**Another link. It describes how Hiro feels about the castle, her and Eiji, and her life in general.
It's called, "And so I Pray' by Jem.
Here's the link:
youtube-.-com/?#/watch?v=STATfISUYrc
I hope you like it!
Enjoy Chapter 29! :)**
Chapter 29: Falling Clouds
Eiji and Hiro were still awake.
They were sitting in the dining hall, eating Lo Mein for breakfast.
Hiro hummed happily. "Yum... I haven't had Mom's Lo Mein in ages! This is so good..."
Eiji smiled, sucking up noodles. One flipped up, and hit him in the eye.
"Ah! Ow! There's noodle juice in my eye!"
Hiro laughed. "I don't think noodles have juice Eiji..."
He gave a slight pout. "But it's there... It's in my eye."
Hiro laughed, then shivered.
"G-Geeze... It's so cold today! What the hell sky!?"
Eiji nodded. "I know right!? I walked across the ground barefoot, and the ground was so cold, it made me jump."
Hiro looked outside, and stopped.
"Eiji... Look at that!"
He did, and his eyes widened.
"Woah... They look like... Like falling clouds!"
Hiro looked at him. "Do you think they would mind if we ran out and ran back in? It looks super fluffy!"
She walked to the window.
"Wow! It's all over the ground!"
Eiji ran over. "You're right! Come on, let's jump in it, and then we'll go back inside!"
Hiro nodded eagerly. "Sounds like a solid plan to me."
They ran to the front door, and tackled the fluffy white mass on the ground.
They laughed, and then they realized how cold it was...
More cold fluffiness fell on them from the arch of the door. They poked their heads out.
"It's COLD!" Hiro exclaimed.
"It's so deceiving!" He agreed. "I thought it would be SOFT!"
They climbed out of the snow, and back inside.
Kuhn and Chihiro walked by.
"D-D-Don't t-touch the f-fluffy s-stuff!" Hiro shivered.
"Its d-d-death!" Eiji finished.
They stopped, and stared at them for a moment.
They busted out laughing.
"I can see you noticed the snow!" Kuhn laughed.
"How did that work out for you?"
Eiji looked down. "J-Just please! C-Can we have some d-dry clothes!?"
"Or a t-towel..." Said Hiro.
Chihiro laughed. "Hold on a minute, I'll get some towels, and then you two should go to your rooms and get changed. Something longer and warmer would be best."
They both nodded.
Hiro sat down in a chair...
She was so wet, and cold. All she could think about was how soaked she was...
Her mind drifted...
Like soaked... In a pond.
She felt the chair grow beneath her. She jumped.
"Ah! What the!?"
She jumped high.
"Ahh! Heeeeelp-ribbit!"
Her voice was a high pitched frog squeak. She neared the ground, and jumped again.
"Eiji!-ribbit! What just happened!? Make it stop!-ribbit!"
"Uh guys!? HIRO'S A FROG!"
They ran in.
"Heeelp meee!-ribbit! I can't stop!-ribbit!"
They were all rolling around and laughing.
"You guys SUCK!-RIBBIT!"
Eiji caught her. "Are you okay!?" He exclaimed.
"No I'm not OKAY!? I'M A FROG!" She squeaked.
Kuhn kept on laughing.
"Haku! Go... Just help her, I can't move!"
He laughed, but got up and held her.
"Origins of water, return her form..."
She was normal again. "What just happened!?" She exclaimed.
"You shifted forms." Said Haku. "We all do it, this one was just your first."
Chihiro laughed. "I remember my first, I was a fish, and I fell into a pond. Haku had to get me out!"
Hiro sighed. "Okay then... I wonder how I did it? And why a frog?"
Kuhn smiled. "That all depends on what you were thinking about. Sometimes emotions play a big part in shifting. There are also animals you'll be more prone to, that's normal."
She grinned. "Cool! I can turn into a frog! ...But it doesn't seem very useful."
Linn shrugged. "You never know when something small will come in handy... Some small things are dangerous too."
Hiro nodded. "Yeah, I guess so."
Eiji shivered. "I'm still cold. I'm getting changed."
Hiro walked with him toward her room.
"Good idea."
She went in, and grabbed a longer sleeved dark blue shirt. She put on some longer jeans too.
"Well, it's the best I have. I wasn't really prepared for the freezing cold..."
She walked out. Eiji walked out with a longer sweater, a brown jacket, a green scarf, grey gloves, and some warm looking pants.
"How do you have all of THAT!?" She exclaimed.
He shrugged. "I guess my Mom's crazy intuition pays off sometimes."
She kind of liked how it looked on him anyway.
She walked up to him, and gave him a soft kiss.
"I like it."
He went red.
He pulled her into an embrace, pressing more heated kisses on her lips. She kissed back with equal passion...
"Hey! No, not happening!"
Hiro jumped as her Dad walked toward them.
He separated them.
"That's six feet." He said. "That's the rule, six feet away."
She tried to suppress an eyeroll.
"Dad, but that's taller than I am, and him."
He shook his head. "No exceptions."
"But-!"
He looked at her. "No. No exceptions, end of story."
She glared. "Great, yet another thing you don't trust me with."
She walked to her room, and shut the door.
She stayed there until it was dark.
She had been very happy the other day, but today she was weirdly tired, and feeling kind of sad.
"Well, today wasn't the best of days..." She tried.
She sighed, and curled up on her bed. It was dim in the room, and sadness just seemed to flow into her.
"Why am I so sad...?" She whispered.
"Hiro, are you alright?"
She turned to Junichi.
"No. I feel sad."
He phased over to her bed, and sat next to her.
"Why are you sad?" He asked.
"I just am..." She replied softly.
He sighed. "I used to have the same problem in life. I would be happy, or extremely energetic one day, and extremely depressed the next few."
She looked up at him. "Then you know what I'm talking about...?"
He nodded. "Yes. It can be awful... However, lying around won't help you. Dinner is ready, so you should eat."
She rolled over. "I'm not hungry."
He phased in front of her.
"No, but you'll eat anyway. You can't just starve."
She rolled over again. "Watch me."
He rolled her out of bed.
"Eat. Or I'll roll you down the stairs and force feed you. Your choice."
She stood, and walked silently to the door.
She walked downstairs, and sat with her parents. It was shrimp tonight.
She poked it with her fork, putting small pieces in her mouth when Junichi gave her the look.
"Hiro, you know you're too young to be dating, right?" Linn said.
She was silent.
"Hiro, answer your mother." Said Kuhn.
"I like Eiji though..." She said softly.
Linn sighed. "I know. Give it a couple more years though..."
She nodded, not really listening.
"Hiro."
She nodded.
"Hiro, are you listening!?"
She looked at him. She had finished half of her shrimp.
She stood up, and walked away.
"No, we're not done talking." He said.
She continued to walk away.
He stood. "Young lady, don't walk away from me! And-"
She spun around. "Just SHUT UP!" She screamed. "All you EVER DO, IS GET MAD AT ME!"
"Then go to your room!" He yelled. "We'll talk later."
She glared, but tears spilled out of her eyes.
"Fine, I was going to stay there anyway! But someone made me come down and eat!"
She stormed off to her room, shut the door, and locked it.
She cried as silently as possible.
"Hiro..."
"Not right now Junichi..." She sobbed.
He went away, but she could still feel him watching.
That was fine with her.
She laid there silently as an argument broke between her Mom and Dad.
"Well, do you really think sentences will help!? Obviously something's not working!"
Linn scoffed. "Do you really want to criticize my methods? Because I can see yours worked just fantastic!"
"Oh, so we're going there now!?" He exclaimed.
Hiro covered her ears. "I can't take it anymore!" She exclaimed.
She walked over to her window.
"I'll just sneak out! At least then I won't have to listen to this shit!"
She climbed out of the window, and down the ivy.
Junichi appeared in front of her.
"Go back inside." He said.
She kept walking.
He phased in front of her.
"Go back. Now." He said. He made her leg go numb.
"Th-This is none of your... of your..."
She collapsed in the snow, and was pulled into a dream.