Taming Butterflies((Damijan/Gabriel))

[Gabriel]

Gabriel sat as still as he could as his sisters and friend, Mandy, applied his make up. Today was Halloween and he planned on going Trick-or-Treating. His oldest sister Sarah sighed happily. “Gabby, you’re gonna be so cute!” All the other girls squealed while Xander, Gabriel’s other friend, rolled his eyes. Xander was dressed up as a drunken hobo, complete with a piece of cardboard that read ‘will werk four fud.’

“What are you again, Gabe?” he asked with a sigh. Allison, the second oldest, sighed.

“For the tenth time, Alex, He’s fairy pirate!”

“…Why?” Gabriel sighed loudly at his friend.

“It was their idea! They thought it would be cute and wanted to try it out on m—OW! Tina! That’s my eye!” Tina, his youngest sister, squeaked.

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”

“Don’t be sorry! He was the one that was squirming around!” Allison exclaimed. “Ooh! I think we’re done!” The four girls stepped back and Gabriel stared at his mirror with wide eyes.

“I look adorable! Is everyone ready to go?” He clapped once when Mandy and Xander nodded before grabbing his candy bag and running out the door with his friends.

“So, where are we going?” Mandy asked, “And are we meeting up with anyone?” Gabriel nodded.

“Yep, we’re meeting Josh and his gang and going around to the rich part of town.” Xander groaned and Mandy squealed. “Josh and his gang” were the kids at school that would be classified as goth. On Halloween, they dressed up like jocks and preps then followed them around and made fun of them. Mandy had had a crush on Josh for a while.

“Are you serious? How’d you convince him to hang out with us?” Gabriel shrugged.

“I asked him last week before school started. Nobody minded, so they decided to come along… you know… for protection!” He and Mandy giggled as they walked down the sidewalk. Xander groaned again.

“But why them?! Couldn’t you have picked anyone else?” Gabriel glared his friend.

“Don’t you want Mandy to be happy? Come on, be supportive. Besides, they aren’t nearly as bad as you make them out to be!” They traveled the rest of the way to the meeting point in silence.

Gabriel had to admit that he’d had a weird feeling all day. It was like when he was a kid on his birthday, waiting to open his presents. He felt like he was waiting for some big thing to happen tonight, but really, he couldn’t think of anything besides the candy to be excited for. He raced ahead with Mandy to meet the casually clad group. On could have easily confused them with popular from far away… until you remembered it was Halloween… and until you saw them up close. None of the friends had removed their earrings, nose rings, eyebrow rings, etc from their faces and their tattoos stuck out against their minimally clad bodies. Oh yes, tonight was going to be interesting, that’s for sure.

[Damijan]

Damijan ran through the trees as quickly as he could, trying to escape his pursuer. He was having no such luck though. Honest! He hadn't taken the stupid jewel they were after! Just because the gem on his collar looked similar to the one stolen...!

He dove under a thick cluster of trees and hoped that he would be able to hide under there. He didn't know it led to the other side of the small forest though, so wad quite surprised when he stumbled into the middle of some street. He took time to glance around for a second and his red eyes widened at the sight of so many different 'races' in one place.

The mixed wizard had always thought that Earth was supposed to be filled with only humans, but...He could see some Fae, Wizards, Vampyres, and tons of other things he didn't know. It was amazing...

He would have loved to observe the scene a bit more, but heard the tale-tell sound of the angry Zercan behind him pushing his way through the stupid bush. He'd think that the stupid cat would have given up! But noooo....

A slight curse escaped his lips and he began to run again. A twist here, a turn there...He did all sorts of strategies to escape, but there seemed to be little chance of that.

The youth was getting tired too. He stopped for a moment and flipped his slate-colored hair out of his eyes. He then noticed a group of people off to the side, walking and talking in a close group. That was it! He quickly put his plan in motion and shot into the group. All of a sudden, everyone in the group turned to look at him with wide or glaring eyes.

He stared back at them with wide, innocent eyes (which was kind of hard since he did have glowing demonic eyes). Damijan didn't want them to out him just yet. "Hello there...," he said with a nervous smile. "If it's not too much trouble, can I walk with you for a bit? I'll leave as soon as the angry Zercan chasing me passes us up; I promise." He paused for a bit before adding a, "Please?"

[Gabriel]

Gabriel yelped when someone jumped to stand right next to him. He glanced up at the boy beside him, who was huffing and gasping for breath like someone that had been running. He gaped at him as he explained himself. Gabriel glanced at Josh and saw the boy glaring. Josh opened his mouth to speak, but Gabriel beat him to it. "Sure! But... who'd you say was chasing you? Or better yet, why are they chasing you?" The pink-haired boy looked the older boy up and down. "Nice costume by the way."

[Damijan]

Dami glanced over at the cute Fae next to him and smiled, feeling somewhat confused. He wasn't sure what the other boy meant by 'costume' or if he should feel insulted. He decided to shrug it off though; after all, the fairy had invitec him into their group.

"Weeeell, I have this Zercan mad at me, you know? He thinks I stole something of his, but I didn't. I tried to reason it out with him, but I think he's out for blood," the hybrid said conversationally. "Why else would he chase me across the galaxy?"

He glanced behind him and winced as he heard a loud roaring sound. "Seems like he's gotten a bit angrier..."

[Gabriel]

Gabriel...and everyone else, raised an eyebrow at him. "A wha?" Gabriel jumped at the roar.

"Woah," Xander said, facing the sound with wide eyes, "Someone needs to change their dose!" Josh laughed.

"Let's get outta here before whoever he is shows up, huh?" And with that, they all ran.

[Damijan]

Damijan jogged along with all the others, nervously looking behind him every so often. He focused on running and the group then, glancing over the people. No one really caught his intrest except for the Fae bedside him though.

"So, what are you doing all the way out here?" he asked the other boy.

[Gabriel]

Gabriel shrugged at the question. "Well, I live not far from here. But the candy is better on the rich side of town. They don't give out the generic crap," he explained. The group ran through a few lawns before hiding in a heavily wooded back yard.

"Think he'll find us?" Mandy asked as she hunched over, her hands on her knees, to catch her breath. Josh sat against a tree nearby.

"Nah, I think we lost him a bit ago." He stared at the new member of the group for a moment before addressing him. "So, why was that guy after you again?"

[Damijan]

Dami was a bit thrown by the Fae's answer, but shrugged. "Um, yeah...He thinks I stole this thing," he said as he tapped a finger against the jewel on his collar. When his nail tapped the surface of the gem, a ringing sound issued from it and it lit up. "See? It's mine."

He stretched a bit and glanced over the edge of the tree before frowning. "Uh oh..." At the others' questioning, he looked back over at them and frowned. "He's kinda...coming," was all he said before he jumped up and ran around the tree. He wasn't sure why he was pulling heroics now, but he didn't want the group to be hurt.

A giant jaguar sprung out from around the corner, running at him full speed. As the beast ran, it transformed into a man that then tackled the cross-breed to the ground with a growl. "Where is the jewel?" he asked threateningly.

The trapped young man was about to respond, but was cut off with a light crackle and beep.

"Unisip! Come in. We got the thief. He was in Mentsiquar. He's confessed to everything and we got the jewel back. I repeat, everything is under control now and you can come in," a small communicator on the Zercan's hip buzzed. The black-haired man blinked and looked down at the red eyes of his victim.

"Oops," he muttered before getting off the young man. "Damn, man...I'm sorry," he said, his gruff tone smoothing out a bit as he stood and offered his hand to the prone wizard. "I thought..."

[Gabriel]

Gabriel stood with wide eyes. He blinked a few times. "Did...did... did that cat just turn into a guy....?" The other kids nodded, all in a similar state of awe. "This is some fricking wicked Halloween!" His friends laughed lightly, relaxing slightly despite the odd occurances.

[Damijan]

"Owwww...," Damijan moaned as he was hoisted to his feet. He reached a hand behind him and felt a giant bump appearing on his head from where it had slammed into the unforgiving ground. He also felt a bit of blood and winced.

He scowled up at the Zercan as he pulled it away from his head and shoved it in the over-grown cat's face. "SEE?! I told you I wasn't and now I'm bleeding! Hmph...," he said, trailing off as he began to mutter little obscenities to himself.

Unisip frowned and crossed his arms. "Well, sorry! Not my fault you look like common street trash and were hanging around the museum with that stupid collar on! Good-bye!" With that, the black-haired man spun on his heel and ran off, transforming back into a cat as he ran.

"Well...This sucks," the wizard muttered to himself as he stared down at his bloody hand.

[Gabriel]

Xander sighed and growled. He grabbed the outsider by his jacket and glared at him. "Alright! I want some answers! Who the heck are you!? And... And what the heck just happened?!" Gabriel smacked his friends hands away.

"Would you stop it? I know you're confused, I am too! But for goodness sakes, he's injured! Have some compassion!" Xander glared at his friend.

"Did you not just see that?! A man just turned into a cat!" Gabriel raised an eyebrow at his friend.

"You pissing me off will get us nowhere," he stated calmly, "Now shut up and back off. I know what I'm doing."

[Damijan]

Damijan sighed gratefully as the Fae decided to help him. He knew nothing about healing magic. That was his...Well, there was bound to be at least one or two of his siblings that was good at that. He couldn't think of one at the moment though.

"Thanks," he said as the pink-haired youth approached him. "As for your friend's questions, I've said what was going on several times already..." He yanked his jacket from the...weird boy in shabby clothes and began fixing the feathers.

"As I said before, that guy thought I stole something that I did not. As you saw, he was Zercan. A guard at this museum I was visiting actually. As for me, my name is Damijan," he said before adding, "It's nice to meet you,...." towards the Fae tending to him.

[Gabriel]

Gabriel smiled at Damijan and gave Xander a 'see? what did i tell you?' look before facing Damijan again. "My name's Gabriel! And this is Xander, Mandy, Josh," he went through the name of each person, pointing to them as he said their name. He turned back to the pale-haired man again with a serious face. "Now, I'm going to have to ask you again.... Why, exactly, did that guy turn into a cat?"

[Damijan]

Damijan blinked, frowning. "I told you, Gabriel...he was a Zercan. Being a Fae, I thought you would know that...I mean, is there really anyone who doesn't know who the Zercans are?" he asked himself before shaking his head.

"Anyways, a Zercan is a...cat person, I suppose you could say. They have cat features and turn into cats." He shrugged. "No big deal, right?"

[Gabriel]

Gabriel's eyes widened and he rose a delicate eyebrow. "I ... have no idea what you are talking about." The other human teens nodded in sync, sporting similar expressions. "And what do you mean, me being a fae?"