Aries got my arm and Vain my shoulder. There was a couple of benches outside to sit on. "Here you go Neve." Said Vain. "Thanks Vain. Thanks Aries. Ahh. Fresh air feels nice." I said. Aries and I were sitting next to each other. Vain was close by in case something happened. "This is nice." I said. "Have one of my closest friends and my boyfriend beside me. I hope when mom comes home with me she can enjoy her time home. Maybe have dad and mom enjoy their time with Lucia while I go out from time to time. I was thinking about bringing dad with me when I go back to the Raiju village, but now that mom is alive and doing well now, I want them to enjoy themselves and their time with Lucia that they didn't get when they were gone. I mean its not long I won't be gone forever. I will still spend time with them. I just want to go back to my old village once in awhile. Maybe travel. Since I became a fox, I have wanted to travel a lot. I wonder what I will be able to do about my arm situation." I talked on and on until I fell asleep.
Vain came by to see if everything is ok. "Aww. How sweet. She talks until she falls asleep." said Vain. "Yeah. Since I met her she had done that. I think its one of the most cutest things about her." said Aries. "Haha. Yeah. She reminds me a lot about my little sister." "I heard your sister died." "Yeah. Did Neve tell you what happened?" "Yeah she did. That must have been hard. Sorry man." "Its fine. I was still young at the time." "I'm going to carry Neve back to her bed." Said Aries.
They both went inside and Vain said, "Goodnight Aries." "Night Vain." Aries Brought Neve back onto her bed and tucked her in. "Goodnight my beautiful girlfriend. Sweet dreams. I love you." He moved some hair out of her face and kissed her forehead then her cheek and went to his room to sleep. It was already 11:00pm.
The next morning everyone got up and had some breakfast. "I think I want to go to the village for a bit." I said. "Don't worry Rayden. I'm still staying here one more night like I said I would. Is there a place in the village who can make me an arm?" "Yeah Vain should know. Go to the blacksmith he can make you an arm." "Thanks Rayden." "OK. See you soon." "Come on boys." I said. "She's Baack." They both said at the same time and chuckled.
"Wow. Its good to be back in the village. I think we need to see the blacksmith first. Vain could you guide us?" "It would be my pleasure." So we headed over to the blacksmith.
"Hey boss. You have company." said Vain. "Oh hello Vain. Who might these people be?" "Oh this is Aries and his girlfriend Neve. She is the reason we are here. She needs a new arm." I showed him my arm. "Yes she certainly does. I need to size your other arm young lady so I know what size arm you need." So he got his measuring tools and measured me. "Luckily for you I have some in your size in stalk I just need to cut it down to size. Hold on a few minutes." So we waited until he was ready. After a few minutes he came out to show me the arm. "Looks like your wound still needs to heal before you put it on though. Lets at least see how it looks on you to see if it fits." So he gently put the arm on her and said, "Yep looks like the right fit. The fingers move as well. When she heals up good you can put this on her." "Thank you boss. You know I think my brother will like you. He is only 6 right now, but I hope one day he will work for you. His name is Lucia." "Ok well. If he ever does I am looking forward to it." So we left back to town.
" I think I want to go see mom." The others followed her to see her mom. "Hello mom." "Hello Neve. I heard what happened. Its good Aries stopped you. Also how are you feeling?" I showed mom my arm and told her what happened. "Did you hear I ran off too?" "Yes I did. Aries is a good man. Treat him right. OK Neve." "Yes mom. Mom. Its good to have you back. When we get back to Keelo's village dad will be happy to see you. Oh and I'm sure Lucia will be too." "Hehe. Yeah I'm sure they will." "Oh mom. I was staying with Rayden. I will be one more night too." "Oh really?" I nodded yes. "He was another one of my childhood friends. Maybe I will go with you when you are done doing what you are going to do in the village." "Sure mom. Hey mom?" "Yes Neve?" "Have you been out since you have been better? You look like you got some more color in your face." "Yes I have. Thank you Neve. I have found some of my childhood friends and hung out with them." "That's good. OK mom. I will be heading out now. Just wanted to see how you were doing." "OK Neve. See you soon." "Yep."
"OK guys lets go." So we walked around the village just because. "I got 4 more days till its time for me to go. Wow. I can't believe how much time has passed already." I said. "Well they do say time flies when you are in danger or having fun." said Vain. "Hahah." "Hehe. I never heard the danger one." I said. "I have heard of the having fun one though."
After about 3 hours of walking around town, I was leaning on Aries. "You tired Neve?" "ummhmm." "Should we head back to Rayden's? We can always come back later." "Yeah. Lets go to mom first. She said she wanted to come." "OK lets go see your mom again." "Hello mom." "Hey Neve. You heading out to Rayden's now?" "yeah. I'm tired." "Ok. Let me get my things." Then they finally headed towards Rayden's.
Aries and Neve walked in and went to her room. Vain walked in with Zayla. Rayden came out wherever he was and saw who came in. "Hello Vain." "Hello sir. I have a surprise for you." "Oh really?" Vain moved and there was Zayla. "Well I'll be. Zayla? You finally back to your old self?" "Yeah. Apparently a little more according to Aries." "What do you mean? According to Aries?" "Oh I guess they didn't tell you." Vain said, "Sorry to interrupt but I will be in my room resting. You two have fun catching up." "Oh. Thanks Vain." I laid on my bed and closed my eyes to sleep. Aries stayed on the couch and rested as well.
After talking awhile, Zayla said, "I'm going to check on Neve. See if she is ok." "I will show you her room." "Oh thank you." "Here it is. I will be out here if you need me."
She barely opened the door so to not wake them. She stood next to Neve and brushed her hair and forehead like she did when Neve was a little girl. "Hmm. Mommy?" "I'm right here baby girl." "Can you lay with me?" "Sure I will." So Zayla laid next to Neve.
About 2 hours later, Aries woke up. "Aww. Neves mom came to check up on her. She ended up sleeping next to her. So Sweet. I will let them sleep longer." said Aries. Aries quietly left the room so not to wake them.
"Hello guys." Said Aries. "Hello Aries." Said Vain. "How's Neve?" "Oh she is sleeping. Zayla ended up sleeping next to her. They look so sweet together. I wanted to let them sleep longer. I'm sure they will wake up soon."
A few min longer, Neve woke up. I saw my mom next to me and smiled. "Mom. Time to get up. Hey mom." I shook her a bit. "I know honey. I'm getting there." "Hehe. You haven't changed. You were always like this. Come on mom. Lets go join the others."
We both came out of the room, I was still half asleep. "Did you have a nice sleep Neve?" said Aries. "Yeah I did. First time in a long time. Better sleep than ever." "That's good." "Hello Rayden." Said Zayla. "Hello Zayla. Did you sleep well?" "Yes I did. Like she said, better sleep than I had in awhile." "Hahah. Like mother like daughter." joked Aries. "Hehe. yeah. I guess so." I said. "So what are we going to do now?" said Aries. "I sort of want to stay here." said Neve. "I don't know why, but there is something about this place that just feels right." Mother smiled. "Yeah I feel that too." said mom.
I sat on the couch and got out my sketch book. (Luckily the arm was my left arm that was gone. I still have my right arm to sketch.) "What are you doing Neve?" Said Mom. "Oh. I just recently decided on a new hobby. I decided I wanted to sketch. Want to see what I have done so far?" I gave mom another Sketchbook to look at. "Wow. These are really good. You said just recently?" "Well its pretty good for recently." "Aries said the same thing." "What are you working on now?" "Oh a Sketch I have been working on for awhile. Don't tell Aries. Its a surprise for him." "Oh ok. Hehe. I will go join the other people. Have fun sketching dear." "Thanks mom. I will."
"Hehe." I laughed while I was sketching. I was drawing Aries playing with some gophers somewhere with me watching from behind. I also drew his two brothers of what I thought his older one looked like since I met his younger one. I drew them from the side trying to catch Gophers like Aries said in his stories. "Lunch Time Neve!" "OK coming!" I closed my book and thought I could finish what I was doing later that night.
"Hello everyone." I said in a cheerful voice. "Hello Neve. You look cheerful today." said Aries. "Hehe. Yes I am. As long as I have All of you my family and friends I will always be cheerful. If I'm not you guys always cheer me up. Ooh. I haven't had this in awhile. Mom? Did you make this?" "Yes I did." "Great. I missed your cooking. Uncles is fine ,but I like yours better." "Hehe. yeah. Uncle Keelo's food always tasted a little different." "Hey mom? Once you see dad again, are you going to go back to the old village?" "I don't plan on it. Why? Is everything ok?" "Yeah its fine. I just like living with uncle Keelo and my fox family." "Oh that's right mom. You haven't seen my form huh? When we are done eating, I will show you my form. Oh Aries should show you his too." "Ok. OK. Slow down there Neve." said mom. "Sorry mom." "I see you haven't changed much either. You still talk a lot when you are excited." "Hehe. That's one thing that will never change about me. Oh and the talking until I sleep hasn't either." "Hahah. That's for sure." said Aries. "Oh. You to have experienced that huh? Sorry about that you two." "Oh its actually kind of cute." said Aries. "Oh good. I used to do that myself as a child." "Haha." Rayden laughed. "Yeah she sure did. Hey maybe after we show our forms, you and Rayden can tell us about times when you were little mom." "Hehe. Alright." "Oh do we have some stories." said Rayden.
Finally Lunch was done. "OK lets go outside and show are forms now." I said excitedly. "I will got first." I said. "OK OK. Calm down." I took a deep breath and calmed down. I transformed into my fox form. "Wow!" Said mom. "Your fur matches your hair. You shimmer in the light. Very pretty." Mom petted my soft pretty fur. "I love you baby." "Rawwr." "She says I love you too." Said Aries. "Oh that's right. You are a Raiju. You can understand her huh?" I turned human again. "I forgot you can't understand me. Ok Aries. Your turn." Aries turned into his Raiju form. "Wow. They are a little bigger than the foxes." Mom went over to Aries and started petting him. "Oh be careful of his horns mom. He is having trouble with them right now." "Oh ok. Sorry. He has a beautiful color." "Yeah I know right? I said the same thing. I got to ride on his back a few times when I rescued dad. It was fun." "Hehe I bet it was. I got to ride on your dads back too in his fox form." "Mom? Were you able to turn into a Nue when you met dad?" "Yes I was honey. That's right. Would you like to see my Nue form? Every Nue has a different color." "Sure I do." "OK. Here I go." She transformed into her Nue form. "Hello Neve." "Hi mom." "Oh you can understand me?" "Yeah. I am half Nue remember?" "Yeah. Heheh." "Can I pet you mom?" I petted moms fur. Mom's snake tails were blue purple and pink. Her fur was white with purple and blue tints. Then Vain decided to come out. "Woah. She is beautiful." said Vain. "Oh hello Vain. This is my mom's form." "I figured as much." Mom turned human and said, "Sorry about that. Hello Vain." "Hello Zayla." "OK should we go back inside?"
It was getting later, closer to time for dinner. I wanted to make make dinner and Rayden told me I could. There. Now in the oven it goes. I put the timer on and waited. After about 20 min, the timer dinged. "Oh. Better get the casserole out of the oven. MMM. Looks and smells good. I hope it is good. Dinner! Boys and mom!" "Coming Dear!" said mom. The boys came in as well. "Smells good." Said Aries. "I hope so. Its my first time making a casserole." I served the casserole to everyone and made myself a plate. We all folded our hands and said thank you for the food. Then we started eating.
Before I ate, I wanted to see everyone's reaction to my food. "Hmm. Really good Neve." Said mom. "I agree." said Aries. "Its a little crunchy." said Vain. "Otherwise its good." "Sorry. I might have cooked it a little to long." "I think its good too." said Rayden. "Good. I'm glad everyone liked it." Then I ate mine. "Yum. It is good. I could have cooked it 2 min shorter. Oh yeah. I also made dessert. Don't worry. I didn't cook this one. Hehe. I made some cheese cake. no bake." "Oh. I love that." said Aries. "Good. I'm glad everyone likes it." After dinner everyone had some cheesecake and thought it was delicious.
"I think I'm going to go outside and get some air then head to bed early." I said. "You Ok Neve?" said mom. "Yeah. I just did a lot today." "Mind if I join you outside Neve?" Said Aries. "Sure. If you want. I will just be walking off a little what I ate." We dressed warm and walked out.
"Oh to be young again." Said Mom. "Haha. I know what you mean Zayla. I miss those old days too. So I heard you were heading back with Neve." "Yeah. I need to be with my family." "I understand."
"So are you really ok Neve?" "Yeah. Why?" "You don't look it." "I'm just tired Aries. I'm really ok. Its just a lot has happened since I came to the village. I'm still taking it all in. Also loosing this arm and learning to adjust." "I understand. Its a lot to take in for a any girl or anyone for that matter." "Yeah. Then I need to go to the foggy area again. Hopefully that's all I have to do. At least until Lucia is in his double digits." "Haha. yeah. That would be nice." "I'm just a little worried is all. There is a lot to think about lately." Then we turned around and headed back for the house.
"Did you hear that Aries? I heard something." Then Aries listened. "Ahhh." There was screaming coming from the village. "Luckily I always keep some sort of weapon and battle clothes with me." I said. "You really are weird Neve." "Hehe." Then we turned into our forms and ran to the village. Once we got close enough we turned human. We walked quietly into the village until we could hear the scream. We listened again. "Help me!" "I know where it is!" I said. "Follow me!" We ran to Vale's house where I heard the scream. Aries busted in the house. "Is everything ok in here?! " said Aries. "Uh Aries?" I said. "Turn around slowly." He turned around slowly and saw a Nue. "Let me try talking to it." I said. "Can I ask who you are? Why are you attacking these people?" "I didn't mean to attack these people or scare them." said the Nue. "Then what are you doing here?" "I am trying to find someone who can understand me." "Well let's go outside. you are scaring these people." "Sorry."
The Nue and I went outside. "Zonan? Is that really you?" "Yeah. Its me." "Oh thank god your OK! I thought you and Zeke died!" I gave him a hug in his Nue form. "Why aren't you turning human?" "That's why I wanted to talk to someone who can understand me. I really don't know." "Where is Zeke anyway?" "Oh he's recuperating somewhere safe. He was hurt pretty bad." "Oh I'm sorry. Well when I left I thought I was safe. I was stabbed by the goblin that was going to attack me before. It was the sword that was said to be destroyed." "I heard. You are here for another 4 days if you don't have any symptoms." "Yeah. Are you coming here for good?" "I don't know. I have been staying with Zeke a long time. I guess it would depend on what he wants to do. What he is planning." "Well I hope you do stay. Mom is coming back with me when I leave." "I heard about your mom to. She is at Rayden's right now with Vain." "In fact they are probably worried about us. We have been on our walk for awhile now. Come with us. He might be able to help." "I always liked that guy for some reason. Lets go."
Aries, Me, and Zonan ran in our animal forms to the cottage. "Zonan you might want to stay outside until he decides what to do." I said.