Colentine🐰🐏💛

~Kid and Leveret~ 4

It had been a week since Cole discovered about The Storyteller, and he has been visiting the exact same place in the forest since then. He had learned about The Harkers, their origin and what their goal is. On the third day they have met, The Storyteller gifted Cole an instrument like theirs and taught them the songs of The Harkers. Cole instantly fell in love with the instrument and has been practicing playing it for a few days now.

Cole's now going down the hill to the fields, their instrument hanging on their shoulders with strings attached. It has now become a new routine for Cole; To go to the forest everyday either in the morning or noon. But as Cole just reached the path to the fields, he noticed that there was a person standing a few meters away from him.

Cole panicked. Though, it doesn't look like one of the King's men. Cole never really had an encounter with another human being before, he has saw some, but never really been noticed. The person stood and stared blankly at Cole. Cole wanted to walk away from the situation, so he did, but the person called out instead.

"Wait!" Clementine called as she catched up to Cole. Cole stopped and looked at the stranger who was now near behind him. He doesn't know what to do or say so he just awkwardly stood there. Clementine looked deeply into his blue eyes, captivated by its blue color.

"Are you from here?" Clementine asked

Cole responded in a low shy voice, "y-yeah..?"

" 'yeah'? " Clemmie thought in confusion.  "Where's this place?" They asked again.

"Oh, umm.. Away from the.. Kingdom." Cole scratch the back of his neck.

"Well, I know that." Clementine thought but didn't say it.

"I should.. Go now." Cole said and was about to leave but then Clementine called again.

"Wait!"

"Y-yes?"

"Can I go with you?"

Cole tried to consider it for few seconds. Was it really alright for a stranger to come along with him??

"I- I'm sorry... I don't think I can." Cole then said and immediately walked away after.

Cole walked into the forest, and he's feeling more  conscious than usual because-

The kid from earlier followed him!! Cole didn't understand why. He refused to let them join but she followed him instead.

"Wh- why are you following me?" Cole finally asked as he turned around to face Clementine who's hiding in one of the trees, which is obviously not the best spot to hide.

".. Because I ran away from the house and I don't know where this is but what you're doing now seems fun!"

"..."

"..."

"I don't know you.." Cole bluntly
said.

"Oh! Then let's introduce ourselves then!" Clementine's face lit up and went closer to Cole, smiling.

"Hi, my name's Clementine." Clemmie held out her hand. Cole glanced between Clementine and their hand. They hesitated, but took it after anyway.

"Cole."

Clementine beamed as Cole accepted them. "Great! So, could you tell me where we're going Cole?" Clementine asked. Both now walked together, side by side.

"Uhm, are you familiar with the Harkers, perchance?" Cole slowly glanced at Clementine's way, waiting for them to answer.

"Mhh..I don't think I've ever heard of it." Clementine shrugged.

"Well, we're going to meet one of them right now." Cole then swept a bunch of vines aside, revealing a fascinating place to be in.

"Woah.." Clementine looked amazed at the place right in front of her. It was something they had never seen before, it was like something out of a fantasy book. "Am i dreaming right now.." Clementine then absent-mindedly pinched herself to check, "ow" she slightly yelped in pain.

"Why'd you do that?"

"Sorry, for a second I thought I was dreaming." Clemmie chuckled lightly.

As both of them entered the place, Clementine took the time to explore the place. The ground was flat with grass green as it could be. There are some tall one's and some even cuts. There are also flowers around the area; It's yarrows, as Clementine remembers it was from the book they had read once. There's also a small stream nearby, which just made it more refreshing to look at.

Cole noticed the sparks in Clementine's silver eyes. At that moment, Cole would have mistaken her eyes for diamonds, if it weren't for when he had saw them for the first time earlier.

"Pretty, huh?" Cole said, also admiring the place.

"Very. Even that word doesn't do this place justice." Clementine said and looked at Cole. Then, a voice can be heard.

"I'm glad you like this place."

Cole turned his head to the familiar voice, Clemmie did too, but wondered where it came from.

"Storyteller!" Cole went closer to them, Clemmie slowly followed.

"I see you've brought someone here with you."

The Scarecrow revealed itself from a hidden passageway on the right side where Cole and Clementine were standing.

"Ah, I hope you don't mind.." Cole nervously said.

"Pft- of course not."

When the Storyteller came out, there was also someone behind them

"Cole, remember when I told you about the Bell-ringer?"

"Yeah.?"

"Well, you're seeing it now."

Cole turned its head at the being beside the storyteller. It was in a form of a goat and has a unique style with bunch of bells, they chime whenever they move. Clementine also looked, wide eyed and agape, she was curious who these creatures are, since they don't look human. The Bell-ringer, Yarrow, found something intriguing about the kid as soon as they locked eyes; Clementine stood still when they did so.

"Hello there." Yarrow spoke, facing Clemmie.

"H-hi." Clementine greeted back, her lips turned upward and formed a smile as they slowly waved their hand.
The Storyteller seemed pleased by their soft exchange of greetings.

"Hm, it's truly a great idea that I brought Yarrow here." The storyteller said. "Now, how about we tell..?"

"Oh, Clementine."

"Clementine! How about we tell Clementine about all the tales, starting from the very beginning!" The Storyteller exclaimed in excitement. The Bell-ringer, Yarrow, just chuckled.

"Don't over excite yourself, dear."

                             

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