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..”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgyFZFKCXU
”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.~”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpCMORPnkx
“O-Oh, okay. That…makes total sense?” Luna tilted her head a bit, biting her lip.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkM6RMy5LFI
She blinked. “It does?”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJWblD9zv3
”No, but i didn’t wanna hurt your feelings!!” She giggled at that, offering a weak smile.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0qkQNcJQU
The blonde smiled back, happy that this girl seemed nice. “Oh, that’s nice of you.~”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBitrg3nGp
”Do you wanna hold this so he can’t….?” Luna held out the knife. She hesitated, then nodded. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAeaVzsNGg
“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.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08LZ1bu1lR
”Oh. Sorry.” Luna took it back, looking awkwardly at the ground “So…he possessed you?”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSFKjTWMZ2
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…”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40k20xkCYc
”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.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEiSqKu0R9
“It’s nice to meet you.~”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEv1UW9bfyG
“You too.” 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8ElrzF0R2
“So, where are you from?” she asked curiously. “I’m from England.”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGgphGEZW0
”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….”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIgbxkjf9M
“Aww.” Aella pouted, disappointed. “Alright then..”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITjZSIIM4F
”Sorry…”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltILVjQOJT
She shrugged, then started grinning again. “Anyway, thanks again.~ Cináed’s mean.”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30BYo1g8gA
She practically purred at the thanks, then gasped, “You should come with me!!!”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UsoAC2oHq
”Ohhh, where to?”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAomrcTmEOa
”I wanna find Neoma again…” She tilted her head to the side.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0A5UHjqcgZ
“Neoma…?”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCH2S7dNnyE
”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.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCSHxl2cTZ
”… Well, if she’s nice, then okay, I’ll come!~”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoNJkg1iop
“‘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!660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiLF4xeAoi
Luna looked back, apparently sensing the silent question. “Spain!”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XK2e2XDPr
“That’s where we’re at!?” She blinked in shock. That far?660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYy2I1wB15x
”Yup!!!”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFg998UUJv
Aella was delighted. “Wow! I’ve never been to Spain before!”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5suCFE2Eb
“Well, you’re here now!!”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOWDYroDBH
”Yep!~” She grinned brightly.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTI9hWmkfZi
“So…I guess that means you’ve been here…”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZN1pvBTHb
“… It does, doesn’t it?” They both grinned at each other. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLpJfI8pJQ
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.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWt0NVuNMhA
“That’s her?” Aella asked, nodding toward the tall girl.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoWeJHdThl
”Mmhmm!!”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6avwi1dwj
”Oh!~” She looked at the girl curiously. “Can I say hi now?”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPoDoBEAik
Luna thought for a moment. “Hmmm….okay!”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQbgflcumQ
“Yay!~” Aella practically skipped into the store and over to Neoma. ”Hiya.~ You’re Neoma?”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7keQ0K9IY
“… Um.” Neoma looked at her for a moment, pulling her hood over her eyes a a bit farther.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpw43W2we2
“I’m Aella,” the blonde said, taking no note of Neoma’s discomfort.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpmizICTtY
Neoma shrugged. “I think you’re looking for someone else.”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnovpaUJZLA
“… No, you’re Neoma. Luna said so.” She pointed back toward the familiar.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCmKsVUSbH
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.)660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmwy9pJlOC
“I told you, Aella.~” She grinned.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4YyNpUNwi
”I know your name. I mean WHO are you?” she hissed out under her breath, starting to walk out.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYCGds0g1r
“… Huh?” The blonde gave her a blank look. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRVAccuefz
Luna came over, kinda like she knew what was going on, and whispered in her ear. “She’s asking why you’re here.”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmnxiNpmlB
”… 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.~”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlttoiRAtc
”…Oh?” Neoma seemed interested. “… Come with us, okay?”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTEeR7zEht
”Sure!~” she said happily without a second thought. After all, they seemed too nice to hurt her! 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JqenrcUmd
“…” Neoma mumbled something along the lines of “Oh god, another dumbass” and headed out of the shop.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtMhamDhW5
“Where we goooing?” Aella fell into step beside her, drawing out the last word.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1M8i15qxD
”Somewhere more private,” she stated, not looking back.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88T8XyHl1H
”Okay~”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEq0kP8AQWD
Luna, who’d been following, bounded forward to grab Aella’s arm. “Hi!”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGHVJUfYN6
”Hi~” Aella responded cheerfully. Luna nuzzled her cheek for a moment, then let go. Aella laughed lightly in response, apparently not at all bothered.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpt61bayUJ
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.”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLxeI965xM
“Explain what?” Aella paused, her head tipping sideways.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGdK6H6O34
”What do you think I mean?”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuZkLeFowM
”… About Cináed?”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibpeCmp7YH
“Yes.” She kept her voice in a monotone the whole time, but Aella wasn’t fazed.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdhHxRveBz
”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.”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQ1EWEDveU
Neoma grabbed the knife from Luna, putting it in its holder. “I see.”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8hARdQDPR
“Is that all?” Aella’s attention began to wander, now that she wasn’t being directly questioned.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9wmY1Fcvj
“No!” Luna jumped, making Aella flinch in surprise. “What are your plans now!?”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsK3dfZ8xpk
“Plans…?”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJfaJ0iwQc
”Wellll, you cant just let him keep taking over your body!” Luna pointed out.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMu2CIgSk9w
”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.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDfxI6s5Q1
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. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGvwiBxYir
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…660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyXHsCpqDw
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.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFMojKfY6I
Aella followed, resigning herself to be bundled in the heavy cloak. “Where are we going now?”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH42QNkB2m3
”To get something.” She looked at the other, then threw her a ring.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NVH63yoYn
She fumbled with it. “A ring?” she wondered, giving Neoma a confused look.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoImvN138pf
“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.”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7mXBey2FZ
“How does it do that?” With a grateful smile, she slipped it onto her finger.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIAfqwXKb4
“The engravings. Might not work with a shifter, but hey.”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwH8b4ELuXL
“What’re they supposed to work on?”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUY5mpkRCY
”Demons, hardcore hell ones.” She turned to her for a moment. “But it has a sting of silver in there, so it might work.”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnBq12XE1W
”I hope so.~ Feels like it,” Aella said with a slight smile.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxTZiI7ldl
”Yeah, i knew you’d be able to tell.”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3JJXWWv55
She grinned brighter. “So you said we’re getting something, right? What’re we getting?”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARgiKvyYT3
”Horses.” She continued to walk, keeping her eyes down.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47YuWSpXkX
”Oh, horses? I like horses.”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU00Lynr4GI
She nodded. “We’ll be needing them.”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnTY5zLJyy
“Why?” Aella tipped her head curiously.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQKUPdQOmi
“Well, how else are we getting to France?” She turned her head, giving a flat look to the girl.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceXagwflFT
”France? I’ve heard they’re kinda scary,” Aella said absently. “Why there?”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzv5AJrg1Z
Luna grinned. “We wanna get home!”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWQThZtHLi
“Where’s that?”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2QF3GmTAT
”Nowhere,” Neoma stated, jolting to a stop.660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMpBTwmHsm
“…” Aella looked disappointed, but shrugged it off. “What about me?”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVb65CCKeqq
“… Do you want to come?” Luna was happy again, jumping up and down. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WEK7zgkeh
Aella was similarly excited. “Could I?”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLX18pbeun
“…Neomaaaa?” Luna grinned at her, causing the older girl to bite her lip. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7TXg6cEYJ
“… Fine.”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ut9cnZr2t
“Yay!!~”
“…Neomaaaa?” Luna grinned at her, causing the older girl to bite her lip. 660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnAITHELNN
”… Fine.”660Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVZtR2n6uH
“Yay!!~”
