatred.  You quickly shot a magical blast of ice towards him but he breaks through it without a scratch and rams straight into you, before your vision goes black for a brief second.

When you come back around, all you feel is water slapping you right in the face.  You soon end up coughing and sputtering out water shielding your face with your non-dominant hand, while you feel your dominant hand that held Serafina’s wand was trapped in something.

You look up to see Roger running through the waves with not only your hand but John’s hands in his mouth.  John was parallel to you, however he looked like he was knocked unconscious and—wait was he bleeding.  Oh my god he was.

From his right temple you could see blood trailing down the side of his face.  And Roger—he didn’t even care.  He just kept running with both you and John trailing at his side while water continued to splash you both in the face.

Alright that’s it! I don’t care if he’s a friend or not! He hurt John! And if Serafina loses him—there’s no telling how she’d react. You then remember a binding spell Serafina taught you that works on a Nokken and you claim out.

“LORUS!!!” the wand soon sparks out a glowing blue lasso which soon wraps around Roger like real horse reins.  With a sudden burst of energy, you pull on the reins and soon found yourself on top of Roger’s back.  Quickly pulling up John onto his back, Roger soon rears himself out of the water neighing and roaring furiously.

Soon like a real wild stallion, he began to buck and leap all over the place trying to get you both off his back.  But you were holding strong as you kept a tight grip on the reins with one hand, while keeping John steady with the other.  Roger snarled at you as he turned to face you before continuing to buck and kick even harder.  As you hear John groan you tell him urgently.

“Hold onto me!” without question, his arms go around your waist as Roger soon run over a wave and continues to race on ahead over the water. Now free to take the reins with both hands, you continued to try and break him down.  But Roger proved that he wasn’t one to break so easily.  

As his neighs and whinnies of anger continue on, he tries every now and then to buck the two of you off his back.  After awhile you notice that the waves are now calmer and Roger’s running was now a nice, even trot.  His anger subsided as he now just simply ran forward.

You hesitantly place your hand against his neck and he gives you a soft neigh.

“You managed to hold onto me and to Roger’s reins. You could’ve died trying to do that.”

“The test was to not abandon your partner right? I wasn’t gonna let you drown just to save my own skin.” Up ahead you soon see an island.

It almost looked like a paradise for there was nothing but rock and the purest green grass growing out all over the island.  There also seemed to be a strong force of magic on that island for it was also glowing a pure golden light at the center of it.

“Is that the island up ahead?” you ask.

“Yes. Now tell Roger to go onward.”

“Full speed ahead Roger!” you gave him a gentle kick to his side and he obeys your command and runs faster.  Finally you both reach the island and get off of Roger’s back.  As you look around the gorgeous island, you hear Roger’s voice say.

“I must say I’m impressed. Only one witch has ever thought to use that spell on me. Guess she knew it would come in handy for your final test.” You turn to Roger and soon your bliss turns immediately to anger.

“You’re lucky I did otherwise you would’ve killed us! Especially John! Look I get it if you guys like to try and outwit or sass off each other but that gave you no excuse to knock John unconscious and then nearly drown him! What the fuck is wrong with you!?!” Roger’s eyes widen in shock at your sudden anger.

“Whoa (Y/n) calm down……”

“Calm down? Calm down!? You don’t tell me to calm down after what you nearly did to John! What would Serafina say if she saw what happened here!?”

“She’d say that you did wonderfully.  Better than any other Hollywood actors on the screen.” A spark of red came from the corner of your eye and when you turned around, walking out of it was Serafina herself.

“Okay I’m totally lost here.” You gave up as you raised your hands in the air in surrender.

“As I told you, the test was to see if the two of us could make it across the raging sea to this island.” John explained before Serafina continued.

“But it was also to show whether you were willing to save someone you hardly knew in any form of danger. By entrusting your lives in the other, you both showed trust in one another.” You look at Serafina in slight confusion before turning to Roger.

“So you—weren’t trying to really kill John?”

“If I had done this test with Serafina you’d never would’ve put forth the effort you did to save John. Because you’ve seen how the two of us are together.” You turn to each one of them and say.

“You guys have some sick sense of humor for your finals.” They all laughed and Serafina said.

“Well I think this calls for a celebration, everyone back home for some tea and cookies.”

“Please tell me you made my favorite ones.” Roger pleaded.

“Of course Rog. Why wouldn’t I?” he walked up to her and kissed her cheek and said.

“Have I ever told you how much I love you?”

“Watch it stallion.” John warned him.  Roger cheekily grinned and quickly snuck in another peck to Serafina’s cheek before walking through the portal. “I swear every time……”

“Leave him be my love it’s just his nature.” She said as John came up to her and wrapped his arms around her.  She lifted her hand and gently placed it on John’s cut and with a wave of her hand, his cut was healed and the faded blood was gone from his face.

She kissed the corner of his lips and your two professors turned to you and ask.

“You coming?” you nod and follow behind them and soon the portal closes.

After celebrating with tea and cookies you were exhausted so Serafina helped tuck you into bed.  Your clothes from earlier were now hanging over the fireplace to dry off.

“Now you’re sure you’re warm enough?”

“Yes, the bath really helped me too.”

“I’m glad. So how does it feel to have passed your final test?” she asks as she sits down beside you.

“Honestly, draining. Is this how you proved at your school that you were ready to be a wizard?”

“Well, let me tell you a little secret.” She leans in closer and whispers, “John and I are the only witch and wizard to ever do magic without the use of a wand.”

“What?!” she nodded.

“Yes. We at first thought that we only needed a wand to help further enhance our magic but—when we first met Freddie, he told us that we could do more. Be more powerful than any wizard and witch before us, without the use of any magical object.” Wow. So Serafina and John are basically two powerful wizards. “And hey, just be thankful you didn’t have to take the test John and I did to prove ourselves to him.”

“What did you guys do?”

“Well, John and Brian were to go out to investigate what had been attacking a nearby village’s cattle. But just before they reached the village, a stampede of elk broke out. Brian and John tried to run for safety but they were soon caught in the middle of it. Nowhere to turn and too many to try to make peace even with Brian’s gift of the animals. Eventually Brian spotted a way out by climbing up the side of a cliff, so together the two of them worked together to dodge through the stampede and scale up the cliff. But it was too unstable to hang on forever, it was then Freddie appeared before them, he said he could save them but he could only choose one.”

“Oh my god.” You muttered.

“One would be spared—for the other, the point of no return. With their grips slipping, Brian told John to save himself while he took the fall. Of course John being the stubborn man he is, refused. He wanted Brian to save himself while he took the fall.”

“I can’t imagine having to choose which one to save in that type of situation. It’s lose-lose.”

“Indeed it was. But eventually John looked Freddie dead in the eyes and told him to save Brian. Brian tried to refuse but it was too late, Freddie wrapped his coils around Brian while John got Freddie’s fangs.”

“Wait Freddie actually bit him?!” you exclaimed.

“John told me it was to numb the pain of the fall. Then he—tossed John over the side of the cliff like it was nothing.”

“But—but how did he survive it? He’s not a….a zombie is he? Or a ghost?”

“No. Because Roger was right there amongst the stampede to catch whomever took the fall. But since it was John who willingly sacrificing himself to save a sacred creature like Brian. A deity of pure light, John showed compassion for mythical creatures. A kindness and sacrifice that had hardly been known to be between wizard kind and magical creatures.”

“Whoa. I don’t believe it. I can only imagine what your test was like. What was yours like?” her face grew solemn as she looked down for a brief moment before her red eyes shifted back to you.

“My test—was a bit more challenging to say the least. But first answer me this, what is a Hydra?”

“No. I don’t remember reading about them in the book of magical creatures.”

“Well the book we had you use is pretty old. At the time we believed they were extinct but low and behold I got to fight the last one. To make it brief, they were once a very dangerous creature known in Greek mythology.”

“Wait I remember reading about Hercules back in school!” you suddenly remembered. “Those are the creatures that can grow their heads back right?”

“Yes. Unfortunately I didn’t know that at the time I did my test. Plus when your life is on the line and your panicking you do stupid things. I cut head after head after head till I was standing before a 64 headed Hydra.”

“Whoa. How did you come out of it alive?”

“Well as I was pinned up against a mountain in its grip, I used my power to reach deep within the rock itself and made the mountain collapse in on itself. Of course I didn’t come out of it unscathed.” She lowered her nightgown just barely over her left breast and you saw the start of a long scar. “It basically a crescent shape from the top of my breast down to my hip. I was bed ridden for weeks even with Brian’s healing.”

“I’ll bet John had a few things to say to Freddie after you got hurt.”

“There was colorful language yes. But Freddie’s tests always have a purpose. Soon enough you’ll find out the true meaning of yours.”

“But wasn’t it trusting in John and John trusting in me?”

“That’s only a small part. I mean the deeper meaning of your test. Again you’ll soon learn in time. Just as John and I did. But enough for now, it’s time for you to rest.” You nod and lay your head down on the bed.

Serafina softly strokes through your hair and whispers to you.

“Sweet dreams, our little protegee.” You hear the door close as the lights go off leaving you in a room of darkness.

Suddenly you feel this sudden spark in your chest.  Like a static shock just ran right through your chest and touched your heart.  You groan in pain as you rub your chest to numb out the sudden quick spark you felt. For now you left it alone as you slipped off to dreamland.

But you wouldn’t know at the time that that one little shock, was meant for something bigger. Something dangerous that would soon be coming your way.