Howl's moving castle (fanfic) (oc)

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Naomi ran and cried. It had started raining, she didn't know where to go. That's how it was until she bumped into someone and fell to the ground.

"Oh, I'm so sorry", she could hear a woman's voice. She looks up and sees rather familiar face. It was the girl from the hat shop. The girl looked at her worriedly. With other hand she held her umbrella and the other one she extended to help Naomi stand up.

"What happened to you, are you alright", she asked, concern painted all over her face and pulled the shivering girl under the umbrella. Naomi couldn't make up any words. Everything that has happened felt so unreal. At first she was being forced to marry someone and now her parents had died and everything just changed. And on top of that she's literally turning to stone. 

"Come one, let's get you to warm", the woman soothed and started leading her presumably towards the hat shop. 

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"Would you like some tea?", she asked as they got in. Naomi shook her head quickly.

"Oh I forgot, my name is Sophie Hatter", she introduced herself."I actually remember you from today, you were looking for a hat with your mother for some event if I'm correct"

"I'm Naomi Alvara", the girl almost whispered. Naomi's clothes were all wet from the rain. Sophie had wrapped a warm blanket around her and placed her sitting on a armchair in front of a fireplace. 

Soon it could be heard that someone entered the hat shop. "Excuse me, I'm going to look who it is, I'll be right back", Sophie said softly and left the room. 

Naomi looked around. The room where she was was so warm and cozy. It felt like nothing bad could happen if she just stayed there. She wrapped the blanket tighter around her and pulled out her hand. 

The stone had barely spread. It could reach only half way her left hand fingers and she could still move all of them freely. How long she would have time? Is there a way to slow it down? Could someone help her to stop it? 

Suddenly a scream could be heard from downstairs. Was it Sophie? Naomi's heart almost stopped. She couldn't handle any more adversity. 

She took a deep breath and got up. With quiet steps she started walking to downstairs. 

Downstairs she could see a old woman, staring her reflection from the mirror. Is it another witch? No. She was wearing the same clothes as Sophie. Did she get cursed? Just like that.

"Sophie?", Naomi asked quietly and the old woman turned around and groaned as her back made a cracking sound."What happened to you?". Sophie tried to open her mouth but nothing came out. It was like some power was keeping her from talking. 

"Who was it?", Naomi asked. She was relieved to hear that it wasn't miss Davis but it turned out to be which of the waste. Naomi had heard about her before. 

"Why would she do this?", Naomi asked. 

"It has to be a miss understanding, that's all I know", Sophie wailed.

"What are you gonna do?"

"I need to leave, wind a cure, I can't let my family see me like this", Sophie said as she walked a circle. 

"Let me come with you", Naomi said without even thinking. But she didn't need to think anymore, what else does she have? Her parents are death and she had nowhere to go.

"Why would you want to go, don't you have your own responsibilities as living in a such a rich family?", Sophie questioned frustratedly. Naomi sighed. She explained everything. Sophie listened her eyes widened. How could one person go through so much in one day?

"Alright, we'll go together, departure  is tomorrow morning", Sophie decided."We don't know how much time you have left so we have to hurry up, let's try to rest this night", she added.

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