Yes! the second part of my Anise's untold past!
Woot!
Please keep watching over me!
P.S. I don't own TOA
but I wish I owned Anise, Sync, and Ion!!
That would be sooooo awesome!
But just a heads up even though in the game the group meets up with Sync first, I made them meet Arietta first, it just made more sense in my story! and the last chapter where Ion dies, Arietta talks to Anise in this story that never happened.
Anyway! on with the story!
"This place looks so sad..." Anise commented as the group wandered aimlessly around the deserted floating island of Feres.
"Yeah but I bet it use to look beautiful, before the tidal wave" Luke replied quietly moving his green eyes over to his servant Guy,
"It was, this place was a port filled with colorful people" Guy explained with a sad look in his eyes but refused to give in.
"Come on guys! if we keep moping around we'll get nowhere!" Anise smiled as encouraging as she could, when she abruptly turned around and started off.
"Poor girl she's pushing herself too much" Natalia whispered as everyone's eyes watched the last Fon Guardian's back get smaller,
"She must be crying inside...after all Arietta and Sync might still be alive" Tear understood the little girls pain
"Yes but I think what's really getting her is trying not to show us that she really is breaking inside" Jade observed to the now silent group,
"Ah! hurry everyone! Anise is getting further away!" Mieu bounced up and down in anxiety,
"Anise wait up!" and the group ran after the small teenager.
'Damn it! I'm crying again!' Anise thought in anger, her vision was starting to blur as fresh tears were starting to form at the edges of her eyes. The group that forgave her for all that she did was walking not far behind her as she forced her short legs to moved forward. They were on the floating island of Feres looking for any clues as to the replication of replicas, however with all the miasma covering their sight it was hard to look for anything.
"Ion..." Anise shook her head as fast as she could, whenever she was alone she would think of the green haired boy's face and start to cry.
'NO! I have to stop crying! it won't bring Ion back!...' her gloved hand raised to her face as she wiped her tears off, making sure they left no signs of their presence.
"Hurry up guys! you're all so slow!" she yelled back with a smile plastered on, she was sure as hell not going to show them her tears.
The group finally picked up their pace and caught up with Anise as they made their way up a large flight of stairs, until they sensed a presence
"Quiet! everyone! someone's here!" Tear said quietly as the group stood armed and ready for battle,
"Wait!... that voice" Anise whispered when the figure turned around and stared at the group with wide pink eyes. However they squinted in anger at the sight of the youngest of the group
"Anise! what are you doing here?!"
"Arietta! so you really are alive!" Anise said with a mix of anger and something else in her voice
"Of course! my animal friends saved everyone from that avalanche" Arietta explained only keeping eye contact with her rival
"Anise! you killed Ion! and mommy! I'm not going to forgive you!" tears made their presence known on the young pink haired girl's face
"Shut up! you killed all the people on the Tarturus on Mohs orders! you're not the only person who wants vengence!" Anise balled her fists
"Silence! Anise! you and me will have a duel and when we do we'll see who deserved to be with Ion! I'll send my mediator Largo to tell you the time and place!" said Arietta as she mounted her liger and jumped high into the air, but not before she yelled back
"I will get revenge for Ion and mommy Anise! your death will be assured!" and she disappeared into the miasma filled sky.
"Damn her! who does she think she is!" Anise murmured to the ground, her bangs covering her eyes
"Ether way Arietta had to be here for a reason, lets take a look around shall we?" Jade said as he pushed up his glasses,
"Yeah, are you okay with that Anise?" Luke asked the girl, he only got a nod of her brown locks.
After the group searched the place they found that thousands of replica's were being created! Jade automatically disenabled the Fon machine and they left to go tell His Majesty, emperor Peony in Grand Chokmah.
However before they made it into the palace Largo the black Lion appeared,
"Arietta has decided the place of your battle, its to be held in the Cheagle woods"
"Huh? why there?" Luke asked
"It was where her mother died" and with that he left, but was held by Jade's words
"And I suppose after we fight Arietta you'll be next?"
"Heh maybe" and he left.
"What do we do now? do we go to Cheagle woods or go to tell His Majesty?" Tear voiced in the thought that ran through everyone's mind,
"You guys can go to the emperor, I'll take a ship to St. Binah and then walk to the Cheagle woods" Anise deadpanned
"You're going to fight her?!" Natalia exclaimed
"Of course I am!"
"But Anise, shouldn't you think of this over?" Tear asked
"I did and I've decided to go!" Anise said with a voice as strong as she could make it,
"Anise you're not going alone, we'll go with you" Luke said as he walked towards the girl,
"Yeah, Arietta will have her animal friends so you'll have us!" Guy smiled
"Besides we're your friends" Luke commented, Anise looked up from the ground and stared at the group in front of her,
"Why? I betrayed you to Mohs all this time and killed Ion! how can you guys still treat me the same? how can I still be a friend?!" Anise wanted to cry, she wanted to know why she of all people was still treated like a normal person, after she had betrayed them.
"Silly! you were always our friend, Ion knew that and so do we" Luke put his right hand on her left shoulder in a gentle manner, Anise just remained silent.
"Anise let us fight beside you, like we always have" Tear said calmly, all they got as a nod of the little brunettes head.
Anise broke a smile under her bangs,
'Thank you everyone... thank you.'
"Anise you've finally made it" Arietta said as she held her doll close to her,
"Of course! did you think I'd run away Gloomietta?" Anise made a face,
"Here you die Anise! your death for Ion! and your friends for Van and mommy!" she had cut to the chase and now the two girls fought beside their friends, nether of them would fall.
However no matter how each side wanted to win, one had to fall. It just so happened to be Arietta.
"I'm sorry Van...I couldn't get revenge...I'm sorry Ion...Ion where are you...its hurts...Ion...Anise" Arietta breathed out
"Arietta! no! I...I'm so sorry! p.please Arietta! no!" Anise fell beside the dieing girls body and cried,
"Arietta you were one of my best friends...please Arietta I'm so sorry! I didn't want to fight you but..."
"You were my good friend too Anise, I wish we could have stayed friends a bit longer..."
"Me too Arietta! me too" Anise gathered Arietta into her arms and held her close, her tears freed from their imprisonment behind her brown eyes.
"I never wanted to...fight you Anise, but I had too...I'm sorry"
"Save your strength Arietta, I know...I know" Anise tighten her grip on the pink haired girl,
"I'm glad we got to talk like this as friends...one last time" Arietta smiled weakly up at her friend from long ago, and with her last breath Arietta fell into an eternal slumber.
"ARIETTA!! no!! please not again! please come back!" Anise's pleads fell on deaf ears as her good friend, was taken from her again. Only this time she would never wake up and Anise cried.