Different Magic

Chapter Six

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Rated M due to future sexual content.

"Characters Speaking"
Characters Thinking
/Authors Comments\

~~~Chapter Six~~~

~~~Previous~~~

"Just say that you're Pendragon's mother, and your son is such a cowardly wizard, he's too afraid to show his face. Maybe then Madame Suliman will finally give up on me," Howl says, excited now with his blue eyes gleaming.

"Who's Madame Suliman?" Sophie whispered, confused.

Her. The person I was hiding from, so she couldn't catch any of my magic. I would have yelled at Howl and told him it wouldn't work, but he probably wouldn't listen anyway.

Howl dragged himself out of his bed and wrapped his blanket around his shoulders, as he only wore a long white shirt. Sophie walks down the stairs with Howl and me following behind her.

"Rose, you can go as my wife," Howl says suddenly with a smirk.

"What? Why do I have to go as your wife? Why not a sister?" I ask, hoping he will change his mind, but I know he won't. He ignored me just like I knew he would. Typical.

~~~Present~~~

Howl finished using his magic on Sophie's clothes. They look new and cleaner than they were like they have never been worn. I check my magical core to see that it is nearly healed, which means I can use more of my magic. Without any thought, my magic surrounds my dress and hat, removes any dust on it, and again makes it look brand new and hasn't been worn.

I chuckle as Sophie tugged on her hat, leaving Howl staring at her in disbelief as he held out a slip of paper to give to the people at the Palace.

"You're wearing that hat? After all that magic I used to make your dress pretty?" He asks her as she takes the paper from him, sliding it into one of her pockets.

"Take care of him, Markl," Sophie says, taking her cane from Markl as she ignores Howl. "Come on, Rose."

"Good luck," Calcifer calls out to the pair of us as we go to open the door.

I jumped slightly when Howl floated down to my side. He gently picked up my left hand and slid a silver ring with a small red jewel onto my finger.

He smiled at me gently and then spoke softly. "This charm will guarantee your safe return," He says as I stare down at the ring before turning to look back at him. "Don't worry. I'll follow behind you two in disguise. Now off you go." He says, opening the door to let us out. As I walked out the door, Howl leaned down and quickly pecked my lips before closing the door behind us.

My face turned red. My first kiss. My body feels warm. I snapped out of my thoughts when Sophie began to talk to me. "Why do I feel this is not going to work?" Sophie says.

I let out a sigh and nod my head. "I feel the same. It will go wrong somehow." I let out another sigh before I noticed Sophie kept on looking around.

"I wonder what Howl disguised himself as. Surely not a crow." Sophie says.

"I don't think so, too dark." I offer.

We passed a large statue in a courtyard, pigeons flying around as people walked past.