mega: Hello one and all! megafan505 here! Sorry I haven't been working on any of my other fics lately, but I've been having some writer's block but I just had to make one on Howl's Moving Castle. I came up with this idea thanks to my cousin/friend. Any way, to give the disclaimer, I have the fire demon Calsifer!
Cal: Do you always have to be so happy?
mega: Hovers over Cal in an evil way with dark background WOULD YOU PERFER ME ANGRY?
Cal: No, I'm good!
mega: That's a nice fire. picks up Cal with a shovel
Cal: DON'T DROP ME! DON'T DROP ME! DON'T DROP ME!
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Disclaimer: megafan505 does not own any of the characters in this fic except for Yoma Arikano. The rights to Hotaru Shito belong to arlynnedc otherwise known as pweeny16. The other characters belong to Diana Wynn Jones.
mega: ON WITH THE FIC!
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An Extension to the Family
By megafan505
"Come on Yoma, this is the chance we've been waiting for!" said a young girl who looked around thirteen. She had brown hair and wore a yellow gown. She said in a windowsill looking out into the distance, "If you're not coming I'm going without you." "Are you crazy Hotaru, you can't go off into the Wastes by yourself", said a boy, who also looked around thirteen. He had black hair and wore a pair of jeans with holes at the bottoms. He also wore a normal white cotton shirt, "Besides, we've been friends forever; you wouldn't just leave me like that."
"Yoma Arikano, are you saying I couldn't live without you", Hotaru said, turning her attention to the Yoma. "No, but many people say that Howl is a very dangerous wizard, remember the story of that girl from South Haven?" Yoma responded as he stood up from his bed. He dusted himself off and walked towards the door. "At least when the war was going on we had excitement", said Hotaru with her voice trailing off into the distance.
"Don't mention the war, that's when we were separated from both our parents", Yoma said walking off into the kitchen of the small house they were staying at. "We can't stay here forever in this place, after all, it took almost all of our money to rent it. What are you doing?" Yoma reached up into the cupboard and took out two loaves of bread, a block of cheese, and a cloth. "Well we'll need some food for the way there, won't we?" Hotaru jumped off the windowsill and ran over to Yoma, "You mean it? You'll come with me?" she asked him. He simply nodded and smiled. Yoma went over to a small box in the corner and opened it. Inside was a small satchel filled with copper coins, "We'll need this to get a way there", he said pulling it out.
As they walked out of the house, Hotaru nailed a sheet of paper to the door, which read,
"Dear owners of this home. Thank you for allowing us to rent out this area for the long time that we did. We shall no longer need to stay here and give you our sincerest goodbye. Once again, thank you for allowing us to stay here.
From, Yoma Arikano and Hotaru Shito"
They walked over to a bus car, which was empty, "That's odd", said Hotaru as she got on board, "Well at least we won't be stuffed in like we usually are". Yoma followed her onto the bus and sat down, "You usually can't see these cushion seats on the side either", he added. As soon as the sat down, the bus began to drive off. Hotaru decided to look out the window, "Oh this is so exciting!" she shouted out, "Starting a new life!" "Well don't get too excited, Howl might not even let us stay with him", said Yoma resting his head on the seat. He closed his eyes and then opened them back up.
"Does the bus feel like it's going a bit faster to you?" he asked as he sat back up. He looked out the door and could see everything speeding by. He stood up and almost fell over. "Hotaru, I need to go tell the driver to slow down!" he shouted to the girl who just looked back at him and nodded with a smile. Yoma began to move towards the driver's area, "How can she stay so calm at a time like this?" he asked himself. He walked up beside the driver's seat and held onto it. "Um excuse me sir…" he began, but when he looked at the seat, there was nobody there. He thought he could see a faint silhouette of a person though. He ran back to the passenger area in shock and almost fell over once again.
"There's no driver here!" he shouted. Hotaru turned her head around and then stood up. "Well, I guess we'll have to jump then", she said dusting herself off. "Are you mad!" Yoma shouted back, "We'd go splat the moment we hit the ground at this rate!" "Well with this we may live, but if we stay in here we'll hit a wall for sure", she said with a smile on her face. She began to walk over to the door, "Ready?" she asked him.
Yoma made his way over to the door, "How can you stay so calm?" he asked her, "Oh well, let's get this over with." "Three, two, one JUMP!" they both shouted at the same time. They landed on the ground with a few scratches, "I told you we'd be fine", said Hotaru standing up. "Fine let's get going", Yoma said as he picked up the bag of money and the food wrapped in the cloth. They began to walk towards a man with a horse strapped to a wagon. Yoma tossed the satchel of money at him, "Take us to the Wastes please." The man looked back at him with a puzzled look, "Are you sure you want to go to the Wastes sonny?" he asked. Hotaru jumped in front of Yoma, "Yes we are sir", she said politely, "We're going to find Howl's castle and start a new life with him!" The man began to laugh, "Suit yourselves, hop on." The two jumped into the wagon and lay down. "It's gonna be great Yoma", Hotaru said as she began to fall asleep, "A new life with the great wizard Howl."