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..”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMZdwBzLw6
”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.~”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloWlJUZsys
“O-Oh, okay. That…makes total sense?” Luna tilted her head a bit, biting her lip.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuyPUSyt6F
She blinked. “It does?”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayEUc8SCGH
”No, but i didn’t wanna hurt your feelings!!” She giggled at that, offering a weak smile.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFSLRayJiU
The blonde smiled back, happy that this girl seemed nice. “Oh, that’s nice of you.~”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgVsc1LxF9
”Do you wanna hold this so he can’t….?” Luna held out the knife. She hesitated, then nodded. 640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡal9iLXf2Ck
“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.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1dNq94uJK
”Oh. Sorry.” Luna took it back, looking awkwardly at the ground “So…he possessed you?”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3j5UECEe4
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…”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIu4i9KCKRV
”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.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvYizN3jHc
“It’s nice to meet you.~”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2sPHEHFda
“You too.” 640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbePZkEuUl7
“So, where are you from?” she asked curiously. “I’m from England.”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjA1lnBP4zX
”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….”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Z5BqJxiR9
“Aww.” Aella pouted, disappointed. “Alright then..”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74SW0xztDh
”Sorry…”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRTxwI3amy
She shrugged, then started grinning again. “Anyway, thanks again.~ Cináed’s mean.”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcp0LUXQS0B
She practically purred at the thanks, then gasped, “You should come with me!!!”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2FykSJQlO
”Ohhh, where to?”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7r9xVRb6X
”I wanna find Neoma again…” She tilted her head to the side.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYltzsufNls
“Neoma…?”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvdyauMQ1f
”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.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Gb2SwwyKl
”… Well, if she’s nice, then okay, I’ll come!~”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPC8E8Y1j1f
“‘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!640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7O657vh3f
Luna looked back, apparently sensing the silent question. “Spain!”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zJiAWwr4a
“That’s where we’re at!?” She blinked in shock. That far?640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobgi9WWWKH
”Yup!!!”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50SIRyISem
Aella was delighted. “Wow! I’ve never been to Spain before!”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYW25SUieAf
“Well, you’re here now!!”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJoP1R1BO3
”Yep!~” She grinned brightly.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhSq7QYXhU
“So…I guess that means you’ve been here…”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2myiVDsVJ
“… It does, doesn’t it?” They both grinned at each other. 640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnkm7eVnYV
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.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIU3GLyNJs
“That’s her?” Aella asked, nodding toward the tall girl.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALoTA10mb3
”Mmhmm!!”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepITYBHvDm
”Oh!~” She looked at the girl curiously. “Can I say hi now?”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGc06zSqQFi
Luna thought for a moment. “Hmmm….okay!”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBBE0ukSXT
“Yay!~” Aella practically skipped into the store and over to Neoma. ”Hiya.~ You’re Neoma?”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7Cmk4U4VC
“… Um.” Neoma looked at her for a moment, pulling her hood over her eyes a a bit farther.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvEmBeAko1
“I’m Aella,” the blonde said, taking no note of Neoma’s discomfort.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdi0pssDlQo
Neoma shrugged. “I think you’re looking for someone else.”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepdHBmhX5b
“… No, you’re Neoma. Luna said so.” She pointed back toward the familiar.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Jh751SSiM
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.)640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEqzKnH1yq
“I told you, Aella.~” She grinned.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoOp8gnMRq
”I know your name. I mean WHO are you?” she hissed out under her breath, starting to walk out.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdmTQoFsYV
“… Huh?” The blonde gave her a blank look. 640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡja6Q0XLyyC
Luna came over, kinda like she knew what was going on, and whispered in her ear. “She’s asking why you’re here.”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ofa14R8Xa
”… 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.~”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbt5jNVdCi
”…Oh?” Neoma seemed interested. “… Come with us, okay?”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HWzbRpzUZ
”Sure!~” she said happily without a second thought. After all, they seemed too nice to hurt her! 640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡle8iL0VAqb
“…” Neoma mumbled something along the lines of “Oh god, another dumbass” and headed out of the shop.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6Mragma86
“Where we goooing?” Aella fell into step beside her, drawing out the last word.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJQneDsbaD
”Somewhere more private,” she stated, not looking back.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmxfd4C9bp
”Okay~”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBPvuejOOi
Luna, who’d been following, bounded forward to grab Aella’s arm. “Hi!”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53KZGL5agJ
”Hi~” Aella responded cheerfully. Luna nuzzled her cheek for a moment, then let go. Aella laughed lightly in response, apparently not at all bothered.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgeus89NAw
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.”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNimQijqFiX
“Explain what?” Aella paused, her head tipping sideways.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSAWlmn07K
”What do you think I mean?”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaeACQzNml
”… About Cináed?”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHXsAUFLIZ
“Yes.” She kept her voice in a monotone the whole time, but Aella wasn’t fazed.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4SQwFBG48
”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.”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfGhk3jCbg
Neoma grabbed the knife from Luna, putting it in its holder. “I see.”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFhjfQLjIs
“Is that all?” Aella’s attention began to wander, now that she wasn’t being directly questioned.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mXIOFxnag
“No!” Luna jumped, making Aella flinch in surprise. “What are your plans now!?”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRa6Lei4nZt
“Plans…?”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1kCAiFrs7
”Wellll, you cant just let him keep taking over your body!” Luna pointed out.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfYeNEakoH
”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.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZl2DgSDnU
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. 640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Uz2hLRmtW
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…640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHk8FWdxNt
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.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7iIP2eoGy
Aella followed, resigning herself to be bundled in the heavy cloak. “Where are we going now?”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPPGedFLKm
”To get something.” She looked at the other, then threw her a ring.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAO6CQIqGJk
She fumbled with it. “A ring?” she wondered, giving Neoma a confused look.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yo8aENJsz
“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.”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiAS38IiR6
“How does it do that?” With a grateful smile, she slipped it onto her finger.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtSfEkqukZ
“The engravings. Might not work with a shifter, but hey.”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhfCs24r4f
“What’re they supposed to work on?”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAiFxfTadp
”Demons, hardcore hell ones.” She turned to her for a moment. “But it has a sting of silver in there, so it might work.”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuW6lAbATJ7
”I hope so.~ Feels like it,” Aella said with a slight smile.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdMOPPOGvU
”Yeah, i knew you’d be able to tell.”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJTTD5UoO4
She grinned brighter. “So you said we’re getting something, right? What’re we getting?”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwOmEENuOA
”Horses.” She continued to walk, keeping her eyes down.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4jkInMvdc
”Oh, horses? I like horses.”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcegCqHuBC
She nodded. “We’ll be needing them.”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bl5kx01ZH
“Why?” Aella tipped her head curiously.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsktrrMGU5
“Well, how else are we getting to France?” She turned her head, giving a flat look to the girl.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzwBL1QfdP
”France? I’ve heard they’re kinda scary,” Aella said absently. “Why there?”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlNQVqLisJ
Luna grinned. “We wanna get home!”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCUsbDsCqY
“Where’s that?”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyO9NWoYjl
”Nowhere,” Neoma stated, jolting to a stop.640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKU8oOGmhb
“…” Aella looked disappointed, but shrugged it off. “What about me?”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLAGUzzDel
“… Do you want to come?” Luna was happy again, jumping up and down. 640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOReB9d8XW
Aella was similarly excited. “Could I?”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7gowyEU4b
“…Neomaaaa?” Luna grinned at her, causing the older girl to bite her lip. 640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSqb9aptmU
“… Fine.”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnFkhPnIgL
“Yay!!~”
“…Neomaaaa?” Luna grinned at her, causing the older girl to bite her lip. 640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUusZtIkmBu
”… Fine.”640Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTbHpTbB06
“Yay!!~”
