Hey- Chapter two, this story is just so I can take a break from the current one I'm writing-School Days
Anyhow, I figured I'd write this idea cus it was bugging me anyway XD
Don't worry ppl who are waiting for School Days, I'll get the next chapter out soon!
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing but the OC ;P
Promises
A loud rapping sound on her door shook Sofia out of her thoughts. "J-Ja?" She asked opening the door. It was Ludwig.
"Get ready for bed. We have training tomorrow." He looked stern. Italy must've done something to piss him off.
"Ok, what time are we waking up tomorrow?" She asked, trying to get him to relax a little-he looked really tense.
"Same time, same place." He replied bluntly. "I'll be in my bedroom if you need anything." He turned and walked away.
Shutting the door and sighing she threw on some PJs and flopped back on her bed. Finally drifting to sleep.
"What do ya mean your scared?" Sofy said, standing in front of the tunnle she used to get into the old castle.
"I-It's just...It's locked...wouldn't you think that means they dont want people going inside?"
She laughed "Please! Nobody's gone in there for centuries, it's a whole castle that needs to be explored! I've only seen the library and the kitchen-oh, dont go in the kitchen, it's scary in there and it smells."
Ludwig gulped and nodded.
"Ok then, lets go! Just follow me." She said, crawling into the tunnel.
Ludwig followed close behind, the old stone still looked strong, and the castle loomed over them when Sofy was giving him instructions.
Crawling out of the thick stone wall, They were in a small closet. It was filled with old dresses that were tethered and frayed. Sofy slowly opened the closet door and reveiled a huge library. Ludwig's eyes nearly popped out of his head.
Shelf after shelf, floor after floor were filled with books of all ages, some dating farther back than Gilbert's assumed age.
"Like it?" She said, pulling him out of his gaze and met eyes with her.
"W-W- How! How did you find this?" He said, smiling.
"Well ya know...big castle...locked up...small little holes in the wall...you get the idea." She said. "Wanna know my favorite?"
Ludwig nodded and she ran off into the maze of book cases, coming back seconds later with a huge, black, leather-bound book.
"It's a record of a ship that used to sail in the Atlantic!" She set it gently down on the floor in front of them and knelt down. "There's one part where their fighting off pirates from another country! Here it is!" She stopped flipping through the pages and blew off dust from the page.
Ludwig looked at her. "Go on" She said smiling.
He read, and It only took him a few seconds to imagine the huge battle going on between the two ships, blowing red-hot cannon balls at each other, priates swinging over and taking down crew members, and the sails catching fire.
"You can't believe it all, I think it was written after the battle." Ludwig said.
She tilted her head. "How do you know?"
"Because-How could someone go into such detail if they were in the middle of an attack? Their not just going to sit down in the middle of everything and write..."
"Well yeah, but why would they lie?" She said, now reading back over it herself.
"This looks like a story from a story book." Ludwig concluded.
"That's where your wrong!" She said, flipping a few pages.
"Look, it's all documents about how the boat is doing, it even keeps a steady record of crew members. And it's all in a historical document format-See look!" She pointed to an entry, it was a long record of all of the crew members and what their background information was.
Ludwig was suprised she could spot out something like that. He didn't think she read too much.
"Wow ok...Any others you like?" He said
"Yeah there's this one over here" She pulled him through the cases of books.
"Have you gone up to the other floors?" He asked.
"No I've never had time to." She said.
"Oh..."
"Here it is!" She pulled off a big book off the shelf...
Sofia jumped at the sound of her alarm going off and slammed her fist down on it to shut it up, running her fingers through her hair and sighing. She stood up and was about to get into her training uniform when Ludwig knocked on her door to make sure she woke up.
"You up?" He asked.
"Ja I am. I'll be out in a minute." She said.
"Ok hurry, Kiku is here already and Italy actually decided to show up early."
She staired at the door. "Don't lie."
"I'm not!" His voice sounded defensive.
"Alright, alright, I'll be out in a minute."
She heard the soft padding of military boots walking away, and slipped on her uniform, standing in front of the mirror and fixing everything to Ludwig's standards.
Right as she was about to finish fixing her hair, her locket slipped out from under her uniform and fell onto the desk. She sighed, making sure it wasnt broken and set it in a drawer. She'd have to replace the old chain, the clasp finally gave way...
Chapter 3 coming soon~
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