Chapter 2

Settling In

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The young woman dropped her bag on the floor as she stepped inside her apartment. It was a cute two room, one bathroom, one kitchen apartment that was backed by the forest near the edge of the town.

She placed her hands on her hips, sweeping her soft blue gaze over the room. She was tall, slender, and with a slightly larger bust than average, with a nice curvy figure.

Her hair was a long, pale light blonde, and it was tied into two loose ponytails that hung down, that reached her mid back, and tied off with two light blue ribbons with little stars on them, and her bangs along with some of her had was left down to hang around her face. Some of her bangs were swept to the side to completely cover her left eye.

She was wearing a pair of jean shorts with a leather belt hung loosely around her waist with the ring of keys hanging from a loop. She wore an open-necked white shirt with a black under-shirt underneath it, and the white shirt hung down to leave her shoulders bare. She also wore simple white shoes with black laces. A black chain hung around her neck with a dark grey key attached to it, and it was half-way tucked into her shirt.

She smiled a little as she lifted both her hands up in front of her and closed her eyes. Gold and white magic began to circle around her feet and spiral around the room, and all in a flash, the room was filled with things.

The empty dresser in the corner was filled with clothes along with the closet, and the bare mattress now was covered with a black comforter with multi-colored spirals stitched into it along with a few dots and stars, with matching pillows resting against its head.

The window beside the bed suddenly had curtains hung up around it, and opened to let in the sunlight. On the desk in the corner sat paper, pencils, pens, and a few pictures. The bookshelf that had been empty moments before was filled with several books, and posters and decorations littered the room. On the window sill sat a pretty plant with light blue flowers. She turned on her heel and walked into her kitchen, opening up the fridge and frowning a little to see it almost empty.

She had learned to use requip magic so she could store items in her own space without having to lug everything around all day, and the only food item she had stored away in her magic storage, had been a large bag of apples. She sighed and took an apple out from the fridge, and closed it, heading away toward her bedroom again.

She took a bit of the red fruit and smiled at the sweet taste, and she sat down on her bed with her legs crossed. Her hand reached to her waist where she took the ring of keys from her belt and held them out in front of her as she continued to eat the apple. There were several golden ones, and a few silver ones too.

She let out a long sigh as she let her hand fall into her lap along with the keys. Her mind flashed back to her dream where the strange young blonde girl had appeared before her. She didn't know why she had been chosen of all people to try and cheer up the Guild in this town. What the hell was she gonna do? She didn't even know if she would fit in around here to start with.

Then she had to wonder why these Keys had come to her in the first place, she had no idea why she had them. All she knew is that she had been sitting on a park bench in another town, when she suddenly felt a weight in her pocket, and she pulled out the ring of keys, along with a note that simply read,

'Take care of them.'

No name, no explanation.

She took another bite of her food, and narrowed her eyes as she stared at the floor. She quickly fished a wrinkled piece of paper from her pocket and straightened it out to see the writing on it. Four simple words, and yet she didn't know why she had received the note. She frowned and set the paper down n the bed next to her, she could feel sadness coming off of the paper, and she hated to think of what memories may have come from the writer.

She could see fragments of peoples memories by touching them or things that belonged to them, but only if she wanted to. Writing like that, she could probably get something small from it, but she was sort of afraid of what she might see. Even now too much sadness was coming from the paper, and she found herself reluctant to try.

She took the last bite of her apple, before folding the paper up and jumping from her bed to walk over to her desk and stick it inside a drawer. Turning away she headed back into her kitchen and threw the apple core away, before heading back into her room and taking a black messenger bag from her closet and pulling the strap over he neck to rest on her shoulder.

She needed to go into town and buy some food for her empty fridge and pantry. She glanced toward the door once, then glanced back to her bed where she had left the ring of keys. She bit her lip in thought, before slowly walking over and picking up the keys. The clinked together and she quickly dropped them into her bag instead of attaching them back onto her belt.

Grabbing what money she had left from a lockbox in a bottom drawer of her desk, she put the money in her bag and turned toward her door. She didn't feel like going alone, yet she didn't know anybody in this town to go with.

She smiled as she lifted her hand to the dark grey key hanging from the chain around her neck, and it easily came loose from the chain magically and she held the key out in front of her. At least she always had one of her best friends close, and she knew her friend wouldn't mind going shopping with her.

She smiled nervously and sweatdropped, she only hoped that this certain friend wouldn't want her to but her so much treats, she only had so much money to spend.

"Open: Gate of the Great Bear," She swiped the key out to the side as golden magic streamed in the air. "Ursa Major!"

A flash of pale grey light appeared before her, and she waited patiently for the smoke to clear. Before her stood a young woman with medium length grey hair and golden yellow eyes. She wore a dark blue sweater with silver specks dotting it, where two hoody strings hung down with fluffy white balls on the end, slim black pants, and comfy fur boots. Her hands had irregularly long and sharp nails, and her canines were longer than normal and pointy. In her grey hair, two dark grey bear ears stuck out from the top of her head.

The spirit smiled toothily at her and jumped up and down in excitement.

"Oh, Lumie! (Loom-ee) It's sooo good to see you again!" The spirit told her happily and the young woman smiled at her.

Her full name was, Alumina Filiac.

"Long time no see, Ursa." She replied. Ursa jumped forward and wrapped her arms around the other young woman tightly, before pulling away and finally stopping with her jumping.

"What are we gonna do today? Where are we by the way?" Ursa asked, her yellow eyes darting around the room. "This is isn't where we were last time." Alumina nodded.

"We're in Magnolia, I've moved in here and I plan on joining the local guild, so I can earn more money." Alumina quickly explained. "But I have to settled in first, and I need to go to the market to get some food for my kitchen." She explained, and she didn't miss the glint that came into Ursa's eye as she mentioned food.

Alumina silently sighed, she was going to end up spending more money than she wanted to.

"I could use the company, what do you say?" She asked and Ursa stared jumping up and down again, nodding furiously with her hands clasped together in front of her, and pulled up to her chest.

"Oh yes! Yes! Of course I'll come with you!" Ursa exclaimed and Alumina chuckled at her hyperactive attitude.

"Then come on." Alumina told her as she began to walk toward her door, and Ursa followed along beside her, hardly able to contain her excitement. The two made their way down the busy streets as they made their way toward the Market Place in town. Alumina hooked her hands behind her back and smiled at Ursa who was skipping along beside her.

"What have you been up to, huh Lumie?" Ursa asked as she began to walk backwards directly in front of Alumina. Alumina took a minute to think about her answer, before sighing.

"I sort of came into possession of these keys." She started and at once Ursa's bubbly attitude calmed down once she saw how serious Alumina was acting.

"Keys? Who are they, and when did you get them?" Ursa asked.

"There are a lot, more than half the zodiac if I had to guess, and a few silver keys too. I got them about a week ago, they just appeared in my pocket for no reason." She told the cheerful spirit. "There was a note that said 'Take care of them', but no name. And not only that, but there's been this girl coming to me in my dreams, she told me to come here, and join the local guild." Alumina explained.

Ursa's yellow eyes narrowed as she thought about what her master had told her.

"And do you think this girl in your dreams knows why you suddenly have all of these keys?" Ursa asked, the bear spirit seemed to know exactly what Alumina was thinking half the time, and the blonde nodded.

"I do. And I want to know why I have them, why I was the one to get them." Ursa nodded slowly,

"Are you planning on making contracts with these new keys? You haven't done that, or I would already know about it." Ursa told her, a smile pulling at her lips. "I think it would be good for you to contract more spirits, just don't forget about me when you do." Ursa smiled and Alumina smiled back.

"Like you would ever let me forget you." She told the spirit who chuckled in reply. They had arrived in the marketplace already, and Ursa immediately picked out a stand with several sugary treats for sale. Ursa looked over the food with wide eyes, and she turned a toothy grin and hopeful eyes on her master. Alumina sighed and walked up to the stand,

"Alright Ursa, but go easy on the food ok? I only have so much money to spend, and I still need food for my house." Alumina told her as she paid for the treats and she was handed a bag full of them, which in turn she handed to Ursa, giving the spirit a serious look. Ursa smiled wider and nodded her head furiously as she accepted the bag of treats.

"Of course Lumie!" She exclaimed and Alumina stepped past her to buy what she needed. The entire time Ursa snacked on the treats she had been given while Alumina walked around and bought what she needed, using her magic to send the food to her magic storage so she wouldn't have to carry all of it.

By the time she was done, the sun was sinking and the shops were starting to close. She headed back to her home with Ursa bouncing along beside her, until the two stopped at her door, and Ursa gave her master a wave goodbye.

"Hopefully I'll see you soon Lumie!" Ursa said cheerfully as she disappeared into a grey haze and Alumina headed inside. She put all the food she had sent to her magic storage away and she headed into her bathroom to take a long warm bath. When she was done she wring her damp hair out letting it fall around her face and cover her left eye completely again, and pulled on her pajamas, a pair of soft black shorts, and a white tank top.

She settled down into her bed and sighed, the girl said she would appear to her in her next dream. That meant she was expecting an explanation as soon as she fell asleep. Alumina glanced sideways to look out her dark window, she only hoped that she was doing the right thing.

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A/N: Second Chapter up and I hope your enjoying it so far, thanks for reading! As always votes, comments and reads are appreciated!! Also, don't forget to check out my other story Lost Life! Thanks!!