Sorry this is so short, but it's my first fanfic. It's Imilshipping, so I'm sorry if you don't like that! I hope you enjoy and reviews are loved! ^^
"You'll feel better soon."
Mia cast Ply on the old man lying on the bed in front of her, hoping that her powers were enough this time too. She was a Mercury adept, part of the Mercury Clan, but her powers were weak. Her town, Imil, had been hit with an epidemic, so her powers were in constant use lately. It seemed like she was the only person who could help the villagers, but even she was too late sometimes and people she knew passed away. It was tiring and painful to be in Imil lately.
If only Alex were here, he could help me, she thought subconsciously as the little fairy figure fluttered over the old man, spreading bright sparks to heal him. Nobody, except Alex and her, could see the magic that they could wield.
It was like they were special, it was the thing that linked the two when they were children, happy and carefree.
"How do you feel now?" she asked, smiling gently, as the old man coughed a little more.
He looked surprised as he answered," Much better." He sat up and Mia shook her head and told him to sit back down and not to push himself. Her magic was too weak to fully heal it, but it could heal most of it to the extent that the people could recover by themselves soon.
Yes, she knew that her powers could be stronger, but she used to not need to be strong. Alex had done that for her.
The old woman next to her thanked her, smiling a wrinkled smile. Then, she coughed. Mia's eyes widened as she turned to the woman.
She must've caught the sickness too, she reasoned, but she looks okay compared to her husband, she should just rest. Mia told her so and made her way to the entrance when she saw a group of travelers standing there. They looked tired and cold as they stood before her, extremely out of place.
They were all boys and gave her a weird, but not uncomfortable, feeling. It was a strangely familiar feeling though. One had reddish brown hair that stood almost straight up and amber eyes. He was the largest of them all. He wore clothes that were not suited for the cold weather in Imil. The boy on the right had bright yellow hair with deep violet eyes and was the shortest, though the way he stared at her showed that he didn't care much for his height. He also was shivering a little even in the warmth of the house.
The boy in the middle caught her attention as well. He stood a bit in front of the others and wore a tunic. He had sandy yellow hair and a sword strapped on his back with a red scabbard. He seemed like the leader of the group from the way he stood and the way the others bunched close behind him.
"Who are you?" Mia asked them, raising an eyebrow and brushing aside a strand of blue hair that had gotten in her sight," Can I help you?" It was rare for people to journey all the way North up here. Were they after something?
Suddenly, a purple light flashed. She jumped and ran to the window, knowing that it could mean only one thing. Someone had opened the door to the lighthouse. She stared anxiously at the window, but she could see nothing, except the dim shape of the Mercury Lighthouse. It was much too far away to properly see any people who had gone in.
She and Alex had guarded it before, but she couldn't do it so well now. With the villagers falling ill so often and her weak Mercury Psynergy, she didn't do such a great job of guarding it like she was supposed to. She just assumed that nobody would try to light it since only Mercury adepts could open the entrance with Ply. Who could be opening it?
"Was that the lighthouse?" she whispered to herself and realized that it could only be Alex who had opened it. Alex? You're back? Then, why are you doing this? Didn't you promise to protect it, like me?
She froze for a minute before thinking, why did you leave?
"Alex," she whispered, her heart thudding in her chest. She knew that she had to go stop him because it was her responsibility, even though he could easily defeat her in combat. She ran past the group of travelers, out of Imil, and to Alex and the lighthouse.
Now, she had to defeat Alex, the person she had grown up with, the person who been with her almost everyday until the day he had left, and her first and only love.