Hi folks, Happy New Year! I saw there were no Karigurashi no Arrietty fanfics, and I fell in love with the film (in Japanese ofc). So here it is! Hope youz Read and Review, and criticism will be welcome (although I will warm my tootsies with any flames).
P.S This is my first fanfic, so sorry it's a bit short. If youz like it, I shall try to update as often as possible.
P.P.S Ofc I don't own Karigurashi no Arrietty, it belongs to Studio Ghibli and the original characters to Mary Norton. I do, however, own the Lendwitch :)
Chapter 1:
Arrietty woke slowly and looked around - her parents were still fast asleep in the coconut shell they had found last month; stamps decorated the bare earth wall and thimbles hung out to dry after being used to make soup the night before. They were borrowers by nature and so everything in their little house was what Arrietty and her father Pod had picked up on their ventures, whether it was the electrical lamps her father loved to tinker with, to the plants she decorated her room with, or the sugar cubes her mother yearned for, they collected it all.
It all used to be so easy when we lived with Shō and his Great Aunt, rather than out here in the middle of nowhere, Arrietty thought. I'm grateful to Spiller for helping us escape, but I miss being an inside borrower. As much as she enjoyed exploring the tree they lived under, she missed being in the old house with its ivy covered walls and garden. She missed the old lady who would wander around the house on her own and wouldn't bother them (or notice things going missing). Most of all she missed Shō….
Except I'm going to solve that problem, Arrietty thought as she dragged herself out of bed. Although she always wore it, she decided to wear her plain old red dress, leaving her flaming hair flowing past her shoulders. I wonder if Shō still has my hairclip she mused, as she remembered their parting. A sudden tickling behind her nose reminded her that now was not the time to cry, now was the time to pack her bags and head out into the wild.
She had been preparing for weeks, ever since her mother had told her the old tale:
"Once in a while," she had said, "a Borrower has a wish: a wish that they cannot fulfill themselves. That is where the Lendwitch can help. It is said that she can only be found by a Borrower when they wish with all their heart to seek her. All you need to do is stand in the tallest branches of a tree, wish and she will appear. However, there is always a warning where the Lendwitch is concerned: she does not give, she lends, and wants something to ensure she gets her gift back."
As soon as she had heard about the Lendwitch, she knew what she must do. The only thing she needed was the courage to tell her parents where she was going, and in the end she wrote them a note:
Dear Mother and Father, I have gone to find the Lendwitch. Don't worry. I'll be back soon. Love Arrietty xxx
Arrietty knew they would be worried, but this was her hearts wish and she wanted to fulfil it. So she grabbed her small pack, left the note on the kitchen table and snuck out of the house.
She was off to find the Lendwitch.