From a Dream
written by aeyta
note: a ha ha. i know. im bad. im gonna try to shoot for 15kb per chapter now. if it falls below. bite me. all my other chapters are fucking short so i want a long chapter to make up for it. hn. i dont think i can do it though. @_@ sigh. i might make a LEENA shrine. : )
but i have to finish a skuld shrine first. at least the skuld shrine and maybe another shrine, like a tifa shrine. i dunnoo... my websites are bad but i dont care. : )
i wanna buy a domain. : ) but im broke like a joke. : ( okay. just read it now. ill stop talking. : |
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-- Part Four ... The Time Capsule --
Leena froze.
The spatula.
The notes.
And a piece of wood.
Leena opened the piece of paper with trembling fingers, she could almost remember.
She opened it and in a very messy handwriting it said, "My nam is Leena. Im fiv yirs old. I lik spatulas. Im Surge. Stupid. Yu spel it Serge. Sory Leena. Yu shud be. Ok. We bot hop to fin dis in yirs."
Leena's whole body froze as she remembered a past that was long forgotten.
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"Leena!" Serge cried.
"What?" Leena asked in her adorable voice, her green eyes blinked as they looked at the blue-haired boy. She smiled and giggled to herself as Serge gave a lopsided smile.
"Well..." Serge began.
"What?" Leena asked again.
"Wanna build a time capsule?" Serge gave another lopsided smile.
Leena blinked. "Time capsule?"
"Ya know. Those boxes you dig up good and find years later," Serge explained, a very serious look on his small boyish face.
Leena blinked. "Okay."
Serge beamed, he was just a young five-year old boy who was turning six soon, and he had a crush on Leena so he was trying to impress her in some way.
"When we open the time capsule in many years..." began the boy. "We'll remember things we forgot!"
Leena laughed as Serge caught himself before he could trip. He gave a very mock hurt look, his big mouth was open, "That's not funny!" he said crossly.
Leena burst out in little giggles, "It is too!" Serge laughed too, his laugh was much louder and bigger than Leena's.
Leena laughed again, "Your laugh is really loud Serge!" And they laughed together.
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Leena didn't want to remember this. She didn't want to know this. She wanted it all to go away.
Her mind screamed and Leena started seeing images and forgotten memories flooding back to her mind. She could feel someone shaking her and she could hear people saying "Leena."
She didn't want this. Not anymore.
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"We need a box first," said Serge.
"Why?" asked Leena curiously. She still didn't really know exactly what a time capsule was.
"Because," said Serge in mock exasperation. "The worms won't eat the stuff we put in there!"
Leena laughed. "The worms won't eat those!"
"Yes they will!" Serge insisted.
"No! I don't think they will!"
"Yes."
"No."
"Uh-huh!"
"Nuh-uh!"
"Uh-huh!"
"Nuh-uh!"
"SERGE!" yelled a lady's voice.
Both kids automatically stopped their talk and turned to the woman.
"Serge, you have to clean your room," the woman said.
Serge's eyes widened, large puppy-dog eyes, "Pleeease Mommy! I wanna make a time capsule with Leena!"
"Really now?" The woman asked, a clearly amused look on her face.
"Yeah, can I go now?" Serge started to run away slowly, holding onto Leena's hand, hoping his mother wouldn't notice him.
"Serge. I don't think so." Serge sighed and he turned back.
"But moooooooooommy!" Leena looked at him, resisting the urge to laugh.
"Serge you should keep your room clean like mine!"
Serge's mother smiled. "You should listen to Leena more."
"Oh! Not you too Leena!" Serge turned to the girl.
The girl smirked, her eyes looking at him in a teasing way, "Serge, you should know better!" She and Serge's mother laughed as Serge started to pout.
"Okay young boy, once you clean your room, I'll help you with the time capsule," Serge's mother compromised with a smile on her face.
Serge sighed, "I guess. There's no other way out," he said gravely with a serious look.
Leena looked worried, "Serge?"
Serge's mother laughed and patted Serge on the head. "Don't worry Leena, he likes to do that. Serge, when you're finished come back outside, Leena and I are going to eat cookies and drink lemonade." Serge's mother looked at Leena with a smile and Leena laughed at the pouting Serge.
"Don't worry, just hurry up and clean!" Leena exclaimed.
"Leena, I'm going to start the lemonade, say your last words to Serge before you go out," Serge's mother walked out to the kitchen.
Serge pouted at Leena, "This sucks."
"It's fine Serge, it won't be too hard," Leena nodded.
"You haven't seen my room," Serge said gravely.
Leena laughed at his serious look, "Serge, I should go now so that you could start on your cleaning!" Leena waved him good-bye before running out, her dress trailing after her.
Serge sighed before he walked to his room.
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"I finished!" yelled Serge as he ran outside to the little patio where his mother and Leena were sitting in chairs. Leena was trying to act very nice to impress Serge's mother so she sat up as straight as she could, sipping her lemonade very slowly, making sure not to spill a drop. Serge's mother looked on with amusement.
"Leena? What are you doing?" asked Serge crossly. He didn't like this Leena, _his_ Leena was very playful and hyper while this Leena was refined and neat... no, Leena was naturally neat but this time Leena was _trying_ to be neat.
Leena looked at him, her troubled eyes were now filled with delight. When you're little, little things mean big things so she was worried that maybe she wasn't making Serge's mother happy at all if she was too messy; even though Leena was very neat.
"You're finished!" Leena jumped out of the chair and ran to Serge.
"The time capsule!" they both said in unison. Serge's mother laughed, she thought the two children were so adorable, they always acted so silly and were inseperable friends. Leena being a hyper girl who was very neat and clean, always trying to impress people; Serge who was this little boy who was extremely messy and always tried to do different things, and impress Leena; she just found this completely amusing.
Serge held onto Leena's small hand and dragged her away from his mother who raised an eyebrow, he started to whisper in her ear and she listened very attentively. She smiled as he talked more and more.
They broke apart, Leena looked at her toes poking out of her sandals while Serge looked at his mother. "Mooooooommy," he started. She looked straight at him with a straight face. "Do you have an extra wooden box that me and Leena can keep?" he asked.
His mother sighed. "For the time capsule," she stated more than asking.
"Yeah!" Serge said loudly, Leena looked embarrased.
"Serge," she scolded quietly. "Don't be so loud!"
Serge looked at her with a pout that covered half his face, "But Leeeeeena!" he whined.
Leena looked at him with mock seriousness, then looked up thoughtfully, "No buts!" she decided. Serge sighed with a pout.
"Mooommy, can I?" Serge asked.
Serge's mother looked at him thoughtfully, she smiled, "Hold on," his mother walked back inside the house.
Serge looked excited, "She's going to give us one!" he exclaimed.
"Well, of course she would, she's really nice," Leena remarked back, she brushed back her long red hair with her small hand.
"Hm... Leena," started Serge.
"What?" Leena blinked.
"Well..." Serge put on his grave look again. "I'm afraid I might have to leave you later."
"What?" Leena was surprised. Serge was her best friend, he wouldn't play a joke like this on her... or would he?
"You see, I want to become a travelor. I'm going to travel around the world and kill monsters," Serge said with a confident nodd.
"Oh Serge! You must take me with you!" Leena said with a hopeful look.
Serge nodded and stood out, looking up at the sun striking a pose. "I must defend our country," he said with drama.
Leena laughed but stopped abrubtly when he turned his head and looked at her with a 'work-with-me-here' look. "Oh, but you must take me with you!" she acted, flinging her hand to her forehead. "I'd ever so miss you!"
"Then, Leena, I promise I'll take you with me anywhere," Serge said, striking another pose.
"You should, because I will be in grave despair if you left me alone!" Leena said as she struck another pose as well.
Leena went out of her pose right when Serge's mother went back out, with a very amused look on her face. "What are you kids doing now?"
Leena blushed, her face turning a crimson color which was darker than her light, strawberry-gold hair. Serge just pointed a finger at her, laughing as she turned redder and redder.
"Serge!" she said irritably, "That's not very nice of you!" She started to pout for the first time that day.
"Here's the box," Serge's mother handed them a wooden box that was very plain. Serge took the box with hurry while Leena looked embarrased again.
"Thank you very much," Leena said graciously.
Serge's mother watched as the two kids ran out of sight.
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Serge and Leena ran to Opassa Beach, they both sat down on the soft sand and ran to the water, letting the water run over their little feet, once in a while they would dip their hands in the water as the sand lifted and drifted in between their fingers.
After a while, they both sat down to see the sun set down, letting majestic colors flow out into the ocean. It was a breathtaking scene to look at.
"After we dig the time capsule, and we find it many years later, where do you think we will be?" asked Serge while he looked straight at the ocean.
Leena looked at Serge with a curious look in her enormous green eyes before gazing back at the sun set. "I dunno... what do you think?"
"Maybe we will be married!" Serge exclaimed.
"What?" Leena looked surprised, the shock was too big for her small face.
"Yeah," Serge started. He got something out of his pocket, a small ring of green twine, "Wanna marry me Leena?"
Leena smiled and took the ring graciously, putting it on her pinky finger. "Okay."
"We'll remember this forever, right?" Serge asked somewhat worried.
"Of course, why?" Leena asked, she was getting worried too.
"Because, we're getting married so young while most people get married when they're much older."
"Oh, it's because we're special," Leena said in a matter-of-fact manner.
"Let's go back to work on the time capsule."
"Okay." Leena blinked.
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"Okay, you write first Leena," said Serge.
Leena took a piece of paper and looked at it thoughtfully before jotting things down as neat as she could in her messy handwriting. She gave the paper to Serge, "Here." He wrote stuff as well and they both kept switching. Serge's mother had helped them when they needed to spell something.
"Okay, now here's this peice of wood," Serge started.
"Uh-huh," Leena blinked.
"Let me carve the first letters of our names like this," Serge seemed to be concentrating very hard before showing her the piece of wood. It said on it very messily, "S+L".
"Okay, what next?" Leena asked.
"Put something you like a lot in it," Serge said. Leena looked at him thoughtfully before running to her house, in her room, running back out with a little mini-spatula.
She presented it to him happily and he took it, putting it in the box with the piece of wood and the note.
"What about you?" Leena asked. "Something you like."
Serge looked at the floor before grabbing Leena's hand, trying to shove her in the box.
"Hey!" Leena shrieked. "What are you doing?"
"I like you," Serge shrugged.
"Something that fits and ISN'T alive!" Leena said testily.
Serge shrugged before taking off his bandana and putting it in the box.
"Okay, good," Leena said with a smile.
"Leena," a voice yelled.
"Serge, it's getting late, give me the box. We'll bury it tomorrow," Leena said as Serge gave her the box.
"Bye Leena!" Serge yelled as she started to walk.
Leena turned around. "Bye Serge!"
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Leena woke up, yawning and stretching out her arms and legs. "Hm... OH! The time capsule!" Leena remembered.
She jumped out of her bed and hurrily got ready for the day, then she grabbed the box and ran out of her house with excitement. She ran towards Opassa Beach, her and Serge's meeting place.
She put the box down when she got there, Serge was not there.
"Serge?" she called out. "Where are you?"
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Leena ran to Serge's house and knocked on the door hastily.
"Mrs. Serge's Mother, is Serge their?" asked Leena very neatly.
Serge's mother looked at Leena, tears streaming down her face. "Leena..." she started.
Leena looked at her curiously. "Yes Mrs. Serge's Mother?"
"Serge is... gone," she said.
Leena's lower lip quivered before she spoke again, "What do you mean?"
"Serge drowned," she said quietly.
Leena looked at the box and then the little ring on her finger. Leena shook her head. "He can't be dead, he and I are married," Leena said, nodding to herself. Serge's mother started to cry.
"Mrs. Serge's Mother... please don't cry!" Leena said, she started to get worried seeing Serge's mother break down.
"Leena... he's dead," Serge's mother said. "Will you not cry for him?"
"I will not cry for him," Leena said firmly, Serge's mother looked up at her with wonder. "Serge is a strong boy and I believe he is alive out there somewhere. And if he really is dead, I do not worry because we will meet again.
"From what I know, Mrs. Serge's Mother, death is something we know nothing of. I think that perhaps there is something after," Leena ended promptly before she started to walk away.
"Leena," Serge's mother started. Leena turned around to look at her.
"Yes?" Leena asked.
"You are like my daughter then."
"How?" Leena asked.
"You're married to Serge, aren't you?"
"Yes."
"Do not cry for him then, for maybe there is something after death."
"I believe there is."
"Where are you going?" Serge's mother asked.
"I'm burying the time capsule. He would want me to do that," Leena said as she looked at the time capsule. Serge's mother nodded in approval and Leena walked away to her backyard.
She dug it near the rose bush, it felt more appropriate. Before she did, she took off her ring and put it in the capsule.
Leena sighed, making sure not to cry.
"I will miss you. You broke your promise. You said you'd take me with you anywhere."
Leena covered the box with the excess dirt.
"Then again, promises are meant to be broken, hm Serge? Good bye."
And Leena got up, walked back to her room, hoping to sleep but her stomach felt empty and her part of her heart felt void. The way it would feel for a few more years.
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Leena woke up, she wouldn't cry. Not now. Not here. She put a hand to her forehead, a fire was going on and she saw Neya tending it.
Neya turned around, "Leena! I'm glad you're awake."
Leena didn't respond.
Neya looked at her with worry, "Are you okay?"
Leena looked at her, "What is it like..." she started.
"Huh?"
"To grow up with Serge."
"Well, we're friends, but I'm closer to Glenn. Serge is like a really close friend, him, Glenn, Harle, and Kid; we're all real close."
"Hm. It was different then."
"What?"
"Nothing," Leena sighed. "Is the box here?" asked Leena hopefully.
Neya handed her the box. Leena looked in it, reading the scrawled-up note in her and Serge's handwriting. She saw the piece of wood and remembered Serge concentrating. She saw his bandana and her spatula. And then she saw a piece of green twine twisted into a ring.
Leena put it on. She smiled at the remembrance and remembered her old sayings. Perhaps their was something after.
"Neya," asked Leena.
"Yes?" Neya asked.
"How are you and everybody?"
"We were really worried about you, this is the second time you fainted since you got here," Neya said.
"Are you happy?" Leena asked.
Neya looked at her. "That's really an awkward question, but, I guess I am."
"That's good. We have something in common."
"Leena," Neya said.
"Hm?" Leena gazed at her ring.
"We were worried about you."
"I'll be fine."
"No," said Neya. "Actually, Glenn was most worried of all."
Leena just gazed outside and Neya followed after. Leena didn't want to talk to her.
"Neya," Leena started
"Yeah?"
"I'm gonna sleep," Leena put her head down and closed her eyes, but as she closed them, she could see Neya walking out.
Leena took off her ring and twirled it around with her fingers, she smiled as she slept and dreampt about herself when she was younger. Of her memories of her and Serge.
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authors note: bwa ha ha ha haha. i really like the flashbacks. : ) okay. woo hoo. i think i made the 15 kb limit thing. okay. well, this isnt the end. chapter 5 is going to be worked on now. so, keep reading.
written by aeyta
note: a ha ha. i know. im bad. im gonna try to shoot for 15kb per chapter now. if it falls below. bite me. all my other chapters are fucking short so i want a long chapter to make up for it. hn. i dont think i can do it though. @_@ sigh. i might make a LEENA shrine. : )
but i have to finish a skuld shrine first. at least the skuld shrine and maybe another shrine, like a tifa shrine. i dunnoo... my websites are bad but i dont care. : )
i wanna buy a domain. : ) but im broke like a joke. : ( okay. just read it now. ill stop talking. : |
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-- Part Four ... The Time Capsule --
Leena froze.
The spatula.
The notes.
And a piece of wood.
Leena opened the piece of paper with trembling fingers, she could almost remember.
She opened it and in a very messy handwriting it said, "My nam is Leena. Im fiv yirs old. I lik spatulas. Im Surge. Stupid. Yu spel it Serge. Sory Leena. Yu shud be. Ok. We bot hop to fin dis in yirs."
Leena's whole body froze as she remembered a past that was long forgotten.
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"Leena!" Serge cried.
"What?" Leena asked in her adorable voice, her green eyes blinked as they looked at the blue-haired boy. She smiled and giggled to herself as Serge gave a lopsided smile.
"Well..." Serge began.
"What?" Leena asked again.
"Wanna build a time capsule?" Serge gave another lopsided smile.
Leena blinked. "Time capsule?"
"Ya know. Those boxes you dig up good and find years later," Serge explained, a very serious look on his small boyish face.
Leena blinked. "Okay."
Serge beamed, he was just a young five-year old boy who was turning six soon, and he had a crush on Leena so he was trying to impress her in some way.
"When we open the time capsule in many years..." began the boy. "We'll remember things we forgot!"
Leena laughed as Serge caught himself before he could trip. He gave a very mock hurt look, his big mouth was open, "That's not funny!" he said crossly.
Leena burst out in little giggles, "It is too!" Serge laughed too, his laugh was much louder and bigger than Leena's.
Leena laughed again, "Your laugh is really loud Serge!" And they laughed together.
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Leena didn't want to remember this. She didn't want to know this. She wanted it all to go away.
Her mind screamed and Leena started seeing images and forgotten memories flooding back to her mind. She could feel someone shaking her and she could hear people saying "Leena."
She didn't want this. Not anymore.
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"We need a box first," said Serge.
"Why?" asked Leena curiously. She still didn't really know exactly what a time capsule was.
"Because," said Serge in mock exasperation. "The worms won't eat the stuff we put in there!"
Leena laughed. "The worms won't eat those!"
"Yes they will!" Serge insisted.
"No! I don't think they will!"
"Yes."
"No."
"Uh-huh!"
"Nuh-uh!"
"Uh-huh!"
"Nuh-uh!"
"SERGE!" yelled a lady's voice.
Both kids automatically stopped their talk and turned to the woman.
"Serge, you have to clean your room," the woman said.
Serge's eyes widened, large puppy-dog eyes, "Pleeease Mommy! I wanna make a time capsule with Leena!"
"Really now?" The woman asked, a clearly amused look on her face.
"Yeah, can I go now?" Serge started to run away slowly, holding onto Leena's hand, hoping his mother wouldn't notice him.
"Serge. I don't think so." Serge sighed and he turned back.
"But moooooooooommy!" Leena looked at him, resisting the urge to laugh.
"Serge you should keep your room clean like mine!"
Serge's mother smiled. "You should listen to Leena more."
"Oh! Not you too Leena!" Serge turned to the girl.
The girl smirked, her eyes looking at him in a teasing way, "Serge, you should know better!" She and Serge's mother laughed as Serge started to pout.
"Okay young boy, once you clean your room, I'll help you with the time capsule," Serge's mother compromised with a smile on her face.
Serge sighed, "I guess. There's no other way out," he said gravely with a serious look.
Leena looked worried, "Serge?"
Serge's mother laughed and patted Serge on the head. "Don't worry Leena, he likes to do that. Serge, when you're finished come back outside, Leena and I are going to eat cookies and drink lemonade." Serge's mother looked at Leena with a smile and Leena laughed at the pouting Serge.
"Don't worry, just hurry up and clean!" Leena exclaimed.
"Leena, I'm going to start the lemonade, say your last words to Serge before you go out," Serge's mother walked out to the kitchen.
Serge pouted at Leena, "This sucks."
"It's fine Serge, it won't be too hard," Leena nodded.
"You haven't seen my room," Serge said gravely.
Leena laughed at his serious look, "Serge, I should go now so that you could start on your cleaning!" Leena waved him good-bye before running out, her dress trailing after her.
Serge sighed before he walked to his room.
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"I finished!" yelled Serge as he ran outside to the little patio where his mother and Leena were sitting in chairs. Leena was trying to act very nice to impress Serge's mother so she sat up as straight as she could, sipping her lemonade very slowly, making sure not to spill a drop. Serge's mother looked on with amusement.
"Leena? What are you doing?" asked Serge crossly. He didn't like this Leena, _his_ Leena was very playful and hyper while this Leena was refined and neat... no, Leena was naturally neat but this time Leena was _trying_ to be neat.
Leena looked at him, her troubled eyes were now filled with delight. When you're little, little things mean big things so she was worried that maybe she wasn't making Serge's mother happy at all if she was too messy; even though Leena was very neat.
"You're finished!" Leena jumped out of the chair and ran to Serge.
"The time capsule!" they both said in unison. Serge's mother laughed, she thought the two children were so adorable, they always acted so silly and were inseperable friends. Leena being a hyper girl who was very neat and clean, always trying to impress people; Serge who was this little boy who was extremely messy and always tried to do different things, and impress Leena; she just found this completely amusing.
Serge held onto Leena's small hand and dragged her away from his mother who raised an eyebrow, he started to whisper in her ear and she listened very attentively. She smiled as he talked more and more.
They broke apart, Leena looked at her toes poking out of her sandals while Serge looked at his mother. "Mooooooommy," he started. She looked straight at him with a straight face. "Do you have an extra wooden box that me and Leena can keep?" he asked.
His mother sighed. "For the time capsule," she stated more than asking.
"Yeah!" Serge said loudly, Leena looked embarrased.
"Serge," she scolded quietly. "Don't be so loud!"
Serge looked at her with a pout that covered half his face, "But Leeeeeena!" he whined.
Leena looked at him with mock seriousness, then looked up thoughtfully, "No buts!" she decided. Serge sighed with a pout.
"Mooommy, can I?" Serge asked.
Serge's mother looked at him thoughtfully, she smiled, "Hold on," his mother walked back inside the house.
Serge looked excited, "She's going to give us one!" he exclaimed.
"Well, of course she would, she's really nice," Leena remarked back, she brushed back her long red hair with her small hand.
"Hm... Leena," started Serge.
"What?" Leena blinked.
"Well..." Serge put on his grave look again. "I'm afraid I might have to leave you later."
"What?" Leena was surprised. Serge was her best friend, he wouldn't play a joke like this on her... or would he?
"You see, I want to become a travelor. I'm going to travel around the world and kill monsters," Serge said with a confident nodd.
"Oh Serge! You must take me with you!" Leena said with a hopeful look.
Serge nodded and stood out, looking up at the sun striking a pose. "I must defend our country," he said with drama.
Leena laughed but stopped abrubtly when he turned his head and looked at her with a 'work-with-me-here' look. "Oh, but you must take me with you!" she acted, flinging her hand to her forehead. "I'd ever so miss you!"
"Then, Leena, I promise I'll take you with me anywhere," Serge said, striking another pose.
"You should, because I will be in grave despair if you left me alone!" Leena said as she struck another pose as well.
Leena went out of her pose right when Serge's mother went back out, with a very amused look on her face. "What are you kids doing now?"
Leena blushed, her face turning a crimson color which was darker than her light, strawberry-gold hair. Serge just pointed a finger at her, laughing as she turned redder and redder.
"Serge!" she said irritably, "That's not very nice of you!" She started to pout for the first time that day.
"Here's the box," Serge's mother handed them a wooden box that was very plain. Serge took the box with hurry while Leena looked embarrased again.
"Thank you very much," Leena said graciously.
Serge's mother watched as the two kids ran out of sight.
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Serge and Leena ran to Opassa Beach, they both sat down on the soft sand and ran to the water, letting the water run over their little feet, once in a while they would dip their hands in the water as the sand lifted and drifted in between their fingers.
After a while, they both sat down to see the sun set down, letting majestic colors flow out into the ocean. It was a breathtaking scene to look at.
"After we dig the time capsule, and we find it many years later, where do you think we will be?" asked Serge while he looked straight at the ocean.
Leena looked at Serge with a curious look in her enormous green eyes before gazing back at the sun set. "I dunno... what do you think?"
"Maybe we will be married!" Serge exclaimed.
"What?" Leena looked surprised, the shock was too big for her small face.
"Yeah," Serge started. He got something out of his pocket, a small ring of green twine, "Wanna marry me Leena?"
Leena smiled and took the ring graciously, putting it on her pinky finger. "Okay."
"We'll remember this forever, right?" Serge asked somewhat worried.
"Of course, why?" Leena asked, she was getting worried too.
"Because, we're getting married so young while most people get married when they're much older."
"Oh, it's because we're special," Leena said in a matter-of-fact manner.
"Let's go back to work on the time capsule."
"Okay." Leena blinked.
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"Okay, you write first Leena," said Serge.
Leena took a piece of paper and looked at it thoughtfully before jotting things down as neat as she could in her messy handwriting. She gave the paper to Serge, "Here." He wrote stuff as well and they both kept switching. Serge's mother had helped them when they needed to spell something.
"Okay, now here's this peice of wood," Serge started.
"Uh-huh," Leena blinked.
"Let me carve the first letters of our names like this," Serge seemed to be concentrating very hard before showing her the piece of wood. It said on it very messily, "S+L".
"Okay, what next?" Leena asked.
"Put something you like a lot in it," Serge said. Leena looked at him thoughtfully before running to her house, in her room, running back out with a little mini-spatula.
She presented it to him happily and he took it, putting it in the box with the piece of wood and the note.
"What about you?" Leena asked. "Something you like."
Serge looked at the floor before grabbing Leena's hand, trying to shove her in the box.
"Hey!" Leena shrieked. "What are you doing?"
"I like you," Serge shrugged.
"Something that fits and ISN'T alive!" Leena said testily.
Serge shrugged before taking off his bandana and putting it in the box.
"Okay, good," Leena said with a smile.
"Leena," a voice yelled.
"Serge, it's getting late, give me the box. We'll bury it tomorrow," Leena said as Serge gave her the box.
"Bye Leena!" Serge yelled as she started to walk.
Leena turned around. "Bye Serge!"
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Leena woke up, yawning and stretching out her arms and legs. "Hm... OH! The time capsule!" Leena remembered.
She jumped out of her bed and hurrily got ready for the day, then she grabbed the box and ran out of her house with excitement. She ran towards Opassa Beach, her and Serge's meeting place.
She put the box down when she got there, Serge was not there.
"Serge?" she called out. "Where are you?"
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Leena ran to Serge's house and knocked on the door hastily.
"Mrs. Serge's Mother, is Serge their?" asked Leena very neatly.
Serge's mother looked at Leena, tears streaming down her face. "Leena..." she started.
Leena looked at her curiously. "Yes Mrs. Serge's Mother?"
"Serge is... gone," she said.
Leena's lower lip quivered before she spoke again, "What do you mean?"
"Serge drowned," she said quietly.
Leena looked at the box and then the little ring on her finger. Leena shook her head. "He can't be dead, he and I are married," Leena said, nodding to herself. Serge's mother started to cry.
"Mrs. Serge's Mother... please don't cry!" Leena said, she started to get worried seeing Serge's mother break down.
"Leena... he's dead," Serge's mother said. "Will you not cry for him?"
"I will not cry for him," Leena said firmly, Serge's mother looked up at her with wonder. "Serge is a strong boy and I believe he is alive out there somewhere. And if he really is dead, I do not worry because we will meet again.
"From what I know, Mrs. Serge's Mother, death is something we know nothing of. I think that perhaps there is something after," Leena ended promptly before she started to walk away.
"Leena," Serge's mother started. Leena turned around to look at her.
"Yes?" Leena asked.
"You are like my daughter then."
"How?" Leena asked.
"You're married to Serge, aren't you?"
"Yes."
"Do not cry for him then, for maybe there is something after death."
"I believe there is."
"Where are you going?" Serge's mother asked.
"I'm burying the time capsule. He would want me to do that," Leena said as she looked at the time capsule. Serge's mother nodded in approval and Leena walked away to her backyard.
She dug it near the rose bush, it felt more appropriate. Before she did, she took off her ring and put it in the capsule.
Leena sighed, making sure not to cry.
"I will miss you. You broke your promise. You said you'd take me with you anywhere."
Leena covered the box with the excess dirt.
"Then again, promises are meant to be broken, hm Serge? Good bye."
And Leena got up, walked back to her room, hoping to sleep but her stomach felt empty and her part of her heart felt void. The way it would feel for a few more years.
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Leena woke up, she wouldn't cry. Not now. Not here. She put a hand to her forehead, a fire was going on and she saw Neya tending it.
Neya turned around, "Leena! I'm glad you're awake."
Leena didn't respond.
Neya looked at her with worry, "Are you okay?"
Leena looked at her, "What is it like..." she started.
"Huh?"
"To grow up with Serge."
"Well, we're friends, but I'm closer to Glenn. Serge is like a really close friend, him, Glenn, Harle, and Kid; we're all real close."
"Hm. It was different then."
"What?"
"Nothing," Leena sighed. "Is the box here?" asked Leena hopefully.
Neya handed her the box. Leena looked in it, reading the scrawled-up note in her and Serge's handwriting. She saw the piece of wood and remembered Serge concentrating. She saw his bandana and her spatula. And then she saw a piece of green twine twisted into a ring.
Leena put it on. She smiled at the remembrance and remembered her old sayings. Perhaps their was something after.
"Neya," asked Leena.
"Yes?" Neya asked.
"How are you and everybody?"
"We were really worried about you, this is the second time you fainted since you got here," Neya said.
"Are you happy?" Leena asked.
Neya looked at her. "That's really an awkward question, but, I guess I am."
"That's good. We have something in common."
"Leena," Neya said.
"Hm?" Leena gazed at her ring.
"We were worried about you."
"I'll be fine."
"No," said Neya. "Actually, Glenn was most worried of all."
Leena just gazed outside and Neya followed after. Leena didn't want to talk to her.
"Neya," Leena started
"Yeah?"
"I'm gonna sleep," Leena put her head down and closed her eyes, but as she closed them, she could see Neya walking out.
Leena took off her ring and twirled it around with her fingers, she smiled as she slept and dreampt about herself when she was younger. Of her memories of her and Serge.
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authors note: bwa ha ha ha haha. i really like the flashbacks. : ) okay. woo hoo. i think i made the 15 kb limit thing. okay. well, this isnt the end. chapter 5 is going to be worked on now. so, keep reading.