Howl's Moving Castle 2
(A/N: Hello guys! I am so sorry for not updating you all! "I didn't mean to make you wait this long." You see what I did there? A line from Howl's Moving Castle for my Howl's Moving Castle Fanfic… -.-"Ignore me… But thank you all for your reviews, follows and faves!)
Chapter Eleven
"Goodnight Markl," Serefina whispered as she tucked Markl in. He yawned and smiled tiredly at Serefina. Before Serefina was about to stand up and leave his room, Markl grabbed Serefina's dress.
"What's the matter?" Serefina asked and sat back down next to Markl.
"Serefina, can you be my big sister?" Markl asked. Serefina stared at Markl with shock written all over her face, once she recovered from her shock, she smiled sweetly at Markl.
"Of course Markl, I would love to be your big sister," Serefina explained and hugged Markl, who returned the embrace.
"Because we're family, right? Me, you, Heen, Calcifer, Howl and Sophie, we're all one big happy family!" Markl explained and squeezed Serefina tighter. He felt Serefina slowly letting go of him, so he reluctantly did the same. He gazed at Serefina's eyes, they were filled with sorrow and happiness at the same time, he could not figure out why but as Serefina spoke, his thoughts diminished.
"Well, yes Markl, I do believe that we all resemble a family, however, I don't think they'll accept me…" Before Serefina was able to continue, Markl stopped her by jumping on the bed.
"No! Of course they will, we all will!" Markl explained and was quickly pulled into another hug from Serefina. "But Serefina, why are you worrying? Is it because, you have another family?"
Heen snorted loudly, indicating to Markl he said the wrong thing. Serefina slowly pulled Markl back into his bed and stood up.
"Goodnight Markl," Serefina whispered and left Markl's room, the atmosphere of guilt and sorrow being left inside it.
"Goodnight big sister…"
"Oh Serefina, thank you very much for tucking Markl in bed for me! He's such a bother at times! Serefina, what's wrong?" Sophie asked as she saw the gloom face on Serefina. Serefina turned towards Sophie and quickly plastered a smile on her face.
"It's nothing! I'm just a bit tired, I'm sorry if I worried you," Serefina explained.
"Oh no no! I was just wondering," Sophie said, still observing Serefina.
"The shower's ready!"A loud voice exclaimed and Howl skipped down the stairs with a huge smile on his face. Once Howl reached down the stairs, he stopped.
"Why the gloomy faces?" Howl asked.
"Maybe because some people want to go to sleep!" Calcifer cried and Howl chuckled loudly.
"I'm sorry then," Howl said and walked over to Sophie. "The shower is free now." Sophie nodded and ran up the stairs.
"So, Serefina, how are you?" Howl asked. Serefina pushed herself off the wall she was leaning on and headed for the door.
"I would like some fresh air," Serefina explained and opened the door to the balcony.
The wind hit against her warm face, her wild fiery hair waving around frantically, closely resembling a flam flickering. Serefina quietly closed the door and walked towards the railings. She gripped her hands on them and sighed.
"Serefina?" Howl asked as he entered the balcony. Serefina turned around, her hair whipping against her face. "Do you mind if I join you? I promise I will not speak of your family again."
"It's ok, and you have no need to apologize, I was the one at fault for having short temper," Serefina explained. Howl walked towards the railings and smiled.
"Well your fiery hair must resemble that!" Howl explained and grinned. Serefina looked up at Howl's smiling face and could not help, but smile herself. As she gazed at Howl, an image of her father sprang into her mind and there was a resemblance between Howl and her father. She remembered the exact same words, the exact joke, her father spoke when she went into a strop.
"Serefina? Serefina are you alright?" Howl asked. Serefina snapped back into reality and smiled.
"Yes, I'm sorry, I was just thinking that you closely resemble my father," Serefina explained. Howl gazed at Serefina's sorrowful face.
"Wizard Howl, you and Sophie, you both fell in love didn't you?" Serefina asked and climbed to sit on the railings. Howl looked at Serefina and smiled as the memories of his first encounter with Sophie Hatter.
"Yes we did. It was quite a strange yet strong relationship, I first met her as young lady, but my second encounter made me slightly put off with her, as I met her as an old lady. But as we lived together, I soon realized that looks did not matter, because I fell in love with Sophie's personality. With her personality, I was able to also build my own, I used to a vain person, caring only for myself, but with Sophie's warm atmosphere, I am who I am now. And now we are married." Howl explained and glanced at Serefina.
"Then fate must have been kind to you and let your love continue then, I envy you," Serefina whispered.
"Why must you envy me? You are lot more powerful than me…" Before Howl was able to continue, he saw the fury in Serefina's eyes as she faced him.
"Yes I may be a lot more powerful than you, but what will that bring you? Nothing! I envy you because of your love life, being able to be with the one you love, is the best feeling in the world," Serefina explained, tears on the brim of her eyes.
"Serefina I'm sorry, but if you do not mine, please may I know the reason behind your jealously for me?" Howl asked. Serefina looked away from Howl's eyes and into the shining stars into the dark blue sky.
"You have heard most of my story from that jerk, but I will explain more, about Seth and the truth about me…
I love Seth with all my might, yet I knew he did not return them feelings, so I remained quiet about them. As I was the only child of the Leiteien Kingdom I was to marry Seth's older brother, Kain. However, I despised him; he was a greedy, selfish person and was jealous of Seth for many reasons. So when it was announced that I was to marry him, I was scared, but Seth, being Seth told me to run away somewhere, so when I did. A war had started and it was my entire fault…
The Ekhay's being the victorious kingdom, wanted more power and therefore looked for a great source of power for them to win, and so they needed me and Seth.
You see, I am a White Phoenix, a legendary bird, which once ruled the world along with the Black Phoenix, Seth. The Phoenixes held immense power, but the White Phoenix had the most power. The phoenixes blood was passed on and on, and whoever had the blood of the phoenixes lead a miserable, painful thirteen years.
These thirteen years would be painful for the phoenixes as they had to get used to their new human form and so, the heart is the weakest point within them. So me and Seth endured them years together, however, Seth had an easier time that me, being the Black Phoenix, it was involved with magic a long time ago, so had a remedy which would ease the pain. However, being the White Phoenix, it didn't and had to suffer a pain which would attack the heart.
Upon hearing this, the Ekhay's wanted this power and realized that the White Phoenix, the holder of the main power, had a weakness, its' heart, so they caught me, tortured me, by torturing my heart. They had a special device, which allowed them to do this to my heart. So I ran away, but did not realize the damage I had done."
Howl was speechless and slowly swallowed.
"So how about Seth?" Howl asked daringly, however, it seemed as if Serefina was willing to talk a bit more about her love.
"That I do not know, however I can guess that he may already be married to another girl, as Kain was promised to be married to me, so someday, I must go back and face the sadness of my love with another. But I'm fine without him, knowing I have you!" Serefina explained and smiled at Howl, who smiled back at her.
"Let's go back inside, it is quite cold out here," Serefina said and swung her legs around the railings and walked inside with Howl slowly following her. He smiled.
"How much has she endured, how much pain has she had to face, with the death of her family and her love lost, and her heart, a constant pain within her body, how can she still smile?" Howl wondered and walked back inside the warmth of the castle.
"Serefina… I'm coming for you…"
(A/N: Hello guys! This chapter is just to let you know a little bit more about Serefina! I hope you liked it! ^^ Please R&R!)
