A Small Halloween Romance

A Small Halloween Romance
Music drifted from the woods, waking a little Suune who was nestled beside her owner. The Suune growled a little in frustration and covered her front ears with her paws. Ever since her owner had moved from the East River to the Spooky Forest in search of adventures, the little Suune had not slept well. She had been constantly woken up by the beautiful haunting music from the depths of the woods and music was nice, but being woken up every day was not very fun in the little Suune's eyes.

Standing up and yawning, the little Suune decided to determine what was going on for once and for all. Looking about, she made sure that her owner was still fast asleep- she didn't want her owner getting in the way or worrying about her after all- before scampering into the woods.

The woods was very dark, and the little Suune wished that she had brought along the lantern that her owner always carried. Nonetheless, it was possible for her to navigate. She scampered over tree roots, going further and further in. It felt to the little Suune that hours and hours had passed since she had started going into the woods, and there was no end in sight.

Suddenly she saw a Halloween Confetti.

Astonished that there would be another wild pet around these parts, even if it was a wild one, she padded up to it. However, the Melo didn't seem to notice the little Suune and started walking deeper into the woods, this time following a little path. The Suune swished her tails in annoyance. She HATED being ignored. As such, she scampered after the melo.

Finally the Suune caught up to the Melo, and she made to leap onto it. However, instead of pouncing onto it, despite her accuracy, she tumbled to the ground. The little Suune gave a small yelp of surprise. How could she miss? And at such a short distance! She was thoroughly puzzled by the going-ons of the day. It was turning out to be a very odd day indeed.

She then turned to the Melo, who had apparently gone into a little clearing a small distance ahead. The little Suune frowned, going just a little closer to get a better look at what was happening. The Melo was staying in the clearing, apparently waiting for someone or something to appear.

She didn't have to wait long. A ghostly melo appeared in the clearing and padded up to the Halloween Confetti Melo, who was looking at the ghostly melo with tender eyes. The Halloween Confetti Melo nuzzled the ghostly melo and offered it a small boquet of white flowers which grew all over the Spooky Forest. The ghostly music then sounded again. The Suune thought for a moment before shivering a little as something clicked.

The little Suune wasn't familiar with the wedding march, for she was a native inhabitant of Ara. However, she had heard it before while travelling around the lands of Ay. She turned back to the clearing, where the ghostly music was from.

A montage of events seemed to be playing as the Suune watched. She watched as a beautiful Hallow Quill was buried there by friends and relatives. Grieving, the Halloween Confetti Melo would place the small white flowers on her grave every day until the day it died of old age, curled up besides his love's grave. During Halloween, the two Melos would be together every night and the wedding bells would ring...

The Suune yelped in shock as she padded forward and everything, including the two melos faded away.

She dashed back to her owner. This time, the road was surprisingly short. When she reached back, she looked at the moon and frowned. The position of the moon had not changed from the time she had left and the current time, even though it should have since a few hours had passed.

The little Suune tugged at her owner's sleeve. Her owner woke up, rubbing her eyes. "...What?" her owner asked, obviously grouchy from being woken up. However, that would not deter the Suune as she led her owner to the clearing where she saw the two Melos before looking up at her owner expectantly. "...What?" her owner frowned, seeing nothing. "...You have such an overactive imagination..." her owner said, sighing before guiding the Suune back. The Suune grumbled, but followed her owner, but not before looking back one last time, where she could've sworn she saw a ghostly Melo smiling.

The Suune waited up every night for the music from that night onwards, but she would never hear it again.