*Novi's POV*
"N-n-novi," An all-too-familiar voice stuttered. "Make sure everyone comes back with you."
"I want to save them, Reb, believe me, I really do," I heard my voice say as the memory came back to me. "But first we need to save you, or we won't have a leader to help the people who are going through these hard times."
"You."
"Me?"
"I want you, Novella Galaxia, to be the new leader of the-"
"Novi, wake up." Alcon said as he shook me awake, which earned him a Stellar Blast to the face, but he missed it and it ended up going through the wall, leaving a light blue burn on the wall.
"Hey, what was that for?" He asked me.
"Gomen ne, you scared me a little bit there." I said as I walked downstairs to see Pendulum, still sleeping on the couch.
/He must have been really tired from what happened last night,/ I thought as something in his hands caught my attention.
I gently slipped the item from his hands, and found out it was my missing locket!
/How did he get this?/
*Meanwhile, in Kit's POV...*
"Pendulum!" I yelled as me and my brother looked around, trying to find any sign of the boy.
"Kitsune," Sasuke said as he sniffed the ground. "I think I know where he is." He finished as he started to run deeper into the forest.
"Hey, wait up!" I said as I followed him.
After a few minutes of running, we came upon a ginormous tree, and lying at the bottom of it, was Pendulum.
"Pendulum," I said as I ran over to him, and I saw that he was dressed in some sort of armor that was the same color as his hair. "Pen, are you alright? Can you hear me?"
His dual-colored eyes fluttered open and as soon as he saw me, he quickly jumped up and hugged me.
"Kitsune, I missed you so much!" He said as I felt something drip down my neck, and I looked over my shoulder and saw Pen crying.
"It's alright, Pen," I said as I hugged him. "Now let's go home."
*Later, in Pen's POV...*
/Should I tell her?/ I thought to myself as I sat on the roof of the house, looking at my cerulean pendant that was nested in the palm of my hand.
/No, I shouldn't, she wouldn't believe me, she would think I'm a monster, just like Novi said./ I kept thinking to myself as the pendant started to glow, and then I slowly took a deep breath, trying to calm myself, and then, slowly, the light started to dim until it returned to it's original state.
/I almost forgot about that, I'm so forgetful sometimes,/ I thought to myself as I stared at the full moon in the sky.
/I should get to bed, I'm really tired./ I said as I slid down the roof down to the room and slipped into bed.
"Goodnight, Kitsune."