"You ready to go, then?" A tall demon who I'm assuming is her father asks.
"Yeah, I'm ready" I say- a total lie. I still need to continue brushing my hair, it looks fine but it feels knotty still.
"Cool, the carriage is waiting outside, lets go!" He said with a smile, leading me out of the room, into a maze of corridors. I do my best to begin creating a mental map, but it's no use. I've used most of my brain spoons already today, I only have enough left for the essentials. I might sneak out at night and make a physical map later, but for now, I'm relying on someone leading me where I'm meant to go- worst case scenario, I'm still struggling after what happened and I must've hit my head, because I can't remember my way around.
As we step out the door, we're greeted by Star- or I suppose now, my mum- and a demonic carriage being pulled by... nothing? Weird. We step inside, and oh my god, it's huge. I should get used to calling Star as my mum actually.... My mum giggles and smiles at the tall demon, my new father, and takes a seat on a poofy sofa, followed by my father. I followed behind and took a seat between them, and my mum beamed at me. Father got up from his seat and walked over to a machine, turning back and asking "Anyone want popcorn?" Uhm, yes!
"Sure!" Mum said, and looked at me expectantly.
"Yes please," I sad, trying to be polite... I like popcorn though. Father grabbed 3 sets of popcorn and handed us one each, and kept one for himself. He clicked a button on the side of his chair, and a small screen fell down. Wow, this is incredible...
"Ooh, can we watch that one episode of the ponyhead show Eclipsa was on?" Mum asks hopefully, only to be turned down.
"Star you know full well that show sucked, and ponyhead isn't here so you don't need to pretend to like it you know..."
"Well... I liked Eclipsas song!" She protested.
"That's fair but the button to fast forward is broken and I'm not sitting through the rest of that mess."
"Fair enough... We're almost there anyways."
Silence echoes the room, before it's broken by father munching on popcorn. I take this as a sign I can start on mine, and not long after, we're all just munching on popcorn. Soon enough, I feel the carriage come to a halt, and we step outside to see what I'll assume is his house.
As we step outside, The door to the house opens to reveal a tale man with a red hoodie and ripped gray jeans. "Hey! Star, Tom, Amber, long time no see!" So that's my dads name. Tom. Tom Butterfly.... Got it. Mum runs up to him and gives him a big hug, which takes him by surprise but he quickly returns it.
"Marco! It's been so long!" She says, releasing him from the hug.
"Why don't you come on in? It's rather hot outside."
"Marco we can handle the heat, I've lived in the underworld half of my life and Star and Amber take trips there frequent enough, incase you've forgotten." Father- Tom- remarks.
"Good point, but it's also awkward to just stand out here. I've prepared snacks!" He laughs, beckoning us to come in.
The house is pretty normal sized, but positively tiny compared to the castle I woke up in- The main room appears to be around a third of the size of my bedroom. He gestures to snacks on plates- finally something I recognise. On one plate is multiple iced gems set out, and on another plate is meringues! There was also some sandwhiches... and I have no idea what Amber would choose to eat. Maybe I can just not eat anything, though I am hungry. Let's just hope nobody notices, I suppose. As mum and dad take a seat on the couch, I perch on the very edge. The man who I have to assume is Uncle Marco grabs a TV remote and turns on a normal TV, swapping it to cartoon network. That's my favourite! Theres something about being here, its so human, it's so refreshing.
Star and Marco begin talking, and Tom reaches over for a sandwhich.
Marco gets up to walk to the kitchen, and Tom offers Star some meringues. I really shouldn't have this habit of calling them by their names, I need to call them "mum" or "dad" or "Uncle Marco" like Amber does.
"Dinner's ready!" Uncle Marco calls from the kitchen, and we all stand up to go to the kitchen. Just as I'm about to enter, he grabs me by the shoulder, causing me to jump.
"Can I talk to you real quick Amber?" He says, leading me off to another room.
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FanfictionAmelia is so bored. Like, SO SO bored. But when the opportunity arises to have some fun, well she can't resist that, can she? Even if it means lying....
