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Memories/Flashback

'...' Thought

"..." Normal Talks

Chapter 1:

A girl woke up due her vision of an old woman entering the castle. The girl's name was Rika, a girl who lived in the Howl's Castle. She didn't remember much about her past, and Howl seemed to hide it from her. She has long blonde hair and a pair of violet eyes, she looked like one of the noble family. She was rather the most calm and collected person than anyone in the castle.

The first thing she remembered was waking up probably in the middle of the night, with Howl sleeping on the side of the bed. When she asked about who she was, he just answered " You're Rika, and you'll be staying with me for now on." Since then, she lived with him, and a fire demon named Calcifer. Not long after that, a boy came and became Howl's apprentice.

Sometimes, they studied magic together, but Howl never really let her to go outside and told her to stay inside of her room because of the lack of her psychical health. Howl was impressed by her ability to see the future and magic, you could say she can use magic too a.k.a a witch... the one who was unknown to the outside world.

They grew up together and somehow ended up like a family. It was an incredibly awkward family, but they got along pretty well.

She stood up and walked out from her room with a blanket in hand, she slowly crept down the stairs and peeking down to see the old woman from her vision who was sleeping in front of the fire. She walked towards the old woman and wrapped the blanked around her body

"What a nasty spell." she muttered quietly.

"How'd you know she was here? You even got a blanket for her." the fire said.

Rika turned towards the fire and smiled, "You perfectly know how." she replied.

"You should be resting, Howl will throw a fit on me if I let you to wonder out from your room."

She just laughed softly, "Well, I can't be inside of my room for the rest of my life, Cal." she replied.

"But Howl told you to rest, at least until tomorrow, when he returns." the fire sighed.

"Say..." she started, "You made a bargain with this obaa-san, right?"

The fire choke out and stared at her "Please don't tell Howl about this."

"I won't, don't worry." she giggled, "So, what did you want in return?"

"To break the spell that chain me to this place." the fire huffed

"Of course you want that..." she smiled slightly, "So, Howl will be back tomorrow, right?"

"Mm-hm," the fire nodded, "You should go back to bed."

"Okay... good night Calcifer," Rika smiled as she made her way towards the stair before pausing. "Oh, and please take care of our guest "

"Right, as if I don't have anything in my hand right now..." he paused, "But since it was you, I'll do it"

"Thank you Calcifer, you're the best." she smiled and turned around to climb up the stairs, leaving a blushing fire behind.

The morning came slowly, a knock was heard from the front door, as the old woman who's sleeping in front of the fire place woke up. As footsteps was heard, coming from upstairs, she pretended to sleep again with a loud fake snore.

"Ara, who is this?" a little boy asked as he stared at the old woman.

"Porthaven!"Calcifer informed as the boy walked away from the woman and pulled out a blue cloak from the messy table.

"When did she get in?" he wondered as he pulled down the hood down and a beard appeared, disguising himself as an old man. "Stand by," he said as he walked towards the door as she switched the dial to the blue color and opened the door.

"Why, Mayor, sir." the boy greeted.

"The sun is already high. Is master Jenkins at home?" he questioned.

"The master is out. I answer in his stead." he replied.

"An invitation from His Majesty. It has come to war," the Mayor said as he pulled out a letter and gave it to the boy "His Majesty desires every wizard, magician, even the witches, to aid our homeland. His presence is imperative. That is all."

The boy nodded and closed the door, "Ara? War again?" a girl voice said as all of them looked towards the stairs to see Rika walking down with a blanked wrapped around her shoulder, "Good morning everyone."

"A beautiful girl..." the old woman muttered as she stood in awe while she watch the girl walked towards them.

"Good morning too, Rika-san," Markl greeted back "It's seems like the war has come again."

"Anyway! Who are you?" Markl asked to the old woman.

"Calcifer let me in." she replied.

"It's not me. She wandered in from the Wastes." Calcifer said

"The Wastes?" Markl wondered as he pulled off his hood, "That's strange... You're not a witch are you?"

"A witch could never get in," Calcifer said in defense as the door bell rang, "Porthaven, again."

"I'll get it!" Markl exclaimed as he put the letter inside of a book before he pulled down his hood again and walked over to the door and swung it open.

Then, a girl with a short brown hair walked into the living room. Rika smiled at the girl before making her way towards the table and began to arrange some book away, to make a space for them to eat. She pulled out some silverware and wiped the dirt before moving to the plates, since the sink was packed with dirty dishes.

After she sets down all of the plates, knives, forks and spoons, Rika walked to grab a plate of bacon, a basket of eggs and a frying pan. She stalked to the fire and smiled at the fire and softly said "Let's make some breakfast, Cal."

And with that, he paused and stared at the girl, "God no." he groaned in protest.

Author's Note:

And yes! I'm back people :) Hehehe sorry for the delay on re-writing... I have a really bad writer block, but well, I'll update as soon as I can, But please leave a review :)

Love, Rhee Reinna

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