25/05/2013

Well, this was all written last night in about an hour.

24/05/2013

So, this was a shorter chapter... I haven't worked on this for a month and a half now... Didn't really edit it either, it's 2 in the morning...

Vivi didn't know what to do; she wasn't even sure of what happened. The Wizard, with his back turned to Vivi, slowly got up.

"Vivi, do you know what this means?" Wizard asked slowly. Vivi stared at the Wizard, unsure of what he was going to do. Glancing at Candace, who was silently holding in screams, remained kneeling, the energy field surrounding her denying escape. The wizard started chuckling.

"It means," Gale started, slowly turning towards Vivi. She gulped, thinking of what to do.

"Kill all evidence." Wizard finished, turning to Candace to with a malicious grin. He slowly trotted towards her, gaining speed with every step.

"No, G- Wizard, stop!" Vivi yelled, running towards him. The dagger in Luna's chest burst into bronze and beige diamond patterns, and a machete appeared in the wizard's left hand, shooting out almost as if it was a rapidly growing vine. He was charging at Candace, the energy field around her flashing white. Candace looked up in horror, muttering something inaudible. Vivi ran between them and grabbed Wizard as he tried to force his way past.

"Wizard, stop! Listen to me; do you realize what you're doing?" Vivi asked, as Gale continued to push past.

"She can't live with this, I will kill her!" Wizard snarled. Vivi couldn't hold him much longer.

"Wizard, think about it; why you're doing all this? It's for me, isn't it? Well, I want you to stop this nonsense! You're trying to protect me, but you're just scaring me, and this isn't you. Please, stop…" Vivi pulled Gale into a hug, sobbing. Gale stopped thrashing, as he came to realization. The red gem on the hilt of his machete stopped glowing, as it turned black, the blade of the weapon started splitting into fragments like a shattered mirror, as they slowly broke off and faded away. The gem suddenly flashed white, and the blade disappeared.

"So, what do we do now?" Gale asked, as he looked Vivi in the eye. The air filled with awkward silence, until they both heard a large thud. They both turned to the sound, seeing Candace on the floor a fair distance away, holding onto her ankle. She had tripped on the roots of a tree.

They both ran towards Candace, as she looked up at them with fear in her eyes. She sniffled, and tried to crawl away.

"Candace…" Vivi started.

"You… you killed my sister…" Candace whispered, as Gale looked down.

"She's… dead…" Candace continued.

"I- I'll never see her again alive…" She made another pause.

"She was my… only friend…" Yet another pause and she continued.

"I loved her…" She continued muttering, as if she was going insane.

"She was so young…" Candace continued.

"What will Gill and grandma say?" Gill and Vivi awkwardly watched.

"You… tried to kill me too…" Candace might as well have gone insane…

"Luna… why? LUNA!" She screamed, getting up and running back to Luna's corpse. She knelt beside it, shaking it and crying.

"LUNA! LUNA! DON'T LEAVE ME! PLEASE!" Candace continued to shake the corpse, as Gale and Vivi watched.

"Come on, wake up! We can go back home, you and I, and we can talk about ourselves! We can sew more clothes for Sonata Tailoring! W-We can talk about how perfect your life was! Come on! I know you have plans with Gill next Monday! Let's pick out a dress for you to wear on your date! It'll be perfect! You can pick out or make a dress much prettier than I could ever have! Then, you can ask me how you look while I smile and tell you how beautiful you are! Then, on Monday, Gill will visit Sonata Tailoring and you can kiss in front of me and then he'll escort you out while I watch! Then, you'll have such a fun time with him while I stay at the shop and make more clothes, while grandma tells me how your work as a seamstress has always been better! Then, when you get home with Gill holding your hand, you two can kiss in front of me again and then talk about how wonderful every day is because of him!" Candace held Luna tightly, as she continued to sob.

"That girl's got problems…" Vivi whispered to Gale as they continued to watch, unsure what to do and whether people were looking for them or not.

"Luna! I was supposed to protect you, remember? You were our mother's most precious! Did I ever tell you mother said that to me when you were 3 and shortly before she passed on? You can't leave me! You've been the nicest person to me, ever!" Candace had let go of Luna.

"That girl's got big problems." Vivi whispered to Gale. Finally, Candace's onslaught of words slowed, as she got in the fetal position and continued to cry. Vivi waked up to her, squatting down.

"Hey, Candace…" Vivi tried to talk to her. She didn't move at all, acting like she didn't even see Vivi.

"Candace…" No response. Vivi sighed. What a mess…

"Poor girl's suffering from denial," Gale muttered, as he suddenly pulled out his spell book.

"I was thinking of visiting the Harvest Goddess, what do you think?" Gale said, as he started chanting a spell.

"I'm guessing that wasn't really a question…" Vivi stated, as she suddenly heard the goddess's voice.

"Wizard, Witch? Is that you? What is this? Ugh…" Gale explained that they were communicating through a spell.

"What is the reason for not being able to travel to my spring to talk?" The Harvest Goddess asked.

"I… I have, done something terrible, and I need to… confide in you." The Wizard said.

"Did you burn a house?" The goddess randomly asked.

"No, but we'll be… coming over now… Brace yourselves." Gale said, as he cast a spell and teleported to the Goddess's spring. In a flash of light, Vivi, Gale, Candace, and Luna's corpse were all there.

"I committed murder" Gale said.

24/05/2013

Well... that was fun.

25/05/2013

So, how are you liking this fic? I really hope everyone's liking the story so far.