Chapter Five:
Wanderer
Even after finding out that her friend was going to be just fine--Alison still felt very unsettled. She almost jumped when Alyssa came back into the clinic, afraid that Alyssa would begin yelling at her. Thankfully, nothing like that had happened but still, Alison couldn't help but fidget in her seat. "Ali, are you okay?" Kristin questioned, placing a hand on her friend's shoulder, trying to calm down the poor girl's constant moving. The girl barely jumped but her heart still sped up for a moment before she let out a soft chuckle,
“Oh, I’m fine, Kristin. Thanks.” Alison smiled weakly towards her friend as the doctor began to explain everything.
“I think it would be best if your friend stayed here for a few hours.” The doctor spoke up; Alyssa nodded.
“That’s probably for the best. Thank you, Doctor.” He merely nodded, walking from the group of girls and back into the backroom. A few minutes passed by, though it felt much more like an eternity for Alison, she let out a yawn.
“I’m kind of hungry.” Kristin spoke up, touching her stomach for a moment, before getting a nod from Alyssa as well.
“Yeah, me too.” Alyssa stated, “Do you want to go find something to eat?” Kristin nodded, standing up. Alyssa glanced towards Alison, “Are you coming, Alison?”
Alison replied with a shake of her head, “No, I think I’m going to go for a walk around the town.” The two girls seemed a bit questionable about and Alison let out a soft chuckle, “It’s okay, I’ll be fine. I promise!” She grinned.
Kristin let out a sigh, “Alright.” She spoke, “Try not to get into trouble.” With that said, they all walked out of the clinic. Alyssa and Kristin had walked towards the Ocarina Inn and Alison had turned to walk up the stairs, curious of what could possibly be up at the top of that hill.
“Do you think she’ll be alright on her own?” Alyssa questioned Kristin, who merely replied with a shrugging expression.
“She’s a big girl--I think she can handle herself.” Kristin replied, “At least I hope so. One clinic visit is enough for this trip.” Alyssa nodded, walking down to see if they could find somewhere else to eat aside from the Inn.
Meanwhile, Alison was walking up the stairs, up the hill. Her curiosity was getting the best of her as her mind began to wander of what could be up at the top. Maybe it was a forest full of scary animals or a magnificent house that was home to a bunch of rich people. Maybe there was nothing, but maybe there was a single tree, or some sort of lake or pond. But she continued to walk up and gasped at the sight.
It was a huge building, to her happiness, there was a stained glass window of the Harvest Goddess. It was very beautiful to look at, “My goodness.” She mumbled to herself, letting the beauty get the best of her. It really was such a nice sight to behold. She walked up a little further and moved over towards the stone fence, peering over the side of the cliff. “That’s a far fall.”
“If you look far enough over, you could feel the water.”
That was a new voice that Alison hadn’t heard before and she almost lost her grip on the fence and would have went over the side if she didn’t pull herself back quick enough. “Excuse me, but you startled me.” She quickly spoke, turning to face the source of the voice, straightening her clothing.
“My bad.” He sounded totally sarcastic as he walked over to the edge a little further done from her. He didn’t seem to be in a good mood but glanced over towards Alison, “Are you new here?” He asked, even that sounded a bit sour.
“Sort of. My friends and I are on some sort of vacation here for the summer.” She explained and he merely nodded, “I’m Alison.” She introduced herself and he stuck his hands into his pant pockets.
“Chase.” He told her his name and back away from the edge, as if going to turn around to leave.
“What are you doing here anyway?” She asked, growing a bit curious of this new guy.
He shrugged, “No reason, I just like the view. Hasn’t been much business lately.” He shifted his weight slightly. “What about you?” He almost felt rude for not asking her when she had asked him, even if she was just being nosey.
“I was exploring and came here! I figured I could ask the Goddess for a healthy recovery for my friend.” Alison spoke up with a smile, “You should pray to the Goddess for more business.”
He just let out a laugh, “Pray to the Goddess?” He shook his head, “There’s no Goddess.” He stated; she almost appeared as if she was offended, “And even if there was, she hasn’t been doing any good for us down here.”
Alison huffed, turning away from the orange haired male, crossing her arms over her chest, as if completely unwilling to listen to any of his words. “She has more things to deal with.” She merely answered back, “Very busy with the rest of the world.” From there, it was a bit of an awkward silence between the two for a few minutes until she began walking back towards the direction she had come from. “Well, it was nice meeting you.” She smiled sweetly over her shoulder as if there had been no problem between the two before.
He simply watched her walk with a perked brow, perching his leg on the edge, “Yeah, nice meeting ya’.” He responded half-heartedly.
The walk back was quiet for Alison, she was mostly in her thoughts, mumbling some soft words under her breath about her new acquaintance. She glanced up towards the sky—she hadn’t even noticed that the sun was beginning to go down. If anything, she figured it was almost dinnertime. How much time did she actually spend up there? Not entirely paying attention to wear she was walking, she accidently bumped into someone on her way down the hill. “Oh! I’m so sorry, I wasn’t paying attention!” Alison chuckled nervously.
This new girl just laughed it off, a hand behind her neck. “No worries! I wasn’t either.” She answered, “The name’s Kelly, but my friends call me Squeak.” She introduced herself.
Alison chuckled, “Squeak?”
“Yeah, I don’t really know where it came from.” She shrugged, “You new here too?” Kelly questioned and Alison nodded.
“Yeah, how’d you know?”
“Two girls I met in the bar. Seems a lot of new people are showing up here.” She spoke, taking her arm back down to her side.
“Oh! Those two are probably my friends.” Alison told her, Squeak nodded, “Yeah, that’s probably them. Though there is one more.” Alison continued, “But she’s staying at the clinic for now.” Squeak had an expression of shock on her face. “It’s a long story, really.”
“I see. Well, I should probably let you get back to your friends.” With that said, Squeak walked up and passed Alison, placing a hand on her shoulder for a moment then took it away as she walked up the stairs. “It was nice meeting you.” Alison nodded in return then continued down to the lowest level.
“May as well start from the bottom.” She mumbled, having no clue as to where this bar may have been. And why were her friends in a bar? Both Kristin and Alyssa knew very well that she wasn’t a fan of the bar atmosphere. Too many drunkards and weirdos. But while walking over the bridge, she was actually able to find the bar without looking for help! There it was!
Walking into the bar, Alison managed to spot the familiar faces of her friends. “Alison!” They both called out, “Glad to see you found us.” Alyssa grinned, taking a drink out of her soda.
“Yeah, seriously. You spent a while walking around, didn’t you?” Kristin asked leaning on the table.
“I found a church!” Alison grinned, the two nodded as the listened to her explain her little adventure, “Then I met this guy--.”
“Oh! You met a guy?” Alyssa smirked with a cheshire cat with obvious intrigue. Alison tried to hide her blush but there was no chance, they had seen it. “Do tell, but please tell me he isn’t… Really old.” Alison merely responded with a bit of a disgusted face, which made both Kristin and Alyssa laugh.
“Nothing really about him. He didn’t seem very nice.” Alison merely explained, shrugging her shoulders.
“Right.” Kristin dragged out. “Was he cute at least?” She smirked as well.
Alison paused for a moment but nodding. Another huge tint of pink on her face. Both Alyssa and Kristin awed.
“How cute.” Alyssa smiled, standing up from her stool. “Well, enough about boys, we’ll probably get an earful from Tori later.” Alyssa chuckled.
Kristin stood up as well, “That is, of course, if we can take her out of the clinic.” Placing some gold on the table to pay for their food and drinks.
The trio was reunited and they went back up to the clinic, talking about the possibly plans for the next day, giggled over past memories. Finally, the arrived to the clinic and as if on cue, the doctor walked out from the back room.
“Well Doc, what’s the diagnostic?” Kristin questioned, placing a hand upon her hip. The doctor stepped over to the side and motioned to whoever was behind the curtain to come out. Of course, it was Tori who stepped out.
“Your friend was a bit banged up and bruised. A few scratches here and there, but nothing that can’t heal.” The doctor explained. “Though, she will need to rest that arm of hers.” He motioned to her right arm, that was currently being supported in a sling. Her forehead had a small bandage on it and her chin had a small bandage as well. Her left arm was covered in bandages and wraps. Even her right leg had been banged up a bit with a few bruises.
Tori glanced over to the doctor, “Thanks a lot, Dr. Jin.” The doctor merely looked down at her with a weak smile and nodded.
“You’re welcome. Please try not to hurt yourself anymore.” Jin glanced back over to the girl, “Especially on this little… Trip of yours.”
“You got it.” Tori smiled, walking back over to her friends. They smiled weakly as they escorted their friend outside of the clinic. Alyssa tossled Tori’s hair while Kristin basically attacked Tori with a hug. Alison stood there for a moment, awkwardly scratching her arm. Kristin backed off and Alison took a step forward.
“I’m really really sorry about--.” Alison began but was cut off by a hug from Tori.
“Don’t worry about it, okay? I know you didn’t mean it.” Tori smiled, Alison returned the hug. They both separated and Tori grinned widely to the others, “Alright! Who’s ready for some more adventure?” The girls merely sighed and laughed.
“It’s been a long day, Tori. You need to get rest.” Kristin told the small brunette.
Tori pouted, “But I’ve resting all day in that doctor’s office!”
“Don’t act like you didn’t enjoy it!” Alyssa laughed, “Sounded to me like you had a bit of a talking-thon with the doctor.” Alyssa crossed her arms over her chest with a chuckle.
“Well, ya’ know.” Tori replied, “He was the only one around to talk to. I had woken up and he was sitting by his desk. Did you really just expect me to sit there in silence?”
The girls laughed, “No, but still.” Alyssa glanced up towards the sky, it was darkening. “It’s getting late.” She mumbled.
“But but…” Tori began, trying to protest, “I have so much energy!”
Both Alyssa and Alison shook their heads, while Kristin gave in. “Fine, you and I can go for some walk or something.” Tori grinned in success.
“Yes! Awesome!”
{Ohmygawd, it's finally updated. Whoopie! -goes to pass out at 2am- }
