Disclaimer: You know the drill everybody and everything belongs to
someone else, except me of course. I don't even think I own me
anymore. No money is being made of the story. It's just for your
enjoyment only.
Warning: Bad language, violence, and sexual content.
Chapter 17
I woke from my dream walking to someone shaking me. I opened my eyes to
find Anita standing over me.
"It's about time you woke up. I've been trying to get you up for the
last half hour," She said.
"What time is it?" I asked.
"Nine thirty in the morning," She answered.
I looked at her and said, "You've got to be kidding me."
"Sorry Wish I was," she replied.
"You mean to tell me I've been out for five hours almost?" I asked.
"Yes," She said.
I sat up and the world began to spin. I had an awful headache and was
about to be sick. Anita took one look at me and ran for the kitchen.
She came back just in time with a small trash can and a wash rag
before I could throw up all over her carpet. The entire pard had come
into the living room, while I was losing my stomach. All that came out
of my stomach was bile and water. About five minutes later my stomach
settled down and I felt better. The room was no longer spinning and my
head wasn't hurting that much anymore. Anita handed the trash can to
Caleb to take care of. He tried to protest, but one glare from her and
he left the room with the garbage.
She sat down on the sofa and handed me a wet rag. When I was finished
washing me face she asked, "Are you all right?"
"Yeah, I'll even be better after a hot shower and some food." I answered.
"Good," she replied.
I sat there for a few minutes with my head leaning against the back of
the sofa. I glanced over at Anita who was still watching me. I think
she was trying to make sure I wasn't going to throw up again.
"So what time are we suppose to meet Dolph this morning?" I asked.
"We have an appointment with him in an hour. So you might want to go
get a shower and get ready," she replied.
"Ok," I said then remembered that I left my bag in her jeep. "I have
to go out to your car and get my bag," I told her.
"No need. I had Nathaniel bring it in this morning. It's downstairs in
my bathroom," she said.
I smiled at her and said, "Thanks."
She smiled back and replied, "Your welcome."
I eased up off the sofa making sure my stomach stayed where it was.
Anita motioned me to follow her and I did. We went back downstairs to
her bathroom. It was on the landing before you entered the basement. I
stepped in behind her and let out a whistle. The bathroom looked like
a bath from the queens chambers in The Three Musketeers movie. It
still had a shower stall by itself with sliding glass doors, but the
bathtub was of white marble, with a wide rim to sit things on, three
steps in the front of the tub, and a canopy type top. Beside the door
was a linen closet and of course the toilet. I went straight toward
the tub and Anita grabbed me by my shirt.
"Oh no you don't. Shower, we don't have time for you to take a bath,"
She commanded.
"What makes you think I was going to take a bath? All I wanted to do
was look at the architecture of the tub, that's all," I said.
She glared at me and I went to pick up my overnight bag instead, dished
out all my bath essentials, and got into the shower.
"I'm going back upstairs, if you need anything hollar," She said.
"Ok," I replied, then she left.
I adjusted the water to my accommodations and began to clean up. For
some reason I didn't feel clean, so I shifted in the shower and washed
my fur and wings. After that I felt clean and turned back before Anita
came to check on me. No sooner had I changed back, she walks through
the door.
She tapped on the door and asked, "Are you done yet?"
"I'm coming out now," I answered her then cut the water off.
I opened the shower door and she began to say, "It's about time," then
stopped in the middle of the sentence while staring at me, with her
mouth hanging open and her eyes bugged out.
I raised an eyebrow at her and asked, "What's wrong?"
She just stared for a few minutes then started rolling in the floor
with laughter. I didn't know what was so funny. Frankly I think she's
lost it then I got a glance of myself in the mirror. Oh lord help me,
cause the past few days have been the worst days of my life.
I was standing there naked like a smurf. Everything had gone from red
to blue and all I could do was moan in agony. Anita was laughing so
hard that she had tears coming out of her eyes. There was a knock on
the door and Micah stepped in. He took one look at me and then at
Anita, shook his head and left. That made Anita laugh harder. I
ignored her and got dressed. Since clear waters showed up today, must
decide whether to go with blue or white. I chose white and put on a
pair of shorts and a spaghetti strap shirt, even my unmentionables
were white. I rummaged through my bag to find my sandals and slipped
them on. By the time I was finished dressing Anita had recovered from
her mirth. She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and looked at
me from where she sat in the floor.
"Are you quite done?" I asked her, not in the best mood.
"Yes," She answered with a smile.
I turned toward the mirror and started to fix my hair, by parting the
middle, French braiding both sides. Instead of my normal contacts, I
changed to my glasses for the day. Last I added my sapphire jewelry
and was ready to tackle the world. While putting my stuff back into my
bag, Anita came up behind me and laid her hand on my shoulder and
said, "I'm sorry I shouldn't have laughed. I hope you're not mad."
"No, I'm not mad Anita. It's just I know the elements are possessing
me, but what I don't understand is why I've been changing colors like
this in the last twenty-four hours. Normally it's only when the
elements change with the zodiac. At least that way I only stay one
color once a week out of a month and the rest is my normal self," I
told her.
"You don't know why this is happening?" She asked.
"No, I don't. I don't know if it has something to do with the lupanar
last night or all the evil magic that's in the air. Regardless of what
it is, something's not right in the elemental world," I said.
She stood there, studying me before she asked, "Are you all right? You
don't look so good, besides being blue that is."
"I'm a little concerned about what's happening to me and I'm hungry as
hell. That's all that's bugging me at the moment," I replied.
She just smiled and said, "Well we better be going or we'll be late.
I'll get Nat to get you a poptart."
I nodded and she walked out the bathroom door then up the stairs, with
me following her. She didn't make any more jokes about my blueish
tint. I guess she was leaving that to Jamil and Shang-Da. That wasn't
a good thing, because I bet you they were gonna compare me to Brainy
Smurf from The Smurfs.