with me," Keru declared, his red eyes moving to Gabriel as his normal scowl returned.
"Fine." He crossed his arms and stared at me. "What's so secretive about sewing anyway?"
I didn't answer him as I turned my attention to the fabric in my hand. Letting my right thumb feel the fabric a few times, I stared at the two ripped parts, absorbing the scene before me and closing my eyes.
Opening my left palm that held the needle and thread, I allowed myself to see the fabric before me within the darkness of my mind. The resonating stars that lingering in the majestic fabric seemed to carry through to this dark world, outshining their previous radiance as they shone brightly against the black surface and lit up the outline of the fabric in my grasp.
Soon enough, there was the golden needle and spool of thread; the two items beginning to float from my hand.
The gasps of shock that reached my ears confirmed my little secret was working, and I immediately got to work. Stuff like this always took a lot from me, but it was how I fixed my clothes when I was younger and Grandma was far too busy with bingo and other outdoor activities.
The thread went through its designated hole in the needle, readying itself for the quick task of sewing this piece of fabric together. The sharp tip of the needle floated towards the torn part of the fabric, and I used my other free hand to line the two pieces together and let the needle do its work.
All it took was a minute before the task was complete. The original glowing fabric began to fade from my sight, which informed me that it was now back to its perfect condition.
Opening my eyes to view the final product, I grinned with pride, feeling a few beads of sweat run down my face. With closer inspection, I quickly nodded, opened my left palm once more, and allowed the needle and thread to return to my grasp.
"There we go!" I looked up to Keru's shocked expression. His red eyes were wide like plates while he literally stood there speechless. Letting the material go, I walked over to the hand sanitizer, took a small squirt, and put it along the needle before I offered it back to Gabriel.
He looked just as shocked as Keru. The level of disbelief in his expression alone was one I'd aim to inspire from him whenever I could.
"Here," I declared. "Sanitized to your liking."
"You fixed it!" Keru literally exclaimed, his shock as vibrant as the elation flickering in his eyes as he lifted the bottom part of the cloak to inspect the end result himself. "It's perfect. You can't even see the thread."
"That was the point." I gave him a small smile. "Also, you can't tell my grandparents or anything."
"When did you learn how to magically sew?" Gabriel was the one to ask as he accepted his items back to put them away.
"Uh..." I thought about it. "Three or four? Don't ask why I wanted to learn how to sew at that age, and…wait. Magically sew? That's what it's called?" I inquired.
"You didn't seriously think that was magic at all?" Keru inquired as he walked over to where Gabriel was sitting.
"I just assumed it was one of those crazy things I could do. Aside from bringing flaming destruction wherever I go. I was home with my Dad one day and ripped one of my doll's arm by accident. I always saw in fairy tale movies and shows that when something ripped, the princess’s mother would come and sew it back together. I wished to do the same since I was the doll's mother, so I searched the house until I found my grandma's sewing kit and used my imagination to fix it. My dad caught me in the act and he just told me I wouldn't get in trouble as long as I kept it between us."
Keru was grinning from ear to ear, and in a second he was lifting me up. I shrieked as he hugged me tightly.
"You're brilliant, Alice," he praised before leaning back. "My name is Kerebrus Stone, by the way. A pleasure to meet you now that you're not fainting out of windows."
"Fainting out of wind...wait. Your name is Kerebrus? Like Cerebrus with K?"
"My parents thought it was unique at the time." He winked and lowered my back to the ground.
"Where'd your cool-looking staff go?" I inquired.
"Oh." He reached into his dress shirt