I Wish (One Direction FanFic)

Tomatoes

well some of you have just been begging be to update so here you go

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*Clarissa's POV*

What were we doing here? It seemed like nothing. Harry was fiddling with his charm like he was going to take it off. I really didn't think that was a good idea but I wasn't going to argue with him. He looked ready to take someone's head off along with his charm. Liam stared at the man through the obviously one sided window we had found. He was scuffy looking, like he hadn't shaved in days, slightly graying at the temples and he had a nasty scowl on his face. I could tell he had a real mean disposition.

"What are we waiting for?"Harry said still fiddling with his charm."Let's get Louis back."Liam shook his head.

"Let's be rational here Haz."He said."We can't just barge in there. We don't know what arsenal of tricks he has up his sleeve."Harry scoffed and rolled his eyes. I shook my head at his arrogance.

"Don't believe me? See that jar over there."He said pointing to a large glass jar that had obviously been painted black to block out light or hide whatever was inside."It's filled with fairy dust."Niall yelped."The light bleaches the dust then it loses power so it has to be kept in a dark place. If u paint out a simple jar it achieves the same effect as burying it underground would."Harry still looked obstinate so Liam continued.

"You see that other jar beside it filled with sparkling gray dust, that's filled with ground up mermaid scales. It's slightly less powerful than fairy dust it's the next best thing."

"Why would he have both?"Niall asked. Liam sighed.

"If you mixed them together there would be nothing any warlock, witch, fairy or genie could do to reverse the damage it would cause."

"That's some nasty stuff."I whispered staring at the jars standing at attention one beside the other. I wondered what sick man could possibly hurt a mermaid or a merman or a fairy. They are such beautiful creatures full of wonder and literally magical. I could barely stand the thought of someone yanking scale after scale out of a poor merperson's tail and I knew it was happening to our Lou, possibly right that second. I almost started to cry right there.

"We need to find his weak spot or a time when he's when he's always gone and attack then."Niall said twirling his wand around his fingers.

"Or we could surprise him. Could you sacrifice a little dust for me there Nialler?"Liam asked and Niall nodded. Liam held out his hand and Niall rubbed his fingers together over Liam's palm his golden dust sprinkling out of his fingertips.

"Is that enough?"He asked when a pile about an inch tall had gathered on Liam's palm and Liam nodded. I was seriously wondering what he was going to do with fairy dust. He whispered something over it then blew it onto the window.

"I hope that worked."He said more to himself than anyone else. He poked at the glass then stepped right through it. The man looked confused and glared at him. Liam motioned for us to come forward. Niall just stepped right through like he had no doubt that he wouldn't run into a glass wall. I stepped through tentatively followed closely by Harry.

"What are you 5 doing here?"He asked and Liam just looked at him."I see, you've come for the Merfreak."

"He's not a freak."Harry mumbled.

"You really think you can take me?"The man asked laughing.

"Maybe not, if we were just boring old humans."Liam said smirking, good God he was starting to act more like Harry than I cared for."Good thing we're not human huh guys."The man cocked his head to one side in a confused fashion. I quickly turned and ripped Harry's charm from around his neck.

"What the hell Clarissa."Harry managed to get out before he doubled over in pain. The man stepped back and I couldn't help but laugh as my friend grew a good two feet then straightened up. He looked kind of scary in centaur form when you really looked at him. I could see why people would be scared by him although I wasn't and never would be. He looked happy to be back on all four hooves. The man was getting more scared by the minute, I could tell. Niall shifted and Liam gave him the nod of approval. He smiled from ear to ear practically ripping his sweater off and chucking it across the room. It hit the opposite wall with a soft thud and out sprung his wings. He lifted a good two inches off the floor automatically and Liam rolled his eyes. He smiled at the boy who was now floating and swaying back and forth with the cheesiest grin on his face.

"What's going to happen next? A hunter's going to confront me isn't he?"The man said rubbing his head. I laughed and Liam did too.

"Two hunters actually."I said pulling down the collar of my shirt showing the tattoo on my shoulder that had been there since I turned 16. It was an 'H'. Liam had one on his shoulder too and he pulled on the collar of his shirt showing his off.

"Two, two hunters."He said gulping and stepping back two feet.

"That's right two hunters."Liam said. He pulled his fairy dust jar off the counter.

"I'll throw it on you if you come any closer."He yelled seemingly in some last ditch effort to keep us away from him.

"Oh come on, you've got to have something better than that."Niall said."The stuff comes out of my fingertips."He flicked his fingers out towards the man spraying fairy dust in his face. He coughed harshly backing up against a wall.

"Where's my Boobear?"Harry asked and the man shook his head. He stomped a hoof on the ground beside his foot.

"Where is he?"Harry yelled.

"You don't scare me!"The man said trying to build up his courage again."None of you scare me."

"We should."Harry said darkly and Niall rubbed his palms together spreading more dust on the floor at the man's feet. I raised an eyebrow and Liam put his hand up to let me know this was OK. Niall started to pile dust up by Harry's hooves and the man took a step forward, his confidence was growing again. I could tell from the evil glint in his eye. Harry reared up on his back legs stomping down on the dust sending it flying towards the man. Niall started spinning his wand around in circles. The man was swept up in a fairy dust tornado.

"Hey look it's a bloody tornado. Better pack up or it'll ruin your tomatoes."Niall yelled with a final wand flourish. When the dust blew away and I was able to see through the air again I saw that the man was gone. He had disappeared into thin air. In his place was a single ripe red tomato. Niall looked pleased with himself and tucked his wand up his sleeve.

"If rednecks are good for anything it's for coming up with stupid spells."Niall said picking up the tomato."I'm glad I never forgot this one."I shook my head at him and Liam started downright laughing.

"Can I have my charm back now?"Harry asked bending down and holding out his hand for it. I looked down realizing I still had it clutched in my hand."Oh, sorry, but no. You can't have it back."I said putting it in my pocket. He whined for a little while about not wanting to whack his head off the ceiling until Liam silenced him.

"Shut up Haz, you're not going to smack your head off anything. In case you haven't noticed the ceilings are pretty high here."He said and that shut him up. After Harry was finished with his woe-is-me mumbling we went on our mission, to find Louis and Zayn. Niall flew along above us rolling the tomato between his hands smiling ear to ear. I knew he was proud of himself because his wings were glowing so brightly we barely needed a torch.

*Zayn's POV*

Good God my head was starting to ache from their constant arguing. Why couldn't Louis just accept it? Georgie wasn't going to rip anymore of his scales out and he couldn't make her. Merpeople are just so damn stubborn.

"Georgie listen to me, it's the only way out of here for you."Louis said and Georgie stomped her foot.

"No and that's final Louis William Tomlinson."She said. He went to open his mouth again but I was faster.

"For God's sake Lou, the lady said no it means no."I said. Louis glared at me and Georgie smiled but I looked away. I don't care how much dissolved fairy dust he put in that water she could've overpowered it. She could've done something to make him stop after it wore off. I couldn't look at her. I just couldn't.