Chronicles of Eden - Act IV Read Free Page B

starting to get worried though,” Luna said sadly. “I haven’t seen any sign of Daniel or his friends, or even Falla. What if they went in another direction? Or what if we got turned around? Or what if they went in another direction and we got turned around?”
    “Do you see anything around us at all?” Emily asked.
    Luna looked around for a moment with growing distress as she held the child dearly.
    “Well, I see trees, a big rock, the sky, some clouds, a village, some more trees, a cute little squirrel, and some more trees.”
    Emily looked at her curiously as Luna just turned her head and gazed around at the nearby landscape for a moment before she blinked then looked ahead to seeing a human village further away. She could see a cluster of buildings that were set in the middle of a large clearing with a forest further past it, the human residences being made of wood and stone while there were smooth dirt roads leading into and out of the village.
    “A village? A village! There’s a human village!” Luna cheered.
    Emily pouted and clung to Luna while shaking her head.
    “No! I don’t want you to leave me! I don’t want to go there!”
    “But, Emily, you’ll be with your own kind there. You’ll be safe and have a home and be able to live a normal life.”
    “I don’t care!” Emily cried out. “I don’t want to lose you! I’ll only go if you come with me!”
    Luna held her with a troubled frown as the child clung to her chest with a whimper.
    “Emily, I’m sorry,” Luna said shaking her head. “I can’t do that. Humans… won’t like me being there. I can’t live there with you.”
    She then fluttered into the air holding onto the child while Emily shook her head quickly.
    “No!” Emily screamed. “Don’t leave me there, please! Don’t leave me, Luna!”
    Luna started to cry as she flew towards the town, with a wooden picketed fence surrounding the small village and a large wooden sign adorning a post next to the entryway by the road.
    “I’m sorry, Emily,” Luna whimpered. “But this is for your own good. I want you to be happy and safe, and this is the only way to do it. I can’t protect you out here on my own.” She flew over the clearing before she dropped down next to a tree and held Emily close, crying as the child cried into her chest.
    “Please don’t be mad at me,” she sobbed as she dropped down onto her knees. “I love you too, I really do.”
    Emily looked up to her with teary eyes as she held onto the monster.
    “You do? You mean it?”
    “Yes,” Luna dearly replied. “I really like you, you don’t hate me for how I am, or make fun of me, or want to hurt me just because I’m different. You’re my best friend! Actually, you’re my only friend!” Emily looked at her with wonder then closed her eyes as Luna held her close.
    “And it’s because I love you that I want you to be happy, no matter what, so I have to do this. Please don’t hate me, you’re going to be happy here.” She whimpered then looked ahead to the sign that was in front of the entrance into the village.
    “The Village of Eston. That’s your new home, and it looks-”
    “Eston?” Emily said with a jump. Luna sniffled and looked to her as the child looked around quickly with surprise. “Eston? Did you say Eston?”
    “Yes, that’s what the sign over there says,” Luna said wiping her tears away. “Listen, I’m going to point you in the right direction and then you just keep walking straight, okay? You’ll walk right into the village and then somebody will help you. You’ll be fine.”
    Emily looked down in thought for a moment then to Luna with a smile.
    “Luna, Eston was my old home, before I left towards Ashwood.”
    Luna looked at her curiously then over towards the village that was so quiet and peaceful.
    “Really? This was your old home?”
    “Yes,” Emily said with a big smile. “I left here to move towards Ashwood. This is amazing, I can’t believe we managed to end up