Yello! I'm back! I was going to post yesterday, but I started playing Skyrim and when you start playing that game, you can't stop... But, anyways, tell me if I missed a mistake I might have made, please! Also, thanks for the names, in which I only got two, but hey, they are very much appreciated ^.^ Also...! Happy chapter 10 and I also hit 100 pages! This story is officially ten chapters old! They grow up so fast... Alright, go read you little ones, I need a moment... *Silent sobs*

"Well, well, look what came rolling into town..." We hear a voice from a side alley and we all turn out heads. Everyone expect Reala jumped in shock when the man slides back a part of the gun, making a strange noise with it.

"Hm... I was really hoping this was a ghost town..." Reala sighs as the man approached us from the shadows. He was about as tall as Reala, but he looked as if he was rolling around in the dirt and his clothes were torn.

"Hey guys, you can come out!" He seems to announce. "It's just a bunch of freaks. I didn't know the circus was in town..." He grins as he lowers the large gun in his hands. "Sorry, I thought you guys were government..."

"Government?" Reala asks. The man started to walk towards us, and Reala's grip on me got stronger.

"Yeah, they come by more often than actual folks do. They claim they 'collect taxes' and take our boys to 'serve the country' and other bull like that..." He rolls his eyes as he leans in his gun.

"But I thought the government only goes through registered towns..." He glanced at the crumbling buildings.

"Yeah, I did too. But, you know with the war and all, they take all they can get." He explains as people slowly come out of the buildings, all looking the same as the man with ripped clothes and covered in dirt.

"What is this place..." NiGHTS nervously looks at the strange people drawing near well she pulled Jackle in front of her as if using him as a shield. It was a very small group that formed. About 5 adults but 8 people all together.

"Welcome to our little town!" The man who seemed the lead them, opened his arms up to us. "Where people come because they need shelter and stay because they ran out of supplies!" He grins.

"Or just run straight past..." A women grumbles as she had two little girls hugging her legs.

"Now, we try and help anyone who needs it! And these people obviously came here for some reason!" He points to the women. "My name is Daniel, but Dan is fine." The man leading points to himself.

"This positive lady over here is Ann, our only tailor and her two little girls. This is John and his wife Mary and their son, they run what's left of the inn. And this guy is Theodore. He keeps the remains of the library together." He points out everyone. "And what might the name of our new guests be?"

"I'm NiGHTS!" NiGHT gleefully waves with a big smile. I try and hide my smirk as they gave her a strange look.

"I'm Jackle..." Jackle waves lightly with an uninterested look, his hand still on his jaw.

"I'm Reala..." Reala points to himself lightly.

"And you are...?" Dan looks down at me as I stayed silent.

I was about to open my mouth, maybe I could think of something somewhat intelligent to say about myself, but instead, the others took over before I could get a word out.

"Her name is..." And all at once, they all say different names.

"... What?" Daniel looks at all of them with disbelief.

"Yes, what are you guys talking about?" Reala nearly glares at the others that stood next to us.

"Uh, her name...?" Jackle almost questions himself as he tries to step back from Reala's intimidating look, but NiGHTS was still behind him and would not move.

"Which is…?" Reala awaits his answer.

"Oh, uh, Suzette, right? I think I can remember a name like Suzette, Reala." He tries to look not as nervous.

"No, its Poppy, like the flower, you idiot!" NiGHTS comes out of hiding and stands next to Reala.

"You both are horribly wrong. Its Sakura, isn't it?" He looks down at me.

"Uh…" I stare at all three of them as I did not know whose side to take.

"Wow, those names have absolutely nothing in common." John shakes his head as he stares at us.

"Well, actually, Sakura in Japanese means 'blossom', which is technically a type of flower. And a Poppy flower is a flower. So, those two names really aren't that far off…" Theodore corrects him.

"Yeah, whatever. I meant the pronunciation of the names…" John sighs.

"Well-"

"No, they don't have anything in common…" John glares at him to shut up.

"Okay, so what is your name, exactly?" Daniel gets in between the three that were arguing over my name.

"Sakura-"
"Poppy-"
"Suzette-"

They all said at once, then glare at each other once they had. After a short silence, they started to argue again. I was able to casually step away as they quarreled over my name.

"So, what is your name…?" Daniel asks me directly.

"Oh… Um…" I was a little afraid to take a side, but I could not think of another name to use. "Maybe I should… wait until they settle it…" I look back at them.

"Why?" He tilts his head a little.

"Well… I don't want to take a side and... have them argue even more…" I look at my feet then up at him.

"Oh, smart…" He grins and nods in agreement to my decision. "So, where do you venture from? You guys travelers or…?" He trails off slowly.

"Oh, sorta. I'm from... Warthford. My… friends here are from… Somewhere else... I can't really remember the name…"

"Warthford?" Theodore looked shocked as well as everyone else.

"Yes…?" I question their strange reaction.

"Well, its just… Warthford is in the middle of one bloody war… I've never met anyone from Warthford. They say you don't make it out alive… Was it scary?" Ann asks.

"... It was ugly…" I recall Reala's words when he had first taken me out of the city. I had said it pretty causally, so they were now giving me strange looks.

"Oh, poor thing…" Ann looks down at her girls with the same worried look.

"Its fine... I don't remember much…" 'Of anything' I think after I said that.

"Well, Warthford is one hell of a ways away. Why don't you guys rest here?"

"Oh, we don't have any money… I think…" I then look back at the three still arguing.

"Man, they could go for days…" John snorts.

"R-Reala?" I walk over to him and tugged on the sleeve of his shirt.

"What?!" He turns to me, still angry over the whole situation.

"Uh… Should we stay the night here?" I point to the ground.

"Here? I suppose…"

"...Do we have any money?" I ask.

"Hey, its fine if you guys don't have any money-" Daniel was saying until Jackle threw Reala's bag to Reala, him catching it without even looking.

"How much do you guys want?" He stares at him.

"For a single night…?" Daniel turns to John and Mary.

"Uh… well, honestly… We will take anything right now… So… How about…" John exchanged looks with Mary. "At the least… 15 copper pieces?"

Reala paused as he stuck his hand in the bag. He then slowly raised his head to look at the couple who were looking afraid they might get turned down. "That's it." Reala looked so astonished at that.

"Well, if you're willing to give us more..." John gets a big grin.

"Uh, no." Reala corrects him. "15 is what you said, so it's what you get." Reala pulled a heavy, white sack out of his bag and handed it over to me.

"Fine..." John sighs with an annoyed expression. "BUT, food does cost ya extra!" He points out.

"Did it cost extra before or after you said 15 copper pieces?"

"John, will you quit it! 15 copper pieces is 15 more than we had before." His wife gently pushed his arm in a playful way.

"Alright, fine. Come on, it's getting dark..." John and Mary both lead the way.

"It was nice meeting you all." Daniel waves to us as we walked away.

"So, you girls can share the room right next to the boys!" Mary hands me the key as NiGHTS got an uncontrollably large grin on her face as she looked down at me.

"Huh?" Reala looked over at NiGHTS.

"Is something the matter?" Mary asks him.

"Yeah… You two are most certainly not sharing a room alone together!" Reala swipes the key from my hand and tightened his fist around it.

"B-but why?!" NiGHTS pouted.

"Why? Why? Didn't I already tell you yesterday why?" Reala tries to be vague well in front of Mary who looked a bit confused herself.

"But, Reala-!"

"No, because I said so!"

"Okay, then who is sharing a room with who?" Jackle asks with a tired expression as he leaned against the counter.

"I'll share it with her, you stay with Jackle." Reala points.

"WHAT?!" Both Jackle and NiGHTS jump up at the same time and yell.

"No! No way! I refuse to stay anywhere near that… that thing!" NiGHTS points to Jackle.

"That's too bad." Reala shakes his head as he pretends to pity her.

"But, but, he might draw something on my face!" NiGHTS cries as she got on her knees to beg.

"Come on! Are you serious! Why do I have to share a room with him- I mean, her!" Jackle quickly corrected himself for some odd reason. "That whining will go on all night! I can't do it, Reala, please!" He gets on his knees as well.

"Oh, so I suppose you want to share a room with me after all?" Reala looks down on Jackle who suddenly changed his expression.

"I'll share a room with Suzette." Jackle says with a straight face as he takes a step back after getting up on his feet.

"Her name is Sakura! Oh, forget it! We can figure that out later…"

"You know, all our rooms are open…" Mary takes two more keys off the wall.

"Oh, thank you!" NiGHTS hugs her from over the counter, grabbed one of the keys and ran upstairs before we knew it.

"Thanks…" Jackle takes the other key and slowly walks towards the stairs.

"I hope you feel better!" Mary calls after him and he waves goodbye as he walked up the stairs slowly.

"And you two…" She turns to us.

"I just have to look after her and I cannot trust either of them to do it…" Reala sighs, eyes closed as he explains himself.

"Oh, alright then… Goodnight…" Mary waves as we went upstairs.

The hall was pretty dark, only a single candle was lit up on the wall. He looked at the tag that was connected to the key with a small piece of string and stopped in front of a door.

"Here…" He opens the door for me as he examines the shape of the key.

Everything was made of wood. From the ceiling to the floor, everything was wood. There were no windows either…
"Take whichever bed you want… I might not sleep much tonight anyways…" He closed the door then tested the lock.

I was pretty tired from today. Even though the bed was extremely soft and comfortable and only a single candle was lit, I was too afraid to close my eyes in fear of going back. It seemed every time I closed my eyes or something, I get sent back to that place… I never did figure out what that last memory was. I never remembered anything like that… I just remember the white room…

I mean, I used to count the days, trying to keep track of my age, but maybe I am wrong? I guess with all the white, it could be possible I was taken from my room and put in that room. But I guess I just don't understand what he was doing to me…

I will admit that I was curious to see what would happen when you pushed that button, but then again… Maybe I am not supposed to remember it for a reason.

So, I did end up falling asleep, but I woke up fairly early. I glanced over at Reala who was passed out on his bed, his chest would rise and fall with every single breath he took. I wonder why he was not tired even after carrying me around for over half the day…

I got up and left the room, down the hall, and back downstairs, the way I remembered we came in. No one was downstairs… I must be up really early. So, I walked outside to see the sun had just risen as was barely even noticeable. Everything was a shade of orange, gold and it was a bit cold out because of it.

There were many buildings, but since it only looked as if three or four of them were being used, it was pretty run down. It was close to being in the same state as the outskirts of Warthford where me and Reala were hiding out for that one night. It was even more depressing than the city setting, to be honest…

I wonder if anyone else is awake… I'm a little hungry… I wonder if there is an apple tree nearby or… Or what if there are other trees that grow different types of foods? I still like apples, but maybe something new would be nice for a change.

The street was pretty short, there were only about 8 or 9 buildings on the entire street anyways… The street instead was made up of little pebbles in a white color, but it faded into the dirt path after passing the town in both directions. Behind the buildings was all grass and then patches of trees spread out over the area. So, I wandered past the buildings on one side of the street where I found just what I was looking for.

Not only where there apple trees, but other trees with different types of foods growing from them! I ran up and grabbed the red apple I am most familiar with. After biting into it, savoring the flavor, I looked at the other trees that were nearby. The foods growing from them were in many different colors and shapes.

I started to pick different ones, some large, perfectly round, some with bumps on the skin, others on green, orange, red and a few other colors. I picked one of each while I ate the apple to the core again, then dropping it on the ground when finished.

"Do you like fruits?" A voice made me jump, causing me to drop everything in my hands. I turn around to see one of the men I had met yesterday. If I recall, his name is Theodore. He had dark orange, fluffy hair and big green eyes. He was almost as tall as Reala, but not as large as him, he is much more skinny, but not too much. He held a book under his arm as he grins at me, who just stood there in shock.

"Oh, sorry… I didn't mean to scare you…" He looks down at the ground, his pale face turning in a bit red in shame.
I took a few steps back thinking, I'm probably intruding.

He looked back up to see me backing away slowly and stuck out his hand to me. "No, don't go!" He seemed a bit sad and I stopped in my tracks.

It was silent for a few moments as he seemed in a bit of a panic, trying to think of something to say.
"You can be here, its fine… This is my garden…" He looks back down.

I glanced over at the fruit a few times.

"Oh, do you want these? You can have them, its not like I was going to eat them anyways…" He got down on one knee and picked up all the fruits I had dropped and slowly walked back to me.

As he handed them back to me, I mumble, "Thank you…" As I get a grip on everything.

"You're welcome!" He smiles, suddenly "Uh… Do you have a name?"

"Oh… Not necessarily…" I look down, getting tired of the whole debate. I didn't really care at this point anyways.

"Huh? What do you mean? Don't you have a name?" He tilts his head.

"... No…" I admit silently and look away.

"Oh… Well, I can give you a name…" He gives a hopeful grin. "I read a lot so, I have come across many names…" He glanced at the book under his arm. "Hm…" He studied me slowly.

He got kind of close and I started to back up until I only realized he was adjusting the flower crown I still had on my head. I had actually forget I had it this whole time. "I see you like flowers… And you have hazel eyes…" He looked closely at my face.

As he was as close as he was, I lift my hands up and touch the strange things that sat on his noise and in front of his eyes. I noticed when we first met, but I never asked.

"And you also like my glasses apparently…" He grins as he allows me to slid them off his nose and from behind his ears. I look at the shape and the glass, trying to understand how it worked without him telling me.

"Not too many people wear them, so its okay if you don't know what they are. Not many people do… Here…" He takes them gently from my hands and puts them on my face. The world around me suddenly got larger in size. I was much closer to the ground then before…

"Haha…" He chuckles under his breath. "Everyone has that reaction too." He takes them back and put them back on his own face. "Petal…" He mutters as he looks down at me.

"Hm?" I look back up at him.

"You are very small and tiny. Very fragile and delicate, like the petal of a flower… It's kind of lame, but…" He shrugs.

"Pet-al…" I repeat slowly and look down at the fruits in my arms.

"You like lime too? I thought I was the only one…" He picks up the small green fruit that was apparently, a lime. "I usually squeeze my orange juice in the morning. But, don't worry, I don't put lime in there too." He grins.

"I've tried to make blueberry juice, which ended horribly… I don't actually eat the grapefruit. John and Mary's son down at the inn likes to sprinkle sugar on it from time to time. It's just too sour for me, even with some sugar.

"I really want to grow grapes but, I'm a little scared they might die. I cross-breed that cherry tree, which took me a very long time. And then there is the plum and peach tree, which are my favorite. Sometimes I try and grow new trees, but I like the things I have now. So, whats you're favorite?" He turns and grins down at me.

I was still trying to process everything he had just said. After a few moments, I remembered his question and quickly prepared my response. "Apples…" I look down at the fruits that I was changing my mind about.

"Have you ever had apples with caramel? I like to put nuts on it and a little salt."

"Uh… No…"

"Well, if you get the chance, you should try it." He points.

"Is this all you eat?" I managed a full sentence.

"Yeah, pretty much…" He grins and nods. "I eat meat sometimes, but I am not good at hunting… I accidentally shot myself in the arm. It only grazed skin but, I won't be trying again anytime soon…" He rolls up his white sleeve to show me a large scar.

"I have pretty good shooting accuracy, but I guess I couldn't bring myself to shoot a little rabbit…" He rolls the sleeve back down.

It was silent again as I thought about what to do with all these fruits. "Hey, uh…" Theodore adjusted his glasses."Do you… Would you like to go see my library? It's right over there… You don't have to… But…" His cheeks turned red, kind of like the time I hit Jackle in the face with the baton.

"No, nevermind. People tend to think its pretty boring. I don't want to bore you, you looked pretty lost when I was talking about fruits… I'll just leave you alone now, heh…" He rubs the back of his neck, his face turning even more red as he started to walk away.

"I wasn't bored…" I speak up as he walked away. "I… I actually didn't know that much about…" I think for the word quickly, trying to not leave such a long pause. "Fruits."

"Wait- what, really?" He turns back in surprise, his green eyes wide.
I nod slowly. "I'm a little nervous to eat it all now…" I look down.

"Oh, well… I could, you know, help you… eat them…" He ends slowly, as if he could not place the words correctly.

"Okay." I grin up at him.

His face once again, turned red and he grins back. "Uh… Follow me…" He turns and starts to walk away, me following in foot.

"Alright, we need to talk…" Reala walks right into the room NiGHTS was staying in. He threw Jackle into the room and closed the door.

"What? I'm still sleep!" NiGHTS complained, her blond hair all over the place.

"Yeah man, I was dreaming! Do you know how rare that is?!" Jackle glares back up at Reala.

"Listen!" Reala yells a little to get them to stop talking. "Okay… We might have a problem…" He sighs.

"What do you mean?" Jackle's expression softens as he sees Reala in stress.

"Master… Not only have I been away from him for over 6 human months, but you two have also been gone a long time too…" He looks down.

"So? Why would he care if I were gone? And its not like Jackle was that important…" NiGHTS shrugs.

"Hey!"

"But, don't you think it is strange we have seen no sign or not heard from him in a while…?" Reala shrugs.

"Look, I think you are stressing a bit too much. He probably does not care…" Jackle shrugs.

"Yeah, and why would we see a sign of him? I thought that he can't have any affects on the human world…" NiGHTS ends her sentence slowly, trying to think.

"But, think about it! He was your master once too! And even when you stopped following him, you still saw! You saw all the things he did! So, when his leading general, one of his best nightmarens, and a traitor he wants back just disappears from the night dimension, you still think he will be 'fine with it'?" Reala glares to make his point.

The room fell silent until Reala glanced down at Jackle, who was staring up at Reala with his mouth gaping open in the form of a smile and wide eyes that looked upon him.

"What?!" Reala steps back in a bit of discomfort.

"Am I really one of his best?!"

"Wizemen might have said it, not me!" Reala backs away a little more.

Then, NiGHTS stood up. "It's not my problem right now. When Wizemen comes, he comes. I don't know about you two, but I will stand and fight." NiGHTS then makes her way to the door.

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