The Story of the New Cephiro.
Chapter I
Surprises.
- "One more time, I wanna go back again… but this time is not out of regret… it'll be because I wanna hear the story of the new Cephiro".-
After uttering these words, Hikaru, Umi and Fuu were surrounded by a blinding light that would teleport them once again to the wonderful world of Cephiro. Thus we see our heroines falling once again from the sky.
Umi looked terrified.
- "We're going to die!"-
- "Remember – Fyula will come for us".-
Unfortunately for the three girls, this time Fuu was wrong since there was nobody waiting for them in Cephiro. Nobody noticed their presence, therefore nobody was coming in their aid.
The Magic Knights were saved by falling in the middle of a lake placed in the middle of a beautiful castle.
Umi was the first one to come out of the water.
- "Where are we?"-
Umi looked around; the beauty of the place was astonishing. She didn't remember being in that place before. But maybe what was happening was that she wasn't able to remember very well, since she had a strange feeling that she'd been there before. A horrified screaming took Umi away from her thoughts.
- "Help! I'm drowning!"-
Fuu screamed franticly. Hikaru attempted to rescue her but Fuu was not helping much because of her overwhelming despair. Umi jumped into the water to rescue her, and thus between the two of them succeed in getting one very scared Fuu out of the water.
When Hikaru calmed down by seeing Fuu doing ok, she looked around and her face became illuminated. Suddenly she started running towards the castle, being followed by Umi and Fuu, who were asking her to stop.
Hikaru got into the castle and ran through countless corridors, as if she'd known where she was going.
- "I can't go any further… what's wrong with her?"-
That was what Umi was asking herself as she leaned on a wall to catch her breath. In the place where she stopped the corridor split in half, and one of the corridors was the one used by Hikaru and Fuu, and in the other one she heard the opening and closing of a door. Umi walked through that corridor until she found a room where she heard some noise inside. She silently walked in just to see the athletic back of a man who apparently was changing clothes. He seemed to notice her presence since he turned around to see her.
- "Umi?!"-
His face looked strangely familiar but wasn't able to figure out who it was, until she finally (and, let's say, pleasantly) realized that it was no one else than the Master Mage of Cephiro: Clef. Umi didn't recognized him at first because he didn't look like a 10-year-old boy anymore, but now he looked like a handsome, tall, pale-skin athletic bodied man, with those eyes that drove her crazy. A thought crossed her mind: would she be able to confess him her feelings? One year wasn't enough time to forget the love that she felt for him.
Fuu was still running behind Hikaru, without realizing the disappearing of her other friend.
- "Do you think we will ever be able to catch her, Umi? … Umi?"-
Fuu stopped running to see if she was around, only to find the corridor empty. Somebody gently pulled her by her waist and covered her mouth.
- "I knew you'd come back."-
A masculine voice sweetly whispered to her ear. She slowly turned around and found a couple of olive green eyes looking at her tenderly. He held her by her shoulders and got his lips close to hers. Fuu had secretly wished for this moment for a long time. Her heart, like his, was beating very fast.
- "Fuuuuuuu!"-
Caldina took her from Ferio's arms to hug her. She was also very happy to see her again.
Meanwhile, Hikaru kept running until she found Mokona, who started to run away from her since it believed that she was only playing.
- "Mokona! Wait!"-
Hikaru went after her, but the creature didn't paid attention to her, so they continued until she ran into someone and fell to the ground.
- "Are you ok? … Hikaru?!"-
Lantis gently helped the surprised girl; she wasn't prepared for this moment, she didn't think it would come so soon. When she went out of her astonishment, her feelings towards him flourished and she put her arms around the neck of the surprised young man. Lantis corresponded the hug, she lifted her face and with her sweet voice whispered into his ear.
- "Could you do me a favor?"-
He nodded
- "Would you guide me to the nearest restroom, please?"-
That night there was some kind of party, organized by Caldina and Presea, to celebrate the return of the Magic Knights. These two girls kidnapped the honor guests since they got to Cephiro, and impeded any further contact with the guys until dinner time. These did not regret it, for the girls from the Mystical World looked truly beautiful, dressed with some of the fanciest pieces of clothing in the planet. After their glorious welcoming in the room, Caldina gave the order to serve the dishes.
Umi noticed that someone was missing from the table.
- "Where is Ascot?"-
Caldina explained her that Ascot had been for a while already in Chizeta, serving as an ambassador.
- "Chizeta must be a very lovely planet now."-
- "It really is, Fuu."-
Fuu turned around to see Ferio, who was smiling at her from the other side of the table.
- "Don't forget that Fahren and Autosam are also very beautiful places, too."-
Lantis said, sharing a smart look with Ferio.
- "How do you guys know that?"-
- "Because they've been there already, Hikaru."-
Guru Clef, aided by Presea, Ferio and Lantis, told the three girls how throughout the past year they had visited their distant neighbors and how the four planets supported and helped each other.
Hikaru rejoiced and said that she would love to go and visit their friends from those planets. Umi pondered for a moment and said:
- "We might do it. It's like being on vacation, right?"-
- "It's true! This time we won't have to fight."-
Truly, these three girls lived the following days in some sort of paradise; the only one who wasn't enjoying much her time there was Umi. Her feelings towards Clef hadn't changed much, and even though she loved very much her friends, she envied them for being close to the ones they loved.
One day in particular they decided to stay in the castle to take a break after a week traveling around Cephiro. Hikaru and Lantis were beneath a tree, both of them enjoying themselves a lot. They were in love, but Lantis held certain barrier that Hikaru couldn't overpass. Fuu and Ferio were on a boat going around the lake while they watched the sun going down on the horizon. The limitations they had before were gone in those days they spent together. They held hands. They hugged. They behaved like what they were: two young adolescents that loved each other. And Umi… well, Umi glared at them from the castle, saying out loud:
- "Look at how they're behaving now, those two!"-
- "It seems to me that they're having plenty of fun."-
That's what Caldina told her, who was passing by when she heard her. Umi, upset, turned around and spoke to her.
- "But they're barely 15 years old!"-
- "And is that an impediment to be in love in your world?"-
- "It's not that, it's just they shouldn't be acting like that."-
- "It seems to me that it's something else. You're jealous. You envy them, isn't it, Umi?"-
- "Why can't I be close to the one I love?"-
Caldina stared down, a green-eyed boy had asked her the same question with the same sad and resigned look. She was desperately looking for an answer, but a scream from Presea interrupted her thoughts.
- "Clef! What's wrong?!"-
Presea's screaming attracted all those who were present in the castle in that moment. Clef was being held by Presea, and it seemed like he fainted. After a few minutes, he went back to his senses.
- "What happened?"- Umi asked, worried.
- "It's Ascot, I can feel his suffering and anguish. He's… about to die."-
