" ah" she mewed with a hand on her cheek, a slight shade of red. She may have read the book several times before, but the story always grabbed her the same way.

" Bell always gets me like this" she slurred with a sigh reading the final page over again, unaware of the curious librarian reading over her shoulders.

They had begun to figure it out, however they did not know of what consequences they unraveled for poor Zander. Tears ran down her soft brown cheeks, dripping down upon her blood soaked bandages, making the red run against her velvety skin.

Her party all drifted to sleep as the priestesses melody played, she was immune, her memories slowly started coming back from the beginning, but the one that was burned into her mind were those she knew were certain. zander cried silently at the horrible truth to come.

" I can't" she whispered, taking up her sword and placing it in it's sheath. She pulled off a ring on her finger, her short spiky red hair, flowed to the ground which she had hidden. Another ring came off, the blue gem like crevices below her eyes changed to their natural purple.

" you guys don't know what they'll do to me at harvest ends" she whispered closing the door behind her shadow and ran.

Even though she loved them, the only people who really cared about her well being, she couldn't risk going back.

She knew what was beyond the harvest moon.

Claire Harvest~

" I should ask claire about the next one" jacklin thought aloud, the mousy librarian perked up at this.

"you know claire harvest?" she asked skeptically, her eyebrows had furrowed lightly and her dark blue attire scrunched as she hung herself over the chair jack had been sitting.

The door opened and then slammed harshly.

"if you don't believe me" she paused to turn the book over, "look here" on the back of the book was a black and white photo that was labeled "dear friends" with a small authors note underneath.

"but I thought your last name was Wilson?" she looked confused, there was only one jack in the picture, and in the authors note It read that jack was her twin brother.

"it is, I'm right here" jack pointed to the girl on jack's shoulders. Mary's face did a 180, but she didn't make a big deal out of it though.

"funny," she paused to look at the picture " I always thought Claire was the one on jacks shoulders"

Misunderstandings

spring 15th , light drizzle

"jack, why wont you come with me?" the blonde whined squeezing the dogs chain. Her brother looked at her with an agitated face, somewhat angered with betrayal.

" how was I supposed to know you liked her too? Its not my fault" she pouted before walking down towards turtle pond. Clairabell or just Claire had bought that plot of land as a country house to help her with her writings at first, but fell in love with the valley. When she had decided to live there a year ago, she became more full.

Her dog, zero had barked. She pulled the chain out of claire's hand and stood in front of the pond. Clairabell looked and saw the reflection of her brother.

" jack, please come" she whispered, looking up at the gray sky. Claire moved a stray hair behind her ear and revealed a rainbow charm she kept hidden. She heard the the sounds of heels clicking against the cobble stones. Muffy

yeah right! She thought kicking a moon drop flower into the green pound, trying to vent her frustration.

I mean so what, she already said she loved someone else and made a promise. Even if he didn't have that stick up his ass, he couldn't get her to agree to anything; damn it we all tried. Claire scowled at the water, until she saw something bubble. She backed off and her face twitched in shock.

A hand gabbed onto the land by the dog, zero licked it.

"no! Bad dog!" Claire hissed in a whisper, freaking out. Another hand arose from the water, and completely dry at that. Claire turned away and began walking, she couldn't believe what was happening even though she knew mermaids, witches and goddesses that lived around the corner.

Whatever it was, it sounded pretty upset.

"i actually liked that sweater." it sobbed as the green pond turtle pulled it down. The blondes ears perked up.

Its boots clicked as it turned around, then another bark. "why hello there~" a feminine touch could be heard in the sweet voice as the rain began to come down harder.

" 99!" she gushed tackling the girl, almost suffocating in the girls chest. "bell?" her voice questioned before understanding what she was just called.

" I told you to never call me that!" jack barked, blushing madly and agitated. The dirty blonde jumped up with a Cheshire cat like grin. Jacklin pulled out a red bandana and tied her hair up in a pony tail to keep from getting her sick and looked around.

" where am I? how'd I get here?" she asked absentmindedly looking at Claire for answers. Tapping her chin in thought, bell had it figured.

" forget me not valley and I think I might have brought you here" she sighed , the rain pounded down harder and bell called jack to follow her. They ran to the farm house, passing by many people trying to get out of the valley. Jacklin could feel a familiar presence following her, a very warm one, but kept running.

The house was warm and cozy, but the wet clothes on her skin didn't; and instinctively she began to strip them off. Claire had already changed into a blue t shirt, before handing lin a red one and going off to boil water for tea.

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"Jill, whats wrong?" I had never seen her so upset before, her eyes were welling up in tears and she made small squeaks trying to talk. Her fist were balled up in her in her red skirt as I looked down.

Claire and jack Weren't with us, they had to go with their family for a business trip and Jillian seemed to have so much she would hide. That day she told me everything, how her parents were going to marry her off so she wouldn't face the same risk my parents had; but why?

Was it really that bad? And if it was, was I really just some mistake to them, or is that the way they think of me?

Who is this Skye that they want her with?

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" jack please visit soon" Claire whined hugging her friend. They spent about an hour trying to come up with ideas for her new book, she already had it halfway done and had to come up with an ending to lead it to.

"you really just had this at the bottom of your bag?" claire questioned looking at the faded fabric and gold trimming. " it looks like rose's dress, and the way you put your hair up matches the design I had perfectly before she escapes from ragnus'!" she mewed happily (a/n rose is a character in her book -_-)

"i think I know how it'll all pan out now" she focused, slamming her fist into her palm.

" Jack, are you gonna come out?" lin questioned, when he came back in the house he flipped out and hid in the bathroom after seeing her getting dressed. He didn't respond, but you could feel his negative aura through the door.

"oh, and before I forget" Claire went into the kitchen to get something. "here!" she chirped, handing jack the white letter with a gold trim. " when your home, and when no ones around, open it"

I wonder why?

" I'll come over to get my clothes tomorrow" she looked down at her soggy boots "and those too, can you hang them for me?" Clairabell nodded with her cat like grin then sighed

"your gonna walk barefoot through the rain?" jack shrugged her shoulders " mineral town is only over the mountain, don't worry, I know she's watching. I'll be fine" Claire didn't ask who she was, but had a feeling that they were watching her now.

Jacklin grabbed her bag and pulled out her little purple book before slinging it on. "see ya later" she hummed before making her way towards the hill.

Her eyes were glued to the book as she walked past many gazes. The rain danced around her and a faint smile reached her thin lips as she looked up.

"your human life span has run out, hasn't it" the brunette stated, staring off at the forest, with soulless eyes " and from the looks of it mine isn't so far off"

" ..." the figures green, braided hair rolled over her shoulder and looked down. The rain around them stopped for a moment. Jacklin looked up at the deity with a melancholic gaze.

" you cant be split up any more," she paused to look up with a smile. The green haired woman returned it with half lidded green eyes.

"your such a smart girl" she mused, water sprayed on the older woman's pale face as the younger one embraced her in a gentle hug.

"thank you grandma" she whispered " for everything" she finished, but the other woman didn't let go. Jack looked up and all sound was erased. She couldn't hear the rain fall or the words the goddess told her, but she read her lips. Whatever message she gave her made the girl blush three shades off burgundy.

"wait, what are you saying!!" she asked quickly, but it was too late. The woman clasped her hands over jack's eyes and swiped them away just as quickly. And there she was, at the exit to the spring mine, and something felt off about it. The book she didn't let go of shone brightly in her hands and she opened it.

She blinked widely and smiled at what was written.


jack clutched to the white sheets of the bed trying to keep the sun out of her face, she found it odd that the birds weren't chirping outside the window and nuzzled down on the head of red hair in her bed.

She figured it was a dream and smiled at the warm spot at the rear of the bed, she figured it was just max; and didn't mind at all. The room smelled like sanitizer and began to lull her to sleep. A pair of foot steps could be heard approaching the bed.

Then it began tapping continuously, as if someone was waiting for her to get up.

" five more minutes mom" she mumbled into the sheets, the head of hair jumped up and looked at her with wide sapphire eye's.

" Riku, why aren't you with your uncle?" a familiar voice asked sternly. The boy got out of the bed and mumbled incoherent words before leaving. Jacklin stared owlishly at the tall, tile ceiling.

This isn't my house

" Jacklin Andrea Wilson" the words weren't harsh, but they instantly caused the girl to sit up. The purple lace strap to her pajamas slid down her freckled shoulder, along with longer brown hair. It always grew this much so quickly.

She blinked several times at the sight. There stood her mother, practically strangling cliff with her death grip glaring at her like she had eaten the last cookie. Jacklin pulled the cover over her nose and looked away so her mother wouldn't see the horrid blush covering her face .

"and you" she paused to look up at cliff, who she'd just let go of " you know that she gets that way with her condition and didn't check on her" her voice lightened and became less angry and more worried.

"you're lucky we found you" she said plainly sighing. "we" jack squeaked. The door opened and shut, jacklin didn't know what had hit her.

" H-hi -" cliff stopped as Jamie glared at his soul. " That's Redfield to you" there was a short pause, he smirked lightly at the girl sitting in the bed. it wasn't cliffs fault Jamie disliked him so much, his dislike for him started even before he was thought of; and he doesn't want anyone near daddy's little girl. Tina giggled because of the second reason.

" you were out ten days" everyone turned towards the doctor as he flipped through his charts "you have dangerously low iron rates in your blood" he flipped a page, "however your fatigue rate doesn't go up, but you faint when the stress build up piles on"

"i haven't seen a case this bad since lillia" he made a sly glance and smirked " very interesting"

blue

" I'll just have to check on you while you work, if you need any help just ask" and with that he was off, everything in the room felt as if it was in slow motion, a cold chill ran up her spine.

But why?

The mark on her leg began to burn, but she ignored it. She jumped out of the bed and charged after the little boy who kicked pebbles as he walked to the inn.

" Riku!" she giggled pulling the boy up on her shoulders.

" aunt Jackie " he sputtered as she twirled her way into the inn, avoiding bystanders. "can you sing that song again?" he whispered low in her ear. Jack nodded "later" she finished before realizing she wasn't wearing her normal attire.


spring 30th sunny, 6:30 pm

" summers finally here" jack chirped, kicking her toes through the cool waters with a smile. Bells chimed lightly, the night air made it seem more peaceful than it was going to be. A crooked smile laced her lips as she read a sentence over in the little book.

A familiar face will show, but don't be alarmed. It will show you what your missing.

The wind carried the scent of pineapples as a cloth came into view, jacklin caught and observed it. It was purple, a lightly worn, familiar purple bandana, like her dads. Lost in her thoughts, she didn't hear the horn or the sound of the boat docking.

"why look at the bandanna when I'm right here beautiful~" a man charmed. Her blood ran cold and her jaw dropped as she looked back. Deeply tanned skin, shaggy- straight brown hair and the bandanna he was missing, it could only be one person. Instinctively she covered her forehead.

" Kai I hate you" she barked fuming, all those childhood memories came flooding back " you insensitive jerk!" he stared into her eyes then smiled.

" oh Andy, you could never hate me" he took his bandana and tied it around his head. Jack grabbed her flip flops and began to storm off. His smile turned into a cocky smirk " you love me way too much for that, as do i~" she tripped over the last plank and fell face first into the sand. She mumbled

"i hate you"