Wizard/Gale X Hikari. Chapter 4. ( ??- ).

Disclaimer:I do not own any of these characters, they belong to whom ever created them & Natsume for bringing the game to completion in English! :D Yay Harvest Moon : Animal Parade! 33 ~ ... I just realized I still don't have a title for this fic.. ^^; heheh.. anyone have any ideas? please comment and let me know what you think! :3

Hikari spent the past 2 days locked in her home only looking after what was necesary (her animals mainly). At night she cried herself to sleep and during the day sobbed among doing her chores. She was glad no one lived near her to over-hear her sniffling. It was the second night of her self-pity that she fell into a deep sleep...

Hikari awoke to a loud knocking coming from her front door, it was rather hard and seemed urgent. She changed quickly and ran to the door, pulling it open. She gasped seeing the Wizard standing there, his fist raised as if to knock again. "W-Wizard!" She stammered and glanced around him, it was dark outside.. strange. She looked up to the silver haired man and studied his features. He seemed.. taller..? It was then she noticed he was dressed strangely, though she was quickly grabbed by the hand and lost all track of thought. "We've got to leave, Hikari! Now..."

"Wait.. what? Where are we going?!" Hikari felt herself shouting though it was just Wizard and her. "We have to get out of here before the battle!"

She stared at him dumbfounded as the Wizard and Hikari ran through the thick grass towards the town. "Battle? What battle?" She shouted as they continued running, where was Fin?

They ran up the cobblestone bridge into town.. well at least she thought it was town. Everything looked different, medieval almost.. the town hall was a tower, actually the whole town appeared to be a castle of some sorts. They ran inside, through a drawbridge and into the castle. She was towed behind the Wizard whom she then realized was clad in armor. Dark, knightly armor and his cloak was a cape now. What the hell was going on?

She struggled and yanked her hand back from his clutch. "Tell me what's going on!" She demanded, her brows furrowing together. The Wizard sighed and shook his head. "You'll see for yourself... now come, we don't have much time!" Hikari sighed loudly and followed the Wizard into a room where the walls were all of stained glass windows with colorful drawings of the Harvest God and Goddess were etched into each large pane. A large door stood open as she watched the Wizard turn to her, his hands moving over her shoulders.

"Hikari... I promise I'll protect you no matter what the cost!" He declared, his face inches away from hers. She still didn't understand what was going on but she nodded slightly in reply and swallowed hard. It was then that the Wizard leaned forward to press his lips against her forehead and allowed them to linger there momentarily.

"Wizard?" A voice called out and he had released Hikari quickly, holding her by the shoulders still but now stood arms length away from her. Hikari's head turned in the direction the voice came from and watched as a thin figure emerged through the darkness outside the castle, seeing her through the stained glass windows. The Wizard looked to Hikari and frowned. "Stay hidden.." He ordered and moved from her quickly to walk outside. Hikari turned to hide behind the single wall that wasn't covered in stained glass and peered through the window at the two.

She gasped at what she saw, the Witch!

The Wizard smiling now moved to stand in front of the Witch and they both stood side-on from Hikari's view. "You shouldn't be here..." The Wizard scolded the Witch who blushed and raised a hand to caress the side of the Wizards face, her finger tips gently sliding along his cheek. "I know.. but I had to see you, before..." The Witch paused and looked over the Wizard with concern. The Wizard inclined his head forwards. "I wanted to tell you for so long.. but now seems the time..." The Witch's tone trailed off as they gazed into each others eyes.

Hikari hyperventilated watching the two exchange loving actions, her hand clutched tight to her chest. She could feel tears swell up in her eyes and her stomach felt uneasy.

"What is it...?" The Wizard asked, his arms moving around the Witches frame holding her hips. The Witch continued to stare at the Wizard and blushed deeper. "I love you..." She finally whispered and Hikari quickly leaned back against the wall when the Wizard's eyes flickered to her before leaning forward to press his lips against the Witches. Hikari couldn't watch anymore and ran for the other door.

Hot tears streamed down her face as she ran for the door they had first walked in through but paused, the draw bridge was up now. She was locked inside. She wouldn't dare running back into that room of stained glass windowed-walls and outside where they were. She sighed, her chest rising and falling quickly from struggling to breathe with so much emotion running through her.

"Hikari!" The Wizards voice echoed in the corridor and she jumped slightly, moving her hands to wipe away her constantly falling tears. "It's time! They're here!" He made his way to her side quickly and acted as though he was oblivious to what just happened.

A loud screeching noise rang from behind the giant draw bridge-door and Hikari's eyes widened. "What was that?" Hikari felt herself yelling again while she watched the Wizard draw a sword from his hilt. "Are you ready Hikari? We're going to have to fight!" She stared at him puzzled and afraid. "But I don't have any weapons!" With a loud clank and another ear covering screech the draw bridge flew open and landed with a loud crashing thud sending vibrations through the stone floor beneath Hikari's feet.

Before her was nothing, though when Hikari inclined her vision to the night sky she couldn't believe what she saw. Demons?

Large black winged creatures with small heads and thin limbs and claws and long jagged teeth flew through the air. The screeching came from them as they instantly swooped towards the castle and now towards the Wizard and Hikari.

With a heroic yell the Wizard lunged forward, his blade held over his shoulder swinging it at the demon-like creatures as they whizzed past him. "Hikari! Run!" He called back to the surprised girl who did as she was told. She ran across the lowered draw bridge at the Wizards side now, screaming as her hands folded over her head as if to protect herself from the screeching black creatures as they dropped from the sky in a spiraling motion towards the them.

"Kill the sprites!" She heard people chanting from the town, they all held torches and weapons of some sort. The towns folk.. Did they say sprites? Hikari while continuing to run; took a small glance up to the sky that was plagued with the creatures who now began to attack the towns people. They couldn't be... "Fin!!" She called out, continuing to run now towards where the church grounds would be. Though the building lay in ruins..

What was going on? She could feel tears stream behind her as they blew away from her features in the strong nightly wind that had picked up. She could hear cries in the distance. Several large multi-colored bells lay broken and shattered amongst the rubble of the church grounds causing Hikari's knees to buckle as she now knelled in the debris. What was she to do...? She whimpered loudly and began shouting apologies to the heavens. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!!" She pleaded in screams and closed her eyes tightly, continuing to wail...

Hikari thrashed about wildly in her bed until she was tossed to the floor with a hard thump, her covers piling on top of her. She screeched loudly as her eyes flew open. She registered herself and pulled back the large blanket. Her hair stood straight up with static as she panted heavily. "It-it was only a dream..." She concluded and pushed herself up off the floor. She jumped back then, seeing a lump in the covers wiggle and move. She leaned back, hands flying up to shield her face when a small green haired head popped out. "H-Hikari..." The tiny sprite spoke her name slowly as if still asleep. Hikari sighed, her hand moving over her chest feeling her heart pound hard against her chest.

"Oh Fin... I had the most terrible dream..." But was it a dream? It felt so real.. She leaned against the side of her bed and sobbed silently as the small fairy climbed out of the sheets and crawled up Hikari's shoulder. His tiny arms hugged the side of her cheek. "I know.. you were so restless and yelled alot.. I was afraid.. but your awake now, and your okay.." He assured her and she gave a tiny nod.

"I think I understand what it means though..." She bit on her lower lip and chewed upon it in thought. "From now on, Fin.. I'm going to try my hardest at everything I do! and in the end I'll be happy because I know I put an honest effort.." She promised and Fin flew off her shoulder and clapped his hands together in front of him. "That's good Hikari!" He watched as the girl pulled herself up from the tangled mess on the floor and fist-pumped the air. "And I start today!" She announced and moved to clean up.

Hikari walked outside and smiled warmly to the bright sun that met her. "What are we going to do today?" Fin asked, hovering around her excitedly. "First I'm going to take proper care of our ranch.. and then.. I'm going to pay a visit to a friend!" She announced and moved to do just that.

After Hikari's chores were finished she set out towards Flute Fields, making her way to Chase's house.

She knew exactly what her dream was about. She now knew what the Wizard felt, she understood what it was like to love someone and have seen him or her with someone else. She knew the hurt, and didn't wish that upon anyone. She rapped lightly on Chase's door and moved inside. "Hello? Anybody home?" She questioned with a smile. Hikari stopped in her tracks, seeing Maya and Chase standing rather close to each other. "Oh... Hikari.." Chase gave a tilt of his head and blushed lightly.

Maya gave a tiny wave and blushed as well. Hikari smiled brightly. "We were.. uh... just saying goodbye.." Maya claimed and gave a small wave before skipping past Hikari and out the front door. Hikari rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. "Oh.. I didn't mean to interrupt anything, sorry Chase.."

Chase slowly shook his head. "Its alright, Hikari.. there's something I wanted to talk to you about." He stated as a blush still lingered on his features.

"What is it, Chase?" Hikari asked, a gentle smile on her face. Chase stepped towards her and bowed his head lightly. "I feel like I've been leading you on Hikari.. the truth is.. I like you.. but.. I like Maya.. alot too.. I'm sorry.." Hikari giggled lightly, a hand moving over her pink lips as Chase gazed up at her confused. "Oh Chase! You don't know happy I am to hear that!" Chase blushed deeper and looked over the brunette girl. "Y-you are..?"

She nodded quickly. "You see.. I like you too.. but as a friend! That's what I've come to tell you today.." She blushed lightly herself as Chase's mouth fell open slightly. "Oh.. well.. that makes things alot easier.." He chuckled gently and winced. "You really.. don't mind..?" He asked watching as Hikari giggled once again. "Don't worry Chase, I'll have my own happily ever after soon!" She declared and Chase had to smile at her enthusiasm. "Always so cheerful..."

Hikari knew that things would finally work out perfectly, and she could still be friends with Chase, even Maya and eventually win the Wizards heart...

To be continued...

( Heh.. weird chapter.. XD actually based off of a real dream I had, though Calvin was the knight and Nami (from AWL) was the girl confessing her feelings for Calvin (It's strange cause I'm not really a Calvin fan) lol. Madness.. anyways, I really need a title for this story and am looking for suggestions. Please comment and tell me what you think. Thanks for reading! ) :D