Hello, everyone! I'm back~! :D
Did you miss me? I know you did. Well, that's good, 'cuz I missed you, too!
And, of course, I missed writing for you all. Speaking of which, lets get back to my story! Com'on, vamanos~
Spring 5 Part 1: Witches and Shrooms
A group of tree branches rustled as they were moved to the side of the forest, clearing a path through to a wide acre of land. Haruka stepped into the clearing. Finn followed close behind, trying hard to keep up with the girl in front of him. Upon reaching the clearing, the two looked around.
"So this is the Fugue Forest, nee…." The girl muttered to her companion. The small sprite nodded his head. "The Witch lives somewhere deep within it."
Haruka nodded back as she stepped over a fallen tree. "So, to reach her, we have to get past all these clearings, right?" She asked her friend, who had stopped his earlier struggle to face a new one: a fallen leaf had fallen onto his head, and he was trying to get it off. To no avail.
The farmer giggled at the sprite's actions and grabbed the leaf herself, lifting it off of his head delicately. Finn coughed.
"Thanks." He told her, "And yes, that's right."
Haruka grinned. "No prob." She turned to the path in front of her… it seemed to lead to another clearing. She began to walk towards it.
Finn flinched. He hurried back beside her. "So… err… do you know where we're going?"
Haruka stopped and glanced at the sprite, before continuing her stride down the path. "We just have to follow this trail." She pushed aside a tree branch to reveal the next clearing. It was scattered with trees and boulders, some bigger than others, and, upon further inspection, a path was located to the right of the area. Haruka walked towards it. "Each trail leads to another clearing, right?"
Finn frowned, glancing up at the girl. "How did you know that?" He asked, as the girl came across yet another clearing. She shrugged, smiling knowingly. "Lucky guess?"
With that, she continued walking into the clearing, in search of another path. Finn followed her, hurrying to catch up, until he spotted something's sparkly out of the corner of his eye….
"Hey," He called to his companion, "Haruka, wait up!"
Haruka stopped and turned around, trying to find the small sprite in the forest area. She frowned. "What is it?"
"I found something." Finn called back, and Haruka hurried over to see what it was.
Haruka kneeled down at the object in front of her sprite, examining it.
"…Why is it sparkling?" She asked, confused. She tilted her head slightly to the side in question. "Is it… poisonous… or something…?"
Finn frowned, floating closer to the object to get a better look. "…It seems to be… glowing…."
Carefully, Haruka reached out and grabbed the mushroom. Finn flinched, looking up at the girl.
"Don't touch it!" He cried, freaking out a bit. "It could be dangerous!"
Haruka looked at the mushroom, then set her eyes on Finn. Then, back to the mushroom.
She held it out to the sprite. "It could be, but it's not… see?" She told the little creature as she rubbed it against his head. Finn squealed, struggling to get away, but not successfully… Haruka had grabbed on to him with her other hand and was keeping him where he was, torturing the little man with the glowing fungi playfully.
Finn cried. "Knock it off!" But Haruka kept going giggling a bit. "But it's so fun!"
As Haruka played with Finn, she stepped back a bit in her crouched position. She ended up stepping on a branch, and fell back, rolling through another path… this one leading to a bridge, it seemed, which led over a swamp and to a house. Haruka landed in this area on her stomach, with a 'thud', and Finn gasped. Suddenly, Haruka heard a voice loom over her sprawled-out body.
"What are you doing?" A female voice asked, obviously amused. Haruka's face paled… this was not the first impression she had wanted to make with the Witch. She quickly let go of both the mushroom and the sprite, letting Finn fly free as she turned over to her back and sat up.
When she glanced up, she found herself looking into a pair of amber eyes, not at all similar to the purple eyes she'd seen the other day. These eyes were different. They were accompanied by a smiling face. Long silver hair framed the female face before Haruka, and the farmer gulped as the girl before her's mouth opened, letting out a cackling laugh.
"Hello, little missy." The woman told the girl, grinning widely. "Welcome to the Witch's house."
Hope y'all liked this little chapter~
Yes, this is the first time Haruka's ever seen the Witch! Hopefully, she'll be okay... I guess you'll just have to wait 'till the next chapter to find out what happens to her!
Until then~!
191~LilAngel~191
