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-Always - Chapter 1

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                                       =Chapter One=


    A fine mist from the waterfall next to them coalesced upon Melan's armor, giving it a slick sheen. Marin's eyes, wide and watery from barely unshed tears, did not take notice of the tiny droplets that coursed down her face. Instead, she gave into a sob, and let her tears fall.

    "Melan, I love you! I always have... Please, Melan stay with me! If not on Earth, then take me with you to Brigadoon! Please... please Melan, don't leave me!" Melan struggled not to choke on his own tears, kneeling upon the long green grass.

    He closed his eyes briefly trying to find the right words to convey his heart to the little human that had changed his entire world. He opened his eyes.

    "Marin, I-" Melan's eyes widened suddenly in horror and shock, his tears falling unheeded. "M-Marin? Marin!" The girl was no longer before him, and Melan's panic and confusion increased tenfold when he saw a splash of vivid red blood dripping from a blade of grass.
   
    Right before his eyes, the droplets of blood grew brighter and brighter, while everything around them paled and slowly turned gray. Soon, he was encased in a black and gray forest, the once beautiful land dull and disturbingly quiet.

    Melan yelled out for Marin, jolting in renewed horror when not a sound emerged from his throat. Desperate, he shot into the sky, scanning the trees for any trace of Marin. Darting back and forth, Melan struggled desperately to call out to her, knowing that somehow, if he had her in his arms, the world would once again be full of life.


    Marin, where are you?! Marin! The words he wished to scream echoed useless in his head, and Melan gritted his teeth as a chaotic mix of fear, helplessness, and rapidly growing rage at his situation clashed.

    A shudder suddenly coursed through his frame, and Melan flicked his eyes up at the sky. The blackness visibly rippled, and Melan found himself abruptly encased in complete darkness,a cold unlike anything he had felt before encasing him.

    Melan blanched when he found his body unable to adjust, and he floated helplessly, limbs frozen in frost, oppressive darkness all about him. He had no choice but to wait and listen to the gentle sobs in the dark... wait, sobs?

    "Melan... oh Melan... Why did you abandoned me?"


    I haven't abandoned you, Marin! I'm right here! Please, Marin, hear me! Melan struggled frantically, as Marin's quiet sobs grew even fainter.

    "I know I'm not perfect and that I'm not smart but, but... I love you! Melan! Please! Come back! Don't leave me all alone!"

    The overwhelming heartache and pain that rang within those words gave him the necessary strength to break free of the frost that had immobilized him. Melan tossed his head back and with all his might screamed into the nothingness.

"MARIN!"



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    Melan shot straight up, gun humming with charged energy and breath ragged. His eyes darted about, before realizing where he was. With a deep sigh, Melan lay back down upon the warm stoned of the roof he had been sleeping upon and deactivated his gun, basking in the soothing light of Brigadoon's sun.

    Almost hesitatingly closing his eyes, Melan reflected upon the horrible excuse for a dream that had been haunting him ever since he had left Marin upon Earth. 20 years to the day had passed since he'd left her, and his heart ached painfully at the thought of her. Was she happy in the tenement, with her family? Was she still in school?

    Or... or had she married with some undeserving human male and had kids? He scowled at the last thought, before giving into a tired sigh.

    It didn't matter how he felt, as long as Marin was happy. He turned over onto his side, and keeping his eyes closed, felt himself slowly, oh so slowly, fall back into a deep, and hopefully dreamless, sleep.

    Unfortunately, it seemed that life at the moment hated him.

    Melan mentally stiffened when he heard the soft patter of feet walking towards him. He kept still and pretended to be deep asleep. Maybe the person would leave him alone if they thought he was a sleep.

    No such luck.

    "Melan? Hey.. Hey! Melan~!" Melan jolted out of his fake sleep when a paw poked his shoulder, his audials ringing from the loud, sing-song tone of a certain Chairperson of the Life Improvement Committee. He hid a shudder, an after affect of the nightmare, and glanced to his left.

    "...Lolo?"

    "Got it in one!" Melan ignored Lolo's cheerful tone and got straight to the point, worried that Lolo had seen him asleep while under the affects of the nightmare.

    "What do you need of me?" Lolo went silent for a moment, gazing knowingly at Melan. Melan shifted consciously, realizing that the Chairperson had seen him in the throws of his nightmare.

    To his relief, Lolo did not comment on what he'd had seen. Instead, he gave Melan a mission.

    "The rest of the Chairpeople and I have found a simple solo mission that suits you perfectly."

    "The last solo mission I was given ended up with me being hunted has a traitor." Lolo coughed, and to Melan's mild irritation, attempted to hide what suspiciously looked like a grin.

    "Ah, well, its because of that mission that we have deemed you perfect for this one." That sparked Melan's interest. He tilted his head curiously.

   "How so?"

   "We need you to go back to Earth and find Marin again." Lolo had been dancing and twirling about Melan through out the entire conversation, but now he stilled and stared hard at the silent monomakia.

    Melan's face had stiffened into a completely blank slate. His eyes filled with emotions, and for a moment Lolo thought he could see hope fill them, before it suddenly fell into deep sadness and despair. The sudden transition left Lolo frozen where he stood. The two simply stared at each other for a long horrible moment, before Melan broke the silence, his voice shaking.

   "One, it is impossible to return to Earth. Two, if I return to Earth and see Marin again, I will never be able to return to Brigadoon. I left her once- I will never do so again." Lolo felt himself melt somewhere deep inside at Melan's words, smiling slightly.

   "You won't have to." Melan's choke at his reply made Lolo's slight smile turn into a full blown grin.

   "W-what?"

   "You've helped with all the preparations for the future Pasca ritual that you were needed for, and the rest of it does not require you. Therefore, we are going to use the same kind of time and space monomakia that Lulu used to escape with to send you straight back to Earth, only days after you left Marin." To Lolo's surprise, Melan didn't start jumping for joy. Instead, his eyes narrowed suspiciously.

    "What's the catch?" Lolo blinked at the unfamiliar expression: Melan must have learned it in the Funny World.

    "We want you to make sure that Lulu doesn't target Marin, and to find him and eliminate him. Whether we like it or not, Marin is important to the future of Brigadoon, and Lulu is still a very real threat." Melan nodded slowly, and to Lolo it was obvious that Melan was nitpicking the idea for flaws in his mind.

    Melan finally smiled, and Lolo was relieved to find his eyes full of hope and happiness once more.

    "I'll do it."

    "Great!" Leaning forward, Lolo gave Melan a naughty school boy's grin and slapped the bracelet-like time and space monomakia on his wrist, hitting a button in the process. "See ya later!" Melan's eyes widened comically.

    "Wait a secon-!" In a flash of bright light, Melan was gone. Lolo cackled rather evilly. He turned and walked away from the spot Melan had been moments before, when a small thought crossed his mind.

    I wonder what the council will do when they find out what I did... Oh well, who cares? Not like anything bad will happen. And with that thought, Lolo vanished into the streets of Brigadoon, not realizing the chaotic chain of events he was about unleash upon Earth.


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~Summary~: One day upon Brigadoon, Melan is given the chance to return to Marin upon Earth and keep her safe, while at the same time searching for Lulu to make sure he doesn't cause anymore trouble for Brigadoon. Little does anyone know though, that life isn't about to follow the plan.

:heart:Pairings:heart:: MarinxMelan, LalaxLolo More to come!

Disclaimer: Yeah, I know it's hard to believe, but I don't own Brigadoon. Didn't see that one coming, did ya?

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Chapter 3 - [link]
Chapter 4 - [link]
Chapter 5 - [link]
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MiaRosette1028's avatar
My my Melan, you are jealous and missing her badly. 😏