Amity. It was such a pretty name to Barbie. The girl who owned the name was even prettier. Manicured pushed the door handle of the car. She had driven amity from the Hookah where she had found the girl to the Rodere house. Such a timid rat. Barbie was instantly in love with the little blond. She knew that Amity and Karma would get along just great. Both were girls and both were a bit on the shy side.
Within the cotton candy pink walls of her mind Barbie was putting Amity in the room closest to Karma so they could get closer. Which meant she would be a few doors down from Knox. Tapping her lower pouty lip, Barbie wondered if that would be a good thing. Knox would more than likely spook the girl out of her skin. She'd have to give Amity some pepper spray just in case Knox ever got frisky.
Key slipped into the lock as she turned the metal to allow her entrance to the villa. One hand ushering Amity and the little bags she owned. Which just told Barbie that they will be going shopping soon. It would be a great way to bond with the girls. She would have to take Amity to Shakti's shop to have the bubbly vampire create Amity some pretty one of a kind pieces.
"This is the front entrance, I'm sorry if its a little messy. We have such dirty boys living here.
Saying that Barbie's lips dipped just a tiny bit remembering Tommy and how neat he had been. Shakes came to her mind. She missed him too. She knew Sammy did as well. Walking further into the large house. The pool could be seen a few yards away from the front entrance through the double sliding glass doors. The white wash miniature house outside which Barbie pointed to.
"Eliza lives there. She's a music teacher, very sweet girl I think you'll get along with her. She's not a rat, but she's under my protection. I think she's a swan, I'm not exactly sure. She does smell like one."
Heels clicked and tapped long the wooden floors heading towards the kitchen. All the while she was telling Amity about the Rodere. Milo, the King and her husband. Knox their white Knight, Karma the Lady in Waiting, and the fact that a new Rat joined them named Bear.
"This is the kitchen. It's pretty fully stocked most of the time. Unless the boys get really creative and hungry you'll find nothing but a jar of mayo and maybe some pickles. Don't be shy to give me a list of the things you like, even stuff that only come from the states."
Her hand brushed along Amity's cheek. Same hand moved to curl around the girl's shoulder turning her in the direction of the stairs.
"I think the room next to Karma is best. Its a little further from Knox. I'll give you some pepper spray incase Knox comes into your room, just spray him down. Though he might like it. Hmmm..." She paused thinking about that, then shrugged. "If anything just scream and I'll shoo him away."
Taking the stairs upwards she showed Amity all the rooms and who belonged to which by pointing them out. She and Milo had one of the rooms towards the end which was the biggest and had the balcony. It also hosted the largest bed in the house for when they Rodere all slept together. Coming to the empty room next to Karma's she pushed the door open.
The decor of this room was plain. The walls were a pale calm yellow, with only the curtains to match. In one corner was a dresser the other a small desk. The bed was a full size mattress with pale yellow sheets and a comforter in the same color scheme. Barbie hadn't gotten to decorate this room much. Since, this would be amity's room she could decorate however she wanted.
"This one is all yours. There is some hangers in the closet. I'm more than happy to get you more if you need. There is a clothes hamper in the closet as well, feel free to use it. I hope you feel at home here Amity...."
Barbie took the girl's hand and held it between her own manicured ones.
"Whatever you need, call me. Doesn't matter how big or small okay? I'm here to protect you, we all are. You can decorate the room however you like, just tell me and we can go shopping for supplies."
Dropping her hand, Barbie turned to leave then turned back around.
"Oh! I'm going to get you some new outfits. Whenever your ready I'll be down stairs in the kitchen making a list for more supplies. I'm going to drag Karma and Eliza out too so you can meet them. We'll have a girl's night out. Go shower and get ready."
Barbie pressed her lips to Amity's cheek.
"Welcome to the Rodere Amity."
Turning then she walked to Karma's room to tell her that they will be going shopping soon with the new rat girl. Then it was to the pool house to tell Eliza.
Eliza was ecstatic about her new found home among the rats. It was sort of funny when she thought about it, because most people found life with rats unlivable. The violet colored corset with black lace was wrapped about her upper body before she laced it up tight. Not that she had much to show, but she had been out shopping Friday and found the item in a store window. It had just screamed buy me. Fingertips smoothed down over the soft satiny ebony ribbon. "Yes. This is lovely. My new favorite shirt..well..you know what I mean.." She laughed softly and looked about. Who was she talking to? Actually no one, but that didn't stop her. She had just finished tugging on those light colored boot cut jeans when the knock came at the door. "Cooommmmming. Just a second." Running to the door, she tripped over her violin case sending her soaring through the air. Well, not really soaring, but she did stumble using the door knob to catch her. All Barbie would hear at first was a squeak followed by "Ack!....Ooomph!...I'm good...good gravy...stupid thing.." She giggled softly opening the door. "Oh hey Barbie." Always bright smile lit up her face as she quickly wrapped her arms about the rat giving her a big hug. "Shopping?" Nodding, she agreed that it would be fun. "That sounds great! Just let me get my shoes.." The door was left wide open to reveal a very neat and tidy room decorated in bright pink and black. It was a punkish...girly...sort of decorating style "I know that it doesn't look that great yet, but I'm still working on it...I wanna find a" Eliza came hopping out of the other room with one black patent leather heel on and the other being pushed onto opposite foot. "Ooomph!" Said as she nearly tripped over the same violin case as she had before. Quickly, she dipped down and scooped it up, laying it in the black velvet covered papasan chair by the door. "I want to find a heart shaped bed..you know like they have in honeymoon suites in the movies?" She grabbed a small black shiny silver handbag and then shut the door locking it behind her. "What did you say the new girl's name was? I'm really excited that there is going to be another girl with us!" She giggled excitedly, looping her arm through Barbie's and resting her head against her arm like a small child would. Eliza had grown to love Barbie like she was an older sister..maybe even a mother of sorts. Long platinum colored hair with large curls were pushed back over her shoulders so that it was out of the way.
It was great. Karma wasn't in her room..Or at work...No she was off in Knox's room. Testing her new found courage. Trying to show she wasnt some shy meek creature...That she could be just as bad as her king and her Knoxvegas.And at that very moment she was bubble wrapping the white knights bed..Though between the farret that found the popping sound of the bubbles being popped just as amusing as she did...There were plenty of issues happening.
Just as Karma had managed to get the fitted she back on the bed she heard the angelic voice of her queen calling her name...Looking at dax she would wrinkle her nose and pat her shoulder.
"I think we should hurry up!"
Pop...Pop...Pop...POP.
Karma's face was a bright shade of red and she found herself out of breath when she came running towards Barbie...Her giggling not leaving the fact that she had been up to no good a sectret..Though her lips were seals and Dax wouldnt be telling anyone her secrets...he was her baby. Smiling she would hug Liza and her queen..Feeling a bit more bubbly then normal...Maybe it was the task she had just done.
She didnt say much to afraid to spill the beans. she just let the swan sister do the talking
::Eliza found herself giggling even more when Karma came running up to them with such a joyous expression upon her face.:: Hiya Karma ::She giggled, hugging her back tightly:: Guess what!?! We have a new buddy. ::She beamed brightly, looping her arm back through Barbie's and hooking her other arm through Karma's:: We're going shopping! Yay! It's a girls' night out! ::Squeaking excitedly, she did a small bounce nearly losing her footing. Thank goodness she had a hold on the two rats. Swans were suppose to be graceful, but little Miss 'Liza was far from that unless she was dancing:: So where are we going to go?
Shocking blue eyes watched as poor Eliza stumbled around the small pool house. Brows rising as she smiled all the same when the girl said she was okay. Barbie held out a hand to her. They walked back to the main house together.
"Heart shaped bed sounds cool. We can find one if not we can have one made. I think it would look pretty in your house. Her name is Amity."
Come to think of it that was the name of a famous horror movie. the amity House or something like that Barbie thought. She'd have to ask Milo. He would know. It was just one of those things that her handsome hubby was good at. Little trivia's like that.
Barbie heard the popping sounds coming from Knox's room and then Karma rushing out. A double blink at the red headed rat. Barbie giggled knowing that Karma had been up to no good. she let Eliza tell her the plans for the day. Heading back to the kitchen to wait for the new Rat.
Amity had stumbled into the club in hopes to evade her nightmare. The blond really hadn't thought anything good could come out of her going inside though somehow it had. Where once she had been alone now she had what seemed like another family she just silently prayed that she could stay long enough to get comfortable with this one. So lost the young woman had been until Barbie walked out of a room and into the rat's life. Tall and angelic like Amity had at first thought the woman was a angel but her rat the power source behind the woman. It had felt the rats call and instantly sought out to please her. So now Amity realized that not only was Barbie a angel in her eyes but a queen to top it all off!.
Amity's tummy had practically rumbled and then like a mother caring for her young Barbie had fed and eased her worries aside. Now they rode together back to where Barbie resided. Quiet the car ride had been and though the young blonde wanted to speak out, to try to find out a bit more on where she would now be living she held her tongue. Eyes were wide and curious when they pulled into the drive and obedient like Amity slipped from the passenger's side to follow the queen up to the front door. Nervous she lifted a hand to fig it with one of her ear lobes, index finger and thumb traced small circles around the soft skin until the lock gave in with the click of Barbie's key.
Feet were bare but no matter the loss of shoes it didn't stop the young woman from first wiping her tiny feet along the outside door mat before slowly creeping around the entranceway to follow Barbie in. As for baggage there was none other then a small brown paper bag that the blonde kept in her inner shirt pocket. A shake of her head was given to Barbie when the pretty blonde spoke of it being a mess.
"No, it's pretty. Really it is".
Amity caught the dip of Barbie's lip and reached a hand out to touch gently to her shoulder. Those eyes of her's were young yet seemed so old. Her voice smooth yet quiet.
"Please let me help?. I dun mind really, I can help tidy it".
Amity turned to look out the window to see the white house. Eliza?, a swan. Now that was interesting since the blonde had never met any were with feathers. A shy smile traced her lips when she heard that Eliza was a music teacher. Then to the kitchen she went skipping quite eagerly behind Barbie, she said little but smiled all the same clearly showing her pleasure at being allowed to stay with them all. Amity turned in a circle to look around and only stopped when the hand of Barbie's touched to her cheek. One of her own hands came up to cover the top of Barbie's hand as she leaned her cheek into that gentle touch. Eyes drifted downward and those white cheeks of hers flushed a pretty red.
The hand curled around her shoulder and Amity allowed herself to be turned and then guided up a set of stairs. Her lips started to curl upward but then froze when she spoke of giving her pepper spray. Wait what!?. Did Barbie really say what she had heard?. Her head tilted and the look clearly stated that the young blonde was wondering if it had been a joke. Nothing else came about Knox so Amity just swallowed and inched a tad closer to the blonde. A finger came up as Amity's mouth hung open in midair, the pepper spray not working?. And to just scream!.
"Er...what?."
The question was lost on Amity once Barbie lead her into her room. Hands came up to cover over her mouth as the pretty young blonde turned to eye the room that was hers. It was like something out of a fairy tale!. Perfect in so many ways and it was such a rush of emotion that she nearly cried. A finger pointed to herself then circled around motioning the room.
"This is mine?. really?.".
Amity's hand was taken and so she gave Barbie her full attention. The words touched the young woman's heart and having always been the open type she pushed into Barbie. Amity's hand held still in between Barbie's the other hand locked to her own side as her head pressed beneath Barbie's chin. Long black lashes closed briefly and then just as quickly as she had taken to giving affection she pulled back to smile looking a bit embarrassed by her own actions.
"Thank you so much".
When Barbie turned to leave Amity felt scared and nearly called her back but the blonde turned back to say something about shopping then a lean and kiss were given to her cheek. When the door closed Amity turned to look at the giant bed. She would sooo not do the girlie thing and jump on the bed. No, not this girl. A step then two then three and it was as if her feet had a mind of their own because she was in a full run then a jump and down she landed onto the mattress chest first. Head buried into the pillow as she lost herself for a minute and squealed out her delight in having found a place, a family. Tiny feet kicked into the bed and then she sat up on her knees and looked down to her torn jeans and baggy shirt.
"What will I wear?".
Slipping from the bed Amity moved to a mirror and frowned at herself. Running for so long now that she had cared little about the way she looked. Now she felt dirty and unsure. Hands came up to push at her hair taking notice of the knots.
"Time to take care of this mess, oh fizzle sticks!"
Amity inched into the bathroom then slammed and locked the door. Minutes later she wrestled with the hot and cold water some how managed to slip on a bar of soap then when everything seemed to be going alright she got the brush stuck in her pretty blonde locks.
"Fizzle, pizzle darn it jizzle"
Mumbling something that made no sense she tried to pull the brush free and then it happened something in the house went pop pop pop and with a squeak she made for the door in a dead run not caring that she was only draped in a towel. Drops of water splattered along the floor as Amity made for the stair railing. Heart fluttered wildly against her ribcage and then with a press of her butt she slid down the railing her feet smacking along the ground as she yelled out for Barbie. Eyes huge now Amity tumbled into the kitchen the brush dangling from her golden locks. She caught sight of Barbie and the two others girls that could only be Eliza and Karma. Sinking to her knees in front of them all she crossed her chest with her arms, that lower lip trembled as she fought to speak.
"He's coming for me!. Please help me!".
-- Edited by Amity de Ville on Wednesday 17th of June 2009 12:14:13 AM
The stomping of feet and soon Amity was already in the kitchen. The problem was she was kneeling on the floor in a towel soaking wet. Barbie went to her knees arms instantly around Amity pulling the soaking wet girl closer.
"Who is after you? Amity, your safe here. I promise your safe here."
Barbie tried to reassure her. The rat within was already on alert for anything trying to get Amity. She let those waves of comfort wash over the blond girl in her arms. "Its okay your safe. Karma was the only one up there. Come on sweetheart. I'll go with you back to your room. We'll get you all dry and ready to go out."
She didn't wait for Amity to stand up. Barbie slipped her arms underneath Amity and just carried her. She didn't know what had happened to Amity to have her react this way. Barbie carried her up the stairs and back to the room. She noticed the comb in the girl's hair when she had been carrying her. Amity had to have been really scared to rush out like that.
Setting the smaller woman on the bed she went to the closet and pulled down another towel. "You finished showering?" Barbie asked. If not she wouldn't mind giving Amity a bath. If she had, Barbie just walked over and started drying the blond off a little more.
"Nothing and no one can get you here, I promise. My room is down the way, if you get scared just crawl in bed with me and Milo. We won't mind. I won't leave you alone, I promise."
Barbie tried to reassure her as best she could. With words and with that otherworldly rat energy. Just waves and power of warmth and love.
Amity looked from side to side as she rested there on the floor. Her body shook and at first it seemed that she did not hear Barbie's question because when the rat queen took to wrapping her up in her arms she did not respond the only sound that could be heard was the accelerated beating her of heart as it slammed in to her ribcage. Eyes impossibly large stared out over Barbie's shoulder then as if seeing her really there for the first time she screamed thinking her captor had finally met up with her. The waves hit her then and with the comforting power came the realization of who was holding her.
Amity blinked and then pushed into Barbie needing a anchor to hold on to as she cried in relief. The joy turned to absolute horror when Barbie mentioned something about taking her back to her room. Shaking her head she tried to pull back latching those skinny arms of hers around one of Barbie's arms. Words were of no use since every time she tried to say who was after her she became chocked it was as if the young girl truly be lived that to say his name aloud would bring him that much sooner. Amity squeaked when Barbie said where Karma was.
"She's up there!. Oh my god, he will kill her".
Amity would have fell if it hadn't been for Barbie taking her in to the safety of her arms. Ducking her head she pushed it beneath the rat queen's chin and tried hide against her pretending she was invisible. Amity mumbled something under her breath about how she heard a loud noise.
"Pop,pop, POP".
When Barbie entered her room Amity looked around and when she met the bed she scurried backward until she met the head board of her bed with her back. A once over look was given to the room and with the understanding that he was not there Amity began to relax. The love and warmth Barbie flooded her way made both the girl and rat calm and with the calm came the realization of the way she had freaked out. It had her cheeks flushing a bright red then tears leaked out as she mumbled between sobs.
"I am so sorry, I thought Mmmm Ma mmm. I thought he was here cause of the noise I heard".
The sobs brought on hiccups and that brought on frustration. Amity rose to her knees and pointed a arm toward the door the index finger shook at it as she spoke loud.
"Oh!, and the shower tried to kill me!. I dropped the soap and now my hair is knotted and ugly".
She tried to help Barbie as the woman dried her off with a towel but managed to tangle her knee in the bed spread sending her crashing into the rat queen. Amity frowned and then sighed as she sat back on to her knees. The waves from Barbie rolled over her again and with it came peace of mind.
"I'm sorry, I should leave now before he finds me. If he some how managed to hurt any of you I would be heart broken."
-- Edited by Amity de Ville on Monday 22nd of June 2009 12:12:16 PM
::The swanmane blinked as the obviously startled and dripping wet blonde came skidding into the bathroom. Her arm quickly looped through Karma's in an attempt to keep herself anchored there so that she didn't just shift and run. Her heart thudded loudly as she looked to the girl and then to Barbie who instantly seemed to mother her as she had done with the swan. As the two disappeared back up the stairs, Liza gave Karma an odd look.:: Was that Amity? ::She thought that she had heard that name come from Barbie as she was attempting to console the frightened girl.:: Come on. Let's go make sure everything is ok...::She took Karma's hand and then headed up the stairs, knocking softly on the door:: Umm...everything alright? ::She bit her lower lip softly, debating whether or not she should step further into the room or not:: I can help..just tell me what to do. Does she have her clothes picked out and such?