Chapter 12:

The last full day in London went by so fast and I went to bed feeling exhausted. When I awoke I jumped out of bed and quickly got dressed in a Moonacre dress I had been dying to wear ever since I arrived in London. I packed the rest of my dresses and shoes and a couple of books I had brought with me and took the case down to the lobby. There it would be put on the carriage by Digweed. I couldn't wait to see him! As soon as I saw him I ran into his outstretched arms.

"Digweed!" I said excitedly "I've missed you all so much! How is everyone doing?"

"Hello miss Maria. There all doing fine. Mrs Heliotrope is really excited about your return" He said with a huge smile on his face. Though in his eyes I could see that he thought that I wouldn't be too excited.

"Digweed, how have you been?" I heard Coeur De Noir say. I turned around and saw him and Robin stood there with their cases in their hands. "Please would you take these to the carriage?" And he handed Digweed the two cases.

"Of course sir" He bowed his head and went out the doors.

Robin looked at me "How about we get some breakfast? It's a long ride back"

I smiled a yes while Coeur De Noir said "You two go on ahead, I'm going to make sure everything will be fine for the journey back"

We said goodbye and me and Robin set off to the dining room. We sat at the closest available table to the buffet and we went to get our food. When we had both sat back down, Robin looked at me.

After a couple of minutes he still hadn't looked away "What?" I demanded.

"Excuse me?" He cocked his head to the side and had a confused look on his face.

"What are you looking at me for?"

"I'm just thinking"

"About?"

"You're really not going to like what Mrs Heliotrope is excited about are you?"

"We get excited over completely different things. If she's excited about something, I'll probably just think it's a waste of time. It's the same if I think something is exciting."

"What do you think it could be? I'm curious" He said with a wicked smile on his face.

"I don't know, and I don't really care. It can't be anything important otherwise I would know by now"

"Digweed knows his wife. And he sounded like Mrs Heliotrope was actually really serious"

"Well, I suppose it's just something like she has a relative or a friend stopping by or something"

"That's true"

I looked over to the other side of the room and I saw Coeur De Noir walk in. "Come on Robin, Maria" He said, his voice sounded out of breath "We're all set to leave"

Me and Robin jumped up automatically. Neither of us could wait to get home! Robin linked my arm and we walked as fast as we could without running.

We didn't bother saying goodbyes to the hotel like many other tourists had when we saw them leaving. Home was what we missed and we wouldn't miss this place. Although, it was adequate for the stay we had. I didn't want to return, purely because it was in London. My hatred for London had grown since I arrived here. Everything about the city I disliked. I was just so used to wide open spaces where you could breathe without smelling horse manure or sweat from the crowded streets. In Moonacre you could smell the fresh air and flowers. It was completely the opposite to the city. And I had grown to love it way more than I ever could love this city, any city ever again.

We got up onto the carriage as Digweed went to sit up front to ride. I was so happy! In a couple of hours I would be back with the rest of my family! Yes, I considered the De Noir's family too. The coach started swaying and I knew we'd set off. I didn't bother looking back for a last glimpse of the hotel. I didn't care to remember this stay. I was homeward bound, back to where I knew I belonged.


(A/N) Yes, it's short but it's kind of a filler chapter. I have something good planned for the next few chapters which I'm pretty excited to write about! So I'm sorry this chapter took so long to write! I got the fifth review for the Chapter 11 a couple of days back but I was just so busy with planning the twist that's about to come in a couple of chapters time! Plus I was checking out other fanfictions.

So, this time I'm going to stick with wanting 5 reviews. This isn't going to become a regular thing I promise! But I just so badly want some feedback before the twist comes in! Even if I do do this again, I promise from now on it will be only asking for a couple of reviews.

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