Here we are with another chapter of Twisted Clockwork. One being gone for months, I'm back with another horrible chapter. *yay*

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Twisted Clockwork

Chapter 4 - One Stormy Day -

The wind blows in the forest. It rustle the trees and bushes, before crashing into myself like a gentle breeze.

The weather isn't too bad, not hot nor cold at all. A perfect mixture.

The clouds that loom above has a tiny tinge of black in it, telltale signs of incoming rain.

I should be fine if I continue on with my task, any sickness I might acquire can be easily cured by a single flick of a knife from EMIYA's infinite arsenal of magical blades.

The same couldn't be said to the boy behind me though.

Light footsteps from behind, about five meters away. He has been following me from the very beginning of my walk, all those twist and turns I did was so that I could lose him before we get too far.

That doesn't seem possible now. If I lose him, he might not be able to find his way back.

Now that's an mortifying thought.

Taking a deep breath, I stop and turn around to face hi-

A flash of white and a thundering boom.

The next thing I know was the sensation of being soaked from head to toe.

What the hell just happened?

The sky is now dark, almost pitch black. Thunderous flash can be seen over the distance and heavy rain soaked everything under it.

Amidst the rain and thunder, faint sobs can be heard and of course I knew where it came from.

"Come on." With saying much I grab upon the boy's hand and begin running towards the direction from which we came from.

Lightning flashed in the distance, everything had gotten so dark I could barely see anything without it.

The boy's sobs became even louder. My hand is still gripping his own tight, I feel like the moment I let go is the moment I will truly lose him.

With that in mind, my grip became even tighter.

Thunder flashes illuminate the room she is currently residing. Despite the booming sound of thunder and sudden lightning flashes, she didn't flinch.

Her eyes gaze through the wet glass window, sitting doll-like on the edge of her bed, she paid no heed to the sound of rain and continues to watch through the window.

'How fitting.' she thought to herself.

'To sit here in the dark, like a discarded doll in storage.'

She hasn't forgotten it. How she failed her master Julian by letting his enemy gets his wish.

Now that she is stranded during this age, she wonders why she hasn't ended her own existence yet.

'No, a failure I might be. I'm still a tool of the Ainsworth family, a tool of master Julian.'

Because of that she can't let her existence be ended yet, she must find a way back.

She is even willing to use anything on her disposal, including that boy.

It has been 2 hours since the he had left. She had watched him enter the forest and made no move to intervene when she saw another one followed him.

'They haven't came back yet' she mused to herself, the storm had appeared out of nowhere, there are no signs of it beforehand.

She move from her bed and opened the window a little bit, her left hand reach out and felt the cool rain drops.

"Ah... so that's the reason." Her left hand then clench into a fist as realization hits her.

Her cool blue eyes remain unchanging even when the horrible truth had struck her.

"Open the door!" I shouted loudly, my fist never stop pounding on the door.

After awhile, we manage to made it back to the orphanage, both me and the boy was soaked from head to toe.

Along the way, the boy had coughed a coughed a little, meaning that he is sick.

I heard a click front the other side of the door and sure enough it opens.

"Get inside quick." Gerda tell us in a frantic tone. She practically pulled the two of us inside.

"What on earth are you two doing outside in the rain!" Gerda frantically searches through the other rooms and came to us holding a bunch of cloth.

She took off the other boy's clothing and began drying him from top to bottom. She proceeds to me too.

"Wait! I will... do it myself." I took a step back and smiled uncertainly. Gerda narrowed her eyes before tossing me the cloth before continuing her work on the boy.

I turn around and begin walking towards the stairs, before something grabbed my hand.

"I'm sorry... for following you." the boy muttered, his wet black hair shielding the top of his face. But tiny sniffles can be heard, so I can assume that he is still crying.

"It's okay, just don't do it again alright?" I smile a little to reassure him. But it doesn't do that much to calm the him down.

"My name is Cole..." he says his name, although almost like he is whispering it.

"Well, nice to meet you Cole. My name is Emiya Shirou." I continue walking towards the stairs. The cloth already on the process of drying my hair.

"Oh Emiya! Can you call Angelica down for me please? The other kids had already start eating and she is the only one who hasn't before you two came back." Gerda calls out to me, to which I nod to her.

The floorboard creaks underneath my footsteps, the hallway upstairs is pretty quiet, aside from the storm outside and other children chattering on the room next to me.

I knock on the door to the girls room and sure enough I heard Angelica say.

"Come in."

I gently open the door, and there she was sitting on her bed with lightning flashing outside. The entire thing seems pretty menacing.

Her eyes is still pretty dead, but I can see a glint of seriousness in it even in this dark room. Working with her all this time had given me a tiny glance at her character.

She can be cold,

She can be calculating

and most of all she can be insulting.

"Emiya Shirou..."

She says my name distastefully, I almost feel insulted.

"Yes?" The tension feels high, like one wrong word could trigger an explosion if I'm not careful enough.

She opens her mouth to speak once more, I brace myself for whatever is coming out of her mouth and-

"Will you go out with me tomorrow morning?"

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Blank.

My mind feels blank.

The only word I could utter out was-

"What?" with my mouth agape and my eyes widen.

"I want you to come with me tomorrow, I'm afraid we might have some problem." She says bluntly, almost like she wasn't aware of what she had said.

"You know, you could have phrase your word better the first time right?" I could feel my eyes twitch as I said that, I don't want to imagine what would happen if someone heard that.

"Whatever you mean? I simply ask for you to accompany me to the woods, that's all." As if to mock me, she tilt her head to the left. Giving herself the look of a innocent young girl.

This bitch...

"Alright fine, anyway what's the problem?" I quickly ended this topic and change it with something else. Annoyed as I was, I can't help but wonder what it is this time.

She looks straight at in the eye and pulls out a glass of water.

"There are other mage besides us in this town."