(Y/N) POV
I look down at Mark, who bursts out laughing. Jack looks at me too before laughing his ass off. "What!?" I say, chuckling slightly.
"Have you ever seen a human sized hamster?" Jack asks between laughter. Mark wipes away a tear. "Shut up!!" I say angrily. "What if the hamsters are dead? Chadwick will bury the hamsters in the ground, and we can be together!!" I explain.
Mark and Jack stop laughing as I do my explanation. "Oh my god, that's actually genius!" Jack says. I stick my nose up, being proud of myself. Mark and Jack their face light up.
Jack clears his throat, "Well, where the fuck do I get two dead hamsters?" he asks. I think for a moment, "Alice" I say. "She has hamsters" I explain.
Jack looks questioning at me, probably not knowing who I mean, "The girl from the milk and cheese farm....?" I say. Jack mouths an 'oh' and nods, "On my way" He says before starting to walk towards the village.
I turn around and walk towards Chadwick's grey tower, "Why two hamsters?" I ask. Mark chuckles, " I can't walk a dog that is like thirty times bigger than me" He says, making me laugh.
Mark laughs with me, making me unable not to. "Can't wait to meet your family" I say shyly, looking at the ground, pretending like there could be holes in the ground.
I can feel Mark's gaze burning on my face, "They'll love you" He says. I look at him to see him smile. I smile back at him. "Not as much as I do though" he says before placing a kiss on my neck, giving me slight goosebumps.
We finally arrive at the tower again. I gently knock the iron ring on the door a few times. Chadwick opens the door and grins wickedly at me when he sees us without Jack, "so, you've made the decision, miss?" He asks.
I stick my nose up a little more, showing him I have no doubts, "yes, but I need to ask you a question" I say as I step in his tower before he can ask me to come in.
Chadwick slowly closes the door behind me, "And that will be, m'lady?" He asks. I sit down at his table, placing Mark on it. Chadwick settles down on the opposite side of me, resting his elbows on the table and placing his fingertips on one another.
I cross my arms and rest them on the table as I lean a bit closer to Chadwick, "You said as small as a hamster" I say. Chadwick's boring face turns into a wicked grin again, "Smart girl" he mumbles, just loud enough for me to hear it.
I tilt my head slightly, "So, it is possible!" I say, immediately getting angry. Chadwick nods slowly, "But you were smart enough to find out yourself, so why would you become angry now?" He asks, sounding a little dangerous.
He is right, so I sit back in my chair again. "Jack is bringing over two hamsters. One for Chica, and one for himself" I explain. Chadwick nods, "And you want me to bury the dead hamsters?" He asks.
I didn't even tell him about that, "It's like you read my mind" I say with a grin on my face, knowing, that everything his going my way, and Chadwick can't do anything unfair.
He may be a crazy wizard, but he never lies, and always does what he says. He wouldn't do something unfair that makes no sense at all, like because Jack is Irish, he can't change or something. Chadwick wouldn't do that.
"So, now we just wait for Jack to come back with Chica, and they lived happily every after" Mark says, smiling brightly at me. I nod, "Yupp" I say, looking up at Chadwick.
Chadwick nods, "Well played, kids. But I want one thing more in return" he says. I roll my eyes, "What now?" I say irritated.
Chadwick smiles, "I want all your money" He says. I look at Mark, "That's everything?" I ask. Chadwick nods. I chuckle relieved, "Yeah, of course! That's fine, take my money, we don't need it anyway, right Mark?" I ask, looking down at Mark.
Mark nods at me, "That's totally fine, Chad" He says. Chadwick chuckles, "Great that everything shall be fine in the end" He says.
There are a few knocks on the door. Chadwick opens the door to reveal a very happy Chica and Jack. Jack has a cloth in his hand, wrapped around something, which I assume are the dead hamsters.
"It wasn't easy for her, and she was very confused, but I made it" He explains as he walks his way towards the table. Mark holds his index finger and thumb on each side of his nose, pressing his nostrils shut, "ugh! Get that away from me!" He says with a disgusted face.
Chadwick chuckles as he grabs the cloth and unwraps it, getting the two small animals out of it. He walks outside and gives Jack and me two shovels. Chadwick mumbles something to the hamsters. Some words that are everything but English.
I take it and look confused at Chadwick, "Dig two holes" He commands us. I chuckle, "Yes, mom" I say before I start to dig. Jack starts digging a hole beside mine, and suddenly starts singing, "hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go!" He sings.
I laugh, "What are you singing, silly!?" I say between chuckles. "I learned it back home in Ireland. There were seven men living in a house. They worked in a mine everyday, digging for diamonds." He explains.
"They walked by our cabins in the woods everyday, singing that song. And it became a lullaby for me." He says, chuckling at the memory.
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I stick the shovel in the ground, "well, that's about enough,right Chadwick?" I ask as I look at the hole in the ground. 'It's like I'm digging my own grave' I think, slightly chuckling.
Chadwick nods at me, having Mark standing on his hand, "That'll do, ma'am" He says, handing Mark me again. Chadwick lays the hamsters each in their 'grave' and hands Jack a small bottle of the magic potion.
He lays a bowl with the magic potion on the ground for Chica. I put Mark on the ground before Jack, Chica and I start drinking. I close my eyes, and let it all happen.
After a few seconds, I open my eyes, and look up at Chadwick, who is now like a giant to me, "WHAT THE FOOK!!" Jack screams in his thick, Irish accent, making everyone laugh.
I look around, "Woah Mark!! This is weird as hell!" I say. Mark walks up to me, and hugs me tightly, "I love you" He says sweetly. I kiss him passionately, "I love you too" I say smiling.
"Ugh, get a room you two!" Jack says from a small distance. "Chiiica!!" Mark yells. And there is she, the smallest dog in the world. "So Chad, can you bring us back to (Y/N) old shop ? There you can get the money, and get us back to my family" Mark says.
Chadwick, who just finished closing the holes, nods at us, "fair enough" he says friendly as he kneels down near us.
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"Bye Chadwick!" We all yell at the crazy wizard. Chadwick waves at us, "Bye children!" He says, taking the box and walking out of my store.
I sigh, knowing that I am about to meet Mark's family. I'm a little nervous, because I don't want them to think bad about me, but I'm sure they'll like me, at least that is what Mark told me. And he knows his family better than me.
"Have you ever met Mark's family?" I ask Jack as we walk towards the small hole in the wall. "no, small people are actually not allowed to go up." Jack explains. I mouth an 'oh'.
Mark walks on the other side of me, "yeah, my mom didn't allow us up here after..." Mark stops in his sentence. "After what?" I ask sweetly, not wanting to push them, but still curious.
Mark sighs, "After my dad disappeared" He says. "oh..." I say softly. "But then I told my mom about my plan, and she was happy that I would go and look for a girl, because that's what we all do." Mark explains.
"huh?" I ask. "It's a tradition, since we're the only small people. We have to make a deal with a wizard, look for a girl and come back with the true love!" Mark explains. 'makes sense...I guess'
I chuckle, "So, Jack has to go through all that shit again?" I ask. Jack looks up at us, but Mark just grins, "Someone took a girl here, but they didn't work out. maybe she's something for you, Jack?" Mark asks.
Jack chuckles, "We'll see" He says, looking away. We finally arrive at the small hole on the wall. I step in first, and see stairs for people our size, made from the big, wooden beams, leading down, into the ground.
Mark walks to a stairs, "Ladies first" He says politely, gesturing me to walk down the stairs. The stairs are pretty long, And they lead to, it looks like, different floors.
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After some hallways, stairs and more hallways, we arrive in a big room. I look around, and take a deep breath. I notice that it really smells like dirt and nature in here, which I don't mind.
Then, Thomas comes walking around the corner and sees us. His face lights up, and his eyes widen. He covers his mouth with both hands, clearly surprised of seeing Jack, me and Chica this size.
"Oh my god!!" He says, walking up to us. "You guys arrived just in time!" he says, leading us around some more corners. "Okay Mark, you go in first. I'll wait here and I will push you two in at the right moment, okay?" Tom explains the plan.
Jack, Mark and I nod before Mark steps in the room. I hear some footsteps, "Mark!!!! my goodness, Mark!! You're home!!" I hear a kind woman say from inside the room.
They talk for some time. I can't really make out what they're saying, but I do hear happy voices. Suddenly, Thomas opens the door for Jack, me and Chica.
I smile as I step in first. "Ohh!! This is her!?" The same woman I heard before says. Mark nods, "Yes, mom, this is her!" Mark says proudly. The woman gives me a hug, "Hi honey, what's your name?" She asks.
I smile brightly, "(Y/N)" I say as she pulls away from the hug. "What a fitting name for such a pretty girl!!" She says sweetly. "And this is Chica? the dog?" She asks. Mark nods, "Yupp!!" He says.
Mark's mom pets the dog roughly before she moves on to Jack, "And you're Mark's friend?" She asks. Jack nods, "Yes, I'm Jack" He says. Mark's mom laughs, "oh, you're the Irish guy" She says, still chuckling a little.
Jack laughs slightly, "That's me, ma'am" He says happily. "well guys," Mark's mom says as she takes a step back, "Welcome home, my children!"
The End