Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Orphen. I never have and I never will.
Note: Last time I updated this chapter I left you on a cliffhanger. I'm out of school now so I'll try and update this faster. The story should be done soon so anyway on with the reading (and hopefully reviewing ()
The Marriage Predicament
Chapter 3
The Day Before her Big Day
Majic shut the door to Mariabella's room with a sigh. He walked down the hall and headed toward the dining room where he could get something to eat. As he walked down the hall Leki ran up to him. The wolven creature gave a small whine to let the boy know that he was there. Majic stopped walking and looked down at Leki. He could tell something was bothering him.
"What is it Leki? Is something the matter?" Majic asked the blue animal.
Leki's ears drooped and his eyes turned sad. He let out a sad whine as he looked over to his master's room. Majic followed his gaze. When he saw he was staring at Cleo's door he knew what Leki was sad about. Leki was worried because Cleo had been acting different and sad lately.
"You're worried about her aren't you?" Majic asked Leki.
Leki answered with a bob of its head. Majic went into a deep thinking mood until an idea came to him.
"Come on Leki follow me," the boy told the animal before dashing down the hall toward his own room.
Once he reached his room he threw open the door and ran over to the desk that was situated in the far corner of the room. He pulled out a pen and a piece of paper. Then he quickly wrote a small letter. When he was done he rolled it up. He found a cylinder container with a lid and placed the letter inside of it before putting the lid on. He left his room and went out to the shed that was in the garden. There he found a piece of rope. He tied the cylinder around Leki's neck. Once he was sure it was secure he told Leki his plan.
"Leki you can find master right?" Majic asked the wolf like creature.
Leki nodded as he sniffed the air. It was a good thing that he had a superior sense of smell.
"Okay, find him as fast as you can and make sure he reads the letter in the container. Once you're sure he's read it come back here ok?" Majic told the animal.
Leki nodded before dashing off. In no time he was out of sight.
"Wow! He's really gotten a lot smarter and faster," Majic stated before he turned and headed back into the castle.
'I hope he finds master in time,' Majic thought to himself, 'for everyone's sake.'
~:~Elsewhere~:~
Cleo had changed only to be rushed by a bunch of servants to try on dresses. Cleo tried to be as uncooperative as she could, but eventually she had a wedding dress. She had tried sneaking away, but she had been caught only five feet from where she had started. As she had stood there trying dress after dress on Mariabella's words kept ring in her head.
'Besides you know as well as I do that there's no guarantee that the one you love even loves you back.'
Cleo walked away from the room that had been turned into her dressing room. She headed outside to the garden. She stopped in front of the rose garden. She breathed in the fragrant aroma they gave off as she looked toward the sky. The sky was a cerulean blue with hardly any clouds. The sun shined brightly.
"Why does it seem that everyone and everything is happy except me?" Cleo asked herself.
"Cleo?"
The girl whipped around to see Majic standing there.
"Majic what are you doing out here?" Cleo asked trying to sound as cheerful as she usually was, but it didn't fool Majic.
"Nothing just admiring the garden," Majic lied.
"Oh," Cleo sighed.
"Well, I best go. I'm extremely hungry. I haven't eaten at all today and it's already almost dinner time!" Majic exclaimed.
Cleo smiled to her friend and nodded. With that said Majic left. Cleo stood out there admiring the beauty until she was snapped back to reality by a pair of hands on her shoulders. She quickly spun around. As she stopped she found herself face to face with her fiancé, Akito Yuma.
"Good afternoon, Cleo," Akito stated.
"Sure, whatever," Cleo answered as she turned around so that her back was to him.
"Come on Cleo. Don't be like that. We're engaged remember," he stated as he began to rub his hands up and down her arms.
Cleo turned around and slapped his arms away before slapping him in the face.
"Not by choice we aren't. If I had a say I would have rather gone back to school for 10 more years then to ever meet you again," Cleo stated as she turned and began to leave.
She stopped and turned back to face him, "Don't even think of following me and don't count on me ever liking you jerk."
With that said she turned and headed back to the mansion.
"This is going to be quite interesting," Akito stated quietly to himself as he placed a hand on his face and headed back to the mansion.
'I wonder if she'll ever figure it out,' Akito thought to himself, 'my plan is going perfectly.'
"Man, she's got quite an arm, Ow!!"
~:~ Back to Cleo ~:~
Once she was out of his sight she began to run. She didn't even stopped when many of the servants asked her what was wrong. No one understood. She hated it. She hated all of it. She dashed into her room and slammed the door shut. She quickly locked it and then walked slowly over to her balcony. She placed her elbows onto the railing and then placed her face into her hands. She began to cry. Why was this happening to her? How could the world be so cruel? She was going to be marrying a complete jerk tomorrow and she had no say what so ever. She lifted her face out of her hands and stared at the ground below the balcony. Her eyes were red and puffy and she couldn't really focus. What if she just jumped? If she died then she wouldn't have to go threw this. However, Cleo knew better than that. It wouldn't solve anything. The only thing it would do would make the ones she loved sad and that was that last thing that she wanted. Tomorrow she was getting married and there was nothing she could do about it. With that thought she began to sob again, but this time it was a lot harder than the first. Below her balcony a young boy stood there, staring up at his saddened friend.
'Leki please hurry. If you don't it might be too late,' Majic thought to himself as she took one last look up at Cleo and then walked away.
~:~ Else where much later that night ~:~
Leki ran as fast as he could. He had been running nonstop since 11 o'clock yesterday morning. It was now about 4 o'clock in the morning. In about seven hours his master would be getting married. As the picture of Cleo's sad face ran through his mind he began to run faster. He had to help her. The sorcerer's smell had gotten stronger so he knew he wasn't far off. It had taken him a long time to finally find the sorcerer's track. Finally he caught sight of a dim, almost out fire. The smell was extremely strong now. Once he reached the site he stopped and panted for a couple of seconds to catch his breath. Once he caught his breath a little he walked over the sleeping form of a person. He saw the person's face. It was Orphen. He let out a loud, extensive howl. Orphen jumped awake.
"What the..?" Orphen shouted sleepily. He was annoyed of being woken so early.
He looked over to where the sound had come from.
"Leki?" Orphen asked as he sat up.
The animal walked over to him and nudged him with the cylinder that was tied around its neck. Orphen untied the cylinder and opened it up. Inside he found a piece of rolled up paper. He unrolled it and read it. It read;
Dear Master,
I have sent Leki to inform you of some very important news. I'm not sure if you really care much, but I am to inform you that Cleo is getting married tomorrow. It is against her will though. She is being forced to marry Akito Yuma. I do not know if you care for Cleo at all, but if you do you best hurry over here before it is too late. The wedding begins 11 o'clock.
Sincerely,
Majic (& Leki)
P.S. Master, Cleo has been waiting for you. She really does love you. I hope that you care for her and make it here in time, for everyone's sake.
Orphen looked up from the letter in shock. Leki howled again before dashing off.
'Cleo's getting married,' Orphen thought to himself, 'Akito Yuma? I think I've heard that name before.'
With that he kicked the fire and stuffed the letter into his pocket before running after Leki.
"Cleo," Orphen whispered to himself as he dashed as fast as he could after the wolven animal.
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Author's Note: It's finally updated. Hope this chapter was good. I think there's only going to be 1 or 2 more chapters so if you want to make suggestions now's the time to do it. PLEASE READ AND REVIEW! THANK YOU!
Note: Last time I updated this chapter I left you on a cliffhanger. I'm out of school now so I'll try and update this faster. The story should be done soon so anyway on with the reading (and hopefully reviewing ()
The Marriage Predicament
Chapter 3
The Day Before her Big Day
Majic shut the door to Mariabella's room with a sigh. He walked down the hall and headed toward the dining room where he could get something to eat. As he walked down the hall Leki ran up to him. The wolven creature gave a small whine to let the boy know that he was there. Majic stopped walking and looked down at Leki. He could tell something was bothering him.
"What is it Leki? Is something the matter?" Majic asked the blue animal.
Leki's ears drooped and his eyes turned sad. He let out a sad whine as he looked over to his master's room. Majic followed his gaze. When he saw he was staring at Cleo's door he knew what Leki was sad about. Leki was worried because Cleo had been acting different and sad lately.
"You're worried about her aren't you?" Majic asked Leki.
Leki answered with a bob of its head. Majic went into a deep thinking mood until an idea came to him.
"Come on Leki follow me," the boy told the animal before dashing down the hall toward his own room.
Once he reached his room he threw open the door and ran over to the desk that was situated in the far corner of the room. He pulled out a pen and a piece of paper. Then he quickly wrote a small letter. When he was done he rolled it up. He found a cylinder container with a lid and placed the letter inside of it before putting the lid on. He left his room and went out to the shed that was in the garden. There he found a piece of rope. He tied the cylinder around Leki's neck. Once he was sure it was secure he told Leki his plan.
"Leki you can find master right?" Majic asked the wolf like creature.
Leki nodded as he sniffed the air. It was a good thing that he had a superior sense of smell.
"Okay, find him as fast as you can and make sure he reads the letter in the container. Once you're sure he's read it come back here ok?" Majic told the animal.
Leki nodded before dashing off. In no time he was out of sight.
"Wow! He's really gotten a lot smarter and faster," Majic stated before he turned and headed back into the castle.
'I hope he finds master in time,' Majic thought to himself, 'for everyone's sake.'
~:~Elsewhere~:~
Cleo had changed only to be rushed by a bunch of servants to try on dresses. Cleo tried to be as uncooperative as she could, but eventually she had a wedding dress. She had tried sneaking away, but she had been caught only five feet from where she had started. As she had stood there trying dress after dress on Mariabella's words kept ring in her head.
'Besides you know as well as I do that there's no guarantee that the one you love even loves you back.'
Cleo walked away from the room that had been turned into her dressing room. She headed outside to the garden. She stopped in front of the rose garden. She breathed in the fragrant aroma they gave off as she looked toward the sky. The sky was a cerulean blue with hardly any clouds. The sun shined brightly.
"Why does it seem that everyone and everything is happy except me?" Cleo asked herself.
"Cleo?"
The girl whipped around to see Majic standing there.
"Majic what are you doing out here?" Cleo asked trying to sound as cheerful as she usually was, but it didn't fool Majic.
"Nothing just admiring the garden," Majic lied.
"Oh," Cleo sighed.
"Well, I best go. I'm extremely hungry. I haven't eaten at all today and it's already almost dinner time!" Majic exclaimed.
Cleo smiled to her friend and nodded. With that said Majic left. Cleo stood out there admiring the beauty until she was snapped back to reality by a pair of hands on her shoulders. She quickly spun around. As she stopped she found herself face to face with her fiancé, Akito Yuma.
"Good afternoon, Cleo," Akito stated.
"Sure, whatever," Cleo answered as she turned around so that her back was to him.
"Come on Cleo. Don't be like that. We're engaged remember," he stated as he began to rub his hands up and down her arms.
Cleo turned around and slapped his arms away before slapping him in the face.
"Not by choice we aren't. If I had a say I would have rather gone back to school for 10 more years then to ever meet you again," Cleo stated as she turned and began to leave.
She stopped and turned back to face him, "Don't even think of following me and don't count on me ever liking you jerk."
With that said she turned and headed back to the mansion.
"This is going to be quite interesting," Akito stated quietly to himself as he placed a hand on his face and headed back to the mansion.
'I wonder if she'll ever figure it out,' Akito thought to himself, 'my plan is going perfectly.'
"Man, she's got quite an arm, Ow!!"
~:~ Back to Cleo ~:~
Once she was out of his sight she began to run. She didn't even stopped when many of the servants asked her what was wrong. No one understood. She hated it. She hated all of it. She dashed into her room and slammed the door shut. She quickly locked it and then walked slowly over to her balcony. She placed her elbows onto the railing and then placed her face into her hands. She began to cry. Why was this happening to her? How could the world be so cruel? She was going to be marrying a complete jerk tomorrow and she had no say what so ever. She lifted her face out of her hands and stared at the ground below the balcony. Her eyes were red and puffy and she couldn't really focus. What if she just jumped? If she died then she wouldn't have to go threw this. However, Cleo knew better than that. It wouldn't solve anything. The only thing it would do would make the ones she loved sad and that was that last thing that she wanted. Tomorrow she was getting married and there was nothing she could do about it. With that thought she began to sob again, but this time it was a lot harder than the first. Below her balcony a young boy stood there, staring up at his saddened friend.
'Leki please hurry. If you don't it might be too late,' Majic thought to himself as she took one last look up at Cleo and then walked away.
~:~ Else where much later that night ~:~
Leki ran as fast as he could. He had been running nonstop since 11 o'clock yesterday morning. It was now about 4 o'clock in the morning. In about seven hours his master would be getting married. As the picture of Cleo's sad face ran through his mind he began to run faster. He had to help her. The sorcerer's smell had gotten stronger so he knew he wasn't far off. It had taken him a long time to finally find the sorcerer's track. Finally he caught sight of a dim, almost out fire. The smell was extremely strong now. Once he reached the site he stopped and panted for a couple of seconds to catch his breath. Once he caught his breath a little he walked over the sleeping form of a person. He saw the person's face. It was Orphen. He let out a loud, extensive howl. Orphen jumped awake.
"What the..?" Orphen shouted sleepily. He was annoyed of being woken so early.
He looked over to where the sound had come from.
"Leki?" Orphen asked as he sat up.
The animal walked over to him and nudged him with the cylinder that was tied around its neck. Orphen untied the cylinder and opened it up. Inside he found a piece of rolled up paper. He unrolled it and read it. It read;
Dear Master,
I have sent Leki to inform you of some very important news. I'm not sure if you really care much, but I am to inform you that Cleo is getting married tomorrow. It is against her will though. She is being forced to marry Akito Yuma. I do not know if you care for Cleo at all, but if you do you best hurry over here before it is too late. The wedding begins 11 o'clock.
Sincerely,
Majic (& Leki)
P.S. Master, Cleo has been waiting for you. She really does love you. I hope that you care for her and make it here in time, for everyone's sake.
Orphen looked up from the letter in shock. Leki howled again before dashing off.
'Cleo's getting married,' Orphen thought to himself, 'Akito Yuma? I think I've heard that name before.'
With that he kicked the fire and stuffed the letter into his pocket before running after Leki.
"Cleo," Orphen whispered to himself as he dashed as fast as he could after the wolven animal.
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Author's Note: It's finally updated. Hope this chapter was good. I think there's only going to be 1 or 2 more chapters so if you want to make suggestions now's the time to do it. PLEASE READ AND REVIEW! THANK YOU!