megafan505: Hello one and all! I finally have gotten to the new chapter! Sorry for all of those who have been waiting for this for so long. Also I don't have a new chapter for The Pumpkin Apprentice so sorry for all of you who have been waiting for that. I'm kind of preoccupied with my girlfriend... yes I have a girlfriend... Yeah, I'm also having a huge writer's block, well I have ideas but they I don't know how to write them down.

Yamimega: Do you know how to do anything? And she's my girlfriend, not yours.

mega: I know how to bind, gag, and torment you. And no she's not, because number one, you have never been out when we were with her and number two, we are sort of the same person. Ok, so on with the fic!

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mega: Today for the disclaimer we have Markl!

Disclaimer:

Markl: megafan505 does not own any of the characters or places in this fic with the exception of Yoma... Oops...

mega: What's wrong?

Markl: That was a disappearing spell...

mega: Hey, where's Yami? Oh well, while I look for him you guys can enjoy the fic chapter!

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Chapter 2: In Which Yoma has a dream

Yoma stood in the middle of darkness. He heard someone in the distance calling out his name, "Yoma," it sounded out solemnly. "Is that Hotaru?" he asked himself. In the darkness he saw a faint orange glow. He began to run toward it, but it seemed that he didn't get anywhere. Finally he stopped running and the light came into view. As it came closer, he saw a dark figure in the middle of the light, or what had seemed to be light. It turned out to be a large fire. "Yoma," the figure called out. As Yoma stood there, he looked out to figure out what it was, then it came to him, "Hotaru!" he called out. It really was her after all. He stood there in shock staring, there was nothing he could do but watch. Nothing but stand there in horror.

"Yoma," he heard Hotaru's voice again. A tear rolled down the side of his face. "Yoma!" he heard it again, this time it sounded anxious. The darkness began to fade away and he saw Hotaru leaning over him, "Wake up sleepy!" Yoma sat up and looked around, he was in a bale of hay in the back of a cart. "So it was a dream," he said under his breath in relief. He stretched out his arms as the cart slowly came to a halt. "This is as far as I can take you," the man who was the driver of the cart said, "If you walk onward a bit from here you'll reach the Wastes."

Yoma and Hotaru gathered their stuff and slid down the side of the cart. "Thank you," they said simultaneously. They bowed in thanks and began to walk off. Yoma stared blankly forward at the path, thinking only about his dream. Hotaru glanced over at him, "What's wrong?" she asked. "Huh?" he responded turning his head back to her, "Oh, don't worry, it's nothing." "Yoma Arikano!" she shouted running in front of him, "Do not tell me it was nothing! We've known each other our whole lives! I can tell that something is bothering you so out with it!" Yoma sighed and shook his head, "I never could win any of these arguments with you, could I?" he asked, "Let's stop here for a second, we'll have dinner." Hotaru nodded and put down the stuff next to a tree. They shared the food in the pack while staring out at the setting sun, "I remember we used to play out in the field all the time," Hotaru said, "Our parents would talk with each other and we would play games until the sun began to set." Yoma rolled over onto his back, "Yeah, we used to pretend we were heroes," he said closing his eyes, "We pretended we were sent by the king to slay a dragon, you, me, and that Markl kid who came from Porthaven." Hotaru sat up, "Oh yeah, I forgot about him! He was a year younger than us," she said turning her head toward Yoma, "Whatever happened to him?" Yoma stood up and brushed himself off, "Don't you remember?" he asked walking over to the tree, "His parents died and then he ran away. I think he might have went back to Porthaven." He gathered up the supplies and began to walk back to the path, "We better get going if we want to find Howl's castle by nightfall."

Hotaru got up and brushed herself off smiling, "Okay! I 'm ready!" she shouted. They began their journey again even though it was almost dark. "You know, we might not find it anytime soon," said Yoma, "After all it is a moving castle so there is no way to tell where it is exactly." They made their way up a steep hill and when they got up there they rested up next to a tree. Yoma sat on a rock while Hotaru lay sprawled out on the ground. As they sat there they almost nodded off to sleep. But soon the heard what sounded like the creaking of gears and they felt the ground start to quiver. They both stood up to see what it was. It appeared to be a huge heap of junk and metal coming straight toward them. It had black smoke billowing from the top and what looked like chicken legs sprouting from the bottom. "That's it!" exclaimed Hotaru in joy, "That's Howl's moving castle!"

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mega: Thanks for reading the second chapter! Please read and review!