Prologue
(A/N: This scene is 25 years before the beginning of the Prétear series, Near a seaside town on the docks)
Kaze had reached the phase of the legendary White Prétear! An enormous feat! But—it took all her strength to keep it, as thoughts kept racing through her head.
She had trusted him…
She loved him…
He had sworn to be hers alone…
Why did he betray her?
He stood over her now. The blade of his knife, taken from the Knight of Ice, dripped water and mingled blood.
Her blood…
Her Knights' blood…
"Jachin...why?" she managed to whisper, through the blood spilling from her lips.
His only answer, was another deep plunge of his dagger, into her stomach! The blood mixed with her white dress and silvery hair, her lavender eyes clenching with the sudden agony.
As she tried to withstand the pain, she couldn't understand why she could not stop loving him…
Even now, as he withdrew the blade—she loved him. From his dark hair and navy blue eyes, to his handsome face and kind smile, she loved him.
Kaze knew, that even in the face of her imminent death, she would never stop loving him.
Tears spilled from her eyes as she thought of what she had to do.
Would her sons forgive her for leaving them? Her two beautiful baby boys, only weeks old?
She hoped so…
It was out of love, that she had to leave them. And it was out of love…that she had to do this last act as Prétear…
Gathering all of her leafe, along with that which remained of her dying knights, Kaze wrapped all the power she could muster, and launched it out at him!
"Jachin…forgive me. I do this, out of my never-ending love for you."
Her self-sacrificing essence mixed with those of her knights. Jachin dropped his blade as the onslaught of positive energy rushed him, wrapping around him like molten plastic.
As much as he tried to fight it, the leafe energy just constricted even more! Taking the form of ice, the leafe turned into a pure white, sparkling prison! Jachin, sealed inside, felt himself losing consciousness as the air slowly slipped away—his heartbeat slowing to a crawl. His lips could only draw out one word before everything around him went black. "Kaze…"
The entire leafe/ice crystal collapsed through the dock boards, causing it to fall into the water with a slash.
Kaze watched her love…sink slowly, ever so slowly, down into the depths of the sea, until he was out of sight altogether.
Rolling over onto her back, she smiled with sorrow. "Good bye, Jachin. Good bye, my knights. I say farewell to the world I love, and the people I adore. I love you my sons…forgive your mother for leaving you. Forgive us…"
With that, she shed a tear as she began to fall asleep, an eternal sleep…
The leafe that made up her human form, dissipated. Hers, along with the leafe of her knights, went out into the world as white snow…
Falling…
Healing…
Forgiving…
Choosing out new knights and a new Prétear—to carry on the solemn duty of being the protectors of all Leafe.