Haku and I were sitting at his table eating dinner. We were both relatively silent, mostly because we had nothing to say. We were off in our own little world.
Suddenly Haku spoke up, "Chihiro, in the morning I need you to meet me at the bridge, I'll take you to your parents."
I almost dropped my chopsticks. I was enjoying my time here with Haku so much that I had almost forgotten about my parents. Nodding I gathered up all the dishes together for when Lin came back to pick them up.
Haku and I sat at the edge of his room looking out over his small pond. We watched as the reflection of the sun off the pool changed colors from the sunset. Soon the only color there was silver from the moon.
At some point during the change in the sky Haku and I had started talking. Well I guess I did most of it, after all, he couldn't remember much of his past. I told him about my life before we moved, meeting all my friends. I told him about when my parents first told me we were moving and I told him about when I had to tell Risa that I had to move. How sad both of us were when we realized we wouldn't see each other practically every day.
Haku made me feel better though, he reminded me I could still visit her and that I could make new friends. Though I denied having the ability, but then he reminded me that I befriended Lin and himself and that it was as impossible as I had deemed it to be.
Later that night Haku and I got ready for bed, he slept in another futon Lin had brought for us a couple feet away and I slept in his. I liked sleeping in his futon because it smelled like him, it was calming to me.
I woke up in the morning and smiled when I remember the conversation that I had with Haku last night. I looked over to where Haku was supposed to be sleeping and realized that he wasn't in his bed. Getting up I looked over to the pond where he usually spent his time. He wasn't there either.
Frowning I got up and walked over to the table, on it was a note from Haku, reminding me to meet him at the bridge. I grabbed an onigiri and ate it while I changed to go to the bridge.
I snuck out of his room and went through a hidden passage in the wall next to Haku's door. The passage led me into the boiler room, where a man named Komaji slept. I slipped on my shoes quickly, avoiding the animated soot balls, and ran out of the room. Looking up the daunting looking stairs and gulped. Once I had made it to the top I ran over to the bridge and began to cross it. The black thing with a mask was still there so I avoided its gaze and skirted around it to where Haku was waiting for me.
Looking back I couldn't see the creepy black creature with a white mask anymore. 'He must have gone into the bath house,' I thought to myself.
Once I got to Haku he gestured for me to follow him, saying, "Follow me."
We walked through giant fields and bushes of flowers. Some were quite narrow so I had to turn sideways to get through, and most of the time I wondered why Haku was practically running.
Haku seemed to have read my mind because he answered, "We don't have much time. If you are found here you be turned into a pig yourself."
We got to the top of a steep hill that over look the pigs sty. It was a long way down.
"You must never come here without me. Understand?" Haku demanded.
"I understand." I conceded.
We trudged down the hill in relative silence, the only noise coming from our surrounding and our feet hitting the floor.
Getting to the entrance of the sty I looked over at Haku, not for permission but rather as a 'yes those are your parents, now go say hi and tell them you love them' kind of thing. Haku nodded his head and waited for me.
"Mom dad! Are you alright? It is me Chihiro!" I asked them, hope in my heart that they would answer. "Hey! Wake up!" I yelled louder, hoping to get their attention. "Mom, dad!"
Haku walked over next to me and stood.
"What's wrong with them? Are they sick?" I asked fear in my eyes.
"No they ate too much, they are sleeping it off." Haku seemed to have some humor in his voice, but when he spoke next there wasn't a trace so I must have been mistaken the first time around. "They don't remember being human, so look hard, it is up to you to remember which ones they are."
Tears filled my eyes as I looked away from Haku, back at my parents, "Don't you worry! I promise I'll get you outta here so just don't get any fatter or they will eat you!" I ran out of the pig sty crying.