This chapter should be a little longer then the last one and I've been dying to get this out so I am going to shut up now and get on with the story.

Also I do not own Howl's Moving Castle.

Back before I met my true love, I was quite a heartless girl. I had always expected love to hit me in the face one day, so I had no problem breaking men's hearts. The men in my small town never interested me, they were all so boring; they led such simple lives, but I wanted something exciting. I was courted almost every week by a new man (well not that often, but not far from it), from the baker's son to the black smith down the street. I would give them each the time of day, but no one ever truly caught my eye. I thought I was sick or the simple fact that I just couldn't love. So I tried harder; I gave the guys more than one date and I tried to pick out their strong features, but I never felt a spark. It always ended the same no matter what I tried, I just couldn't find any one of my interest. So I kept on breaking the hearts of young men, now it wasn't intentional and I always felt bad, but I didn't want to be in a relationship I wasn't happy in. Also, I blame my mother for passing on her beauty to me, it wasn't every day you meet a girl with snow white hair and ice blue eyes.

But one day I was in the local market gathering ingredients for that night's dinner when a tall man approached me. He had dark brown hair, green glassy eyes, and fair skin. He was very mysterious. "Good afternoon, madam, please allow me take that for you, it looks very heavy." He said taking the basket off my arm, "My name is James Rivingdale." I smiled politely at him and let him hold my basket as I filled it with more peppers and onions.

"That is very kind of you, Sir Rivingdale." I said as we walked along.

"Please call me James, my dear." He laughed, "Now what is your name, my fair creature?"

"My name is Siren." I smiled politely at him as we walked along. We went along like that for the rest of the afternoon and it was obvious that he was courting me. He told me how he wouldn't be in town for long and that he was hoping to take a souvenir with him. I told him he wouldn't find much to take with him, but that there was a woman who wove blankets. He just looked at me, smiled, and just shook his head. James walked me up to my door step and took my hand and kissed it.

"Can I see you tomorrow?" He asked looking at me in the eyes.

I smiled at him, "Yes, I would like that." I pulled my hand out of his and slipped into my house and pressed my back against the door. I stayed quiet until I heard his footsteps retreating away from my home. I released the breathe I was holding and blew on a piece of hair in my face.

"Just one afternoon wouldn't hurt, maybe if you get to know him then you might be attracted to him. Maybe…" I told myself. I dropped my basket on the table in the kitchen and went to the sink to get a glass of water.

"MEOOOOOW!" I heard as I dropped my cup and it shattered in the sink. I then heard purring and felt soft fur rubbing up against my leg.

"Spot! You almost gave me a heart attack! Don't do that you, silly cat." I scratched his head as he sat down and panted, "What are you thirsty too?" I laughed and pulled out a small bowl and filled it with water. After setting it down in front of him, I returned to the sink and groaned, "Look at what you made me do, Spot!" I sighed and Spot just looked at me and meowed. I carefully picked up the pieces of glass and tossed them into the garbage.

I huffed and fell on the couch in the sitting room and Spot hopped in my lap. I stroked his head and talked to him, "You know, Spot, I don't need men I'll just marry you." I giggled picking him up and flopping on my back. "Mom, I thought you said this was going to be easy. Well it isn't; it's a lot harder than you made it seem. This whole true love thing; I don't even know if the right guy is out there for me, but I guess I'll keep looking." I snuggled up to the stray, spotted cat, "Or I can go with plan B and just marry you Spot." I smiled and closed my eyes and before I knew I was asleep.

I woke up the next morning and stretched. I then proceeded to fall of the couch with an "oaf!"

"Well that's one way to start the morning." I groaned rubbing my head and sitting up straight. I slowly got up and went to the bathroom to wash my face, brush my hair, and the whole bathroom routine. I then went to my room and changed out of yesterday's clothes and into a short, flowing green dress. I then went over to my night stand and picked up a necklace my mother gave me and put it on. I could almost hear her tell me, "This is a good luck charm; I was wearing it when I met your father. I know it will help you find the love of your life too." I sighed twiddling it in my fingers and I heard a knock at the door. "Is he here already?"

I walked out of my room and to the front door; when I opened sure enough there he was standing with a single lily. My least favorite flower.

"Hello, Siren!" He smiled presenting me the lily, "This is for you, I picked it up on my way here."

"Thank you, James that was very kind of you. I'll go put it in water before we go out." I took the lily from him and closed the door in face. I threw the lily on the counter next to the sink and walked back out, "Alright I'm ready." I smiled and he took my arm in his. Now before I bore you with the details of my afternoon why don't I just summarize it up for you guys? Okay so this is basically how it when: he courted me, complimented me, and then complimented himself. It was like all the other times I went out with guys. Even though I tried hard to be interested nothing felt right.

Though at one point in the day I felt bad for him because we could clearly hear the other villagers whispering about him,

"I saw him bringing her a lily this afternoon."

"Really? Everybody knows she hates lilies."

Its true I do hate them, but I didnt want to tell him that, I've always found lillies to be such ugly flowers.

And the whispers continued like that. I bit my lip and called out, "Look! This is the shop that sells those woven blankets I was telling you about!" I pulled him into the shop.

"Oh lovely." I heard him groan. I looked over and glared at him and he quickly covered it with a smile.

After that James walked me home and once we got to my door he took my hands in his.

"Siren, I don't think I ever been more taken with a girl that I only met yesterday. Tomorrow I must leave and I would love to take more than just a hand woven blanket with me as a souvenir." He said looking directly at me.

I eyed him, "What do you mean by that?"

"Well, what I'm asking you is, will you come with me?" he smiled sheepishly, "Come travel with me, I'm sure you will be happy and I would love to get to know you more."

I sighed and pulled my hand away from him, "James, I'm sorry, but I just can't do that I don't feel the same way about you. I'm sorry."

I saw anger written all over his face and he began to yell, "I know what kind of girl you are! I've watched you fro some time now!" everything got dark and so did James and he also looked yo be growing, "You run around toying with men's hearts and you don't give a damn if you break one! Well you've broken the wrong heart my dear Siren!" James began to grow more and his eyes turned red. I backed up against my house. "I promise you that the next broken heart you have will be your last, because you surely die from it!" with that I felt a wave of energy wash over me and just like that James was gone. Once his words finally sank in I ran into my house and began to cry, "What am I going to do now?"

I'm sorry that the ending sucked DX but I know next chapter will be much better! Promise! Well if you aren't reading my other story I am sorry to inform you that I'm actually in poor health so I have no idea when the next chapter will be up, but I hope soon! So please R&R it really helps and it puts a smile on my face to see you reviews!

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