((OOC:Why does the rp on this forum always seem to be dieing? Cg some of the names need to be changed like mine my character isn't Leona anymore, Just thought I would mention it))

Akira took off back towards the town with Yakul, if it was the last thing she would do it would be to find Sakura and hopefully get a hold of her necklace, which she so stupidly threw on the floor earlier that day after Sakura had shouted at her.

Akira had only the beach which she hadn't yet looked for Sakura on. So she left Yakul in the town square and walked onto the beach.Seeing Sakura, Lilya and Kelly she walked over biting her lip she did not want Sakura shouting at her again.

"Umm, Sakura do you know where my neckace is?" Akira asked.

((OOC: Oh and umm you should add the new people that joined too such as me >__>))

Spring 11th
Akira came up and started talking to Sakura.
"Onee chan is busy so where do you want to go?" Lilya asked Kelly.
"Umm... can we go to the library?"
"Ok then..." Lilya said.

Library
*Rivla heat event between Gray and Mary*
"Wow what a nice place you have here!" Gray said.
"Really? Thanks..." Mary said as she blushed.
"Ugh... Hey Gray!" Lilya shouted.
"Oh uh, hi Lilya!" Gray said.
Mary looked dissapointed and walked out.
"Well i have to go you guys have fun!" Mary said.
"Ok. Hey Lilya you look really nice today!" Gray said.
Mary seemed really sad and walked sadly out of the room.
"Uhh, thanks! You look...like normal. Say, is that the only clothes you have??" Lilya asked.
"Well, yea..." Gray said as he blushed.
"Onee chan...is he you're boyfriend?" Kelly asked.
"NO. NO. NO. NO!" Lilya said as she blushed fire red.
"Really?" Kelly asked again.
"YES!!!!" Gray shouted.
"Ok..." Kelly replied.
"Oh by the way Gray here this used to be my brothers but he left it on accident." Lilya said as she gave Gray a pair of clothes.
"Wow these are really nice! I'll pay you back as soon as possible!"
"Nah it's fine. I found those clothes shoved in my suitces and i was like, What the??"
"Typical reaction." Gray said.
"Well of course! Now Kelly what did you want to read?"
"Umm.... can we go to the hot springs together?" Kelly asked.
"I don't think there's a book here called that," Gray said.
"*sigh* You're so dull she meant that she wanted to go there stupid." Lilya said.
"Oh right...bye then."
"I want Gray to come too...." Kelly said.
"NO! I mean, Gray is busy, so let's just go together!"
"..." Gray blushed.
"See ya Gray i'll be going to the hot spings now!" Lilya said pulling along Kelly.

~to be continued~

((I'm reposting my last post from the last thread as a recap and hopefully MCO will post so that I can post again. *Ahem* MCO? Anytime now would be good. Spring 11th.))

The Road out of Mineral Town

Sorcha was about to haul off and slap Thorn, but an uncontrollable wave of heartache and pain from her past suddenly washed over her and instead of hitting him, Sorcha began to cry. Why am I being so sappy? Stop it right now! Sorcha's mind demanded, but Sorcha could not stop. She had kept silent about her terrible abuse for years and it was finally too much to bear.

Falling to her knees, Sorcha collapsed into another flashback of her past. This one was more vivid than any other she had had, and her whole body shook with long-forgotten fear.

~~~~~~~~~~

"Please... please don't... I'm sorry..." the six year old Sorcha whispered in a feeble thread of a voice. She was covered in blood and bruises. The cruel voice of her master rang out gain.

"YOU IDIOT GIRL!!! A MONKEY COULD HAVE CARRIED THAT TRAY WITHOUT SPILLING IT! YOU WORTHLESS- SCUM BAG- OF- A- CHILD!!!" he bellowed in between violent kicks, which made Sorcha scream and cough up blood from her insides. A fierce blow to her head caused Sorcha to vomit, which earned her a more aggressive beating than she was already getting.

Once her master had finally vented out his anger on the tiny little girl, he stalked off cussing profusely. The small, broken body of a six year old girl laying on the cold earth of a cellar hidden behind a heavy door, blocking out all light.

~~~~~~~~~~

Sorcha snapped out of her flashback and gasped, desperately trying to breathe properly. She was sweating and shaking violently and her cheeks were soaked with tears. Expecting to look up and see Thorn standing over her, telling her not to be so dramatic Sorcha slowly raised her head. To her surprise, Thorn was not standing over her, but kneeling beside her with one hand on her shoulder. He looked stunned.

Somehow Sorcha knew that Thorn had touched her shoulder when she fell down and had experienced the same vision she had, just as vividly. Now Thorn knew the extent of what had happened to her as a child and there was no way Sorcha could deny it. Still shaking quite badly, Sorcha scowled and put her head on her knees, trying her best to slow her panicked breathing as the forest around Sorcha reached out to comfort her.

"I don't need your pity." she finally managed to mumble to Thorn as a fresh wave of tears wracked her whole body, not wanting him to think her weak for succumbing to the brutal flashback.

Exit of Mineral Town

Spring 11th

Thorn simply sighed.

"Sorcha, you have to lern to take help and kindness when people offer it to you, and not be so stuck up. If you think this is rude of me to say after I just saw..... that... then go ahead and think it! Because it's not. Just because you were treated cruelly, and I was treated cruelly, doesn't mean the whole world is cruel, or that we must be foul to the world. When arms open wide, the nest thing to do is to just run into them." Thorn spoke to Sorcha, and turned to head back to the village, hoping she would say something and feel a change.

((I think I posted an announcement abolishing the 2 post rule since this thread is struggling to survive right now. If I didn't, then I shall abolish it now . Sorry for using Thorn, MCO but I couldn't think of another way to end my post. Spring 11th.))

The Road out of Mineral Town

Sorcha remained on the ground for a few moments after what Thorn had said. This wasn't because she was rebelling against him again, but because she physically could not stand up.

"You know, you might have a point in what you're saying, but I can't just forget everything overnight." she whispered weakly. The vision had zapped her remaining strength and she had already been sick beforehand. Forcing herself to look up, she saw Thorn nod as if to say he understood. Shakily getting to her feet and remounting Ignatious, Sorcha sighed.

"I still have to leave. I think that Akira girl knows I'm a witch. If that's the case, I can't stay. Goodbye Thorn, it's been... strange." she finished, not being able to come up with a better term.

As she went to ride off, she came across an invisible barrier holding her back. Narrowing her eyes, she turned around to face Thorn. "Meddling with free will isn't exactly something the Lord and Lady approve of, Thorn. Let me pass." she told him calmly. Thorn grinned and shook his head.

"I think I'll be forgiven in this case." he said simply.

Exit of Mineral Town

Spring 11th

"Don't worry about Akira. Honestly. We're good friends. She will be no harm to you. She seems to be.... similar to us. She is a very good person. You need not worry nor leave. She helped me maintain my powers and she helped me through a lot. I guarantee you you can stay without need to worry." Thorn assured.

((Spring 12th. I moved ahead by a day. Has anyone else noticed how we're on the fourth thread and still in spring of the first year? That's sad... very sad...))

Onatah

Sorcha blearily opened her eyes. After Thorn had convinced her to stay in Mineral Town she had been so weak from the stress of the day before, Ignatious had to carry her on his back to Onatah. The wise old tree had been jubilant about the only human friend she had had in over 500 years staying here.

"Ugghh... my head." she muttered, clutching her forehead. Numbly getting to her feet, Sorcha looked up at the bright sky and inhaled deeply, feeling calmer than she had felt in a very long time. Bastet meowed and climbed up onto Sorcha's shoulder. Figuring she should probably try to find this Akira girl who knew about her being a witch, Sorcha hopped up onto Ignatious' back and rode into Mineral Town.

Mineral Town

People gave her strange stares as she travelled. A mysterious woman riding a horse down the street with a cat perched on her shoulder was quite an odd sight, but Sorcha just scowled at them and they turned away, ashamed for staring. Spotting Akira and Thorn talking in Rose Square, Sorcha dismounted and approached.

"Hey. Akira, right?" Sorcha asked, shaking the woman's hand. Akira nodded and Sorcha assumed that Thorn had told her all sorts of nasty things about her, because Akira's eyes were narrowed to slits and her handshake was a little stronger than was necessary.

Spring 12th

Hot springs

"Onee-chan... can we go out now?" Kelly said.
"Sure!"
Both of them went out of the hot springs and then decided to go to the peak of mother's hill.

Mother's hill

"What a nice view! Right, Kelly?"
"Y-yea..."
"What's wrong? Are you scared of heights?"
"....yea..."
"Oh thats not a problem! Let's go pick some flowers!"
"Ok!"
"Hey Kelly, face me for a second!"
"??"
Lilya stuck a flower behind Kelly's ear.
"See, isnt that pretty?"
"Yeah! It's wonderful!" Kelly said happily.
"I'll put this one on me" Lilya said as she took a blue flower.
"Wow onee-chan! You look pretty!"
"Thanks, but you look much better!"
Kelly blushed and didn't know what to say.
"Anyways, let's go check up on Sakura. She should be done by now."
"Ok!"

~to be continued~

(( oh Ashleigh, you should have let someone else make this roleplay...!))
Spring 12
Sakura got up and walked over too mothers Hill to join Kelly and Lilya.
"Hey there Kelly-chan~!" she said.
"Onee-chan! Onee-chan!" she said running to hug her.
"Hi Lilya!" she said.
"Hi Sakura." replied Lilya.
"Hey, let's go exploring in the woods for some new places!" said Sakura happily.
"Ok!" said Lilya.

Spring 12th

Woods

"Hey Sakura, look over there!" Lilya said.
"What?? WOAH! That is one HUGE rock!"
"Isn't this the rock you can only break with a cursed tool?" Kelly said.
"Yeah, but my kick should break it! Then who knows where that path will lead us!" Lilya said.
"Be careful, ok?" Sakura said.
"Yeah i will!"

Lilya kicked the massive rock and it collapsed.

"See?? C'mon! Time for an adventure!"
"Wow onee chan looks really hyper and excited!"
"Yeah thats just her when she finds something amusing!" Sakura said as she followed Lilya into the place of mystery.

To be continued...

((i'm counting on you sarah to make the place interesting! >=3))

((Ok! I'll try! But my brain is fried (summer)!))
They walked into this pitch black place.
"We need some light!" Sakura said.
There was a small glow from up ahead. They walked towards it and it was a small gem.
"Let's use this for light." said Sakura handing it to Kelly.
They could see slightly better and as they looked around cautiously something caught there eyes. "Big Sisters! I'm scared!" said Kelly grabbing onto Sakura and Lilya.
It was a marvalous painting with lots of colours, it was a picture of Sakura, Lilya, Akira, Thorn, Sorcha, Kelly and Akira.
"Woah." said Sakura and Lilya together, amazed.
"Don't worry Kelly, I think we should go. We'll come back tommorow. I have to give something back to Akira." she said braiding her long black strands of hair.
"Alright." said Lilya and Kelly.
The walked out of there hurridly and the girls set off to find Akira.

Spring 12th
"Well then i gotta run you and Kelly find Akira, today was fun!" Lilya said.
"Bye! I'll see you in the inn!" Sakura said as she waved.
"Come back soon!" Kelly said as she hugged Lilya.
"Ok, ok! See ya!"

Inn

"Hey Lilya! Are you free today?" Gray asked.
"Are you asking me out??"
"Um... well uh...."
"Yea i'm free today."
"Good! Meet me at the Mother's Peak k!" Gray said as he blushed.
"What time?"
"Umm... at 6 pm k!"
"Ok. bye now."
"Wait! Let's just go now..."
"Umm...ok??"

Mother's Peak

Blue heart event o_0 ((caused by boredom >__>))

"Wow... the sky sure is pretty!" Lilya said.
"Just like you are..."
"PARDON??"
"N-nothing!"
"Erm ok....?"
"Hey Lilya....can i hold your hands?"
"No."
"...."
"Don't sulk like that! Ugh fine!"

Lilya sighed and grabbed Gray's hand and held it with a hard grip ((o_0))

"So Lilya, how have you been lately?"
"Fine."
"Good! So i brought some food! Guess what i brought~!"
"What?"
"Sushi!"

Lilya's eyes shined as she saw the sushi. She stuffed herself till she was full.

"That was delicious! Thanks!"
"N-no problem..." Gray said as he blushed.
"Well, i'll be going now."
"Wait! Let's walk together! I mean we do live in the same place."
"Ok sure."

inn

"Thanks Gray! See ya!" Lilya said as she went into her room.

*Gray thinking to himself* Shoot! I should've waited till 6pm! going to mothers peak at 12 pm just seems like a friend playover.... night time is romantic... ugh!

Lilya took a bath then changed her clothes. Then she walked to the beach.

~to be continued~

This message was edited by cherry_seasons on Jul 24 2007.

Name: Animus Raven
Age:21
Appearance:Long brown hair in two braids, brown eyes. She wears a farmers shirt with dungree-overalls that are blue. She also wers black farmers boots and ying-yang bandana.
Personality: She is shy and has difficulty with conversations. But once you get to know her it gets easier.
Biography:Animus grew up in Heartherfield. Her parents were too busy with work and other kids were too busy playing with their parents, so Animus was ignored, she learnt how to deal with anything that came her way on her own. Ar 16 the fact she'd fallen down the stairs was ignored so Aimus became fed up and a week later she left without a word knowing no one would even notice. Since then she's wandered through town village and city still being ignored.
Brthday:Summer 05
Likes:Outdoors, Animals, home-made food
Dislikes: Meat-foods, people who ignore others

((Hope this is okay))

Spring 12th

Beach

"Wow the water looks so nice... i think i'll collect some sea shells. Then i can sell them to that cheap skate Won and i'll get easy money!"

Wons store

"How can you help me?"

*thinks to self* he's just the same old hag *sigh*

"I'm gonna sell you these shells for 70 gold each no less." Lilya said seriously.
".... you put a hard bargain! Fine. But only for this time."

Beach

"Okay what else is there to do? ..." Lilya said as she played with the sand, obviously bored.
"Hey i know i'll go find Sakura and Kelly and then we can go back to the weird mysterious place!" Lilya said as she ran to find Sakura and Kelly.

~to be continued~