SPELLBOUND

*NOTE: This is a fanfiction of the game Nostalgia for the DS. (As well as my first fanfiction! Woooh!) It contains the pairing Melody x Pad, just because they're awesome. If you have sensitivities to this pairing, there is one simple thing you can do; don't read. Otherwise, please feel free to enjoy and have a wonderful day! :)

Episode 1: Stress and Tensions

It was a hot day in Rio de Janeiro, and Eddie, Pad, Melody, and Fiona were sitting around on the beach, taking in some sun. Fiona was anjoying herself a vanilla sundae, and Melody was enjoying herself reading her Necronomicon in the hopes of discovering new spells to blast those Goblins and other beasts with. Her attention was drifted away when a shadow hung over her pages, causing the text to fade into the shade.

"I can't even read this crap." the discerning voice announced. "What are those weird symbols 'n stuff?"

Fiona announced to the angry, red-faced Melody; "I don't think Pad can read runes."

"Well, good for him!" Melody exclaimed. "Does it look like I give a rat's spawn whether he can read it or not? Heck, I didn't even think he could read, period."

"Don't be like that, you guys." Eddie waltzed over. "We're on vacation. The Cabal is dead, and the Gate to Asgard is sealed. Why can't we all just relax and take a breather?" He walked over to Pad and gave him a tap on the shoulder. "Come on, Pad, why don't we go fishing with dad?"

Pad wrenched himself away from Eddie. "Yeh! Sure! Great! Anything to get away from her." He jabbed his finger at Melody, who was busy picking dirt out of her fingernails to care. He stormed off behind Eddie to go and join Gilbert near the fishing hole in the woods.

Melody looked behind her to make sure he was going so she wouldn't have to...send him away with a spell. "Fiona, these men are too much. One acts like a complete gentleman, with concern to women's feelings, and the other acts like an ape towards anything and everything. He deserves to burn." Fiona shook her head, and Melody took note of this. "Oh, come on, Fiona! Try and tell me that he doesn't get on your nerves! Try it!"

"Actually, no, he do-"

"Don't do it, Fiona! I'm not in the mood for it. Not today. Today..." Melody began to contemplate. "I'm in the mood to do something fun-something wild, crazy, even." She looked back to see if Pad was sneaking around, but to no avail. He had disappeared with the shadows of the forest minutes ago.

"You were looking for Pad just now!" Fiona blurted out loud. "You want to spend time with Pad, don't you?" she giggled. "You just have trouble expressing yourself."

Melody's face turned red as a tomato. "And you're blushing, too." Fiona exclaimed. "It's very cute on you."

"I AM NOT BLUSHING!" Melody lashed. "It's just...hot. Yeah, hot. The sun's hot, the air's... hot..." An image of Pad shirtless appeared in her head, but she shook it off. "and it's just very, very hot. And I'm a redhead. A ginger. Yeah, we burn easy, okay?"

"Doesn't your large witch hat give you shade?" asked Fiona, suspiciously.

"Fiona..."

To be safe, Fiona ducked and covered her head.

"Shut up."

Phew. Fiona was sure she had begun to feel her body ravaged in flames for a second. But deep down she knew Melody couldn't be that harsh... could she?

A few seconds passed, and Fiona finished up her ice cream sundae, and lay back, stretching out in satisfaction, throwing her raven hair behind her. "Well, I think I'll go for a swim, Melody."

"In your priestess gown?" Melody looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Well, I think I'll go swimsuit shopping, Melody." She got up, dusting the sand off her dress. "Care to join me?
"Nah, I think I'm good." Melody said. "I just discovered this spell, Thundarna, which will allow me to blast lightning from my wand. I think I'll practice it."

"Suit yourself." Fiona said, walking towards town. Melody began to practice the spell almost as soon as Fiona left, successfully blasting lightning up into the sky, and successfully scaring off the other people on the beach. It had gotten so bad, that Melody had to run and hide, as the people were spouting things like "She's a witch!" ad "Let's burn her at the stake!"

{MEANWHILE}

"Hey, Pad! My dad just caught a Saltwater Pike! 23.7 inches! That's sure to win the contest!" Eddie exclaimed. Pad tossed his mini Sunfish back into the water. He thought that finally having peace and quiet away from the raving moronic witch woman would make him happy, but he couldn't seem to get into the swing of fishing.

He leaned against the tree, rod in hand, and suddenly, he got a massive hit! He didn't expect that, and it nearly pulled him into the water! Gilbert came running over, and grabbed Pad around the waist. "Eddie, help us! Heave!" They all began to pull as hard as their human strength would allow them, and Gilbert slipped and fell backwards on Eddie, knocking them both out.

As misfortune would have it, Pad was dragged into the water. While under the water, he finally got to see what was trying so hard to pull him in-a Mermaid! "Why is there a mermaid in the river ponds of Rio di Janeiro?" he thought to himself. He then noticed that he was being dragged into a luscious underwater kingdom, filled with Merfolk, stingrays, sharks, flounders, octopi, and many different aquatic species. Strangely enough as well, he could breathe.

"Where are they taking me?" Pad wondered, as the mermen stared at him very sternly.

"To a very special place," a feminine voice called out to him, almost melodiously. "to my home."

Pad gulped.

TO BE CONTINUED