Lonely Wandering Star

I woke up sore in the morning. Maybe it was from lack of sleep last night. I was out pretty late. Not wanting to get out of bed, I slept in that day. By the time I got out of my room, Brewster's Cafe was closed for the morning. So I headed straight for my little group of fighting buddies. I was set to fight Mario today, even though my muscles told me to do nothing of the sort.

That feeling of doubt was fulfilled when Mario pummeled my aching body. I tried to fight back, but it just wasn't happening. He beat me with barely a scratch on him. That was okay though, I was glad to be done. We tallied up the results for the tournament. I had come second last, better than Pit who had only beat Mario. That had been Mario's only loss though, so he won the tournament. I wasn't real disappointed, the whole thing was just for fun. I needed to sit and relax somewhere for a while.

I went to Dr. Mario's room to see if he had anything to relieve my aching. He must have been out doing something, because I couldn't find him. On my way to my own room I came across Luma. He was just walking down the hall, humming a joyous little tune. Rosalina was nowhere in sight, so I was a tad worried about the little guy being all alone. I knelt down next to him.

"Hey there buddy. How are you doing?" I felt kind of silly, but I don't know why. He understood me, and if he could speak he would have answered me.

He chirped at me giddily. Obviously the little star was enjoying himself. But I couldn't help wondering why Rosalina wasn't with him. There was a part of me that wanted to help him, and a part of me that wanted to take a nap. Those two parts of me decided to compromise.

"Where's Rosy?" I asked him. He didn't seem to know. I asked again, but he must have understood me the first time. He had no clue where his owner was.

"Why don't you come with me then? We'll find her later," I promised. He was okay with that. I held out my hand and he jumped up onto my shoulder. Then I brought him to my room. He jumped down onto the floor and I crashed on my bed. Luma explored what little decoration I had in my room, then sat on the floor and seemed to be thinking about something. I laid in my bed quietly, keeping an eye on him. We chilled for a couple hours, doing absolutely nothing.

My relaxation was interrupted by an angry sounding knock at my door.

"Hello?" I called without even sitting up.

"Corrin? Have you seen Luma?" Lucina asked in a demanding voice. In hindsight, it probably wasn't smart of me to take this lost little guy into my room for hours and not tell anybody.

"Yeah, he's in here," I responded. She threw open the door and Luma chirped with surprise. He jumped into Lucina's arms.

She gave me a distressed look, "Why was he here?"

I blushed, with embarrassment instead of my normal nervousness with the girl I had grown to admire. I admitted, "I found him wandering the halls on my way to my room for a nap. I wanted to help but I really needed to unwind, so I brought him here. It was only going to be for a few minutes but then-"

She cut me off, "It's fine, Corrin. Don't worry. I'm not mad at you, I'm just stressed out. Rosy and I have been looking for him everywhere."

"Sorry, Lucina. It's kind of my fault."

"Just call me Lucy, it's fine," she sighed, "Look, he was better here than he was out in the hallways somewhere. Thank you for taking him."

"No problem I guess," I smiled, "By the way, I meant to ask you something I was curious about."

"Sure," Lucina nodded.

I hesitated, "Are you, er, royalty? I felt like you were but I never really knew for sure."

"Yeah, I am," she said, "I'm the princess of Ylisse."

"Cool. Anyway, you should go tell Rosalina you found him," I nodded at Luma. He twirled.

"Right," she grinned, "See you later, Corrin."

I took about five minutes to fall asleep. It was late when I woke up, so I stayed in bed. A day well spent? Depends on your perspective. It was good enough for me.