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..”569Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9ux9NR225
”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.~”569Please respect copyright.PENANA37xw43uAT6
“O-Oh, okay. That…makes total sense?” Luna tilted her head a bit, biting her lip.569Please respect copyright.PENANAyN1R2uphJv
She blinked. “It does?”569Please respect copyright.PENANAdzMOIcLKoW
”No, but i didn’t wanna hurt your feelings!!” She giggled at that, offering a weak smile.569Please respect copyright.PENANAqjB6nJrkiX
The blonde smiled back, happy that this girl seemed nice. “Oh, that’s nice of you.~”569Please respect copyright.PENANA9mKBeD7EHg
”Do you wanna hold this so he can’t….?” Luna held out the knife. She hesitated, then nodded. 569Please respect copyright.PENANADsIIoazFkA
“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.569Please respect copyright.PENANAj4XfRnJARj
”Oh. Sorry.” Luna took it back, looking awkwardly at the ground “So…he possessed you?”569Please respect copyright.PENANAsHE45OLuGa
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…”569Please respect copyright.PENANA2FxirmnLMo
”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.569Please respect copyright.PENANA6qbvQFg6wF
“It’s nice to meet you.~”569Please respect copyright.PENANARPBBK12nKU
“You too.” 569Please respect copyright.PENANArQ1MbrpZ7h
“So, where are you from?” she asked curiously. “I’m from England.”569Please respect copyright.PENANAQ79tES99pQ
”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….”569Please respect copyright.PENANAK668LHIVGa
“Aww.” Aella pouted, disappointed. “Alright then..”569Please respect copyright.PENANAtRQuAxbt9I
”Sorry…”569Please respect copyright.PENANAVcbh0imUDz
She shrugged, then started grinning again. “Anyway, thanks again.~ Cináed’s mean.”569Please respect copyright.PENANAYkPjpclBku
She practically purred at the thanks, then gasped, “You should come with me!!!”569Please respect copyright.PENANAVETe4GqBWm
”Ohhh, where to?”569Please respect copyright.PENANAHa9LXniqVI
”I wanna find Neoma again…” She tilted her head to the side.569Please respect copyright.PENANAvLuKAQZM8t
“Neoma…?”569Please respect copyright.PENANAwkUTtYnHZx
”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.569Please respect copyright.PENANAQCPoprgChn
”… Well, if she’s nice, then okay, I’ll come!~”569Please respect copyright.PENANAYcr4hGFilm
“‘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!569Please respect copyright.PENANAmgr5RrHC7d
Luna looked back, apparently sensing the silent question. “Spain!”569Please respect copyright.PENANAPu2GuB7dAv
“That’s where we’re at!?” She blinked in shock. That far?569Please respect copyright.PENANAD7xEW5zMnz
”Yup!!!”569Please respect copyright.PENANA6eq1hPVNi1
Aella was delighted. “Wow! I’ve never been to Spain before!”569Please respect copyright.PENANAs9jn4C1cgs
“Well, you’re here now!!”569Please respect copyright.PENANAbt8ASwxA6r
”Yep!~” She grinned brightly.569Please respect copyright.PENANAdm6lezvwFq
“So…I guess that means you’ve been here…”569Please respect copyright.PENANAqMS6rUXITl
“… It does, doesn’t it?” They both grinned at each other. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAaWI5djCXEv
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.569Please respect copyright.PENANAelqMTEuT69
“That’s her?” Aella asked, nodding toward the tall girl.569Please respect copyright.PENANA5HRNXlxAJ4
”Mmhmm!!”569Please respect copyright.PENANAY9e8Sjhjb5
”Oh!~” She looked at the girl curiously. “Can I say hi now?”569Please respect copyright.PENANAlAOHsJd86J
Luna thought for a moment. “Hmmm….okay!”569Please respect copyright.PENANAgAwF371i3k
“Yay!~” Aella practically skipped into the store and over to Neoma. ”Hiya.~ You’re Neoma?”569Please respect copyright.PENANAVZEFJPQwcc
“… Um.” Neoma looked at her for a moment, pulling her hood over her eyes a a bit farther.569Please respect copyright.PENANAFCyQIxf6dz
“I’m Aella,” the blonde said, taking no note of Neoma’s discomfort.569Please respect copyright.PENANAkhPVmjM3q5
Neoma shrugged. “I think you’re looking for someone else.”569Please respect copyright.PENANAciKLAxoCfP
“… No, you’re Neoma. Luna said so.” She pointed back toward the familiar.569Please respect copyright.PENANAYOXsQnEEVx
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.)569Please respect copyright.PENANAadWYIBsfg2
“I told you, Aella.~” She grinned.569Please respect copyright.PENANAb7LjzV040i
”I know your name. I mean WHO are you?” she hissed out under her breath, starting to walk out.569Please respect copyright.PENANA1lUFWdxZEl
“… Huh?” The blonde gave her a blank look. 569Please respect copyright.PENANARwBIc7Agyk
Luna came over, kinda like she knew what was going on, and whispered in her ear. “She’s asking why you’re here.”569Please respect copyright.PENANAIQaGHKZSRe
”… 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.~”569Please respect copyright.PENANARgtAXvW9QR
”…Oh?” Neoma seemed interested. “… Come with us, okay?”569Please respect copyright.PENANA0yYCcqgNnF
”Sure!~” she said happily without a second thought. After all, they seemed too nice to hurt her! 569Please respect copyright.PENANAc4ukxqDvu5
“…” Neoma mumbled something along the lines of “Oh god, another dumbass” and headed out of the shop.569Please respect copyright.PENANA3V75lAC8gV
“Where we goooing?” Aella fell into step beside her, drawing out the last word.569Please respect copyright.PENANA2GtsDhwzuZ
”Somewhere more private,” she stated, not looking back.569Please respect copyright.PENANACjHnIpF6yH
”Okay~”569Please respect copyright.PENANAeKZOhqIHEV
Luna, who’d been following, bounded forward to grab Aella’s arm. “Hi!”569Please respect copyright.PENANABayHBWo9BR
”Hi~” Aella responded cheerfully. Luna nuzzled her cheek for a moment, then let go. Aella laughed lightly in response, apparently not at all bothered.569Please respect copyright.PENANAUViluaQKDJ
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.”569Please respect copyright.PENANAEVvBI06Gsy
“Explain what?” Aella paused, her head tipping sideways.569Please respect copyright.PENANAsMZB57nUck
”What do you think I mean?”569Please respect copyright.PENANAp2ZXkNjESx
”… About Cináed?”569Please respect copyright.PENANA1Mku7uw6aq
“Yes.” She kept her voice in a monotone the whole time, but Aella wasn’t fazed.569Please respect copyright.PENANADHZnqxbgtP
”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.”569Please respect copyright.PENANAod4U1l3bFM
Neoma grabbed the knife from Luna, putting it in its holder. “I see.”569Please respect copyright.PENANA3ypB9dYfQu
“Is that all?” Aella’s attention began to wander, now that she wasn’t being directly questioned.569Please respect copyright.PENANAdaQDmThoul
“No!” Luna jumped, making Aella flinch in surprise. “What are your plans now!?”569Please respect copyright.PENANAiVmcW7CK3G
“Plans…?”569Please respect copyright.PENANA9iMrody3VF
”Wellll, you cant just let him keep taking over your body!” Luna pointed out.569Please respect copyright.PENANAXBshh30zgs
”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.569Please respect copyright.PENANAsfLBbtDlVQ
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. 569Please respect copyright.PENANASC5njgEOp5
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…569Please respect copyright.PENANAMq97lnmyNY
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.569Please respect copyright.PENANAHnBt8TXlmr
Aella followed, resigning herself to be bundled in the heavy cloak. “Where are we going now?”569Please respect copyright.PENANAhtLD9YMLx8
”To get something.” She looked at the other, then threw her a ring.569Please respect copyright.PENANAPVlxwQEaEJ
She fumbled with it. “A ring?” she wondered, giving Neoma a confused look.569Please respect copyright.PENANAWHSSVWrEnv
“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.”569Please respect copyright.PENANAZQw1N0jgqK
“How does it do that?” With a grateful smile, she slipped it onto her finger.569Please respect copyright.PENANAC29lZFaMQ7
“The engravings. Might not work with a shifter, but hey.”569Please respect copyright.PENANAWari1V4o3E
“What’re they supposed to work on?”569Please respect copyright.PENANANdviebGLkW
”Demons, hardcore hell ones.” She turned to her for a moment. “But it has a sting of silver in there, so it might work.”569Please respect copyright.PENANA12HV7S07cm
”I hope so.~ Feels like it,” Aella said with a slight smile.569Please respect copyright.PENANAM0OFsAueF2
”Yeah, i knew you’d be able to tell.”569Please respect copyright.PENANAHnKxDP83xP
She grinned brighter. “So you said we’re getting something, right? What’re we getting?”569Please respect copyright.PENANAsJDAegAUQO
”Horses.” She continued to walk, keeping her eyes down.569Please respect copyright.PENANATMBx2JtErZ
”Oh, horses? I like horses.”569Please respect copyright.PENANAIzhjp6Xc4J
She nodded. “We’ll be needing them.”569Please respect copyright.PENANAjzhLDIgmsZ
“Why?” Aella tipped her head curiously.569Please respect copyright.PENANAyAw0cf7yuq
“Well, how else are we getting to France?” She turned her head, giving a flat look to the girl.569Please respect copyright.PENANALdrCxCAA0M
”France? I’ve heard they’re kinda scary,” Aella said absently. “Why there?”569Please respect copyright.PENANAJUyoPabGRn
Luna grinned. “We wanna get home!”569Please respect copyright.PENANA3WaNoAEWWo
“Where’s that?”569Please respect copyright.PENANA7953alQD8y
”Nowhere,” Neoma stated, jolting to a stop.569Please respect copyright.PENANAjUJMN52Lqj
“…” Aella looked disappointed, but shrugged it off. “What about me?”569Please respect copyright.PENANASqyEOpCXVK
“… Do you want to come?” Luna was happy again, jumping up and down. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAEPKZ4s4Do9
Aella was similarly excited. “Could I?”569Please respect copyright.PENANAOM6kmRIBF1
“…Neomaaaa?” Luna grinned at her, causing the older girl to bite her lip. 569Please respect copyright.PENANA6kGA3QXXQX
“… Fine.”569Please respect copyright.PENANAdj9gqcqXhO
“Yay!!~”
“…Neomaaaa?” Luna grinned at her, causing the older girl to bite her lip. 569Please respect copyright.PENANAEbooa9oRLX
”… Fine.”569Please respect copyright.PENANAOVGjjd7iTs
“Yay!!~”