Chapter 2 - Secrets in the Dark and Light
"NO!" Eclipse was furious! "I can't keep thinking like this! It was the incense - just the incense that gave me those... feelings... for Raenef..." Eclipse allowed his mind to drift back to the smell of burning incense and Raenef's sweet smile. But what was that smell snapping him back to reality? Something was burning, yes. But it certainly wasn't incense! Just then, a blondish blur rushed past Eclipse's left arm, hurtling towards the castle. It was shouting:
"My scented candles! My incense sticks!" Suddenly Eclipse realised what the blur was - Raenef! Eclipse sprinted after him towards the smoke billowing from an upstairs window.
Erutis turned yet another corner when she was attacked by a whirlwind! The whirlwind of course was Raenef and Eclipse, but the force of them knocked her flying backwards into a wall.
"OUCH!" She raced after them, desperately trying to tell them exactly what she thought of them, when Chris called her name.
"Erutis...?" Chris looked confusedly at the scene before him; a blurry confusion of fire, smoke and some sort of weird light. "What the..." But he never got time to finish his sentence, because at that moment, the spell Eclipse was reciting came into effect, and torrents of water came gushing from his fingertips.
"WOW!" Exclaimed Raenef, eyes wide with admiration. "How did you do that?" Eclipse knew he shouldn't have done it. Nobody was meant to know. But the look on Raenef's face... Eclipse couldn't deny it. He definitely liked it. So he put all his worries to the back of his mind. "Could you teach me how...to..." Raenef's words trailed of into nothing as he looked at his blackened room. "No." He squeaked. "MY ROOM!" Raenef sank to his knees, trying - and failing, to disguise his tears.
"Jeeze relax! It's just a room!" Retorted Chris. Eclipse gave him a swift kick which sent Chris hopping back downstairs in disgust, closely followed by Erutis.
"Eclipse..." Moaned Raenef. Eclipse snapped his head round to face Raenef, with such speed that he pulled a muscle in his neck. He cursed under his breath before facing him again; trying to look normal. "Eclipse... where will I sleep?" Eclipse was surprised at the answer that immediately came to him; and had to pretend to be choking in order to stop himself from saying it out loud. "Eclipse you really are acting odd today… are you O.K" Raenef looked genuinely worried, which made Eclipse cough even more.
"I'm cough fine...cough Raenef." When all was silent again, Eclipse said simply. "This is a large castle. I'm sure you'll find somewhere to sleep." He started to walk away.
"But Eclipse... I'm next to your room here but everywhere else is a long way away and I might get lost or scared or..." Raenef blushed furiously, and for a second Eclipse thought he saw a look on Raenef's face. A look of... no it couldn't be. But nonetheless he replied:
"Well you can sleep in Chris' room then." And the new look on Raenef's face matched exactly how Eclipse felt. Bitterly disappointed.
Raenef knew he'd been here before. Why is this castle so damn huge anyway, he thought to himself. It's not as if many people live here! But then he heard laughing in a room to his left. Finally! Though it sounded like Erutis - not Chris at all. Oh well, maybe she would know how to find him. Raenef opened the door slightly; it was dark inside but the laughing was getting louder.
"Erutis?" Raenef whispered. Suddenly the laughing stopped, something moved, and Erutis appeared as if from nowhere. "What...?" Raenef was very confused.
"Nothing!" She replied haughtily. "Nothing at all! Why are you even in here? Shouldn't you be clearing up that mess your scented sticks of crap caused?" The candles and incense! Raenef had forgotten... but Eclipse would never let him get away with such a thing without a lecture. He must be in a really good mood today, he thought. "So? Why are you still here?" Erutis demanded.
"Um... sorry... Chris' room... do you know where..." The angry look on Erutis' face stopped him in his tracks.
"Yeh I'm in Chris' room so what's it to you squirt?" Raenef was very confused. If this was Chris' room then why was Erutis in here... and where was Chris?
"O.K... Sorry to bother you..." Raenef turned to leave
"From now on try to knock before entering a room O.K!" Raenef nodded and walked out. But there was still one problem... how to find Eclipse to tell him he still had nowhere to sleep...