Sorry we haven't updated, there have been some. communication problems,
among other things. But now we are back! Go us! And we are bringing you
another chapter of Web of Magic. Hope you like!
~ Earth & Emerald
Disclaimer: We own nothing! Don't sue! Fearless belongs to Francine Pascal and Simon Pulse and whatever other companies are involved, and we claim zip!
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He knew that she hated his guts, but Ed never dreamed that she would actually kiss him. He felt the tears streaming down his face as he ran, but he didn't care.
"Yo! Ed, man! What's the prob?" shouted someone he vaguely knew by sight as he ran through the mansion aimlessly. He ignored the voice, and kept running, intent on getting as far away from the sight of Gaia and Sam as possible.
He heard footsteps behind him and knew that he would soon tire, giving Gaia, with all her superhuman strength, the opportunity to catch up to him. He continued to sprint through the halls anyway, until he reached a doorway leading to a vast garden. He ran through the door and looked around for somewhere to hide, even though he knew that it wouldn't work. But while the garden was very beautiful, everything in it was either too small or not leafy enough for him to hide behind. He was still looking frantically around when he heard the footsteps approach him and come to a halt. He felt a gentle hand on his shoulder and tried to jerk away, but the hand, while gentle, was firm and strong.
"Ed?"
Ed sighed and turned to face Gaia. "What?" he snapped. She recoiled and he winced. He hadn't meant to sound so harsh. "Sorry," he muttered.
"Ed, I'm sorry. But. I thought you had died! So I obviously thought that I wouldn't have a chance with you, since, you know, you were dead! But then you weren't dead and there I was with Sam but you were there too and why the hell is everyone alive all of a sudden? And-" Gaia's very inarticulate babbling spell was brought to a halt when Ed put his finger gently to her lips.
"Gaia," said Ed softly. "Stop babbling. I understand. Sorta. Well, I obviously don't completely understand, because I'm not a superhuman seventeen-year-old girl who has had two boyfriends, both of which have died suddenly and tragically and very painfully might I add, and not being said teenage girl I have never had said boyfriends suddenly come back to life and mess with my emotions, but I can understand a bit of what's going on. Sorta. But I'm still a little hurt that you would do that because I thought you were over Sam but I guess there is always some part of you that always loves someone and I know that you currently hate my guts so I'm also confused as to why you ran after me because I would think that you wouldn't care about my feelings and I'm glad to know that you don't hate me unless you're just being your usual compassionate self and you actually don't really care but if you're compassionate I guess you do so I guess that means that you do no matter what and that's good but I would prefer it to be the first way and not the second way and-" he was cut off by Gaia's laugh.
"Ed," she said once she had calmed down. "Who's babbling now? And everything you said was true, by the way. Except for that I hate your guts, which is completely false. But tell me - I watched you die. How can you be alive?"
Ed shrugged nonchalantly. "Dunno," he said. "I just kinda. died. then I woke up again. It was weird. But this isn't, like, the land of the dead or anything, because we're all alive, it's just." he trailed off and shrugged again. "I dunno," he said again. "It's confusing.
"One thing that I'm wondering, though," he continued, "is why you're here. You have to have died to come here, and even then only a couple of people arrive. Why, I don't know, but."
"I fell asleep last night and woke up here," said Gaia. "I guess I died in my sleep.. That sounds weird. 'I died in my sleep.'"
Ed laughed and agreed. Their talk turned to other, more lighthearted subjects. Then Ed took a deep breath.
"Gaia," he said, interrupting her babbling (again!) about the evils of health food, "I'm confused about something."
"Well so am I," she said laughingly. "Hell yeah!"
Ed laughed nervously. "No, not that. See, when I died, you didn't want anything to do with me. So why are you so friendly now?"
Gaia stopped smiling. Her face was serious and a bit sad. "Remember that night? When we."
"How could I forget?"
"Well, when you got shot at the morning after, I remembered what had happened to everyone else I had gotten close to."
"What?"
"They had died. Or disappeared, in the case of my dad. But he doesn't count. Then I realized that to keep you safe I would have to push you away. So I did. Apparently, it didn't work. So I'm sorry." Her face now was full of pain. "I'm really, really sorry."
Ed smiled. "Apology accepted," he said warmly. "Well, then I have a question for you." His smile faded. "Why were you kissing Sam?"
Gaia took a deep breath. "I really don't know. One minute his lips weren't there and the next-"
"Gaia!"
Gaia turned around, expecting to see Sam and have a case of déjà vu. "What is it with those two guys coming when you least want them?" she muttered. But the person smiling at her wasn't either. Gaia's jaw dropped.
"Mom?"
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Well, that's the third chapter. Kinda weird, we know. But most stuff will be explained in chapter four. So stay tuned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And review!!!!!!!!!!!!! Because we will not update unless we get good reviews!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: We own nothing! Don't sue! Fearless belongs to Francine Pascal and Simon Pulse and whatever other companies are involved, and we claim zip!
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He knew that she hated his guts, but Ed never dreamed that she would actually kiss him. He felt the tears streaming down his face as he ran, but he didn't care.
"Yo! Ed, man! What's the prob?" shouted someone he vaguely knew by sight as he ran through the mansion aimlessly. He ignored the voice, and kept running, intent on getting as far away from the sight of Gaia and Sam as possible.
He heard footsteps behind him and knew that he would soon tire, giving Gaia, with all her superhuman strength, the opportunity to catch up to him. He continued to sprint through the halls anyway, until he reached a doorway leading to a vast garden. He ran through the door and looked around for somewhere to hide, even though he knew that it wouldn't work. But while the garden was very beautiful, everything in it was either too small or not leafy enough for him to hide behind. He was still looking frantically around when he heard the footsteps approach him and come to a halt. He felt a gentle hand on his shoulder and tried to jerk away, but the hand, while gentle, was firm and strong.
"Ed?"
Ed sighed and turned to face Gaia. "What?" he snapped. She recoiled and he winced. He hadn't meant to sound so harsh. "Sorry," he muttered.
"Ed, I'm sorry. But. I thought you had died! So I obviously thought that I wouldn't have a chance with you, since, you know, you were dead! But then you weren't dead and there I was with Sam but you were there too and why the hell is everyone alive all of a sudden? And-" Gaia's very inarticulate babbling spell was brought to a halt when Ed put his finger gently to her lips.
"Gaia," said Ed softly. "Stop babbling. I understand. Sorta. Well, I obviously don't completely understand, because I'm not a superhuman seventeen-year-old girl who has had two boyfriends, both of which have died suddenly and tragically and very painfully might I add, and not being said teenage girl I have never had said boyfriends suddenly come back to life and mess with my emotions, but I can understand a bit of what's going on. Sorta. But I'm still a little hurt that you would do that because I thought you were over Sam but I guess there is always some part of you that always loves someone and I know that you currently hate my guts so I'm also confused as to why you ran after me because I would think that you wouldn't care about my feelings and I'm glad to know that you don't hate me unless you're just being your usual compassionate self and you actually don't really care but if you're compassionate I guess you do so I guess that means that you do no matter what and that's good but I would prefer it to be the first way and not the second way and-" he was cut off by Gaia's laugh.
"Ed," she said once she had calmed down. "Who's babbling now? And everything you said was true, by the way. Except for that I hate your guts, which is completely false. But tell me - I watched you die. How can you be alive?"
Ed shrugged nonchalantly. "Dunno," he said. "I just kinda. died. then I woke up again. It was weird. But this isn't, like, the land of the dead or anything, because we're all alive, it's just." he trailed off and shrugged again. "I dunno," he said again. "It's confusing.
"One thing that I'm wondering, though," he continued, "is why you're here. You have to have died to come here, and even then only a couple of people arrive. Why, I don't know, but."
"I fell asleep last night and woke up here," said Gaia. "I guess I died in my sleep.. That sounds weird. 'I died in my sleep.'"
Ed laughed and agreed. Their talk turned to other, more lighthearted subjects. Then Ed took a deep breath.
"Gaia," he said, interrupting her babbling (again!) about the evils of health food, "I'm confused about something."
"Well so am I," she said laughingly. "Hell yeah!"
Ed laughed nervously. "No, not that. See, when I died, you didn't want anything to do with me. So why are you so friendly now?"
Gaia stopped smiling. Her face was serious and a bit sad. "Remember that night? When we."
"How could I forget?"
"Well, when you got shot at the morning after, I remembered what had happened to everyone else I had gotten close to."
"What?"
"They had died. Or disappeared, in the case of my dad. But he doesn't count. Then I realized that to keep you safe I would have to push you away. So I did. Apparently, it didn't work. So I'm sorry." Her face now was full of pain. "I'm really, really sorry."
Ed smiled. "Apology accepted," he said warmly. "Well, then I have a question for you." His smile faded. "Why were you kissing Sam?"
Gaia took a deep breath. "I really don't know. One minute his lips weren't there and the next-"
"Gaia!"
Gaia turned around, expecting to see Sam and have a case of déjà vu. "What is it with those two guys coming when you least want them?" she muttered. But the person smiling at her wasn't either. Gaia's jaw dropped.
"Mom?"
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Well, that's the third chapter. Kinda weird, we know. But most stuff will be explained in chapter four. So stay tuned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And review!!!!!!!!!!!!! Because we will not update unless we get good reviews!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!