"Didn't care to check."

"I see." Rose stood up and bega walking for the door, opening it to see the mist fading.

Caleb blinked, then retreated again. "Sorry .... you don't treat me good, so I .... I'm such an idiot!"

Rose looked at him. "You are not an idiot. You are a witch, correct?"

"Yeah .... why?"

[heyy imagination, can ya post in Alison's Lair plz?]

"I can tell. You're fleeing from someone, right?" asked Rose. "I want the truth, please."

Caleb glared at her, defiantly. "I cannot tell you that!"

"You can trust me, Caleb," said Rose gently. "Whoever is pursuing you, whoever yiou fled from, must be dangerous for you to risk coming here."

Caleb shook his head. "I came here clueless. Nothing's bad and nothing happened! So just stop talking about it!"

"As you wish," replied Rose. "I'm always here if you change your mind." She began to heat up bread for toast.

(Anyone here from Ireland perchance?)

((I am.))

"We just ate," Caleb muttered sullenly.

(Me too!)

"Well I'm hungry," replied Rose.

(BRB.)

((Yaay! Is it raining where you are?))

Caleb shook his head and took the bread off her. "You don't do toast like that," he muttered, his own hands heating the bread. He handed it back to her. "It'll be to burnt."

(No, luckily. Where do you live?)

"Thanks," smiled Rose, taking a bite.

((Sunny south east, and you?))

Caleb sighed. "It's nothing .... Rose? I've spent three years trying to get over her. Please, it's still too raw for me to discuss it freely."

"Of course. When you're ready," nodded Rose.

Leaf walked over to Rose in hedgehog form and crawled up her leg and onto her shoulder, whimpering slightly.

Caleb blinked. "Is she alright?"

(Rainy north.)

"What is it?" asked Rose, looking at Leaf on her shoulder.

((Something got screwed up there ...))

Caleb waited, twisting his hands.

"Someone....is hurting....CSerebii.....the....pain.....so....much....pain...." Leaf, still in hedgehog form, passed out from pain.

"Hurting? Who's hurting who?" Caleb spluttered, panic wrapping around his chest.

(Sorry.)

Rose caught Leaf before she hit the ground, careful to avoid her spikes. "Leaf!" she gasped.

Matthias appeared and looked around.

Caleb looked at Rose. "What did she mean?!"

(Fuuin, Matthias has to have either lived in the suburbs his whole life or come in through the forest. ^_^)

"I don't know," replied Rose. "Seribi. Who is that?"

"Serebii.....Guardian of Time...The Voice of the Forest.....sister......" Leaf said weakly, opening her eyes slightly, shaking immensely.

"I don't know ...." He paused. "I - can't - breathe!"

"Your sister?" asked Rose.

She turned to Caleb, alarmed. "What?"

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