Disclaimer: Just so you know I don't own escaflowne...but I do own this story! Just not the characters...geez o.0 hehe.
Hesitated Strike, Hestated Kiss
Better than words, a smile will dance upon my lips
The frost of the night illuminates what's inside
Even in the dimness my eyes shows my hesitation
An illusion...a faint silhouette allows me to follow
follow the reflection of what can be.
Now what am I going to do? I'm so tired, but mom and dad might still be looking for me. I can't let them get too worried. Hitomi sighed and her shoulders drooped. I'll just take a little break and start looking again. Yes, I won't rest until I find them.
Slowly Hitomi stood up and grabbed her bag back up. Preparing herself, she lifted her head up to stretch out the sores kinks in her neck. She breathed in the fresh, warm air of the night and stared up into the sky. It wasn't cloudy but she could spot no moon. Ahh there it was, the beautiful full, blue-Earth!?
"Pretty isn't it?'
The low voice startled Hitomi as she impulsively faced the person who had just appeared at her side without her notice. It was the middle-aged man that had made the young man leave. She grimaced; she couldn't help but hold a grudge against this man whether or not he was to blame for the leaving of her new friend. That is if you could have called him that...
Hitomi could see that he had now taken off his helmet. The hair on his head was thick and dark in the darkness giving him the impression that he was younger than he actually was. Hitomi took a step away. He might have been getting along in the years but a vigorous strength was coming off of him and she felt insecure about it.
"You do not have to be afraid lad." Balgus chuckled at her apprehensiveness. Leisurely he raised his arms up in a surrendering position. "I'm unarmed."
"Whose scared of who?" she shot back, wondering if "lad" was an okay term for someone to call a girl. "I was just minding my own business until you had to come along and scare me."
Balgus grinned. "I am truly sorry. I just couldn't help but notice you were looking at our mystic moon with such longing." He nodded towards the planet that looked so out of place.
Hitomi bobbed her head up and down and ogled the houses in the village. If there had been any lights on, they were now off. Suddenly she tipped her head to one side. "What's a mystic moon?" she dropped her bag back to the ground liking the familiar sound of its loud thud. She was sure they would be talking for a while so might as well put the bulk of weights down.
Balgus gave the lady a strange look as if he wasn't sure if she was joking or not. "It's what you were looking at was it not?"
"You mean the blue thing up there that looks like Earth? It's not really Earth is it? Maybe an illusion?"
Frowning, Balgus began rubbing the back of his neck. "Well yes the blue thing but what is this place you call Earth?" silently he watched Hitomi as she slowly sat down.
He was amazed at the boy's behaviour. Not once while he was with him did he complain about how he probably felt. From what he could see, he was dirty with mud and grime, yet he hadn't said anything about changing. In fact he didn't seem to notice that bits of tree leaves and twigs were in his hair, which was cut too short in his opinion. Shorter than his in fact. It didn't even pass his shoulders. In addition to all of that he had a cut on the side of his face, and not a small one either. The rest of his features he couldn't make out in the dark. From all he could hear, the youth hadn't given a notice to anything except for the Mystic Moon.
Slowly Hitomi pulled her legs towards her chest, still hesitant on how to answer his question. Balgus waited patiently as her action rustled her clothes and caught his attention. What sort of pants were those?! And what material was it made from for that matter? They appeared to be loose and wide. He raised an eyebrow at the man's bare arms. His shirt was just as loose as her pants and there were no sleeves, unless you counted the pieces of fabric he rolled up to his shoulders. How odd. Where had he come from?
"Is that real?" Hitomi deliberately ignored his earlier question, not knowing how to answer and scared that she already knew the answer, as another uncertainty bloomed in her head. She never noticed the man's examination of her as she mindlessly pointed to the planet and repeated her question. "That's real right?"
"Of course it's real, it's the mystic moon."
"Has anyone ever been to it?"
The idea intrigued Balgus but he dismissed her question. "May I ask where you are from? You don't reside in this village do you? I don't think I recognize you."
Hitomi didn't move. "Well that's most likely because I'm not. From the looks of it, I guess I come from the mystic moon."
Balgus was aghast. "You came here from the Mystic Moon? That's unbelievable." He didn't know whether to believe the boy or not, though she didn't seem crazy.
Hitomi shrugged. "Sure looks a lot like Earth." She gave a quick glance to Balgus and corrected herself. "The Mystic Moon."
Scratching his ear, Balgus shook his head in puzzlement. "Well even if that's true young lad, how did you get here? I must say it's quite far for just a small youth."
Hitomi smiled sweetly, deciding he hadn't meant any offence with his last comment. "Not at all and well actually I have a name. It's Hitomi Kanzaki." She took a deep breath to calm herself down. "I really don't know how I got here, I just appeared and then that man you were talking to ago, you know before you spoke with him and he left... he helped me out of the forest."
The man nodded knowingly. "I must say, that's quite odd. You say you just appeared in the forest? Are you sure you've not hit your head? Perhaps even fallen asleep?" he gave Hitomi a slow smile. "Though I apologize for being so rude Hitomi, I should have asked for your name earlier. But, I do think I understand why you must have been chasing lord Schezar."
"Yes." She paused and looked up at him. "Is that what his name was? He didn't seem to want to tell me." Hitomi pulled her bag over so it covered her. The night air was lowering in temperature.
Balgus gave a curt nod as he too collapsed down beside Hitomi. "That's Allen. He isn't a very social person. Something had occurred at the castle, he had to be noticed immediately." He stretched his legs out in front of him and put his hands behind his back. Locking his arms, he leaned on them for support. Both individuals didn't seem to be bothered by the notion of probably having to be appeared as very odd for people to be sitting on the ground at this time of night.
"Oh." Hitomi gently lowered her head, cradling it on her knees. I can't believe how selfish you are; really what was he supposed to do? Stay with a stranger while he had other problems to attend to? You really are an idiot. Now get up and keep your promise, your family is looking for you and you're still here having a conversation with Balgus.
"Balgus?"
"Yes?"
"Can you tell me of a place where I can stay? Uh, Allen was going to direct me towards a location, but he was never able to and I just wanted to know, if it's not too much trouble, could you maybe-"
"Point you to the residence?" he interrupted. "Are you sure you want it? I'm actually in wonder that lord Schezar even recommended it." He studied her for a moment before asking, "Do you have no where to stay?"
"No!" she immediately answered, not wanting the man to take pity on her. "I'm just passing through you could say, and now I need a place to stay, just for a few days." Maybe more, she mildly thought to herself. Hitomi pushed herself up from the ground, wiping off the dirt that she had collected while on the soil. She no doubt looked ridiculous considering she was already enclosed in thick mire. A determined look grew on her face. "Well in reality he did tell me it wasn't a good idea. But I'm sure you could at least point me in the right direction, couldn't you? Please?" she pushed her hands together in an effort to plead and perhaps take the thinking look off the man's face.
Balgus heaved a breathy sigh. "I'm sure you can take care of yourself, after all you got here didn't you? But are you sure you aren't lost? After all you said you came from the Mystic Moon."
"No, I'm not lost." She assured, hating the fact that he didn't believe her and that she was lying when all he was trying to do was help her. Why didn't she want his help? I mean how desperate did she have to be?
Balgus contemplated his situation for a while before he answered, looking Hitomi over a few times. He sure was a determined boy, if not a bit too skinny, and what was he to make of the mystic moon? It wasn't that he didn't believe him but what were the chances of the lad actually coming here from the mystic moon? He had heard many lies from strangers proposing they had arrived from the mystic moon but all of them had had nasty reasons for saying what they did. This boy...he couldn't be lying could he? He seemed like a lost child too stubborn for help, and too innocent to realize he would not be safe in a place like this. Could he deny him a place to stay for the night though? He couldn't possibly bring him to the castle...who knows what chaos it would cause.
"Okay fine, there's a tavern on the other side of this path. Just keep following it and you should get there in no time. It's open all day even at night so that shouldn't pose a problem. The man that works there is called Renik, he's a hard man and will want to push out all the money you have, so don't seem too desperate when you arrive there. The lights will most likely be on when you reach it. You won't be able to miss it; it's the large wood house half hidden in the forest. Try to get a room downstairs and out of the forest, believe me you'll be better off." He rose to his feet and tapped the point of his boot on the ground a few times then did the same with the next foot. "Did you catch all of that? I can still help you there if you want."
"Uh, you don't have to, I understood. Thank you so much, I'm really grateful." Fumbling, Hitomi pulled her bag over her limp shoulders. "Are you going to go back to the castle now?"
"Yes, Milord will certainly have my head for taking my time getting back." Drowsily, he let out a loud yawn stretching his arms and neck. "By the way how did you know my name?"
Uneasily, Hitomi clapped her hands together. "Oh yes well you see, I, heard it! That's right while you were still conversing with Allen." Silently she prayed he wouldn't question her further, she couldn't even answer it. She had asked herself how she knew for quite a while now. "He had called your name, and I simply picked it up."
Balgus finished his stretching and smiled. "Of course, how else would you have known." He replied sensibly, forgetting that Allen had never spoke his name out loud. "I'm sorry Hitomi, but I must be taking my leave now, it's been a pleasure speaking with you. Take care of yourself."
"Oh, sorry for keeping you so late, you must be tired and here I am still running my mouth off." Hitomi hit her head playfully. "Anyways, I hope you don't get into too much trouble. Good-bye." She surveyed him as he strolled off, leaving her forlorn once again. For the last time she raised her hands forming a circle around her mouth. "Thank you for your help Balgus!" What to do now?
"Milord, pink or white?"
"Both." He answered simply; he was too giddy to care. All that mattered was that she was awake! Never in his life was he ever this happy. Twice he had tried to get into her room, but the doctors just wouldn't allow it, at least not until she had completely awoken. Both times he had complied, which was unusual for his customary bad temper, but nevertheless he agreed because he was told she would be better off if no one bothered her for another good forty-eight hours.
Just imagining her beautiful face light up made his goofy grin grow even larger.
Gaddes stared at his friend Van and shook his head in disbelief. A little twitch of the hand and he was laughing and smiling like there was no tomorrow. He gave Dryden a light nudge and signalled him to take a look at their young king.
Dryden gladly spun around; coming to the conclusion that he needed a break from making the decisions the king seemed incapable of doing at the moment. It was either that or all the serfs were afraid of asking Van when he was in such a good mood.
He smirked at what he saw. Just loud enough to allow the king to hear, he turned his direction to Gaddes, "Pathetic isn't it? Just how is he going to be able to sleep tonight?"
Gaddes nodded, playing along with his friend's idea. "He does have a big day tomorrow doesn't he? With the check up on the village and all."
"That's right." He laughed seeing the irritation growing in the young man's eyes. "You know Gaddes I just got an idea, one that will resolve this problem."
"And just what would that be good friend of mine?" he casually put his arm around his friend's shoulder, both men slipped closer to Van, as they began to see he was ambling awkwardly away.
"Well we all know how much Millerna means to him don't we?," Dryden started; glad to see the king's head snap back in interest. "Don't you think we should help the king out a little? After all, he's just so busy."
"Of course we should Dryden, what kind of friends would we be if we didn't help out a friend in need. Gaddes laughed out loud, noticing how the targeted man's fist were tightning in anger. "But just how will we help him?"
"Well let's see." Dryden tapped one long finger on his bottom chin. "We could look after Millerna while our king goes out and does his regular errands. You know spend some time with the girl, considering Van always hogs her to himself. I'm sure he won't mind us looking after his precious wom-,"Dryden cut short when he saw the flash of danger appear in the man's eyes. Looking away towards the ceiling, he roughly cleared his throat.
"Do you two ever shut up?" Van finally snapped, releasing his anger at the two sneering friends. "When I want your help I'll ask for it. Now get lost, you two can help me by not opening your big mouths." Exasperated he treaded over to the nearest couch and crumpled onto the soft exterior. His friends shrugged and joined him, each man claiming a side of the couch.
"To point out," Dryden started. "You didn't actually ask us to help you around the castle and order around the serfs either, but we saw how lovesick you appeared so we did." he smirked childishly. "You're just lucky I like ordering people around, it gives me a feeling of responsibility, something you Van seem to lack considerably."
Van simply turned to look at his mouthy friend still smiling at his words. "You wanna run that by me again my-dear-friend-Dryden?"
The man shrugged nonchalently, though inside he was wondering what was going through the young king's mind at that moment. "Of course I'll repeat what I said. You're a lazy bum and the only reason you let us in your house was so we could do your dirty work for you while your brother's away on business." he watched suspiciously as Van did nothing but lean further into his seat, resting his hands under his head, and propping a leg up on the nearest table in front of him. Then he looked uneasily to Gaddes who seemed to be ignoring the two altogether.
Finally Van blew out a gusty sigh, as if he was thinking about Dryden's words. "Hmm, you're probably right."
"I am?" Dryden cocked an eyebrow, half surprised and half pleased. "About what exactly?"
"That I let you in my castle because I didn't want to do my own work." his eyes closed restlessly as a small smile danced on his lips. "What can I say, I'm a nice guy, letting you order people around in my house because no one else would ever listen to your requests outside of this castle. But that's just me...nice." Van's small smile disappeared as he said the last word. "No need to thank me though, I'm glad I can use my riches to manage the time you would usually use to promote your childish delinquancy."
Dryden almost fell off the couch. How did Van manage to twist his words up so much?! Diliquancy his ass.. Managing his time?! The young man felt his muscle twitch in his fist. "Why you..." He would have jumped on the young king that second but Gaddes finally decided to make a comment on his own.
"Dryden calm down," Gaddes consoled, bored on how predictable things were going. Everytime the two began their little fights, Van would somehow find a way to say something that would hit Dryden's nerve. Except this time Gaddes didn't allow Dryden the chance of lunging on Van, cutting in before anything happened. Sure nothing would ever go too far while the two were fighting, but too far for these two were other people's limits. The last time, both had come out with a black eye, both had come from Gaddes himself. He was trying to tear the two idiots apart, and caught a kick directly to his jaw. Giving up trying to be gentle in prying the two apart, he decided to smash the two one himself. Luckily they had stopped after that, rubbing their eyes at the same time and glaring at him.
Gaddes grinned, remembering that little memory. "You know Van by now Dryden, ignore him." he looked at the king still lying motionless on the couch, knowing he was aware Dryden had planned on jumping on him, yet he was still lying there as if he could anticipate all of Dryden's moves. Rolling his eyes he sighed and muttered, "The man'll bulldoze you over if you start making comments on Millerna." Gaddes shook his head as he continued to examine his nails, frowning at the poor state they were in. He tsked silently as he began looking at his other hand.
"Am I working you too hard?"
The quiet, strong voice made everyone but Van leap slightly up from the couch. Dryden awkwardly tried to regain composure while Gaddes tried not to make eye contact with his boss, embarrassed that he was caught, examining his hands.
Van's eyebrows rose as he flashed a look of disgust towards both of his friend's jumpiness, and then looked suspiciously at his friend "Hey Allen, did you hear what happened?"
Allen smiled. "I came back as soon as I heard." Disconcertingly he took a seat near a wooden armchair. "She hasn't awakened yet has she?"
Van cocked his head, watching Allen with a hawk's eye. "Allen, you haven't ever been the kind of person that pried into other people's lives. Why-,"
"I'm not prying." He intruded. "Millerna has been my friend, to all of us for a long time. Don't think I wouldn't be asking the same questions if it was you who was in her spot."
Gaddes and Dryden exchanged looks over Van's head. It had been like this since the accident with Millerna. It would seem like Van had forgiven Allen for a while and then suddenly he would again start to accuse him of all kinds of things all over again. Yes, no one would ever be able to change the way Van thought. He was like a bomb, exploding whenever time was right, and his fuse more often than not was short so you would have to think before you spoke to the man. The only person who didn't annoy him was probably Millerna. At least that's what everybody thought. He never did raise his voice when he was around her. It was strange.
Maybe someday, someone would be able to control his flaring temper.
Hitomi scratched the top of her head with her grimy finger. Her head swivelled to the right. "To the motel?" she glanced back to the shadowy, looming forest, looking like one giant hole in the dark of night. "Or back to the forest?" The lack of any ideas was frustrating.
First there was the fierce determination she had to find her parents. Were they looking for her? Was her brother lost too? Or was he able to find mom and dad? But then there was the problem of her body not listening to her. Mindlessly, she could see herself lying in a warm soft bed, relaxing her tense muscles at the motel. Covers over her body and maybe even a nice shower.
Thoughts kept running in her head. Would she be selfish if she headed toward the motel? She knew she would as easily get lost in the forest as she had before. It wasn't very likely that someone would lead her back out, never mind have the patience to deal with her curious questions.
Allen Schezar. Everything led back to that name. It would be great if she could go and see him just once more. Hitomi was never one to appeal to boys of any sort, but this Allen striked something in her. The closest thing she had ever experienced that she had even considered a crush was on Amano, one of her best friends. And even then it hadn't really bothered her when Yukari began dating him, so she had put it off telling herself she was most likely a lesbian... except for the fact that she wasn't attracted to girls either. Did she have a problem? Maybe this Allen Schezar was the key to her questions. A small, faint blush rose to her cheeks as her mind wandered. He certainly was handsome, and he had had such patience with her.
She smiled slightly as her hand ran over the soft material which was the cloth the blonde man had given to her earlier. It hadn't crossed her mind that she still held it until now. Maybe this was a good enough reason to see him again? Hitomi's smile turned into a large, goofy grin as she thought of all the possibilities their next encounter could contain. Perhaps it was better if she would just stay where she was...I mean to be honest, in all probability it would be smarter to stay in the village where her parents would be able to find her, right?
"Hey, are you just going to stand there all night?"
Hitomi jumped when she heard the soft, drawling voice coming from the bushes behind her. Her feet took a few steps backward instinctively wondering if this was one of the things she saw on tv where strangers approach someone and steal their shoes. That's what they did to foreign people right?
Before Hitomi could react however, a dark object flew from where it was hiding and abruptly flashed in front of the young girl. Hitomi's eyes widened as she stumbled back, giving the individual a good look over.
A girl! she thought, then taking a closer look changed her insinuation. A cat girl! with the most velvety ears she had ever seen. Her eyes now wider than before studied the girl before her, mezmerized by her pink hair. The child's eye colour she wasn't able to make out but from what she could see, the little stranger had on a large dark cape, that was probably which blended her into the environment so well, and underneath was an orangy dress of some sort. None of this surprised Hitomi until she saw a small tail pop out from behind the girl.
"What's your problem? I've never seen you before. Who are you?"
Hitomi frowned, feeling no sudden threat from this young girl shorter than her. In fact she had this strong urge to touch her ears. They looked very real.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Hitomi pulled sharply away from the girl's hands digging into her bag. "Get out of there!" she turned so her body was between the bag and the rude girl's.
"Hey, what's this?" the pink haired child lifted a large pink crystal up and quickly became caught in its glimmering. Her nimble fingers had still been able to grab something from Hitomi's large knapsack "It's pretty."
Hitomi rolled her eyes before realizing the capabilities that particular stone had. "No, be careful with that! give it back, you don't want that." without thinking she grabbed a small bag of potato chips out of her bag, thanking her brother for stuffing such useless garbage in the bag. "Here take this instead, it's edible." she held her breath as the girl seemed to be debating if what she was offering was a good trade. "C'mon, this is actual food, that's just a nice stone."
Hitomi released a loud sigh as the girl finally complied. Tossing the stone high in the sky, she lunged for the chips. Hitomi would have shook her head at the girl's manners but instead she crammed the chips into the young girl's arms and jumped reflexively to catch the crystal.
"Geez, what did you think you were doing? You can't just approach a stranger and begin rummaging for things you know." she glared at the cat girl in front of her, her claws making quick work of the bag, cutting it into shreds and swallowing the contents merrily. "What if I was some sort of dangerous person? What then huh?" Hitomi stared in disbelief as her lecture was having no effect on the young child. Rubbing her neck and shaking her head at the same time, she slowly began treading away. It was like talking to a brick wall...
"Hey wait!" the girl cried, discarding the remnants of the food and getting on all fours to reach Hitomi. "Excuse me, you didn't answer my question. Who are you?"
"I'm Hitomi Kanzaki, who are you?" Hitomi blinked a few times, this was the third time that a person had known she wasn't from here. It really made a person feel like a oddball.
"I'm Merle." the girl said suspiciously. "I saw you speaking with Balgus. What business do you have in Fanelia?"
"Uh, business? I just wanted a place to stay, maybe some directions-"
"You thought you could stay at the castle?" the young girl snorted childishly. "You think prince Van would let anyone in the castle? You really aren't from here are you?" by now she was exploding with maniacal laughter.
Hitomi tilted her head to one side. People here sure were odd. " Well I just wanted a place to stay, and I already knew one of my options weren't the castle. Whose Van?" she frowned as a striking pair of almost red eyes flashed in her mind, accompanied by waves of black messy hair. Her breath caught as her heart suddenly filled itself with dread. Dread from something that wasn't there.
"It's Prince Van to you!" Merle didn't seem to be aware of Hitomi's state as she gave her a good look over with her large, glaring feline eyes. "The castle belongs to him. It's okay if I call him Van because we've been friends for so long but you have no right." her accusing voice matched her eyes perfectly as she finished her inspection. "Van could take you any day. Amazing how you look so malnutritioned considering all that food you have there in our bag."
Hitomi could only blink as she pulled herself out of the images playing in her head. This hadn't happened for so long. Why was she suddenly able to see things again? She didn't want this curse back.
Flashback
"Another A Kanzaki?"
"Yes ma'am."
"This is your second one this week."
"Yes ma'am."
"You barely kept up a C average in all your past years, tell me how did you manage to get an A Kanzaki?"
"I don't know ma'am, the answers just came to me."
"Really? do you expect me believe that Kanzaki?" a slim hand smashed her hand down on the table to emphasize her meaning. Hitomi didn't jump.
"Yes I do. I must have studied harder than normal."
"Studied off a cheat sheet you mean? Kanzaki did you cheat?" the voice dripped with accusation. "You recieved the highest mark in the class you know."
"Yes I know, but that doesn't mean I cheated, which I didn't, and I am not about to admit myself to something I did not do. Cheating never once occurred to me."
"Well then, if that's true you will take a retest. After all you didn't cheat am I correct?"
"No I didn't."
"Okay then, take a seat and I will give you an exam."
End Flashback
Reminiscing back, she had gotten a D- on that particular exam. Not that she had actually cheated but really because the first time she had taken it, she could see the answers directly in her head as clear as day. The second time she had written the test, not one thing came to her. In reality, she would've recieved the same mark on the first test as she did on the second if she hadn't seen what she did in her mind. Hitomi hadn't studied for that test, but she hadn't cheated. It was the curse, and now it was coming back. If anything, she didn't want it back.
"So, where are you staying?" Merle began to notice Hitomi's quietness, and she didn't like to be ignored. "You really going to see Renik?"
"Renik?" Hitomi questioned, faintly remembering him as the tavern's warden.
"Sure." the cat girl replied, giving a mischievious smile. "Really eerie, noxious iin keeper." she laughed juveniley, clutching her stomach and giggling until tears were forced from the corners of her eyes. She stopped when she saw no reaction from Hitomi.
Frowning Merle quirked one side of her lip out. "You don't have a very good sense of humour Hitomi." she stopped to give a sly smile. "But I'm sure a big boy like you can handle the harsh conditions of Fanelia's tavern.Good luck with that." The young girl gave a small salute and barely had the chance to walk away before Hitomi stopped her.
Her eye twitched slightly as her grip on her bag tightened. "B...big b...boy? Did you just call..." She couldn't believe her ears. She thought she was a guy?! God how weird...Is that why Balgus had called her lad? Hitomi had to shake her head to rid herself of such disturbing thoughts.
"What's your problem? You sure look like an idiot, standing there all fidgety and stuff. Prince Van really could take you anyday. Your such a shrimpy little boy. How old are you?"
"S...sixteen." Hitomi answered still not over the shock of being thought of as a man. "You know with such huge eyes, you'd think you'd be able to notice little details that seperated girls from guys..." Merle hadn't heard this last grumble of a comment by Hitomi, but instead kept rampaging on about how great this Prince Van supposedly was.
Embarrased Hitomi just stood there listening to Merle's ramblings, nodding once in a while. Once, she had tried to interupt and correct the girl on her own gender half way through, but the girl didn't seem to be affected and just kept going, pulling Hitomi along as she talked about this and that. Hitomi didn't think Merle was conscience enough to realize she was giving her a tour. It was amazing how much words were pouring out of the girl's mouth, almost like a water fountain.
"Hey, where are you taking me?" she was really tired by now and all she wanted was to fall on a soft mattress and fall fast asleep. The weary tone in her voice must have showed because Merle had finally stopped speaking.
Her topics had ranged from the castle, to the village, and finally to the people residing in the village. None of which Hitomi had paid close attention too. Being thought of as a guy, and seeing things you knew nothing about was tough enough to handle as it was. She could deal with it all tomorrow. Explain everything tomorrow. All she needed right now was sleep.
Perhaps then she could participate in the village's inspection tomorrow morning, by this "Prince Van" Merle was talking so much about.
Must have been a very long, weary chapter huh? Sorry, I had planned for some excitement, but you were able to meet more characters right? and perhaps even learn more about the current ones? Hope you didn't find the ending a bit blah, because I ended it fast. 0.o Oh yeah, and before I forget, I hope the was it was set up didn't mess you up because at times it didn't indent and at times it did. haha didn't really fix that glitch...
Anyways, I've noticed that I've been working more on this story for the past couple of weeks but I think it's just because it's new, and I wanna get some ideas down. For those who are worried that I won't update 'A love before time' I will so you'll have to be patient with me. And if you don't know anything about that fic, check it out...haha advertisement It's a work in progress. 'Til later -silent wanderer (Thanks for all the reviews guys!)