-1 It was just another night at Howl's castle. He and Sophie were happily married and Markl was there adopted son. Calcifer was living at the castle, still moving it but he wasn't trapped there anymore. Granny Witch was still there and so was Heen. They were all sleeping peacefully. But not all of them were sleeping peacefully. Howl was having a dream. A bad one.

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We find Howl in the middle of a town that looked a lot like Chipping Market.

" Where am I?" he wondered. Just then he noticed a boy that was about 8 years old. " But it can't be…" he said, " that's… my brother."

" Cail!" was heard being shouted as a girl that was about 6 years old came running down the alley. " CAIL! You promised to play to play with me and Howl today remember?"

But it can't be, thought Howl, this is my family.

"Yeah, I remember. I was hoping that you had forgotten." the boy said as he looked over at her with a sly grin on his face. "Where's Howl?" he suddenly said as he realized that his little brother was nowhere to be seen.

The girl got this look on her face like she was trying to remember something. " I think he said that he was going out to Hiencal Pond."

"You can actually think?" the older boy joked as he got up, " Let's go find him 'kay?" and with that he walked of toward the wastes.

The girl just sat there as she tried to figure out what he meant about not thinking. Finally it hit her. "HEY!" she yelled as she chased after him. Suddenly we find ourselves standing in a field.

As Howl looked around he saw four children standing in the field. They were standing in a group, looking directly at Howl. Then before his eyes they started to disappear. He started to call out to them when he noticed that three other people were standing directly where the others had disappeared from. There were two boys and a girl. They, like the others, were facing Howl. But they had their eyes downcast at the ground and their heads slightly bent down.

Howl tried to talk but found he couldn't. Finally he managed to croak out " W-W-Who a-are y-y-ou.?"

The girl looked up and Howl gasped. Her eyes. They were filled with pain and tears that had never been shed. But that wasn't what Howl gasped at. It was the color of her eyes that made him gasp. They were the same color of blue that his were. Her hair was also the same color that his had been when he was younger. If she hadn't been a girl she would have been mistaken for Howl.

Finally, after a while she spoke. What she said changed what he had thought about them. " Has it been so long that you would forget about us?"

Howl was at a loss for words. Could they have survived somehow? was the thought that was running through his head. She must have guessed his thoughts somehow because she smiled when he didn't answer.

"Yes, Howl. We did survive." she said with a happiness in her voice.

"But how?" was all he could manage to say. This moment was what he had been waiting for his whole life and that was all he could say was that.

"Some things can not be explained right now,'' she said as she nervously glanced around, "Someone is after you Howl. Hurry before its to late." she shouted as she started to fade away.

"NO!" Howl screamed as she faded away but it was too late. But then he realized that something else was there.

"Hehehe. That girl always was too weak to be of any use." the thing said as it laughed wickedly. " But it's too bad for her that she led me right to you. And now get ready to burn in hell, WizardHowl."

And with that it let out a black substance that headed straight for Howl. It started to consume him. He tried to fight it off but it just wouldn't give up.

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Sophie's POV

She had been fast asleep when she heard someone moaning. She opened her eyes and looked over at Howl. It was him that was moaning. He was twisting and turning, like he was trying to fight off some invisible demon. Sophie immediately sat up and started shaking Howl.

" Howl. Howl! HOWL!" she shouted as she shook him. Suddenly he bolted upright on their bed. " Howl are you alright?" Sophie asked. He was breathing heavily and was sweating like he had just seen a monster. She had never seen him like this before. "Howl?" she asked again.

He looked over at her and said " Yes, Sophie, I'm alright. Oh, I'm sorry, did I wake you?"

She just had to laugh at this. He looked at her like she was crazy. " Silly Wizard, just go back to sleep." and with that she turned back over and went back to sleep. Soon Howl followed her example and fell fast asleep.

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The next morning…

The next morning was a normal morning for them. Markl was impatiently waiting for breakfast, Granny Witch was staring into space and muttering to herself, Heen was still asleep, Calcifer was being forced to cook breakfast, Sophie was preparing what wasn't cooking, and Howl was upstairs in the bathroom. Just another normal morning or so they thought.

" Breakfast's ready." Sophie yelled so everyone would hear her. Markl jumped up raced over to the table. Granny Witch slowly walked over and had just reached the table when Howl came downstairs.

"Good Morning, Everyone." he said, just like everyday. Just as they started to eat a knock was heard at the door.

" Chipping Market door." Calcifer said from his place on the hearth.

Sophie was the only one who went to open the door. " All of you are lazy." she muttered as she walked to the door. When she opened the door the first thing she saw was a soot covered teen on her knees. " Oh My Goodness she said as everyone else got up to see who was at the door.

"Is this the Wizard Howl's home?" the teen said in barely a whisper.

" Yes this is Wizard Howl's home" said Howl as he walked down the steps.

"Thank goodness." the girl managed to say before she fell unconscious on the steps.