Disappearances and possessions p1

...Meanwhile, in house Valentino...

Going back to Ned's place, Fernando and Grey braced themselves.

Surly they were gonna get remarks from the others about them being 'together', and sure enough, Henrietta who unlocked the door for the two, welcomed them with a sly smirk.

"You're back quicker than I thought, I hope we didn't cut your fun short." She said.

Embarrassed, "Henrietta please don't...say stuff like...that." Grey replied blushing.

"Hey! No Shame in a little fun, you're an adult, you deserve to blow some steam.

Same for you Freddie." Henrietta said cheerfully making Grey blush harder.

Unamused, "Since when I'm 'freddie' to you?" Fernando asked, "You're not still angry at me, are ya? I thought we've established my innocence!" Henrietta said.

Sighing, "I guess...I can cut you some slack, for now." Fernando replied.

Henrietta smiled at his words, "Now, come inside boys, we have a bit of a muddy situation ahead." She said leading them inside.

"Muddy like what?" Grey asked.

"It's still no sign for Rapunzel, and that girl Kimberly...and even worse, seems like that little mage Yuri has gone missing too." Henrietta explained.

Hearing her words, Fernando stopped walking, "Yuri? Does Ned know about them?" He asked.

"Sure, he's here alright, and he brought a friend...a very tall and beautiful gal!" Henrietta said with red cheeks.

"Are you blushing? I take it the girl is within your type, although it takes a genius to figure out what's your type since you have many kids with many people but who am I to judge." Fernando said, "What? No!...I'm done with...dating, really!" Henrietta replied.

"Why don't I...believe you Henrietta." Grey mumbled knowingly.

...Few minutes later...

"I don't even need to see it, Someone is definitely pretending to be Tacito!" An angry Fernando said, Ned had quickly explained the situation to him.

"Is there a way we can help him? You are the one who gave him his body a second time, considering that you also birthed him...surly you got a trick up your sleeve!" Muriel asked.

"I can try to control his body again, since he's no longer wearing those earrings Yuri gave him." Fernando suggested, "I feel a but coming..." Faunus said.

"Yeah, but I've never been in a situation like this before, if the soul occupying the body is not Taci's...I'm not sure it would work." Fernando replied.

"It doesn't hurt to try? Does it?" Ned asked.

"In order for me to cast the spell again on him, I need to be with him in the same room." Fernando explained.

"Oh I see! If you walk-up to the guy and try to control him, he'd obviously freakout and if you attack him so suddenly but then fail, he'll take it as an opportunity to either escape or attack you back, and this is Taci's body we're talking about! He's indestructible!" Jade said.

"Exactly...the original control spell was broken when Tacito started wearing those Tiger-stone earrings, so in order to control his body again I need to cast the spell once more, and after the spell is casted, I don't have to be in the same room as him to control him, but in order to cast the spell itself, we gotta occupy the same room." Fernando explained.

"That does seem to be tricky, our best shot to unravel this mystery is by capturing him...But capturing him might be difficult." Muriel replied.

"And obviously the other two gonna realize something's wrong with Taci, that if they haven't realized that before we did." Thorn said.

"You mean Yurei and Jasper? Those two little shits have definitely realized what's going on...And if those two didn't do anything just yet, that means this is a serious problem." Ned replied.

"I wish I can offer some insights on this, but since I'm new to the group, I'm not sure how to handle this myself...One thing for sure I'm very glad I didn't use the body crafting method to create my genies." Kowa said, "It is a good thing you have not...i hate to say it but even right now, your genies are still very vulnerable and they would have been even more vulnerable with crafted bodies like that." Lady Orange replied.

Sighing, "Poor Tacito...He can't seem to catch a break! ever since I've known him he's always dealing with something and he rarely ever complains, not that he can complain now, he's possessed!" Garrick said.

"And we don't even know who's possessing him right now...Though it could be just a random person, this person has definitely failed at Acting like he's Tacito, let's hope he doesn't know crucial things about Tacito like the bracelet or how powerful this body actually is." Jade replied.

Suddenly, "Was this person's...acting really that...bad?" Grey asked.

"Yes! Most of us are deeply connected with Tacito, you need to be a top-tier actor in order to fool us into believing you are Him!" Faunus said.

"That's it! I get it now!" Socorro spoke-up, "Get what coconut?" Matilda asked.

"Our first clue to this mess! I think I know what's going on, surly it can't be just a coincidence!" Socorro said.

"I'll explain it!" Grey said enthusiastically, "I know I...come off as...useless...but I promise...that all the...time I spend...reading books...does pay off.

I happen to...read some things...about possessions although...I'm not sure...if the same...goes for Tacito...considering his body...but there's so...many cases where...people get possessed...shortly after being...around somebody that...has very recently...died!" Grey explained.

"You don't mean to say?!" Ned said surprised, "Yes, it's possible...that the reason...somebody would go...out of their...way not only...to transport me...in my sleep...into your hotel...but to also...have me switch...bodies back with...my brother...was to prepare...for when he...gets killed later...on.

Not to mention...it turns out...that this person...who's currently inhabiting... Tacito's body...is terrible at...acting just like...my brother was...remember how he...tried to pretend...he was me?

Edward was barely...able to speak..like I do...which is why...he cut off...everybody else so...they wouldn't noticed...a change in...him or me.

And unfortunately me... being a super...introvert...backfired on me...for almost a...month...No one but...Fau...realized I got...kidnapped." Grey said.

Surprised, "Oh wow, that's probably the most amount of words You've ever said to us!" Henrietta said.

"Speak for yourself! he talks a lot when we're together!" Fernando replied.

"Please don't say...it like that...it's embarrassing Freddie." Grey said, "There's nothing embarrassing, about it...you did say that I make you feel more alive so it's understandable you'd talk more around me." Fernando replied making Grey blush very obviously.

"So did you...knew all along...that something was...wrong with me?

When it was...only us two...you said that...for some reason...you didn't engage...in anything with...the other Grey...you even asked...Fau to get...rid of him..." Grey asked, "Okay you got me, I knew it wasn't you, but because everybody knows me as 'Garrick obsessed', I just couldn't tell them WE were banging! And that I knew something was wrong with you because I was afraid they would suspect I did something to you." Fernando replied.

"I'm glad someone...other than Fau...noticed." Grey said.

Before anyone else could say anything more, "Okay back to the point, if this is really Edward, when and how the hell he's back!

We even prayed on his ass! And we still don't know who transported Grey to mom's hotel, although I feel like it could very much be her..." Jade spoke-up.

"You mean Rapunzel." Kowa said, "There's nobody else with the means or the motive to do it, ever since Rapunzel came here...things got messy." Garrick said.

"Considering she's your mom...you don't seem to like her." Kowa said.

Nashoba who's been silent for a while decided to speak, "Kowa, Don't say unnecessary things."

"Right...Sorry uncle doctor." Kowa replied, "Uncle doctor?! So this the man you told me about?!" Lady Orange said and Kowa nodded.

"You seem surprised?" Nashoba questioned, "My apologies, she said you were of small stature, I just did not realize how small." Lady Orange said, "KOWA, YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS!" Nashoba said angrily.

"WHAT DID I DO?!" Kowa whined.

Sighing, "I feel bad now...do we still have to hide everything from Lu?" Matilda spoke-up,

"You're right, he's your brother too...Seriously, I'm the one who suggested that we keep this under wraps, but I'm starting to think that maybe at least for their own safety, Lu and Aroon need to know what's going on...but then again I just can't crush them with the truth just yet." Ned said.

"I wish somebody wrote a book on how to tell a friend that their mother is a mass murderer." Socorro said sighing.

"If such helpful books exsisted, we would have avoided not one but two Mass murderers, Lucas and you know who." Lady Orange said while eyeing Fernando.

"You too need to read a book Lady Orange, and it is titled like this, 'How to be more of a mother and Less of a cold hearted bitch!'..." Faunus replied making Fernando chuckle.

"Hey! That's not nice of you!" Kowa said to Faunus before she started angrily walking to him, but she instantly backed away when Nashoba glared real hard at her.

"I am finding it more difficult by the minute to understand what is going on...I wish we can help more too." Muriel spoke-up.

"The only help you could offer us, is to take care of yourself and remain safe, although Taci is also pregnant like you, unlike him, you don't have an indestructible body, and it seems like things might get dangerous soon." Ned replied.

"I am sorry...if I was not in this state, I could have been more helpful." Muriel said, "Hey! I didn't mean to upset you! You've always been a good help Muriel, I'm just saying you should prioritize yourself and your baby!" Ned replied.

"Ned is right Muri." Thorn said, "The situation is already dangerous, see how we can't seem to find Kimberly anywhere?!" Matilda spoke-up.

"Hey! About Kimberly...I know this is a wild theory but for some reason, I can't help but think that her disappearance and The possession are related somehow." Jade said, "I know what you mean...Lady Orange, can I ask you something?" Ned said.

"Sure, I suppose." Lady Orange replied.

"It was brought to my attention that Kimberly has been traveling somewhere in a weird fashion.

At first when we learned about the academy, I thought that was it, but there's something that still bothers me...A small detail that Stella, a Friend of Kimberly have mentioned.

Stella said Kimberly would disappear for days on ends, without telling anyone or even as much as taking a toothbrush with her." Ned said

Frowning, "I see...Truth to be told, miss Kelly have had to stay overnight in The academy sometimes, but she always brought her belongings with her.

However there have been very few time where she disappeared, even from the academy and without notice.

I assumed she was disappearing because of her other job as an actress, it is not an issue in our academy for her to disappear few times, since we have lots of professors who can substitue for her." Lady Orange replied.

"Stella did say on multiple occasions she was worried Kimberly was in trouble, those two are very close and if Stella said that Kimberly's acting strange then she must be." Garrick spoke-up.

"And the plot thickens again, seriously just what's going on in here?!" Fernando asked.

"Only one way to find out!" Thorn said.

"Seems like we gotta go ask our favorite imposter, Edward." Jade replied frowning.