Chapter 4 - Julia rides Albino to war

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   The 8th of August, 1140  

I was heading to the Iliu district to shop for some decor for my house. Julia was coming with me to help and get food. I already bought her a bag of nacho's so she wouldn't kill me thinking I lied to her. We walked into a flower shop, I was hoping I could find some nice flowers as a centerpiece on my coffee table. Immediately, Julia ran to purple Alyssum flowers and grabbed them. I heard faint chuckling from the counter. "I hope you have money this time Julia. Instead of running off with my flowers." She said playfully, soon noticing me. "Ah, I don't believe we've met. I think I would remember a friend of Julia's if she came through that door before. My name is Aurora I own this shop. Only sell the best flowers here for all your needs. Decore, magic you name it I probably have a flower for it." She introduced with a slight Spanish accent. I decided to try something. "Hola mi nombre es Spirit" I heard Aurora and Julia gasp in surprise at the same time. Aurora was getting excited while Julia groaned. "Tu hablas Espanol?" Aurora asked. "Si" I responded. Aurora was about to say something but Julia cut her off. "No more Spanish I feel left out." Both Aurora and me started laughing our heads off. "Do you have any bleeding heart flowers?" I asked hoping my favorite flower was here. "Yes, just this way." Aurora lead us to a plant that had hearts hanging off the bottom. The moment I picked up the flower my pink aura appeared and fell from my body like mist. "Ah, you're a sorceress?" Aurora asked. "Yes, but flowers are not my fortay, these are for decoration," I answered. "My aura seems to react to some flowers. Are you a flora mage? I always wanted to ask one about that." "Yes, I am. Strong enough to see flowers auras in fact." She responded. "If someone uses their aura often it will start to activate around flowers that sympathizes with the aura. Whatever the flower represents the aura will either be drawn to it or be repelled." I paid for my and Julia's flowers and thanked Aurora for the information. On my way out I saw Aurora frown. My Azalea flowers wilted after you walked by them. You poor girl. / I wish you told me about it sooner. You were supposed to tell me everything but this was very personal.

Julia and I were walking to my house to drop off my flowers. As I placed them in a cup I heard Julia scream. I immediately ran out yelling "Whats wrong!" in worry. I came out just in time to see Albino pluck Julia's flowers right out of her hands and runoff. "What the!?" Was all I could say as we chased after the ostrich. Just why? What is the deal with this ostrich? It just shows up, does something random, and runs off. We chased him till he jumped the ravine around Julia's house and ran in knocking down the, recently replaced, door. "You have got to be kidding me!" Julia screamed as I winced. I remember trying to get that door in place. It took 4 hours, a spatula, and 4 pine cones. In the end, we got it half on and badly bleeding hands. We get inside only to find flowers on the table and a missing ostrich, which sets off 300 bells in my head telling me I forgot something. I just can't put my finger on it, at least till the floor below me falls and Julia stopped me from falling into a seemingly bottomless pit. "Shit, thanks," I said shakily. "I guess we won't be seeing that ostrich anymore." "Poor thing," Julia said soon noticing the oddly empty bowl on her table. "I TAKE IT BACK HE STOLE MY NACHO'S." To that all I could do was laugh.

We left and got Julia a bag of nacho's, which she happily snacked on. On our way to the Emotions district, I kept feeling like someone was following us. Usually, when I feel that someone IS following me, so I looked behind me. Now what I saw surprised me for two reasons. 1: He was hiding behind a thin tree. That tree was more like a twig so really he wasn't hiding just being stupid and standing behind it. 2: I thought he fell and died. If you guessed Albino you were right he was following us. That raised a lot of questions for me. The first being what is this ostrich? Then what is that pit? I pretended like I didn't see it mostly because I didn't want more of his antics. He reminds me of Julia a lot, always full of energy and causing mischief. Altho Julia's mischief is entertaining, the ostrich is just annoying. I heard footsteps behind us and turned around again. There he was hiding badly behind a lamp-post. At that point, I just ran up to him and dragged him with me as we walked to the Emotions district.

The district was meant for all the emotional goddess, there's one for each emotion. It's usually peaceful. Usually. When we first got there I could feel something was wrong but I couldn't put my finger on it. I was kinda getting mad for not figuring it out. It didn't take long for us to encounter people, especially since everyone seemed to be yelling. Some random guy walked up to Julia and started yelling at her, which made me madder. I started yelling at him, I don't remember what I said I just yelled. Now I was getting mad at myself for yelling. The guy stormed off which for some reason made me even angrier. I started cursing at my self for being a jerk. Now I was getting angry at myself for cursing. I felt someone grab my arm and I immediately yanked it away and turned to see who it was. I felt all my anger dissipate when I saw Julia. She looked hurt as I yanked my arm away. I did the first thing I could think of, I hugged the small girl. It took me a moment to realize that it was the district affecting my mind. The moment I let go of her I smiled at her as she smiled back. Then a guy tackled her. I was getting mad all over again but then I noticed a scary fact. She dropped her nachos. I took a step back in time for Julia to punch the guy square in the stomach, jump on Albino, and ride him to war with all the other people in the district. Julia was beating the crap out of everyone. 

I couldn't watch much more so I turned and started on my way home. Julia must have noticed cause I heard a battle cry then felt my self-get tossed into the air. When I landed I was on Albino's back with Julia riding through the streets. We couldn't stop laughing as we rode away on an ostrich. I felt alive again and I want to feel like that more. I still remember that day. I had a blast. I wouldn't change anything about it, especially who it was with.

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