Well, I really don't know what to say. I wrote the whole chapter, and just to warn you, it is really long. It does have a little bit of mystery into it. Well…what are you still doing here? Read the chapter!
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Childhood Memories
Chapter 4: Saul?
"Missy…" a deep voice called.
I sat there in my bed. "What was that?" I asked myself. I looked around the room but only saw my dresser and chair. Thinking that I must have been hearing things, I laid back down on my bed and looked up at the ceiling.
"Missy…" the voice said again.
I shot straight up and looked around again. "Whose there!?" I asked. I was hoping the voice wouldn't answer back, so I would just think I was imagining again. I then laid back down assuming it was just my imagination.
I closed my eyes hoping I would just fall asleep. When all of a sudden I felt something grab my arm. My arm started to burn.
"AAAHHH!!!" I bolted straight up and looked at my arm. It was stinging so bad! I started to rub it but noticed their was a red print pressed against my arm. It felt like it was burning through my skin. I started to rub it with my other hand but it didn't work, it just kept on burning.
"Missy…" the voice called again.
"AHH!" I looked up to see a figure standing by my bedside. The figure was wearing a black robe. I couldn't see his eyes only his mouth was visible.
"W-Who are you?" I shuttered as I backed up into the wall.
"Missy…blood!" the figure spoke. He started to walk…or more like glide towards me. Tears started to flow out of my eyes as he approached me. The figure was now in front of me.
"Missy…blood!" the voice said once more. Now my tears were really flowing out of my eyes. I then saw his red demon eyes from his hood. I only saw his eyes glowing. I then saw his hands appear from behind his long sleeve. His hand looked like any other human's hand but his palm was red. I felt the head of his hand as it approached me until his hand was right in front of my face and he—
I bolted straight up from my bed with my eyes wide open and sweat running down my face. I was breathing so fast that I had to hit my chest to stop me from getting a heart attack.
"I-It was only a dream…" I said trying to catch my breath.
"I'm afraid not…" A voice called.
"AAAHHH!!!" I yelled. I saw the figure by the side of my bed.
P-Please leave me alone!" I begged. I then felt the burning pain in my arm again.
Baku, Cinna, Marcus, and Blank busted into the room. I cuddled up against the wall as the figure moved closer.
"WHAT'S WRONG!?" Baku yelled from the door.
"H-He's here!" I said pointing to the figure by my bed.
"WHO!?" Baku yelled again.
The figure then started to laugh. "You foolish girl! They can't see me…only you can…" the figure said. The figure then glided to the window. "I'll come back for you when you're alone…" the figure then disappeared out of the window.
I stared at the window, still scared that he might come back. I then noticed I head tears flowing down my cheeks. I whipped away my tears and looked back at Baku and the rest of the gang who were standing there by the door with worried faces.
"Are you ok?" Baku asked approached me. I quickly grabbed my pillow and covered the red hand print of my arm.
"I'm fine! I just had a bad dram that's all." I said smiling. But theyjust stared at me. "Really, I'm fine!" I said once again.
"You sure? Just tell me if any things bothering you because it might be something important." Baku said with a serious face on.
I just shook my head. "No. I told you it was just a bad dream." I said not sure if I should've told him or not.
"All right then!" Baku walked over to the door. "Make sure you have a good's night sleep. Tomorrow's the big play." He then shut the door. I heard their heavy footsteps walking down the stairs.
I didn't know what to do. I was so scared! I didn't want to tell Baku because he would just take me back home and tell my mom about it. For the very first time I didn't know what to do…
I couldn't sleep. Just the thought of that monster coming back scared me.
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Author's P.O.V
"Master Zidane! Master Zidane wake up sir!" A voice called.
Zidane bolted straight up. Zidane looked by his bedside only to see one of the Alexandrian knights. Zidane sighed and crashed back down on his bed. Zidane covered his eyes with his arm and yawned.
"Um…excuse me sir! But Sir Cinna of Tantalus would like to speak to you." The knight said kind of nervous.
With that, Zidane bolted right out of his bed and ran up to his mirror and quickly scanned himself to see if he was okay. He then ran out of the door, down the stairs, and pass the hallway and to the entrance. He opened the doors only to find Cinna. Zidane kind of sighed and looked around a little as if trying to find someone else there too.
"ZIDANE! M-M-," Cinna said stuttering. "MISSY RAN AWAY!"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE RAN AWAY!?" He asked seriously and mad.
"You have to help me find her! Baku's pissed! I was supposed to watch her room, but I fell asleep."
"SHE RAN AWAY WHEN YOU WERE ASLEEP!?" Zidane yelled. Cinna nodded his head.
"I checked all over Alexandria but she's not here! Baku took the airship to check around Alexandria." Cinna explained.
"Are you sure you checked everywhere?" Zidane asked. Cinna nodded his head.
"Hurry! She can't be far away." Zidane said already running to Alexandria Square.
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Missy's P.O.V
I sat down next to a stoned tree in Evil Forest. I was soaking wet. I had to jump off that water fall to get down here. I had my knees up to my chest with my arms around me trying to keep warm. I didn't even care if I had to jump off a cliff to get away from everyone. I just needed sometime to myself. What does that monster want from me?
I looked at that red hand print that monster left on my arm. It didn't hurt me anymore but it looked like it was going to stay there forever.
"Why? Why?...Can't anyone answer any of my questions?" I said with my head down.
"Why what?" A voice asked.
I looked up to see where that voice came from. I gasped in shock. There was a boy sitting in the tree I was leaning on. Not just any ordinary boy. This boy was different. The boy had light brown fur all over his body. He had long rabbit ears. He wore a white t-shirt, with black leathered gloves, with metal covering his knuckles. He had long baggy pants but no shoes. His feet had white fur instead of brown fur like the rest of his body. He had bright blue eyes and a black belt going around his waist what looked like sling-shots in it. He was a rabbit but was as big as a human boy. He even looked like a boy with all the clothes he wore. He looked as if he was 13 or so.
"Hello there! What's your name?" I asked smiling.
"Saul!" the rabbit-boy said.
"I'm Missy!" I said still smiling.
Saul jumped off the tree and landed on his feet next to me. I got up and dusted the back of my skirt.
"What are you doing all the way out here?" I asked curious.
"I live here." He said just like that. He now had his hands behind his head.
"You live here?" I said weirdly with my eyebrow raised.
"Yeah! Let me show you." He said grabbing my had and pulled me behind the tree.
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Author's P.O.V
Zidane and Cinna stood there by the entrance of Alexandria. Zidane looked around at his surrondings but still didn't find Missy anywhere.
"Let's check Alexandria one more time." Zidane said walking back to Alexandria Square. But Cinna grabbed onto his t-shirt preventing Zidane to walk any further.
"We've searched Alexandria 9 time already including the castle! Don't you think we should check outside?" Cinna explained.
"I was hoping you wouldn't have said that. Do you really think she left Alexandria?" Zidane asked hoping Cinna would say no.
"Yeah of course! I know I would." He said seriously.
He's right! I would probably leave town too. But outside is dangerous! What if she got attacked by a monster and now she's dea-No! I won't let it happen.
Zidane turned towards the entrance and ran out of it.
"Whoa! He looks pissed." Cinna said. Cinna then chased after him.
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Missy's P.O.V
Saul dragged me over to the back of the tree. To my surprise I didn't see a normal house made out of wood. Instead I saw a big hole in the ground. Saul ran up to the hole and sat in it like he was getting ready to slide down a slide. I looked at him awkwardly.
"Come on!" He said. He then pushed himself down the hole.
"WWWEEEEEE!!!" I could hear him yell as his voice got farther and farther away. I ran up to the hole wishing he would have informed me where this lead. But it was too late! I sat down in the hole not knowing where it was going to take me.
"Well, here I go!" I pushed myself as hard as I could and laid flat on my back. I felt my body increasing down the dirt tunnel. Hey! This isn't so bad. This is actually…fun! Especially when it came to turns! Until I saw a dim light at the end. And when I reached the end I dropped out of the hole and landed on a bed. I was kind of disappointed that it ended.
"Finally, I thought you bailed on me." Saul said looking down at me. I looked around the room to see a white dresser, a couple of chairs, and a circled rug in the middle of the room. I found the room quite cute because everything in the room was really bright colors.
"Where are your parents?" I asked. But Saul just sighed and sat on his char by the bed.
"I don't have any." He said quite sadly.
"I'm sorry! But if it make's you feel any better my parents died." I said trying to make eye contact with him.
"So you live by yourself too?" he asked me getting kind of excited.
"No." I said. He then slouched back down on his chair again.
"How did your parents die?" he asked.
"I…I don't…know!" I said sadly.
"Forget about our parents. Let's go outside!" He said to me. He walked over to a white door next to his dresser and opened it up. To my amazement there were stairs in there leading up to Evil Forest. I thought it was a closet. I walked over to Saul and followed him up the stairs.
When we reached the top of the stairs which seemed forever, I saw that we were back by the tree. I was so happy to be back up on land. It was so hot down underground. "Um…Saul can you show me a way out of here?" I asked. Saul just stared at me.
"There is no way out of here" he said.
"What do you mean?" I asked totally freaked out.
"You can't pass through the Evil Forest, because it's blocked off by the spiked stoned vines. But there is one way but I don't think--," he got cut off when I grabbed onto his shoulders and stared at him straight in the eye.
"Saul…I have to get out of here!"
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Author's P.O.V
Zidane ran up to the end of the cliff only to see the waterfall crashing down in the lake in Evil Forest. Zidane sighed, Where is she? Missy please be close…
Zidane turned back around and saw Cinna staring at him awkwardly.
"I'm sure she's fine." Cinna said trying to encourage Zidane. But Zidane continued to look down at the ground.
"Maybe? But what if she's not?" Zidane walked pass Cinna still looking down at the ground. Until something really caught his attention.
"OWW!" A girl's voice screamed.
"WHAT HAPPENED?" A boy's voice yelled.
"Oh nothing! I just cut myself." The girl's voice said again. "Oh great, it's bleeding."
Zidane ran back to the cliff and looked down into the lake and saw a raft, a boy, and…
"MISSY!" Zidane yelled. Cinna came running up to Zidane and saw Missy and another figure down in the lake.
"Cinna, stay up here and get Baku. I'm going to get Missy."
Cinna nodded his head and ran off. Zidane stood quite a distance away from the cliff. Zidane grinned and took in a deep breath. He then ran towards the edge and jumped off. It didn't take him more then a second to crash into the lake. The water was so cold that Zidane twitched as soon as he met the water. When he touched the floor of the lake, he pushed off it and sped up to the surface. As soon as he reached the surface he took in another deep breath and spit out water. He combed back the strand of hair that was blocking his eye and looked towards Missy.
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Missy's P.O.V
ZIDANE!? What is he doing here? How did he find me!? I should be mad at him for coming here, but I'm actually relieved he came. For some reason my heart started to pound. He swam up to me and stood up when he was able to touch the ground. I just had to blush. He came all the way here to look for me.
"Missy, I was looking all over for you. Why did you run away?" he asked with a concerned look on his face. I opened my mouth to speak, but nothing came out.
"I…I…" 'I' was the only word that I was able to let out. I…I was going to cry! Why now? Why here? I just felt so guilty. I can't cry in front of him. I made Zidane believe that I was a tough girl, and I am. But when it came to feelings, I was weak.
"Who's this?" Saul asked looking at Zidane. Zidane took his eyes off me and looked at Saul.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?" Zidane yelled backing away from Saul as Saul approached me.
"Oh…um…this is Saul. And he's Zidane." I said to both of them. I was so glad Saul came in. If Saul didn't cut in, then I would be pouring my eyes out right now. I started to laugh as Zidane and Saul stared at each other as if the other was a monster.
"Sorry kid for yelling! It's just weird to see a rabbit. I mean I've seen hippos, rats, and cats, but never a…rabbit!" Zidane said almost busting out laughing.
Saul crossed his arms across his chest and gave out an evil glare at Zidane. "Well, I've seen all the ugliest things in Gaia, but none of them are compared to you." Saul said with an attitude.
"Why you little-," I interrupted Zidane's sentence before he made a scene.
"Stop it you two! If we're planning to escape Evil Forest we need to work together." I said standing in between them.
"Fine. But if he say's another word about me, I swear I'll hurt him." Zidane said with his arms crossed.
"Yeah right, more like I hurt you." Saul said with his arms crossed too.
"Oh…and what are you gonna do? Nibble me?" Zidane said laughing, when all of a sudden Saul bit Zidane's arm.
"GET HIM OFF ME! GET HIM OFF ME! GET HIM OFF ME!" Zidane yelled while swinging his arm up and down with Saul on it. Saul then fell off Zidane's arm and landed back into the water.
"IT'S SETTLED THEN! WE'RE HAVING RABBIT STEW TONIGHT!" Zidane yelled right about to tackle Saul down.
"ZIDANE! SAUL! KNOCK IT OFF!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. They then stopped and looked at me surprised.
"Now that I got your attention, Zidane I need you to push us down the stream." I said grabbing onto the raft that was floating above the water.
"Why?"
"We're going to leave Evil Forest." I said already climbing on top of the raft and nearly falling back off.
"But Baku's coming back for us." Zidane said.
"I don't want to go with him." I said helping Saul up onto the raft.
"Why not?" Zidane asked walking closer to the raft.
"Because he's going to take me back with my mom. And then I'll never have a chance to explore Gaia."
"He didn't say that." Zidane said in confusion.
"Oh believe me he will! Please don't take me back! I don't want to go back home, at least not just yet." I said in my most serious voice.
Zidane just stood there not moving at all. He just stared down into the water.
If I don't bring Missy back, then I'll get into serious trouble with Baku. But I can't do that to her!
"Are you coming or not?" I asked him smiling.
Zidane looked up at us and noticed we were getting pulled away by the current. "WAIT UP!" Zidane yelled.
Zidane then started to swim towards us and climbed up onto the raft. He then sat down next to me and Saul in the middle of the raft and took deep breaths from swimming all the way towards us. The raft then started to make its way down the stream.
"I wasn't so sure if you were going to join us or not." I said smiling at him.
"You know I wouldn't leave a child and a lady by themselves." Zidane said grinning.
"There you go again, like I can't protect myself." I said.
Zidane started to laugh. "I'm just joking! I know you can protect yourself."
"Hmp." I mumbled. I then raised my knees up to my chest and rested my head on my knees.
Who knows? This might lead up to a whole new adventure… Zidane thought to himself while grinning up to the sky.
And that, is the end of chapter 4. See? Toldja it was long! It took me 2 hours to write this whole chapter! My eyes are actually RED!!!...Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a little bit. Anyway, please review!