Magic of the Created Lands ~ VenturianTale, Fallout and G-Mod

Chapter 8

Five people sat around the table of the Acachalla household. Each held a cup of either coffee or hot chocolate brewed by Bethany. Of course, Alba had ordered coffee.

She ran over all the information she'd just been told in her head. It seemed very hard to believe. One of her friends loved VenturianTale, so the names were familiar, but she wasn't able to just recite them and who they were of by heart like Tyler seemed to.

There was also something about that guy, something familiar, but not. It was weird...

At the moment, Tyler was looking at Cierra, Bethany and Gertrude intently, like trying to find some fault so he could prove this was all a dream.

All of then had at least heard of VenturianTale, but Alba was still really far behind. She shivered. There was one character that her friend always talked about, and she really didn't want to meet him...

"But what if we can't...?"

"Don't worry, Cierra. If what you say is true, then your siblings will be with other people, like PIE or maybe those people who say in the zombie apocalypse zone. I don't know what they find appealing about that, but they refuse to leave."

"PIE?" Alba asked.

"Johnny Ghost and Johnny Toast, Paranormal Investigators Extraordinaire." Tyler did an impression of something, probably Ghost or Toast. She'd heard those names before. It was Ghost who was her friend's favourite character.

Suddenly, the phone rang and the front door opened at exactly the same time. Gertrude, Cierra and Bethany stood up all together.

"I've got the door." Gertrude said.

Cierra and Bethany grinned at each other, before racing to the phone. Cierra won, since she was older and could run slightly faster.

"Hello?" She asked, laughing a bit at Bethany.

"StAb sTaB-"

"Cierra! You're at the Acachalla's!"

Cierra froze. She knew it was Jordan, but why was Jimmy there? Surely he could hear the noise...!

"Jordan! Are you okay?!"

"I'm fine."

"Does she wanna know-"

"Shut up! I can't hear! What was that, Cierra?"

"I...I didn't say anything." She was breathing heavily. Jordan had just told Jimmy Casket to shut up. How was he still alive?

Jimmy cackled in the background, getting louder as he apparently came closer to the phone. There was a loud bump noise as if someone had fallen on the floor.

"Do you wanna know my SECRET?!"

Cierra jerked the phone away from her, "Jordan? Jordan!" She yelled into the receiver, but the phone was already dead.

She hurried back to the kitchen, but when she reached the doorway she stopped in her tracks. It was Johnny Toast. Her character.

She didn't know why, but seeing Toast made much more of an impact on her than Sally did. Seeing a second of her creations suddenly made everything seem more...real.

Bethany took one look at her and understood. Tyler was staring at the characters that Gertrude had just brought in. Cierra's eyes also widened as she took account of the others. The orange Super Mutant standing outside because he couldn't get in.

There was a dog who she immediately recognised as Quasar, and another woman. She had dark hair with a blue streak and kept her head down slightly so you couldn't see the upper half of her face.

Toast was talking with Gertrude but stopped when she came in, "Ma'am, are you Cierra? There's a little girl who asked if you were here."

Cierra nodded slowly. She was still kind of in shock from talking to her character in real life. Toast looked around him, and Copper moved slightly out of the way to reveal Sally. Sally from the spaceship. Her eyes widened as she saw Cierra and rushed over, giving her a hug. The girl had been through much more than a regular 12 year old should.

Cierra smiled, not quite knowing what to say. She nodded to Toast, and Gertrude took this as a signal to carry on.

Alba looked at the situation in front of her, very confused. She should probably be scared since a massive orange thing just stepped in, but she wasn't. She knew she was the odd one out, knowing hardly anything about VenturianTale, so she just sat there and watched as events played out in front of her.

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Hey guys, Naomi here!

I'm sorry bout the terrible ending, I didn't know how to finish! XD

I'd like to say two things: this week has officially been awesome, so I hope your weeks all have too! And go follow TeamCW because awesomeness! It's a joint account I made with CynicalSolace and we'll post collabs there, including one VenturianTale one at the moment! Possibly more in the future. :)

Recommended book of the day is The Fryebots by @Kaygirl5671! I loved the concept of this one :D

Art by lozix on DeviantART!

Hope your day's cooler than Bobby!

Naomi xxx