Cherry Fetches Gabriel's Horn

chapter 20

Patrick and Emily hugged Atticus. Atticus hugged them back, he then bent down to his puppy and hugged him as well. Patch smiled, happy to stay on Earth with the ones he loved.

"Oh, buddy, I missed you so much..." Atticus smiled to Patch.

"I bet I missed you more." Patch smiled back.

"There's no way that you could have missed me more than I missed you." Atticus smiled.

"Wanna bet?" Patch smirked.

"Oh, no, you two aren't going to wrestle, are you?" Emily giggled.

"Maybe...?" Atticus and Patch smiled innocently.

"I love a good wrestling match..." Drell laughed.

Skippy released a long-suffering sigh, then forced himself to smile and nod to Drell's statement.

"Then we better use some magic to make this place more durable." Patrick said.

Skippy handed Drell his wand.

"I was looking for this..." Drell took it, then gave a firm look to his friend. "SKIPPY?!"

Skippy shook his head quickly to show it wasn't his fault.

"I'll figure out how you got my wand later." Drell said.

Skippy pouted and pulled his hat down over his eyes and turned his head, going to a corner to punish himself.

"Drelly Bean, if you would do the honors?" Patrick smirked.

Drell rolled his eyes. "Sure, Patty Cakes."

This caused Atticus and Patch to laugh a little at the nicknames the two adults gave each other.

Drell then threw his wand up in the air and bent down as he grabbed it again and zapped with it. "BIG BAD BOOM, CHANGE UP THIS ROOM!"

Then after a flash of light, the room was changed into a more durable room.

"Whew!" Drell wiped his forehead. "I'm getting too old for this crap..."

"It looks perfect." Emily smiled.

"Thank you..." Drell flopped down into his chair. "So sorry about that crummy room before, SOMEBODY told me that hotels and motels were the same thing in this realm."

Skippy looked over, gaping his mouth open, then frowned firmly, knowing Drell was talking about him.

"Are you sure he was the one that told you that?" Patrick asked firmly.

"Yeah... Skippy knows everything..." Drell shrugged innocently.

Skippy sighed again and rolled his eyes.

"Man, you cannot catch a break." Cherry said to him.

Skippy frowned and shook his head.

"Hey, Dad, maybe while me and Patch are wrestling, you can wrestle with Drell." Atticus smirked.

Patrick laughed. "I've always dreamed of wrestling against Drell and winning."

This caused Drell to gulp as he knew that he should have seen this coming.

"Have fun." Cherry playfully nudged Drell.

"You.... YOU!!!" Drell growled, holding out his hands, looking like he wanted to strangle her. "You're a decent creature who deserves better!" he then forced himself to grin and restrain himself from harming her.

Patrick grabbed Drell and pulled him in so he would wrestle the strong warlock.

"Whoa!" Drell yelped as he was suddenly pulled.