Cherry and the Twitches

chapter 5

Camyrn's adoptive family was talking about how she would always wake up as soon as the sun would rise. Atticus and Mo fell in and flopped slightly.

"There's Apolla..." Mo whispered.

The girl was stirring slightly in her sleep.

"Hide!" Atticus whispered loudly.

"Huh?" Camyrn said, confused, seeing them behind her couch. "Hi."

"Busted..." Atticus and Mo whispered before showing themselves to her.

"Um, who are you and why are you in my house?" Camyrn asked, folding her arms slightly.

"Um, I'm Atticus and this is my girlfriend, Mo, and why we are here is, um, a little difficult to explain." Atticus said.

Camyrn glanced to them suspiciously.

"Um... I like your hair." Mo smiled nervously, hoping to distract the older female, due to her seeming to be a girly girl.

"Oh, thanks!" Camyrn bought that and smiled. "Maybe I could do yours sometime."

Mo chuckled softly and glanced to Atticus. "You owe me for that..." she told him flatly, though teasingly.

"You got it." Atticus answered.

"Hmm, maybe, I could use you two around wherever I go." Camyrn smiled.

"Uhh... What do you mean by that?" Mo asked, that sounded a little awkward to her.

"You know, just hang with me and be like my two assistants." Camyrn smiled.

Atticus and Mo glanced to each other, then looked back with small shrugs.

"Sure..." Atticus said.

"Why not?" Mo added with a shrug of her shoulders.

Camyrn suddenly thought of something. "Give me a sec..." she told them, she then took out a sketch pad and started to sketch inside of it, feeling inspiration strike.

There were hushed whispers heard and there were two shadowed figures coming with a pastry that had a lit candle on top of it.

'What was that?' Atticus thought to himself.

Mo shrugged again. The shadows came closer to Camyrn as she sketched.

"Surprise!" Camyrn told them, standing up right in front of them with an amused smile. "Gotcha."

"D-Didn't you see those shadows behind you?" Atticus asked, surprised.

"Shadows?" Camyrn looked at him funny, but gave a shrug.

"One day, I'm gonna stick your head in the cake." the man playfully smirked to Camyrn.

"I told you we wouldn't be able to surprise her," the woman smiled softly. "As long as the sun's up, she's up. Happy Birthday, Camyrn!" she then hugged the girl.

"Thanks, Mom." Camyrn smiled in the hug.

"I see you were bright and early enough to already invite some friends over for your special day." the woman looked to Atticus and Mo.

"Yes, ma'am, we're her new friends and assistants: Atticus and Mo." Atticus smiled.

The woman chuckled. "Well, nice to meet you 'assistants'..." she then looked to Camryn. "So, what do you want to do today, honey? Today is all about you."

The man nodded in agreement with a delighted smile for his adoptive daughter. "Which is not different from yesterday or the day before that..." he then muttered.

"As it should be!" Camyrn exclaimed to her father. She then blew out the candle, put her finger in the cake and put icing on the tip of his nose. "I can't believe it took you 21 years to figure that out!"

"Love you, babes." her father told her softly.

'She doesn't seem to be in any danger yet.' Atticus thought to himself.

Camryn showed her parents her latest sketch and they talked amongst themselves. Atticus and Mo noticed the sketch of a different, though sleeping, girl who had a moon crescent necklace. Her parents wondered who it was and Camryn simply replied it was a girl who looked like her. Atticus and Mo knew what it meant, but Camyrn and her parents did not, obviously. Camryn and her adoptive father then got into a frosting fight and they started to chase each other.

"Oh, you two, I swear," the woman sighed. "No frosting on the wallpaper!" she called to them, then looked to Atticus and Mo. "Can I help you two with anything?"

"No, but with those two and frosting, I think we might need to help you with any frosting that might end up on the wallpaper." Atticus chuckled.

The woman sighed and shook her head. "You're telling me!"

"Well, we better go and try to stop them from getting any frosting on the wallpaper." Mo smiled.

The woman smiled to them before walking off.

Atticus took a look at the sketch that Camyrn made. "This must be her sister..." he calculated.

"I just hope Cherry and Patch can find her without trouble." Mo added.

"You and me both and hopefully, they'll have a much better landing then we did." Atticus added.

Mo nodded in agreement. Meanwhile, Cherry and Patch ended up in a different residence as there was a girl sleeping in her bed, wearing a moon crescent necklace.