Libra, CHid, Ren and Folken entered Merle's Village to the livly sounds of music. CHildren selling colored streamers ran every where, and vendored had set up to sell their whares every where. Paper lamps were being set out every where in perpation for the coming darkness.
Libra made her way to Merle's house, her grey cape covering most of her face, and hiding her sword. Chid was dressed as a comoner, his long unruly hair puller back in a very unroyal leather band. Ren looked pretty in the blue tunic she wore, her own sword out in plain veiw.
Merle msut have saw them coming, for she ran out to greet them.
"Libra!! You came, and you brought them all!" she huged first Folken who whiped off her kiss, then Ren and Chid.
"Everyone's here. Come on in and greet them." Inside they found Millerna and her clan along with Allen and Celeana. After greetings were exchanged everybody sat down to talk. Folken soon grew tired of this.
"I want to go play Mommy. I want to go see whats outside!" Libra looked at her son with laughter in her eyes.
"Oh, you do? Well ask Aunt Merle if it's time to go outside." FOlken hoped up from his seat by his mother and went to Merle. He had learned early on that a certain look would get you anything...expespecialy with Aunt Merle.
"Aunt Merle, can we go to the party now?" Folekn asked with his big eyes pleading.
"Oh, of coures sweety. Go put on your shoes." Merle had took one look at him and melted.
"YAY!!" cried Folken as he and the other children ran off to get ready.
"You just couldn't do it could you Merle?" Jako asked with mirth.
"Who could?" Celeana asked from her seat near her nephew. "I mean he looks so much like his--" Allen put a hand to her shoulder and Chid cringer.
"It's okay." Libra assured them, "I know who he looks like." soon all the children were ready and the group departed, each with high hopes for the evening.
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Denny stood on the top of a barrel with his spy glass. He was trying to spot the begining of the parage. A sound like an airship drew his attention to the sky.
"Tomi! Uncle Van is coming! I see his ship!!"
"No, you don't"
"Yes I do!"
"DO NOT!!"
"DO TO!!"
"DO NOT!!"
"Children!...What are you fighting about?" Millerna puller her six year old son off the barrle.
"I saw Uncle Van's ship in the sky and Tomi says I don't." said the sullen boy.
"Well Mommy said he wasn't coming...SO there!!" Tomi stuck her tongue out at Denny. Millerna looked up in the sky and sure enough an airship was approching.
"Denny, hand me your spy glass sweety." Millerna asked.
Denny complide and soon Millerna found out that it really was Van....
"Oh dear...This isn't good. Okay kids, Denny was right. Now I need you to go find Libra. Tell her to go to Merle's" Denny stuck his tongue out in revenge toward his sister.
"Told ya' so!"
"And no fighting! THis is important!" Milerna gave them that look mothers give their children. Denny and Tomi ran off to do what Millerna had said.
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Libra was looking at a beautiful silk shaw at a conor vender. It's design was one of white dragons and a red pendent held by a strangly clad figure. It told the the story of her youthfull adventure in Gaea. She thought about buying it for Folken. Sudnely voices calling her got Libra's attention.
"Aunt Libra!! Aunt Libra!! Mommy said for you to go to Merle's house." The twins watched with big eyes ass Libra threw some ailver down on the vendor table and hurried over to Merles with the silk in hand.
"Can Folken come with us?" the twins chirped after they had followed her to the house.
"Yes I supose, but don't go far."
"THank yo Aunt Libra1" the twins hurried off to find what mischeif they could find, with Folken being pulled right behind them.
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Van watched as the ground came closer and closer. Becasue of the high trafic in the village he had to land out side of town. He was eager to see Merle and the group, all though being with them all brought back memeries of Hitomi. He sighed as he entered the village. It was hard to find his way in the crowd. Up ahead two small children ducked arond a cornor. Van reconised them.
"SO Millerna brought the twins? I bet they'll know where to find everyone." SO Van followed the twins as best he could. It seemed that a small child with light teal hair was travling with them too. Try as he might, Van couldn't get them to hear his call over the hoar of the crowd. Van desided to jsut follow the imps for the time being untill they could lead him to the others.
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Libra entered the haouse to Merles near frantic scamble to repack thier things. Ren was carring it out to the airship.
"I take it I'm no longer welcome?" Libra asked in a smooth tone.
"Oh, Hitomi! Van's hear, you have to go...or he might-!" Merle said as she hurried too stuff Folkens clothes in his small bag.
"Ah, so this is what has you so flustered." Libra thought for a minute.
"Millerna, will you please find Folken, he's with your children. Oh and CHid you'll have to find another way home I supose. Ren you can't stay, so you'll have to cut your visit short too. Sorry but he would reconize you and wonder." Listing to her calm, almost bored tone as she gave instuctions eased everyones nerves a bit.
"OKay I'll find FOlken and take him to the airship first thing." Millerna said as she and CHid hurried out the back door. Ren had jsut finished taking the last bag form Libra and Merle when the door opened wide.
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Merle, I'm here!" called Van as he entered the house. FOllowing the twins had eventually lead him here before he lost sight of them again to the crowd.
Out of the cornor of his eye he saw a hooded figure dash into the nest room, almost like she didn't want to be seen.
'What...?'
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Libra heard the door open and she pulled up her hood. She moved to the nest room quickly, hoping not to be noticed. Libra heard Van ask Merle about the person he had jsut witnessed.
"Who was that in such a hurry Merle?"
"Oh, her...? She's jsut one of the villagers" Merle gave a
nervous laghing after saying this,Chid and Millerna burst in aboud that time.
"We can't find Folk---Oh, hi Van..." Milerna said out of breath. Chid griminced. This was not good. Libra moaned silently when she heard about FOlken not being found. In over three years she had not been this close to Van. It hurt, she still loved him, but the wounds left from their last moments together had never healed.
She moved to the window and looked sown. It would be a far jumped, but it couldn't be any worse than some of the getaways they made during the Great War. She pulled it open and sit on the sill then with a gracefull jump she landed in a crouch. She got up quickly, moving to the shadows as she brushed some dried leaves off her dress. Ren was upahead having found the twins and Folken. Folekn ran to his mother yelling.
"Mommy! An airship jsut camp in! I got to see it up close with the twins, but Ren wouldn't let me go in!!" he pouted as he wraped his small arms around her knees. Libra hushed him softly as she pated the twins on the head. It was going to be a long trip back home.
End of chapter
A.N After pushing clear by accident.....TWICE...I finally have this chapter out!! YAY!!
Libra made her way to Merle's house, her grey cape covering most of her face, and hiding her sword. Chid was dressed as a comoner, his long unruly hair puller back in a very unroyal leather band. Ren looked pretty in the blue tunic she wore, her own sword out in plain veiw.
Merle msut have saw them coming, for she ran out to greet them.
"Libra!! You came, and you brought them all!" she huged first Folken who whiped off her kiss, then Ren and Chid.
"Everyone's here. Come on in and greet them." Inside they found Millerna and her clan along with Allen and Celeana. After greetings were exchanged everybody sat down to talk. Folken soon grew tired of this.
"I want to go play Mommy. I want to go see whats outside!" Libra looked at her son with laughter in her eyes.
"Oh, you do? Well ask Aunt Merle if it's time to go outside." FOlken hoped up from his seat by his mother and went to Merle. He had learned early on that a certain look would get you anything...expespecialy with Aunt Merle.
"Aunt Merle, can we go to the party now?" Folekn asked with his big eyes pleading.
"Oh, of coures sweety. Go put on your shoes." Merle had took one look at him and melted.
"YAY!!" cried Folken as he and the other children ran off to get ready.
"You just couldn't do it could you Merle?" Jako asked with mirth.
"Who could?" Celeana asked from her seat near her nephew. "I mean he looks so much like his--" Allen put a hand to her shoulder and Chid cringer.
"It's okay." Libra assured them, "I know who he looks like." soon all the children were ready and the group departed, each with high hopes for the evening.
~~~~~@ @~~~~~
Denny stood on the top of a barrel with his spy glass. He was trying to spot the begining of the parage. A sound like an airship drew his attention to the sky.
"Tomi! Uncle Van is coming! I see his ship!!"
"No, you don't"
"Yes I do!"
"DO NOT!!"
"DO TO!!"
"DO NOT!!"
"Children!...What are you fighting about?" Millerna puller her six year old son off the barrle.
"I saw Uncle Van's ship in the sky and Tomi says I don't." said the sullen boy.
"Well Mommy said he wasn't coming...SO there!!" Tomi stuck her tongue out at Denny. Millerna looked up in the sky and sure enough an airship was approching.
"Denny, hand me your spy glass sweety." Millerna asked.
Denny complide and soon Millerna found out that it really was Van....
"Oh dear...This isn't good. Okay kids, Denny was right. Now I need you to go find Libra. Tell her to go to Merle's" Denny stuck his tongue out in revenge toward his sister.
"Told ya' so!"
"And no fighting! THis is important!" Milerna gave them that look mothers give their children. Denny and Tomi ran off to do what Millerna had said.
~~~~~@ @~~~~~
Libra was looking at a beautiful silk shaw at a conor vender. It's design was one of white dragons and a red pendent held by a strangly clad figure. It told the the story of her youthfull adventure in Gaea. She thought about buying it for Folken. Sudnely voices calling her got Libra's attention.
"Aunt Libra!! Aunt Libra!! Mommy said for you to go to Merle's house." The twins watched with big eyes ass Libra threw some ailver down on the vendor table and hurried over to Merles with the silk in hand.
"Can Folken come with us?" the twins chirped after they had followed her to the house.
"Yes I supose, but don't go far."
"THank yo Aunt Libra1" the twins hurried off to find what mischeif they could find, with Folken being pulled right behind them.
~~~~~~@ @~~~~~
Van watched as the ground came closer and closer. Becasue of the high trafic in the village he had to land out side of town. He was eager to see Merle and the group, all though being with them all brought back memeries of Hitomi. He sighed as he entered the village. It was hard to find his way in the crowd. Up ahead two small children ducked arond a cornor. Van reconised them.
"SO Millerna brought the twins? I bet they'll know where to find everyone." SO Van followed the twins as best he could. It seemed that a small child with light teal hair was travling with them too. Try as he might, Van couldn't get them to hear his call over the hoar of the crowd. Van desided to jsut follow the imps for the time being untill they could lead him to the others.
~~~~~@ @~~~~~
Libra entered the haouse to Merles near frantic scamble to repack thier things. Ren was carring it out to the airship.
"I take it I'm no longer welcome?" Libra asked in a smooth tone.
"Oh, Hitomi! Van's hear, you have to go...or he might-!" Merle said as she hurried too stuff Folkens clothes in his small bag.
"Ah, so this is what has you so flustered." Libra thought for a minute.
"Millerna, will you please find Folken, he's with your children. Oh and CHid you'll have to find another way home I supose. Ren you can't stay, so you'll have to cut your visit short too. Sorry but he would reconize you and wonder." Listing to her calm, almost bored tone as she gave instuctions eased everyones nerves a bit.
"OKay I'll find FOlken and take him to the airship first thing." Millerna said as she and CHid hurried out the back door. Ren had jsut finished taking the last bag form Libra and Merle when the door opened wide.
~~~~~@ @~~~~~
Merle, I'm here!" called Van as he entered the house. FOllowing the twins had eventually lead him here before he lost sight of them again to the crowd.
Out of the cornor of his eye he saw a hooded figure dash into the nest room, almost like she didn't want to be seen.
'What...?'
~~~~~@ @~~~~~
Libra heard the door open and she pulled up her hood. She moved to the nest room quickly, hoping not to be noticed. Libra heard Van ask Merle about the person he had jsut witnessed.
"Who was that in such a hurry Merle?"
"Oh, her...? She's jsut one of the villagers" Merle gave a
nervous laghing after saying this,Chid and Millerna burst in aboud that time.
"We can't find Folk---Oh, hi Van..." Milerna said out of breath. Chid griminced. This was not good. Libra moaned silently when she heard about FOlken not being found. In over three years she had not been this close to Van. It hurt, she still loved him, but the wounds left from their last moments together had never healed.
She moved to the window and looked sown. It would be a far jumped, but it couldn't be any worse than some of the getaways they made during the Great War. She pulled it open and sit on the sill then with a gracefull jump she landed in a crouch. She got up quickly, moving to the shadows as she brushed some dried leaves off her dress. Ren was upahead having found the twins and Folken. Folekn ran to his mother yelling.
"Mommy! An airship jsut camp in! I got to see it up close with the twins, but Ren wouldn't let me go in!!" he pouted as he wraped his small arms around her knees. Libra hushed him softly as she pated the twins on the head. It was going to be a long trip back home.
End of chapter
A.N After pushing clear by accident.....TWICE...I finally have this chapter out!! YAY!!
