Chapter 2
Narue screamed hysterically as they flew through the bright colors. They were moving extremely fast. After a few minutes she calmed down, and realized that it didn't feel like they were flying through air, but more like billions of feathers, and she would have begun to even enjoy the different sensation, when they suddenly began to slow down. Soon she saw a little white speck far off in the distance that gradually began to get to grow to the size of the portal Link and Mia had come from. They came to an abrupt stop right in front of it.
"We have to step out one at a time," Mia said cheerfully. "I'll go first, then you, then Link can follow." She smiled and jumped through the white portal and disappeared into the light. Narue looked up at Link. He nodded solemnly trying to avoid her eyes as he set her down. She nodded back and jumped through like Mia. It was stange. She hovered for a second, then gravity seemed to take over. She felt like she was plummeting, then something abruptly but gently caught her, breaking her fall. She slowly opened her eyesto meet the gaze of a pair of violet ones that almost matched her shade exactly. She blinked and blew a stray piece of hair from her eyes. The face smiled warmly as his arms set her back on her feet. Link jumped from the portal and landed next to Narue. Link still looked crestfallen and Mia sighed as she pat his back. Link mumbled something and walked away. Narue shrugged at Mia and she smiled at the person who caught Narue. Narue looked to see that the violet eyes belonged to a blonde boy who was a little taller than her, but looked to be about he same age as her, if not a year older. He wore a purple shirt and matching purple pants with a green tunic and gold breastplate. He grinned at Narue and embraced her warmly.
" It has not been that long since our last meeting, yet it felt like an eternity," he said happily in her ear. Mia rolled her eyes. Narue didn't know what to make of this statement, but the boy was pretty cute, so she just accepted the hug. He laughed and held her at arms length and looked her up and down.
"Hmm. You don't look much different, except maybe you've filled out a little more." SMACK! He was cuffed upside the head by a girl with blonde hair and bright blue eyes.
"Ugh, you pervert, you've been hanging around that thief too much." She said stiffly. The girl then turned to Narue and smiled broadly.
"ATA! Thank goodness you're back! It's been so quiet and lonely without you!" she rambled happily. Narue just nodded blankly. Mia laughed and shook her head.
"Ata, this is Chanterelle. And that over there is Ivan. Don't worry, you'll remember everything and everyone soon. But first, let's go back to the village and catch up. I think you've got a few people waiting for you." Mia smiled deviously and grabbed Narue's arm and led her along the path that Link took earlier.
Eventually, they walked into an alley and turned to the left to face a heavy looking mahogany door with the word "INN" printed on it in gothic script. Ivan winked at Narue who just stared at him then the door.
"Why does this place seem.so.familiar? I mean, I've never been here. Have I?" she looked up at him again. Ivan just chuckled and placed his finger gently over her lips to silence her and used his other hand to open the huge door. He bowed gallantly and stuck his hand out to allow Narue in first. She giggled and walked in. Just as Chanterelle tried to march in, Ivan jumped in front of her and followed Narue. Mia held Chanterelle back from strangling Ivan.
Narue looked around. The place was huge, with big tables and a large bar. A musty looking staircase led upstairs to what she assumed to be the bedroom hall. The only thing that really seemed to be missing was the people. Narue ventured in further and wondered aloud, "Where is everyone?" Suddenly she heard Ivan yell "NOW!" and the next thing she saw were a bunch of streamers explode all over her and a bunch of other teenaged looking people and one or two adults jump all over her.
"WELCOME BACK ATA!!!" they all roared in unison. Narue couldn't believe what was happening. She confusedly backed towards the door when she heard a loud whistle and was shoved away from the door by the wave of people. She saw Chanterelle was on a table waving her arms for attention.
"Please everyone, remember that ata has no idea who the hell all of you are at the moment so please, DON'T SCARE HER! THAT MEANS YOU MITT! PUT HER DOWN!!!" she yelled angrily as a boy picked Narue up and propped her easily on his shoulders. The crowd and Mitt completely ignored Chanterelle. Narue somehow managed to escape as Ivan and another boy mauled Mitt and dropped Narue. She miraculously landed in Link's arms who took off towards the kitchens with Narue in his arms and ran out the back door to the solitude of the outside. She and Link were laughing. She jumped out of his arms and landed gracefully on her feet in front of him. Link poked her and she ran away giggling. Link laughed and followed her. He tackled her and they rolled down a hill clinging to each other and laughing. Link landed on top of her and they tried to stop laughing. Link looked down at her and smiled again. "You haven't changed a bit," he said softly. "I'm glad." He looked at her for a moment and leaned down as if he was going to kiss her, but he sighed and rolled off.
"Why do I feel like I've know you forever when it's only been like, an hour since I first found out you even existed." She asked musingly. Link just shrugged and rolled over to look at her.
"You'll see"
"And why does everyone say that? I'll see what? I'll remember what?" She countered impatiently. Link stared at her then shook his head. She could see he was trying not to laugh.
"What's so funny?" she demanded. Link snuck a glance at her and tried to restrain another smile.
"You." He simply replied. She glared at him, and he suddenly broke out laughing. Narue was surprised at his reaction and started to get angry.
"What are you laughing at?" she tried to punch him, but he caught her arm, and much to her surprise, he pulled her closer to him. Grinning he said, "You have these little gestures that you can't control."
"What are you talking about?" she said annoyed again.
"I mean, that every time you get mad, your left eyebrow twitches. And when you ask a question, you tilt your head in the slightest way to the right." He smiled. "You've always done that." She stared at him.
"So?" she asked.
"So it's cute." He said dropping the smile from his face and looking into her eyes. Narue could feel herself burning with embarrassment. She pulled away and stared up at the clouds, blushing.
"Shh.Shut up Garet! They'll hear us!" Narue froze. Someone was watching her and Link. She didn't want them to know she knew they were there, so she just pretended that there was nothing, but listened in to what they were saying.
"I'm glad Link's got it together again. I swear, another week of his moping and."
"Hey Kialan."
"What?"
"Shut up and shove your fat ass over. I can't see."
"Ow! Shit, you just crushed my elbow!" another voice complained.
"When we thought she was gone for good, he kept going on about he never told her he loved her," the first voice chuckled. Someone grunted out of frustration. She sighd and stood up. Immediately the voices ceased. Link looked up at her.
"Hey, nice." Narue looked down to see him staring up her skirt with a dumb grin on his face. She blushed then kicked him in the ribs. "Ow!" Link laughed and clutched his side. Narue could hear the voices laughing from behind the hill.
"Ha ha, ouch, I'm sorry." He grinned and scurried after her as she marched angrily in the direction of the voices. Link easily strode next to her. Narue shook her head as she stopped in front of three guys, who were obviously the ones spying on them.
"May I help you?" she asked sarcastically. One she recognized as Mitt stood up quickly. He wasn't the best dressed. His clothes were in bad need of repair.
"Uh, hey.Ata." he said blushing. Narue stared at him and he looked away. The second one stood up and walked over to Ata gallantly. He seemed to be the best dressed out of the three. He gave Narue a strong and extended hug where she actually had to push herself off of him to get some air. He still had her at arms length.
"Wow. It's really you again." He said looking her over. "Its only been about half a year, but it sure felt longer than that, beautiful!" Narue blushed. He was very good-looking with dark brown hair that waved a little in the breeze, and bright friendly green eyes. She saw the third guy walk over and pry him off of her and gave her a big-brotherly hug. He broke away and punched her on the arm. Out of nowhere, Narue punched him back. He laughed and rubbed his arm
"Ow! Good to see you too!" he said with mock indignance. Link rolled his eyes and waved the trio off.
"See you at the inn later!" he called back.
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I'm done now. That was a LOOONG chapter. Oh well, that's how I write! REVEIWS!!!!!!!
Narue screamed hysterically as they flew through the bright colors. They were moving extremely fast. After a few minutes she calmed down, and realized that it didn't feel like they were flying through air, but more like billions of feathers, and she would have begun to even enjoy the different sensation, when they suddenly began to slow down. Soon she saw a little white speck far off in the distance that gradually began to get to grow to the size of the portal Link and Mia had come from. They came to an abrupt stop right in front of it.
"We have to step out one at a time," Mia said cheerfully. "I'll go first, then you, then Link can follow." She smiled and jumped through the white portal and disappeared into the light. Narue looked up at Link. He nodded solemnly trying to avoid her eyes as he set her down. She nodded back and jumped through like Mia. It was stange. She hovered for a second, then gravity seemed to take over. She felt like she was plummeting, then something abruptly but gently caught her, breaking her fall. She slowly opened her eyesto meet the gaze of a pair of violet ones that almost matched her shade exactly. She blinked and blew a stray piece of hair from her eyes. The face smiled warmly as his arms set her back on her feet. Link jumped from the portal and landed next to Narue. Link still looked crestfallen and Mia sighed as she pat his back. Link mumbled something and walked away. Narue shrugged at Mia and she smiled at the person who caught Narue. Narue looked to see that the violet eyes belonged to a blonde boy who was a little taller than her, but looked to be about he same age as her, if not a year older. He wore a purple shirt and matching purple pants with a green tunic and gold breastplate. He grinned at Narue and embraced her warmly.
" It has not been that long since our last meeting, yet it felt like an eternity," he said happily in her ear. Mia rolled her eyes. Narue didn't know what to make of this statement, but the boy was pretty cute, so she just accepted the hug. He laughed and held her at arms length and looked her up and down.
"Hmm. You don't look much different, except maybe you've filled out a little more." SMACK! He was cuffed upside the head by a girl with blonde hair and bright blue eyes.
"Ugh, you pervert, you've been hanging around that thief too much." She said stiffly. The girl then turned to Narue and smiled broadly.
"ATA! Thank goodness you're back! It's been so quiet and lonely without you!" she rambled happily. Narue just nodded blankly. Mia laughed and shook her head.
"Ata, this is Chanterelle. And that over there is Ivan. Don't worry, you'll remember everything and everyone soon. But first, let's go back to the village and catch up. I think you've got a few people waiting for you." Mia smiled deviously and grabbed Narue's arm and led her along the path that Link took earlier.
Eventually, they walked into an alley and turned to the left to face a heavy looking mahogany door with the word "INN" printed on it in gothic script. Ivan winked at Narue who just stared at him then the door.
"Why does this place seem.so.familiar? I mean, I've never been here. Have I?" she looked up at him again. Ivan just chuckled and placed his finger gently over her lips to silence her and used his other hand to open the huge door. He bowed gallantly and stuck his hand out to allow Narue in first. She giggled and walked in. Just as Chanterelle tried to march in, Ivan jumped in front of her and followed Narue. Mia held Chanterelle back from strangling Ivan.
Narue looked around. The place was huge, with big tables and a large bar. A musty looking staircase led upstairs to what she assumed to be the bedroom hall. The only thing that really seemed to be missing was the people. Narue ventured in further and wondered aloud, "Where is everyone?" Suddenly she heard Ivan yell "NOW!" and the next thing she saw were a bunch of streamers explode all over her and a bunch of other teenaged looking people and one or two adults jump all over her.
"WELCOME BACK ATA!!!" they all roared in unison. Narue couldn't believe what was happening. She confusedly backed towards the door when she heard a loud whistle and was shoved away from the door by the wave of people. She saw Chanterelle was on a table waving her arms for attention.
"Please everyone, remember that ata has no idea who the hell all of you are at the moment so please, DON'T SCARE HER! THAT MEANS YOU MITT! PUT HER DOWN!!!" she yelled angrily as a boy picked Narue up and propped her easily on his shoulders. The crowd and Mitt completely ignored Chanterelle. Narue somehow managed to escape as Ivan and another boy mauled Mitt and dropped Narue. She miraculously landed in Link's arms who took off towards the kitchens with Narue in his arms and ran out the back door to the solitude of the outside. She and Link were laughing. She jumped out of his arms and landed gracefully on her feet in front of him. Link poked her and she ran away giggling. Link laughed and followed her. He tackled her and they rolled down a hill clinging to each other and laughing. Link landed on top of her and they tried to stop laughing. Link looked down at her and smiled again. "You haven't changed a bit," he said softly. "I'm glad." He looked at her for a moment and leaned down as if he was going to kiss her, but he sighed and rolled off.
"Why do I feel like I've know you forever when it's only been like, an hour since I first found out you even existed." She asked musingly. Link just shrugged and rolled over to look at her.
"You'll see"
"And why does everyone say that? I'll see what? I'll remember what?" She countered impatiently. Link stared at her then shook his head. She could see he was trying not to laugh.
"What's so funny?" she demanded. Link snuck a glance at her and tried to restrain another smile.
"You." He simply replied. She glared at him, and he suddenly broke out laughing. Narue was surprised at his reaction and started to get angry.
"What are you laughing at?" she tried to punch him, but he caught her arm, and much to her surprise, he pulled her closer to him. Grinning he said, "You have these little gestures that you can't control."
"What are you talking about?" she said annoyed again.
"I mean, that every time you get mad, your left eyebrow twitches. And when you ask a question, you tilt your head in the slightest way to the right." He smiled. "You've always done that." She stared at him.
"So?" she asked.
"So it's cute." He said dropping the smile from his face and looking into her eyes. Narue could feel herself burning with embarrassment. She pulled away and stared up at the clouds, blushing.
"Shh.Shut up Garet! They'll hear us!" Narue froze. Someone was watching her and Link. She didn't want them to know she knew they were there, so she just pretended that there was nothing, but listened in to what they were saying.
"I'm glad Link's got it together again. I swear, another week of his moping and."
"Hey Kialan."
"What?"
"Shut up and shove your fat ass over. I can't see."
"Ow! Shit, you just crushed my elbow!" another voice complained.
"When we thought she was gone for good, he kept going on about he never told her he loved her," the first voice chuckled. Someone grunted out of frustration. She sighd and stood up. Immediately the voices ceased. Link looked up at her.
"Hey, nice." Narue looked down to see him staring up her skirt with a dumb grin on his face. She blushed then kicked him in the ribs. "Ow!" Link laughed and clutched his side. Narue could hear the voices laughing from behind the hill.
"Ha ha, ouch, I'm sorry." He grinned and scurried after her as she marched angrily in the direction of the voices. Link easily strode next to her. Narue shook her head as she stopped in front of three guys, who were obviously the ones spying on them.
"May I help you?" she asked sarcastically. One she recognized as Mitt stood up quickly. He wasn't the best dressed. His clothes were in bad need of repair.
"Uh, hey.Ata." he said blushing. Narue stared at him and he looked away. The second one stood up and walked over to Ata gallantly. He seemed to be the best dressed out of the three. He gave Narue a strong and extended hug where she actually had to push herself off of him to get some air. He still had her at arms length.
"Wow. It's really you again." He said looking her over. "Its only been about half a year, but it sure felt longer than that, beautiful!" Narue blushed. He was very good-looking with dark brown hair that waved a little in the breeze, and bright friendly green eyes. She saw the third guy walk over and pry him off of her and gave her a big-brotherly hug. He broke away and punched her on the arm. Out of nowhere, Narue punched him back. He laughed and rubbed his arm
"Ow! Good to see you too!" he said with mock indignance. Link rolled his eyes and waved the trio off.
"See you at the inn later!" he called back.
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I'm done now. That was a LOOONG chapter. Oh well, that's how I write! REVEIWS!!!!!!!