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The moon was still high in the sky as the three made their way back towards the mansion but stopped when they came in contact with the doors.
"You have what we need don't you?"
Hazelle happily smiled and held up the bag of holding in her hands. "Yep! This baby should be able to hold up at least a thousand crowns so it'll definitely be useful with this."
Snatcher nodded. "Right. And you know the other part of the plan right?"
"You'll get Vanessa to chase you back through the tunnel to the summer house." Moonjumper held up as t least three exploding apples in his hands. "Once you both are deep enough we'll seal off the tunnel using these for good. That'll keep Vanessa from ever coming back again."
"But first we have to get those pecking crowns." Snatcher grumbled before motioning the two of them to follow him back to the window that they crept into the first time. "C'mon. The sooner we get this done the better."
Hazelle nodded but stopped feeling a hand grab onto her forearm and Moonjumper looked at her. "Hazelle..This is going to be very dangerous. A-And you've already been hurt so much. I-..." His look became more worried. "I don't want you to get hurt again. If you want to stay behind then I think that'll be best-"
"Moony, I'm fine." She assured him and pulled away . "I'll be careful now and I want to get back at Vanessa too for what she did to me."
"If you two lovebirds are finished wooing one another, then we should get going." Snatcher frowned at them Waiting impatiently.
Moonjumper stuttered but Hazelle only smiled and followed him with Moonjumper behind her. Together they rose up to the broken window again (with Hazelle getting a hand from Snatcher) and peered inside. It was dead silent. Snatcher slunk in first popping his head through a few walls and the open doorways in this particular hallway before looking back and motioning that it was safe for them to come in. They did and together they made their way into the old bedroom that held all the glittering crowns.
"Alright. Let's start grabbing them already!," Snatcher hissed already reaching for the ones on the chandelier and plucking them off. "The faster we get these the sooner Poppy's safe."
Good thing the florist hadn't insisted on coming with them. It was safer for her to remain back and keep an eye on the kids with Shapeshifter so nothing bad happened to them. Crown after crown the three grabbed from the various places lying around before throwing them into the open bag Hazelle held with Snatcher poking his head out to make sure the coast was clear every so often. They left no stone or piece of furniture unturned and soon the last crown was thrown inside and the bag tied shut.
"There. That should do it," Hazelle said handing the bag over to Snatcher. "You remember where the passage leading back to the summer house is?"
He nodded. "Of course I do! It's behind the giant statue in the courtyard. It's still wide open too so it should be easy for me to get the ice hag to follow me back. Just make sure you stay a good distance away from me when I do!"
"Then how will we know when you get her back into the tunnel?"
"There's an office in the room just next to this one." Moonjumper nodded to the left. "I remember Vanessa's mother used to spend hours there working on things. We can watch and wait there."
"Fine! Just be ready when you do."
With that he turned and floated out of the room bag in hand. Moonjumper nodded after him and Hazelle followed. Snatcher left. Moonjumper lead Hazelle one room over opening the creaking door and ushering her in quickly. Inside was the remains of a once nice study. The shelves held rotting books, the fireplace was crumbling away, a giant desk was cracked and half broken, and a giant half broken window was directly behind the desk. They approached it and looked out at the once nice courtyard. Now all they had to do was wait which wasn't long at all.
"HEYOOO!! IM HERE TO PARTY! WHERE'S ALL THE FOOD AND MUSIC!?", Snatcher's voice wailed out causing both to whirl back around as it echoed through the halls.
Both looked at one another. We'll that was one way to get attention.
"My Prince? Have you finally returned?"
"Prince. Nah. Never heard of him. Did you try checking the basement?"
There was a loud screech from a certain someone and there they stood in wait as the screeching got louder and louder and then softer and softer at the same time. Until Moonjumper nudged her and they both looked outside as the screeches continued to screech out. In the courtyard was the obvious form of Snatcher flying around before stopping in front of a giant statue and holding up a bag with a Sinister grin shaking a bag in the air. A screeching shadow figure was running after him leaving a trail of white ice in her wake. Snatcher suddenly dove head first disappearing behind the statue and a moment later she followed suit as fast as she could also soon disappearing from sight. This was it. Now was their chance. They made haste through the mostly destroyed manor and Hazelle followed Moonjumper through the back and into the courtyard. A trail of ice helping lead them right to the statue. Both hurried over and peered behind the giant headless statue and blinked shocked. A giant hole was right behind it and stairs lead down into the ground.
"This is our chance! Quick! The apples!"
Moonjumper was quick to get the few apples that they brought with them and held them up. They'd get this over with as soon as possible. Not wasting any time, Moonjumper infused some of his spectral energy into the apples and like bombs they started blinking orange. Fumbling Moonjumper was quick to throw them all down into the tunnel entrance and a few rolled further inside. Hazelle yelped as Moonjumper practically tackled her form. She barely grabbed her hat as it fell off her head. Moonjumper continued to sore through the air and into the mansion-
B O O M!!!
The courtyard. EXPLODED!! The statue broke to pieces and scattered about. Dirt flew high into the air and scattered everywhere covering everything with mud and old moss. The entire middle of the courtyard collapsed in on in self sealing the tunnel off and cutting it off the rest of the world. Both watched from a safe distance with Hazelle safely sat in Moonjumper's arms. Eventually the ground stopped shaking, all that was left was a dust cloud slowly settling down. The two stared at each other for a long moment before Hazelle plopped her hat back onto her head.
"Well... That's one thing taken cared of."
The two were able to make it back to the others and were relieved when they saw everyone was alright. Everyone was safe and Vanessa was now back where she belongs. A while later Snatcher even joined them and he still had Hazelle's bag of holding with him which he just plopped at their feet and allowed the children to go ham on it digging their hands in and pulling out as many crowns as they wanted.
"You didn't let her have the crowns?"
"Of course not. Did you really expect me to give her the satisfaction of keeping them?," he said with a sadistic grin on his face, "That's just one more way I can really torment her! AHAHAHA!!"
"But is she really back in the mansion?"
"That trick worked like a moth to a flame. She was foolish enough to actually fall for it."
That was it then. It was all over and solved. Vanessa wouldn't be bothering anyone else again for a long, long while. Which left one last thing to do- Moonjumper was slightly surprised when Hazelle pulled him aside while Snatcher was busy boasting to Poppy and the children were all too busy digging through the bag and the gold crowns to notice. Once he was able to look at her Hazelle blinked.
"So...I heard from a few little children that you were worried about me and just maybe a little bit more than that." Her brow rose. "Your darling little Hazelnut huh?"
His face jolted a red. "Uh!.....I-I didn't -..W-Well I mean...*ahem* Well naturally I was worried about you and your safety and...Iiii...Uh-"
He trailed off as she pulled his closer and he froze as a small peck was placed on his cheek. Before lighting up a full red.
Finelly finished with this one! I'm so excited to finish this. Honestly I'm excited for the next two prompts because I already have some ideas on my mind :O hehe watch out for them!
So after an incident at work I decided to write this fanfic hoping as a way to cope with what happened. I’m not going to say what happened as I already told people I’m close to about it, and I kind of want to keep venting away from my stories unless it’s important. Hence why I wrote this.
If you're wondering about me, I’m okay. I’ve healed from the incident thanks to my friends and some needed rest.
Other than that I hope you like this fanfic.
Enjoy!
The kid was finally asleep
Thank goodness
Snatcher sighed as he relaxed in Hat Kid’s pillow pile. After three days of no sleep and bawling into the soul stealing ghost chest. Hat Kid finally got some sleep.
He remembered what happened that day
Snatcher was reading his book and relaxing. Hat Kid told him she was just going to grab a snack with her little mustache friend, which surprised him that the two became friends again after their battle. Suddenly he saw his minions and a dweller telling him to follow them. He didn’t know what they were trying to show him, until he froze to see the kid bruised and had a bloody nose sobbing.
The ghost quickly went over to the little girl and pulled her closer to him. “W-who did this to you?” Snatcher asked. The kid didn’t tell him and just cried into his chest. “Did that Mustache brat do this to you?! I knew she wouldn’t change!” He growled.
“IT WASN’T!” Hat Kid cried.
Snatcher paused. “Then who?” He asked.
Hat Kid pulled away and sniffled a bit. The child was shaking from what happened and tried to say who, but she couldn’t.
The soul stealing ghost looked around his forest to sense if whoever did this to the kid was still out there, but he couldn’t sense anything. Quickly, he grabbed the kid and brought him inside his tree home so she could get treatment.
Even after he bandaged her up, Hat Kid still cried and held on to Snatcher tightly like a lifeline. Never before, during the time the kid was with him did he see the kid act like this before. She was usually her hyperactive, kind hearted self. Even when people were mean to her she showed strength and bravery, never fear. Unless it involved her Time Pieces or Vanessa, but she never cried over them.
Snatcher growled vowing to kill and destroy the soul over the scum who did this to her. He asked the mustached kid and she told him what she saw. Someone heard about Hat Kid and her Time Pieces and begged for her to give him one to help fix his life. When she said no the guy took his anger out on her. Despite the emotional scars, the Mustache girl called for help which scared him off.
However, Snatcher promised that once he finds this horrible bastard his head will be popped, no sliced off.
“N-no. No.” Hat Kid cried in her sleep.
Snatcher snapped out of his flashback and turned to see Hat Kid whimpering, tossing and turning in her bed. He closed his book, and quickly floated over to her. “K-Kid! Kiddo! Wake up!” He yelled, slightly shaking her. This however, was a bad idea.
Hat Kid tried to remove Snatcher off her still screaming and crying. “NO STOP! PLEASE DON’T HURT ME! STOP!” She screamed.
“KIDDO WAKE UP!” Snatcher yelled.
In a flash Hat Kid screamed waking up as tears were falling down her face like waterfalls. She was breathing heavily, looking around her room.
She was just dreaming.
She was okay.
She was safe.
Hat Kid let out a sigh, wiping away the tears from her eyes. “K-Kid.” Snatcher spoke up. Hat Kid turned to see Snatcher looking down at her worriedly. Hat Kid tackled Snatcher into a hug and cried into his chest. The soul stealing ghost sighed and rubbed the kid’s back and soothed the child, but even that didn’t calm her down.
Snatcher looked down at the planet, and his forest. He glanced back at the young girl and sighed. “Hold on kiddo.” He whispered and teleported down to Subcon.
It was nighttime in Subcon and Snatcher teleported down, and once he landed he gently put Hat Kid down.. Hat Kid’s crying slowed down a bit, but tears still fell on her face. “Why are we in Subcon?” She asked, he voice raspy from all that crying.
“When I was your age, and I had nightmares. My parents took me on a midnight walk to clear my head and calm down.” Snatcher explained. Even though Snatcher had the reputation of being cruel, and not caring for the kid he didn’t like seeing her suffer. He didn’t know when he started caring for the brat, and always denied it, but after the incident he truly did care for the kid.
Hat Kid sniffled. “I didn’t know you had nightmares?” She asked.
Snatcher crossed his arms giving a smug smile. “I wasn’t born a ghost kiddo. I was a kid like you at one point.” He confessed.
“I know that!” She snapped back, but in a quiet tone. “I mean you, having nightmares.” She replied.
“Everyone gets nightmares kiddo.” Snatcher revealed. “Even people like Vanessa have had them.”
“Really?”
Snatcher nodded. “Really.” He then held his hand out for Hat Kid to hold it. Slowly, the kid grabbed the shadow ghost’s hand and the ghost took the kid on a small walk around Subcon.
Subcon felt different this time around. It wasn’t spooky or full of adventure like Hat Kid saw it. Subcon at this time was calm and relaxing like the forests in her storybooks. Snatcher was right, a walk at night did help her just a bit.
Snatcher looked down at Hat Kid. She finally calmed down, but tears still glistened in her eyes. The soul stealing ghost looked up ahead and saw they weren’t far off where he wanted to take the kiddo.
The soul stealing ghost stopped seeing he finally made it to the place where he wanted to take Hat Kid. “Why are we here?” Hat Kid asked.
“Where I go when I’m feeling down.” Snatcher said. He then moved the bushes and Hat Kid’s eyes widened. It was an open area where the trees surrounded it, but you're still able to see the sky. Hat Kid’s eyes widened looking around as the stars were over her.
“Snatcher.” Hat Kid started. “This place is beautiful.” She whispered. Snatcher gave a soft chuckle. He knew the kid would’ve loved it. He floated over to a log and sat down and patted over the spot next to him for Hat Kid to sit. The kid went over to her BFF and sat right next to him.
Hat Kid’s eyes sparkled seeing the stars shining up in the sky. “The stars are beautiful tonight.” She commented.
“I see your feeling better.” Snatcher said, seeing the kid giving a small smile.
“A little.” Hat Kid sighed. Snatcher gave a frown seeing the kid wasn’t fully healed from her horrors. “But,” she continued making Snatcher look at her. “I’m glad you're making me feel better.”
Then Snatcher saw something on the kid he hadn’t seen in such a long time:
Hat Kid smiled.
Snatcher’s eyes widened as he smiled too giving one of his signature laughs. Hat Kid was confused till the soul stealing ghost grabbed her and spun around the opening as the two were laughing and having fun. Snatcher pulled Hat Kid close to him and Hat Kid did the same burying her face into his fluffy chest.
The two were like that for a moment before he heard a little yawn coming from Hat Kid. “Getting sleepy?” Snatcher asked. Hat Kid nodded in reply. With a snap of his fingers he teleported back to Hat Kid’s ship and put the kid to bed. “Night kiddo.”
“Night BFF.” Hat Kid tiredly replied before falling asleep with a smile. It melted Snatcher’s heart every time Hat Kid called him her BFF. He floated back to the kid’s pillow pile and took out a book, and read before he went to sleep himself.
