Howl was in another one of his depressed moods he had lost yet another girl Sophie rolled her eyes a little bit he was such a ladies man or at least he thought he was such a ladies man
"If this is what he is like now I wonder how he grew up as a child"
"What do you mean?" Michael asked Sophie sighed a little and decided she should explain
"You see the way an adult acts is based off of how they are raised usually" Sophie explained
"No Howl is just afraid of commitment for other reasons" Kalcifur said Sophie gave him a curious look as Michael shook his head
"Kalcifur you know we aren't allowed to talk about that!" he said in a harsh whisper so that Howl would not hear them just in case
"Right" Kalcifur said remembering "Howl will have our heads if we bring that up so forget we said anything" Kalcifur said to Sophie but her curiosity was going to get the better of her she wanted to know what they were talking about
"If you don't tell me I'll tell Howl about our deal" Sophie said Kalcifur muttered a curse under his breath and then Sophie looked at Michael
"And I'll tell Howl that you're the one who messed up his last potion" Sophie said Michael bit his lip and sighed
"Annabeth"
"Who?" Sophie asked the two sighed
"Howl's first real love" Kalcifur explained to her "Howl loved her with all of his heart and well it's a long story"
"I think we have time before Howl comes down" Sophie said Kalcifur sighed
Flash back/story start
Narrator: Kalcifur
It was years ago back when we first found Michael well actually a little afterwards Howl had gone to this new town and set up a base in a town noticing that it didn't have any magic shops at the time we didn't know that wizards and witches were forbidden in that particular town so on its own it was dangerous for us to be there
A young Howl walked through the streets of this new town in one of his odd robes he thought the place was a nice little town it was a busy little place but it was peaceful he liked how it seemed to have a lot flowers everywhere he enjoyed it the flowers brought color to the town Howl was lost in his own thoughts when he bumped into a woman who had her arms full of bags
"Oh I'm terribly sorry I didn't mean to I should have paid attention to where I'm going" the woman said she had long wavy blonde hair that reached her shoulder blades she had a creamy skin tone and had beautiful dark green eyes she had a tall slim figure she wore a dark green dress that was long sleeved as she picked up the bags
"It's True you should be more careful" Howl said but helped her pick up the bags any way
"Cute I saw you zoning out too" the woman said smiling at him she was Howl's age and Howl smiled his charming smile as he got up and handed her, her things
"I'm Howl"
"I'm Bethany" Bethany said holding out her hand for him to shake Howl took it and kissed it instead
"I'm Howl and I must say it's a pleasure to meet a lady as beautiful as you" Howl said flirting a little Bethany rolled her eyes
"well if you want to flirt so much the least you can do is help me carry these back to my house" Bethany said Howl nodded and followed her
"See Howl didn't know that at the time when he entered that house his life was going to change and he was going to go head over heels in love"
-Kalcifur
End chapter one