A Wizard's Love Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Cupcake Pajamas

"Hikari!" Maya yelled happily, getting up, running over to her, and hugging the hazel eyed girl.  She wasn't really caring that her hands were covered in chocolate from the brownies she had been eating; the pan almost empty between the two other girls sitting on the floor.

Hikari laughed softly, watching Finn land on the floor laughing to himself at the sight.  Hikari looked at Maya saying, "Hey Maya, um you got chocolate all over your hands."

Maya blushed looking at her hand, and licking the chocolate from them happily with a giggle saying, "Oops sorry Hikari...."

"No problem," Hikari said, going over, sitting at the third pillow on the floor, smiling at Renee and Kathy, "Hello again you two."

"Hello Hikari," Renee said with a smile toward her.

"Finally you got here," Kathy said, rolling her green eyes, looking at Hikari, then raised an eyebrow, her blond hair cascading over her shoulders, "Where's your cloths, Hikari?"

"Oh, well, I sort of didn't have time to go back to the farm to get them," Hikari said with a small blush, rubbing the back of her head, "I was kind of distracted."

"By what?" Renee asked, tilting her, interested and wondering what their friend could get so distracted by.

"Looking for the Wizard's Crystal Ball and then asking Perry about a ghost that Gill wanted me to investigate," she said with a small smile when she thought of Gill and those beautiful blue eyes of his.

"Maya your about the same size as Hikari, do you have an extra set of pajamas for her?" Kathy asked the strawberry blond, who was still munching on pieces of brownies with a small smile.

"Hmm?" Maya asked, blinking a couple times when she was talked to, before her eyes lit up, "Oh yeah I do!"

She got up quickly, going to her dresser, digging through the stuff, looking for a nightgown or pajama set for Hikari.

While Maya was busy with that, Kathy turned to Hikari with a small smirk asking, "So?  What's with that smile when you said Gill's name?  And since when have you known the Wizard?"

"Oh no reason," Hikari replied quickly, shaking her head, trying hard not to blush at being accused of liking Gill, then decided to answer the question about the Wizard to move on the conversation, "Also I required the help of Wizard about a week ago and I've been trying to be friendly with him since.  He's just a little shy is all."

"I'm surprised he even let you in his house," Renee said tilting her head, and looking at Hikari, "He normally doesn't let anyone inside unless he's seen a so-called emergency with them."

Hikari shrugged as she looked at Renee and Kathy saying, "I wouldn't know, his door was opened for me."

Maya came back over, handing Hikari some pink pajama's with pictures of cupcakes with eyes and mouths all over them.

Hikari looked at them, then at Maya asking, "Why do you have these?"

"Grandma bought them for me, are they not cute?" Maya asked, tilting her head with a giggle, as she sat down.

Hikari shook her head, noting the time was getting close to 10.  She got up saying, "I will be back once I get this put on."  

She left the room heading to the bathroom getting changed into the pajamas before sneaking downstairs whispering, "Finn stay close ok."

"I am, Hikari, but I don't know why you are worried about me," Finn said floating along behind her, "You're the only one who can see and hear me anyway."

"With the crystal ball Jake could be able to," Hikari pointed out before going over to the door to Jake and Colleen's door slowly opening it.  

She stepped inside behind where Jake was holding the crystal ball dark energy coming from him as he said in a trance, "Yes, I can see everyone... I can see everyone's mind."

Finn started to freak out beside her, saying frantically, "Yikes!  It's the Crystal Ball!  You were right Hikari."

Hikari nodded stepping forward, as Jake turned to face her, his eyes growing wide, saying, "Hikari!  What are you doing here?"

"I came for the ball," Hikari explained, looking at him, "It's the Wizard's you see and he is missing it.  May I please have it?"

"Give it to you?" Jake asked unsure, then the energy from the ball glowed more, making him look toward it holding it close, "No way!  I found it!  It's mine!"

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A few moments before in the Wizard's house....

The Wizard stood, looking through his telescope at the stars and planets zooming in on Jupiter watching the orange-red gases swirl around the planet.  He suddenly shivered, looking around,feeling the powerful force of his crystal ball's being close to Hikari and his current location. He blinked, moving away from the telescope, before rushing downstairs and out the door into the cool summer air that flew in from the coast.  He was worried about Hikari and the powers the crystal ball could hold over someone inexperienced with it.

He rushed toward the inn, slipping inside just after Hikari went into the master bedroom.  He approached it, opening the door quickly, seeing Hikari and Jake there.  Held within Jake's hands was what he had lost, the crystal ball.  The ball glowed with the dark purple energy contained within it making the Wizard blink.  He didn't have much time before Jake was lost to it forever.

"I knew I felt my crystal ball close by..." he said, coming over to beside Hikari looking at Jake with his hetrochromia gold and green eyes.  His eyes narrowed as he looked at Jake, which would unnerve most people as it seemed to be doing to Jake.

"Wizard!" Jake said in surprise and slight fear, because even though many thought the Wizard was only a fortune teller by trade, they still feared him.  He glanced down at the crystal ball, intrigued by it's dark powers and images it showed, saying once more in a trance, "You're here to steal this from me!  I can see your thoughts!"

He turned away, covering the ball with his body, holding it close, growling toward the Wizard when he tried to get close his voice raspy, "I won't give this back, even if it is yours!  It's...my precious."

The Wizard was quiet for several seconds, while his brain worked, trying to come up with a way to get the heirloom of his master's back, before he finally responded carefully, "Fine...If you really think you're the one who deserves it most."

Jake stared at the ball the dark powers within it calming down as he looked at the images it showed, before saying with guilt, "Oh no!  Wizard...I can feel...your thoughts...I can feel...how important this crystal ball is to you."

Jake looked down before holding out the ball toward the Wizard slowly saying, "You...You're its true owner."

The Wizard nodded in thanks before taking it and making it disappear back to his home, where it belonged.

Jake looked at the Wizard with guilt in his eyes before saying, "I'm so sorry.  That thing took a strange hold on me.  At first I just wanted to use it to make Colleen happy, but then I wanted to read everyone's mind.  I couldn't pull myself away but when I read your mind, I could see that you could handle its power.  You're the only one that should have that thing."

Jake looked down in remorse, before smiling softly, looking back up toward the Wizard and Hikari knowingly, as he finished with, "Besides, I don't need that to make Colleen happy.  Being surprised is part of love!"

"Thank you Jake," Hikari said with a nod before walking out into the lobby with the Wizard.

The Wizard looked at Hikari gratefully saying, "It was your efforts that guided me to the crystal ball, Hikari...If you come to my house, I'll repay you."

"Alright," Hikari said with a nod, smiling toward the Wizard who turned to leave.  

He stopped mid-exit glancing back saying softly, "You look...cute by the way..."

Hikari looked at him with a slight blush, tilting her head confused asking, "Wha..."

She was cut off as the Wizard motioned to her pajama's saying, "Um...the pajamas I mean...they are cute....well Goodnight."  

He quickly walked through the door, closing it, rubbing his forehead with his index finger and thumb, muttering, "1000 years of being alive and I still can't pick my words better."

With that he walked off back toward his house, the image of Hikari in her pajamas floating around his head now, and the thought that she would be coming to his house to visit again tomorrow.

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"Well that was awkward," Finn said, floating beside Hikari, looking over at the blushing girl.

"Yes, yes it was," Hikari said softly, before hearing giggling behind her from the stairs.  She glanced back seeing Renee, Kathy, and Maya all standing their having just watched the interaction between herself and the Wizard.

She sighed to herself, walking to the steps, saying, "The shows over you three... now let's just continue this slumber party without talking about guys unless you three want to share."

She glared at them as she ran up after them, all four of the girls laughing like maniacs.  She knew she would get her payback by making the other three girls talk about Toby, Owen, and Chase respectably.  It was just a matter of how.