Disclaimer: No I do not own Howl, as much as I wish I did. Why would I say I did though? Howl is cute, blue eyes, black hair, and a fine muscular body…

Summary – We are years into the future, Howl and Sophie had a son, and named him Edward. The boy had inherited all of his father's skill and charm, including his ability over his magic, on his mother's side; he had inherited the kindness of her heart. But, as he finds a young girl in a desperate need of help, Edward finds he must help, and does. Now, he finds that he loves her, but her heart is plagued by darkness and a demon. Can Edward revive the light within her?

Chapter 1 – A Mouse

Howl had taught Edward to stay some distance away from human cities where he could be seen, but, Edward had always loved to go and watch the people scurry about, buying things that he could easily create with magic. It was always funny, and confusing, to the fact that they never did seem miserable with their life, that they were content with it, just how they are. But why? Sophie, his mother, had said she had grown up with these people, and had found her life normal and happy, until Howl and the Wicked Witch of the Waste, of course. Edward smiled to himself. His mother was a kind and decent woman, as well as his father, and they were good together, but, would he ever find love like his father did? The smile on his face faded slightly and a rogue wind ruffled his black hair. These humans are so confusing.

"Get away!" a voice called, which snapped Edward out of his thoughts. Down below, in one of the back alleys, a young girl, probably about his own age of sixteen, was being blockaded by a bunch of the militia men who were protecting this town. Form where he was, he could see that she had pale orange hair flecked with silver and gold, with extremely pale skin. "Leave me!" she screeched.

Without thinking, Edward jumped down to help the girl. He slipped a protecting arm around her waist, "There you are, dear," he said, glaring at the men in front of him with the pale blue eyes he got from his father.

"Who the hell are you?" One of the guards asked, taking a step towards him and the girl.

"Her older brother, who else?" Edward snapped, waving his hands to use some of his magic. The two military men were slammed into wall. "Come on," he whispered, urging her own with a slight push of her shoulders. "Are you alright?"

"Yes, but, I didn't need your help," she snapped. Edward looked down at her and gasped slightly. Her eyes were two different colors: her right eye a pale blue in hue, and the left was a dark green shade. She gasped as well as she looked at him. A small smirk/smile lifted on her face, "but thanks anyway."

"Your welcome," he said with a weak smile. He stuck out his hand for her to shake, which, she did reluctantly, "I go by the name Edward."

"Dawn," she said, shaking his hand. A shout from the market made them look up. Dawn looked up at the sky: sun-high. "I have to go, and fast!" she said, as she broke into a run and headed out of the alleyway.

"Wait Dawn!" Edward called out. Dawn stopped, but only for a second. He caught up with her, "Do you trust me?"

"Excuse me?" she asked, now looking totally confused.

"Do you trust me?"

"Maybe."

"Good!" he grabbed her hands and used his magic to lift them up into the sky. She tried to struggle out of his grasp, but, he held her tight, because if she broke the link, she would go toppling down to the ground. His father had taught him how to do this. It was how he met his mother. "Where do you need to go?"

"The center!" she cried out.

"Act like you are walking and it will be easier to move," he whispered into her ear, which she did, and it turned smoother with each less stiff move she made. Dawn laughed, with joy in her voice, "You're a natural," he whispered. Dawn's laughing slowed down, and she turned slightly to face him. Her pale blue eye was looking at him.

"I cannot see you," she said. He moved her so her green eye was looking at him. "Thank you so much."

"Are you blind in that eye?" he asked. She grasped his hand that he was using to point at her pale blue eye with a sigh and a small nod. They were down at the edge of the center square, in a back corner. She bowed slightly, saying her good-bye, and Edward did the same.

"I hope to see you again, and soon, Magician Edward." He had to hold back a smile, and he returned the graceful feature.

"And I to you, Miss Dawn," he said, rising up. She giggled slightly, and ran towards the stage in the middle of the clearing. He stepped out into the clearing at a slower pace, and as soon as he did, music picked up, and mostly females in dark colored dresses, walked out onto the stage, their voices ringing clearly in the air.

Before he knew it…Dawn stepped out, her voice singing loudly yet true in the air for them all to hear and listen to…