❥The Heir of the Elves「PopPixie After Story」

❥Chapter 1: The Order of The Wolf.

''Who would do something like this?'' Melina and Kaylee were standing in their detective agency's office. The whole apartment was a total mess. All the documents of their case files were scattered over the floor and various cabinets were thrown open. It was obvious the person who had done this had been searching for something. ''A burglar, maybe?'' was Kaylee's suggestion for the culprit. She proceeded to pick up some papers from the floor in front of her. ''Who'd want to break in here? There's nothing worth taking after all'' Melina noted, although that only made her worry more. If there was nothing of value for the thief to take, then what had they been looking for? ''What about your parents?'' Kaylee put the documents she was holding back on top of their desk. ''Wouldn't they notice anything?'' She turned around to face Melina, whose face was full of fear. ''My parents...!'' Melina hurried out of the office, down the stairs, to the area of the building where her parents lived. What if the thief had gone to Melina's parents after they couldn't find what they were looking for in here? ''Mel, wait!'' Kaylee yelled while scurrying after her. She ran after Melina as fast as her feet could carry her. Kaylee ran after Melina as fast as she could. ''Don't worry! I'm sure they'll be fine!'' She tried to convince her, but Melina had already thrown open the door to the living room and stood there in silence. No one. There was no one to be seen, yet the television and the lights had been left on. That wasn't something Melina's parents would normally do. They would at least leave a note when they decided to leave suddenly. No, Melina was sure about it: something very strange was going on here.

Let's start at the beginning of the story. Let me introduce myself. My name is Melina Parker. My best friend Kaylee Sheinfield and I are running our own detective agency together. 'There's no case we can't solve, and no criminal we can't catch!' is what we always used to say. Even though we call it a detective agency, we're actually just journalists who write articles for our local newspaper. I write, and Kaylee uses her camera to take pictures. Strange and mysterious cases always seem to find their way to us though! However, we never would have thought what happened was only the beginning of an adventure which was bigger than we could ever dream of. It all started on a normal day, when we were sitting in our office, waiting for a new case to solve.

Melina was leaning back in her office chair while sighing deeply. She complained loudly. ''It's been days and we still don't have a new case to write about! How hard could it be to find some news?'' Kaylee was stretched out opposite of her on the couch in the office. She kept herself busy watching some music videos on her phone. ''Did you hear about that guy from Pixieville who learned his parrot whistle along with the flea march? It's all over the news, maybe we can interview him?'' she suggested while quickly looking up from her phone, careful not to miss anything from her videos. Melina slowly raised one eyebrow. ''Wouldn't everyone already know it if it's all over the news, though?'' Kaylee shrugged, there were no other ideas that came to her mind. ''We need real news, something no one has heard about yet. Something which would make everyone want to read our articles!'' Melina stood up from her desk and walked over to the window, hoping that it would give her some inspiration. ''What if...'' Kaylee began, but she didn't finish her sentence. ''What?'' ''Forget it, it's stupid''. ''No, what?'' Melina wasn't going to let it go that easily. With a curious look on her face she went over to where Kaylee was sitting. ''Well...'' Kaylee hesitated. ''Ever heard about the story of Frederik von Kamelot?'' Melina shook her head, which made Kaylee show her a news article on her phone. ''Sudden disappearance of scientist'' Melina read the headline out loudly. Kaylee nodded in accordance. ''Rumors tell his old house is haunted. Whenever someone enters the building they hear strange noises, as if someone is there, but there isn't anyone around''. Kaylee continued, but Melina just shrugged. ''Maybe it's his old assistant, or his family, returning to retrieve something they forgot to take when leaving' she answered, but Kaylee shook her head. ''They all left long ago and never came back''. ''I'm sure there's a logical explanation for it'' Melina said, although she didn't sound so sure. ''Maybe'' Kaylee said. ''Shouldn't we investigate it for that reason? At least we have something to write about then: 'Ghost in Von Kamelot mansion: fact or fiction?''' Melina hesitated for a moment, but eventually ended up taking Kaylee up on her offer. She was right, at least they had something to write about then. ''Fine. Let's do it''. 

At the same time, in Pixieville, three elves were hanging around in the living room of their house: two boys and one girl. ''When do you think Mabel will return?'' The female elf nervously asked the two boys in front of her while pacing back and forth across the room. She had short, shoulderlenght dark pink hair and wore gothic-like clothes, but for some reason the girl still had some sort of feminine vibe to her. One of the boys, an elf with short brown hair and freckles on his face, yawned lazily. ''Who cares? Don't worry so much, it probably isn't anything serious. Maybe The Wolf just wants a partner to play scrabble with''. The girl sighed. It was obvious the boy's answer irritated her. ''You never know how to comfort someone, now do you, Derek?'' She turned to face the other guy in the room. ''She's been gone for so long. Shouldn't you have gone with her, Sean? The Wolf asked for you to come too, you know''. The other guy, an elf named Sean, was playing around on his phone. He had dark brown hair up to his shoulders. ''Why? I've got more important stuff to do''. He didn't even take the time to look up at her while answering. ''I've got more important stuff to do'' Derek imitated him. ''He thinks he's too good for people like us'' he continued spatting out. ''Shut up, Derek!'' The girl snapped at him. Sean didn't look as if he cared at all about what Derek was saying about him. His face was still fixated on the screen of his phone as he decided to just ignore him. ''Worry about Mabel instead'' the girl added. Derek, annoyed by the girl, leaned against the couch he was sitting on. It wasn't long before his eyes lit up again. ''Do you think she brought cheese twisters?'' he asked eagerly. ''Seriously? Mabel's gone and the only thing you can think about is food'' The girl rolled her eyes.