Updated Chapter 4 ^^

This was where the festival started to be a real mess. Hahaha

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Reina who helped Yun and Ying in the restaurant was looked moving around with a tray on her hands. Serin and Nori helped her served the guests, so they don't need to wait any longer. After all the food served, the rushes were a bit decreasing.

Ying smiled, "I've never served a lot of guests like this before… It's a little fun, don't you think, Nori?" Nori nodded smiling at the girl, "Yes, a bit fun. But I think your grandma need a little help. Come on, we'll go help her." She walked away toward kitchen, Ying followed her.

"Are you tired, Reina?" Serin looked a bit worried, "you look rather quiet today."

Reina shook her head slowly, "It's not like that, Serin. It's just…"

"Yes?"

But, before she could say anything, something stopped her. Kinsey ran inside the tea house, "I am not late, right?" he asked gasping for breath.

"No, they just still eat. You ran from Bluebell to here?" Serin looked at him rather surprised. Kinsey nodded, run out of oxygen to talk, "Rutger told me… to go here as soon as I can. But, Zen… was helping Laney to moving the food, so I ran to this place myself." Zen was the name of his horse.

"I'll help Yun in the kitchen," Reina whispered and walk away.

Kinsey looked at her and Serin looked at them,

"Kinsey? Is something wrong with you two?"

Kinsey's face was rather sad, "I don't know. But…" Serin waited him.

"It's seemed she doesn't like me," he sighed, "am I doing something wrong, Serin?" Serin looked at him confused, "Why do you think like that? You two make a great partner in the previous cooking festival, right?"

"I-I don't know. But every time I got near her. She seemed a little uncomfortable. Maybe I just have not to going near her…" he looked sad.

"Don't think like that Kinsey," Serin encourages him, "I'm sure Reina had her own reason about her attitude. Maybe she just have a problem, she couldn't share with us. Don't worry. I'll talk to her after this."

Kinsey nodded unenthusiastically.

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Serin walked inside Bluebell when a voice called her.

"Serin!" Laney shouted to her friends, "Kinsey was on the job now?"

Serin ran towards her and nodded, "Yes. The guests were on the mountain now, they will arrive here soon. Anything I can help?"

"Here, help me with this one," Laney handled her, a box of ice cream, "give it to my father, will you?"

Serin nodded, "Sure, no problem." She walked to Laney's café and found that the café was looked empty. "Howard? Are you here?" Serin called the Laney's father. It seemed nobody was around there at the moment. Even Cam hadn't been seen in his room. It seems everyone must be in the town hall or in Konohana's village. She was going out from the restaurant, but men's voices stopping her.

"You sure are an evil, Jack," one voices heard from behind the bushes, "you really know how to destroy someone's party."

Another voices heard, "Shut up, Hank. We must do this. You looked at the judges don't you? They really amazed by this villages. If we didn't do something, our villages won't win the competition. We need the money to change the cash we've stolen from village's cash."

Surprised by what she heard, Serin listen the voices with silence.

"So, what are we supposed to do with all the animals?"

"I heard, they will hold a supper in their plaza. At that time, we would release all the animals we get and destroy their party automatically."

Serin was so surprised; she didn't even notice the steps behind her. Suddenly, a hand held her arms tightly. Serin screamed and tried to release the stranglehold that held her. The man holding her banged her head into a tree. Suddenly, she felt a great dizziness. A driblet of blood fell from her forehead to the ground.

She heard men angry voice; a slap on her cheek and her body had been lifted… She felt into deep unconsciousness…

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"Okay, the guests would arrive an hour later," Nori said as she looked to the watch hanging in mayor's hall, "Should we practice again, Mikhail?"

Mikhail nodded, "If you say so…" He looked at the sky, it seemed something is wrong, but he doesn't know what it is. He decided to leave the strange feeling he felt and took his violin.

Nori played first. The melody of her flute was really beautiful but something was… wrong? But what? What's this all about…?

Laney interrupted them as she entered the room, "Sorry, guys. Forgot my notes here."

"Laney," Mikhail asked, "don't you see Serin? He must finish guiding the guests from hours ago."

"Oh, yes," Laney answered. She looked after her notes, and then found it under a pile of table cloth, "I sent her to give ice cream box to my dad. Maybe she was helping dad with the flowers now."

Mikhail nodded, feeling a little relief.

"I'm going now," Laney ran out fast, "you can continue your practice."

Nori looked at Mikhail look quite worry, "What's happen Mikhail?"

Mikhail shook his head, "Just a silly feeling. Let's just continue our practice."

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Kinsey rested his legs and took a long deep breath. He was guiding the guests for hours and his legs really need a break now. The guests were now handling by Rutger and Ina themselves. Laney and other villagers were prepared the banquet.

Hiro walked towards him and offered a glass of mixed juice, "Here, I think you need this." He sat besides him, "So, how is it going?"

"Great I think," Kinsey smiled. He gulped the juice, "the judges look impressed so far. So I am sure at least we didn't get lowest rank."

"Great," Hiro laughed happily, "Kana! Dirk over here!" He shouted to the boys.

"So, how does our guide doing?" Kana teased Kinsey, looking him really seemed tired. Kinsey laughed, "Let say…I won't refuse if you offer me a massage, Kana."

"Really tiring, huh?" Dirk asked, he sat on the ground and straighten his legs, "I thought farm work is harder than this."

"Well," Kinsey thought, "maybe not that hard, but the nervousness, doing the job I never doing before is the hardest job here." They nodded understanding what he said.

"Hey, it's Reina and Yun," Hiro pointed them, "they must be done cleaning the restaurant. Where is Nori?"

"Don't you remember Hiro?" Dirk slapped his friends hand playfully, "Nori would play a flute tonight. She must be practicing now."

"Oh, right," Hiro tapped his forehead.

"But, saying about people I'm not seeing…," Kinsey looked around, "where is Serin?" The others followed him to look around and they didn't find that girl.

"Hmm…" Kana thought, "Where is she? Normally, she will help the others to prepare something like this."

"Yeah," Dirk added, "It's kind of weird. Hey, Ash! Cam!" He called his friends.

Ash wearing a nice white shirt with black sweater and long black trouser. While Cam is wearing the same shirts, and black waistcoat instead of sweater.

"Do you see Serin elsewhere?" Kinsey asked them.

"Nope," Ash shook his head, "I didn't see her since morning."

"Well…maybe she was accompanying Mikhail and Nori now," Cam added. The two were practicing for the concert right?"

His friends nodded, but they still hesitate for some reason.

"Hey guys!" Laney shouted, "Help us here! We need to move the chair outside before them coming!"

Lifted his shoulder, Ash sighed, "Come on, guys. You know what she said."

They removed their mind about Serin and moved to help Laney before the juries coming.

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Serin felt a great headache. She felt her head was stabbed with nails over and over. She tried to open her eyes. At first, she couldn't see anything, but after a while she could see faint view around her.

Where is she?

She tried to think but a wave of dizziness, made her cried. Faintly, she could feel the temperature over her. It's cold, really cold. Really odd for autumn's temperatures to get this cold, she thought to herself.

Getting more and more able to think, she remembered something that she could use. An amulet… amulet from Mikhail. That was a whistle right? Moving her head slowly, she felt something moved in her chest.

Serin tried hard to get the wooden whistle. She put it on her mouth and blew it as hard as she could. It…didn't produce any voices! Is it…broke?

Serin felt a big headache hitting her head, it seemed the world turn around fast and everything went out black again.

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That's it, a little bit strange I know.

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