"Good night Friedrick. Sleep well." Humi chirped. "You too Humi." Friedrick hummed in return, nuzzling the thin white sheet closer to his chin and turned his back to her. The train continued to trek down the tracks, trudging closer and closer to Humi's unknown fate.
She struggled to sleep, her mind was cluttered with thoughts of what the next day would hold for her. Maria, she missed her. Right about now Maria would always tuck her in warmly, then she would tell her stories and old legends. She fondly remembered one about a Queen from long ago. She loved her husband very much. But the evil King from far away yearned for her, lusted for her beauty. he entire kingdom did what it could to protect her. They put her in a glass ball to protect her but ended up weakening the poor Queens heart. Seeing her people fight for her made her feel helpless. Thus the queen made a secret deal with the King of the darkness. Take her and her heart, leave her people at peace.
Humi tried to envision the queen, and the people. The King must have been so sad, tears always welled up in her eyes when Maria told her the tail again and again at her request.She let a sigh
escape her as she turned to face the door and her mind flourished and pondered.
Crystal white snow hugged her toes like a blanket, a shiver trickled up Humi's spine but she ambled forth through the thickly scattered trees of a fairy tail like forest. The glowing moon light luminated her way, her way to who knows where. Moon guiding, it was her force, her will to find what was pulling her forward. This place almost seemed familiar, like a long forgotten memory locked away in a dusty attic, awaiting to be remembered. But this memory kept going on and on and had its own aura that made her want to run away from it. She searched for the reason she was brought her until her curious eyes shined upon the sight of a particular glow in the distance. Humi halted her steps and stared back at the soft green glow that bobbed in the air patiently. The odd feeling of eyes on her irked her and she found herself walking toward it, then breaking into a run. She ran as fast as her legs would carry her but the soft glow bolted away, teasing her. A game of tag!
Nearing the burst of light she leaped for it eagerly, being pulled into its gravitational pull she was plucked off the ground and her body was carried along side the strange being. Her eyes were filled with wonder, but fear under lied her emotions. Humi pushed back the emotion and reached her arm out to touch the oddly welcoming thing. It almost had a heart beat, the steady rhythm of warmth within it grew the longer her hand was placed there. Humis eyes only grew more curious and without restraint placed her other hand into the light.
Humi never felt so warm, the glowing orbs light bursted open like an egg, cracking at the edges and falling to the ground. What was left though Humi could now see that she held a black cat. Its gold eyes flickered with flecks of green up at Humi and her mocha brown eyes flickered back. When Humi tried to pull the cat into her shoulder to hold it the cat hissed and pounced into her chest, falling into her body and disappearing inside her. She felt like liquid fire, the soft green glow became her, her body throbbed with fire and feverish movements. Where had that cat gone?! Is it- inside of me? She clutched her chest and searched it more the small black cat. Wake up.... wake up Humi...
Upon peeling her eyes open she flinched in her bed, looking around her surroundings she found herself to still be in her train cart room, Friedrick across her in his small bunk still snuggled up in his slumber.
What was that all? That bolt of light had some kind... and the black cat! Then the never ending pouring warmth that wrapped itself around you snug like a blanket but held hard like a viper on its next victim. She looked down at her chest but no black cat was nuzzled against it Did this mean something? Humi disregarded these thoughts as the intercom buzzed to life.
"We have made it into Bamberge Germany folks! We're just half an hour from the next station. We hope you enjoy the complementary breakfast in the main hall." Bzzt, the intercom shut off, ending its message.
"We are almost there....Friedrick wake up!" She softy shook him awake. He turned to her and rubbed his eyes dazily.
"Mhhh?" He groaned, plucking the glasses off the small night stand and fixed them onto the bridge of his nose. "We're almost there, and there is breakfast if you want some."
Friedrick didn't seem like a glutenous pig, but at the sound of food he bolted up and grinned.
"Damn I am hungry! Vat's for breakfast?!" Friedrick seemed awfully excited for a mere meal but Humi was happy never the less. Maybe...Germans just like their food?
The two got dressed, Humi in the room, Friedrick in the bathroom and both made their way down to the main room of the elaborate train cart. Friedrick was almost guessing the meal by sniffing the air attentively. She chuckled and walked along side him, the dream hung on her like a sickness. Push it away Humi you have too much to be thankful for up till now.
The assortment of biscuits, croissants, soups, sausages, fruit, steamed veggies, yogurts were definitely enough to satisfy a giant but Friedrick made a pouty face at his plate. "Vhere is the meat? There's only sausage! No German sausage at that!"
"Oh yes that reminds me, you're German yes?" Humi asked calmly.
"Mhh? Vhy yes I am! I was lucky to get into France without an issue, but because I am attending the academy they saw me as an exception to the 'ne bon pas personnes' so I was able to cross the border." He explained as he plucked a sausage up with his fork and looked at it dully.
This translated in French to, 'not good people' France added a new law outlawing 'no goods' being the Germans because they were at war with them. Humi knew enough about the war to at least know this.
"What were you doing in France?" "I some relatives there, they moved before the war. They just needed some help before I left because...well my grandpa died. But it's ok now! They're all fine!" He waved his hands ease her worry. But now that she thought about it she's never lost someone before. She never met her mother, she died giving birth to her. She looked down at her food, she had lost her appetite.
"I'm sorry to hear that. Please excuse me." Picking up her plate she walked off to return it to the kitchen. How was she to understand people if she never did understand from the start? Oh well, we can't let this stop me from making my new life. She'd just have to let 'everything fall into place' as Maria said many times to her.
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