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..”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8vE2wKRuO
”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.~”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzixIrSrJp
“O-Oh, okay. That…makes total sense?” Luna tilted her head a bit, biting her lip.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jp0ivyQaJ
She blinked. “It does?”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQA3OPhzLc
”No, but i didn’t wanna hurt your feelings!!” She giggled at that, offering a weak smile.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0ZrpjXeWi
The blonde smiled back, happy that this girl seemed nice. “Oh, that’s nice of you.~”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjf1aRJ8xOZ
”Do you wanna hold this so he can’t….?” Luna held out the knife. She hesitated, then nodded. 675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM50b815yVP
“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.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcEWw0pfFB
”Oh. Sorry.” Luna took it back, looking awkwardly at the ground “So…he possessed you?”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61ccEti8IC
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…”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vxTJIptHj
”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.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxXKwobr1r
“It’s nice to meet you.~”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BMe3ErBGq
“You too.” 675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKnvrNKoeU
“So, where are you from?” she asked curiously. “I’m from England.”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRE8fSrtqqm
”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….”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2wUxC6y1N
“Aww.” Aella pouted, disappointed. “Alright then..”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYesCDpwEAL
”Sorry…”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhq9YsGViQ
She shrugged, then started grinning again. “Anyway, thanks again.~ Cináed’s mean.”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkV05t11Hb
She practically purred at the thanks, then gasped, “You should come with me!!!”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8sjrgwJjL
”Ohhh, where to?”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TdTJZy8h0
”I wanna find Neoma again…” She tilted her head to the side.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEJgnch0HQ
“Neoma…?”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxicJ2R8EH
”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.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnsd2XPUIS
”… Well, if she’s nice, then okay, I’ll come!~”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98hVPrZo32
“‘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!675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8biKU3Uxqz
Luna looked back, apparently sensing the silent question. “Spain!”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBM3oenLXbP
“That’s where we’re at!?” She blinked in shock. That far?675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIRz2ybK5O
”Yup!!!”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93zv2F4AXV
Aella was delighted. “Wow! I’ve never been to Spain before!”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntUqFdIE6H
“Well, you’re here now!!”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Zp4kNAWLE
”Yep!~” She grinned brightly.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteth1W9J2Y
“So…I guess that means you’ve been here…”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeGLu3kSey
“… It does, doesn’t it?” They both grinned at each other. 675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHmkRPXnRN
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.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbD0yNKr7OP
“That’s her?” Aella asked, nodding toward the tall girl.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnu6cc5k6dJ
”Mmhmm!!”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsidoX6YTXh
”Oh!~” She looked at the girl curiously. “Can I say hi now?”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7TO70PMCb
Luna thought for a moment. “Hmmm….okay!”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9kuLx049Y
“Yay!~” Aella practically skipped into the store and over to Neoma. ”Hiya.~ You’re Neoma?”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhJsDoV9TC
“… Um.” Neoma looked at her for a moment, pulling her hood over her eyes a a bit farther.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmcaP9biy5
“I’m Aella,” the blonde said, taking no note of Neoma’s discomfort.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1LCADPP9n
Neoma shrugged. “I think you’re looking for someone else.”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDL41mK3II
“… No, you’re Neoma. Luna said so.” She pointed back toward the familiar.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gZhUlh2rI
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.)675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VDio7BQhh
“I told you, Aella.~” She grinned.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ieeeysBlz
”I know your name. I mean WHO are you?” she hissed out under her breath, starting to walk out.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZuF7HftIp
“… Huh?” The blonde gave her a blank look. 675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlP2ro3RZjI
Luna came over, kinda like she knew what was going on, and whispered in her ear. “She’s asking why you’re here.”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTWAgVP6Wa
”… 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.~”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3P7JKV5Lj
”…Oh?” Neoma seemed interested. “… Come with us, okay?”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzrFscljYJ
”Sure!~” she said happily without a second thought. After all, they seemed too nice to hurt her! 675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZlLPjqY7P
“…” Neoma mumbled something along the lines of “Oh god, another dumbass” and headed out of the shop.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMYUpAOZFv
“Where we goooing?” Aella fell into step beside her, drawing out the last word.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAedrHIVgx
”Somewhere more private,” she stated, not looking back.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNAN4y6rQH
”Okay~”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYioKKwKzt
Luna, who’d been following, bounded forward to grab Aella’s arm. “Hi!”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4ugEPnDYr
”Hi~” Aella responded cheerfully. Luna nuzzled her cheek for a moment, then let go. Aella laughed lightly in response, apparently not at all bothered.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWIyjwMM6q
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.”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPoUZsEVo2
“Explain what?” Aella paused, her head tipping sideways.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSspZzQ2ma
”What do you think I mean?”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qHIxQDCQH
”… About Cináed?”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywpdfIlULP
“Yes.” She kept her voice in a monotone the whole time, but Aella wasn’t fazed.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhz0BjAaAcI
”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.”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72lfG0B8ad
Neoma grabbed the knife from Luna, putting it in its holder. “I see.”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLt5M3R2y24
“Is that all?” Aella’s attention began to wander, now that she wasn’t being directly questioned.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPTYkQXOPM
“No!” Luna jumped, making Aella flinch in surprise. “What are your plans now!?”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOdQmZJTAc
“Plans…?”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXDgB1myN0
”Wellll, you cant just let him keep taking over your body!” Luna pointed out.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATuox6URpr
”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.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNNhNOhzhj
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. 675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0w3HulMtAY
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…675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTL3WMtowJj
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.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1sBUoMwJB
Aella followed, resigning herself to be bundled in the heavy cloak. “Where are we going now?”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAn7FvRCC8i
”To get something.” She looked at the other, then threw her a ring.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjMivfr2g1
She fumbled with it. “A ring?” she wondered, giving Neoma a confused look.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaO9AwOqpJ
“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.”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaK7qMG8Kp
“How does it do that?” With a grateful smile, she slipped it onto her finger.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMumXzraEeL
“The engravings. Might not work with a shifter, but hey.”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVVw5SBOPD
“What’re they supposed to work on?”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NedZDW06K
”Demons, hardcore hell ones.” She turned to her for a moment. “But it has a sting of silver in there, so it might work.”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjM63dlT0cv
”I hope so.~ Feels like it,” Aella said with a slight smile.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU297hatrOI
”Yeah, i knew you’d be able to tell.”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGV2YGvkbsT
She grinned brighter. “So you said we’re getting something, right? What’re we getting?”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFh6uTrm1pD
”Horses.” She continued to walk, keeping her eyes down.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC82KeZYs9A
”Oh, horses? I like horses.”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNL6t3ufhD
She nodded. “We’ll be needing them.”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡno9Bqblgt0
“Why?” Aella tipped her head curiously.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkwpYt9dON
“Well, how else are we getting to France?” She turned her head, giving a flat look to the girl.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfL0GTRcq7A
”France? I’ve heard they’re kinda scary,” Aella said absently. “Why there?”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQZGcv0Py6
Luna grinned. “We wanna get home!”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAaFAf0yFB
“Where’s that?”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOD6pxXsJWQ
”Nowhere,” Neoma stated, jolting to a stop.675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqxg3cc4QR
“…” Aella looked disappointed, but shrugged it off. “What about me?”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOnqryG1Cs
“… Do you want to come?” Luna was happy again, jumping up and down. 675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlUQ1GEKr7
Aella was similarly excited. “Could I?”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHkSZXgM1J
“…Neomaaaa?” Luna grinned at her, causing the older girl to bite her lip. 675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGxhi1Jayc
“… Fine.”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjAil0CjlV
“Yay!!~”
“…Neomaaaa?” Luna grinned at her, causing the older girl to bite her lip. 675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfToHqWC6mh
”… Fine.”675Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOWhp5hQdH
“Yay!!~”
