CHAPTER ONE: FERIO'S UNYIELDING WISH

Author's Note: The pairings here are mainly, CLEMI (Clef/Umi), Ferio/Fuu, Hikaru….? :D [P.S. This is mainly a Clemi fic, so yeah. It should always be CLEMI all the way! :D]

It was a rather calm night in Cephiro. Prince Ferio, who was the soon-to-be king of Cephiro, was strolling alone inside the castle as always, and his mind was slowly drifting away with every step he made. He kept thinking about a certain short-haired blond girl whom he fell in love with when she and her friends were still in Cephiro.

"I miss Fuu.."

"Pillar, if only I have the magic to transport myself instantly and be by Fuu's side this instant, I would have done so the moment she went back to her world!" he desperately muttered.

Magic. This ultimately gave the young lad a rather absurd thought. "I guess he can help me. Well, he should. I'm the Prince, and also friend of his. He should be able to grant me this simple wish." The so-called Prince of Cephiro smiled determinedly o himself.

"I also remember Ascot talking about some portal that can lead you to other dimensions. Maybe, just maybe, it can help me to contact Fuu, or better, I would be able to visit her."

Before making a second thought, he rushed and went towards the direction where a certain mage was dwelling. Wherein this mage was comfortably asleep in his chambers, not knowing a friend of his is rushing right now to disturb his pleasant rest.

The Master Mage Clef of Cephiro was having his rest, when he was disturbed by a loud knocking on his door. His eyes flung open.

"What now…?" he grumbled.

He stood up from his bed and took his robe. He pulled it over his shoulders, and opened the door; revealing a rather anxious Ferio.

"Prince?"

"Ah. Yes. I'm glad you're still awake, Master Mage Clef." He smiled at the mage.

"Actually I was -"

"Can you help me contact Fuu in any way possible?" he asked without having a second thought.

"Pardon?" Clef muttered, clearly surprised with Ferio's favour.

Not only was Ferio's idea, ridiculous; it was ultimately unimaginable. The two worlds can't have a connection towards the other, unless the Pillar summons the Legendary Magic Knights once again. Only the Pillar has the power to make that happen. Sadly, Cephiro does not follow that system anymore. Hikaru, the appointed next Pillar of Cephiro, had the Pillar system abolished; and not only that, she has gone back to her own world with the other two Magic Knights.

"I want to see Fuu again, Clef." Ferio dropped the 'Master Mage' title, and for sure, he was darn serious about this favour he was asking. He was now asking Clef a favour as a friend.

"You know it's impossible."

"I know there is another way other than that of the Pillar's." Ferio countered.

Clef stared at Ferio with knowing eyes. He knew it himself that there is another way, but it is would mean, disrupting the flow of the natural occurrences in Cephiro's world, and that of the Magic Knight's.

Clef just sighed. "Very well, then my Prince. I guess it wouldn't hurt to help a friend once in a while." He smiled at the young lad. Ferio gave him a tap at the back.

"I owe you one, Clef!" he grinned.

"Proceed to the Pillar room, I shall meet you there."

Ferio nodded in response.

"I should remind you, I will only do this once." The young-looking mage reminded.

Ferio just nodded in response.

They were inside the Pillar room, and a huge pond was right before them. It was unlike how it was before; ever since the Proof of the Pillar had vanished, the Pillar room became isolated and it was looking old. The room was used only whenever Clef practices powerful spells; that Ferio knew.

"I can't actually open a portal here, but I can let you communicate with Fuu." Clef reminded.

"That would be fine. Hearing her voice or just simply seeing her face can ease my worries." He assured the mage.

"Very well then, Let us begin."

Clef raised his staff and the blue orb engraved on it glowed. He was reciting an incantation, and the water of the pond began to move. It made small waves and was moving in a counter clockwise direction. The wind was also picking up its own speed and direction, causing a chaotic scene inside the Pillar room.

"Focus your mind and heart to what you desire. To what you want to see. To Fuu."

Ferio closed his eyes, and focused on one thing that he truly desires at the moment. "I want to see Fuu." He mumbled.

Suddenly, the pond calmed down and the wind was slowly dying out. There came a bright glow from the pond. It was showing something.

"Ferio, look at the pond." The young mage called out.

In the pond, there it was, a face was taking its shape, it was Fuu.

"FUU!" Ferio called out. Deep inside him, he was happy and overjoyed to see her doing well. But a part of him was jealous, that he was not a part of the happiness his beloved was feeling.

Meanwhile, on the other world, the three Magic Knights were in the Tokyo Tower, enjoying their parfaits.

"This cream soda sure is the best!" Hikaru smiled as she took a spoonful of her drink.

"Is it? I want to try that, too!" Umi mumbled. He took a spoonful of Hikaru's ice cream and shoved it onto her mouth, even before her red-headed best friend could protest.

"Hey!" Hikaru retorted. Fuu was just smiling out and about while she look at her two best friends fight over a spoonful of ice cream.

"FUU!"

She heard a familiar voice call upon her. Fuu looked from left to right to see who it was who was calling her. She looked at her two best friends.

"Did you hear someone call my name?" Fuu asked.

Both Umi and Hikaru were dumbfounded with Fuu's question. "No one did." Umi muttered.

"Yeah. We didn't hear anyone call you. Maybe it's just the wind, Fuu-chan." Hikaru smiled.

"Fuu! Can you hear me? It's me." The voice said once again.

And now she was sure that voice sounded very familiar. "It's Ferio." She mumbled.

"Ferio?" Both Umi and Hikaru shouted. Everyone inside the shop looked at them funny.

"Uhh. S-sorry." Umi sweat dropped.

"Ferio's calling me. I can hear him." Fuu clenched her hands.

"But that's impossible. Two worlds cannot be connected; even with magic!" Hikaru retorted.

"Only the Pillar can connect these two worlds, Fuu. Since Cephiro has no Pillar, it's really impossible. And you know that." Umi stated as-a-matter-of-factly.

"I know that Ms. Umi. But I swear it is Ferio who is calling me. " She countered.

Hikaru and Umi just looked at each other. They knew Fuu wouldn't lie. But, why would they contact them again? Isn't it really impossible?

"What is he saying then?" Umi asked. Fuu kept silent.

"Oh how I've missed you, Fuu. Although I want to visit you very badly, I can't. Right now, Master Mage Clef is helping me communicate with you right now. "

"He's telling me that he is able to communicate with me like this because Master Mage Clef is helping him." She finally spoke out.

"Clef."

His name was the only thing that made an impact on Umi. She flinched the moment she heard his name once again.

When the Master Mage of Cephiro had a moment to glance at the blue-haired girl in the scene, his heart unconsciously leaped. It has been a year ever since they've fought with each other side by side to protect Cephiro from those invaders. Even if he won't admit it to himself, he was actually missing her.

"Umi.." he unconsciously muttered under his breath. Unfortunately, Ferio heard it.

He came up with an outrageous idea.

"Hey Fuu, do you mind telling Umi that Master Mage Clef here is already missing her? Pass it on, will ya?" he grinned. He looked at Clef's direction and he didn't expect seeing his staff meeting his forehead.

"What was that for, Ferio?" he lost his cool, and ultimately shouted at Ferio for his childish idea.

"Well, you are missing her aren't you? Denying it would just delay the inevitable, Master Mage. You really miss Umi." He grinned.

"I most definitely do not! Quit with all that assumptions and hurry up with your love sickness!" the mage retorted.

Ferio just chuckled at the Mage's retort. "Sheesh. It's so obvious, but he's still denying it."

"Ferio, is it really not possible for our two worlds to connect? " Fuu asked.

This time, it wasn't Ferio who answered her question.

"I believe that it is not possible. Natural occurrences of the two worlds may get disrupted from time to time, and may lead to ecological unbalance of nature." Clef coolly replied.

Suddenly, the whole ground began shaking. The disruption was now taking its effect.

"W-what's happening, Guru Clef? I thought that Cephiro's okay now?" Ferio called out.

"This is the disruption that I was talking about. And right now, it's taking its effect. The same thing is probably now happening to the other world."

The ground continued shaking, and the calm winds from before was once again, starting to pick up its speed and is now uncontrollable.

"We should stop that spell right now, Ferio!" Clef shouted at the young lad.

"I have yet to say my goodbyes to Fuu!" he stubbornly crawled his way going near the pond.

"Don't come any closer, Ferio! The pond may suck you up this instant and send you to other dimensions!" he called out to the lad.

"Just a little more.." Ferio was slowly crawling up his way towards the pond not minding the debris falling from the ceiling. He was determined to see how Fuu's doing, and to properly bid his goodbyes to her.

"FERIO!"

"I'm almost there…!"

Not a moment, the pond began to suck up everything near it; including Ferio himself.

"Ferio! Hang on!" Clef called out as he went near the pond. Everything; everything was being sucked in by the pond and it was growing more and more intense by the minute.

"I have to save Ferio first, and stop the spell….!"

Everything was in chaos. Debris fall everywhere; the wind was becoming more and more wild; and the pond; the pond was going haywire as well.

Clef was now near the pond and thank the Pillar, he can still see Ferio inside the water; unconscious.

It was a bad sign. He could either get thrown away in another dimension, or worse, die drowning. It was just a matter of time before the pond's magic would take its effect and send Ferio to another dimension.

With no more choice, Clef jumped in and started to swim towards Ferio's unconscious body. But Clef was now running out of breath as well. Pillar! Why didn't he cast a spell on himself first to avoid drowning? And now, he would really regret not casting that spell, since he was now unconscious; out of breath and Pillar knows where they would be transported to.

Meanwhile in present Tokyo, after a mild earthquake; a ray of bright light appeared out of nowhere and two funny dressed young boys were lying unconsciously at the Tokyo tower lobby.

The green haired golden-eyed boy woke up first and noticed that they were in some place they do not recognize. Both of them were dripping wet from who knows where.

"Just where…. Are we?" the green haired boy mumbled.

"Ferio? Clef?"