Back to Hollywood

chapter 10

Cherry was about to go to sleep and not visit the Dreamscape since her work was done for now, but she found an envelope under her pillow and opened it, but flinched once she heard the frighteningly familiar voice. ''CHERRY BUTLER, REPORT TO MY OFFICE IMMEDIATELY!"

"Ugh... It's like he knows when I don't wanna be disturbed..." Cherry groaned and buried her face in her pillow. "Well, maybe he won't notice if I go to sleep..."

"DID YOU HEAR ME?!" The letter yelled.

Cherry gasped and rushed to the door to the other realm.

"That's better..." the letter said then.

Cherry put on the clothes she already put away and zipped up her jacket, rushing to the supernatural realm to Drell's office and sat in the waiting room as the woman typed at her computer until Drell would summon her.

"Ah, you must be his next appointment." The woman said to Cherry.

Cherry grinned nervously, then stood up from her chair. "Look, if he's busy with a bunch of appointments, I'll just go and come back later..."

"Nope, he doesn't have any other appointments." The woman told her.

"Oh, surely we can reschedule..." Cherry clenched her teeth.

The woman saw a red light on her call button. "Excuse me a moment..." she said, then excused herself to open the office door and shut it behind her, leaving Cherry alone in the foggy waiting room.

"I gotta get out of here..." Cherry backed up, but she was grabbed by a pair of arms. "GAH!"

Skippy shook his head at her and kept a firm hold on her.Cherry sighed as she was stuck here until Drell would call for her which was very long.

"Cherry, come into my office." Drell's voice told her.

Cherry sighed, Skippy let her go and then went to the other way, he seemed to be playing with a bell sock toy like what cats played with. She came into the dark office door as the warlock sat behind his desk and actually smiled to her. "Drell... I'm not suffering and you're smiling..."

"I want to congratulate you," Drell smiled. "You're not a puny mortal anymore!"

"Uh, thanks..." Cherry mumbled.

"No, really, I'm impressed," Drell insisted he wasn't being sarcastic. "You used your dream-bending powers to help save Atticus's little sister! This is how you're one of the good guys, you may be dark and lonely all the time, but you have a good heart and I'm proud of ya!" he then stood up from behind his desk and hugged her tightly. "Oh, I'm so proud of you, I wish you were a relation of mine..."

Cherry grunted from the hug.

"Oops, sorry, I forget about my strength sometimes." Drell said as he loosened his grip.

Cherry winced and let out a weak cough once he let go of her.

"I'm really proud of ya," Drell put his arm around her. "Even though he doesn't know you exist, I'm sure your mother's birth father would be proud..."

Cherry sighed. "I hate my powers, I thought I was different..."

"Why do you hate your powers?" Drell asked.

"I don't understand this, why can't I be a normal mortal?" Cherry groaned.

"Heeeey now...." Drell held her rather tighter. "This isn't all bad, you'll be like your friends... Atticus has Wiccan magic... Mo has Earthian magic... You have dream bending magic..."