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Zhara
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Been a few weeks since that incident with my hair and that bathroom, I can't tell if it was a hallucination or actually was real. Now I think of it more, that girl looked like me just more.. unhinged. I get up, I trace my hand to my ears.. except, I feel.. feel feathers? HUH FEATHERS? I run to the bathroom to the mirror, just to remember i kinda destroyed it. I breathe in, ok don't panic not that serious. Suddenly some wings wack in my face, I think i scream kind of loud cause i hear a loud thump from the balcony. I turn to the sound trying to move the wings out my face with force, getting a peak at sleepy on the ground before the things shut on my face again. I just woke up and i have to deal with this.. I should've stayed in bed.
"Zhara!You got your wings back!" I hear sleepy say excitedly say. I try to take a few steps towards him before i trip on something small, falling on my back.
"What do you MEAN BY THAT!" I exclaim in frustration.
He IGNORES my queetion"Wait, what are you doing? You're gonna hurt yourself!" He says, what does he mean. Theres no way these things are apart of me!! I keep tussling with the things on my face untill i pull it a bit too far out.. and pain comes with it.
"I told you..." He says defeated... ow.. "I'm sure you'll be fine though..."
I flop my arms on the ground giving up and the other wing goes down too, huh. I turn my head to sleepys direction, frowning. "Sleepy, what did you mean I got my wings back?" He looks a bit taken aback with my frustration towards him.
"Its nothing..." He says suddenly all.. gloomy. I can't help but feel even more upset, everytime something happens he goes from being happy to all sad. I don't get it, I decide to drop it before i throw a fit.
"Great, mind helping me up then?" I ask reaching a hand out, which he grabs helping me up. "Now onto the bigger issue, THESE." I point to where my ears should BE. "Maybe your.. gem..?" He suggests..
"what do you mean, how do you know."
"Oh uh... It kinda peaks through, you're sweater...? And now it does even more..?" Of course..I watch as sleepy fidgets as he tries to come up with an answer. "What about them..?"
"Its not normal Sleepy, People dont just magically get feathers for ears in their TWENTIES."
"More like wings like i said earlier.."
"WHAT. NO HOW CAN I HEAR YOU THEN."
He shrugs at me,"I don't know i'm not the one with wings." I stare at him for a second the staredown interrupted by my phone ringing.. Its pigsy. I pick it up,
"Heey.. pigsy.." i say awkwardly, jyst to be replied with yelling,
"YOU'RE LATE, WHERR ARE YOU? MKS OFF N OUT SOMEWHERE AND I HAVE NO ONE HERE TO HELP OUT!"
"Right.. and about that I don't know if I'll be able to come in.." i scrunch my face when he yells a 'what'. "Is it me or my hearing is a bit more sensitive." I whisper to sleepy, he shrugs.. "I'll try to come in by 2, I can't promise though.."
I hear pigsy sigh at the other line, "Alright. Call me if anything ok kiddo?"
"Mhm, thanks Pigsy."
I sigh heavily, "So any ideas..?" I look at him with an eyebrow raised.
He shakes his head, "No.." I pull on the stupid so called wings on my head down frustrated. Sleepy speaks up again, "Oh! What about your gem? Do some.. gem..my stuff???"
"What. The thing on my back?" I question, he nods. I frown, "That sounds dumb. Its just there, its not gonna do anything."
"Thats what you think!! You should listen to the immortal! Unless you wanna cut it off, we can do that!!" He suggests the last part kinda too happily...
"No thanks to the other suggestion, considering I can feel PAIN in these THINGS. I dont think i wanna do that." I pause to think. "What would I do with my gem..?"
"I'm not sure actually.. You- uh my friend she kinda like just did cool things with her gem!! It just came natural to her i guess?" Oh wait this might be helpful,
"Is your friend still alive? Can I meet her? Can she teach me about these things?"
"No shes.. kinda gone now.." He says upset, "But I can take you to Wukong!" He says brightening the mood again.
"And he'll know what to do?" I ask raising an eyebrow.
"Of course, i think.. whatever lets go!" He grabs me without giving me a second to say anything.
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"Im starting to thibk you're using me an excuse to see your boyfriend." Zhara says, nauseous from the ride.
"Whats a boyfriend? Isn't that just friend thats a boy?" Sleepy asks, Zhara just waves her hand disregarding what she said.
"Wait, isnt MK here? I don't want him to see me with these... things." She says her face scrunching into a frown.
"Dunno what to tell you, its not like he'll judge you for it." Sleepy shrugs walking towards the Monkey duo. Zhara follows hesitantly, using her new wings to cover her face.
"Sleepy!!" MK shouts departing from the monkey king towards the two. "Hey fanboy!"
MK smiles then turning to face Zhara, "Huh? Who's that, we shouldn't be bringing randoms here, right?" MK questions.
"Thats Zhara dummy. She doesn't look that different shes just got her wings in her face!" Sleepy scoffs.
"Wings? ZHARS YOU DIDN'T TELL ME YOU HAD WINGS!" He exclaims
"Thats cause i DIDNT KNOW!" She shouts at him frustrated then hiding her face again with her wings. "Sorry.. didn't mean to shout." Zhara apologizes silently.
Wukong finally joins the group taking one look at the girl before sighing, "I knew it. You two have your 'sibling' talk and me and sleepy are gonna have a chat ourselves." He smiles.
"Wait- what about my training?" MK asks.
"We'll continue later bud."
"Okay.."
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"So you knew all along? And tried to get her memories back?" Wukong asks, surprised.
"Well, yeah.. I just wanted my friend back."
"That same friend might've tried to fight me to the death again."
"I mean.. I kinda cursed you.." sleepy chuckles awkwardly.
Wukong sighs, "Yeah, but we're good now. What I did to her, Isn't so good. What I don't get is how, how is she freed?" The monkey turns to the fish demon expecting an answer, to which none he had.
"Are you gonna help her..?" Sleepy asks.
Wukong laughs lightly, "I would but not even I know anything about her gem. Ancient stuff i guess."
"But aren't you too?"
"You are too bud."
"Nope, doesn't count I've been asleep for all those times!" Sleepy crosses his arms. Wukong laughs, "Yeah okay, lets just go back."
writin abt w this monkey is weird dawg is so weird
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"Yeah... so.. theres literally nothing we can do about it." The monkey king shrugs.
"Seriously? Nothing? I can't go back with these.. THESE THINGS." Zhara shouts in frustration. "Theres just gotta be something."
"Its not the end of the world, chill out. You'll get used to these."
"But, I don't wanna get used to these. I wanna be normal." She says with a sad look. boohoo cry fool 💀💀
"Being normal is boring kid, trust me you'll grow into those wings of yours." Wukong smiles sympathetically. Sleepy whispers something to him, the monkey king replying with a playful punch to sleepys arm. Zhara's expression saddens at this, just nodding without saying anything.
"Why are you so upset about wings, Zhars?" MK wraps one arm on to his sisters shoulder, "I think its pretty cool, little random but hey not more random than me becoming the monkie kid." He smiles.
Zhara lightly chuckles, "Definitely."
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kay i give up ill update this chap if i get any more ideas to add also will dont ask me what sleepy whispered HELP
