Two Moons, One Earth

Ch4: We Play A Game With A Vampire

This piece of music is my inspiration, and I think it fits Noellen's theme. Enjoy!

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" Wh-What?" Hoping I didn't hear right. He sighed and proceeded to tell me again. "Mermaids. Now let's go." He goes a bit deeper into the cave to pack his belongings. "But- But it's dark. And there's..." I didn't want to say it out loud and jinx it. "Creatures? Pffft! As long as I'm here, they won't bother us." He tells me, now packed and ready.

"But..But!" I start to protest. "No buts. Let's go. "He hold his hand out to me. "Where are we going?" I ask while taking his hand. It seems that I have forgotten all about home. We're this far already, so why not? " Seirbeire." He answers as he carries me princess style and leaps into the air. "Tonight?" I ask, bizarre. "Yes. Now hush." He says.

"Oh no! Don't put me back to sleep again!" I whine. "You knew what I was saying?" He asks. He leaps into a tree and stops there. "Uh..Yeah sort of."I tell him. He sighs and then says "Fine. But you can't wiggle or move around." I nod obediently. Then he resumes jumping in the air. "Deum oro ad te bellum, senex et odio. Ut ieiunium ut fulgur. Velocius cheetah posset salire. (I pray to thee God of War, Ares, for speed. As fast as lightning. Faster than a cheetah could leap.)" Aaron started glowing, but what really got me, was that we were jumping faster.

We were going faster than a speeding bullet, threatening to take your life and swifter like the lightning battling the skies. From every where, the wind crossed my face and whipped it gently. My hair waved back and forth. It waved so furiously, that I think Aaron was getting annoyed but was hiding it. I saw everything in action. The Moons, shining bright like two glowing blueberries but whiter. But then I heard rustling beneath. I saw something flash and then it was gone. Then I saw it again. I gulped, hoping that it was just my imagination.

I didn't want to make it look like I was scared, so I avoided telling Aaron what I thought I heard or saw. He'd probably think I'm an idiot for thinking that there was such a thing out there.

I didn't think we could make it over the borders of Seirbeire tonight, but I was wrong. Sooner than I would have thought to be, we passed the wall borders of Seirbeire.

Seirbeire was a beautiful country. The walls were absurdly high to protect the citizens inside, but it didn't stop the creatures from coming in. Legend says, if you stay up long enough after nighttime, you could see the night glisten and beautiful lights, every different color, roll down the sky like stairs. I want to see that!

"We'er here." Aaron informs me like I don't know. I nod and he set's me down on the ground. "Why are we here anyways?" I follow him as he walks into one scary unscathed village. "We''ll stay in an inn. For right now, don't ask questions." He says and walks off again. "Hmpm! Like you haven't already said that one before." I pout and follow.

When we are both equally beside each other, I ask " How old are you anyways?" He keeps walking and walking. "What? Trying to hit on me now?" He chuckles as he inspects a sign, that clearly has to be an inn. I slap my forehead hard, thinking How stupid does he have to be?!. He sees the ignorance on my face and answers without joking this time. "19." He goes back to being quiet like nothing happened.

I suddenly feel a chill down my back, and feel like someone has been watching me. I turn around and inspect the gloomy darkness behind me. Nothing. I turn around and hurry to catch up with Aaron.

"Uhh..Hey..I- I feel like there's somebody watching us.." I tell Aaron, starting to care more about my safety than how one thinks about me. He quickly strains his ears, looks around, and sniffs the air a few times. Then he shrugs. "It's nothing. Probably just your mind playing tricks with your head." He suggests and continues on.