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AN: I'm so sorry for the wait! I'm really, really naughty for not updating and I'm so sorry. I guess I'll stop talking now though and let you read this chapter! I hope you like it :)


Tales of the Village People

Episode 28--- Jill


"No.. not you.. I can't.." Ray watched as Katie dropped down to her knees letting the rock fall from her hand. "Ray..." Ray felt fear forming in his stomach as he awkwardly ran and knelt down next her.

"Katie, what's wrong?" She let him take her into an embrace as she let the tears roll down her face. "Katie? Talk to me.." She looked up at him to find herself staring into his concerned gaze and she could feel herself shattering into a million pieces.

"Kill me..." Ray shook her off him and held her tightly by the shoulders.

"Why are you saying that? I'm not going to kill you!" He could feel her tense as she looked away from him. Letting go of her he watched as she turned her head back in his direction, their eyes locking onto each others. "Why would you want to die?" Ray's voice was barely audible over the rain that continued to pour down on them.

"Because... everything's my fault.." Ray could feel his stomach churning inside hearing her voice crack as she hid her face into her hands. "I don't want to see them die!" She stood staring up into the sky, letting the rain wash her face of all her tears.

"Katie, what are you talking about?" Her head shot in his direction narrowing her eyes as she glared at him.

"I won't see them die!" She ran past him straying off the mountain trail running in between all the bushes and trees heading in only one direction.

"Katie!" Ray ran after her as his stomach did back flips, this could not end well. "Katie, Katie wait!" He ran as fast as he could ducking under tree branches and swatting at the bushes that kept sticking him making him wince in pain. "Katie!" He couldn't hear anything except for the rain falling down on top of him with the cracking sounds of leaves and branches he broke in his path. "Katie! Katie, where are you?!" He just kept running and running taking turns here and there hoping he would spot her. He knew he was getting lost but he had to find her. "KATIE!" Everywhere he looked he just saw more trees with darkness creeping around them, everything looked the same. "I'm going in circles.." He gasped as he looked around trying to see something, anything that wasn't a tree or bush. "Ugh.." He fell face forward into the ground feeling the side of his face burn in pain. He slowly tried to sit up when he suddenly felt something forcefully push him back down.

"Just where do you think you're going? Hey! Look what I found!" Ray turned over and stared up at the small figure that stood in front of him.

"No.." Ray couldn't believe it.

"Ohh, it's a cute one isn't it?" Ray turned his head in the direction that the low raspy voice had come from to see another small figure approaching. It was hard to concentrate on it while it moved, it seemed to just get lost in all the shadows surrounding them.

"She'd like it, wouldn't she?" The low voice of the first figure asked the other one. Ray eyes were wide as he stared at them feeling all the little hairs on the back of his neck stand on end.

"Imps.." Ray thought as he tried to back away.

"Going so soon?" Ray winced as he felt another imp that had come out of the darkness grab a tight hold on his hair. "The girl was suppose to kill this one, wasn't she?" This voice was different from the others, softer if that was possible. It almost sounded feminine.

"Let me go!" Ray tried to break away from the imps grasp, using all his energy trying his best to force himself out of the imp's hands. Ray winced as he felt himself being pulled up from the ground a few inches by his hair.

"Where do you want to go?" The imp holding onto him asked. The raspy voice floating around his head making him dizzy. Laughter from the other two figures could be heard circling around him as he slowly tried to point in a direction.

"There?" Ray tried to nod as he felt the imp's hold on his hair become stronger. Suddenly he felt himself flying through the air crashing into a tree, the bark scraping his face as he slid down it. High pitched laughter ran through Ray's brain as he felt a searing pain developing in his head, then stomping, louder and louder until he felt a hold on his hair again pulling him up to face the rough skinned face of the imp who threw him. "Having fun? Where would you like to go now?" Before Ray could even process what the imp had said he felt himself being thrown through the air again landing hard on a rock penetrating his shirt piercing his shoulder. He called out in pain as he felt himself being pulled up again by a rough hand.

"Hey! I found this one! You don't get to have all the fun with him!" The imp shook him from side to side as he yelled at the other one. Back and forth, back and forth Ray could hardly even understand what they three imps started yelling at each other. Before he knew it they all had a hold on him, pulling at him, scratching him with their nails and skin that felt like bark.

"Drop him." Ray groaned being suddenly dropped to the ground with a hard thud. "He is supposed to be with the girl."

"Sorry Miss, we just found him laying here!"

"We didn't know that he was supposed to be with the girl!"

"We didn't mean to interrupt your plans!"

Opening his eyes, Ray squinted up at the four figures. Watching the imps jump around the cloaked one in the middle yelling out explanations about what they were doing.

"That's enough. Go back to the lake, I'll be there later tonight if all goes right." Ray tried to identify the person in the cloak craning his neck up to get a better look. It was impossible though with the rain blurring his vision with the rushing pain swarming through his head.

"Yes.." Gaping, he saw the imps vanish into the shadows leaving no trace of their existence behind. The cloaked figure looked up and Ray gaze got lost in a trance of viridian eyes.

"You're supposed to be with Katie." With a rush Ray felt himself flying through the air for what felt like the millionth time tonight, this time was different though. He was practically flying through the woods turning here and there, before he finally got pushed through a bush causing leaving to fly everywhere around him as he landed on the ground. Moaning he looked ahead of him to see he was at the top of the mountain, the cliff's tempting drop only a few yards away in front of him. What he was staring at wasn't the edge of the Cliff though, it was the girl only inches from falling off it.

He groaned trying to lift himself up off the ground. "Katie..."


The rain was starting to calm down to just a drizzle as Maria and Gray came up the pathway. They looked tired from running for so long and were now sluggishly walking through the cold weather. Pulling his hands inside the sleeves of his shirt Gray crossed his arms hugging them to himself tightly, he hated being cold.

"Maria, can you tell me where we're going now?" He shivered watching his breath turn into a fog in front of him.

"It's just a little bit farther up this hill." She was walking a few paces ahead of him not seeming to be bothered by the cold at all. He sighed as he continued to follow her up the pathway that was conveniently only 'a little bit farther' every time he questioned her. "There." He looked up to see her pointing to a spring just a little off the side of the trail. Gray followed her off the trail and stood in front of it peering down into the water.

"Is this the-"

"The Harvest Goddess Spring? Yes.. it is." Maria finished for him as she knelt down to get a better look into the water.

"Why are we here?" Gray asked, wondering why he followed her now. He was cold and he came all this way with her to look at a spring? She picked up a flower next to her twirling it between her fingers.

"This is where I used to go when I was little. When I got upset... you know? I used to make a wish to be happy." Gray watched as she continued twirling the flower between her fingers as she gazed into the spring. "But.. I don't know Gray. Don't you feel that tugging feeling that just makes you feel like you should be here right now?"

"Like something's just wrong?" Maria and Gray both snapped their heads in the direction of the new voice. They turned to see Nina sitting a few feet away from them with her cotton candy pink hair soaked to the side of her face. How long had she been sitting there? Why didn't they notice her?

"Yeah.." Maria agreed with her. Gray shook his head, he didn't feel anything.


Jack took in a deep breath as he walked onto his old farm. He's only been gone a short while but already the fields were overbearing with weeds. The old fence of his pasture was just barely visible through the thick pack of plants covering his old field. The night he had found May's body instantly flashed through his mind and he shook his head.

Why did you have to see that May? Why? I never wanted you to get hurt..

"Can I help you?" Breaking his gaze from the pasture he turned to find a pretty blonde girl standing in front of him. She wore blue overalls similar to his and stood with her hands on her hips, tilting her head to the side.

"Who are you?!" Jack blurted out raising an eyebrow at the girl.

"Who are you? You're the one who just barged right into my farm." She glared at him as she used her arm show she was talking about the land they were standing on.

"You bought the farm? When?" Jack couldn't believe it. Already? He hadn't been gone that long and already another owner?

"Who are you?" She said again ignoring his questions.

"Oh, uh, sorry." He put a hand to the back of his head, surprising himself when he let a smile break out across his face. "I'm Jack. This uhh, used to be my farm. I live in The Village now though.." He glanced down at her watching as her expression finally soften, despite what she was wearing Jack felt himself blush and looked down at his shoes to hide it. She was really pretty.

"Oh.. I heard a lot about you. I'm Jill." She smiled causing her Sapphire eyes to light up as she put out a hand and Jack shook it.

"Sorry I just walked right in. I didn't know someone already bought this place." He felt his hands going towards his hat as he nervously started adjusting it.

"That's alright. Why are you here though? Any reason in particular?" Jack blinked and he could suddenly see May's face smiling in front of him and quickly started to shake his head trying to get the image out of his mind.

"I'm just passing through actually. Shorter this way to the Wit- uhh, I mean the Spring." Jill gave him a confused look raises both her eyebrows at him. "The Spring. I just felt like going there because.." She continued to stare at him and Jack started walking to the farm's exit. "I'll see you later!" He yelled a little more enthusiastic then he'd like to. He waved and turned around running out of there before Jill even had a chance to say goodbye.


End of Chapter 28