"You have to hold your breath while we cross the bridge," The young man whispered to me as he opened the gate. "Even the tiniest breath will break the spell and then everyone will see you."

As he closed the gate behind us I clung to his arm. He seemed familiar and yet I knew that we had never met before and yet he made me feel safe.

" I am scared," I stuttered out, clinging closer to him.

"Now just stay calm," he responded reassuringly.

I could hear two men near-by greeting the visitor's. As we came around the corner, I noticed they didn't look human, like everything else here. This realization made me tighten my grip on Haku's arm.

"I am back from my mission," told the frog men as he passed them by. They didn't seem to notice me though, I guess that was the point in the spell though.

As we got close enough to the bridge, Haku told me "take a deep breathe, hold."

I took the deepest breathe I could and held my other hand over my mouth and nose to help keep the air in.

We crossed the bridge with the other guests to the bath house. They all looked weird and most certainly not human. But as we passed a strange black creature with a white mask he seemed to see me…but I guess it was my over active imagination. So I brought my eyes back around so I could see where I was going.

We were getting closer the end of the bridge, I could see the women that stood there greeting the newcomers.

It was getting harder and harder to hold my breath to the end, I wished the young man would speed up his walking.

But he encouraged me on, "Hold on, we are almost there."

I could hold on a bit longer.

Suddenly a small frog with a robe on came hopping out of no where it seemed, but I guess I just wasn't paying attention. "Master Haku!" he yelled. I almost gasped but I kept holding my breath my face turning a solid pink.

I glanced at Haku out of the corner of my eye and noticed he had a small smile at the corner of his mouth. He talked with the small frog for a couple seconds longer and then pulled me along the rest of the way across the bridge.

"You can take a breath now, Chihiro."

I gasped for air for a couple seconds then managed out, "How-did you-know my-name?"

I continued to collect my breath as he rushed into another hallway.

"I have know you since you were very small."

Suddenly he pulled her into a room. I assumed it was his room because it smelled like him. It had a futon on one side and a small dining table on the other. Next to one of the shoji screen openings was a desk that looked off into the view. His shoji screens were open to a small private pool filled with Koi, the moon glittered down onto the surface. Sprinkling the small pool were dozens of lily pads and lotus flowers. It was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen.

Haku watched as I stared at his chambers with awe.

"It is beautiful."

Haku smiled at me, "This is as close to home as I have ever felt."

I furrowed my eyebrows, "What do you mean?"

"Master Haku!" someone knocked on the door. "Yubaba wants to see you."

Haku sighed, "You stay here, I will be back soon. Don't answer the door for any one, if any one attempts to enter hide somewhere."

"Master Haku!"

"I am coming, I am coming!" Haku stepped out carefully and closed he door behind him sharply. "It is about my mission, isn't it?"

After Haku left the room, silence set in. I stood where Haku had left her for what seemed like hours. After I realized that Haku wouldn't be coming back anytime soon I took to carefully wandering around the room. Carefully I sat down at the opening to the outside, pulled my knees up to my chin, and watched the Koi.

I must have fell asleep because I woke up a little while later, and weirdly enough was even more tired than before. Groggily and not knowing what I was doing I loped over to Haku's bed and laid down. Snuggling into the covers and breathing in his scent I fell asleep.