Sorry for the long, long delay for this chapter. I was quite busy and kind of forgot about it. I finished my GCSEs recently and am doing the IB now so i might not be free as much but i will continue this story... reviews from LL, Cinnamoroll22 and Cavetta motivated me... ^^

Chapter 4, Mist in trouble

"... aha ha... "Raguna smiled as soon as he came out from his cosy home. There were turnips everywhere on his field. He was overjoyed. He ran over to his fields and knelt down before his crops he's grown, admiring them. It seemed to him like it was the first time he's ever grown something himself but of course, even if he has, he wouldn't know anything about it, would he?

There was joy all over his face but something else caught his eyes. It was an illuminating ball of white and blue light. His eyes widened by the mysterious levitating bright ball of energy and step by step, he walked towards it. He was totally intrigued by the presence of such a "thing". When he came close enough he stopped and raised his hand slowly to touch. He tried to touch it as gently as possible but the strange thing disappeared with a strange sound as soon as he touched it.

"Huh? "He backed off a bit, falling onto the ground. He looked around, left and right, up and down, front and back but it was nowhere to be found.

Where did it go? He said to himself as he stood up and cleaned the dust from the cloth he wears around his waist.

However, he had work to do so he continued doing his farm chores.

Raguna's POV

Rosetta will be here on 5 pm. I have to ship the crops before then. What's the time now? Crap! It's already 4:15 pm. I spent too much time clearing weeds, I'd better hurry.

*phew*I made it in time. It only took me about 20 minutes to get all the turnips into the shipping box. There are an awful lot of turnips to sell today. I hope Rosetta's gonna be impressed. Hum... I still feel like i m forgetting something. What might that be? Think Raguna ...Think

Oh! That's right. I promised Mist to get her some turnips. I should save some.

I opened the shipping box again and to leave out 3 or 4 turnips for Mist. There were a lot of turnips in it.

Ok. I'll take that one, this one, that one and also... "Ah..! Help! Help!" i suddenly heard a cry for help from a near distance. It was from Mist's farm. I dashed towards in that direction immediately and as fast as i could. It took me less than 30 seconds to get there. Upon entering her farm, I saw Mist running out of her house though the front door. She looked so frightened that she didn't even seem to notice me.

"Mist "i called her out. "What's going on?" She didn't seem to hear me either. But I knew what was going on soon after. A monster came out of her house chasing her.

It was going berserk and it looked like it was going to attack her. I had to act quickly. I grabbed a rock from the ground and hurled at it. The thing turned back and glared at me.

Right away I had all its attention and the monster thrashed towards me in anger. I panicked a bit but was able to dodge its attack at the last minute.

"Raguna, be careful!" Mist warned me as the monster made another move. Luckily I managed to dodge that too. My reflexes saved me from its wooden club.

"Don't you have any kind of weapon, Mist?" I asked her. She was also in total panic and couldn't respond properly. "Mist" I cried out loud. She then finally came back to her senses and ran back into the house, and came back a few seconds later.

"Raguna... Catch! "She shouted at me as she threw a sword.

Right at that moment, i blocked the monster's blow with my watering can and dropped it, unarming the monster at the same time. Then I caught the sword by the handle while it was still in midair and swung at it. It looked like it was the final blow. The monster disappeared into small traces of white light.

I was amazed, not by the lights or the monster, but rather by the way I defeated it. The final blow was executed very skilfully and in mere milliseconds. I gazed upon my hands, wondering how on earth I was able to do something like that. I wondered why I have this level of swordsmanship.

"Raguna... "Mist cried. I turned around. "Mist... Are you alright? You are not..."

She ran into my arms before I could finish my sentence. She was in floods of tears. I gently embraced her. She didn't say anything. I couldn't say anything. It was sad to see her like this. "Everything is fine now, Mist" I comforted her.

"I was so scared Raguna" *sobs* she said as she continued crying.

Her house was in a bit of a mess so I offered her to come along with me back to my farm. It is still hers after all. She gently nodded her head but collapsed to the ground as she did so.

"Mist! What's wrong?" It seemed like she hurt her left leg. I could see she was in some pain, her eyes were closed, enduring it.

I carried her back to my farm. She clanged onto my neck as I carried her. She was quiet. Maybe too quiet. I have never seen her like this before. She was still shocked. She had this lifeless expression on her face.

When I came back, Rosetta was already there, sitting by the pond. She stood up when she saw us. Her face was full of surprise and also concern when she saw that Mist was hurt. I explained to her about what had happened.

"Oh my... How did the monster get there? But first things first, we should let her rest for a while."Rosetta said.

"I'll take her inside and lay her on the bed. Could you go get Lara for me, Rosetta?"

"Of course, that's what I was about to do." She took off to get Lara.

A few hours later...

"That'll do it for now. You'll have to take tons of rest to heal it though. But it's not anything you need to worry about. "Lara said, after bandaging Mist's leg. Rosetta and I were with her as well.

"Thank you Lara" Mist said in such a weak low voice.

"Don't worry. You should just rest now. Raguna, Rosetta, would you come outside with me for a while?"Lara requested.

Lara then asked me about what happened. I explained to her as much as I could. She, too, was surprised. Then she suggested that I should inform this to the mayor and left.

It's over 7 pm now. And I am with Rosetta, just outside my house, alone.

We both watched Lara leave and we both tired to look at each other, avoiding direct eye contact. However, as soon as we realised it, we both looked away. It was quite an awkward moment.

"I am sorry you got involved in all of this Rosetta." I told her in a polite manner.

"It's fine... Mist is also my friend... even though she considers me her rival" she told me while looking slightly downwards. She seemed to be in deep thought. After a 15-second-pause, she said

"Well... I should be at home now. My dad should be already worried by now."

"Oh... I'll walk you home then..."

"No... No... Please don't" she turned down my offer. I looked at her. She looked at me. Then she turned away saying "No... I mean you should stay with Mist for now. You can't just leave her all alone... she's hurt..."

"Oh right..." I agreed." Then I guess this is goodbye then"

"Yeah... Goodbye, Raguna." She bid me goodbye and left. I watched her walk away until I could no longer see her. Then I went back to the house to find a sleeping Mist. She looked so peaceful and was sound asleep.

I didn't want to wake her so I let her be and sat on the floor quietly beside the bed where she was sleeping. I was tired as well. Too much has happened in the last couple of hours. I looked at the ceiling and sighed. There was no particular reason but doing that takes a lot of things off my shoulders.

Quite surprisingly, however, the first thing that came to my mind was Rosetta.

I didn't know why.

Rosetta's POV

I came back to the house to be greeted by my worried father. He asked me why it has taken me so long. I explained to him and told him that i needed to rest now. I then went upstairs to my room.

I threw myself on my bed and sat up soon after. I gazed at the mirror, at myself. There was no particular reason but by doing so, I could reflect on things that happened during the day. It makes me think more clearly.

Quite surprisingly, the first thing that i thought about was Raguna. However, when I thought about it again, it's not quite surprising at all. It's not every day that a monster appears out of nowhere to attack people. But still, it's been everyday that whenever I look into my mirror to think, the first thing i think of always has something to do with him, the new farmer, Raguna. And for some reason I keep thinking that he is now with Mist, alone. Am I worrying about something?

I didn't know why.

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