A/N As promised, here is another story by me. Just to let you know, this happens after the last book in the Reyearth series. Anyway, I hope you like the little twist I put into their story.
The Fourth Knight
Chapter 1: Another Kinght
"Lantis!"
Turning, the tall man clad in black armor, came face to face with a running red head. Dressed in her school uniform, she looked childish, though she was at least eighteen. Since walking the road to become the pillar, she along with Umi and Fuu had come often to Cephiro. That had been over four years ago.
A shadow of a smile came to his lips as Hikaru ran towards him. She had always been able to brighten his day.
Stopping in front of him, she smiled.
"How's Eagle?" she asked. Since Hikaru had wished for Eagle to recover from his life threatening illness, he had slowly gotten better over the last four years.
"He's on his feet and walking around in the garden," Lantis said.
"I'll go find him," Hikaru said as she dashed off to find Eagle.
Lantis's heart fell as he watched the girl he loved race off to see Eagle. Once a long time ago he had confessed his love to her, but she had turned away, saying that she loved both him and Eagle. Gradually, all that love became focused on Eagle, leaving Lantis utterly alone.
"Lantis!"
Looking up from the floor, his eyes met the sapphire eyes of Umi. Long blue hair flowed behind her like a silvery blue cloak. She was the tallest of the three and by far the most beautiful.
"Have you seen Hikaru?" she asked.
Lantis nodded. "She's in the garden with Eagle."
"Great. Clef wants to see all of us, especially you," she said heading off to the garden to get the last two members of the group.
"As you all remember, Emeraude called upon you three five years ago to kill her," Clef said, pacing the length of the small antechamber where Lantis, Umi, Hikaru, Fuu, Ferio, and Eagle were gathered.
"My sister called upon the legend of the Magic Knights," Ferio stated.
"I have recently gone and read the legend over again, to find something very interesting," Clef said, unrolling a scroll.
The yellowed parchment showed the three Mashin which each of the magic knights had control over. There was Rayearth, the fire lion spirit; Selece, the water dragon spirit; and Windom, the bird spirit. Then there was a fourth Mashin depicted, along with another spirit.
"Clef," Hikaru asked, her eyes growing big, "Why is there a fourth Mashin on the parchment?"
"There is a fourth knight."