OK! Chapter 4. Cue more twin queerness! And yes, I know that this is a little fast paced, but I tend to do that whenever I have a wandering mind, and when I just feel like getting this done .
Doll in the Dark
Chapter 4
After Cain was somewhat woken up by Meina he got dressed and went downstairs to find almost everyone there. The only people missing were Meina and Crezzy. Riff bowed to Cain "Good morning, Master Cain" Kirashi gave a curtsy and went to get breakfast ready.
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(Upstairs)
Meina and Crezzy were in fact, not sleeping at all. They were actually wide-awake. The two were in a room and some rustling could be heard inside, not to mention some talking.
"Come ON! Can't you get it right? It goes on the other way!" Crezzy said angrily.
"Well sorry, this isn't really my best area, ya know" Meina snapped back.
"Tch, you're lucky I make it look good." Crezzy said, sounding very irritated.
"You? Excuse me, I make it look better!" Meina said back, sounding just as annoyed.
"Hurry up you! Can't you go any faster? I mean, it's morning, and everyone is awake!" Crezzy said, trying not to shout.
(A/N: um, anyone think that this sounds a bit, perverted? ACK! Bad me *fwaps self* It's all coming out WRONG again)
"Puu on yuu. Can't you wait, this isn't as easy as it looks, bastard" Meina retorted.
A few minutes later the door opened and Crezzy peeked out, looked both ways, then motioned for Meina to come out. Today, Crezzy's choice clothes were just shorts and a button up shirt with a brown vest over top. As for Meina, just a light blue dress and the usual red bow. The only different thing about Meina today, besides her dress, was her hair. It was all dyed light magenta and was up in a ponytail.
As the two came down the stairs, Meina tripped and almost fell down the stairs, but luckily her twin brother had caught her. Meina fixed her dress before continuing down the step in her 'evil heels' as she called them.
"Brother, what is the purpose of wearing heels anyways?" Meina asked, watching where she stepped very carefully.
"I am not the one to ask. Maybe to make you taller, or maybe it adds more flair to the whole outfit" Crezzy replied.
Once the two had finally made it to the breakfast table, Kirashi gave them a glare.
"Erm, slept in, a tad" Meina said jokingly.
Kirashi shook her head and motioned for the twins to eat their breakfast. Meina and Crezzy sat themselves down. Since the table was rectangular, Meina sat across from Cain and Crezzy across from Merry. Kirashi and Riff were standing. Crezzy instantly felt sorry for Cain. While Meina was eating her breakfast, she had a very happy look on her face. And when she's happy and sitting, she tends to kick her legs. Unfortunately, the table was not wide enough for that kind of room. So here was Meina, all happy go lucky, and then Cain, who was quite annoyed by the fact that Meina was kicking him many times, and yet didn't seem to notice.
"Excuse me, Ms. Meina, but can you please stop your kicking" Cain said bluntly.
Meina just looked at him and then gave one last swift, but hard kick at his shin. Cain tried not to show that it hurt, but it was kind of hard when you had that feeling it was going to bruise. At least Meina stopped.
After breakfast was over, Meina and Crezzy had bolted out the door and were waiting for Kirashi. They only said that they were going into town to get a few things, or something like that. But without Meina or Crezzy around the house it was quite quiet.
As Cain was passing by the living room, he noticed that one of Meina's dolls was lying on the sofa. He picked it up and went upstairs to put it in her room. The thing is though, the room Meina was staying in last night, was not hers. The room was big and looked as though it had belonged to an older woman with what was lying around, plus there was no small doll collection in the room. So he went into the one where Crezzy and Riff were, not this one either. It all had things that obviously looked like they belonged to Crezzy, so this room was not it either. So he looked in the one he stayed in, since it was the last room, it was probably Meina's. Though there was no doll collection in the room, but a few girly things were scattered about the room.
Cain didn't quite know where to put the doll, so he just put it gently on the desk. On the desk though, was a notebook lying open. In it some strange symbols were scribbled hastily, but some English words were present. There were entries in the book, but they weren't dated. Cain picked up the notebook and turned to the first page. With how everything was narrated, it must have been a journal.
Today, both Aniki and me have to move out. I don't want to say goodbye to mom or dad, but if it has to be done, then why not? Who knows, maybe something good would happen, like finding Schilan. That's the only reason why we're here, right? But everyone's been doubtful lately. We don't know if we can find him in time. This is a definite mission critical. At least we have a small lead; we know he's somewhere here in Europe. Well, SOMEWHERE doesn't really cut it, now does it? I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Woo hoo, talk about fun.
NOTE: remember to remind big brother that it's Italy, not Rome.
To Cain, this entry made no sense whatsoever, but it was an entry nonetheless, most likely when Meina had first arrived in Europe. He looked at the next page and found a photo there. He could clearly see Meina and Crezzy in the photo, but he couldn't recognize the other two people. But by careful judgment, it was obvious it was Meina's family. There were actually two pictures there. The one behind Meina's family picture had Kirashi in it. Not only Kirashi though, but a few more people too. Most likely, Kirashi's family. Though, the only thing missing from that family picture was the mother. But Cain had noticed something else too, a young man around 17. Not only that though, but he bore a somewhat close resemblance to himself. The few different things were his expression, and his eye color. Instead of gold with a hint of green, they eyes were a soft gold. That and the guy looked like a total goof. Someone who one would find hard to take seriously. Cain turned the page and found another entry.
You know, sometimes, you meet the strangest people, I swear. Want to know why I say this? It's all because I saw someone today, someone who looked somewhat like Schilan. The only thing is, his attitude reeked of all high and mighty. I really don't like the guy one bit. He's a noble for one thing, and most nobles I've known from foreign countries are either snobby, or uptight. He's got this superior look that just SCREAMS 'I'm better than you'. Hmph, he's not worth my time. Though I have to admit, since I AM desperate, I guess I might as well ask. But I'm curious, what is up with him and his butler? Do they like, have something going on, or what? I hope there is. Oh, what am I thinking?
Aw well, enough about that, all I've been able to figure out is that his name is Cain Hargreaves. And what do you know; he IS a noble, an Earl to be exact. Just great. But you know, since he looks a little like Schilan, why don't we just TRY and get close, maybe it really IS him, or maybe not. Well, you won't know till you try, right? Hoo boy, this is going to take a LOT of work. Time to say goodbye pride.
Cain almost wanted to approach Meina about these entries, but then thought about how she would react if she found out he was reading her journal. He turned the pages until he came to the most recent one.
GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS!!!!! Yes! We have received good news! Isn't that good? Anyways, from a recent letter from big brother, Schilan has been found! And has already gotten a good lecture too. Poor guy, then again, his fault for running off. So anyways, in bro's letter he said that him and Schilan are going to meet us today in town. Can't wait! Kirashi's coming along too! The only thing is, if we were to bring Schilan over here, what would Cain say? I mean, they kind of do look alike and at first glance I thought Cain was Schilan. But still, Schilan over Cain, ALL THE WAY! So that means we're going home soon! The only thing is, we can't really just disappear, now can we? So I can do one of two things, tell Cain the truth, or just get rid of the evidence. Hm, Aniki might like getting rid of the evidence. But still, oh I don't know. I'll just wait and see. OH, I still think the Cain and his butler, Riff, have something going on. I swear it! I'll prove there is something going on! Or maybe not. Depends on my mood.
Cain sighed. What was this girl thinking? HE flipped through the notebook a bit and found a few sketches, some doodles, and a little bit of nonsense. On one page written all over was "21ST CENTURY KICKS ASS!!!!" What the heck was she talking about? It's only the 18th century. The 21st century was still a while away. HE flipped through a few more pages and found something very interesting, if not a bit creepy. Written in red ink on the page were the words 'BROTHER KILLED AGAIN' on the next page it said the same thing and the next, and the next, and the next. It was like that for 9 pages. On the tenth something else was written. 'I WILL KILL' then on the next page, it was blank, but words were starting to appear on the page itself. It didn't take a genius to see that the two pages made the sentence 'I will kill you'. Sure it could just be cryptic writing, but to have the words actually appear on the page itself was downright unusual. Cain closed the book quickly, only to find the doll on the desk, standing on its own, staring straight at him. What was weird was that the doll looked very evil. It eye's were glowing red and seemed to have grown fangs on its own. It was laughing too. Before the doll could even lunge itself at Cain, it was promptly smacked away by someone.
"Keh, how annoying. I thought we got rid of you a long time ago. I guess you just can't be satisfied with being dead, can you Sysentora?"
The owner of the voice belonged to that same young man in that photo with Kirashi. He was just very slightly taller than Cain, but otherwise, bore a fair resemblance. IT seemed as though the doll knows how to float, seeing as how it was currently doing that at the moment, but the doll looked extremely pissed. The young man just pulled what looked like a needle (you know, those toothpick like ones) and muttered something under his breath before throwing it at the doll. The doll cracked and just fell to the floor in a heap. The young man knelt down beside the doll and just poked at it for a bit. He straightened up and turned towards Cain.
"You okay there? You looked a little spaced out looking at that notebook," he asked.
Cain just nodded in reply, before asking a question. "Who are you?"
"You can call me Schilan, and only Schilan" Schilan replied.
"So you are the Schilan that I had heard Meina talk about," Cain said with a bit of a smirk.
Schilan grabbed the notebook out of Cain's hand and flipped through it a bit. After flipping through the pages, he shook the notebook a bit and some pictures fell out of the notebook. He paused, and then shook it a bit more and more photos fell out. He bent down and picked them up.
"Tch, Mei-chan's been going overboard with the photos, hasn't she?" Schilan asked looking at Cain.
"I would not know. I did not even know she had all these photos" Cain replied.
Schilan cocked an eyebrow. "You talk really weird you know. I haven't heard anyone talk like that for, well, um, er, about, let's see here, uh, 200 years?" He paused before blurting out something again. "Oh, by the way, Meina is not pleased at all about the fact that you were reading through her notebook"
TBC
I think that chapter was not the very best. The whole doll scene was, screwed up. But I'm sure that the way how this is going, the end is near, no? But don't worry, if you people want me to write more with these characters or something, then I'll write a part two. Otherwise, I'll just end it after this fanfics last chapter. So yeah
