The Phantom Menace

Chapter One- Pranks

BOOM!

Grian raced up the stairs to his apartment, hearing the explosion from the front door of the block.

He burst through the door, dropped his bag and coat, then ran over to the kitchen, giggling like a little child along the way.

He entered the kitchen and saw Iskall and Mumbo yelling at each other with a now-on-fire oven with a somewhat-nice smell of burnt bacon.

" WHAT DID YOU DO MUMBO?! " Iskall shouted at the redstoner.

"I just put pepper on the bacon, I don't really know what happened- " Mumbo stuttered.

" ITS GUNPOWDER YOU IDIOT! NOW LOOK! WE'LL GET KICKED OUT OF THE HOUSE FOR THIS! "

" WE'LL JUST BUY A NEW STOVE!"

" WHAT ABOUT THE HOLE IN THE FLOOR?! "

"WE'LL FIX THAT TOO! "

Grian looked down at the floor and sighed.

" Iskall, calm down, It was just a prank, I didn't think it would explode."

Mumbo and Iskall turned to look at Grian. After a few seconds, Iskall gave Grian a death stare.

"YOU DID THIS?!"

" Sadly, but it was just a prank, as I say again, I didn't think it would turn out this bad. "

" A PRANK?! YEAH, HOW WILL THE LAND LADY REACT, HM? WHAT DO YOU THINK? HOW ABOUT WE ASK OURSELVES, OH WAIT! WE CANT, WE'RE SUPER DEAD! "

They all sat in silence for what seemed like hours.

" Iskall. " Mumbo broke the silence.

" What. "

" Go to your room . Grian, a word. "

Grian gulped.

When Iskall left the room, Mumbo Spoke again.

" A hero does not pull pranks on others Gri. Look, I'm not saying you should stop being a hero, you're an amazing one, but just watch your actions. Now go to your room and get ready for work, you'll be on your own today. "

Grian walked back to his room in silence.

So yeah! That's me, Grian. No Surname, no Middle name, Just Grian. I guess you call me Xelqua, that was my past name, but I prefer to be called Grian.

I'm a Watcher, you know, one of those fairytale people that watch over us? Yeah, just going to be honest, The pure ones are jerks. I'm really the only 'Non-Pure' Watcher, since I was made one, not born one.

I'm kinda special tho.

The Watchers have Purple Magic, while I have Gold Magic, A whole new kind of magic and it's much more powerful than any Watcher magic.

I guess that's the only good thing about being a Watcher.

My Friends? The only ones I have are Iskall and Mumbo, My Roommates. Mumbo's Kinda cute to be honest but he can get annoying. Iskall recently has been more and more aggressive with each day, I don't know why, but that's just him.

Oh and the 'Hero' stuff you just heard about? Yeah, Iskall and Mumbo are "Hero's", even though they haven't helped or saved me once. They do try to train me to be a hero tho. But sometimes they're so annoying that I feel like I want to be a villain instead.

I do have a cool necklace which one of my past friends gave me, I don't know what it does, but all I know is that it strengthens my magic. The Ruby in it is still pretty cool so I still wear it.

Anyhow, I got a job to be at, so let's continue.

I Made my way to my drawer and opened a secret compartment at the bottom, reaching a set of feather-covered armour and put it on.

He was no longer Grian, now he was G-Man.

He let his wings out, stretched them, then went out onto the balcony, flying quickly away before anyone could notice him.

He flew aimlessly for a couple of minutes until he noticed a burning building.

He took a bucket from someone, grabbed some water from the nearby lake and poured it on the house from above. He kept doing this until the firefighters arrived.

He landed in the park, exhausted after having to fight yet another villain; Beefo.

Beefo was a hybrid villain: which meant that he could transform into any hybrid animal he wanted, in the end, the hero's won every time.

To be honest, the hero's always win nowadays.

I'm only on their side because Mumbo (Red Spoon) and Iskall (Treekal) are on their side.

And they know who I am so if I switch sides my identity will be revealed and my whole career will be ruined.

The chirp of a bird sitting on his shoulder snaps him back to reality.

He places the bird down and flys back to the balcony.

He comes into his room and hears crashes from the living room.

He sprints.

As he comes in,

And he gasps.

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Word count: 793

Time taken: too long to count

Date: 2/11/20

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Whew- that was a long one-

I think I should slow down-

But other than that I think this is going full steam ahead!

I got dumped a bunch of homework on me on my first day back and I might not publish anything for a few days but for now,

I Hope You Enjoyed Reading This And Good Night!

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END OF CHAPTER ONE