Ok here's chapter 14, I once again stayed up til almost six a.m. talking to DarkAngel13388 on AIM, and got up at around 1:30, and yes I'm tired. This is of course, as the titile says, about Falina's past. I don't really like the way I made her past but part of it was a bit of my sister's idea, and speaking of which today is her birthday. Happy 20th B-Day Bre! Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter. By the way, Dre, I probably went a little hard on you in the last chapter but I was ticked off ok. Your review was more generous then some other flamers I've had. Have fun! ^_~
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"Do you know me? Of course you do, nut job. What the heck are you talking about?" She replied. Sora and the others stood by them, staring in confusion. The girl looked up at them.
"And who are these guys? Friends of yours?" She asked as she looked back at Falina.
"Yeah they are, but who are you?" Falina questioned, still very confused.
"Who am I? Did you hit your head or something?" The girl looked puzzled. Sora held up his finger.
"Actually....." He slowly said.
"Oh don't tell me, let me guess. She DID hit her head, and now she has amnesia." The girl said.
"Yeah that's pretty much it. Though she does remember some stuff, like her parents." He replied.
"But you don't remember me?" She asked as she turned her attention back to Falina.
"No, at least I'm pretty sure I don't." The girl just looked up and sighed.
"Well let's go inside and I'll fill you in on everything." Falina just nodded, though they were all still warry of her. As they got up to go back to the house, the girl turned to Sora.
"So what's your name anyway?" She asked.
"It's Sora. Yours?" He replied.
"Oh, my name? It's Inge Detollenaere." She stated with ease.
"Uh, come again." Tetra said quickly. Inge just laughed.
"Don't worry if you can't pronounce it, hardly anyone can." Inge said. "So who are all the rest of you?"
"Well of course you sorta know Sora, and this is Riku, and this is his girlfriend Tetra." Falina said pointing to each of them, and getting a cold look from Riku.
"Just tell her your shoe size why don't ya. Oh and you failed to mention that you're Sora's girlfriend." He said with a triumphant smile, causing her and Sora to slightly blush. Inge started smiling at Falina as she put her hand on her head and leaned down to look at her face.
"Oh so Lady Falina has a new boyfriend now." Inge said while laughing a little and smiling. "I don't think Caladar's gonna like that much, course who cares about that idiot." She said the last part under her breath.
"Hang on, 'Lady' Falina? And who the hell is Caladar, or do I wanna know?" Sora asked as he became more and more confused just as the others.
"Like I said, I'll explain everything once we get inside." Inge told them.
As soon as they got inside they sat down in the living room. Riku and Tetra sat on the couch, Sora and Falina sat on the loveseat, and Inge sat on the chair across from them.
"Ok now, uh, let's see, where should I start...?" She said to herself as she thought.
"Maybe you should start by telling us just who you are." Riku suggested.
"Right, ok, uh well, I've already told you my name. Well, Falina and I come from a world called Thalnos. I don't know how either one of us got here. I'm one of Falina's friends, but mainly, I'm her guardian." Inge informed them.
"Huh, what does Falina need a guardian for?" Tetra asked.
"Well, this may sound stupid, which may cause you not to believe me, but...the truth is, Falina's a princess." She replied as everyone said 'huh?' in unison, a slight look of shock and disbelief on their faces.
"What the...? Falina's a princess...?" Sora said as he looked at Falina, still not really believing it.
"Yes. She is Princess Falina Eruheru. She is the princess of one of the lands in Thalnos. I was sent to look for you after your disappearance, which has everyone sick with worry, especially Caladar." She said the last part rolling her eyes. "Last time I saw him he was running around in a fit begging me to look for you. I didn't do it cause he asked me too though."
"And that brings me back to Sora's question of, who the hell IS Caladar?" Falina asked somewhat loudly.
"First of all, I don't much like the guy. To me he's rude, selfish, arrogant, and not too bright. His whole name is Prince Caladar Failos, he's the prince of another kingdom in Thalnos." Inge replied.
"Heck, I don't like him already." Falina said as Sora nodded in agreement.
"And of course this is also going to sound stupid too, but.....Ever since Prince Caladar and Princess Falina were about 7 years old......their parents have had it arranged for them to get married when they were old enough." Inge said. Everyone either raised an eyebrow or their jaw dropped.
"What the!...Married?! I don't even like him from what I 've heard of him! If I marry anyone it's going to be Sor--" She quickly cut herself off after realizing what she was going to say, though it was obvious who she was going to say. She blushed and put her hand to her cheek. Sora blushed a little too, though there was a small smile on his face. The others just smiled at them, almost making it worse.
"So basically I've been engaged for like, 7 or 8 years?" Falina said, breaking the uneasy silence.
"Basically, though you won't be officially engaged til' you're 18." Inge said.
"And I actually agreed to marry this guy?"
"Well, from what you once told me, you were only gonna marry him because it was your parents and his parents wishes, and I think you felt a little sorry for him really. But since you respected yours and his parents so much, and there wasn't exactly anyone else... " Inge said. "Besides, you never really saw the annoying part of him as much as some others did. You were always able to see the good in people, and look at them that way. Unless they were just horrible people who you absolutly couldn't stand." She added.
"Hm, well anyway can we get off this subject and move on to something else?" Falina asked.
"Yeah gladly. Um let's see, what else is there...." Inge tried thinking of something, until Falina interrupted.
"How about my parents. I know my mom died, but I never really remembered what happened to my dad." Inge's face saddened.
"Yeah, well, he also died. About two years ago in a war. It shocked everyone, mostly you. You stayed in your room for like two days, crying yourself to sleep. It was hard enough for you to lose your mother, and then you lost your father about a year after her death. I'm sorry." She said with a sympathetic look on her face.
Falina bowed her head down, looking sad as well. Sora put a hand on her back for comfort. She may not have remembered everything from her past, but she did remember her dad. How she loved him and he loved her back. She remembered him as if she had never lost her memory. She felt like she was going to cry. Her memorys of him were playing threw her mind like a painfully endless movie. She didn't really cry, but tears still came out of her forest eyes, and she covered them with her hands. Sora put his arm up, seeing if she wanted his comfort. She accepted the invitation by leaning into his embrace, and he wrapped his arms around her as she still cried in her hands, but against his chest.
Deciding to leave them in peace, Riku and Tetra went to Tetra's room. Inge went into the dining room and sat down at the table quietly, deciding she should wait til later to tell her more. She didn't really want to have to tell her that, and she didn't really know how to break it to her. At least she didn't have to tell her about her mother, that made things easier.
In Tetra's room Riku and Tetra sat on the bed as they quietly talked.
"Man I feel sorry for Falina, just finding out that her father died, and after already knowing about her mother passing." Tetra said. Riku nodded in agreement.
"I'd think you feel almost the same as her, since ya know. Your parents died too." Riku said.
"Yeah, but I'm pretty much used to it now. Once you lose someone dear to you, you never get over the loss, you only get used to living without that person." She turned to him with a somewhat sad smile. "No matter how hard you try, you never get over the loss of a loved one. You only learn to live without them." She said. Sensing her slight saddness, Riku smiled and put his arm around her, and she leaned her head on his shoulder. He put his head on top of hers and put his other arm around her, rubbing her upper arm to comfort her.
Falina wasn't really in the mood to cry over a loved one right now, so she didn't for long. Then, it was around five thirty, now it was somewhere around eight o' clock. After they had talked, they just went around doing the usual daily things until around eight o' clock.
Falina walked up to Inge who was in the living room, laying on the couch thinking and messing with the couple of chains that hung from her waist.
"Inge," Falina said. "is there anything else you need to tell me about, I wanna hear more about my past." Inge looked up at her.
"Yeah sure, there is a bit more I guess I could tell you." Inge sat up as Falina sat on the chair across from her. Sora, Riku, and Tetra were in the dining room, so they came in the living room to listen.
"Well, I guess I'll start with what family you do have, if that's ok with you. You do have two little cousins who live with you. They're both little girls, one of them is 6 years old and the other is 4 years old. Since they almost looked alike they were given names thay sound alike. The oldest one is Fae and the youngest is May. They have the reputation of being sweet little angels, but they can be quite mischevious at times." She said smiling."Though they wanted to, their parents couldn't take care of them, so your family took them in. You were practically a mother to them after your parents died." Falina simply smiled a little.
"So not only am I practically engaged, I'm also practically a mother." Falina said letting out a weak laugh as everyone else smiled.
"Yeah, I guess you could say that." Inge added laughing a little. "Well those two are really the only family you have left that lives with you, unless of course you count your dog."
"I have a dog?" Falina asked becoming a little more intersted.
"Yeah. You've always had some kind of pet growing up, mostly dogs or cats. You just loved animals so much, sometimes I wondered if you weren't more close to them than you were with humans, heh. Your dog is a big black one. His head goes up to your hip he's so big. His fur isn't long, but it's not really short either. He has pointed ears, a slightly curled, long, tail, and a long muzzle full of very sharp teeth, trust me. He pretty much looks like a wolf." Inge said while smiling and laughing every now and then. "His name is Shadow, he'd do almost anything to please you. He gets really hyper at times but that just makes him all the more fun, and since he's gentle he makes a good playmate for Fae and May."
"Man, I wish there was some way I could go back. Ever since I lost my memory I've always wondered where I came from." Said Falina.
"Yeah, we should probably try to find a way back. You guys don't happen to know do ya?" Inge questioned them.
"No. We don't even know how we got here." Sora replied. "All Riku remembers is a small blue pillar of light that was in our world. He stepped into it and suddenly, he was here."
"Thats's odd because I remember a pillar of light too. A little while after Falina's disappearance, while everyone was looking everywhere for her, somebody mentioned that they saw her walk into some blue light or something. That person hadn't said anything before cause they were scared or somethin. After hearing that, people said I should go after her since I was her guardian. So I went and found the pillar and ran into it. Next thing I knew was I was in this world by some huge castle. It gave me the creeps though so I went looking for you somewhere else." Inge informed them.
"A castle? Tell me, what did it look like?" Tetra asked anxiously.
"Well from what I can remember, it was pretty tall, and made of what looked like black bricks. It didn't have a wall around it or anything. It had these huge doors trimmed in a dark red color."
"There's no mistaking it. That castle was Ceres'." Tetra said.
"Ceres? Who's that?" Inge was the one who looked confused now. Everyone sighed heavily, for they were about to have to explain another long story to someone.
They started out with Falina's necklace, but since Inge already knew of it, that made the story a little shorter. Tetra explained a lot about Ceres since she knew more about him, being that she had been his prisoner for about a year. They explained about how Ceres was after Falina's life and her necklace. How it seemed he had something against the rest of them now too. It took them a good thirty or so minutes to completly explain everything.
"Now that I think of it, I do remember something about a man named Ceres, and something about a war we had with another world. That was like, two years ago though. Ceres and his army had come to our world and attacked us for some reason." Inge said as she thought a minute. "Your dad was in the army that fought Ceres' army, Falina. That was the war that he died in. Some how you talked him into letting you go with him, so you were there too."
"Yeah I remember being there, I just don't remember much of it." Falina said.
"So now Ceres is after your life, in order to get revenge on your father." Inge smirked.
"Yeah, and how much you wanna bet that we'll have to deal with him before we can get outta here?" Riku said with his chin in his palm.
"Yeah we probably will, knowing him. As far as I know he was and still is the only one in this world who can create portals to other worlds. He doesn't do it unless he must get to another world for some reason though." Tetra said.
"Well he can just try and stop us. He won't mess with me if he knows what's good for him." Inge stated confidently.
"Well at least that's one more fighter we have on our team." Riku said as he sighed and leaned back.
"I wonder what that thing that tried to take me was..." Falina said, changing the subject.
"It looked just like one of Ceres' minions. In fact I know that's what it was." Tetra said.
"Well that makes sense." Riku said. Tetra looked over at the clock on the table.
"It's getting a little late guys, we should probably get to sleep." Everyone nodded in agreement. They all said goodnight and Sora and Falina went off to their room. Inge stared after them.
"Those two actually share a room together...alone?" Inge said suspiciously, causing Tetra and Riku to smile.
"Yeah, I don't have much room in my house at all. Besides, we trust them." Tetra said. Inge sighed and leaned back.
"Some guardian I am, letting Falina sleep in the same room with someone I don't even know. But I trust her, plus she can take care of herself. And Sora doesn't seem like such a bad kid. If Falina likes him, I guess he's ok with me." Inge laid down on the couch. "Since you don't have much room in your house I'll sleep here on the couch."
"Well where am I gonna sleep then? The loveseat's too small." Tetra quickly asked. Inge just opened one eye and looked at them.
"You guys are a couple, sleep in the same room like Sora and Falina." Inge suggested which caused Tetra to blush a little. Tetra slowly looked at Riku.
"...Uh, I don't mind sleeping in the same room if you don't." She said.
"It's fine with me." He smiled.
"Ok then. Um, you don't need any more blankets or anything do you, Inge?" She asked her.
"Nah I'm good. Goodnight you two." She replied with a little smile.
"Alright then, goodnight." Tetra turned out the lamp, and she and Riku left.
Tetra and Riku walked into her room. Luckliy, her bed was a full size and not twin size. Riku kicked off his shoes he had put on earlier and sleepily sat down on the bed. Tetra, who was rummaging around in her closet, looked over at him.
"You that tired?"
"Sorta, I guess from all the excitement of today." He replied.
"Yeah, today was a bit more exciting than usual huh? I'm gonna go change." She said as she left with her sleeping attire in hand to the bathroom. He looked around the room a few minutes, and then she came back in. She had changed into a pair of soft, cotton light blue pants, and a white tank top.
She went over to her mirror with her brush in one hand and a blue ponytail ring in her mouth. She started fixing her long brown hair into a braid. When she was done she tied it with the blue ponytail ring, and put her brush down.
"Is there a certain side of the bed you prefer to sleep on or anything?" She asked almost jokingly.
"No it doesn't matter." He replied smiling.
"Ok then. I would lend you some clothes to sleep in, but I don't think I have anything you'd wanna wear." She said laughing a little. He let out a small laugh.
"No I wouldn't think you would. It's fine though, my pants are comfortable enough and I usually just take my shirt off." He replied, causing her to briefly blush and laugh a little. He wasn't joking either, because then he took off his shirt, revealing his muscular chest and stomach, and tossed it on his shoes on the floor, not really seeming to care.
Tetra turned on the lamp that was by her bed, and walked over by her door and flipped the light switch turning out the light on the ceiling. She walked back over and sat on the bed. He slid over and laid down on the other side while getting under the blankets. She pulled the covers over herself and turned out the lamp, then laid down as well.
She just closed her eyes and tried going to sleep, but after a few seconds she felt something slide over her side and stomach. It was Riku's arm. She smiled as she felt him cuddle up to her back, and put his face against her neck.
After a couple of seconds she turned over on her other side to face him. She put one arm over his side, and put her forehead up against his bare chest as she also cuddled up to him. His chin was on her head until he pulled his head down and slowly gave her a deep kiss. They stopped and she smiled back at him. She put her face back against his chest, and they quickly fell asleep.
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Authors Notes: Ok like I said before I didn't really like the way I made her past. It was a little cliche and crappy. But the whole princess idea was mostly my sister's, and since I couldn't exactly think of anything else, I said ok sure why the bloody hell not. *Bangs head on desk* Forgive me if some of you don't like the way thisfic is turning out! I'm already thinking about my next fic and I'm going to try and make it better, but I won't start writing it til I'm done with this one. That's all I suppose. ^_~
Reviewer Credits:
1richlittleangel: It seems everybody knows where this is going. And yet, I'm not even sure where it's going, lol. Yes I hate endings too, but oh well. This fic won't be ending for a while though. Thank you, I'm glad more and more people seem to be liking the sappiness. Thanx for your review!
kairi-2005: Thanks, glad you think my story's the best yet. I don't really think that, but glad someone does, lol. I'm trying to work on another fic, more original and better, lol. I'll try and keep up the good work. Thanx for your review!
LewsTherinInsanity: Thank you for thinking the last one was a great chapter, lol. Well, she's not her sister, like I already told you on AIM. But she IS my sister's character, lol. Seeya on AIM. Thanx for your review!
Dark Angel 13388: Bout time you read it, lol. Ha! I don't think Bob the cannibal would fit anywhere in here, lol. All my characters would probably be eaten, especially Sora and Riku, lol. I'm trying to keep up the good work. Thanx for your review!
Chibi Neko-chan: Well by the time you read this you'll know who she is, lol. My sister who created the character would like to say thanx *wink*. I like her style too, she's based on a lot of the fantasy novels she's read such as Sword and Sorceress. Of course you'll find out how she knows Falina in this chapter. Ha, glad you liked the part where she jumped on Sora, I just had to put that part in there, lol. Thanx for your review!
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"Do you know me? Of course you do, nut job. What the heck are you talking about?" She replied. Sora and the others stood by them, staring in confusion. The girl looked up at them.
"And who are these guys? Friends of yours?" She asked as she looked back at Falina.
"Yeah they are, but who are you?" Falina questioned, still very confused.
"Who am I? Did you hit your head or something?" The girl looked puzzled. Sora held up his finger.
"Actually....." He slowly said.
"Oh don't tell me, let me guess. She DID hit her head, and now she has amnesia." The girl said.
"Yeah that's pretty much it. Though she does remember some stuff, like her parents." He replied.
"But you don't remember me?" She asked as she turned her attention back to Falina.
"No, at least I'm pretty sure I don't." The girl just looked up and sighed.
"Well let's go inside and I'll fill you in on everything." Falina just nodded, though they were all still warry of her. As they got up to go back to the house, the girl turned to Sora.
"So what's your name anyway?" She asked.
"It's Sora. Yours?" He replied.
"Oh, my name? It's Inge Detollenaere." She stated with ease.
"Uh, come again." Tetra said quickly. Inge just laughed.
"Don't worry if you can't pronounce it, hardly anyone can." Inge said. "So who are all the rest of you?"
"Well of course you sorta know Sora, and this is Riku, and this is his girlfriend Tetra." Falina said pointing to each of them, and getting a cold look from Riku.
"Just tell her your shoe size why don't ya. Oh and you failed to mention that you're Sora's girlfriend." He said with a triumphant smile, causing her and Sora to slightly blush. Inge started smiling at Falina as she put her hand on her head and leaned down to look at her face.
"Oh so Lady Falina has a new boyfriend now." Inge said while laughing a little and smiling. "I don't think Caladar's gonna like that much, course who cares about that idiot." She said the last part under her breath.
"Hang on, 'Lady' Falina? And who the hell is Caladar, or do I wanna know?" Sora asked as he became more and more confused just as the others.
"Like I said, I'll explain everything once we get inside." Inge told them.
As soon as they got inside they sat down in the living room. Riku and Tetra sat on the couch, Sora and Falina sat on the loveseat, and Inge sat on the chair across from them.
"Ok now, uh, let's see, where should I start...?" She said to herself as she thought.
"Maybe you should start by telling us just who you are." Riku suggested.
"Right, ok, uh well, I've already told you my name. Well, Falina and I come from a world called Thalnos. I don't know how either one of us got here. I'm one of Falina's friends, but mainly, I'm her guardian." Inge informed them.
"Huh, what does Falina need a guardian for?" Tetra asked.
"Well, this may sound stupid, which may cause you not to believe me, but...the truth is, Falina's a princess." She replied as everyone said 'huh?' in unison, a slight look of shock and disbelief on their faces.
"What the...? Falina's a princess...?" Sora said as he looked at Falina, still not really believing it.
"Yes. She is Princess Falina Eruheru. She is the princess of one of the lands in Thalnos. I was sent to look for you after your disappearance, which has everyone sick with worry, especially Caladar." She said the last part rolling her eyes. "Last time I saw him he was running around in a fit begging me to look for you. I didn't do it cause he asked me too though."
"And that brings me back to Sora's question of, who the hell IS Caladar?" Falina asked somewhat loudly.
"First of all, I don't much like the guy. To me he's rude, selfish, arrogant, and not too bright. His whole name is Prince Caladar Failos, he's the prince of another kingdom in Thalnos." Inge replied.
"Heck, I don't like him already." Falina said as Sora nodded in agreement.
"And of course this is also going to sound stupid too, but.....Ever since Prince Caladar and Princess Falina were about 7 years old......their parents have had it arranged for them to get married when they were old enough." Inge said. Everyone either raised an eyebrow or their jaw dropped.
"What the!...Married?! I don't even like him from what I 've heard of him! If I marry anyone it's going to be Sor--" She quickly cut herself off after realizing what she was going to say, though it was obvious who she was going to say. She blushed and put her hand to her cheek. Sora blushed a little too, though there was a small smile on his face. The others just smiled at them, almost making it worse.
"So basically I've been engaged for like, 7 or 8 years?" Falina said, breaking the uneasy silence.
"Basically, though you won't be officially engaged til' you're 18." Inge said.
"And I actually agreed to marry this guy?"
"Well, from what you once told me, you were only gonna marry him because it was your parents and his parents wishes, and I think you felt a little sorry for him really. But since you respected yours and his parents so much, and there wasn't exactly anyone else... " Inge said. "Besides, you never really saw the annoying part of him as much as some others did. You were always able to see the good in people, and look at them that way. Unless they were just horrible people who you absolutly couldn't stand." She added.
"Hm, well anyway can we get off this subject and move on to something else?" Falina asked.
"Yeah gladly. Um let's see, what else is there...." Inge tried thinking of something, until Falina interrupted.
"How about my parents. I know my mom died, but I never really remembered what happened to my dad." Inge's face saddened.
"Yeah, well, he also died. About two years ago in a war. It shocked everyone, mostly you. You stayed in your room for like two days, crying yourself to sleep. It was hard enough for you to lose your mother, and then you lost your father about a year after her death. I'm sorry." She said with a sympathetic look on her face.
Falina bowed her head down, looking sad as well. Sora put a hand on her back for comfort. She may not have remembered everything from her past, but she did remember her dad. How she loved him and he loved her back. She remembered him as if she had never lost her memory. She felt like she was going to cry. Her memorys of him were playing threw her mind like a painfully endless movie. She didn't really cry, but tears still came out of her forest eyes, and she covered them with her hands. Sora put his arm up, seeing if she wanted his comfort. She accepted the invitation by leaning into his embrace, and he wrapped his arms around her as she still cried in her hands, but against his chest.
Deciding to leave them in peace, Riku and Tetra went to Tetra's room. Inge went into the dining room and sat down at the table quietly, deciding she should wait til later to tell her more. She didn't really want to have to tell her that, and she didn't really know how to break it to her. At least she didn't have to tell her about her mother, that made things easier.
In Tetra's room Riku and Tetra sat on the bed as they quietly talked.
"Man I feel sorry for Falina, just finding out that her father died, and after already knowing about her mother passing." Tetra said. Riku nodded in agreement.
"I'd think you feel almost the same as her, since ya know. Your parents died too." Riku said.
"Yeah, but I'm pretty much used to it now. Once you lose someone dear to you, you never get over the loss, you only get used to living without that person." She turned to him with a somewhat sad smile. "No matter how hard you try, you never get over the loss of a loved one. You only learn to live without them." She said. Sensing her slight saddness, Riku smiled and put his arm around her, and she leaned her head on his shoulder. He put his head on top of hers and put his other arm around her, rubbing her upper arm to comfort her.
Falina wasn't really in the mood to cry over a loved one right now, so she didn't for long. Then, it was around five thirty, now it was somewhere around eight o' clock. After they had talked, they just went around doing the usual daily things until around eight o' clock.
Falina walked up to Inge who was in the living room, laying on the couch thinking and messing with the couple of chains that hung from her waist.
"Inge," Falina said. "is there anything else you need to tell me about, I wanna hear more about my past." Inge looked up at her.
"Yeah sure, there is a bit more I guess I could tell you." Inge sat up as Falina sat on the chair across from her. Sora, Riku, and Tetra were in the dining room, so they came in the living room to listen.
"Well, I guess I'll start with what family you do have, if that's ok with you. You do have two little cousins who live with you. They're both little girls, one of them is 6 years old and the other is 4 years old. Since they almost looked alike they were given names thay sound alike. The oldest one is Fae and the youngest is May. They have the reputation of being sweet little angels, but they can be quite mischevious at times." She said smiling."Though they wanted to, their parents couldn't take care of them, so your family took them in. You were practically a mother to them after your parents died." Falina simply smiled a little.
"So not only am I practically engaged, I'm also practically a mother." Falina said letting out a weak laugh as everyone else smiled.
"Yeah, I guess you could say that." Inge added laughing a little. "Well those two are really the only family you have left that lives with you, unless of course you count your dog."
"I have a dog?" Falina asked becoming a little more intersted.
"Yeah. You've always had some kind of pet growing up, mostly dogs or cats. You just loved animals so much, sometimes I wondered if you weren't more close to them than you were with humans, heh. Your dog is a big black one. His head goes up to your hip he's so big. His fur isn't long, but it's not really short either. He has pointed ears, a slightly curled, long, tail, and a long muzzle full of very sharp teeth, trust me. He pretty much looks like a wolf." Inge said while smiling and laughing every now and then. "His name is Shadow, he'd do almost anything to please you. He gets really hyper at times but that just makes him all the more fun, and since he's gentle he makes a good playmate for Fae and May."
"Man, I wish there was some way I could go back. Ever since I lost my memory I've always wondered where I came from." Said Falina.
"Yeah, we should probably try to find a way back. You guys don't happen to know do ya?" Inge questioned them.
"No. We don't even know how we got here." Sora replied. "All Riku remembers is a small blue pillar of light that was in our world. He stepped into it and suddenly, he was here."
"Thats's odd because I remember a pillar of light too. A little while after Falina's disappearance, while everyone was looking everywhere for her, somebody mentioned that they saw her walk into some blue light or something. That person hadn't said anything before cause they were scared or somethin. After hearing that, people said I should go after her since I was her guardian. So I went and found the pillar and ran into it. Next thing I knew was I was in this world by some huge castle. It gave me the creeps though so I went looking for you somewhere else." Inge informed them.
"A castle? Tell me, what did it look like?" Tetra asked anxiously.
"Well from what I can remember, it was pretty tall, and made of what looked like black bricks. It didn't have a wall around it or anything. It had these huge doors trimmed in a dark red color."
"There's no mistaking it. That castle was Ceres'." Tetra said.
"Ceres? Who's that?" Inge was the one who looked confused now. Everyone sighed heavily, for they were about to have to explain another long story to someone.
They started out with Falina's necklace, but since Inge already knew of it, that made the story a little shorter. Tetra explained a lot about Ceres since she knew more about him, being that she had been his prisoner for about a year. They explained about how Ceres was after Falina's life and her necklace. How it seemed he had something against the rest of them now too. It took them a good thirty or so minutes to completly explain everything.
"Now that I think of it, I do remember something about a man named Ceres, and something about a war we had with another world. That was like, two years ago though. Ceres and his army had come to our world and attacked us for some reason." Inge said as she thought a minute. "Your dad was in the army that fought Ceres' army, Falina. That was the war that he died in. Some how you talked him into letting you go with him, so you were there too."
"Yeah I remember being there, I just don't remember much of it." Falina said.
"So now Ceres is after your life, in order to get revenge on your father." Inge smirked.
"Yeah, and how much you wanna bet that we'll have to deal with him before we can get outta here?" Riku said with his chin in his palm.
"Yeah we probably will, knowing him. As far as I know he was and still is the only one in this world who can create portals to other worlds. He doesn't do it unless he must get to another world for some reason though." Tetra said.
"Well he can just try and stop us. He won't mess with me if he knows what's good for him." Inge stated confidently.
"Well at least that's one more fighter we have on our team." Riku said as he sighed and leaned back.
"I wonder what that thing that tried to take me was..." Falina said, changing the subject.
"It looked just like one of Ceres' minions. In fact I know that's what it was." Tetra said.
"Well that makes sense." Riku said. Tetra looked over at the clock on the table.
"It's getting a little late guys, we should probably get to sleep." Everyone nodded in agreement. They all said goodnight and Sora and Falina went off to their room. Inge stared after them.
"Those two actually share a room together...alone?" Inge said suspiciously, causing Tetra and Riku to smile.
"Yeah, I don't have much room in my house at all. Besides, we trust them." Tetra said. Inge sighed and leaned back.
"Some guardian I am, letting Falina sleep in the same room with someone I don't even know. But I trust her, plus she can take care of herself. And Sora doesn't seem like such a bad kid. If Falina likes him, I guess he's ok with me." Inge laid down on the couch. "Since you don't have much room in your house I'll sleep here on the couch."
"Well where am I gonna sleep then? The loveseat's too small." Tetra quickly asked. Inge just opened one eye and looked at them.
"You guys are a couple, sleep in the same room like Sora and Falina." Inge suggested which caused Tetra to blush a little. Tetra slowly looked at Riku.
"...Uh, I don't mind sleeping in the same room if you don't." She said.
"It's fine with me." He smiled.
"Ok then. Um, you don't need any more blankets or anything do you, Inge?" She asked her.
"Nah I'm good. Goodnight you two." She replied with a little smile.
"Alright then, goodnight." Tetra turned out the lamp, and she and Riku left.
Tetra and Riku walked into her room. Luckliy, her bed was a full size and not twin size. Riku kicked off his shoes he had put on earlier and sleepily sat down on the bed. Tetra, who was rummaging around in her closet, looked over at him.
"You that tired?"
"Sorta, I guess from all the excitement of today." He replied.
"Yeah, today was a bit more exciting than usual huh? I'm gonna go change." She said as she left with her sleeping attire in hand to the bathroom. He looked around the room a few minutes, and then she came back in. She had changed into a pair of soft, cotton light blue pants, and a white tank top.
She went over to her mirror with her brush in one hand and a blue ponytail ring in her mouth. She started fixing her long brown hair into a braid. When she was done she tied it with the blue ponytail ring, and put her brush down.
"Is there a certain side of the bed you prefer to sleep on or anything?" She asked almost jokingly.
"No it doesn't matter." He replied smiling.
"Ok then. I would lend you some clothes to sleep in, but I don't think I have anything you'd wanna wear." She said laughing a little. He let out a small laugh.
"No I wouldn't think you would. It's fine though, my pants are comfortable enough and I usually just take my shirt off." He replied, causing her to briefly blush and laugh a little. He wasn't joking either, because then he took off his shirt, revealing his muscular chest and stomach, and tossed it on his shoes on the floor, not really seeming to care.
Tetra turned on the lamp that was by her bed, and walked over by her door and flipped the light switch turning out the light on the ceiling. She walked back over and sat on the bed. He slid over and laid down on the other side while getting under the blankets. She pulled the covers over herself and turned out the lamp, then laid down as well.
She just closed her eyes and tried going to sleep, but after a few seconds she felt something slide over her side and stomach. It was Riku's arm. She smiled as she felt him cuddle up to her back, and put his face against her neck.
After a couple of seconds she turned over on her other side to face him. She put one arm over his side, and put her forehead up against his bare chest as she also cuddled up to him. His chin was on her head until he pulled his head down and slowly gave her a deep kiss. They stopped and she smiled back at him. She put her face back against his chest, and they quickly fell asleep.
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Authors Notes: Ok like I said before I didn't really like the way I made her past. It was a little cliche and crappy. But the whole princess idea was mostly my sister's, and since I couldn't exactly think of anything else, I said ok sure why the bloody hell not. *Bangs head on desk* Forgive me if some of you don't like the way thisfic is turning out! I'm already thinking about my next fic and I'm going to try and make it better, but I won't start writing it til I'm done with this one. That's all I suppose. ^_~
Reviewer Credits:
1richlittleangel: It seems everybody knows where this is going. And yet, I'm not even sure where it's going, lol. Yes I hate endings too, but oh well. This fic won't be ending for a while though. Thank you, I'm glad more and more people seem to be liking the sappiness. Thanx for your review!
kairi-2005: Thanks, glad you think my story's the best yet. I don't really think that, but glad someone does, lol. I'm trying to work on another fic, more original and better, lol. I'll try and keep up the good work. Thanx for your review!
LewsTherinInsanity: Thank you for thinking the last one was a great chapter, lol. Well, she's not her sister, like I already told you on AIM. But she IS my sister's character, lol. Seeya on AIM. Thanx for your review!
Dark Angel 13388: Bout time you read it, lol. Ha! I don't think Bob the cannibal would fit anywhere in here, lol. All my characters would probably be eaten, especially Sora and Riku, lol. I'm trying to keep up the good work. Thanx for your review!
Chibi Neko-chan: Well by the time you read this you'll know who she is, lol. My sister who created the character would like to say thanx *wink*. I like her style too, she's based on a lot of the fantasy novels she's read such as Sword and Sorceress. Of course you'll find out how she knows Falina in this chapter. Ha, glad you liked the part where she jumped on Sora, I just had to put that part in there, lol. Thanx for your review!