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..”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnt17LUsFx9
”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.~”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQ02D66S5c
“O-Oh, okay. That…makes total sense?” Luna tilted her head a bit, biting her lip.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdd5M1tAIa
She blinked. “It does?”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxpyj1DJBv
”No, but i didn’t wanna hurt your feelings!!” She giggled at that, offering a weak smile.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6aZiroDNe
The blonde smiled back, happy that this girl seemed nice. “Oh, that’s nice of you.~”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6y3yGMMZa4
”Do you wanna hold this so he can’t….?” Luna held out the knife. She hesitated, then nodded. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyZhUtndft
“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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkr4B1eSeV
”Oh. Sorry.” Luna took it back, looking awkwardly at the ground “So…he possessed you?”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFocij64Nxe
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…”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7fGDjA7ON
”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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvdjxjB8zC
“It’s nice to meet you.~”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNWI2EnssA
“You too.” 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttBnZSeJfz
“So, where are you from?” she asked curiously. “I’m from England.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfGO2jO7Ek
”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….”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIaxBzeuwMh
“Aww.” Aella pouted, disappointed. “Alright then..”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2B9UzCdxY
”Sorry…”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡromG50UkaL
She shrugged, then started grinning again. “Anyway, thanks again.~ Cináed’s mean.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7SuPGEqSK
She practically purred at the thanks, then gasped, “You should come with me!!!”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvnjZpdvnD
”Ohhh, where to?”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7CCRwrXNr
”I wanna find Neoma again…” She tilted her head to the side.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDu60OyoT3v
“Neoma…?”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UTp9Jsojm
”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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubeajaEJz0
”… Well, if she’s nice, then okay, I’ll come!~”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8kOtMj4Hx
“‘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!764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyZnIdEItn
Luna looked back, apparently sensing the silent question. “Spain!”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkW3zG29QW
“That’s where we’re at!?” She blinked in shock. That far?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVnqifC6fg
”Yup!!!”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZR4xkf8vd
Aella was delighted. “Wow! I’ve never been to Spain before!”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXurR4sAZAM
“Well, you’re here now!!”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79C9Mz225b
”Yep!~” She grinned brightly.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXdcqk62EN
“So…I guess that means you’ve been here…”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1DsybsM69
“… It does, doesn’t it?” They both grinned at each other. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6i0WZfDnl4
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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHnIyEoEQx
“That’s her?” Aella asked, nodding toward the tall girl.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmcdl9G8q2
”Mmhmm!!”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFESyqOz3Y
”Oh!~” She looked at the girl curiously. “Can I say hi now?”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFG0Pe1Q5J0
Luna thought for a moment. “Hmmm….okay!”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0vPVhn3DN
“Yay!~” Aella practically skipped into the store and over to Neoma. ”Hiya.~ You’re Neoma?”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXgbiQO02T
“… Um.” Neoma looked at her for a moment, pulling her hood over her eyes a a bit farther.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrwwVpmbcF
“I’m Aella,” the blonde said, taking no note of Neoma’s discomfort.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzTiPMfS5C
Neoma shrugged. “I think you’re looking for someone else.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9ryeUfDxF
“… No, you’re Neoma. Luna said so.” She pointed back toward the familiar.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVjDLq9kzd
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.)764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KgWDDa9br
“I told you, Aella.~” She grinned.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GXYoY1wsS
”I know your name. I mean WHO are you?” she hissed out under her breath, starting to walk out.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWvrjmpNw8
“… Huh?” The blonde gave her a blank look. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2lWHxYcWq
Luna came over, kinda like she knew what was going on, and whispered in her ear. “She’s asking why you’re here.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOA9iyFxCs
”… 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.~”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IeqJFu6bu
”…Oh?” Neoma seemed interested. “… Come with us, okay?”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ClomN1TbW
”Sure!~” she said happily without a second thought. After all, they seemed too nice to hurt her! 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQekLsrqoo
“…” Neoma mumbled something along the lines of “Oh god, another dumbass” and headed out of the shop.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHp4wY4RZM
“Where we goooing?” Aella fell into step beside her, drawing out the last word.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPom0hx0Lu7
”Somewhere more private,” she stated, not looking back.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCdDLyCJxc
”Okay~”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoln62zEEf
Luna, who’d been following, bounded forward to grab Aella’s arm. “Hi!”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUFCu4qCwu
”Hi~” Aella responded cheerfully. Luna nuzzled her cheek for a moment, then let go. Aella laughed lightly in response, apparently not at all bothered.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvO37Yf9hs
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.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NA7JoGMXR
“Explain what?” Aella paused, her head tipping sideways.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0G8jFOSy5
”What do you think I mean?”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7AsBIPsbT
”… About Cináed?”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAkROGuWEo
“Yes.” She kept her voice in a monotone the whole time, but Aella wasn’t fazed.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpwos1K7Yx
”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.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCetCVzabFk
Neoma grabbed the knife from Luna, putting it in its holder. “I see.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJHdlWaBkh
“Is that all?” Aella’s attention began to wander, now that she wasn’t being directly questioned.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlqXmY1BKL
“No!” Luna jumped, making Aella flinch in surprise. “What are your plans now!?”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAEsfTT70R
“Plans…?”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0jv1ytmwg
”Wellll, you cant just let him keep taking over your body!” Luna pointed out.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwHVQHKI3R
”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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrh3DyrssyF
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. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHlU54DIXE
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…764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDiXVeNUN7
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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCmrH4jmGw
Aella followed, resigning herself to be bundled in the heavy cloak. “Where are we going now?”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESBiSSxfZs
”To get something.” She looked at the other, then threw her a ring.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdZLqciGyg
She fumbled with it. “A ring?” she wondered, giving Neoma a confused look.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMDlQDxChW
“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.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfhg0JOqq9
“How does it do that?” With a grateful smile, she slipped it onto her finger.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vofE5g0ud
“The engravings. Might not work with a shifter, but hey.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8p8j52C1FG
“What’re they supposed to work on?”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1C26fGkfB
”Demons, hardcore hell ones.” She turned to her for a moment. “But it has a sting of silver in there, so it might work.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGcjEWkqIs
”I hope so.~ Feels like it,” Aella said with a slight smile.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGYlfBnTfE
”Yeah, i knew you’d be able to tell.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyw4jvT2tb
She grinned brighter. “So you said we’re getting something, right? What’re we getting?”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nxgxcb6l3
”Horses.” She continued to walk, keeping her eyes down.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVcq9B8MFR
”Oh, horses? I like horses.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAEzqq35R2
She nodded. “We’ll be needing them.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypSoYwSxSP
“Why?” Aella tipped her head curiously.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDu6sB2tRjO
“Well, how else are we getting to France?” She turned her head, giving a flat look to the girl.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzs0eWubXE
”France? I’ve heard they’re kinda scary,” Aella said absently. “Why there?”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ37cHEJW1I
Luna grinned. “We wanna get home!”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ls9Kqy6Ky
“Where’s that?”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qrd0hJmHa
”Nowhere,” Neoma stated, jolting to a stop.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7UonkYdh0
“…” Aella looked disappointed, but shrugged it off. “What about me?”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrP48xe3rt
“… Do you want to come?” Luna was happy again, jumping up and down. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdlRDmfz35
Aella was similarly excited. “Could I?”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQa8GpTgGo2
“…Neomaaaa?” Luna grinned at her, causing the older girl to bite her lip. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2v0EC5V9ol
“… Fine.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZhvA4XMfI
“Yay!!~”
“…Neomaaaa?” Luna grinned at her, causing the older girl to bite her lip. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ034vsaybjc
”… Fine.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZ4rpEpXgR
“Yay!!~”
