Chapter 4: What is in a Name?
Hikari looked around blinking at the unfamiliar halls she found herself in. She felt out of place in the rich decorated halls of the place.
'It's the castle of Princess Konohana,' a voice told her in her head, a voice that seemed familiar yet also foreign all at the same time.
Ahead of her a young man walked toward her. He had silver hair, and was holding a book, reading it as he walked down the hall.
'Wizard!' her mind yelled, but the body she was looking through the eyes of called out, "Gale!"
The Wizard, or Gale, looked up, blinking his gold and green eyes before, saying, "Good evening Princess..."
'Princess? Wizard, I'm not a princess.' Hikari thought, confused as why she couldn't voice her thoughts instead this body was saying anything it wanted.
"Gale, how many times do I have to tell you not to call me Princess when it is just us?" her voice came out but it was higher then her own, "Call me Hana or at least Konohana."
"I'm sorry, Prin...Hana," Gale said, looking at her with a small blush on his tanned cheeks, "I just don't want to get in...trouble."
"I won't let you get in trouble," she said with a giggle, looking at Gale's eyes, "So what are you reading today, Mr. Wizard?"
Gale shook his head in response to being called Mr. Wizard saying, "Just a book on the stars, was just going out to look at them. Would you like to join me?"
"Of course," she said happily, grabbing Gales hand pulling him toward the garden.
Suddenly the image turned blurry to a voice yelling in her ear, "Hikari wake up! You need to go back to the farm, it's already 6."
Hikari sat up in the spare bed of the room, looking over at Finn who had been the one yelling to her. She sighed, muttering, "Alright, alright, I'm awake Finn."
She slipped from the bed, glancing at the other girls who were all three still asleep. She shook her head wishing she could sleep in for once. She grabbed her cloths, throwing them on, planning on taking a shower and getting changed at her house.
She walked from the room, down the staircase, and out of the inn. She yawned, glancing out toward the ocean as she walked back to her farm, smiling along the way.
Finn floated quietly beside her watching Hikari's face as she was thinking about something.
Hikari suddenly turned toward the harvest sprite when they were about halfway home to the farm, asking, "Finn, do you know Wizard's name?"
"No, I thought his name was Wizard," Finn said, tilting his head, looking at Hikari in wonder.
Hikari just blinked before shaking her head, saying, "Finn...that is the most idiotic think I've ever heard."
She started laughing hard, wiping tears from her eyes as she tried to stop but failing more laughs escaping her.
"That's mean, Hikari," Finn said, pouting a bit, looking at her, "It's not like you know his name either."
"Yeah but I know it's not Wizard," Hikari said, laughing still.
She took a few deep breaths calming down, saying, "That's it, my mission now is to find out the Wizard's name!"
Finn grabbed a piece of her hair, pulling it, saying, "No your mission is to save the harvest goddess by ringing the 5 bells to summon the Harvest King."
Hikari lightly pushed the small Harvest Sprite away, saying, "I know...but I only have the Purple Bell left and we have no clue where that is."
"Edge and his bell over look the town, so I would guess it would be in the bell tower of the church," Finn said, crossing his small arms, looking at Hikari, "Which we still need to check out the rumor of the ghost anyway."
"Yeah, yeah...we will tonight," Hikari said, she then glanced to her farm, setting out on a run toward it, "But today after chores is visiting Gill to give him Tomato Juice like Maya says he likes then to go bug Wizard until he tells us his name or it is time to go see about that ghost."
Finn sighed, floating after Hikari, wondering how she would ever save this island.
Wizard stared at his crystal ball sadly watching as Hikari gave Gill the Tomato Juice. He ran his hand over it to make the image disappear before leaning back in his chair. He blinked his green and gold eyes, staring at the door, hoping Hikari would come to visit so he could repay her for finding his crystal ball. He kept telling himself that just seeing her wasn't why he was waiting for her so patiently.
He got up from the seat, walking to his small kitchen to make coffee, muttering to himself as it brewed, "Of course she has a crush on another mortal this time around, why wouldn't she?"
He knew the feeling of jealousy that filled his heart now well, having felt it dozens of times before. He shook his head knowing he was lucky to just be close to her, it wasn't one of the times she never met him while her soul lived on the lands. He poured his coffee into his cup, hearing the door open behind him.
"Wizard! I'm here," Hikari called out, coming into the house, smiling as always.
Wizard sat his cup down, turning to her, nodding his head to her, saying softly, "...Hello, Hikari."
Hikari came over to him, giggling as she placed a bag of ground coffee beans in his hand, saying happily, "There you go, Wizard."
"Oh, I love this..." he said, a small blush on his cheek, placing it on the counter, "Thank you."
"You are very welcomed," Hikari said happily, looking at him, her brown eyes sparkling, "Wizard, what is your actual name?"
His eyes grew wide, looking at the girl in front of him, saying , "I'm sorry...but I can't tell you that."
"What? Why not?" Hikari said, pouting a bit looking at him trying hard to get him to tell her.
"Witches and wizards don't tell people their names..." Wizard said, rubbing the back of his neck nervously, "It's said that those who know your name...can control you."
Hikari frowned at that, asking, "I would never do that, Wizard. Aren't I your friend? Friend's tell each other stuff."
Wizard blushed, shaking his head, whispering, "We are friends...but I haven't told my name to anyone in a long time... I'm sorry...Hikari..."
He then looked at his crystal ball, saying, "Oh... thank you for helping me."
Hikari looked at him in wonder, tilting her head confused by that.
"For recovering my crystal ball..." he said, gesturing over to it, guiding her over to the table, "This crystal ball was handed down to me by my master. So...I'm glad you found it."
He bows to her seeing the smile slowly appearing on her face. He sat down, looking at her, saying, "And to thank you...I'd like to use the power of the crystal ball for you."
He looked up at her then back to the ball, questioning his next move, finally saying, "...I can look into the heart of the person you're interested in. Just ask me when you want me to."
Hikari's eyes lit up to that, completely forgetting about trying to find out his name for now, saying, "Can you look at Gill's heart for me?"
Wizard froze for a brief moment, before nodding, saying, "...Yes...I will."
He stared into the ball, his hands running over it barely not touching it. He looked into the heart of Gill saying, "Gill thinks you are interesting, besides you there is..."
He stopped seeing there was one other in Gill's heart, it was a faded image, but it was still there. It was of Gill, Luna, and another girl by his side. A girl that he had heard rumors about when he first arrived there, a girl that even without having the soul of Konahana like Hikari did still managed to give the goddess tree a little longer a few years ago.
"There is two others," Wizard said, his hands falling away from the ball.
"Two others?" Hikari asked, looking at the Wizard in wonder, "Who?"
"I can't tell you...that is to much of a breech in privacy," Wizard said, standing up, he now wanted to research who this other girl was, "Plus I only know one of their names."
Hikari blinked before looking at the ball, nodding slowly saying, "Alright, Wizard. Well thanks."
She then left his house leaving Wizard alone once more.
Wizard looked down with a sigh, whispering to himself, "That girl that is in Gill's heart reminds me a lot of how Hikari looks...could they be related?"
