You're... leaving?

[Larksing]

I sit in the clearing, listening to my ipod. It won't be long before I'm gone. I think to myself.

Raphael approaches me, his hands in his pockets. He eyes me. "How much longer?" he asks. I look up absently. He seems angry, but calm and intense. "What?" I reply. He sits next to me and leans close. "How much longer until you leave us behind, huh? You're so excited about getting your book published, and I should be too, but we like it here. I've never seen Vico so calm. And Stanton loves it here. Wouldn't you think of us some time, too?"

"He's right." Narcisco says on the other side of me. Leo stands next to him. Stanton hugs me from behind. Vico sits at my feet. "I.."

"And have you forgotten about us?" Haru, holding Kisa, walks into the clearing with Arisa. "No." I reply sharply. "I haven't. I can't bear leaving, either. But I have to. This could decide what happens in my life." Nagi and Nadi brush aside the branches in their way. Seeing them, too, pains me.

[Mags]

( )

"Hey you." I say as I walk up to Brighty, Emily trailing behind me. For Brighty's sake I won't cry, at least not in front of her, it's hard enough for her to leave, it'd only make it harder to make her feel bad. I've never known her to make any wrong turns in life, and after all, she's been on hear for at least 2 years, and she's done her duty as a whack job. I sit beside her, and Emily follows suit, sitting on my lap. If it hadn't been for Brighty, Emily wouldn't exist. She looks up at Brighty with admirable eyes, mesmerized by the thought of this poster leaving. She left my lap, and crawled into Brightys. "Blackie says she's gonna post my voice on hear." she said, sounding like she was pouting. Good'al Emily, all ways putting things past Brighty to make sure my ideas are sane.

[Gwenalyn]

Gwen and I walked into the room, tears were threatening to drip down her cheeks. Sure, I hadn't know Brighty long, but I would still miss her. Gwen hadn't met any of her characters, other then in this world. Gwen had one arm around me, and I was clinging to Gwen. And we came close to Brighty, and said "We're gonna miss you." Though my voice sounded a bit more like sobbing, but Gwen was able to translate it for them.

[Larksing]

I'm so welled up with tears I can barely speak. Nadi stands behind me and rests a hand on my shoulder, and Nagi does the same with the other.

"Ya can't leave!" Raphael continues. "Don't ya know what you're leaving in the dust?" Leo glares at him. "Raph, that's enough." Her tone is rough with emotion as well. This doesn't slow Raphael down. "Aren't ya gonna miss Haru? Huh? Are ya gonna miss Ian and Amythis?" Apparently they had snuck in without my detection. Ian flicks his hair out of his face, and and Amythis rushes towards me. "Aren't you gonna miss us?!"

"Raphael, that's enough!" Leo's face contorts with anger. "Leave her alone. Don't you see that she doesn't want to leave either, but has no choice?!" Callie and Jimmy enter the clearing, too. Jimmy puts a hand on Raphael's shoulder. "Chill out. It's alright."

[Mags]

I stand up, and glare at Raphael "Boy, if you don't shut that mouth of yours I'm'a shut it for you!" I say, holding up a threting fist. "Don't you dare speak to her that way, you being a b*stered dosen't help!" I say, useing a cuss word that Brighty had called me, and anther guy friend Micheal when we started walking away from her on the side of a road.

[Gwenalyn]

Gwen let go of me, and looked at him menacily.

[Larksing]

I look up into Raphael's deep indigo eyes. He glares back at me, sustaining the shard of cold hard hostality for a moment. Slowly, I watch him fall apart. Tears fill his eyes, and spill over onto his cheeks. At this he turns, and puts a closed fist up to his eyes to stop the flow. Callie starts to cry, too, silently.

I can't hold it in any longer, and I, too, lose all chains on my emotions. The tears spill down my cheeks. Seeing Raphael cry makes me lose all focus, and I let go. "I don't." I sob. "I don't want to go." I feel Stanton hug me harder, and some other people- Nagi, Vico, Leo, Amythis, and Nadi- join him.

[Mags]

( Awwwwww. :') theres your smily that smiling and crying Bri-Bri.)

If there was any room left to hug this little miggit named Brighty, I would have glomed her to the ground. But, this is her charries turn. They deserve to say their goodbyes because they'll leave with her. The seconed her book is published and done with, she'll come back.....

[:}April{:]

I sneak up behind Brighty, then suddenly, I jump on top of her and wrestle her to the ground. "Now. You don't get to get up until you promise me you'll come back." April snickers from behind me, then pries me off Bright. "Let's not hurt Brighty right now." she suggests. "I wasn't gonna hurt her!" I whine, but don't jump back on her. Instead, I help her back up and give her a big bear hug. "You can't go." I sob, giving into my emotions.