Celesta

Chapter 3

   Seven years had passed since the death of Nuria. Celesta grew to be a lovely fifteen year old girl who has never left the forest along with Puck who stayed by her side. The villagers around the forest started rumors about Puck and Celesta. One of these rumors was that the forest spirits were mad at the villagers for killing the nine tailed female fox so they possessed a young girl and made her guard the forest along with the cub of the fox that was killed.Travellers would try to avoid entering the forest after hearing these rumors and even those who did try to enter the forest, never got past Celesta and Puck.

   One day a young traveller wearing a long cloak and a hood heard the rumors and wanted to investigate the 'possessed' girl and nine tailed fox. He left the village he was seeking shelter in and went to the forest. Celesta, who was on look out duty, saw someone approaching the forest from the top of a tall tree and called Puck. They both waited for the person to arrive like they do to all the other people trying to enter.

   When the traveller finally arrived at the forest and saw Celesta and Puck he was shocked. He heard that a young girl was possessed so he was expecting a much scarier look but instead he was dazzled by her long, pink cheery blossom hair and beautiful sky blue eyes. He was also shocked after seeing how white and big Puck was.

"What do you want? Leave this place at once!" Celesta said firmly.

"I heard rumors that a young girl has been possessed since a long time ago so I have come to investigate," the traveller replied.

"What are you talking about? Stop your nonsense and leave this forest now!" Celesta said while trying to drive him away.

"So then the rumors were false and you're not possessed?" asked the traveller.

"No, I am not possessed. Know if that is all you wish to know, please leave at once," Celesta answered trying to give him what he wants so that he would leave.

"Okay... That answers one question. Now I have another. Where are your parents and why do you live in a forest with a nine tailed fox?" the traveller asked hoping for some more answers.

"I have no obligation to share that information with you," Celesta replied.

   She then turned around and climbed up the tree behind her, pulled out her bow and arrow and aimed right for him.

"Now that I have told you what you wanted to know, I would suggest leaving now before this gets messy," Celesta said calmly while keeping her arrow aimed at him.

"Wow wow, hold on a second, I was just asking some questions. I didn't come for a fight," the traveller said raising his hands.

"And I'm not looking for one but if you don't leave then you'll get one," Celesta calmly said.

   The traveller then held his hands out in front of him and started moving them around. Celesta was about to shot her arrow as a warning shot to tell him that she was not messing around but then she couldn't move. All of a sudden she put down her bow and arrow and jumped off the tree.

"Wha-what is this? Why cant I move!" Celesta shouted in confusion.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you," the traveller said.

   Celesta was confused but more then that she was pissed off. She tried to be nice and calm and tell him to leave but he didn't and she started to rage inside. Then out of nowhere a fire started beside the traveller.

"What the..." he said while jumping away from the fire.

   His cloak caught fire so he immediately took it off. Underneath the cloak was a handsome boy that looked around the same age as Celesta. His hair was a light blond and his eyes were green like the grass. The traveller stood there staring at his cloak and then said,

"Oh come on! I just got that cloak!"

   Celesta was able to move again but was still standing there. She was dazzled by the traveller's appearance because most travellers she had met were much older. So it was her first time seeing someone around her age. Celesta was starting to calm down after she saw the traveller and then the fire beside him kept getting smaller and smaller till it was gone. The travellers eyes opened wide after he saw that. He then turned around and looked at Celesta.

"Was that you?" he asked.

Celesta finally snapped out of it when he spoke and she backed away. Puck then ran to her side.

"Are you ok? Did you lose control again?" Puck asked.

The traveller heard Puck and was even more shocked.

"Wait! You can speak?" he asked.

"Yes I can speak. So what?" Puck answered with annoyance in his voice.

"I heard rumors that nine tailed foxes could speak but I didn't think that it was true," he said.

"Puck, lets go. I don't feel so good." Celesta said softly to Puck.

"Alright let's go," Puck replied.

Celesta then got on Puck's back.

"Wait, where are you going?" asked the traveller.

"Wouldn't you want to know. And don't follow us or I promise you that it will be the last thing you ever do," Puck replied while giving him a nasty stare and snarled at him.

The traveller then made a loud swallowing noise 'gulp'. Puck then turned around and ran into the forest with Celesta but then quickly hid behind a bush to see if he would leave.

"Wait! You still didn't answer my questions!" he shouted out.

"Ok fine then, if I can't enter the forest then I'll just camp here till you come out again," he shouted, letting them know that he will not be leaving so easily.

He then got all his things out from his bag and started a fire to keep him warm overnight since the sun was setting. Puck and Celesta who were still hiding, were shocked because most travellers would have left already but he didn't.

"What the heck is he doing?" Puck asked really angrily.

"I don't know but he won't be able to hold out there for too long. You know how wild the animals are. He'll probably just get eaten or something like that," Celesta replied.

"You're right. Anyways, are you feeling any better?" Puck asked.

"Not really," Celesta replied.

"I told you not to get too emotional or else that will happen," Puck told her.

"I know but I still don't understand it myself. I mean he did something, I don't know what he did but I couldn't move and it just made me so scarred and angry that..." Celesta said but then stopped.

"It's ok. For now let's just go back to the cave," Puck said while starting to run to the cave where they live.

They live in a small cave near the outskirts of the forest. They only use the cave to store things and sleep at night. For the most of their days they usually go out hunting or keep away intruders.