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..”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJ2nIPMKPk
”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.~”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTM6iLYdHt
“O-Oh, okay. That…makes total sense?” Luna tilted her head a bit, biting her lip.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabUj6mnGYs
She blinked. “It does?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMth0hf9xMO
”No, but i didn’t wanna hurt your feelings!!” She giggled at that, offering a weak smile.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RFv2dI6Sm
The blonde smiled back, happy that this girl seemed nice. “Oh, that’s nice of you.~”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QuGWOgVVr
”Do you wanna hold this so he can’t….?” Luna held out the knife. She hesitated, then nodded. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3GYeCHrC5
“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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9HSZJwmoC
”Oh. Sorry.” Luna took it back, looking awkwardly at the ground “So…he possessed you?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9qSHivxbx
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…”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39jDiu7H8l
”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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnh0E8F1tN
“It’s nice to meet you.~”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu79KUFNt2g
“You too.” 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7lWHUTqmS
“So, where are you from?” she asked curiously. “I’m from England.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlhz9ChIlW
”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….”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4Czq4Pldb
“Aww.” Aella pouted, disappointed. “Alright then..”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZO8Lkzle2T
”Sorry…”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLGiID5psk
She shrugged, then started grinning again. “Anyway, thanks again.~ Cináed’s mean.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpJO06Hl0k
She practically purred at the thanks, then gasped, “You should come with me!!!”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphCJPiVcP0
”Ohhh, where to?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYB3xUn2ot
”I wanna find Neoma again…” She tilted her head to the side.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4odTPybJW
“Neoma…?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlquGBRh56E
”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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJ2FyhaZGp
”… Well, if she’s nice, then okay, I’ll come!~”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1fzYTnWZd
“‘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!717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTulzYPczU
Luna looked back, apparently sensing the silent question. “Spain!”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4rPtCiZAO
“That’s where we’re at!?” She blinked in shock. That far?717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMxFp0vdYS
”Yup!!!”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63MNCQbUGn
Aella was delighted. “Wow! I’ve never been to Spain before!”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGjGp9F3El
“Well, you’re here now!!”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYC3AUQ1QR
”Yep!~” She grinned brightly.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeh786cBl2d
“So…I guess that means you’ve been here…”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEAVb8uKjp
“… It does, doesn’t it?” They both grinned at each other. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezetqBeDqj
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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQnHGxXK7M
“That’s her?” Aella asked, nodding toward the tall girl.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOQEnf4wRG
”Mmhmm!!”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVjGBusHNi
”Oh!~” She looked at the girl curiously. “Can I say hi now?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvq9DARMsn
Luna thought for a moment. “Hmmm….okay!”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9GuvnuxNP
“Yay!~” Aella practically skipped into the store and over to Neoma. ”Hiya.~ You’re Neoma?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJ3kg50FIL
“… Um.” Neoma looked at her for a moment, pulling her hood over her eyes a a bit farther.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVX5djGB8n
“I’m Aella,” the blonde said, taking no note of Neoma’s discomfort.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuN1PFg793z
Neoma shrugged. “I think you’re looking for someone else.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLksfub7Dv6
“… No, you’re Neoma. Luna said so.” She pointed back toward the familiar.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0WXpOv15B
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.)717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEn6j5UhRf
“I told you, Aella.~” She grinned.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzjuqqltgP
”I know your name. I mean WHO are you?” she hissed out under her breath, starting to walk out.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYR2OG5hF7K
“… Huh?” The blonde gave her a blank look. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpubroPFns
Luna came over, kinda like she knew what was going on, and whispered in her ear. “She’s asking why you’re here.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPoXd4zyok
”… 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.~”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIxiDgRKPN
”…Oh?” Neoma seemed interested. “… Come with us, okay?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoFZx3baIW
”Sure!~” she said happily without a second thought. After all, they seemed too nice to hurt her! 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejniLi56SE
“…” Neoma mumbled something along the lines of “Oh god, another dumbass” and headed out of the shop.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeppOWHrhu
“Where we goooing?” Aella fell into step beside her, drawing out the last word.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjc95QdRhQ
”Somewhere more private,” she stated, not looking back.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSoofSIfMd
”Okay~”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOcxPELVTH
Luna, who’d been following, bounded forward to grab Aella’s arm. “Hi!”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmd5tgDPWDY
”Hi~” Aella responded cheerfully. Luna nuzzled her cheek for a moment, then let go. Aella laughed lightly in response, apparently not at all bothered.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT25oNx7nNI
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.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuE34JvvkL
“Explain what?” Aella paused, her head tipping sideways.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gn5RB4H2h
”What do you think I mean?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7N7TARa7d
”… About Cináed?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtKb6jgdmN
“Yes.” She kept her voice in a monotone the whole time, but Aella wasn’t fazed.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZOGnxfQJS
”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.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAr9dtD6Xjb
Neoma grabbed the knife from Luna, putting it in its holder. “I see.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7nWVjWIp6
“Is that all?” Aella’s attention began to wander, now that she wasn’t being directly questioned.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSY2tT4lOeX
“No!” Luna jumped, making Aella flinch in surprise. “What are your plans now!?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgG0E0XPxrw
“Plans…?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDb5FnfS3wT
”Wellll, you cant just let him keep taking over your body!” Luna pointed out.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBl9UJRJkZU
”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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAyT0ppVMJ
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. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHoJ69eM7T
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…717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRALQAgUt4
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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfv6aguPjnB
Aella followed, resigning herself to be bundled in the heavy cloak. “Where are we going now?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKzgBQUlke
”To get something.” She looked at the other, then threw her a ring.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cidLMIAm1
She fumbled with it. “A ring?” she wondered, giving Neoma a confused look.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1xW2ENURI
“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.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTopCx1A9JV
“How does it do that?” With a grateful smile, she slipped it onto her finger.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjJFbf4q8N
“The engravings. Might not work with a shifter, but hey.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpmEB9oJUA
“What’re they supposed to work on?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbYPImPfyY
”Demons, hardcore hell ones.” She turned to her for a moment. “But it has a sting of silver in there, so it might work.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaSm6PStqr
”I hope so.~ Feels like it,” Aella said with a slight smile.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3DCodLdHY
”Yeah, i knew you’d be able to tell.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbQpiT3kpq
She grinned brighter. “So you said we’re getting something, right? What’re we getting?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJuAcBPYIK
”Horses.” She continued to walk, keeping her eyes down.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfau2rKTJU
”Oh, horses? I like horses.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeSGELKqhZ
She nodded. “We’ll be needing them.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKaABCVtYk
“Why?” Aella tipped her head curiously.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzK3wzRmgSU
“Well, how else are we getting to France?” She turned her head, giving a flat look to the girl.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouKWsiDQ9D
”France? I’ve heard they’re kinda scary,” Aella said absently. “Why there?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleccoMfN0u
Luna grinned. “We wanna get home!”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjnPVMHtml
“Where’s that?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExebU14Xxw
”Nowhere,” Neoma stated, jolting to a stop.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZHRE492Ur
“…” Aella looked disappointed, but shrugged it off. “What about me?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwuw6wu4rK
“… Do you want to come?” Luna was happy again, jumping up and down. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFh8QxizFV0
Aella was similarly excited. “Could I?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Kc9VTs565
“…Neomaaaa?” Luna grinned at her, causing the older girl to bite her lip. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZBoDtd57z
“… Fine.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11kMMHrrDc
“Yay!!~”
“…Neomaaaa?” Luna grinned at her, causing the older girl to bite her lip. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzf7llIBsOd
”… Fine.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WIMBBQJIE
“Yay!!~”
