Hi everyone. Sorry that the last chapter was so short. I didn't know what
to write before the preview of this chapter. I hope this one will be longer
than that one. Well, anyway here's chapter 5 (also thanks for telling me
about that in your reviews). I was also busy with school and I didn't
really have any ideas for this at that moment but this chapter might help.
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When Merle was asleep and Hitomi checked to make sure she really was, she opened the closet and went through the tunnel in the nightgown that Millerna had lent her. She walked down the stairs toward the old Guymelef. She stood in front of it and wondered if it still worked. There was only one way to find out. She climbed up and sat in it. Automatically, it closed her in and started to move.
Hitomi panicked and held on as best as she could. She kind of even let out a scream.
~On the main floor of the castle~
Van, Allen and Millerna suddenly woke up when they heard the high pitched scream come from the secret room.
Van heard something moving in the secret room and decided to check it out. When he finally found the room, he tried to find the door. Another scream was heard as Van finally found the secret door to the room. There he sees a shadow of a guymelef moving on its own out the door into the moonlight. When he stepped into the room the door half closed behind him. The guymelef then stopped and opened. Van noticed that a figure of a girl was sitting in it. Van found the actual guymelef and ran to it.
He climbed the old guymelef and asked in a kind of rude voice, "Are you okay?" (A/N Van doesn't recognize her for her hair had grown a lot. About 4 or so inches. Also it was dark. He can basically only see her shadow.)
The girl didn't respond. Van saw her shadow nodded from the light of the open door inicating that she had nodded.
"What are you doing in here?" he asked in the same tone. He saw her shadow shrug. "Well, I need an answer-" Just then the secret door opened again and there stood Millerna.
"Oh hi Van-san. What are you doing here? I thought you went back to bed," she said. Van turned around and Millerna spotted Hitomi behind Van. "Oh. There you are."
"Huh? You know this girl Millerna-san?"
"Yes. She's a guest of mine," said Millerna.
"I see," said Van, and turned back to Hitomi. "Do you need help getting out of there?"
She nodded and Van carried her out. He put her down in a dark spot of the room and then went back to the castle.
"Wow Hitomi-san. That was a close one," exclaimed Millerna when she made sure that Van wasn't listening.
"Yeah. You came right on time," said Hitomi almost in a trembling voice.
"You're still a bit scared aren't you?"
"A bit."
"Don't worry about it. The same thing happened to my grandfather when he first got into the same guymelef," she said in an soothing voice. "Come on. Let's go back to bed."
"Okay," said Hitomi and they both went into the castle.
~The next morning~
Hitomi woke up bright and early beacause the sun was too bright. She got out of bed revealing a light emerald green night gown that she had borrowed from Millerna. She walked slowly over to the mirror and looked at her tired self. Her eyes widened a lot when she saw herself. Her hair was about half way down her back by now. A bit longer maybe execpt for her bangs which were the same as before.
She started to brush it but had no luck since she wasn't used to having long hair. As she fummbled with her hair some more she heard a knock on her door. Millerna quietly walked in and saw Hitomi having a lot of trouble. The brush was about to her shoulders without Hitomi having it in her hand.
"Hmph," was all Millerna heard Hitomi say.
"Good morning Hitomi-san," she said not to loud as she closed the door.
Hitomi tuned around and saw Millerna at the door.
"Oh good morning Millerna-san."
"Do you need help?" asked Millerna walking towards her.
"Yeah. I've never had long hair in my whole life and it's driving me insane just to brush it. How are you able to brush your hair?"
"Well, let's just say I've had a lot of practise."
Just then another knock was heard from Hitomi's room. Millerna went to answer it. When she opened the door, she and Hitomi saw Celina.
"Good morning Celina-san."
"Good morning," said Celina glumly still in her pajamas.
"What's wrong?" asked Hitomi.
"Well I heard a bit of your conversation from outside of the door. And well... I also need help." That was when Millerna and Hitomi noticed that Celina's hair looked brushed but wasn't and it was a mess in the back. (A/N did I mention that Millerna has used the product on Celina a while before Hitomi had recieved the letter? I don't think i did. So Gomen if it caused any confussion there.)
"Oh I see," said Millerna. "I have an idea."
"What would that be?" both girls asked in unison.
"Well since the boys will be getting up soon, I think that we should should surprise both of them."
"How?" asked Hitomi.
"Well first we have to make you like you grandmother, Hitomi-san. Then when you come down the stairs, Allen-san will think you're the ghost of your grandmother since he has already her a while back."
"I see. That sounds interesting," both girls said.
"Then when I say, 'What would you like for breakfast Hitomi-san' Van-san will jump out of his chair so fast that he'll knock it down. Allen-san might, too. It'll be very interesting." (A/N I forgot to mention that I don't know most of their Japanese names. Gomen.)
"Yeah," both girls said in unison again.
"Okay so my plan is that the two of you help each other out with brushing your hair and getting dressed. Then I'll come back up and put Hitomi's hair in two braids but before we do that, we have to put the fomula on that stops her hair from growing. I think we should do that now."
So that's what they did and minutes later. As Hitomi sat on her bed with the towel on her head, Millerna bushed Celina's hair. Later, when Hitomi had removed the towel later, Millerna said, "Okay now the two of you get dressed and I'll be right back up to fix both of your hair."
Hitomi had brought along an almost identical blue kimono that her grandmother had worn. She didn't let anyone see it before, though. She would only wear it this one time. Then she would wear the green dress for the rest of the time.
Hitomi put it on and Celina helped her put the sash on while she put on some green geta sandals. Then she helped Celina put a pink, frilly dress on and did a bow in the back.
A few minutes later, Millerna came back up and was surprised at what Hitomi was wearing.
"Where'd did that come from?" she asked, "I thought you were going to be wearing that green dress you brought with you."
"I will but I wanted to be an almost exact image of my grandmother. I'm going to only wear this once," explained Hitomi.
"I see," said Millerna. "Okay then. Let's fix both of your hair. The we can go downstairs and play that little trick." She winked.
"Okay," both girls said.
So they Millerna got to work. Just as they heard the boys go downstairs, she had finished with the girls' hair. (A/N: Merle was already up and downstairs ready to greet the boys.)
"Okay, so here's the plan. I should go down first and Celina-san, you should follow soon after. But Hitomi-san should be right behind you. Then when Celina-san has gotten to the the kitchen, she should say something like a sign for Hitomi-san to start walking down the stairs. How about something like, "So Merle-chan when did you wake up?" I'll tell merle why you are going to be asking that."
"Okay," siad Celina.
"Then you sit down and pretend that nothing had happened a while ago."
"Okay."
"The when you, Hitomi-san, had come down the stairs, you should hide behind the closest wall to the kitchen. You should be able to see me or Celina-san from the wall you choose and then wait for another sign that I or Celina- san gives you. Okay."
"Okay," said Hitomi.
Millerna walked out of the room and went down the stairs to whisper the plan to merle. Celina walked out of the room a bit later and walked towards the stairs with Hitomi following close behind. Hittomi stopped as they got to the stairs. Celina walked down them and entered the kitchen.
Hitomi heard the echo of her saying, "Good morning." Then she heard her asked, "So Merle-chan, when did you wake up?" After Celina asked that, Hitomi took off her sandals and quiety walked down the stairs while hearing Merles answer which was, "I guess about and hour ago or something. Maybe about the time that Millerna-san woke up."
Hitomi had reached to the bottom of the stairs and went to the closest wall and peeked in while still holding her sandals. She was able to see Celina but not Milerena. Celina saw her and gave a gester to Melerna while the boys just read the paper. Hitomi put her sandals down and put them back on.
A few minutes later Celina gestered her to come in and Hitomi walked in not making any sounds. She almost blew it when she tripped over a chair but the boys were too much into the paper so she sighed. Then, after Hitomi had walked to the counter, Allen put the section of the paper down that he was reading and stretched with his eye's closed. Van had done the same thing. When Allen opened his eyes and Van had picked up the paper again and opened his, Allen saw the back of Hitomi's head She turned around revealing her grandmother's looks and Allen turned white. Hitomi remained silent but Allen stared at her. Then Hitomi walked over to the table and sat down. Then Millerna broke the silence by saying, "What would you like to eat Hitomi-san?" At that Van and Allen both stood up fast making a big noise and they yelled, "HITOMI?"
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Well that's the end of that chapter. Again I apologize about this being so late. and I'm sorry if this chapter isn't the best one but I kind of wanted to finish it before my Birthday party tomorrow. I hope you guys aren't to angry at me. Anyway enjoy. Thank you.
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When Merle was asleep and Hitomi checked to make sure she really was, she opened the closet and went through the tunnel in the nightgown that Millerna had lent her. She walked down the stairs toward the old Guymelef. She stood in front of it and wondered if it still worked. There was only one way to find out. She climbed up and sat in it. Automatically, it closed her in and started to move.
Hitomi panicked and held on as best as she could. She kind of even let out a scream.
~On the main floor of the castle~
Van, Allen and Millerna suddenly woke up when they heard the high pitched scream come from the secret room.
Van heard something moving in the secret room and decided to check it out. When he finally found the room, he tried to find the door. Another scream was heard as Van finally found the secret door to the room. There he sees a shadow of a guymelef moving on its own out the door into the moonlight. When he stepped into the room the door half closed behind him. The guymelef then stopped and opened. Van noticed that a figure of a girl was sitting in it. Van found the actual guymelef and ran to it.
He climbed the old guymelef and asked in a kind of rude voice, "Are you okay?" (A/N Van doesn't recognize her for her hair had grown a lot. About 4 or so inches. Also it was dark. He can basically only see her shadow.)
The girl didn't respond. Van saw her shadow nodded from the light of the open door inicating that she had nodded.
"What are you doing in here?" he asked in the same tone. He saw her shadow shrug. "Well, I need an answer-" Just then the secret door opened again and there stood Millerna.
"Oh hi Van-san. What are you doing here? I thought you went back to bed," she said. Van turned around and Millerna spotted Hitomi behind Van. "Oh. There you are."
"Huh? You know this girl Millerna-san?"
"Yes. She's a guest of mine," said Millerna.
"I see," said Van, and turned back to Hitomi. "Do you need help getting out of there?"
She nodded and Van carried her out. He put her down in a dark spot of the room and then went back to the castle.
"Wow Hitomi-san. That was a close one," exclaimed Millerna when she made sure that Van wasn't listening.
"Yeah. You came right on time," said Hitomi almost in a trembling voice.
"You're still a bit scared aren't you?"
"A bit."
"Don't worry about it. The same thing happened to my grandfather when he first got into the same guymelef," she said in an soothing voice. "Come on. Let's go back to bed."
"Okay," said Hitomi and they both went into the castle.
~The next morning~
Hitomi woke up bright and early beacause the sun was too bright. She got out of bed revealing a light emerald green night gown that she had borrowed from Millerna. She walked slowly over to the mirror and looked at her tired self. Her eyes widened a lot when she saw herself. Her hair was about half way down her back by now. A bit longer maybe execpt for her bangs which were the same as before.
She started to brush it but had no luck since she wasn't used to having long hair. As she fummbled with her hair some more she heard a knock on her door. Millerna quietly walked in and saw Hitomi having a lot of trouble. The brush was about to her shoulders without Hitomi having it in her hand.
"Hmph," was all Millerna heard Hitomi say.
"Good morning Hitomi-san," she said not to loud as she closed the door.
Hitomi tuned around and saw Millerna at the door.
"Oh good morning Millerna-san."
"Do you need help?" asked Millerna walking towards her.
"Yeah. I've never had long hair in my whole life and it's driving me insane just to brush it. How are you able to brush your hair?"
"Well, let's just say I've had a lot of practise."
Just then another knock was heard from Hitomi's room. Millerna went to answer it. When she opened the door, she and Hitomi saw Celina.
"Good morning Celina-san."
"Good morning," said Celina glumly still in her pajamas.
"What's wrong?" asked Hitomi.
"Well I heard a bit of your conversation from outside of the door. And well... I also need help." That was when Millerna and Hitomi noticed that Celina's hair looked brushed but wasn't and it was a mess in the back. (A/N did I mention that Millerna has used the product on Celina a while before Hitomi had recieved the letter? I don't think i did. So Gomen if it caused any confussion there.)
"Oh I see," said Millerna. "I have an idea."
"What would that be?" both girls asked in unison.
"Well since the boys will be getting up soon, I think that we should should surprise both of them."
"How?" asked Hitomi.
"Well first we have to make you like you grandmother, Hitomi-san. Then when you come down the stairs, Allen-san will think you're the ghost of your grandmother since he has already her a while back."
"I see. That sounds interesting," both girls said.
"Then when I say, 'What would you like for breakfast Hitomi-san' Van-san will jump out of his chair so fast that he'll knock it down. Allen-san might, too. It'll be very interesting." (A/N I forgot to mention that I don't know most of their Japanese names. Gomen.)
"Yeah," both girls said in unison again.
"Okay so my plan is that the two of you help each other out with brushing your hair and getting dressed. Then I'll come back up and put Hitomi's hair in two braids but before we do that, we have to put the fomula on that stops her hair from growing. I think we should do that now."
So that's what they did and minutes later. As Hitomi sat on her bed with the towel on her head, Millerna bushed Celina's hair. Later, when Hitomi had removed the towel later, Millerna said, "Okay now the two of you get dressed and I'll be right back up to fix both of your hair."
Hitomi had brought along an almost identical blue kimono that her grandmother had worn. She didn't let anyone see it before, though. She would only wear it this one time. Then she would wear the green dress for the rest of the time.
Hitomi put it on and Celina helped her put the sash on while she put on some green geta sandals. Then she helped Celina put a pink, frilly dress on and did a bow in the back.
A few minutes later, Millerna came back up and was surprised at what Hitomi was wearing.
"Where'd did that come from?" she asked, "I thought you were going to be wearing that green dress you brought with you."
"I will but I wanted to be an almost exact image of my grandmother. I'm going to only wear this once," explained Hitomi.
"I see," said Millerna. "Okay then. Let's fix both of your hair. The we can go downstairs and play that little trick." She winked.
"Okay," both girls said.
So they Millerna got to work. Just as they heard the boys go downstairs, she had finished with the girls' hair. (A/N: Merle was already up and downstairs ready to greet the boys.)
"Okay, so here's the plan. I should go down first and Celina-san, you should follow soon after. But Hitomi-san should be right behind you. Then when Celina-san has gotten to the the kitchen, she should say something like a sign for Hitomi-san to start walking down the stairs. How about something like, "So Merle-chan when did you wake up?" I'll tell merle why you are going to be asking that."
"Okay," siad Celina.
"Then you sit down and pretend that nothing had happened a while ago."
"Okay."
"The when you, Hitomi-san, had come down the stairs, you should hide behind the closest wall to the kitchen. You should be able to see me or Celina-san from the wall you choose and then wait for another sign that I or Celina- san gives you. Okay."
"Okay," said Hitomi.
Millerna walked out of the room and went down the stairs to whisper the plan to merle. Celina walked out of the room a bit later and walked towards the stairs with Hitomi following close behind. Hittomi stopped as they got to the stairs. Celina walked down them and entered the kitchen.
Hitomi heard the echo of her saying, "Good morning." Then she heard her asked, "So Merle-chan, when did you wake up?" After Celina asked that, Hitomi took off her sandals and quiety walked down the stairs while hearing Merles answer which was, "I guess about and hour ago or something. Maybe about the time that Millerna-san woke up."
Hitomi had reached to the bottom of the stairs and went to the closest wall and peeked in while still holding her sandals. She was able to see Celina but not Milerena. Celina saw her and gave a gester to Melerna while the boys just read the paper. Hitomi put her sandals down and put them back on.
A few minutes later Celina gestered her to come in and Hitomi walked in not making any sounds. She almost blew it when she tripped over a chair but the boys were too much into the paper so she sighed. Then, after Hitomi had walked to the counter, Allen put the section of the paper down that he was reading and stretched with his eye's closed. Van had done the same thing. When Allen opened his eyes and Van had picked up the paper again and opened his, Allen saw the back of Hitomi's head She turned around revealing her grandmother's looks and Allen turned white. Hitomi remained silent but Allen stared at her. Then Hitomi walked over to the table and sat down. Then Millerna broke the silence by saying, "What would you like to eat Hitomi-san?" At that Van and Allen both stood up fast making a big noise and they yelled, "HITOMI?"
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Well that's the end of that chapter. Again I apologize about this being so late. and I'm sorry if this chapter isn't the best one but I kind of wanted to finish it before my Birthday party tomorrow. I hope you guys aren't to angry at me. Anyway enjoy. Thank you.