"Oh my gosh!" They gasp. "She's writing a story that's not from the fist person point of view! It's a miracle!"

Yes I know. It's amazing. And (gasp) it's not totally focused around an OC!

Yay me! This idea kind of came to me after I was reading some very dark stories. Tell me what you think so far. Sorry it's so short. This program has been putting extra spaces between random words and sentences. Hopefully it won't happen in the actual story . . .

He had become much quieter around that time of year.

Mizuho had ended up close to Iselia in the newly combined worlds, so Sheena had come to visit. She came every few days, just to talk and to be with the people whom she had saved the world with. She still came on her Rheaird. Iselia and Mizuho weren't that close.

It was also nearing the time when they would usually celebrate the reunition of the two worlds. That was one of the things he hated most about it. He felt bad for depressing his friends during a time when they would be celebrating, yet he also couldn't help but feel slightly angry. How could they be celebrating? It hadn't been that long . . .

They would also have been celebrating . . . , no, he would reflect upon that later.

They were at Lloyd's house. Everyone there was deep in conversation. He wasn't sure what it was about, but that was to be expected. He hadn't been listening.

He got up suddenly, startling the people around him. "I'm leaving," he said firmly, and then looked around, almost apologetically. But he still left.

They looked in confusion at Raine, silently wondering for an explanation. When she didn't speak Lloyd spoke the question that was in their minds, "Where is he going?"

Raine smiled sadly and replied with one word, "Altamira."

They all realized what she meant at about the same time. "I'll go too," Lloyd said determinedly. He started to stand.

"No." Raine shook her head. It's only been a year since . . . , well, I think he needs to be alone for now."

"Raine's right," Colette said softly. Sheena nodded in agreement.

This was enough to slightly convince Lloyd, so he reluctantly sat back down. "All right."

They sat in silence, thinking about what had happened. Especially Raine.

It had changed him. Not just now, but all though this year she had noticed changes. He would still smile, but the smile had a sad feeling to it and it never lasted for a long time. There were times when he would be gone for a long time, sometimes even for several days. She had always been able to guess where he had gone. She never said anything. If he wanted to tell her he would. She knew it had been tough on him.

It was hardest on him, but they all made time in their schedules to visit Altamira. She knew that no one, at least no one that was here now, would go there for a while. None of them knew how long he would stay this time, but they all knew that it would be best to give him sometime alone.

They resumed their conversation, but none of them were near as enthusiastic as they had been before.

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The high speed of the Rheaird wasn't bothering him at all. Even though it was starting to get

colder, and the wind greatly increased the chill. In fact, he almost enjoyed the cold. It numbed him.

At least the distraction of the wind would keep his mind away from his memories. He would let the memories wash though him later. It would do no good if he went off course while lost in thought.

He was barely paying attention to where he was going anyway, only enough to keep him in the

right direction.

He regretted that Altamira wasn't closer, but he would still get their faster than usual. He was, after all, flying at very high speeds.

Again, I apologize for the shortness. I will be continuing it. It will be at least three or four chapters, and if I can make up an actual plot (I have some ideas right now, but I'll need to work on them) it will be longer. As I said, I have ideas, but they're quite vague.

I hope by now you have guessed who the 'he' is, and you probably have some idea of what happened. That will be explained more in the next chapters.

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