I'm back with fresh ideas the same chilling sensation of Writer's Adrenaline dripping down my spine. New characters will be introduced and I will be describing the coords again and they will be long. I apologize. Please review. I own nothing.
Chapter 2: Part 1
Sena gasped when he felt a hand touch his shoulder. He quickly spun around and started to reach for his sword when another hand stopped him. The Prince found himself face to face with a blonde-haired, green-eyed girl.
She released his shoulder and gently lifted one of her fingers to her mouth and motioned for him to be silent. Sena was confused but obeyed. He returned his attention back on the quartet that was now standing on the shore of the lake.
Sena looked out of the corner of his eye at the strange girl that had suddenly appeared. The girl had a braid going across her forehead and wore a blue denim ribbon in her hair. She wore two necklaces, the first a gold chain necklace, the second was a small chain with vibrantly colored triangles hanging off of it.
Her top had a blue denim corset and black ribbons at the sleeves that connected the black-and-orange polka dot pattern to the black mesh that surrounded her neck, which was covered in a black ribbon. On her arms and hands were blue denim scrunched up and tied around her upper arms and orange fingerless gloves trimmed with black ribbons.
She had blue denim shorts with a black belt. On both sides of her shorts were vibrantly colored pieces of fabric that were held in place by golden squares. On her legs were black mesh stockings that had two different patterns on each leg and had gold squares near her shoes. Her shoes were made of blue denim and had vibrant fabric around her ankles.
Sena didn't know if he could trust this girl but she had saved him as the wizard cast his gaze over in the direction of where his hiding spot was. The Prince held his breathe as the wizard's eyes swept the area but much to his relief, the wizard took no notice.
The wizard returned his attention to girl who he called Princess Akari. Sena felt like he had heard that name before but he couldn't quite place it. "Well, I see that the others failed to come as well," the white haired girl spoke suddenly. "They have other places to be, Yurika," Princess Akari's voice was demanding but also seemed to have a hint of fear.
"That's 'Yurika-sama' to you, Princess," Yurika said in a voice that was a mix of disgust and humor. "And if you don't address me as such, I'll suck your blood!" Sena reached for his sword when the blond girl's hand shot out to stop him.
He turned to her as to protest, but she just shook her head, motioning again to remain quiet and to get down. Sena's mouth twisted but he did as he was told. After all, he wanted to make it back home alive.
"That's enough, Yurika," Maya said. Yurika backed down but she still shot daggers at the Princess. "You see, Your Highness, I can not release you until you beloved aunt repays her debt to me, as I mentioned earlier. And it seems that Sumire has grown quite attached to you and I do like you dancing."
Maya paused to admire the moonlight. "But I can not stay tonight. Yurika and I have some friends who we really must visit. Sumire, be sure to keep a close watch on her, okay?"
"I understand," Sumire answered in monotone voice. "Good then, we'll be off. Remember, no trouble making," Maya said, before disappearing into a puff of black smoke, while his bat flew off.
"Well, I would like to stay, but as Maya-sama said, I have been invited as well. Don't feel bad Sumire. Au revoir," Yurika said as she transformed herself into a black bird and flew off behind Maya's bat.
When they were out of sight, Sumire and Akari breathed a sigh of relief. "Well, that went better than expected," Sumire said. "You said it," said Akari. "I don't know what I would have done if Yurika really did suck my blood."
"Oh, come on. You know she doesn't really do that," Sumire said. "She just does that to sound tough." "Yeah your right," Akari said, as she surveyed their surroundings. "By the way, where's Hina-chan?"
"Right here!" the blond haired girl said as she jumped out of the bushes. "And I found someone!" Sena was shocked that not only did 'Hina-chan' jump out of the bushes when there could still enemies around, but she also forcibly dragged out of the bushes in order to introduce him to the Princess and the purple haired girl.
"Who's that?" Akari asked. "Don't know. I found him over there while I was looking for a place to hide from Maya and Yurika," Hina said as she jabbed her free thumb over to where they had previously been.
Ahem. Sena coughed into his fist in order to introduce himself to the three young girls in front of him. "I am Sena. I'm from Angely Kingdom and I got separated from my hunting group after I took a wrong turn. I also lost my horse because it got spooked and threw me off, leaving me stranded in an area of the forest that I'm unfamiliar with. So if you just point in the right direction, I'll leave and be on my way."
Sena hoped that they would help him, but instead Sumire decided that she wanted to ask him questions. "Are you sure that you can't stay?" she asked. "It's been so long since Akari and I have heard anything about the outside world, and while we are grateful at Hina-chan keeps telling us about the outside, we would like to hear about someone else's experiences."
Akari nodded in agreement while Hina was appalled. "Oh, so you don't want my help anymore do you?" Hina huffed. "Well, I'm sure that you two can find a way to break Maya's curse on your own."
"We didn't say that," Akari said, quickly reaching out to the blonde girl and taking her arm. "We are grateful for everything you do for us, but we want to hear about the world through someone else's eyes."
Hina paused at this but finally gave in. "Fine," she huffed. "Ok, Sena. Tell us about the outside." Sena looked at the three girls, with a look of bewilderment and confusion on his face. 'Curse? Outside world? What were they talking about?' Sena looked at all three girls and sighed.
"Um,... look. I am very confused here and I have a lot of questions. First off, who were those two. Second, what do you mean 'curse'? What do you mean 'outside world'? Who are the 'others'," Sena said looking at Akari, "you were talking about? What is going on here?"
The three girls looked at one another. Sumire was the first to speak. "Okay, please listen very carefully and don't freak out." Sumire took a deep breath and looked at Akari and Hina. "You see, both Akari and I are under Maya's curse, both against our will but for good reasons. Hina is an apprentice witch who is our friend and is trying to help us break it."
Sumire paused to take a breathe and then she continued. "So far we have had no luck with it and it's getting harder and harder for us to keep it a secret because Yurika as she saw us talking to Hina one night and is getting suspicious about our activities. We really want to break this curse, go back to our families, and go back to our old lives. Do you understand?"
Sena looked at them. He couldn't believe it. All those years of hearing fairy tales, and one was unfolding itself right before his very eyes. 'Wait,' Sena thought to himself, 'Are they asking me for help?' His eyes once again traveled between to three girls. The young prince took a deep breath and closed his eyes and then opened them back up again.
"Okay," he said finally. "I'll help you. I'll tell you about the outside world if you all tell me what is going on here and get me out of the forest and back home." The three girls faces lit up. "Deal!" they squealed, and began jumping up and down.
Sena sighed. It was going to be a long night.
To be continued…
How do you like that! Talking! They are finally talking! No more scenery explanations, but beware! There will be more in the future! Dun dun dun!
And now, characters:
Yurika Toudou: Girl One
Sumire Hikami: Girl Two
Hinaki Shinjo/Hina: Witch Apprentice
I know that in the original ballet there was no witch apprentice, but I didn't want Hina to be Rothbart (that's the name of her outfit: Neon Rothbart Coord) because she's so sweet and full of energy! Still have no idea which one will be Odile yet.
Stayed tuned for the next chapter!
