GW: This is my new fic, based on 'Howl's Moving Castle,' Rai's Moving Castle! Starring Raimundo and Renee!
Rai: Alright, I'm probably you're most favorite character in stories.
Katrina: Don't become such an egotist! Plus, you get to meet me, Deni, and Willow as well. Enjoy the first chapter!
Official Disclaimer: I do not own the storyline or the characters except for my own. Flames will be ignored.
A Moving Castle
Across a barren landscape, fog had surrounded the area and nothing appeared to be even the least bit animate…that was until a clanking could be heard coming closer.
As the fog cleared, a giant house-object came clanking onward. It had steel legs and looked like it had been combined from many parts of metal and the like.
As it made its way our of the barren scene and onto greener and more lively landscape, a shepherd named Rolf was herding his cows, sheep, and pig Wilfred when he saw the mechanical thing clank by.
"Oh, ho! Look Wilfred," Rolf said to his pig. "It's Raimundo-boy's moving castle. Hello, Rolf the Son of the Shepherd greets you!" Rolf waved to the moving castle not caring if they saw him or not. "Come, Wilfred and livestock, Nana needs her bunions looked after."
Meanwhile, somewhere in the green and beautiful landscape was a small town with a giant train passing by through it as people walked to and fro.
And, specifically, in a small workroom in a hat shop, five teenagers were sitting, mending hats.
The first was a young woman with long purple hair, dark blue eyes, and was wearing a white shirt under black jacket, black pants, and brown shoes. She was Renee Roberts.
The second was a 15-year old with black hair, reddish-brown eyes, and wearing a light blue sweater, brown capris, and matching clogs. She was Yakumo Tsukamoto.
The third was a 13-year old with long chocolate brown hair in a ponytail, sky blue eyes with green specks, and wearing a white Tee with sky blue cuffs and yellow star in middle, light blue jeans, white sneakers, and a silver bracelet with charms. She was Katrina Glove.
The fourth was a teen Katrina's age with short, spiky black hair, green eyes, and wearing a swampy green top with a shiny flower on it, a long green skirt, brown sandals, an elaborate bead necklace, and a black wristwatch, and a matching arm wrap that hid her horribly burned left arm. She was Deni Rein.
The last was a 15-year old with strawberry blond hair with two smaller strands in pale rose ribbons, large brown eyes, and wearing a pale rose oversized hoodie with black streaks on the side, knee-high white boots with black pattern on side, and a topaz stone on a silver chain. This was Willow Song.
The five girls, who were obviously employees at the hat-making shop, were busy at work making hats. Well, at least Renee, Yakumo, Deni, and Willow were while Kat slacked off.
"Come on, you three; I wanna go home!" Katrina whined. "Katrina, you should respect the duty of making wicked awesome hats a lot more," Deni retorted to her friend as she held up her Goth-inspired hat while the other three kept working on their hats.
"Deni?"
"Hmm?"
"Shut up."
"You guys should be nicer to one another," Willow sighed as she finished tying a pink ribbon to her pretty hat. "You humans are always fighting nowadays."
"I'm done," Yakumo remarked softly as she held up her dark blue hat with a peacock feather decorating it. "Are you almost finished, Renee?"
"Just about," Renee said as she sewed some pinecones and leaved to the hat.
Just then, the owner of the shop, Yukari Tanizaki, came in and said, "Girls, are you done yet?"
"Yep, Renee's just finishing up," Katrina replied. "Well, we're closing shop. You've done enough work, so you can come hang out with the rest of us." When Yukari meant 'the rest of us,' she meant the other workers, Sam, Clover, and Alex. They usually went to hang out after work, and even invited Renee and her friends, too.
"No, I better finish this; you guys go out and have fun," Renee politely declined. Being shy, she didn't really like going out in public that much. Her friends, being soft-spoken as well, also declined except for Deni and Katrina, who didn't go just because their friends didn't.
"Alright; suit yourselves," Yukari shrugged as she prepared to leave. "Let's go, ladies."
As the girls prepared to leave, Clover shouted, "Look; it's Raimundo's moving castle!"
"Where!?" Alex squealed as Sam shouted, "I want to see Rai!" Rai, the one with the moving castle, was popular among town apparently and was especially popular with the ladies.
Renee and her pals looked out the window to see the moving architect moving across the field and disappearing into the fog ahead.
"I wish to meet him someday," Willow said. "I heard he is greatly skilled in the art of magic."
"I wonder if he's still single," Deni smirked. "Like he'd ever date you," Kat joked, getting socked in the arm.
Renee, however, just stared dreamily as planes flew by where the castle was. "He's hiding from those planes," Yakumo said. "I can't imagine having to hide from the military all the time."
"I heard that this girl from the neighboring town had her heart torn out by Rai," Clover said. "Now, I'm scared to go out," Alex said in annoyance. "Thanks a lot, Clover!"
"You have nothing to fear, Alex," Sam said before laughing, "He only preys on pretty girls."
"You guys are mean!" Alex pouted as Yukari said, "Let's go, girls." With that, the three workers and Yukari left the store and Renee and her company.
"Prissy poodles," Deni mumbled as Renee kept working. "Remind me to beat them the next time I see them."
"This is why you have no boyfriend," Yakumo joked.
As Renee finally finished her hat she had been working on, the train came into port, filling the window with smoke from its steam pipe.
"Finally, let's get out of here," Kat yawned as the girls got from their chairs and walked out of the room. Before going outside, Renee picked up a nice sun hat with a red ribbon decorating it, putting it on, and smiling in front of the mirror. She then frowned. Although she was pretty, she didn't have a lot of confidence in herself, no matter how many times her friends told her.
"Alright, lock up time," Kat said as Yakumo locked the shop up and the girls walked outside in the busy streets.
Spotting a tram nearby, the girls hopped on and rode through the town, which seemed to be celebrating something.
GW: And there's the first chapter! The next time, Rai and his pals will come in and meet Renee and her crew. Read, review, and suggest please.