All righty my peeps! It's time for the next installment of this fan fiction which I'm so very proud of! First off, it's time to announce the results of the poll cuz (THE. VOTES. ARE. IN.) It's unanimous folks, you guys love when I post your pennames up here and give you your very own thanks. So that's how it's gonna be from here on out in every one of my stories ;D.
Let us begin the thanks!
Hmszelda: Yes, poor Chase. It pains me to put him in that state. Thanks for reviewing as always! You're awesomeful and I love every word in your reviews!
GreenLiLyz: CONGRATZ ON WINNING! And I agree, the story might have lacked a certain finesse if I had went on with my original "Luke Love" plans. Kasey and Witch are quite the couple hmm? WaHOO! LOL I love that other word for cool "zero" so I must use it now! And don't be embarrassed, embrace it my friend XD. Yes, Wizard is a coffee addict e.O. I hope your week gets better, chin up and know you're loved! Thanks for your awesome reviews!
BiddyAuthor: I know right? Good to get back to the roots of the story. To think...this whole thing started with a simple bar night! The code was U R Sparkles on my computer screen cuz all of the reviews I get just...SPARKLE! He is a stupid dummy! But I still love his eyes :D. Also HAPPY BELATED BDAY! May your bday wishes all come true! Thanks for the review as always!
HorseGirl784: No that wasn't wrong, you were on the right track! ^w^. I'm glad it was still pretty clean. I don't try to write things too explicit, though in Design! Fight! Love? the last scene was pretty iffy ^-^'. I hope the last chapter I posted answered your question if they were gonna get together. (They kinda do on accident you could say XD). Yes, WizardxVivi is a little meeehish isn't it? fillers are needed sometimes aren't they? Thanks for reviewing and for tolerating the iffiness parts of this story! And to your last question...IN THIS CHAPTER XD. You'll see what the 2nd arc is all about in due time my friend ;)
MidnightXMusic: You are not too stupid. You got it right on your first try! It's U R Sparkles! LOLOLOLOL you're too funny for your own good! I'm seriously saving this review! Also, thanks for your vote and I laughed at your second review. I love your always fun and refreshing reviews so thanks so much for always posting them for me!
MagicalSquaresOfDarkness: Yes, bloodsisters! I got the idea to put it in there from your last review heh heh! Lol that waHOO part seems to be really popular! I should have some more catchy jokes in this story. Thanks for reviewing as often as you do. You're bombtastic! (That's a compliment btw XD)
Mint Pockii: Where do I begin besides the fact that you are so completely divine in all the reviews you leave me! I'm so happy to hear your thoughts on how I ended the 1st arc and the fact that I have done it well, now I'm so giddy and ready to go. The romance between WizardxAngela sped up quite a bit but don't think I'm making them go all lovey dovey over each other just yet. The same with KaseyxWinry cuz they are a complete accident couple LOL. I'm glad that I have a Kasey fan, I put a lot of work and thought into everything he says and does. Funny how it takes a lot of thought to put his personality down on the screen yet he is such a simple guy (besides the blood made human part :3). Thank you, thank you, thank you for every review you have ever written and I look forward to your next review that I hope you shall leave me with!
Fanfiction Ninja: You're not the only Chase fan gone Chase hunter XD. Many of the Chase fans are very upset with Chase (even me and I made him this way!). I was picturing it really vividly too (the Kasey and Witch scene). It made me laugh as well, I'm still laughing! Oh and no, the word wasn't that. But if you'd like to spam my story with a super long review be my guest ;D. Jk! Super awesome friends XD. Wizard is so stoic it's funny! I'm ecstatic that you found that part funny. I appreciate every single review you've given me, whether short or long, every word is just a million compliments because you take the time to write it.
FlamingIceWolfGirl: Awww thanks so much. It means a lot when I get new people reviewing my story and it's so super long! It means I'm doing something right apparently! Thanks again, and I hope you review the future chapters, your opinions will be much appreciated here! ^-^
falangel: The fact that you took those couple of days just to read this whole story seriously made my day. I went and showed all my friends (Look! I have a new reader that read it all the way through!). I love new readers/reviewers because, even though it's sooo long, I love how my story can still reel in people. Thanks so much for your time and for even leaving a review! You're wonderful!
NumberSixteen: YAAAAY! I also showed everyone your review and was like (I can't believe I have so many new readers!). Another Maya hater? SUHWEETNESS! I should start A DB's Maya hate club...too much? Lol I'm so lame sometimes XD. Anyways, thanks for that encouraging PM you sent me. I was so happy to see that someone wanted me to update this story so badly that they PMed me! It was surprising and very flattering so thank you times a million! I hope you continue to review in the future!
Azn-Rinny: HAPPY BELATED BDAAAAY! (So many bdays! I couldn't keep up TT-TT) As usual, I'm overly excited when I see a review from you cuz I know how busy you are. It's so awesome that you take time away from your own classes to actually review this story of mine! I was so surprised to see a review on the newly released chapter so fast so it made me super happy! And hopefully you get a chance to review this chapter before I post the next one! Thanks for always reviewing like you do! It means so much to me and you know it ;D!
Floopyrocks: Thanks for the review. Yes, pink elephants are completely great, aren't they? XD
Tsubaki-San: Thanks so so so SO very much for giving my story a try. It's such a treat to get new readers/reviewers! Thanks for taking your time to read and review this fanfic!
All of you are just...splendid. (Haha I think my writing from Design! Fight! Love? is trying to come over here. Stay over in your story English Molly!)
Without any further waiting...I give you...*Ridiculously long drum roll*
CHAPTER...TWENTY...SEVEEEEEEEEEN!
~Molly's POV~
It's been the same routine the last couple of days. Eat, work, bar night, sleep. Oh, not to mention the constant help of Angela. She's toned it down by a bit but it's still a little out of control. Besides the part about Angela, my life here on Castanet has practically gone back to normal.
I stared into the surface of the Goddess's Pond, seemingly the only place that no one would look for me.
"Everything is normal again...yet, why do I feel so...strange?"
"Molly..." The angelic voice off the Goddess shook me from my daze. I looked up to see her and the other sprites staring at me with curious eyes. I spotted Finn sitting on one of the rocks near me and he gave me a reassuring smile.
"Whatever is troubling you Molly...we're here to help!" The five harvest sprites chanted from where they were and the Goddess gave me a serene nod of her head.
"Thanks guys..." I said and smiled slightly.
"Don't be sad Molly...I still love you!" Finn shouted ecstatically and I could almost feel myself tear up.
"Finn..." I sniffled and the group of mystical beings started to panic.
"Please don't cry." The Goddess murmured with a hand covering her mouth in worry. I flashed them the biggest smile I've had in weeks.
"Thank you." I said and grabbed Finn gently, giving him a slight kiss on his minute cheek.
"You're right. I shouldn't worry! I should be happy! I've saved the island, I found out what happened to my mother, and I have great friends and a wonderful sister with me!" I said, cheering myself up from my depression.
Finn nodded his head energetically.
"That's right! Who cares about that darned Chef?" He shouted and my face fell.
"Me..." I responded weakly.
"WAAAAH MOLLY!" Finn cried and started to snuggle into my shoulder.
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"I'm sorry..." Finn said for almost the millionth time.
"It's okay Finn! I just need to stop feeling sorry for myself."
Finn and I were on our way back to my house, we were taking our sweet time since I didn't have much to do in Winter which gave me a lot of free time.
"I just don't think it's fair!" Finn shouted and I looked at him in shock.
"What?"
"All you were doing was trying to protect him. And you did! But the guy is too dense to realize what you did for him! He could have died if he went along with you! You almost died! I'm just so...GRRRR!" Finn ranted and I couldn't help but giggle. Finn stopped and stared at me.
"It's okay." I shook my head.
"It doesn't matter anymore...Chase is alive and safe, and I'm just happy for that."
"Molly...you're too kind!" Finn cried and flew to me to give my cheek a death hug.
"Am I too kind...or too afraid to talk to him...?" I thought before I continued on my way to my house.
Trudging through the deep and fluffy snow, I made my way to my house with Finn still on my cheek. Before I could so much as reach for my door, I was bum rushed by Kasey and Winry (Witch).
"You have to help us Molly!" Kasey screamed.
"How dare you bother Molly over this! We already agreed to go through with it! We came to tell her the horrible news!"
"What? What is it?" I asked the bickering duo.
"This idiotic excuse for a magic-made man unknowingly proposed to me in front of Renee and she went and told the whole town already! Excluding you I guess or else you would have already known our problem. She must have not been able to find you. Where are you coming from anyways Mo-"
"Um...back up a little please. Kasey did what now?"
"I accidentally proposed because she had a stupid Blue Feather on her ingredient shelf of all places!" Kasey seemed angry.
"I mean, who puts that on an ingredient shelf? I can't even take the proposal back! I don't want to get married, especially not to her!" Winry gasped at Kasey's remarks.
"One, no one told you to grab something off of my shelf! Two, that feather is up there because it is considered a rare and magical ingredient that emits the feelings of love so naturally I have it in case of love emergencies. Three, I hate to burst your bubble...wait, no I don't...I'm happy to inform you that I don't want to marry you either!"
Before I even had time to answer, Angela comes rushing up the hill and jumps right in front of me.
"Molly, Molly, Molly! I think I like Wizard! And I don't mean like like I mean like, like like!" Angela informed me like a school girl would and I blanked.
My technical brother was getting married...and my sister suddenly liked a guy which she never showed much interest in the opposite sex in the first place.
"I-I think I need to sit down." I murmured and walked into my house, all three people followed me in. I plopped down on my couch and they all stared at me with wistful looks.
"Okay...so you too are engaged?" I asked Kasey and Winry who shook their heads solemnly and Angela snapped her head to look at them.
"You guys are engaged!" She shrieked.
"It's not something we're proud of." They both replied.
"I didn't know living together could produce that type of effect...maybe..."
"Please Angela, don't think about marriage yet."
"I wasn't!" She exclaimed, blushing.
"I was just thinking that if I lived with him that maybe our relationship would change in a productive sort of way..." Angela said bashfully.
"If by productive you mean reproductive then definitely." Kasey said and Angela nearly killed him by grabbing his throat and shaking him viciously.
"Angela stop! You'll kill him! Winry, do something!" I exclaimed.
"No way! I'm all ready thinking of a story to make up. "The wedding is off because my fiance died of a horrible incident when he sneaked up on his sister who was very paranoid and strangled him in fear he was a rapist."...Hmmm...that sounded a little too overdid. Let me try it from a different direction."
I watched on in complete shock at the scene before me. Kasey was arguing with Angela between strained breaths as she continued to choke him and Winry continued to babble out excuses for Kasey's death in case he did die so she wouldn't have to marry him. I was starting to get a massive headache and I held my hand to my forehead.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Finn's voice came from above me and I looked up to see him floating high up in the air.
Everyone gave him their attention.
"Molly's really, really tired so all of us have to leave and let her rest!" My little sprite friend yelled at everyone who was making a ruckus in my house.
"Hmm...maybe I'll go ponder on this by myself for a while..." Angela thought aloud and stopped strangling Kasey who took his throat back with much zeal.
"Do we really have to go through with this?" Kasey asked Winry as the trio headed for the door.
"We don't have a choice if we want to still live here." Winry relayed to him and the "couple" sulked out the door. I sighed in relief and laid back on my couch, clutching my head.
"Oh no you don't! You need some medicine for that headache of yours!" Finn said. He was very demanding today.
"I don't have any medicine." I groaned.
"Then you need to go to the Clinic! Go on!" He shouted for me to get up and get to the Clinic and I eventually dragged myself out the door.
"I'll be at the Goddess Pond if you need me! You better go and pick up that medicine!" Finn yelled before disappearing.
I walked down to Harmonica Town, it was 2:40 PM at the moment. I sighed as I went into the Clinic and Jin looked up to see me.
"Oh, Molly. How have you been lately? I haven't seen you since your trip to the city."
"Wh-Oh! Yes, I haven't been by in a while, have I?" I said, realizing the memory that Winry and Wizard had put in the town's people's minds.
"What is it that you're in need for?" He asked.
"I need some medicine, for a headache."
"What type of headache?"
"You could say stress induced...I guess." I said and he raised an eyebrow before moving toward a cabinet.
"I have this remedy tea that Irene made for headaches. This will do the trick." He walked towards me with the medicine tea and I smiled and reached out my hand to take it.
"Thank you very much-" He moved the tea away from me as I grabbed for it.
"Huh?"
"I have a few questions for you first." Jin said ominously and my knees almost buckled from underneath me.
"O-okay." I said.
He slid a chair toward me as he took a seat in his regular doctor's chair. I reluctantly sat across from him as he analyzed me skeptically.
"Uh...um..." I muttered.
"Molly..." He said darkly.
"Yes?" I responded quickly.
"Kasey. You said he was your brother, right?"
"Yes."
"Why am I just now finding out about him? He's no where in your health records or in your files at town hall."
"Oh...well you see-"
"And come to think of it...Angela wasn't in your files either. I let it slide as something that just slipped you mind, but this is just ridiculous."
"Um...I"
"What are you trying to hide, Molly?"
"Nothing! I'm not hiding anything!" I said on reflex.
"Then would you mind telling me about your family? Do you have any sort of sickness running in your family, any hereditary health traits?"
I sighed, realizing that Jin wasn't going to let me go that easily.
"No, I don't have anything like that. My father and mother are very healthy. As for never mentioning my family in my files or medical papers, it really just slipped my mind when I was filling the papers out. My parents have been exploring the wonders of the world since Angela, Kasey, and I were very young. Kasey is older than us by two years. I'm so sorry that I never mentioned any of this before." I said, hoping that Jin would buy my story.
He eyed me skeptically.
"I don't believe you."
"Fine, don't believe me. It's the truth though." I said and Jin shook his head in dismissal.
"I really need that medicine though." I told him.
"Just hop on the table so I can examine your injury and you'll be free to go." He said and closed his examination room door (which was the room he was in when I entered).
I did as I was asked so I could hurry and get back to my house.
Jin pulled on his gloves for safety measures.
"I don't want to seem too rash so could you pull your shirt up for me?" He asked me.
"S-sure..." I said, complying with him. Jin was doctor but it wasn't like he wasn't a guy.
"I still have a guy phobia..." I thought pitifully to myself. And I thought I was out of that stage.
Jin started to unwrap the old bandages from around my side and he inspected the spot thoroughly.
"Well, you've healed really well. Your skin doesn't even look the slightest bruised." He said, a little surprised.
"That's good." I said, I guess my mother's healing magic really did work wonders.
"Now I can go?"
Jin looked at me for a moment before moving his hands to rest on the edge of the bed I was lying on.
"No, I have some more questions to ask you." He said.
"Jin, I already told you everything about my fami-"
"Not that, though I still have my doubts. This is about Chase."
My eyes widened at the name and I looked away from Jin.
"What about him?" I whispered.
"He's been acting strange lately. He's not his usual sarcastic self." Jin sad, sounding almost a little sad.
"I don't know anything about that," I lied. "Maybe it has something to do with his new girlfriend. Maya must keep him on his toes, am I right?" I laughed though I'm sure it sounded a little bitter.
"Maya?" Jin questioned in shock.
"Did Chase not tell you? They went to the Moon Festival together you know. They make a great couple, don't you think?" I said as sincere as I could be.
"Molly, you know he doesn't love or even like Maya in that way." Jin suddenly said and my heart leaped to my throat.
"No I don't." I said and tried to refrain from biting my lip.
"Yes you do. Because you know exactly who Chase cares for more than anybody. The only person who could hurt Chase with only words..."
"I don't know. I don't want to talk about this anymore." I squeaked.
"Molly, I'm not meaning to sound like I'm accusing you but...what did you say to him?"
I snapped.
I sat up abruptly, almost bumping Jin in the head but I didn't care. I looked him straight in the eyes and I could feel the tears threatening to fall from my eyes.
"All I did was protect him by keeping him away!" I said in a timidly-angry voice.
"What you did is hurting him!" Jin told me sternly.
I felt a tear escape as I hopped off the table and turned away from Jin, pulling my shirt down in the process.
"If you cared to look closer you could see that I've hurt myself too..." I whispered and bolted out the door, trying to wipe the tears away. I was running blindly and crashed into somebody as I neared what I believed was the bridge leading back to the farmlands. I looked up to see I had crashed into Gill who was carrying papers, he started glaring at me.
"Molly..." He murmured angrily.
"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry!" I said and started picking the papers up for him.
He gave me a quizzical look.
"Hey, why are you crying?" He asked a little worriedly. I could feel the trickle of warm tears fall down my cheeks.
"It's the impact...it really hurt I guess." I said and handed him the papers.
"If that's all then you must watch where you're going next time." Gill said, though he still seemed concerned.
"I will, thanks."
"Before you leave, a letter from the mainland arrived for you this morning. Father forgot to put it in your mailbox today." My heart skipped at beat at his words and he held the letter out to me. I couldn't see the sender's name through my teary eyes.
"Thank you. Sorry for the trouble." I said through sniffles and began to walk away from Gill so I could wipe away the fresh set of tears that were threatening fall in order to read the letter.
I pushed forward across the bridge and when I was around the curve in the mountain side, I wiped the away just enough so I could read the letter's return address. My heart almost stopped.
"That's the same address as my old highschool." I muttered, highly upset. I opened it and read it's contents, feeling like I needed to throw-up or cry or even both.
Letter's Contents
Dear Molly Withard,
As your graduation class's valedictorian, you have been summoned to the mandatory class reunion. This is an order from your graduation class's SGA and if you do not R.S.V.P before the day before the date of the reunion (which is Wednesday) then we will send someone out there to escort you back.
P.S.- It took too damn long to find you so you better come!
Your SGA President and Vice President
P.P.S- Oh yeah, that one guy is out of jail. He'll be attending too.
::.::.::
My SGA President was, in fact, the boy I had a crush on in middle school. The number for R.S. was on the back of the letter. I teared up even more. Now my past was coming back to haunt me too? The vision of what happened to me so many years ago appeared in my head and a fear I hadn't felt in a long time rose up in my throat.
Just then, I saw Chase coming down the path, Maya was clutching onto his arm for dear life.
"Oh hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Molly!" Maya sang out as she came down the path, Chase looked up to me with a sense of boredom on his face.
"Chase and I were on a walk just now, it's really cold out so maybe you should go on a walk-h-hey...what's wrong?" Maya said, obviously confused by my facial expression which was probably that of pure fear.
Chase gave me a concerned look.
"Molly, you don't look so hot." Maya pointed out. She seemed worried but I didn't want her sympathy. Or anyone else's for that matter.
"Molly?" Chase reached out to me and, subconsciously, I flinched away from him. For the first time in forever, I was afraid of him.
"What happened?" Chase said in shock. He knew that I was supposed to be fairly better with my fear, yet in just one letter it felt like I was back to square one.
I didn't look him in the eye, out of fear if nothing else, as I rushed off towards my house. Upon reaching the confines of my house, I dialed the R.S.V.P number and waited for someone to answer the phone. On the third, a man picked it up. I held the phone away from my mouth so I could take a deep breath to make myself sound more confident.
"Hello, Portland High's SGA office. Class of 2008's SGA President, Dylan Sarant, speaking." Dylan answered the phone. I took another deep breath away from the phone before beginning my response.
"This is Molly Withard, Class of 2008's Valedictorian speaking."
"Oh, so you did get the letter?" He asked in a darkly friendly voice.
"Of course. I'm calling to let you know that I will be attending." I said, my voice faltered a bit but not by much. I just had to hold my composure a little longer.
"I see. Well, I'm glad we don't have to come and get you. I hope to see you soon." Dylan said.
"Likewise..." I said and hung up. I held the phone to my chest and sunk down to my bottom.
"This is just too much..." I murured and stared up at my ceiling in pure shock.
At least they wouldn't come to the island now.
Thanks for all the reviews guys! So I guess Molly is going to go back to her dark days in the next chapter. And who else knows where she's going to be? (btw, it's Thursday in this chapter. The SGA didn't predict the time of delivery for the letter).