Damned (Alastor x OC)

Ch 13

Alastor's POV

We all sat and stared at the pile of clothing that was swallowing the figure of a small toddler.

Where Aria had been laying...there was now a toddler.

A human toddler.

With each passing second the silence grew thicker and thicker. Then Angel finally spoke again.

"Alastor what th' fuck! What'd you do t' her?!" He yelled worriedly. I blinked, shaking my head, a worried grin plastered on my face.

The small girl...who I'm assuming is Aria...shifted around in the mess of clothing that no longer fit her. She crawled out through the head hole in the oversized t-shirt and sat down, looking around at us.

"Alastor!" Angel hissed, and I snapped at him, growling as my eyes flickered, I faced him.

"Shut your mouth and let me think!" I nearly yelled, and he did so immediately. I rubbed my temples, and growled again.

What the fuck?! I thought it was supposed to restore memory, not turn her into a baby!

My shadow was next to me, frantically skimming through the pages before he looked at me with a deep frown and shrugged. I snatched the book.

"ou tèlman initil!" I hissed at him and he put his ears back, cowering away from me. (You're so useless!)

I sighed heavily and flipped through the pages, going over each word. I was falling into a pit of complete worry.

Is she just stuck like this?! No, she can't be...

How did I fuck a spell up so badly!

Suddenly the princess's hand came into view, and she gently stopped my frantic page flipping. She took the book from my hands, and my eyes went to the small child once more.

She was just chewing on the shirt she crawled out of, naked as a jaybird.

Charlie started slowly reading out loud.

"In occurrences where one finds themselves at a loss of memory, this spell may be used to restore it," she started and I listened.

Yes, we read that part.

"In logistics, this spell returns the target to a point in their life before the loss occurred,"

I thought for a moment. Then it clicked in my head that the spell was being sneaky.

Immediately, I felt stupid.

I just got played...by one of my own fucking tricks.

Specifics, it's all about specifics!

My hand slapped over my face and I drug it down with a heavy sigh.

"Well, Charlie, is she just stuck like this now?" I said warily, glancing at the princess. She kept reading the spell, not answering me.

From the corner of my eye I watched Angel crawl towards Aria, and she faced him. I watched him tentatively as he picked her up and held her.

His face split into a smile and he put her into his lap and bounced her gently.

"Aha!" Charlie exclaimed suddenly, making me and Angel jump.

We turned our eyes towards her, "it says here that if only a drop of blood was used, the spell is only good for 24 hours!" She exclaimed excitedly.

This eased my nerves immediately and I let out a sigh of relief. Just then there was a tiny whimper, and Charlie froze before we both looked towards Angel.