Summary
Disclaimer: I don't own Howls moving castle.
"Master Howl, Master Howl help, there is a girl in the forest, she's fallen over and hurt her ankle she needs help."
"Lead the way."
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"Over here master Howl."
"Miss, Miss were here are you okay?"
"No not really my ankle is now swollen to the size of a rugby ball, I can't walk."
"Good evening Miss……."
Sophie noticed the man standing by Markl for the first time then.
"huh….. wha?"
Sophie looked up to see the most handsome man she had ever laid her eyes on. Deep blue eyes were staring at her from a smirkful face. His features were flawless set off by a mop of blonde hair which was styled perfectly. He was around 5ft 10 and was wearing the strangest clothes that Sophie had ever seen. It looked like something you would see at a renaissance fair. From the look on his face he knew exactly what was affecting Sophie and he enjoyed the fact.
"I was asking your name Miss……"
"Oh it's Sophie…..Sophie Carter."
"Pleasure to meet you miss Sophie. My name is Howl. Now introductions are out of the way I would like to have a look at that ankle. Is that okay Sophie?"
"You a doctor or something?"
"I suppose in a way you could say that. If you could just lift your leg slightly I will have a little look."
Sophie lifted her leg slightly to allow Howl to have a look although she was a little wary after the initial shock of seeing him had worn off. Howl carefully handled her foot, trying not to cause any more pain. He then rubbed his hands together and said a few words Sophie didn't understand and placed them back on her ankle. They started to glow and a warm feeling coarsed through Sophie's foot. Sophie at this point was getting uncomfortable and started to try and wriggle her foot out of Howl's grasp, but he wouldn't let go.
"Please stop whatever you are doing; I will be fine If you could just help me back to Union street I will be fine."
"Union street?" Markl asked confused.
"Yeah it should be about 20 minutes in that direction I think."
"Miss Sophie there Is nothing that way except miles and miles of forest and then the market about 20 miles away."
"What, Where Is Inverness?"
"Inverness?"
"Yeah, come on don't mess about I'm not in a condition to be mocked kid."
"Master Howl?"
Howl just ignored Markl's question and offered Sophie his hand.
"Right Sophie, I would like you to try and stand for me."
"I don't think I can without support. Please would you be able to help me."
"Okay up we go."
Howl pulled Sophie to her feet, surprising her with the fact that he didn't offer her his shoulder to lean on when she got up.
"Hey….Wha…?"
Sophie looked down at her ankle amazed that she could put her full weight on it without crying out in pain. Sophie started to back away from both of them.
"What did you do? What are you? My ankle was sprained."
Sophie calm down please, My name is Howl and I am a wizard.
"A WHAT? There's no such thing as wizards." Sophie was backing up even more from Howl and Markl.
"Sophie please stay calm."
"Thanks for the help with the ankle, but I have to get going."
Sophie took off in the direction which she had been going before.
"Master Howl are you just going to let her run off into the forest like that. Its not safe, there's all sorts in there."
"Its okay Markl, I've put a protection spell on her as well as a direction spell. She will find the castle later this evening and If she knows what's good for her she will look for shelter to sleep in overnight. Now Markl we had better get back and organise a room for our guest."
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Sophie was seriously starting to panic now nothing looked familiar. She had been walking for around three hours now and it was beginning to get dark. Nothing looked familiar, which seemed odd as the forest walk at the back of her housing estate wasn't that big. She needed to find shelter for the night and In front of her a few yards away was a rather odd looking building. It looked like it was made of different bits of scrap metal with a few white cottages stuck on the side. It didn't look much but at least it was shelter for the night, something was also drawing her to the building. Once Sophie got closer she started to look for a door or any other way to get into the building. There was a small entrance to the back of the building, Sophie knocked but the door opened to reveal no-one and a rather small room with a small fire. Sophie stepped inside and tried to get the attention of anyone who might be in the house.
"Hello, Hello is there anybody there? I'm looking for a place to stay. It would just be for tonight?" No-one answered her so she just decided to write a note on the table and leave a few coins for the night. Sophie then went to explore and found a room off to the far right with a bed that looked comfortable enough for the night. She hoped that her mum wasn't too worried as her mobile phone seemed to be out of range. She would have to wait till first light until she would be able to do anything else though, as it was too late now. Tomorrow was a new day and hopefully then she would be able to find out where she was.
While Sophie settled in for the night she didn't noticed a pair of eye which followed her wherever she went.
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