Unhinged Magic // BOOK ONE

Chapter 16

"Hello, Miss!" Selen exclaimed as she tapped the woman on her shoulder, the bells on her boots and gloves jingled. 

Eloise looked at her sternly. "You're very slick by the way! Who knew that the woman who was the most powerful in the Ghost Realm, could be living up in the Mortal Realm secretly! Very slick indeed ma'am!" Selen looked at her with a smirk on her face. "Who are you? And how do you know about this." Eloise gave her a dirty look. "Ehh, that's not the point right now, but, do you know anyone by the names of ' Ambrose, Kaden, or Blue?' Do they still live here?" Selen asked her as she walked around the docks. "They're not here anymore. Is that why you all are here?" Eloise said as she looked up at the tree Zombie and Ao was in, and after they were noticed, they lept down onto the docks.

"Hmph. Wasn't expecting to see you here, Blue Horned Devastation." "You two know each other?" Selen looked at Ao, then back at Eloise. "Let's just say they were close before she disappeared." Zombie explained as she looked over at Eloise. "You mean 'close' as in they both were like.. together?" Selen looked at Zombie, confused. "Don't you dare bring that up." Eloise gave Selen and Zombie a mean glare. "Or what, your gonna kill me?" Selen laughed, but all she got in response was another mean glare from Eloise. "But, Ao, why do you have two Wraith ghosts with you?" Eloise asked as she looked down at the water. "One of them is a Wraith rank, but the other is a Devastation or higher," Ao whispered over to Eloise, and she just stared at him like he was a crazy man. "What do you mean? The only ghost higher than Devastation was me, I don't see how that's possible."  "Ao, the grandpa, are you talking about me and Zombie? Awh, I'm so flattered!" Selen joked as she leaned on Zombie's shoulder. Ao looked at her with a displeased and angered face. "But, that's not the point right now, have you seen who we were looking for?" Selen asked as she walked up to Eloise. "They're at the City of Qing. Now, will you please go? I don't want to see either you or Ao's discussing faces." Eloise muttered as she turned away from looking at them. "Alright, miss grandma, thanks!" Selen snickered as they all lept back up onto the side of the river. "You.." Eloise tried to send flying fake-sharp blades over to Selen and hit her, but they all faded away before any of them hit her. "You should work on your hand-eye coordination if you want to try and kill me, grandma!" Selen giggled as she lept away with the group. "Little bitch."

"Selen, what were you thinking?! Now she's ticked off." Ao looked over at Selen, angrily. "At least I didn't cause a brawl, y'know!" Selen rolled her eyes. "She does have a point, though," Zombie admitted as they walked through the forest, heading towards City Qing. "How did you both get married? I mean, you guys seem like polar opposites?" Selen asked Ao, who sighed. "It was before she changed her personality. Believe it or not, she used to be like me, but she changed." "So she's never always been a pussy-face? Surprising." Selen snickered. As time went on, the sun had set an hour ago, and they were about a few feet from City Qing. "I need to tell you both this," Ao looked at Selen and Zombie seriously. "If we get caught being ghosts, we're going back to the Ghost Realm," Ao told them, sternly. They both nodded. 

As they walked in from the back entrance docks, they looked around the city. The road shops, different temples for gods, and more. Selen pulled over the hood on her cloak that was covering the tattoos on her arms and left the ones on her legs semi-visible. "Ao, did you not think of wearing anything to cover up your hor-" Selen stopped herself as she looked over at Ao, that his horns were gone. "How the hell.." She looked at him with both amazement and confusion. "Now do you think you know where these people you're looking for are?" Ao looked at Selen. Meanwhile, Zombie was looking around in amazement. "No, but I think we could look around for them," Selen admitted. As they all walked around the city streets, Selen's boots and gloves jingled as she walked. "Are you sure they're here? We're getting some weird looks from people..." Zombie said, worried, as she looked around her at the people who were staring at them. "They can stare all they want, honestly I don't care if I'm being judged or not," Selen said, grinning. Ao was covering his face where his blue markings were on his face with his fan and looked around at the people staring. "Before I died, a lot of people stared at me, so it's a refresher, aha." He laughed. As they entered one of the alleyways that separated from the wall from a zen garden and a house, they were seen. 

"Hey, guys.. I think we might have some company." Selen grinned and then snickered.

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