Luna squeaked again, jumping up with the knife in her hand. However, the girl didn’t notice Luna’s alarm, and instead stared at her hand for a long moment. A long burn stretched across it, bright red and ready to blister. Then she laughed, smiling at the small, cloaked familiar. ”Not sure exactly what that was, but thanks!~”
“U-Um….” Luna looked at her wide eyes. “W-what..”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4vhjU97rD
”Oh - sorry. Um, I’m Aella. The person Cináed was possessing. However you just hurt him, it messed with his magic, so now I’m in control.~”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUdfFVPvdV
“O-Oh, okay. That…makes total sense?” Luna tilted her head a bit, biting her lip.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ143b1As0sj
She blinked. “It does?”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwo2JgY32Ga
”No, but i didn’t wanna hurt your feelings!!” She giggled at that, offering a weak smile.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqmhL4r4O1
The blonde smiled back, happy that this girl seemed nice. “Oh, that’s nice of you.~”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkupwg7ep7
”Do you wanna hold this so he can’t….?” Luna held out the knife. She hesitated, then nodded. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncnEX3VWju
“I’ll see if it works..” She took the knife, then winced. The palm of her uninjured hand was slowly starting to turn red where it was in contact with the blade.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRHnWK5Mp0
”Oh. Sorry.” Luna took it back, looking awkwardly at the ground “So…he possessed you?”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sTtozHPl2
She flexed her lightly burned hand, frowning slightly as she thought about the question. “Yeah, he did. Don’t ask me why, I have no idea…”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALVtVHa2ah
”Oh, um, I’m sorry then…” She looked at the ground, then tilted her head to the side. “I’m luna!” she said suddenly when she realized she hadn’t given her name.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOi5qRgavR1
“It’s nice to meet you.~”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXY1FgxJu0
“You too.” 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtiYZySf7go
“So, where are you from?” she asked curiously. “I’m from England.”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOv6wPm9PC
”I can tell!” She grinned, then looked at the ground again and frowned. “I’m not allowed to tell you where I’m from, though….”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWBuOREawC
“Aww.” Aella pouted, disappointed. “Alright then..”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWksOCqL7ZX
”Sorry…”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KK1bQaAtY
She shrugged, then started grinning again. “Anyway, thanks again.~ Cináed’s mean.”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsRxxLzPPc
She practically purred at the thanks, then gasped, “You should come with me!!!”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt04zul1gb4
”Ohhh, where to?”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoxGzMH3W2
”I wanna find Neoma again…” She tilted her head to the side.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsb5AcS11e
“Neoma…?”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9ygju1X0m
”Oh, um, she’s thissss tall…” She moved her hand about a foot above her head. “… and hair down to here.” She placed her hand on her hip.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ku5hZ0E9I
”… Well, if she’s nice, then okay, I’ll come!~”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7T4sbXC1EG
“‘Kay!!!” She grabbed her wrist, her nails just digging into the skin. Aella blinked, but disregarded it and let herself be pulled along as Luna tried to find the shop Neoma had gone into. Meanwhile, Aella was gazing at her surroundings in awe; she’d never seen anything like it!659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWOozKla9T
Luna looked back, apparently sensing the silent question. “Spain!”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCo38V8dLQ
“That’s where we’re at!?” She blinked in shock. That far?659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VfqMCTM1Y
”Yup!!!”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKCwwf47MZ
Aella was delighted. “Wow! I’ve never been to Spain before!”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXBaNhb8M8
“Well, you’re here now!!”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUb0wHqkfF
”Yep!~” She grinned brightly.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtJWMQjt9j
“So…I guess that means you’ve been here…”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUio58u2RA
“… It does, doesn’t it?” They both grinned at each other. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3JYNxUC92
Then Luna looked inside the window of a leather shop, her eyes lighting up. “In here!!” Neoma was indeed inside, paying for some sort of leather pouch.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qdjCPM0WC
“That’s her?” Aella asked, nodding toward the tall girl.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5Jlx0JLuk
”Mmhmm!!”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMyWlPeOtU
”Oh!~” She looked at the girl curiously. “Can I say hi now?”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3s6blM030
Luna thought for a moment. “Hmmm….okay!”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvo1yn940Dm
“Yay!~” Aella practically skipped into the store and over to Neoma. ”Hiya.~ You’re Neoma?”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCs7JyhD2ma
“… Um.” Neoma looked at her for a moment, pulling her hood over her eyes a a bit farther.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjPk4lGXOv
“I’m Aella,” the blonde said, taking no note of Neoma’s discomfort.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MXenoRgqO
Neoma shrugged. “I think you’re looking for someone else.”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYN14ti2ms
“… No, you’re Neoma. Luna said so.” She pointed back toward the familiar.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9StoFwdpro
Neoma’s eyes trailed to the girl, and she let out a soft breath. “Oh, okay. Who are you?” She relaxed a little and let out a breath of relief, her eyes going back to full circles. (Not that Aella actually noticed this.)659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4APxsStGut
“I told you, Aella.~” She grinned.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg054mRVLv2
”I know your name. I mean WHO are you?” she hissed out under her breath, starting to walk out.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1T4zD8E8MS
“… Huh?” The blonde gave her a blank look. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MHjuq18s4
Luna came over, kinda like she knew what was going on, and whispered in her ear. “She’s asking why you’re here.”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡov9pXsHZMq
”… Oh. Uhm, well, what I told Luna was, I’m the one Cináed was possessing, and he was with Luna when he got hurt, so I got control again and here I am.~”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWuwTiFtF7
”…Oh?” Neoma seemed interested. “… Come with us, okay?”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiSy7VRDlp
”Sure!~” she said happily without a second thought. After all, they seemed too nice to hurt her! 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSv0YjBahYD
“…” Neoma mumbled something along the lines of “Oh god, another dumbass” and headed out of the shop.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTt8C0Ea5Ty
“Where we goooing?” Aella fell into step beside her, drawing out the last word.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQa46sJtDyh
”Somewhere more private,” she stated, not looking back.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlXPRHpuKW
”Okay~”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuV3aYbpv1W
Luna, who’d been following, bounded forward to grab Aella’s arm. “Hi!”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGX8yg77g7
”Hi~” Aella responded cheerfully. Luna nuzzled her cheek for a moment, then let go. Aella laughed lightly in response, apparently not at all bothered.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLEcXWjpmA
Neoma walked into one of the alleys, looking behind her to make sure the other two were still following her. They were both right on her heels. “Okay, explain.”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPIsP0GWl3
“Explain what?” Aella paused, her head tipping sideways.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxEUQoaXJ4
”What do you think I mean?”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxqQu5s5jr
”… About Cináed?”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuClN8nzW5p
“Yes.” She kept her voice in a monotone the whole time, but Aella wasn’t fazed.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzdVGXNTSu
”Um… well, he possessed me a few months ago, but messed up somehow…” she started. “if he gets really tired or hurt or something, I can take control again for awhile… I don’t really know what else I can explain.”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOJprTDkhC
Neoma grabbed the knife from Luna, putting it in its holder. “I see.”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtdBRGtIdB
“Is that all?” Aella’s attention began to wander, now that she wasn’t being directly questioned.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PED7kcG2a
“No!” Luna jumped, making Aella flinch in surprise. “What are your plans now!?”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5pjHDYajg
“Plans…?”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcniIGLNYY
”Wellll, you cant just let him keep taking over your body!” Luna pointed out.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6Kf84k7Dq
”What can I do, though?” Her cheery expression melted into an upset look. “He’ll be strong enough to take over again soon, and I can never stop him. He’s really angry,” she added almost as an afterthought.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3MbhlDmLP
Neoma’s eyes hit her familiar’s, then back at the new girl, before taking off her cloak and throwing it at her. “Wear this.” Now that the cloak was off, a girl with tan skin, black eyes and waist long hair was standing in front of her. She was in a dirty skirt and lazily buttoned shirt, but Aella still decided that she looked rather pretty. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5RQbdPaGN
As the thought distracted her, she almost dropped the cloak when it was thrown, but managed to catch the edge of it before it hit the ground. “Okay!” She quickly put it on, but immediately decided she didn’t like it. Although, Neoma actually gave it to her, and what if it was important? She didn’t want to be rude or anything…659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNHpTex1zk
Neoma glanced to the side. “Luna, you’ll have to buy the stuff.” She pressed her bare feet firmly to the ground, then turned to then exit the alley.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrybKutEJO
Aella followed, resigning herself to be bundled in the heavy cloak. “Where are we going now?”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnKUCvvVjL
”To get something.” She looked at the other, then threw her a ring.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcxLVNgVYj
She fumbled with it. “A ring?” she wondered, giving Neoma a confused look.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YlVNqaR8N
“Look at the engravings inside it.” She didn’t look back, showing her hands into her skirt pockets. But as Aella looked at the marks etched into the metal, she wasn’t able to recognize any of it. “Should keep you in control til he leaves or gets pushed out.”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3r3uEmZoN
“How does it do that?” With a grateful smile, she slipped it onto her finger.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtSgipPO0Z
“The engravings. Might not work with a shifter, but hey.”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuyQU7M00C
“What’re they supposed to work on?”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEvkj0QOrL
”Demons, hardcore hell ones.” She turned to her for a moment. “But it has a sting of silver in there, so it might work.”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBs0CVDDdhn
”I hope so.~ Feels like it,” Aella said with a slight smile.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsByXcSm4Qi
”Yeah, i knew you’d be able to tell.”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhU4Hf6J80
She grinned brighter. “So you said we’re getting something, right? What’re we getting?”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFKa3QXehc
”Horses.” She continued to walk, keeping her eyes down.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpwmxCLZtM
”Oh, horses? I like horses.”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLknZLv3bUN
She nodded. “We’ll be needing them.”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZqV7LIG1I
“Why?” Aella tipped her head curiously.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGpAkjQuLq
“Well, how else are we getting to France?” She turned her head, giving a flat look to the girl.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRWIlDJhjM
”France? I’ve heard they’re kinda scary,” Aella said absently. “Why there?”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrm6Xd721AE
Luna grinned. “We wanna get home!”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndP0L8D14t
“Where’s that?”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcg96Qd8bNd
”Nowhere,” Neoma stated, jolting to a stop.659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZJQioGn2k
“…” Aella looked disappointed, but shrugged it off. “What about me?”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaG9yDVuEK
“… Do you want to come?” Luna was happy again, jumping up and down. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL37UBBnbrx
Aella was similarly excited. “Could I?”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEed9UsWpv
“…Neomaaaa?” Luna grinned at her, causing the older girl to bite her lip. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzghBuB3yN
“… Fine.”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWggj5OjnP
“Yay!!~”
“…Neomaaaa?” Luna grinned at her, causing the older girl to bite her lip. 659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Dl1kRrd5q
”… Fine.”659Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlYxReae21
“Yay!!~”
