Eight. I sorry for the long update but here it is! An unexpected plot change has occurred. A new character has arrived!
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-Character description-
(It would be best if you read this; it's important!)
Yume- Yume is a gypsy with a magical power to take whatever she wants out of a hat. A top hat to be exact. She layers up in colorful clothing and wears her top hat on her head. Her hair is short and black and she always keeps it down, unless… one of her other personalities come out. You read that right, OTHER personalities! When ever she laughs giggles, smiles, or chuckles evilly, a different personality will come out. They all harbor feelings that Yume usually keep to herself. Whenever a personality comes out, you will be sure to find things out about Yume that she would never tell you herself. This is caused because of a spell another person put on her. It can only be broken when the person that Yume loves gains the affections of all of her personalities. The personalities don't know that they need to love him in order to set Yume free, but they know all of Yume's thoughts and feelings.
Karin- Karin is the personality that harbors Yume's feelings of abandon left over from when she was orphaned as a child. So naturally, she is the most childish of the group. Karin comes out when Yume giggles. She loves things that are sweet or shiny and she's afraid of squirrels. She has the talent to dance.
Danielle- Danielle comes out when Yume smiles. Danielle expresses Yume's hopes and dreams. Not only that, but her excitement or anxiety over things as well. Danielle loves to play games and have fun. She wears her hair in three braids. She loves furry animals. Danielle is afraid of bugs and sour things. She is really good at gymnastics. Danielle has a problem… She has A.D.D. and the attention span of a cucumber. How will the group handle her?
Lamei- Lamei is the meanest of all personalities. Why? Well she's the one that takes on all of Yume's rude thoughts and anger. Lamei comes out when Yume chuckles evilly. She is the rarest of all personalities to come out. She wears her hair in a single pony tail and loves rice but hates fish. She has a soft spot for things that are cute. Surprisingly she is also a great singer.
Jaine- Last but not least, the personality I'm gonna base on me, sort of. Jaine appears when Yume laughs. Jaine is the most complicated of all personalities. She's always annoying the group. Jaine is a hopeless romantic, so she's always trying to stir up feelings in the group. And when it suddenly turns wrong, she will go into a depression that lasts until the next time Yume laughs. Jaine wears her hair in a half up half down pony tail. She is great with words and loves to act and write. Jaine is very self-conscious and wants everyone to like her. Because of this, she is always trying to be someone other then herself. Can the group make her believe that she, herself, is good enough?
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You don't need to read the next part…
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-Religions being used-
I thought I needed to do some research on the different religions in the world. Overall I'm only going to interpret 11 into my story line. I already have the Jews, Christians, and a few others, but I only called them by their countries. Now I know the Religion in which they practice. I will name the religions now.
Hinduism- Worldwide?
Judaism- Worldwide.
Zoroastrianism
Buddhism- Worldwide?
Shinto- Japanese?
Confucianism- Chinese?
Jainism- Asia?
Taoism- Chinese?
Christianity- Worldwide.
Islam- Worldwide?
Sikhism- Worldwide?
Bahá'í- Worldwide?
I really don't know my own faith and I'm not sure if I can believe in it entirely when I find out, so I really don't know what it's like to be offended by racism. So do not get mad if I offend you.
My resource, which I don't own along with everything else, was it out if you want:D
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Now you could start reading…
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Fletcher grinned at Yume, making her smile in delight. She loved his smile…
Then she passed out.
"Not again!" Fletcher's angry brother yelled. "What did you do this time?"
"Nothing!" Fletcher put his hands up in defense. "I only smiled at her!"
His brother sighed and put his hand to his forehead, pushing some of his blonde hair back. "You are so dense. Don't you see that you are the one that makes her the happiest?"
Fletcher sat there confused.
"How do I make her the happiest?"
Just then Yume sat up. But she started to do something strange. She put her hair into three different braids. Then she turned around. "You don't see it?" She sighed too, looking at the ground. "Yume really is excited every time you smile."
'And she's anxiously waiting the day you finally love her back, take her in… Then the spell will be broken.' Danielle thought, standing up and touching her toes. Then she saw a bug on the floor, inching closer towards her flowing skirts. She bristled all over and screamed.
"AH! Hide me!" Danielle shrieked, leaping into Fletchers lap and clutching him tightly. Fletcher blushed. Then smiled.
"Its okay, Danielle. The bug is gone. Look! Brother squished it with his boot." He replied, smoothing the hair on her head. She looked up at him with tears in her eyes.
"You're not lying are you?" Danielle asked, looking over her shoulder for the scary bug.
"I could never lie to you… or Yume…" Fletcher thought.
"Naw! No one Yume likes so much would ever lie! Oops!" Danielle layed back in his lap then covered her mouth. "I must get going! Where? I don't know! I wanna climb a tree!"
Then she zoomed out of the broken down hotel and up the road.
"Wait!" Fletcher yelled after her. "The only tree near by is that fork in the road about 2 miles away, isn't it?" He questioned his brother, who nodded and shrugged.
"Better start running Fletcher. Otherwise you may not ever see Yume again." Fletcher's eyes widened. Then he got up and sprinted after Danielle, screaming,
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Meanwhile
Danielle sat down in a bush to hide from the people racing up the tree. Then she watched.
"Hey! I wasn't ready yet!" A short boy with golden hair yelled. The girl stuck her tongue out at him. She had a head start but he was fast.
"Ooh! I wanna play too!" Danielle fidgeted where she was. "But Fletcher is always telling me about strangers…" then she thought a while. Since when did she listen to Fletcher?
"Hey!" Danielle screamed, waving her arms wildly. "Heeeeeeeey! I wanna race up the tree too!"
Then a bunch of heads popped out of the branches to look at her. They all were very puzzled.
"Danielle!" Fletcher hollered, sprinting up to her. Then he tripped and fell on top of her.
"Hey Fletcher!" Danielle smiled. "Missed me?" Fletcher blushed and looked away from her face.
"Don't run away like that. It makes me- us, worry." Fletcher scolded.
"Yume would've come back to you, so it doesn't matter if I run away." Danielle sighed. "Umm… will you please get off of me? I wanna race up the tree!" Fletcher gasped and jumped off of her, blushing a mad red.
"Hey! You guys in the tree! I wanna play too!" Danielle bellowed, skipping towards the tree.
"Wait! Danielle!" Fletcher persisted.
"Who are these guys?" Ed whispered to Al as he grabbed on to the branch he was on.
"I don't know. This is the first time we saw them too." Al replied, helping his brother up. "Better hurry, Kailani is almost half way to mom and dad."
"Arg!" Ed grunted, leaping onto the next branch. "She is too fast! Why did I challenge her in the first place?"
"I don't know. I wasn't here!" Danielle snapped, gracefully landing after a flip on the branch above.
"Ah!" Ed gasped, startled. Then he lost his grip on his branch, and fell. Danielle was soon falling next to him, searching for something in her hat.
"This is the worst time to try to pull a rabbit out of your hat kid!" Edward shrieked spazzing in mid-air.
"Here it is!" Danielle yelled in triumph, handing him an umbrella. Ed grabbed it from her and opened it. He started to slow down and Danielle used her hat as a parachute. Fletcher was freaking out beneath her.
"Danielle! Don't startle people like that!" Fletcher screamed, but Danielle already had fallen asleep in mid-air. He caught her gently in his arms and scowled, then smiled.
"How very like you." Fletcher scoffed, laying her on the ground.
"Hey, who is she and who are you?" Ed demanded, shuffling out from under the parachute.
"I'm Fletcher, and she's… well, she's Yume…" Fletcher shrugged and stumbled on his words.
"You were calling her Danielle before." Edward recalled, looking at him suspiciously.
"It's gonna be hard to believe, but that was her other personality. She has five others… and they appear when she's happy." Fletcher tried to explain. He was expecting words of disbelief, but none came.
"None of you are shocked by that?" Fletcher exclaimed.
"It's not that hard to believe." Ed sighed. "I was hopeing for something more exciting. Maybe a need for a fight… But I guess I'm not in the shape for that…" Ed looked down at his body and blood stained clothes.
"Oh! Looks like you need a doctor." Fletcher gleamed.
"Err… yeah, looks like it…" Edward replied, scratching the back of his head.
"My brother and I are doctors! If you could come into town, we could treat you!" Fletcher said it with so much hope that Ed sweat dropped.
"Uh… okay. Let me tell everyone." Ed agreed, turning towards the tree. "We're going into town! Get down here!" He bellowed at a volume that hurt Fletcher's ears.
Fletcher looked back at Yume. Then her knelt down and started to take out the braids in her hair. "Isn't this great Yume? We've got a customer. We might be able to afford some food."
Then he picked her up and by then the whole group was out of the trees. He gasped. He didn't know there were so many up in that tree.
"Hi!" Kailani exclaimed. "I owe that little girl a thank you! I won Edward!" She screamed.
"Yea, yea. No one cares." Ed mumbled, crossing his arms.
"You know you care, Ed. Doesn't it just get to you that I was the one that beat you?" Kailani snickered, going behind Ed and putting her arms around him from behind.
"I would've won if you didn't get a head start!" Ed insisted, blushing a little. Every one else in that group shared a smile.
"I'm Al, nice to meet you!" a boy with brown hair and gray eyes said. "That's my brother and Kailani, and my mom and dad are over there. This girl is Raeka."
"Nice to meet you!" Fletcher blurted, flustered. He took a bow and almost dropped Yume.
"Let's get to town!" Mrs. Elric insisted. "My boys and girls need a check up!"
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Bah- bye!
Next chapie commen up!