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..”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbntT9tfKT
”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.~”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyFILSz3TW
“O-Oh, okay. That…makes total sense?” Luna tilted her head a bit, biting her lip.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34m6Ur07gx
She blinked. “It does?”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKE72TfBdxb
”No, but i didn’t wanna hurt your feelings!!” She giggled at that, offering a weak smile.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuf0ysL06if
The blonde smiled back, happy that this girl seemed nice. “Oh, that’s nice of you.~”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXxhm4oKDT
”Do you wanna hold this so he can’t….?” Luna held out the knife. She hesitated, then nodded. 721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ666Qm3uUaR
“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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10LhE1vfkg
”Oh. Sorry.” Luna took it back, looking awkwardly at the ground “So…he possessed you?”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JWlMocaHz
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…”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhOpkWgx0A
”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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37z5BhyaIh
“It’s nice to meet you.~”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDTXW9vF5H
“You too.” 721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TEJBFPyqr
“So, where are you from?” she asked curiously. “I’m from England.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv76tdP0cHq
”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….”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBf2ey5kJt
“Aww.” Aella pouted, disappointed. “Alright then..”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiElKUXeeF
”Sorry…”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MlYwgj2RT
She shrugged, then started grinning again. “Anyway, thanks again.~ Cináed’s mean.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekO2k4XNO5
She practically purred at the thanks, then gasped, “You should come with me!!!”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMXgju5pJd
”Ohhh, where to?”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAKo2qYpfJ
”I wanna find Neoma again…” She tilted her head to the side.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7qJN0XE5B
“Neoma…?”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTnv61QncF
”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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUR3MKfM1S
”… Well, if she’s nice, then okay, I’ll come!~”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSaRXD1rl6
“‘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!721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDeoyjaT2f
Luna looked back, apparently sensing the silent question. “Spain!”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRD4WQHgcS
“That’s where we’re at!?” She blinked in shock. That far?721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXQFKlkO77
”Yup!!!”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWf2xkgQUE9
Aella was delighted. “Wow! I’ve never been to Spain before!”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BYFCSvhTg
“Well, you’re here now!!”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpvx66PWIS
”Yep!~” She grinned brightly.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8iyz8QsCd
“So…I guess that means you’ve been here…”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEMNgsrwsu
“… It does, doesn’t it?” They both grinned at each other. 721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pHdL4jNcS
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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8wcpoIRy6
“That’s her?” Aella asked, nodding toward the tall girl.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk43msyr4rS
”Mmhmm!!”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKXBH0jNFa
”Oh!~” She looked at the girl curiously. “Can I say hi now?”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitV75ejvQd
Luna thought for a moment. “Hmmm….okay!”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIBhJ4gX8u
“Yay!~” Aella practically skipped into the store and over to Neoma. ”Hiya.~ You’re Neoma?”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7O513akLGo
“… Um.” Neoma looked at her for a moment, pulling her hood over her eyes a a bit farther.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcVZ8rPPgr
“I’m Aella,” the blonde said, taking no note of Neoma’s discomfort.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPodQxnJF9m
Neoma shrugged. “I think you’re looking for someone else.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPTivbjPbL
“… No, you’re Neoma. Luna said so.” She pointed back toward the familiar.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVt3Rs5elJy
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.)721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFH7D8iEPs
“I told you, Aella.~” She grinned.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmA5T5DLPi
”I know your name. I mean WHO are you?” she hissed out under her breath, starting to walk out.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDQA7NGF2q
“… Huh?” The blonde gave her a blank look. 721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI46IQq7MEU
Luna came over, kinda like she knew what was going on, and whispered in her ear. “She’s asking why you’re here.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYbKgBigXr
”… 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.~”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWX7ZtraM6T
”…Oh?” Neoma seemed interested. “… Come with us, okay?”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkM76fDGFb
”Sure!~” she said happily without a second thought. After all, they seemed too nice to hurt her! 721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjr1SRDJk6
“…” Neoma mumbled something along the lines of “Oh god, another dumbass” and headed out of the shop.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnJsGTrEeE
“Where we goooing?” Aella fell into step beside her, drawing out the last word.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmGReu3eAA
”Somewhere more private,” she stated, not looking back.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25Ibg3sZnF
”Okay~”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwNn9Aa6xj
Luna, who’d been following, bounded forward to grab Aella’s arm. “Hi!”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VUdPRSpYa
”Hi~” Aella responded cheerfully. Luna nuzzled her cheek for a moment, then let go. Aella laughed lightly in response, apparently not at all bothered.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMaf3CoaEb
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.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Bi4UaBJFs
“Explain what?” Aella paused, her head tipping sideways.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVLnnebrrp
”What do you think I mean?”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCQGl4VBah
”… About Cináed?”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjXrQcb0Jx
“Yes.” She kept her voice in a monotone the whole time, but Aella wasn’t fazed.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRdEXeJdYI
”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.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzad95nQzMg
Neoma grabbed the knife from Luna, putting it in its holder. “I see.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJcaYUOzaf
“Is that all?” Aella’s attention began to wander, now that she wasn’t being directly questioned.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNaKQxSgbJ
“No!” Luna jumped, making Aella flinch in surprise. “What are your plans now!?”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOc1wntG5fI
“Plans…?”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsO4d17hkT
”Wellll, you cant just let him keep taking over your body!” Luna pointed out.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5wu67YaBi
”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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqJxqON6j7
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. 721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgPqd4yQeO
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…721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKyISI9T8U
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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhGM9cWorh
Aella followed, resigning herself to be bundled in the heavy cloak. “Where are we going now?”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwaZO8b5oS
”To get something.” She looked at the other, then threw her a ring.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngQvf4xK8d
She fumbled with it. “A ring?” she wondered, giving Neoma a confused look.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSOtP9iqnV
“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.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpobGQcpRez
“How does it do that?” With a grateful smile, she slipped it onto her finger.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNeaT1IohL
“The engravings. Might not work with a shifter, but hey.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NJhQ8g5rj
“What’re they supposed to work on?”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34uQbyvmn2
”Demons, hardcore hell ones.” She turned to her for a moment. “But it has a sting of silver in there, so it might work.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EDBkhka9M
”I hope so.~ Feels like it,” Aella said with a slight smile.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkjv9FbUIQ
”Yeah, i knew you’d be able to tell.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSJsQ527iS
She grinned brighter. “So you said we’re getting something, right? What’re we getting?”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJL7m33S5fq
”Horses.” She continued to walk, keeping her eyes down.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6o9SkSgF9I
”Oh, horses? I like horses.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrUBgKeG0q
She nodded. “We’ll be needing them.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91Oglfu3Nw
“Why?” Aella tipped her head curiously.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyH1GfEuw3p
“Well, how else are we getting to France?” She turned her head, giving a flat look to the girl.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlDGyJrhxx
”France? I’ve heard they’re kinda scary,” Aella said absently. “Why there?”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0uATmB4py
Luna grinned. “We wanna get home!”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdw1WKFFQA
“Where’s that?”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3GZrfjLtT
”Nowhere,” Neoma stated, jolting to a stop.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLiEY1w650
“…” Aella looked disappointed, but shrugged it off. “What about me?”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZw1T8ucVEj
“… Do you want to come?” Luna was happy again, jumping up and down. 721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlALxdAhXp
Aella was similarly excited. “Could I?”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaDl8Aca9p
“…Neomaaaa?” Luna grinned at her, causing the older girl to bite her lip. 721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL43RBNwLZC
“… Fine.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0WJ3ws0Lc
“Yay!!~”
“…Neomaaaa?” Luna grinned at her, causing the older girl to bite her lip. 721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhumhZ4GFKu
”… Fine.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnKTUWDB0s
“Yay!!~”
