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READ THIS: I'm not doing the hero rank thing for you to be able to awaken the Harvest King. It would take too much time and the plot would go slow so I'm making it that as soon as Edge's bell is rang that all the bells will rang simultaneously. It's not to rush the plot but to make it simpler.
On with the story!
~Angela's POV~
"Where are...we going...?" Wizard asked as I dragged him towards the railing on the Watermill.
"We're running away from Chase and Molly's awkward moment."
"But-"
"Plus! I don't want to miss my opportunity to watch the moon with an expert stargazer." I flashed him a smile and he smirked.
"I wouldn't call me...an expert..."
"Well I would!" I looked out to the ocean that was glistening from the mid-morning sun.
"Say Wizard...what's your wish?" I asked him. He then followed my gaze.
"My wish?...It's very...selfish..."
"I don't care. You're my friend so I don't care what it is. I'll listen to you and I won't judge." He was silent for a moment.
"...I'd like a telescope that let's me peer into the heart of the universe itself." He said it so boldly and with so much certainty.
I looked at him and saw him smiling sheepishly.
"It's...selfish isn't it...?" He said.
"No." He turned to face me with much surprise.
"No. It's not. It's very deep and profound. Just like you!" He gave a small smile but slowly turned his head away from me.
"Are you flustered?" I teased him.
"No...something caught...my interest..."
"Don't lie-"
"I mean it...look..." He cut me off and I followed his gaze.
At first I thought it was going to be an animal that was taunting Wizard. Maybe even a villager spying on us, getting the wrong idea. But instead, my eyes met a cloaked figure that was seemingly looking at us. I started to move towards them.
"Hello-" Wizard suddenly flung me behind him.
"Don't get close..." He warned me as I peered over his shoulder at the shadowy figure.
Silence filled the air for only a moment until Wizard spoke up.
"What are...your intentions...?" He asked calmly.
The cloaked figure removed it's hood to reveal a dark-haired beauty with deep green eyes.
"Keria...?" Wizard mumbled and began moving toward the girl.
"Wizard wait! What if-"
"It's okay...I know her..." He assured me and started toward the girl again. I reluctantly followed him.
"Keria...what are you doing here...?" Wizard asked the girl.
She stared at him before turning her soft gaze at me.
"Oh...I had forgotten...one moment..." Wizard said before waving his hand in the air, producing a pad of paper and a pencil.
He handed it to the girl who began to jolt something down and show it to Wizard.
"Yes...this is one of them..." He replied.
She looked towards me and began to scribble on the pad again. She then turned it towards me to read what she had written.
"I am Keria. I have some information on the Bringer and the title object." It said.
I gave her a serious look.
"I need to get Molly. Let's move this conversation elsewhere." And I grabbed the girls hand, dashing off towards Harmonica Town.
~Molly's POV~
Chase and I sat eating in the Inn. It was really quiet between us.
"What were you really thinking about? Before we came here I mean." He suddenly asked.
"Food. This food." I stated and shoved another bite into my mouth.
"I don't believe you."
"That's fine with me..." I muttered and didn't look at him.
I actually didn't have a clue as to what I was eating but at the moment I didn't care. Anything to make him forget the matter of the picture I had in my head.
"...My wish...is to make people happy with my cooking..." Chase suddenly piped up and my ears perked up, though I didn't look at him.
"But I already do that...so I guess...I want to get a little bit better everyday." I peered up at Chase and saw that he was a little pink.
"Why'd you tell me your wish?" I asked him.
"Because now you have to tell me yours."
I bit my lip and stared at him. He gave a deep sigh.
"What's up with you Molly?"
"Well-"
"Hey! Molly!" Angela burst through the Inn doors.
'Thank you Angela! You're wonderful!' I thought happily until I surveyed the scene in front of me.
Angela and Wizard had brought along with them a girl with black hair and dark green eyes. Standing next to Wizard, her pale skin looked even paler than a full moon. What set me over the edge was the black cloak that adorned her and Chase seemed to have stiffen as well...in fact he seemed ready to pounce.
"Calm down Chase. She's an ally." Angela alerted us lowly so the other patrons wouldn't hear. I figured the girl was alright because the cloaked woman that was against us had copper colored hair.
As soon as Chase and I stood up, we were approached by Maya.
"What's going on here? Is something happening again? Who is that?" She started, a little angrily.
"Maya w-" I started but she glared at me.
"Why is it that when something bad happens, all of you seem to be at the center of it?" She asked.
"We don't have time for this..." Angela grumbled and we started out the door. Maya rushed out behind us and grabbed the person who was the last one out the door. Unfortunately, it was Chase.
"Maya let go!" Chase scolded her.
"Not until you tell me what's going on!"
"Maya, we don't-"
"Why are you taking Chase with you?" Maya cut him off and was on the verge of tears now. She was looking directly at me.
"Look we-"
"He's gonna get hurt again! He's gonna get hurt because of you..." She cried and I felt my chest begin to hurt.
'He could get hurt again...and it would be my fault...'
"Let me-"
"Chase, you stay here." I cut him off and he stared at me.
"What are you saying?" He asked angrily.
"That you need to stay here this time. You were pulled into this by a bad slip up on fate's part. If you just stop following us now then you'll be left alone." I explained to him, trying hard to keep my voice steady.
"What if I want to be part of this?" He asked. I couldn't think of any reasoning to say to him, my mind went blank.
"You'll just get in the way!" I suddenly shouted, I regretted the words as soon as they left my mouth. Chase's anger left his face and we stared at each other for a moment. I don't know what my face looked like but I knew I felt mortified and shocked that I had just told him that. An indescribable emotion crossed his face.
"Molly! Come on!" Angela's voice brought me back to our mission at hand. I gave one last glance at Chase before rushing off towards the Farmlands where Angela most likely decided to hold our discussion. When we got there, Wizard and the woman were already standing outside of Angela's completed house.
"Wizard, what's going on?" I asked him.
"Let's go in...before we talk..." He said and Angela lead the way into her house. She gave one glance around her new house that was fully furnished but she didn't bother to explore at the moment. Instead, we all sat around the table in the middle of her kitchen. The pale woman looked from to Angela several times with a stern expression. She then took out a pad of paper and a pencil and began to write on it.
"What's she doing?" I asked Angela.
"I don't think she can talk. She uses that to communicate with." After Angela stopped talking, the woman placed her written message in front of me.
"I'm Keria, I hail from a different island. I have some urgent news for both you and your sister that will help you a lot." It read.
"About the Rogue Sprite?" I asked and she nodded.
"What do you know?" Angela asked and Keria began to scribble on the pad again.
"I know how to break the spell upon the title object."
"How did you get that information?" I asked her suspiciously.
"She is...an ally Molly...stay calm..." Wizard relayed to me and I relaxed a little in my chair. Keria placed the paper in front of me again.
"It was easy to get. The Bringer lives on my island. I knew what she was planning the moment it started and I knew it wouldn't be good for anyone. Especially the residents of the island."
"Why are you helping us?" Angela asked and Keria, again, wrote on the pad of paper.
"Witch is a good friend of mine and I don't mind Wizard. I would be sad if they died because of this woman."
"Enough with these questions though. How do we break the spell?" I asked.
"You have to restore this land to the way it was originally. The Harvest King shall be awakened then. After that, only the purest of the two hearts can destroy the object and it must be during the prime lunar phase of the year."
"But...that's tonight!" Angela exclaimed. Keria nodded.
"We don't have enough wishes to revive Edge's bell though!" Keria shook her head in disagreement and wrote something on her pad again. She pushed Wizard away slightly so he wouldn't see and handed the pad to Angela and I.
"There is one way. Because you are of pure heart the wish of someone you hold dear to you can power the wishing shrine up with just two wishes. But it must be someone you care deeply for." She wrote.
"Someone...but you don't have a wish." Angela said to me.
"No...but doesn't he?" I asked, subtly hinting towards Wizard.
"Yeah, but...I mean...maybe..." Angela seemed unsure.
"It's okay. We just have to try and see if it works."
"Whose wish will you use?" She asked me.
"...I'll just have to use his..." I muttered, thinking of Chase. Although he probably was angry beyond belief with me I still cared about him.
"We should go...before the sun sets..." Wizard said. I knew that the bells wouldn't ring if the sun wasn't out so we had to get moving.
We stood abruptly from our chairs but I stopped and turned to Keria.
"Before we start this...who is the Bringer?" The question was burning strong on my mind. Angela turned to face Keria as well as she scribbled on the paper. Wizard's eyes grew wide as he saw what she was writing.
She handed us the paper and I almost couldn't hold on to reality. Angela gripped my arm to keep herself steady. I looked at Keria with shock and she gave me a sympathetic look.
"But she's...she's supposed to be...dead..." Angela stuttered.
Though it was a short chapter I think it was quite filled with many things. I hope it didn't seem too blazeh blazeh and I wanted to update this really soon instead of Design! Fight! Love? So DFL is gonna be updated next now.
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