kind of a fluff chapter. But fun all the same. Some connections going on. Wizard is struggling more and more with his feelings.
There were dark storm clouds threatening to spill their heavy raindrops over the island of castanet. The wind whipped up and blew everything around. Molly was safe inside her house, wrapped up in a blanket with Chase. Molly had never imagined falling in love when she came to this island, but wit was love that she'd found. As the storm threatened to spill it's contents over the island, Molly and Chase snuggled close talking in hushed voices about their prospective days. They rarely spent nights apart anymore. Usually Chase would come over after his shift at the Brass Bar, and they would have a little time before Molly fell back asleep. She would nap before he arrived, so she could spend some time with him. It was turning into quite a nice routine.
Storms no longer frightened her, and she had less dreams of Ozari these days. Life was really getting better. She needed to get progress going on the Blue Bell, and fast. She didn't want winter to approach without most of the bells being rung. While neither of them had said those three little words yet, Molly had never felt something like this in her life's the connection she had with Chase was indescribable.
"Molly," Chase whispered.
"Yes?" Molly asked looking up at him.
"I'm glad you are here," Chase answered. "I'm glad you came to this island."
"Me too," Molly sighed. She snuggled further into his arms. She felt her eyes become heavy, but was reluctant to move because she felt so comfortable. Molly drifted off into a deep dreamless sleep.
The impending storm was nothing to worry about. Wizard had made sure to study the storm at it's first signs. There was nothing signaling that this would be dangerous. Wizard could feel the warmth from the crystal each night. He knew it was a result of Molly's feelings for Chase. The sharp pang in his chest returned as he thought of Molly with the cook. He rather disliked the feeling. But these days, he could think of little else. It distracted him from his work. He wasn't sure why he was so distracted. He had not felt human emotions for years. Even in dreams he couldn't get away from his thoughts of Molly. He'd first chalked it up to being connected to her because of their quest to save the island, but now he knew it was more than that.
"Why can't I stop thinking about her?" Wizard asked. He threw himself into more research. Thinking about Molly and Chase would do nothing at this point.
Molly smiled and hummed an old love song her mother used to sing as she made her way to Harmonica Town. She'd woken up to Chase making her pancakes. She loved waking up to seeing him in the morning. She loved him. She smiled even wider as that thought crossed her mind. She was in love! The storm from the night before had finally abated.
Today, Molly was determined to find out more about the blue bell and it's melody. So much had happened, that she'd quite forgotten about it. She made her way to the lighthouse, so she could talk to Paolo, to find out more about the song.
"Do you know the melody of the blue bell?" Molly asked Paolo after arriving at the lighthouse. Paolo looked at her blankly for a moment. She inwardly groaned, this was getting her no where. Paolo scratched his head for a moment.
"I know the melody of the town that my dad and I used to sing! I don't quite remember it, but Phoebe helped me a while ago create an apparatus so we could remember it!" Paolo stated.
"Really?" Molly asked.
"Yes," Paolo answered. He pointed to a drawing on the wall of the lighthouse. She saw a crayon drawing, but there appeared to be something missing. Paolo quickly drew the missing item in. "If you can collect all these items, we can hear it!" Molly sighed. Yet another scavenger hunt that she'd have to go on.
"Thanks buddy," Molly replied. Paolo gave her a huge smile.
"Wait!" Paolo exclaimed. "You'll need to go to the watery cave for the black pearl!" Molly thanked Paolo again and quickly left. She was anxious to get to the watery cave.
"I'm not really sure what type of trickery your little island is involved in!" Agent Bryan shouted at Gill for what seemed to be the hundredth time. Gill resisted the urge to roll his eyes and the agent. There were no tricks,at t that was impossible to convince a non believer of this. He had sent the younger girl agent back to the city a few days ago, but had decided to stay on himself. Gill had hoped he would leave soon as well.
"No tricks," Gill sighed. They had been through this many times already. Luna walked in through the town Hall doors. She held a picnic basket in her hands. Gill couldn't help but smile. These days Luna was being more attentive.
"This is not over Mr. Hamilton. I am not going away!" Agent Bryan fumed.
"I won't stand in your way," Gill replied. He turned his attention to Luna who walked up and planted a kiss ok his cheek. He knew it was useless to feel excited about it, but he still felt the tiny jolt.
"Let's have an indoor picnic!" Luna exclaimed. Gill threw a look towards Agent Bryan.
"We done with this little yelling session?" Gill asked annoyed. Agent Bryan glared at him.
"For now," he grumbled. Agent Bryan glared at Gill, then quickly left to leave the two in peace.
"I don't like that man!" Luna replied wrinkling her nose. She was breathtakingly beautiful today. She wore a light violet sundress that accentuated her pink hair and bright blue eyes.
"Yeah, neither do I," Gill scowled. Then he quickly smiled. He was not going to allow Agent Bryan the luxury of ruining his time spent with Luna.