Forget It
Chapter 3: How dare he!?

Later that evening, Jill was fuming about her house. Her arm was tucked into a sling and it ITCHED. And of course she wasn't flexible enough to reach the spots that itched.

She puttered about, straightening this and that inside her house, waiting for the time to hurry. She wanted some adventure, and catching a thief would be perfect for her temper.

Finally, her watch beeped at her, signaling 10 PM. "It's about time," she growled.

She walked swiftly to Lumina's house, trying to make a plan, but Phantom Skye had beat her there.

He was on his way out of the huge mansion, softly closing the door behind him. He started strutting towards Jill, like he thought he was good-looking or something. "Hehe. Hello, beautiful. Walking alone at night?"

"Are you completely insane?" She snapped at the silver-haired boy.

"Hehe. I'm quite the ladies' man, and a prince of the stars."

"Yeah, sure." Jill rolled her eyes. This guy was so full of himself!

Lumina finally came out of her house. "How dare you! Give it back!" she screamed.

Skye winked at me. "Hehe. I'm a bit pressed for time. I'm about to jet out." He started walking away, then turned back. "Call me Phantom Skye. I have a feeling we'll meet again. It's in the stars."

"Wait right there!" Lumina's cheeks were pink with fury. She ran around the fountain at Skye.

"Hold up, beautiful. Don't let such raw anger steal away your beauty."

Lumina froze, her ears turning as pink as her cheeks were. She instinctively put her hands over her cheeks. "What a smooth talker… Hey!" She ran after Skye, who was already well on his way down the steps.

Jill rubbed her sore arm, thinking. It wasn't long before Lumina returned, though.

"He got away… Thanks for stalling him, though. Maybe, if we had expected him sooner…" The rich girl sighed. She fell silent for a moment, then finally realized that Jill's arm was in a sling. "What happened to your arm?"

"Takakura was trying to teach me how to use a sickle, but I was a little overeager. I slashed my arm from elbow to wrist."

"Ouch! You want to put some fresh cloth on that? I've got plenty."

Jill nodded. "Thanks. I think this one is just about soaked through."

"Yeah. And you call that a sling? It's just more cloth holding it steady! I have a real sling, one that won't be so itchy."

The two girls retreated into the mansion. "So, how did you know that this sling was itchy?" Jill finally asked.

"When I was younger, I was more adventurous. I broke my arm a couple of times, and I had to use cloth for a sling. After the second time, though, Grandma finally got me a real sling. It's soooo much better." Lumina brought Jill into her frilly room while she talked. "Sit on my bed until I find the stupid thing."

Jill happily complied. "So what did the Phantom steal?"

Lumina paused in her search. "A diamond hair clip. It was given to me by my mother." She sniffed slightly, then continued looking.

"What a jerk! I'll find him and beat him up for you, okay?"

Lumina laughed as she pulled out her old sling. "If you can find him, go ahead. Can you take a picture for me? I wouldn't mind seeing his face black and blue."

Jill donned the sling and stood up. "All right. I'll make sure to do that. Thanks so much for the sling. You were right, it does feel better."

"Have a good night, and give Syrup a pet for me."

Jill nodded and left. As she walked home, she invented numerous ways in which she would torment Skye. She was going to have fun beating up that egotistical moron.

She quickly reached her little farmhouse and promptly fell asleep on her bed.