The El Gioorandine

CHAPTER 2

She swept the leaves falling from the maple trees on her yard. Since its summer, she did not have much customer unlike last spring. Well, it's not like she have a lot customer everyday but last spring was an exception.

She felt bored. Like, extremely bored. Looking at the calendar on her book shelf, she decided to have a few days break. Feeling like enjoying her alone time. She pack few things that she thinks suit to having a camp in Italy. Well, in Italy wood.

While waited for cookies in the kitchen to finished baked, she cleaned the store a bit. Turn the closed sign up and finding the key along the way. She headed to the kitchen as the timer don't stop ringing. She let the tray out, waited for it to cooled a bit and put it in a jar. As the last door closed, she tighten her shoelaces and jump on Hatleen's back.

"You look so giddy." Hatleen said as she walk out of the forest. Luccean just chuckled.

"Let's head somewhere in Italy. Would you mind that?" Hatleen scoffed. Getting her wings ready to fly high. Luccean screamed loudly when they were midair. It has been quite few decades for Hatleen to fly since she has been kept on the ground by Luccean. Hell, it felt so good.

As they arrive in a middle of a forest, which she does not know which one but was so sure it was in Italy. She trusted Hatleen. She looked around the forest. It has moist atmosphere surrounding it. It was supposed to be summer in Italy right now. Not even bothered by the situation, she jump down from Hatleen.

"Are we going to camp here?" Hatleen ask. Already in her human form. Hatleen is a shape shifter that is one of the thing suprised Luccean when she first met her. That happened very long ago. She don't even want to remember it as it will lead her to remembering something she does not want to.

"Are you an idiot? No freaking way! Surely we would walk until I found somewhere more interesting than here." Hatleen breath out heavy sigh. Why the heck was she aggreeing to live with this energetic woman? She should have just killed her. Her heart whispered which then she came to realization.

"Obviously, I can't do that."

"What was it?" Luccean ask as she looked down on the ground. Something caught her interest. Hatleen just scoffed, ignoring Luccean question completely. Someone footsteps were on the ground. It seem to faded but Luccean can smell faint odour of someone body. A lot of smell but one of the odour smell strangely familiar to her. Like she would always smell it on a curtain or chair in her house.

Hatleen heard someone's voice. A crowd. She hold Luccean's wrist, signaling her to stay put and not to make loud noise. Hatleen walk further and dragging Luccean. Hoping she would not be so loud. When they getting near, as she had heard, it was a crowd. There were camera all around it. When she fell her hand snapped, she knew Luccean have walked away from her.

"Idiot!" She curse in old Norse language and followed Luccean footsteps.

"Hey! Who are you? What are you doing here?" It was in different language. Japanese if not mistaken.

"Just passing by." She answered in Japanese, smiled as an idiot. The classes she toke few years back seem to have advantages now.

"Can I watch? What were you all doing anyway?" She leisurely stand beside a man who had a headphone that attached to some devices. He was sitting in front of something looks like a television she had centuries ago on her family living room.

The man look hesitant to speak. Hatleen had already stand on the other side of Luccean. Everyone around them whispered and she found that irritating. She just wished that she was laying right now. Not here, with all odd stare that she get from what she can call audience maybe.