Two Years

3 - Long

Don't own.

This chapter is dedicated to Emo Cowboy, my second alerter! Thank you!

A few days had passed since then. Luna had stuck upon a brilliant idea; sell hats with precious stones in them. Not too precious though; just peridot and amber - low level stones like them.

"Candace!"

Luna's voice called after me as I walked past the Sundae Inn. I halted, and turned, waiting for her to catch up. She did, gasping, and muttering something about how she shouldn't stay in the store all day.

I smiled down at her. "Wh-What do you need, Luna?"

She straightened up and replied, "Shelly wants you to get Garnet and Moonlight Stones as well, okay?"

"Okay…." I replied, writing it down on a piece of paper I held in my hand.

To make hats, we needed the stones. Unfortunately, none of us were miners, so we had to get our stones from the blacksmith's. When we received our order, a few days later, we would pay for the stones.

Simple.

I turned into Ganache Mine, and as I walked, the tree leaves swayed above me. Pushing the heavy wooden door open, I stepped into the Blacksmith's Shop.

And there, none other, at the counter was Julius, with his long purple hair whispering against the counter, as he leaned on it. Then, upon seeing me, he beamed, and shot upright, red eyes brightening.

It was slightly awkward, as Julius just stared at me, and Ramsey just looked away from us both. Mira was in the back room.

"… So then, what do you need ~ ?" said Julius cheerfully, in that strangely deep voice..

"… Could, I-I have… the items o-on this list, p-please?" I asked, shyly.

"Oh, yes, of course ~. *heart*" answered Julius, taking the list from my fingers and scanning it over.

"Hmm, peridot, yes… rose, amber… garnet… and moonlight." He grinned.

He looked at me and smiled. "We'll have this for you on the…" He stopped and thought. "Twenty-first, 'kay ~ !"

"Th-Thank you…." I shyly replied.

"You're welcome! Please, please come again ~!" He declared, beaming.

I quickly left the store, and he brightly waved to me as I left. The sun shone down as I took the path through Kevin's farm, and down through Caramel River District. The river glistened in the sunlight, and the trees bore bright green foliage.

I walked down the twisting, lonely path that led to Waffle Town. No one was around, because more people prefer the main path to Waffle Town. I like the silence.

Then, as I approached Waffle Town, I heard the usual sounds, but also something that sounded like two people shouting. One of the voices was distinctly deep and masculine, while the other sounded like a female. As I came even closer, I realised one of them was Luna. I walked quicker.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, I'M UNDER AGE!"

"WELL, YOU ARE SEVEN YEARS OLD!"

"YOU ARRONGT LITTLE TOERAG!"

"YOU ANNOYING LITTLE BRAT!"

I hurried into Waffle Town, almost running up the steps to the Town Square. The beautiful tulips, slightly frosty, were laid out in straight formation, but nobody noticed them next to the two adults arguing in the middle of the square.

One of the adults was fairly tall, had platinum blond hair (with a cowlick), and lazy cold blue eyes. He wore a blue sweater neck with a lighter blue shirt underneath, tartan shorts and sensible shoes.

The other one looked remarkably like a child, but anyone who had ever spoken to her, or knew her well, knew that she was not a child, and would take great offence if you assumed she was. She wore a light pink ruffled dress and little-girl shoes, had her candyfloss hair styled into two spirals with fake flowers randomly decorating them. Her lazy blue eyes were wide with anger.

She was just opening her mouth to retort back, when I reached there, and slowly approached her.

"Luna…." I murmured.

She whipped her head and around and looked at me. She paused, then stomped down the steps, back into Waffle Town. I quietly followed her. Upon reaching our home, she flung open the door, it slamming against the wall.

She immediately ran up to her room, and Shelly looked up in surprise, staring.

"What happened?" Shelly asked, tilting her head.

"I'm not sure." I replied, truthfully.

"You can have the rest of the day off." Shelly offered.

"Thank you, Grandmother." I thanked her.

I retreated into the back room, to curl up on the sofa and read a book. The hours passed by as I read. The book was a bittersweet story, about a elf and dwarf falling in love. Unfortunately, it was not to be for them, and the dwarf was engaged to someone else. I had just got to the bit where the elf was leaving the village when Shelly called for dinner.

Dinner was a awkward affair, with Luna glaring angrily at her plate, Shelly silent, and me just watching them. After dinner was finished, I washed the plates, and took a shower.

I sat on my navy-coloured bed, lights clicked on. Luna was downstairs. She seemed to have cooled off. I was in my pyjamas. They were light blue, and felt like silk, although they were not. I brushed my still-wet blue hair, slowly.

I glanced out the window. The sky was dark now, although it wasn't black. I softly smiled, as I realised that Winter was truly behind us, until the end of Fall.

I let my thoughts wander to Luna. There were only a few times I had seen her that riled up, and for that long. How was the Mayor's son, Gill, able to do that, so easily? There was something different about him when it came to Luna.

I prayed to the Harvest Goddess before I slid into the covers. I prayed for what I usually did; peace, happiness, for Luna and Shelly to be alright, and for everyone to get along.

I sank slowly into a smooth sleep, and I barely registered Luna walking into the room, and lying down.

In my dreams, the elf from my book travelled across the lands. She stopped for a moment and raised her head, long hair blowing in the wind. She hadn't cried when she had had to leave the village. She had simply accepted, as if she knew the world hated her, and had always hated her.

I fervently wished I could be as strong as that.