The next day, it was so hot Marshall considered not even leaving his cave, at the risk of being burnt even a little bit.

But when he left his cave, he found Aria floating under a tree nearby, reading her book again.

"I'm gonna take a risk and ask if you know where I live bookworm" Marshall said as he approached her.

She looked up and smiled. "No I just happen to be sitting under this tree directly in front of your house. By complete coincidence" Aria said.

"I don't think I like it when you're being sarcastic bookworm" Marshall said.

"I'm only here today because I wasn't sure if you were coming out" Aria said.

"You care?" Marshall asked with a smirk.

Aria's cheeks flushed. "No! I was just coming to see if you were going to follow me again today! Clearly you are! Why don't you just stay inside?" she demanded, although it was clear she was worried about him.

He smirked and held his umbrella over her as she was standing under a tree with no leaves. This also meant he was quite close to her.

Her pale cheeks reddened even more. "You should worry more about yourself" she muttered.

"Don't get me wrong bookworm. I don't live to follow you around and I can take care of myself. So don't worry your pretty little head about it" Marshall said.

Aria looked at him and he stared back at her, before moving away from her.

"It is terribly hot today though" he said.

Aria shook her head, trying to make her red cheeks go away, and then started floating away.

Marshall followed her. "Where are you going bookwo-"

"Aria"

Marshall looked at her.

"My name is Aria, Marshall. I'm not going to tell you again" she said.

"You're no fun" he sighed "Where are you going Aria?"

She didn't answer him just kept on floating. He decided to be quiet and follow her.

After what seemed like forever, she finally stopped in the middle of very thick trees that made it so dark it almost seemed like night time. Marshall could hear running water.

She turned to look at him. "Are you sure you don't want to go home?" she asked.

"I told you I could look after myself. Plus I'm curious now and I don't plan on being the one to ditch. Unlike someone" Marshall replied.

She flinched at his comment but nodded and continued walking, until they reached the bottom of a waterfall.

Marshall stared. "When did this come into existence?" he asked.

"It's been here for a long time. But no one knows how to find it" Aria said closing her eyes and letting the small splashes cool her face.

"Except you" Marshall said.

Aria smiled. "Except me"

She pulled off her blue cardigan so she was only in her white tank top and her white shorts and slipped off her white flats. She sat at the edge of the waterfall, leaving her cardigan and flats on a rock.

"You'll get soaked" he muttered, but he was already following her, throwing his shirt onto the ground so he was only in his grey tank top.

"Doesn't work that way. Didn't you notice when it was raining I didn't get wet?" Aria asked.

He thought about it as he sat down next to her and realised she was right.

"Does that mean I can splash you all I want and it won't matter?" Marshall asked a smirk forming on his face.

She brought her foot down onto the surface of the water, hard, and the water splashed up soaking Marshall. He stared at her.

Aria started laughing. "No it means I can do that"

He kept staring at her until he moved quickly and shoved her into the water. She didn't have time to react before she hit the water.

She quickly resurfaced gasping. "Jerk! I can't swim! You're lucky this is reasonably shallow water!" Aria said, splashing her arms around frantically.

Marshall was halfway between laughing his head off and feeling bad for pushing her in.

He reached out and grabbed one of her waving arms, pulling her back towards him.

Aria stopped splashing and turned away from him as he helped her back up.

He laughed and ruffled her white hair. "Sorry Aria" Marshall said.

Aria chewed the inside of her cheek stubbornly. For some reason her skin and her clothes were completely dry, just like she said they would be, but her hair was soaking wet.

"How does that work?" Marshall asked, taking a strand of her dripping hair.

Aria blushed slightly. "It's stupid" she said.

"What?"

"I'm not telling!"

"Tell me"

"No!"

"Why not?"

"It's weird!"

"Not as weird as you"

"Oh shut up!" Aria said hitting his arm before crossing her arms and looking away. "Remember when I said my appearance changes according to the sky? It's got to do with that. My hair is supposed to represent the clouds, so it acts like them. The rest of the sky never gets wet but clouds absorb water. That's why"

Marshall looked at her for a moment.

"You Sky Kingdom people sure are weird"

"I told you it's weird!"

That day, Aria stayed longer than she ever had. She was almost there for the whole day. As sunset approached Aria looked up in surprise.

"What?! What time is it?! I've been here too long!" Aria exclaimed.

She stood up fast and noticed that Marshall had disappeared.

"When did he… ah! I have to get back!" she said frantically.

She ran back to the rock to collect her cardigan but it was gone.

"What? No, where is it?" Aria said, grabbing her flats and slipping them back on.

She looked around but the only thing she found was Marshall's shirt.

"Marshall I swear if you're behind this, I'm not coming down for a week!" Aria yelled.

"You sure drive a hard bargain bookworm" Marshall laughed from behind her.

She spun around and threw his shirt at him. "Give it back!" she demanded.

"What? This?" Marshall asked, holding her cardigan out in his hand.

"Marshall…" Aria growled.

"Why do you need it so badly?" Marshall laughed.

Aria stepped forward and snatched it from his hand, pulling it on quickly.

"You're an idiot" she muttered.

Marshall looked at her. Suddenly the sun began to set and Aria's appearance changed.

Her white hair turned sunset purple, her eyes pale sunset orange and her hairclips golden yellow. Her outfit changed from her shorts and cardigan to a light sunset pink skirt, a light orange buttoned up shirt and a pair of yellow sandals.

Marshall stared at her, speechless.

Aria blushed furiously and turned around, floating away.

All Marshall could do was stare after her as she floated away.

"Where on earth were you?!"

"You missed the Sunset Ceremony!"

"I don't know where you've been going every day, but it has to stop!"

"But…"

"Listen to us! You're the Princess! Without you, there will be no night and day, only darkness! No more exploring! Are we clear?"

"Yes…" Aria said quietly.

9th of January 2016