"Home sweet home!"
Pulling through the dilapidated gates of Souillon House, Erin Parrish noted her faithful father's ghost hanging out inside her Great Dane Scooby Boo near the entrance. Seated regally with eyes white as a telltale sign of possession, the dog barked twice then decided to give chase back to the house. Pulling up next to her bestie Kyra Whimsey's SUV she shut her engine off and sat there a minute. "Okay! So, now I have the ability to slap around ghosts."
"No, you may purge them from hostile takeovers." Rosalita Montoya corrected her, using her daughter Isabel's body to voice her concerns.
"Si! As I booted Vienna out of my sister." Rico felt obligated to point out his own powers. Within him joined Isabel through his vocal cords, "We all saw the butterflies, right?"
"Butterflies?" Kyra flared her eyes, "What did I miss?" Passenger door clicked but going unopened until she heard the rest of the story. "Why am I just now hearing about butterflies?"
"Calm down." Erin smirked, "Blue light special for us working with Gemma. I can see ghosts for very short periods. At Thorn Briar after I swatted that Pettigrew out of Stuart Potter with an assist by Gemma, I've been able to see tiny glimpses of other ghosts, at least out at the cemetery. All I see on the porch is floating gloves, so I guess I still can't see the boys." Even as Curley ventured to open her door for her as if a Valet. A note of name on the glove Erin smiled, "Hey Handsome Curtis." Curley his nickname! "Do me a favor and unload our bags and take them upstairs, they're in the hatchback... uhh... back door." He opened Rico's door, "Back... back door." Finally, he located the hatch and opened it. "I keep forgetting the boys might not understand certain terms. Fancy words and technology!"
"They're getting there though. So, you saw a few unnatural butterflies?"
"Couple million. Swarm even."
"The good souls of the just." Rosalita spoke up, "They were letting you know that what you did with Mister Potter was a good deed. I was a butterfly once, well, I still am when I take upon the image. It allows us to drift from our final resting place, but somehow, we always find our way home. Since bonding with my children here I have not felt the need to wander. Nor, do I feel the need to be a stay-at-home mom."
"Stay at home mom... meaning Serena?"
"Yes! She was a fully formed baby when I died, when she died. Not even a chance to learn to crawl." Isabel's tear ducts grew active, Rico reaching over thanks to Izzy to wipe her own eyes. "I will be fine. Would you like your body back? I believe it is time to change your tampon again." She also knew that she could not pass the porch and venture indoors thanks to the variant sigils about the property.
"Yes, if I may. I tire of listening to Rico telling himself he will be a good father. We know Rico, we know!" Leaving the SUV first the siblings stood side by side in ready. Once hands were held and Rosalita slipped away from Izzy's body the handcuffs magically united the brother and sister once again. Identities catching up, Izzy became herself. "Ohhh, it is so good to be within my own body again." An immediate response she found her ghostly lover William moving up behind her to welcome her home. "Aiii! Why did I not change clothing before we reattached? You will have to put up with me changing tampons Rico."
"Lucky me!" He rolled his eyes. Watching rubber gloves surrounding his sister and squeezing her breasts he shook his head, "I can tell right now I will get no sleep tonight." Shockingly, William rapped his rubber knuckles on Rico's shoulder as if to say, "I will respect you." Releasing Izzy, she felt his loss immediately.
"Oh, no! I will be made love to tonight. Blood or not!" William in turn gripped her chin and kissed her but chose to let her go. Stomping her foot, she pointed at her brother. "Cock blocker!" If she could storm off, she would.
"I have an idea." Rico chuckled. "Maybe Willy there could possess your body and shower with you, you can get yourself off without being bound to me."
"Can we do that?"
"Worth a shot if it gets you out of my hair. You and Willy can bond your own way inside your head. Of course, he might not know what to do with you knowing he is you."
"He will explore." A swift kiss to her brother's cheek she was happy again. A fist bump between William and Rico was genuine as well.
"Anything new Guard Doggy Daddy?" Erin stepped into her yard to kneel and greet the possessed pooch. Nodding yes in a feverish manner he looked toward the woods beyond the driveway from the main road.
"Uhhh? Why is there a bag of dogfood sitting next to the porch?" Kyra called out. "Ben get hungry? Did the boys feed him?" Otis and Amos began pointing at the woods like Ben was doing in his own way.
"What in the world are you trying to tell us dad?" Erin winced at the timber line as Scooby Ben bolted to the edge of the road then looked back at his daughter who was strolling at a much slower pace.
William tapped Rico's shoulder and hand gestured that he be allowed to invade Izzy's body to join her. Shrugging at the notion this could go wrong he tried it, all three of them holding hands. William was not their blood relation so the bonding might not even work as planned. "Understand sister, this might not work as we hope."
"Just try Rico. I need to change before I bleed down my leg." Too late! Droplets on her shoes would need to be cleaned. Eyes closing Rico realized something.
"Wait! You will have to rejoin me for this to happen. Our souls need to... " He saw her light flow into open air and directly into William's chest. For a rare moment a beating heart was seen within his chest. One that faded the light returned to Izzy's body. "See? I think it was rejected."
"No! I am within her friend Rico." Willy spoke through Izzy, the cuffs disengaging again. "This is... I do not know how to explain it."
"Try incredible!" Izzy spoke up overriding Willy's voice. "You have a sweet tone, Willy."
"Well, seeing as that worked. I need to go pee." Kyra who had eavesdropped left the dogfood and headed indoors to potty. Otis and Amos gave up explaining with palms up as if boggled.
"Si! Come sweet William. Let us shower and we can give each other a fashion show." William laughed through her lips. So weird! But at least it gave Rico a bit of freedom. Enough that he decided to walk out and join Erin by the road. It was good to stretch his own legs without his sister tagging along. This would solve much in the coming days, being able to escape and take on a job of his own. Looking at the grass he knew the first thing was mowing Erin's yard again.
"What is going on?" Rico stepped up next to Erin.
