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..”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkV4178TmvT
”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.~”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcIDkEUtVR
“O-Oh, okay. That…makes total sense?” Luna tilted her head a bit, biting her lip.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQAGZMqEfh
She blinked. “It does?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikqWGN7Bul
”No, but i didn’t wanna hurt your feelings!!” She giggled at that, offering a weak smile.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAmvLqqBtA
The blonde smiled back, happy that this girl seemed nice. “Oh, that’s nice of you.~”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuO6QUByC0s
”Do you wanna hold this so he can’t….?” Luna held out the knife. She hesitated, then nodded. 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovuF4GpllJ
“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.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTMBlrNdk4
”Oh. Sorry.” Luna took it back, looking awkwardly at the ground “So…he possessed you?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53oFREC5kD
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…”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3W95DHS9sP
”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.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFzRcw5iGl
“It’s nice to meet you.~”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhttL2q7Ihq
“You too.” 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBVuIoGmdJ
“So, where are you from?” she asked curiously. “I’m from England.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHatpp3KTl
”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….”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Lz7NIAWRQ
“Aww.” Aella pouted, disappointed. “Alright then..”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5M7j9Pcvn
”Sorry…”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH022o30yj3
She shrugged, then started grinning again. “Anyway, thanks again.~ Cináed’s mean.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCHWD0m2hf
She practically purred at the thanks, then gasped, “You should come with me!!!”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycRCvRVPPr
”Ohhh, where to?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkDzBCdWaP
”I wanna find Neoma again…” She tilted her head to the side.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5n84oMMqbX
“Neoma…?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Ni7Uewbu5
”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.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxtAMk4aXh
”… Well, if she’s nice, then okay, I’ll come!~”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtp9m2uOCNO
“‘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!765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsRzqCrCXT
Luna looked back, apparently sensing the silent question. “Spain!”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0jZGjUP4F
“That’s where we’re at!?” She blinked in shock. That far?765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNe74Gn9q5
”Yup!!!”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwU9jGq9tl
Aella was delighted. “Wow! I’ve never been to Spain before!”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5m5u2Bxf3C
“Well, you’re here now!!”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCXmmZwH7t
”Yep!~” She grinned brightly.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSZJgQDigJ
“So…I guess that means you’ve been here…”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXNkIb2YxR
“… It does, doesn’t it?” They both grinned at each other. 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnVhb0BjlJ
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.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0f0ViEQ0s
“That’s her?” Aella asked, nodding toward the tall girl.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGu6wblmGsg
”Mmhmm!!”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0Fs3zFJP2
”Oh!~” She looked at the girl curiously. “Can I say hi now?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkooZimAHB
Luna thought for a moment. “Hmmm….okay!”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyd0hXNeccU
“Yay!~” Aella practically skipped into the store and over to Neoma. ”Hiya.~ You’re Neoma?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQtt8knvOe
“… Um.” Neoma looked at her for a moment, pulling her hood over her eyes a a bit farther.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZ85aWTrcg
“I’m Aella,” the blonde said, taking no note of Neoma’s discomfort.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqEtH7dcCU
Neoma shrugged. “I think you’re looking for someone else.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERp5gQ0ruy
“… No, you’re Neoma. Luna said so.” She pointed back toward the familiar.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcTA1UpThP
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.)765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbONIqRyvS
“I told you, Aella.~” She grinned.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIia05A4aB
”I know your name. I mean WHO are you?” she hissed out under her breath, starting to walk out.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yNqRCflfp
“… Huh?” The blonde gave her a blank look. 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLS2gJiA8yD
Luna came over, kinda like she knew what was going on, and whispered in her ear. “She’s asking why you’re here.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKsOBWIVxg
”… 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.~”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqL2SnXTWql
”…Oh?” Neoma seemed interested. “… Come with us, okay?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWw8ucdAUc
”Sure!~” she said happily without a second thought. After all, they seemed too nice to hurt her! 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAhUwJHb2g
“…” Neoma mumbled something along the lines of “Oh god, another dumbass” and headed out of the shop.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFU4WfVgMO
“Where we goooing?” Aella fell into step beside her, drawing out the last word.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4zdUPv2Rb
”Somewhere more private,” she stated, not looking back.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUR0LoSzJd
”Okay~”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKNmA4aBbe
Luna, who’d been following, bounded forward to grab Aella’s arm. “Hi!”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lmtjMIAEi
”Hi~” Aella responded cheerfully. Luna nuzzled her cheek for a moment, then let go. Aella laughed lightly in response, apparently not at all bothered.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxo5SxTwI3
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.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwL6hoYITD
“Explain what?” Aella paused, her head tipping sideways.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Oym1HX3V4
”What do you think I mean?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZNoBjmlO8
”… About Cináed?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxGP2v0Ubk
“Yes.” She kept her voice in a monotone the whole time, but Aella wasn’t fazed.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBBF3BfPoX
”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.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6udGtPyTei
Neoma grabbed the knife from Luna, putting it in its holder. “I see.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxP4unrOvU
“Is that all?” Aella’s attention began to wander, now that she wasn’t being directly questioned.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitXzIg2i6K
“No!” Luna jumped, making Aella flinch in surprise. “What are your plans now!?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7CUwD2ppU
“Plans…?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHk3MCNZVi2
”Wellll, you cant just let him keep taking over your body!” Luna pointed out.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWld9Z8EORF
”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.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxTGpKmusN
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. 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixEiY2GB8C
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…765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtpqs7JkdL
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.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mjFhwkpvX
Aella followed, resigning herself to be bundled in the heavy cloak. “Where are we going now?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAfc6InY5H
”To get something.” She looked at the other, then threw her a ring.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEo58ozryJ
She fumbled with it. “A ring?” she wondered, giving Neoma a confused look.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNnZvTETmU
“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.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCq3B1L9py
“How does it do that?” With a grateful smile, she slipped it onto her finger.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0Dofrsq6G
“The engravings. Might not work with a shifter, but hey.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezzMgGtMYW
“What’re they supposed to work on?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2F4oEEK75
”Demons, hardcore hell ones.” She turned to her for a moment. “But it has a sting of silver in there, so it might work.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWgYJaYnQI
”I hope so.~ Feels like it,” Aella said with a slight smile.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ywa9AkWSl
”Yeah, i knew you’d be able to tell.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0w1Yil2fTb
She grinned brighter. “So you said we’re getting something, right? What’re we getting?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFofg6a3Rr
”Horses.” She continued to walk, keeping her eyes down.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWsNkGw7hU
”Oh, horses? I like horses.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrCXhpqrPS
She nodded. “We’ll be needing them.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdP8JO4op8L
“Why?” Aella tipped her head curiously.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡil5PL5vAOF
“Well, how else are we getting to France?” She turned her head, giving a flat look to the girl.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIVLx0hE4S
”France? I’ve heard they’re kinda scary,” Aella said absently. “Why there?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1ApgZTu7Y
Luna grinned. “We wanna get home!”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNv4E2lNXJB
“Where’s that?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO01zLpgJ4j
”Nowhere,” Neoma stated, jolting to a stop.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnxNT7DRh5
“…” Aella looked disappointed, but shrugged it off. “What about me?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lCOKYLMeK
“… Do you want to come?” Luna was happy again, jumping up and down. 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYl6HDgrGDF
Aella was similarly excited. “Could I?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTJHaMJsM8
“…Neomaaaa?” Luna grinned at her, causing the older girl to bite her lip. 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmeMtXxhzb
“… Fine.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1QqEIVnju
“Yay!!~”
“…Neomaaaa?” Luna grinned at her, causing the older girl to bite her lip. 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwT6lIzD4BL
”… Fine.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vkh2JUvjB
“Yay!!~”
