A/N: Okay, This is something I thought of during History and my hands have been itching to write. It may take a looonnnggg time to complete all the chapters as the ideas come to me slowly and steadily.
Disclaimer: Flame Of Recca doesn't belong to me! Why do you have to rub it in *sob*!!! It belongs to Anzai Nobyuki.
Claimer: The Lake belongs to my dream world. Arrow belongs to my dream world too. Oh no, I didn't name the character after me! I named myself after my character so don't think I'm conceited ;^).
Dedicated to: Hmmm, let's see. I wrote this fic for... my history teacher! And English teacher too... though they won't read it :^(. but it's dedicated to them anyway!
Different Worlds:
Where Shadows Linger.
The usually calm and quite waters of 'Lake Willow' shook ferociously. The wind blew violently in through the many trees that surrounded it. The almost always clear blue sky cried out and darkened. The water circled the heart of Lake Willow, the wind closed round it to create a small but powerful tornado. The sky threw thunderbolts on the crying trees causing them to light up and burn to ash. The rain washed out the flames and carried the ashes into the sea. A gray tornado a big and round object was spotted slowly submerging through the water whirling around it. A white glowing ball flew up into the sky and almost immediately crashed back into the sea, bobbing up and down but not moving from the middle. The sky cleared away and the wind stopped. The lake looked peaceful again like as if the storm had never even struck. The white ball glowed brightly then broke away; dissolving the minute it touched the water. A beautiful being, in the shape of a woman stood on top of the water. Her long, open, white hair blowing across her deep blue face. Her full red lips opening slowly and steadily, her eyes, the blankest whitest one ever seen looked around her long pearl white dress at the water. She took one look around the lake.
"Finally" she whispered, letting the word echo around the trees she slowly and gracefully picked up the bottom of her dress and made her way to the shore of the lake, her feet causing slight ripples on the surface of the water. Her 700 years of sleep was over.
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"… have you ever in your life time wanted to go anywhere special? Anywhere where you can be alone? Away from the rest of the world?" asked Arrow. Fuuko looked up from her confusing chemistry project into the eyes of her lab partner. She quickly brushed her violet hair away from her eyes.
"Sometimes… when I'm upset over something." She replied. Arrow sighed.
"Right now I want to go somewhere where I can sit and… write poetry." She said. Fuuko raised an eyebrow.
"Poetry?" she asked not bothering to hide her surprise.
"Yeah, poetry." She said not noticing Fuuko's expression of Amusement.
"Oh I see… and what poetry exactly do you want to write?" she asked.
"Romantic stuff." She said. Fuuko's eyebrows shot up even higher.
"And since when have you become a romantic?" she asked. Arrow gave her a horrid look and brushed her hair away from her eyes. Then she reached over for a hand mirror in her backpack.
"Since the guy across the street moved in.," she said adjusting her blue eye lenses.
"Ha, so that's why you decided to get blue eye lenses. Has he got something against brown eyes?" asked Fuuko turning her head back to the chemistry project.
"No… that's not only why…." Arrow began but she never got to finish as the bell rung just then. Fuuko gathered everything up and Arrow took them back to the cabinet. They walked out of the classroom. Just then Recca came up to them.
"Hello Arrow. Hey Fuuko meet the gang at that new ice-cream parlor tonight 5:00." He said and went off. Arrow sighed as she watched him go off.
"You guys are so lucky to have a close group." She sighed. Fuuko put an arm around Arrow.
"I'm so sorry about…" she began but Arrow interrupted her.
"It's not your fault." She said. Fuuko frowned, Arrow Storm had moved from Italy just 6 months ago to Japan. Fuuko had tried to befriend her and managed to; but alas, Arrow did not feel that she fitted in with Fuuko and her friends and was invited into all the popular groups of friends. Though Arrow now belonged to the snobbiest group in the school (She herself was not snobby though) she and Fuuko managed to remain good friends.
"Oh well, I should get to my English Literature class." She said and Fuuko sighed.
"And I have to get to my Japanese class." She said and they parted. Arrow looked around the locker area for 'him'. Who was 'him'? He was a really cute guy she had seen on the first day of school and fallen hard for. Though he never really noticed her. He made her feel wonderful inside and … well, made her want to leap with joy. She spotted him talking to one of his friends. 'Should she go and talk to him… No. And with that she walked into class.
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Fuuko meanwhile didn't go straight to her class either. She had to talk to Yanagi about something very important.
"Oi! Yanagi," she called out spotting her friend talking to Tokiya Mikagami.
"Hey Fuuko." Said Yanagi as she came up to them, "what's up?"
"Nothing really although I would love it if you could lend me your Japanese book. I forgot mine." She said and Yanagi sighed.
"Sure, here." She said and gave it to her. She then went back to talking to Tokiya. Fuuko thanked her and ran off to her class.
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Arrow smiled as she looked onto her English essay. She had received an A-++ for her work. Whistling happily she stuffed it into her bag pack and walked out of class. She saw Yanagi, Fuuko's friend walk of her arm around Recca. 'How sweet' she thought as she looked at them. 'What a perfect couple.' Then her eyes wandered to her locker. For some reason she got this really weird feeling that there was something evil inside it. It seemed to call her.
"Siiisssterrr..." she spun around the empty hallway. Where did everyone go? "Sister, please come back...". The voice was echoing everywhere.
"Who are you? What do you want?" she asked.
"Siissterr..." she spun around till she spotted a girl her age standing in the hallway. Tears were streaming down her face.
"Who are you?" Asked Arrow.
"Sister..." the girl's voice began to echo loudly. Her brown red hair, the same shade as hers as well as her eyes . In her hands she held a round crystal ball. Her dress was something like an ancient Roman's. "...come back to us..." and with that she disappeared in a beam of golden light.
Arrow blinked just to find the hallway crowded again. She walked up to her locker and opened it. Her books fell out on to her foot.
"Ouch!" she said to herself and started to curse under her breath. Picking up the books she would need for her homework she made her way outside. Sighing she walked to her house. Wondering what or who that girl was, unaware of the dark shadow following her till she reached her house.
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A small lit candle and the moon shining through the prison like bars were the only source of light in the cold, creepy room. The candle stood directly in the path of the moonlight on a small table with a red cloth thrown over it. A few blue cards were spread around it upside down. On one side lay a bowl of water; a man stood over it hunched up.
His hair, gone gray with age. His eyes, twisted in hatred and evil. He dipped his bony, long finger into the water causing slight ripples on the surface.
Slowly he began to circle his finger round and round in the water till an image appeared into the water. A young girl. Arrow.
"Princess Princess... " he said in an evil, singing voice. " My my, haven't you grown since I last saw you..." Behind him a black, shadow like creature rose from the ground.
"Your highness, I have bad news for you... I'm sorry to say." it said in a quick voice. The man's evil face changed into an annoyed one. He straightened himself and spun around.
"What!?" he asked.
"Misty sire. She's awakened, she's out going to..." it stopped in mid sentence when it realized that it's master's face had started to turn angry.
"NOOOOO!" he screamed in rage and pointed his finger at the shadow. In no time the shadow was howling and screaming as it melted on the floor. The old man turned to the bowl of water.
The room was made of stone. No door, no window, no cracks in the wall. Just a table and a bed.
"I swear upon all gods and goddesses!!! Princess Paradise, you shall be the next one to sit here in this prison you made for me to spend through out eternity!!! You'll regret this princess..." his voice turned soft for a moment. Then he burst out laughing; his voice echoing throughout the room.
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Fuuko Kirisawa knocked on the door of the Storm's house. Arrow's mother immediately opened it.
"Fuuko, how nice to see you. Come on in." she said and Fuuko followed her in. Though she had been there once or twice it was quite hard for her to adjust to the surroundings of that place. Arrow lived in a huge Italian type house that her parents had brought when they came to Japan. The place was gorgeous with greenery everywhere. It even had a swimming pool outside with an Italian patio.
"Can I get you anything?" asked Mrs. Storm. Fuuko shook her head.
"No thank you Auntie." She said. Arrow soon appeared in a black skirt that reached up to her ankles and a peach blouse.
"Hello Fuuko. Let's go." She said and they both left the house.
"Have you ever been to Recca's house before?" Fuuko asked. Arrow shook her head.
"Nope, he's never invited me to any party before." She answered. Fuuko nodded.
"Well then, you'll be amazed by the look of it. He's set up the place to look like a ninja shrine. He's been going through that phase since a child." She said. Arrow smiled.
"Yeah you told me that much. By the way, you've never told me anymore about the UBS thingy after your fight with… what's her name again? Oh yeah Mikato." She said. Fuuko sighed.
"After that was…" she then began to tell Arrow the rest of the story of her 'UBS Adventure'.
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"Hey Fuuko! Over here" cried Recca when they entered his house. It was really full because Recca had invited a whole bunch of people, almost the entire school, to celebrate his 'Hime's' winning the talent show. Fuuko took Arrow's hand and dragged her to where Recca and the rest except Tokiya and Ganko were sitting.
"Hello Arrow." Said Yanagi. Domon nudged Karou and pointed to a bunch of teens dressed in black. Arrow looked at them.
"Looks like Sasha and the rest are here. Gotta go now." And with that she slipped off to the group.
"You know Fuuko, sometimes I get the feeling that girl has got split personalities." Said Recca as they all looked over at Arrow who had almost magically turned from an average studious girl into a wild, carefree gossip.
"So, you got a problem with that?" asked a voice behind Recca. It was Tokiya.
"Hey Mikagami, about time you joined us." He said. Karou giggled suddenly.
"Why are you so touchy over Recca talking about her?" He asked. Tokiya gave him a horrid look and went decided to step outside. Fuuko smiled as she watched him go.
"Somebody…" she started then spotted Arrow coming back and shut up.
"Fuuko, have you seen Miki-Ann anywhere?" she asked. Fuuko shook her head. Arrow sighed, "she still has my chemistry notes." She said.
"So, your friends are getting on your nerves?" asked Domon. "Or did you decide that they weren't cool enough?" he asked. Arrow looked hurt.
"Like… no…" she said. Recca sniggered but stopped when Yanagi stepped onto his foot. Arrow stomped away. Fuuko gave Domon a disappointed look.
"Really, that was horribly rude of you!" she said. Domon shrugged.
"Serves her right for spreading rumors about me. How dare she tell everyone that I I think that I was Cleopatra in my past life!!!" He said. Fuuko sighed. Karou snickered.
"You still believe that it was her who spread that rumor? How like you…" she said. Yanagi nodded.
"True. It could have been anyone. Why Arrow out of all people?" she asked.
"But it must have been her, she has the look." He said suddenly adapting a mysterious voice. Fuuko rolled her eyes and walked off to where Arrow was standing talking to Recca's mom.
"Oh yes, Milan is a lovely place. It's gorgeous, thee place is so nicely kept and everything." She was saying. Fuuko came up to her.
"Hey Arrow." She said. Kagerou looked at her watched.
"I'll leave you girls alone now. I've got to make a phone call. I'll listen to the rest of your description later." She said to Arrow and went.
"I hope there are no hard feelings about what my friends said." Said Fuuko. Arrow shook her head.
"Oh no. It's all right for Domon to be pissed off. After all, he has been misguided by some people." She gave a horrid look to Nino who was standing near the door. Fuuko smiled.
"It's getting a bit stuffy around here. I want to go out side for a minute or two." Said Fuuko. Arrow nodded. They both walked outside. Suddenly Arrow felt the world spinning around. It happened so suddenly; the next minute the world went black.
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"You'll never get away with this." Cried the young woman. Her blood stained face, twisted with anger. "Nalila shall avenge my death and my parents." she said. Her Roman clothing, torn and dirty, blew to one side. Her hair whipped across her face; but she didn't notice. Her eyes were only focused on the man in front of her. His golden robes and magical sword.
"Princess Paradise, do you not understand what I said?" he said his voice evilly mocking her "You are at the edge of a cliff, higher than the mountains! You're parents are dead. I will let you live, I promise; but only if you surrender."
"Never..." she hissed, her eyes narrowing even more. "... I shall protect my country even if I die doing so." she raised her hand into the air and started to chant.
"Earth, Wind, Water & Fire, stop this fraud, cheat and liar!" a ray of light shone from her hand. The man shook his head, clearly amused.
"Sister!" A young red-headed girl ran up behind the old man. Princess Paradise's concentration on her chant broke, the ray of light vanished. The man saw this as an opportunity.
"Life and Death, a way of worlds. Kill, kill, kill in troll orders" The princess gasped as the light shone at her. She quickly waved her hand and shot him with a ray of light. The man screamed and vanished. The next minute the princess found herself falling...
"Sister..." she screamed before darkness hit her.
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"Nooooo!!!!" screamed Arrow as she grabbed onto the hand above her face. Everything was quiet. She got up onto her elbows after letting go of the arm on top of her head.
"Arrow? You all right?" asked Yanagi who was on her knees next to her. Fuuko and a few other people were there too. The rest had been shooed away.
"Y-yeah. I'm all right." She managed to say. Recca's mom looked at her son. He immediately went off and brought back Arrow's backpack.
"Do you want to go home?" asked Fuuko. Arrow nodded.
"Y-yes; but first tell me what happened."
"Well you blackened out for a whole… " She looked at her watch "2 minutes." She told her. Arrow sighed and got onto her knees.
"It felt like an eternity." She told them. They gave her weird looks.
"You also kept on screaming about… elements and magic and sisters." Yanagi told her. Arrow sighed.
"Oh." She got up and took her backpack.
"Should I drive you home?" asked Kagerou. Arrow shook her head.
"No need… I can find my way." She told them. Fuuko got up too.
"I'll go with you." She said.
"No. Enjoy the party. I can get home." She told her. And opened the door to leave. Swinging her backpack over her shoulder she began to make her way to her street. It was really late, they moon was at it's highest peak. It was beautiful, totally breathtaking. Her eyes wandered from the sky to the road. She was in front of the school now. Just opposite was the park; the playground area was empty. Looking around to see weather anyone was there she hoped over the closed gate and went over to the swings. She got onto one and started to swing. First slowly and then higher and higher until she felt dizzy. Taking a deep breath she jumped off. She landed on her feet fortunately but unfortunately she landed in a puddle too. Luckily it was on dry pavement so she only got wet, not muddy. Laughing to herself she turned around into the face of a stranger.
"Eiiiee!" she screamed. The stranger smiled.
"Whoa. Sorry didn't mean to scare you…" he said. Arrow gulped.
"Who are you?" she asked.
"My name is Ricky." He told her "and I'm here to take you back where you belong, Princess." Arrow raised her eyebrows.
"What!?" she said. He laughed and pointed towards a tree. The bark of the tree immediately opened up to reveal a golden light. He grabbed her hand and pulled her into the golden light. The next minute everything looked normal. The tree had closed up and the only thing moving in the entire park was the swing. Not a person in sight.
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Fuuko knocked on the door of the Storm's house. Arrow hadn't been to school that day and no one had heard of her since the party. A blond haired policewoman opened the door. Fuuko stared at her with shock.
"Yes?" she asked.
"Umm, is A-Arrow Storm here?" she asked. The policewomen looked at her and then turned her head inside.
"Hey, Arrow's friend is here!"
"Call her in." The policewomen turned to her.
"Come in." Fuuko walked in to the sitting room where she saw Arrow's mother sitting on the couch with a handkerchief in her hand and her father next o the fireplace leaning over the mantel piece. She guessed that her brother and sister and been taken to away to a relative. Police officers were all over the house.
"Um… Is Arrow all right?" she asked the policewomen.
"I'm afraid we don't know." She replied. Fuuko sat down on a couch.
"We're very sorry but we have to ask you to stay for a while as we need to ask some things about Arrow."
"N-No problem."
"First of all, is she you know, in trouble with anyone? I mean kidnapping is a possibility". Fuuko gasped.
"S-she's been kidnapped?" she asked. The policewomen shook her head.
"We don't know, you see she went out with a couple of friends and didn't come back that night. Were you with her?"
"N-no, we went to the party… but she felt sick and went home early…" she said. The policewomen sighed.
"Guys! I think we've got a last person here!" she called out to the policemen all over the place. Fuuko gulped, this was scary. In no time many policemen were around her asking about Arrow's disappearance. Where was she?
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The young blue skinned women made her way behind the trees, the people were strange. Pink in color, mostly… dark skinned. some with a hint of yellow in this complexion. None blue or purple like her sisters… she looked at what to her looked like a tree with a rope and a wooden thing to sit on that went to and fro.
"Something bad happened here!" she said out aloud.
"Don't worry 'Hime' she won't hurt you I'm here for you." Came a voice behind her, she spun around to see two youngsters. A girl and boy. A smile crept upon her lips…they looked like perfect targets…for her mission
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TO BE CONTINUED….
Writer's note:
I know this isn't done properly but everything came so fast to me I hardly had time to fix it and can't be bothered to right now. I know that I've got many other fics that are incomplete on but I had to write this. Fuuko's Diary is on a dead stop till I can work out the ending, Reflections is a side story I write to entertain myself. Magical elements is up to my friend 'Scarlet Flame (a.k.a. Cyclone goddess)' now. She writes the next chapter.
Another thing; let me make it clear to you all that Arrow is NOT A character based upon myself. Though we do have some similarities (The name, Like Milan, brown eyes, etc.) we are quite different (age, doesn't fit it to easily, intelligent T.T... etc) .
I know I had posted this up before but I realized to late that I had posted the older version I had written and deleted the better version so I had to *grumble* fix the whole thing up again!!!
I know it's pretty confusing but it's supposed to be... you see, the characters are confused also. On top of that I don't want to give away too much... lots of the pieces of the story don't fit, but that's done purposely... the pieces will come together hopefully in the second chapter. If there is something you don't understand just review and tell me or write and tell me... I'll reply... but most of the strange occurrences will be explained in the next chapter. Specially the paragraphs in italics.