Thank you for the reviews!! I'm so happy! Enjoy! I decided to change this chapter, because I realized it's too much like littleolmee's story, Every Heart. I'm sorry about that...so I decided to change the chapter a bit! Or a lot...I felt like I was stealing her ideas, so I changed my story!
Chapter Two
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The red bell was actually very easy and simplistic to find. After Owen had broken the boulder that was blocking the way, the brunette was able to get to the red bell.
But there was no bell on the empty alter.
After searching the town, she later found out that it was Chloe that had gotten to it before her and was now playing with it. Hikari also saw how strong the little girl really was when she kicked it up into the air and landed with a thunk into the chimney of Ramsey's Blacksmith store.
"Did...did you need that???" Chloe asked, now too late to get the bell. Hikari nodded, staring up at the bell, her mouth slightly open. "We should go tell Ramsey...."
So they ran into the store, telling Ramsey about their dilemma. He had to help, of course. How would the smoke come out of the chimney if it was blocked?
They decided to wedge it out...but no luck. Ramsey placed a hand on his hip and leaned against the wall, thinking. As
As he was thinking, Chloe decided to stick duck tape onto it and pull it out....but that just got it stuck even more than it was already. That made Ramsey furious.
In his fury, Ramsey wanted to crack the bell in half and then remove the smaller pieces...but Hikari (and Finn) protested against it. "Nooo!! Ramsey, nooo!!" the farmer cried out frantically, waving her arms and finally persuading him to not go with his plan.
Then, Ramsey had a spark of an idea. "We'll blow the chimney up to blow the bell out!!" He yelled. Chloe cheered and Hikari staggered, dazed at the crazy idea to blow up the chimney. She protested weakly against the little girl and the elderly man, but failed nd they went on as planned.
"We get to blow the chimney up~~! We get to blow the chimney up~~!" Chloe sang in a high sing song voice, following Ramsey, who was climbing up a ladder.
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Witch was busy searching for things in her house. She found the following:
a skull
a screaming box (what the...?)
an old book
a picture of a farmer from long ago ( he has a red bandanna tied around his neck, wears blue overalls, has a blue cap....and has brown hair, remind you of anyone, hint, hint...???)
a worm in a rotten crop
and some tomatoes
Witch smiled. Seems like a great time for a gift for the Wizard...
Clasping her hands together, the mighty but foolish figure began to work.
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After Hikari had gotten the materials for Ramsey, he put them on fire, and a pitch black smoke began to pour out and then, BOOM! There was a large explosion and the sound of the bell popping out could be heard. Fortunately, the chimney did not blow up. Hikari and everyone else ran out, watching the bell blow out of the chimney and onto someone Else's roof....
"Who's roof is that...?!" Hikari exclaimed, mortified as she watched the bell sit innocently on the roof. Sunlight glinted on it's ruby colored metal.
"That's the weird wizard guy's house! I heard he eats people and brings bad weather whenever he's angry!!" Chloe cried out, her hands cupping her peach cheeks. Finn's eyes opened in horror. He looked like he could of fainted.
"E-Eats...? P-People...? W-w-w-w-what a-about s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-sprites?!" Finn spazzed. He knew he was helping the goddess...but he didn't want to bump into any scary people...or things.
"It's okay, Finn. I won't let anyone hurt you." Hikari said with a smile, looking a bit worried. Finn smiled nervously.
"I've got work to do...but if you need me, I'll help." Ramsey said, and with that, he walked back into his shop."I'm gonna play with Bo!" Chloe said as she ran off in search of Bo, leaving the main character alone.
"I guess it's just me and you then, Finn." Hikari told Finn. He nodded quickly, not wanting to go.
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THUNK!!
Wizard jumped up from his seat in surprise. What was that 'Thunk!!' on his roof?
He took out his crystal ball and saw a red bell, sitting on the gutter of his house. "That is...odd..." Wizard said in a soft voice.
He didn't seem pleased, nor annoyed about it and just shrugged and went back to studying his books.
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"Here it is. The Wizard's house." Finn gulped nervously.
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"Hmmm.....?" Wizard sighed as he heard a pop, and he turned his gray haired head around. What he saw was a medium sized package, covered with pink paper and frilly ribbons.
It was from the witch.
"What does she want now...?" he said in an annoyed tone. The tag on the front in large, curly letters that only he could read said, Wizard. Open this, a peace offering...for all the hundreds of years we have fought....heh.
He slowly opened the present and saw an old book titled, "Love making for the young Mind". With a disgusted face, Wizard took the book and threw it out...a very, very bad decision.
The package screamed bloody murder and a puff of white smoke floated out from the small box, and a large, furry, animal-like thing crawled out and skittered around his house, toppling over bottles and books, scattering the said items onto the floor.
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"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" a voice screamed from inside the wizard's home. Finn started to cry, making Hikari feel bad for taking him with her. He said he didn't mind coming with her though.
"L-l-l-let's gooooooooooooooooooo!!!" Finn wailed, sobbing so much that you could barely understand him. "I...We...can't..." Hikari said weakly, almost as fearful as Finn. She was about to cry in terror, too. "B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-but..." Finn started to blabber.
"No buts." Hikari said firmly, and she opened the door, preparing herself for what she was going to see.
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"I should of known that...Witch...would do something like this..." The wizard muttered. He began to look around for the small creature when the door opened, and revealed a young girl and her harvest sprite.
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Hikari opened the door and screamed with Finn when they saw a fuzzy creature screech at them as it jumped
"Oh watch out..!!" Wizard said in a slightly louder voice that he usually used, taking a step towards them as if that movement would stop the creature from attacking them.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Finn screamed, trying to pull Hikari away by her hair. She didn't move.
"Hikari?! What a-a-are you doing?!" Finn screamed. Hikari stepped to the side, with Finn in toll, dodging the small, yet crazed fiend-like critter. It's thick, bristled hair brushed against Hikari's arm as it sailed out the door. From there, it attacked Julius, toppling him over as he screeched at it in the bckground. (Sorry Julius! XP)
The action didn't faze Wizard, Hikari, or Finn.
"Ah Thank you very much...." Wizard said, muttering a few words. He didn't want to waste his magic...but it would help to get rid of the small fiendish creature from hell. The mess on the floor and book shelves disappeared, making them look as if the mess never happened.
"Your welcome." Hikari said. She looked around, picturing the mess the animal made before Wizard made it disappear.
"What happened...?" Hikari asked the wizard, looking around still. Finn was recovering in hyperventilating gasps.
"The present...there was a creature in there..." he said softly, his eyes resting on the ripped up box. Hikari followed his gaze and saw the 'present'.
"Weird present." the brunette commented. Wizard nodded his head in agreement. Finn startled to blabber some nonsense about fiends and messy rooms. Poor sprite. Wizard glanced at him cautiously, as if the orange sprite would explode any minute.
"Now would you...mind...? I am going to take...a bath..." The wizard said, taking off his purple cloak and walking off to his bath room, the clinking of the door signaled him locking it. Hikari slumped to the floor, sighing. She felt like all the energy had drained from her and Finn. The sound of water pumping out could be heard from the door the Wizard disappeared in to. "You should go home too and take a shower...it is good for your health." His soft voice surprisingly could be heard from the door.
Hikari slumped out of the house, Finn started to tug on her hair again. "Hikari! Hikari!! The bell! The bell!!" She looked back at him and sighed. Almost forgot about it...
Stumbling, Hikari got to the bath door and jiggled the doorknob, opening the door.
Steam poured out into the living room, blinding Hikari for a moment. She opened her eyes and felt her face flash a deep shade of crimson. The Wizard was relaxing in his bath, his head tilted back with an open book on his face. His chest moving up and down serenely as his breaths evened out from stress, and stray bubbles floated in the air, reflecting the scenery.
"Mr. Wizard...?" Hikari asked dizzily. His sleeping form in the bath naked was just too much for her. He didn't make a sound. "Mr...Mr. Wizard...?" Hikari said a little bit louder, regaining slight control yet she still felt like she had just spun circles over and over again, almost like she rode a merry-go-round too quickly.
Wizard stirred slightly and sat up, catching the book as it fell. He looked at Hikari, still a bit groggy from sleep. His eyes closed again, savoring the sweet call of sleep. He had stayed up since the morning yesterday. He was too tired to deal with that idiotic girl who laughs too much for her own good and her scaredy-cat sprite.
What he really needed, was coffee. The strong taste and aroma, was something he would of walked out of bath naked to get a cup of.
He was too tired though.
"Coffee...cupboard...please..." he said as he dropped the book onto the floor and fell asleep into the bubbly water.
"Wit! I need the bell on your..." Hikari exclaimed as she rushed to him, sitting him back up, Finn helping. He didn't wake up, and didn't hear her plea for the bell.
"He said 'cupboard'....and 'coffee'...does he want some?" Hikari asked herself and Finn, who had fully recovered from the fright awhile ago. Hikari sighed, just wanting to get that darn bell already.
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"Mr. Wizard! Wake up! Here's your coffee!!" Finn cried out, tugging on Wizard's braid. Wizard woke up, still groggy. He woke up suddenly to the smell of coffee.
"Here..." the only girl in the house offered the steaming coffee, and Wizard took it graciously. "Thank...you..." He murmured between sips. Hikari smiled, "Your welcome."
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"Hikari, yes? What do...you...want...?" Wizard questioned, still drinking the coffee. His eyes darted between the Sprite and the girl. "I need that bell on your roof!" Hikari exclaimed. Wizard nodded slightly and put the coffee down. Hikari and Finn watched his movements as he reached from behind his back and brought the shining red bell out.
"Wow!" Hikari and Finn exclaimed. Wizard let a small smile crawl on his face. "There..." he said. He handed them the bell. Hikari smiled greatfully and thanked him on her way out.
Leaving the Wizard in peace.
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"Hi! I'm Alan!" the red sprite said happily. He had appeared right after Hikari had placed the red bell onto it's altar. "I can restore the Fire back to the land!!!" Alan cheerfully said, ringing the bell like a madman...er...madsprite.
"You can go deeper into the mine now...! And! The hotspring on your farm is usable now!!! Thank-you!" and with that, Alan disappeared in a puff of sparkles. Hikari stared at Finn with a questionable look, and Finn just shrugged, begging to walk out of the mine without Hikari.
Hikari followed, exhausted. 1 bell down, 4 more to go.
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Wizard was still sipping the same coffee when night came. There was something different with this one than the other ones he had drunk before. He stared at the almost black coffee, thinking.
Maybe...maybe it was that Hikari's fault. Did she taint his coffee?
He shrugged, and sipped his coffee gain.
Oh well...
Did...Did I make the scream from the box sound weird??? Now that i've read it over it does, kiinda...but I can't find anything original. I didn't want the typical 'Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!'
....Can I have some feed back on this chapter???
Thanks! (I did this chapter after eating!!!)
I put the word 'weird' in here a lot, huh?? Well....okay...
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I worked hard and made this chapter long! Heheheh...I'm so proud of myself!! =D
