Damned Woods

[marixe alcyone]

Aquaria stood still for a moment while she thought. "You know, I'm not sure. I don't remember anything before I woke up here."  

[Cecily D Aria]

"The first thing you remember is waking up?" Garin questioned and he stopped with her.  

[marixe alcyone]

"Yes. Besides my name, that is," Aquaria said. "Now I wonder what happened to me and how I got here."  

[Cecily D Aria]

"Well, let's see if we can't find anything to spark your memory," Garin said. He knew that he couldn't take her back to his home, so he needed to figure out some place else to take her. It would probably be best to get out of the forest.  

[marixe alcyone]

After they had been walking around for a while, Aquaria asked, "How much farther is the edge of this forest? It certainly seems large..."  

[Cecily D Aria]

"It is, are you getting tired?" Garin asked her, slowing his pace. He had recently fed, so he was feeling fine, but he didn't know if she had eaten or not, recently.  

[marixe alcyone]

"I'm fine for now," Aquaria replied. She was really starting to like Garin. "You seem to handle this place pretty well."  

[Cecily D Aria]

"I grew up here," Garin said, glancing around the forest. "Well, not here, but in this forest."  

[marixe alcyone]

"Really? So, what's the rest of this place like?" Aquaria asked.  

[Cecily D Aria]

"Well, where I grew up is a lot more tame than this section," Garin replied. "But, it's pretty much all like this. Dark and spooky."  

[marixe alcyone]

"So you like the dark? Even though I'm an angel, I really don't mind the dark," Aquaria said.  

[Cecily D Aria]

"I'm a vampire, aren't I supposed to like the dark?" Garin questioned.  

[marixe alcyone]

"A-a vampire?" Aquaria stammered. She pulled away a bit. No wonder she felt such a strong pull from him.  

[Cecily D Aria]

Garin dropped her hand when she pulled away. He should have expected that. "Maybe I should have mentioned that sooner," he muttered to himself. He didn't look back at her, expecting her to run away.  

[marixe alcyone]

Aquaria considered running for it, but then she thought about the rest of the woods. She'd probably be safer with a vampire than take her chances in the forest. At least he knew his way around. "I don't think I've ever met a ... a vampire before," she said.