I left Gill's shortly after that, I didn't even ask who the other person was. What did it matter? He obviously made up his mind, plus maybe this was for the best. I wandered aimlessly until I found myself at the beach.

The sky was beautiful. It was a very clear night and millions of stars were out, surrounding the full moon like little dancers twinkling as they spun around. I stood there silently for a few minutes before I realized Finn was trying to get my attention.

"Akari, are you okay?" He whispered gently in my ear. Everything was so quiet, but I could barely hear him above the churning of the waves.

"Yea Finn, I'm fine." I looked down then turned to face him with a forced smile. "You knew didn't you?"

He flew around bouncing up and down looking a little ashamed and anxious. "Yes! I knew I knew!" He blurted out. "I saw him one day with another girl and I could tell he adored her, why he likes her over you I have no idea, but I could tell, and I heard him tell her things weren't going well between you two and that he was gonna break it off! I'm sorry Akari I'm so sorry, I didn't tell you because I figured you had too many other things on your mind and I was hoping he was unsure, please don't be mad!"

I burst out laughing, he was red in the face from not taking a breath the whole time he was ratting himself out and looked a little dizzy. He looked at me with a confused expression on his face. "It's ok Finn," I said between giggles, "I'm not mad come here." He smiled and fluttered onto my shoulder. "It's a hard thing to do Finn," I said looking up at the stars, "telling someone you care about something that you know will hurt them, whether it's your fault or not. Things were going downhill, and I knew something was up today, I just didn't take the time to pay attention. I do want to know one thing though, my curiosity had finally gotten the best of me. "Who was the other girl?"

He stayed silent for a minute, then piped up, "the girl with the pink hair..."

Luna. It made sense, they were a better match for each other than Gill and I ever were. She was cute, fashionable and a little more ladylike than me, if not a bit rude and immature.

"Well I hope it works out for them," I said more to myself than to Finn.

"Akari you're crazy! Don't you wanna beat him up? Get even? Cry? Something normal?"

I laughed again, "No Finn it's ok, we weren't working anyway and we both would have ended up unhappy, in a way I guess he's doing me a favour. I don't think I would have had the guts to say it to him."

"You've got lots of guts!" He chirped, "just think of all we went through today!"

I thought about it, and the savage animals and I shuddered, the pain returning now that I thought about the bite on my ankle. What was wrong with them, and the witch princess? I had so many questions and no answers, and I had a feeling it was only going to get worse before it got better.

"Come on Finn, let's go home." There wasn't anything else I could do tonight except rest and try to feel better for tomorrow.

"Ok, I got dibs on the inside of the bed!" Finn loved sleeping on my pillow next to the wall.

I laughed, "alright, you get the inside. I think we should go see the Goddess again tomorrow, she'll probably be wanting to know everything that went on today." He just nodded at me with a solemn look on his face then said,

"Akari? I'm scared."