Oz and the Raven
(part one)
Chapter 2:
Strangers
Gil woke to the sound of water. He jumped up looking around but gasped at the pain in his chest..
"Oz...Oz where are you." something cold bumped his chest. He looked down to see the pocket watch. He grabbed on to it like it save his life.
"Well look what we got here." Gilbert jumped looking up.
A man stood over him. He was tall with white hair. The eye Gilbert could see was blood red. He was grinning down at Gilbert. Gil himself was having a hard time figuring out what this strange man thought was so funny.
"Hiya Gil. your in a bit of a mess arnt ya 3" Gil just stared back eyes wide.
"Xerxes Break!" a girl came storming threw the woods were the hatter like man had come from. this girl was tall with pretty purple eyes. Her hair was a dark shade of red that looked like fire. Her hair was pulled into two pigtails. They came down to her waist.
"You idiot you left me!" she spun whacking him in the back of the head.
"Ow m'lady watch it." he laughed rubbing his head. Gil couldn't believe she hit him. Who would want to. The girl looked down at him. Then she smiled.
"Hi honey sorry about him. He may look weird but he wont hurt ya."
"Hey!" the man complained.
"Shut it Break! Or I'll get Liam after ya again." she held out her hand to Gil.
"Come on you can come home with me and idiot over there. Well warm and fix ya up. I'm sure your hungry." Gil nodded reaching out taking her hand. But Break stopped her stepping in front.
"We don't know if its him…" he mumbled looking Gil up and down.
"Break even if it isn't…I won't let him freeze to death." she snapped. Gil head was hurting now in the start of a headack. He rubbed his forehead as the two yelled back and forth.
"He is him Break, I can feel it."
"I just wanna go home!" Gil snapped trying to stand. Break let out a weird laugh.
"No my dear boy you can't." Break turned to Gil smiling.
"Break…go easy on him." Akira whispered.
"Gilbert-kun may I ask…how did you come to be here."
"how you find me?" Gil ignored the question and asked his own.
"We were out strolling, me and milady. When we came upon you. Now answer my question." He grinned.
"Why do you care." Gil couldn't take it. These people were nuts. He wanted to go home and curly up with his young master on a nice warm bed…did he just think that. He blushed.
"Gilbert we need to know." Akira spoke up. Gil broke out of his day dream.
"You ask to many questions," Gil snapped.
"We would, for I am curious in the cursed." Break grinned another smile that the most wicked of men would run from.
"Cursed?" Gil laughed. This man was nuts.
"Yes cursed." Break walked forward taking Gil's chin in his cold hands. He forced Gil to look into his blazing red eye.
"Yes I see now." Break chuckled pulling Gils face up close to his. Gil tried to pull away but no use.
"See what!" Gilbert was sick of playing games.
"For you see there is a crow in your heart." Break tapped Gilbert's chest twice.
Gilbert glared up at him but as he did. His chest started to burn. He ignored the pain but it got worse.
He fell over chocking a bit as his heart burnt. Then an exploding pain behind his eyes made tears run down his face. He fell to the wet grass gasping. He couldn't hold it back. He started sobbing as his heart felt like it was on fire.
"Oz." was the only thing he could whisper. A soft hand found his cheek. It was the only warmth he felt in all the pain.
"Ah Gilbert, I was hoping you weren't the one. I really was." Then for a time Gil only saw blackness as he passed out.
Oz sat up in bed. His eyes were still wet from crying last night.
"Gil were are you." he sobbed out. The tears started flowing again. He sat up a bit trying not to think to hard about his dream. Gil?
'If I hadn't wanted to go to the river' he thought feeling his chest tighten. He wanted Gil back in his arms safe…Alive.
"Today I'll find him. He has to be alive. Has to!" Oz felt deep in his heart Gil was alive but not well. He knew Oscar was gone today at work. Oscar promised to get a search team looking for Gil. But Oz refused to wait that long.
Oz got his jacket on and boots. He knew he'd have to walk threw mud…maybe even cross the river he thought grimly.
Outside he headed straight for the river. As he arrived at the dark spot he cursed under his breath.
"Hold on Gil, I'm coming." he turned and started walking. He didn't know but as he walked he got faster.
He started running yelling Gil's name over and over. Panic set in as he fell over stumps and rocks.
Bushes whacked his face for he didn't bother putting his hands up to defend himself.
He fell several times causing his knees to be bloody. Final he fell for the last time. On his hands and knees he stared down at his hands clutching the muddy surface.
He hated feeling like this, weak… but Gil? He needed him. His heart felt empty without him. He never felt so…alone?
"Gil…Gil were are you" he punched the ground.
"Why are you crying?" Oz jumped turning, to see a young girl about his age? She had long brown hair, and beautiful purple eyes. She looked sad. Oz hand reached up brushing away the tears he didn't even realize were rolling off his cheeks.
"I…who are you?" Oz mumbled wiping away his tears.
"My…name?" she sounded puzzled.
"Yes?" he looked back at her.
"I haven't been asked that in a long time." she whispered.
"Well what is it?" Oz asked.
"Alice." It was a pretty name.
"Alice…My names Oz." he smiled at the tiny girl. She nodded.
"I know your name." she turned and started to walk away.
"W…Wait!" Oz called out jumping up. The girl turned.
"Are you not coming?" she questioned.
"I…I don't understand were do you want me to go?"
"You were crying? Yes?" the girl gave Oz no time to answer. She started to walk away again. Oz ran up to her.
"I wasn't crying…" the girl shrugged her shoulder.
"Then you don't need to find him." Oz froze in shock.
"I…how you know about that!" she turned to him smiling.
"I know how you will find him and I know when. But that's really the question isn't it." she turned heading to the right.
Oz ran after her almost running into a tree. Then the girl stopped dead in her tracks. When he looked up she was pointing at something.
"That way. Go that way and you will find your answers to your questions. But do you really wanna find the cursed." Oz looked the way she was pointing confused. He couldn't see anything but…trees?
"Cursed…what you talking…"
He turned back to question her…but she was gone. He spun around searching for her. Great now he was most likely lost, and seeing things. Was the girl even real? He turned to the direction she had pointed.
"Well here goes nothing. Please be okay Gilbert"
Author Note:
Why is it that in every story I write Oz or Gil lose each other 030 it's a mystery in itself XD
R&R please~