The chimes of a grandfather clock rang clear as a 15 year old girl lay tossing and turning in a fitful
sleep. She mumbles something incoherent as her dreams start to twist into another horrible
nightmare from her past.
Flashback/Dream
"Brother!" I screamed out, my voice echoed in the forgotten corridor we used as a 'secret base'.
The smell of blood filled my nose, making me gag. "Tala?...Akane?" I flipped on the light switch,
afraid of what I might find. Blood spattered the walls and floor. Akane lay on the floor, cut and
bleeding in multiple places, a large gash in her back. "Fr...Frost?..." she asked in a whisper, lifting
her head off the ground. "Aka! Oh Kami, what happened?" I ask running over to her. With a groan,
she propped herself up on her elbows panting from exertion. "Voltaire...he..he took Kai and...Tala"
she said in between gasps. The color was quickly draining out of her face. "What happened to you?"
I ask again. She smiled slightly "I...tried to...protect my Koishii...". She sacrificed herself to protect
Kai. I opened my mouth the say something but no sound came out. "Go...save them..." she muttered
before collapsing. Tears streamed down my face "Akane, please don't leave me!" I pleaded to her
still form. As I pounded my fist on the ground my emotions swirled out of control. The sadness
mixed with the anger and pain was more than I could handle. My moon orb began to change a mix
of colors before settling on an endless abyss of black. I could feel the transformation taking place.
My eyes flared red as my teeth grew to fangs. Black feather wings started to materialize on my back.
'Control yourself young one!' my bitbeast, Xiara, entered my thoughts. "I'm...trying!" you whisper
trying to stop the swirl of emotions. Your hair started to change color to silver (gel pen silver, not
metal silver) as the emotions became stronger. 'I can't control it!' I scream in my mind as the
emotions took complete control. I heard myself let out a wolf-like growl. 'Please forgive me...'
The faint whisper of Xiara was barely heard. I felt a strange prickling in my skin, then a wave of
warmth flow through me. 'Let go of your body' Xiara said as her presence left my thoughts and
entered my body. My vision blurred as an image entered my mind. Kori, the great blue phoenix of
ice, Akane, Kai, Tala, blood, so much blood...The lonely, mournful howl of a wolf. Akane, Tala and
Kai lay bleeding at my feet...
End Dream/Flashback
The girls eyes shot open. "Damned dream!" she cursed in the darkness of her room. Shakily she
pulled at the small opal orb, her moon orb, hanging from a silver chain at her neck. There was a
wing on each side, on the right side a black bat wing and on the left, a blueish-white angel wing. She
clutched it tightly, it was dangerously blue. If it were to get even slightly darker, another
transformation could be set off. Throwing the covers off, she staggered over to the light switch and
turned it on. Next she plugged in her amps and picked up her black, glittery electric guitar. She
strummed a few chords, adjusted the strings, and turned on her microphone.
It was three a.m. when you woke me upAnd we jumped in the car and drove as far as we could go
Just to get away
Her voice was soft and wavering, becoming stronger as she got the feel of the song.
We talked about our lives
Until the sun came up
And now I'm thinking about
Another voice came in, and a bass guitar. The girl turned her head to look at Akane who grinned in return.
How I wish I could go back
Just for one more day
One more day with you
Another speaker crackled to life and the steady beats of the drum set came in.
Everytime I see your face
Everytime you look my way
It's like it all falls into place
The girl's voice was at it's fullest. It was a perfect mixture, soft as snow but at the same time, strong and daunting. Akane's voiceblended perfectly with Frost's,
Everything feels right
Ever since you walked away
You left my life in disarray
All I want is one more day
All I need is one more day with you
Akane took over vocals for the second verse and stepped up to the lead microphone.
When the car broke down
We just kept walkin' along
'Til we hit this town
There was nothing there at allBut that was all okay
We spent all our money on stupid thingsBut if I looked back now, I'd probably give it all awayJust for one more day
One more day with you
Everytime I see your face
Everytime you look my way
It's like it all falls into place
Everything feels right
Ever since you walked away
You left my life in disarray
All I want is one more day
All I need is one more day with you
The drums faded out and the guitars faded to almost nothing. Tala's haunting voice took over with a ghost of Akane's faded into the background.
Now I'm sittin' here, like we used to do
I think about my life and how now there's nothing I won't do
Just for one more day
One more day with you
The drums picked back and the guitars blasted as the girls started to sing again.
Everytime I see your face You walked away
Everytime you look my way
It's like it all falls into place
Everything feels right (Everything feels right)
Everytime I hear your name
Everytime I feel the same
It's like it all falls into place
Everything feels right
Just one more day
It's all I need, just one more day with you
Next Morning
She awoke to the sound of Simple Plan blaring in her ear. Grumbling curses in Spanish under her
breath she went to take her morning shower. Same old boring routine, take a shower, get dressed,
apply eyeliner, make breakfast... 'So boring!'she thought as the cool water washes over her body.
Xiara entered her thoughts 'Today's the day you start that new school isn't it?' she asks. Frost
nods taking the shampoo off the side of the tub 'What's the name of that place again?... Kiri
Yamato High?' It didn't matter that much to her one way or another, she hated school. You hear a
knock on the door "C'mon Frost! We're gonna be late!" Akane yelled. "Un momento! I'll be there
in a second!"she yelled back.Frost shut the water off and grabbed a towel.Her chin-length chocolate
and blue hair clung to her face and her shoulder-length bangs were tangled in knots. Opening the
cabinet under the sink she pulled out a black hairbrush, some black eyeliner, deep red costume make
up and a brush to apply it. After drying off, she put on her black fishnet studd capris, a light blue
Fallout Boy t-shirt and her black Fullmetal Alchemist skate shoes.Frost groaned as someone
knocked on the door again. "Yeah?"she asked, her voice thick with annoyance. "It's time to leave"
came Tala's voice. "Give me a minute!"she sighed exasperated. Quickly she put on some eyeliner,
painted two red triangles on each cheek and rush out the bathroom door.
"Tala, I swear when we get home, your dead!"she whisper. Since Frost had arrived at school ten
minutes ago, people had been staring at her, pointing, and whispering as she was going by. She
couldn't here what they were saying but figured it couldn't be good. The all seemed to know
who she was but she wasn't sure how. Akane let out a large sigh of relief "Room 215, Art". Frost
smiled slightly "¡Agradezca a dios!". Tala waved to the both of you "Have fun" he said sarcastically
before disappearing into the sea of teens.
RandomPOV
Frost and Akane walked into the small art room. The teacher, Ms.Ramirez, was a stocky woman
with long, spice colored hair and shining pinkish eyes. "¡Recepción a mi sitio de la clase! Welcome
to my class!" she said ushering them both into the room. "Elija por favor cualquier asiento que
usted quisiera. Please choose any seat you'd like" her voice was high pitched an bubbly but rich
with a thick Spanish accent. "Gracias Ms. Ramirez" both girls chimed before taking a seat in the
back. Max and Rei look up from their game of hangman and watch the two new girls walk to a table
in the back. "I wonder who they are" Max said studying them. His eyes settled upon Frost. Her chin-
length chocolate hair had dark blue streaks running through it with dark blue tips. Her eyes were the
most beautiful shade of crimson and they appeared to have glints of rainbow glitter running through
them. Max could only find one word to describe her, "Wow...". Kai noticed the sudden quietness at
his table and lazily opened his eyes. Rei and Max were gazing at two girls sitting a few tables over.
They looked strangely familiar to him. Akane tossed her long black hair over her shoulder, turning
her head their way in the process. Their eyes met, both just staring at the other. As both realized
who the other was their eyes grew wide in shock. Akane turned back to Frost, being deathly silent
while Kai just continued to stare. Max waved a hand in front of his captain's face
"Heeeelllllooooo! Earth to Kai!" The phoenix shook his head slightly, trying to block out
the memories of his past with Akane and closed his eyes again. He wasn't ready to see her yet.
Ok, first chapter of my latest story. Since I didn't really give a good description of Frost or Akane, I'll make a profile page soon. Oh, I will still be writing my TMM story, I have 4 days of school left then i will (hopefully) be updating everyother day.
Layla