Lovestruck

awakened by markl

You woke up to the sound of Markl running around. You sat up and rubbed your eyes. "Michael what are you doing?" you said as you pushed away your courtain. The sunlight wasn't that blinding this morning wich pleased your tired eyes. "I'm bored Y/n!" he groaned. "Can we please go to the market or something?" he asked. "Let me just wake up first." you answered as you rubbed your eyes. He jumped with joy and ran to another room to get something. You laughed slightly at his eagerness. He quickly came back with a light yellow dress in his hands. "Howl told me to give this to you." he said shyly as he handed it to you. It was absolutely beautiful. It was made out of a silky fabric and had white hearts and flowers sewn into it. 

"Could you tell me where Howl is, so I could thank him properly?" you asked Markl. "He's still asleep. I think he had a long night, that happens sometimes don't worry." he answered. "Now put it on, I wanna go!" You laughed and dragged the curtain back so you could change. You could hear Markl running up the stairs exitedly. "What a great kid." you said to yourself as you slipped your night gown off and put your new, beautiful dress on.

When you walked out of your bedroom, you noticed that the house had been cleaned. There wasn't dust and cobwebs hanging from the ceiling anymore and the books on the tables had been sorted and put in a shelf. Even Calcifer's fireplace had been cleaned and he looked quite happy about it. "Good morning Calcifer!" you greeted with a smile. "Morning!" he answered happily.

You had found a couple of white high heels standing by the stairs and assumed they were for you, so you put them on. You grabbed a basket from a counter where pots, pans and different kitchen equipment were hanging and yelled for Markl to come down. He rushed down the stairs with a huge smile. He was carrying a large, blue coat. "Well, you're exited!" you said to him. "Howl usually doesn't have much time to go to the market, so we do it rarely." he answered as he put the coat on. When he put the hood on, he put his hands in front of his face in one swift motion and a huge, white beard appeared. He had calmed down from the exitement and was not disquised as an old man. "Markl, why are you dressing up as an old man?" you asked thoroughly confused as he walked past you and over to the exit. "I'm practicing my magic." he answered and opened the door. He walked outside and you followed after him.

Upstairs, Howl was laying in his bed wide awake in his room wich was decorated in various typed of junk that he thought protected him from curses and other things he didn't want upon him. He was staring at his roof and just thinking. He knew that he had to show up as wizard Jenkins and Pendragon at two places that wanted his help in the war. He was thinking of a plan. A plan that needed two people.