Split In Two: Chapter 1
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Note: oc's in here only partly belong to me; I suggest you read at least some of The Wicked Witch of Dingl 's 'The Fourth Tournament'. This can be found in my favourite stories (and she's also in my fav authors as well.)
NEW, IMPORTANT CHARACTERS:
Suzy (McGregor) – Johnny's older twin sister, Kai's girlfriend.
Kasi (Rosette) – Kai's older, adoptive sister, Robert's girlfriend
Katt (Morgan) – Middle triplet of 'Astro V' (team). Lee's girlfriend.
Jess Morgan) – Eldest triplet of 'Astro V' (team). Raul's girlfriend.
Ici (Morgan) – Youngest triplet of 'Astro V' (team). Mathilda's boyfriend.
Chapter 1 – Splitting
I guess if I should pick a time when it all began, I should pick this; The Summer of 2003. Now, you may ask me, with all good reason too, what is so big, that it started two years before it really developed into such a big thing? Good question.
You see, it was only that summer, that we started hanging out together. Jess and Katt had split apart more, and Jess was happy to hang round with Julia. So Katt stuck with Mariah. And Mariah stuck with us.
It wasn't that Jess and Katt didn't like one another any more; it was just that they had each grown their own friends, and preferred to be separate from the other sometimes. Each respected that, so it didn't cause many problems at all.
Hilary had already had enough of Tyson, who had started slagging her off a lot, choosing to hang out at the canteen than make out with her. Not surprisingly, Hilary had dumped the fat git by the end of the summer.
Miriam was also fed up with being round her team all the time and they too, were finding their own friends. Ozuma, Joseph, Dunga and she were still close like Jess, Ici and Katt still were, but they were now spending more time apart.
Last, was Suzy. She got fed up of playing the referee to Kai and Johnny's arguments, so stopped hanging round, waiting for them to start. Tala and Oliver became the new referees. Suzy hung round with me, and I was already with the others. So there's how we started as a group.
Our group was made up of Katt, Mariah, Miriam, Suzy, Hilary and last, me. Kasi Rosette. I guess that was the start, really.
Even after the holiday had ended, we were still close friends. For a few months afterwards, everything was fine. Then that day came, we had no idea how much that day would change our lives.
- FLASHBACK –
'Hey Kasi!' Kasi looked up as Katt called her. She smiled and walked over to Katt, who was waiting with Suzy and Miriam for her. Hilary was sat on a bench not too far away, talking to Mariah. Kasi watched them laughing.
They were in a park. A park in Japan, near a hotel near Tyson's house. The Bladebreakers were staying with Tyson, while Blitzkrieg Omega (Kai, Tala, Bryan, Kasi, Spencer – that group), The Saint Shields, The Majestics (includes Suzy), Astro V (Jess, Katt and Ici), White Tiger X, Team Stallion (King, Queen, Raul and Julia) were staying in the nearby hotel.
The six girls started to walk home, chatting and gossiping together as they went. They passed an old, run-down building, usually silent and dark.
But today a brightness seemed to glow from inside the building. All six ventured in, moving almost as one as they walked through the doorway cautiously.
They went through to the back of what was now revealed to be a bombed house, where the light appeared to be coming from. They gasped as their gaze fell upon the sources of the light.
Six shinning, floating gems hung in the air before them. They were very small, diamond shaped gems, like decorations made to sit on your forehead.
A Sapphire gem flew over to Hilary, settling itself in the centre of her forehead. A wave of calm visibly washed over the girl.
A Diamond gem did the same to Suzy. Calm also washed over her. Gradually, all six girls were given a gem each.
Katt had an Opal, Kasi had a Ruby, Mariah had an Amethyst and Miriam had an Emerald.
As the Emerald placed itself on Miriam's forehead, all six girls froze. Their clothing suddenly changed, and they were all knocked to the floor.
Now they all wore similar outfits, only varying slightly from one girl to another. The basic outfit was a dark brown, cotton cloak, like ones monks used to wear, and not unsimilar to The Dark Bladers'. They even had a long, draping hood too.
Underneath, they wore long, fawn-brown/light-brown skirts that came to the middle of their shins. Their tops were the same colour, turtle-necked with Chinese-style decorative stitching going down their chests. Then their outfits varied.
Each girl had a different colour hem for their cloak, skirt and top. They also had a circle on their chests, with a different symbol inside each circle. The outsides of the circles were the same colours as the hems.
Katt had blue hems, with a symbol of a crashing wave, against a pale sky. Kasi had red hems. Her symbol was of flickering flames, against a deathly black background.
Suzy had a symbol of a cloud and what had to be a gust of wind, also against a pale sky. Her hems were light-green, but they were by no means fluorescent. Miriam had red-brown hems, with a symbol of a tree, grass and part of the pale sky it was set against.
Mariah had bright pick hems, with a symbol of a pink reel of thread, a pink sash and various sewing implements. All this was a against a light, wood pattern background. Hilary had purple hems with a symbol of a cloud. Coming from the cloud was rain, lightening, hail and snow, all at once.
The girls looked round at themselves and each other. Katt spoke up first.
'Umm, this is gonna sound really crazy, but does anyone else get the feeling we're different, apart from the jewels and change of clothing?' she asked. The others muttered and nodded.
'Yeah.' Mariah said, nodding vigorously. 'Wonder what those gems did.' She mused. Miriam paled slightly.
'They were clearly magical, hovering like that all on their own, changing our clothes. They could have transferred some of the power into us.' She said wisely. Suzy stared at her.
'How come you're so wise-up about all this?' she asked incredulously. Miriam shrugged.
'I heard a lot of stories when I was little, so I found if they were possible. They are, gems like them can give you powers, or so I've heard.' Miriam said, smirking at Suzy's grumbling expression.
'Only one way to find out isn't there.' Hilary said, smiling worriedly. She thought hard. Above them, rain started pouring down. Hilary smiled, and the rain turned back to sunshine. Suddenly, it had changed to snow, then back to rain, and then it went hail. Finally, Hilary settled on sunshine again.
She smiled at the others. 'I think that's a yes for me.' She said happily. Katt grinned at her. She shot out her hand, pointing it to an old crate. She had her palm open to the crate, and her arm as far out as it would go.
'Ice!' Katt yelled. Instantly, the crate was frozen solid. Kasi smirked and pointed her hand to the crate.
'Fire!' Kasi cried, smirking wider now. At once, the ice melted away again, and the crate burst into flames. Katt sent a burst of water from her hand to put it out again.
'Look!' Mariah cried suddenly. She was flexing her fingers, twisting them round and moving them about. Across the room, a few scraps of material were doing the same. Mariah closed her eyes, and joined the scraps together in an instant, making them into a small dress. It didn't look very nice, but it was an amazing thing for the pinknette to have done.
Miriam smiled and nodded. She pushed her hands down, and all six girls were pushed up by towers of earth, rising from the ground. Two guesses who did that.
'Ok.' Kasi said, as Miriam put them back on the ground, and the towers disappeared back again. 'We have these powers, right? So now what? What do we do with them?' she asked. The others nodded and started talking. All their words were blurred together, though.
Suddenly, a pearly-white ghost of a man appeared out of nowhere, and started walking towards them. Strange, though it was, none of the girls screamed or ran away. They just waited for him to come to them.
He smiled and bowed to them. All six bowed back. They didn't know why, it was just their instinct.
The man straightened up again. So did the six.
'I am Koshi.' The man said. 'I am the guardian of the gems. It is time for them to choose new masters and mistresses, and they have chosen you six.' Koshi told them. The girls stared at him.
'What do we do, Koshi?' asked Miriam eventually. Koshi smiled at them.
'You must use your gems to fight the darkness. There are evil demons who want the gems for their own wicked uses. You must kill as many as you can, but only you six can know you posses the gems. No one else can know.' Koshi told them.
'What!' Katt exclaimed. 'I have two triplets! How can I keep this from them?' She asked. Koshi smiled sadly.
'The gem will help you block it out of your mind. They will never be able to sense it's presence in you, or your thoughts.' He said. Katt sighed, but nodded. So did the other five, they all knew about Katt's skill with her triplet siblings. (They can read each others' thoughts like MSN, for those who don't know.)
'Although nothing will hurt you magically if others find out about the gems, I would strongly advise for everyone's safety that only you six know abut them.' Koshi said. 'If others do discover this, you must swear them to secrecy as soon as you can.' He told them gravely. They all nodded again.
'When you place the gems to your foreheads, you will be changed into these fighting forms. You can use your powers without the gems, but only do so when alone, or with each other.' Koshi advised them. They nodded again.
'Do we have anything to be careful of?' Suzy asked suddenly. Koshi nodded sternly.
'Yes. None of you can ever let your gems touch pure amber. Never. It will give you all terrible fevers for a week at a time. The darkness can benefit from this.' He told them.
Miriam, Kasi, Katt, Suzy, Mariah and Hilary all nodded. Koshi smiled one last time, bowed again, and faded into the scenery again. He was gone.
Kasi looked to the other five. 'So, we have to fight darkness such as evil demons for our gems which give us powers, but we shouldn't use them in front of other people, and let them know it's us who have these gems, right?' She said.
'Yeah, and we can't let the gems touch pure amber.' Hilary added. The girls sighed. This could take a while to get used to.
END FLASHBACK –
So there you have it, this is our secret, and how it came to be. For the past two years, we have fought against the darkness Koshi warned us about, working together as best we could.
We patrolled the city we were staying in every night, in groups of three or four at the most. Two would cover for the others, and we would take it in turns. We also made sure we had a strong supply of excuses.
When out on patrol, we gave ourselves Spanish nicknames, to help disguise our true identities more. Also, we rarely said them round other people, so we mostly came off as six (people recognised we were different, identifying us as six different people,) mysterious, hooded girls. The girl part was pretty obvious, though, I mean, why should we hide the fact that we're girls?
Katt, Suzy and Mariah were the ones who liked to clown around more. Me, Miriam and Hilary had to keep them on track a lot of the time. When we were covering for the other three or four while they patrolled, those left behind would research for demonic activity.
I think Suzy and Mariah enjoyed the freedom most of all. Suzy, being a McGregor, had lived a lot of her life inside four walls, so she hadn't really had a taste of freedom. Besides, Kai and Johnny were always smothering her, or at least that's how she saw it.
Now she could act how she pleased pretty much, without anyone to judge her, because no one knew who she really was. We could keep her grounded, though, so she was fine.
Mariah had always had Lee, Ray and Kevin tagging along as well, and was often surrounded by boys. It was often down to her to cook for them, and I think, for once, she was pleased to get away from that.
She now did something they couldn't do at all, and only she could do that job. Mariah's performance when fighting showed how much she was enjoying her small but regular bursts of freedom against them and the rest of the world.
Actually, we all enjoyed the newfound freedom. Our powers were also great, but after a few months, the seriousness of our duty had sunk into us. If we failed and the gems fell into evil hands, the whole world could go. We fought even harder once we figured that out.
The six of us had had pretty different lives, really.
Miriam had only ever had herself to rely on. Before she joined the Saint Shields, she had looked after Joseph and her on her own. With her parents dead in her early years, she had fled her village for safety, taking Joseph with her. Miriam had never really had a family she felt she could really fit into, but could relate to a lot of situations we found ourselves in.
Suzy had never known freedom, enclosed all her life, and surrounded by riches, Suzy had no idea how to cope on her own, without money like Katt had had to do. Suzy could tower over people, and knew things about culture and property, which helped us a lot in some strange and sticky situations.
Katt had always had her brother and sister there for her, but she also had experience from her street-life. She was quick on her feet from it, but knew how it felt to feel down and alone. Surprising, really, seeing she has two lively and loving siblings alongside her. And Bryan, obviously.
Hilary had been in the middle. Not exactly rich, she had had a nice home, kind mother, clean clothes, warm bed, good education, blah, blah, blah… Hilary had small experience, but was very good for helping us through crowds, not to mention she could scare almost any blader away, just by opening her mouth. Now that was fun to watch.
I had only ever known pain at the abbey. I could be cold and mean when I needed to be, but I was usually calm and kind to the others. Everyone else got a cold shoulder, most of the time. Even Robert and Kai. I knew many languages, so I was able to converse in many ways. Katt did accents and voices, so I could tell her what to say if we wanted to change our image to the media at all.
Finally, Mariah. She had always been automatically accounted for in her team, they all taken her for granted, never batting an eyelid at her. Cooking, cleaning, doing many things for Ray, Lee and Kevin, only then to be nagged at and pushed harder, had made her able to do a lot of things. We were careful to pay her back, and to thank her greatly for her troubles. Mariah was happy to help, if only for a simple 'thank you' in return. We could all understand that, and respected her need of recognition.
Although it took a while to decide, in the end we decided on a name for ourselves. Kasi Rosette, Katt Morgan, Hilary Tattibana, Suzy McGregor, Miriam Grailey and Mariah Chang were a group at last.
'The Gemstone Prophets' were born, often and commonly referred to as T.G.P, more often by Katt though. She made up a lot of codes, actually, even though half of them forgotten instantly.
Yes, this was the beginning, alright.
The beginning of our splitting…
Hi there! Characters inspired (and quite often created) by 'The Wicked Witch of Dingl'. Please review, I'll try to get the next chapter up again soon. Thanks for reading, naioka1992 - xoxo
