..A starlet's wish..
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. . Running at light speed, trying to be careful not to get caught. Being bruised and wounded, "This was aggravated!! Why do I have always been the tortured one?!" I screamed. "My bad? I said I can't be caught right? If I do I'll b--"
Someone sprung from behind..
"AAaHhHh!!!" I wailed. Right. A red-haired creature got me down. No, it was no Elesis nor a Gorgon. Jin?!
"Get off me!!" I said, trying to break free from his grasp.
"Nope, I'm not letting you go." he replied.
Then the rest of the team showed up. They were hiding behind trees and bushes.
"Aw, does this mean am defeated?" I said.
"Yep, partly right." Jin said.
"I'm not talking to you! Does this mean I can't visit Xenia either?!" I asked, like losing hope. I wish they would allow me...
"Of course..You can't." Ronan said.
"Why not?!" I said. Then someone, from above, maybe from a tree, appeared before I could escape. It was Lire.
"Because you agreed at the deal; and, lost. So you'd better accept every part of it." Lire said, heading towards the castle. Everyone followed her.
"Get in immediately, Amy." Ronan said.
"I will.." I responded. I was in great despair. I sat on the ground and facing upwards, seeing the far weather above, my usual hobby. But it's kinda boring.
"May I ask you something Amy?" a voice from behind me said. Oh, and it was Lass, my best friend.
''Oh sure, what is it?" curious. He sighed before saying; "What made you think of going to Xenia?" he asked, and that's a lot of explanations. But I can't carry out a word. Too bad for me.
"Well um, you guys already knew that it's my hometown, right? There's no doubt about it! Is it that too bad for me to visit the place I came from?!" I said.
There was a complete silence. I can feel the warm breeze of air on my face and hair. In short, it was peaceful.
"Yeah, we know. But aside from the thing that it was your town, it's still a continent of the gods. Remember how you ran in fright when Samsara chased after you? That's quite not fun." he said.
"Uh, don't worry, I can take care of myself!" I said in assurance. He doesn't look convinced at all.
"Hmm, I doubt that. But if you do went there, just be sure to protect yourself." he said. Awww, how astute that guy was. He headed back to the castle. How nice of him--my first year crush. Yet I like Ronan more. It's just I can't resist being with him; Even that he is so quiet and seems like muted. You really can't talk to him unless you've known each other.
I have an idea! What if I tell Knight Master that I will go to Xenia? Right! So I raced the grand stairs, whew, kinda tiring. Then I went to her room. I knocked before entering. The door was open, weird. So I went in. I roamed her room, gawking at her things. Then someone stepped in. I screamed in surprise.
"Knight Master! I thought--well, I'm sorry to go in without permission,." I said, apologetic.
"It was alright, actually, I heard you knock on my door, and I was on the room next to this. My bad." She said. "So what brings you here?" she then asked.
I sat down. "Knight Master, If I can ask you something, like, like a short leave or break, will you allow me?
"Like what? Problems? And what about a leave?" she said, listening carefully.
"If I can go to Xenia next week, you know, just an important..mission.." I said, staring down, picturing the continent of Xenia in my mind.
"Why of course! Haven't you got the permission to go wherever you wanted? Who is preventing you from going out-of-town? Actually its vacation and missions aren't published yet." Knight Master said, shoving the curtains.]
"M-my friends, the team. They don't want me to go.. Why is it like that?" I asked, confused. She was deep in thought before she could answer.
"Maybe, they're just concerned and worried about what might happen to you.. And after two years of getting along, living in the same roof, maybe you all had close family ties." She said, smiling. "That's why you're important to them." she continued.
"Well, maybe.. But, I can't leave Xenia!! I'm going there, if it kills me! Please tell them! It's driving me crazy!" I pleaded. The Knight Master seems convinced, for I had solicited with all my sincerity.
"Okay! I will. But can it be next week? I'd be giving a special task, and I want you to help." She requested, giving me an envelope..
"Oh, anything Master! Anything for Xenia!!" I said, cheerfully, thanking her, and then left. I returned to my room. As the usual habit, closed the door, then slumped at my bed and read the back of the envelope. It said: "Don't read if you haven't finished your special task."
"Huh?" I said. What could be inside this thing? Not my problem. I then went on the balcony of my room. Sure is, the view was quite fascinating, yet I'm bored. It was a boring Thursday, nothing to do. How could they? I mean, there's no one to blame though. "Where are they?" I asked myself, annoyed. Myurin, my pet, came over.
"Doing something, Master?" she asked.
"Finally, a task! What is it?" I gladly asked.
"Ronan and your guild are asking me where have you been, and I don't know. So I decided to find you and you're here. They were looking for you and telling you to go behind the palace. They've been assembling a large, gun thing?" She said. No second thoughts, I went down, then proceeded to the castle's garden; behind the palace. Myurin was right; the thing was big enough. I gawked. What a sight.
"Well what do you think? Is it great?" Arme asked, jumping down from its lever.
"Sort of.." I said, walking around the..thing. "Enormous."
"Who's in charge of making this?" I asked. Ronan then pointed at the blue-haired girl who was laying on the grass, giving orders at the same time. Mari, just as I thought.
"What's with this scrap?" I said. She looked insulted.
"Dear Siren, it's not a scrap. It's called a canon. For the castle's protection, you'll never know." she said, standing up, dusting herself
"Knight Master told us to make one so we did." Ronan said, scanning on a couple of blueprints. I snatched one.
"What's this?" I asked, studying this--map thing with, graphical lines..Bleh..
"It's for the mech plan. It was hard to draw, and hard to make. We got trouble getting the metal but, we already finished it." Lass replied.
"What about me? What's my task?" I said, looking at them, all ready to leave.
"Well, Ryan and Jin are in charge of collecting the metal scraps, Elesis, me and Lire helped how the canon should look like, Lass and Ronan drew the parts of the inner and outer canon, and then Mari put them all up, along with its ability to fire long-ranged shots from here. Nice eh?" Arme stated, picking up her things.
"That means you have to paint it. We can leave that to you right? Good luck!!" Jin said, putting buckets in front of me. I peeked at them. Great. Paint cans with various colors.
"And, don't wanna get yourself stained." Lire said, throwing her apron at me. They left.
"I have enough! Was this all I got?! After---after what?" I then glanced at the bucket, that they had filled with paint. This sure is the special task. I get it.
"Alright! I'm gonna paint this canon!" I shouted. "If I only can find red and white paint.."
That went along so well. I had painted it. Tired from the afternoon's work, I went back to my room. As usual, I'm lying on my back, on my bed-- and that's when I heard a paper crumple. I reached for my back: Oh yes! The letter! I opened it, and nearly died (from happiness) because of what I had seen.
Dear Amy,
I will let you go to Xenia; because you have finished painting the, uh, canon. You all did a great job and you deserve a price: Three tickets, Xenia continent. One for the restaurant, another is for your own cottage (please choose a nice one!) and the last one is the spring near Ignis Mountains. Beware of Fire Golems! Co'z I don't want you to end up being roasted Amy anyway. Take care Amy! Spend your vacation wisely! The Griffon is waiting at the shed outside the castle walls.
P.S. You can take Myurin and Luna if you like! Have a nice trip!
Knight Master
It said. Without hesitation, I packed my things. I also brought extra coins and GP incase I got lost. My boredom went away quickly, and now, excitement rushed. I rode a Griffon, the one Knight Master was talking about..
That's when we landed at the gleaming tower - Temple of Cuatal! Yes, at last! The long-awaited continent, I'm finally here!!
I explored it first, then went to the place where I usually go to; second floor. I checked. No monsters, just a large, circled hallway, giving the sight of the beautiful fountain below. Throughout this doors, I went inside, one of the cabins. Since Myurin and Luna tagged along with me, they were such a headache-along the journey they were very noisy, which made the Griffon irritated, and threw them down. It took me 30 minutes to fish them out of the forest.. Anyways, were here! And I'm soOoOo happy!
While I ate, I remembered why I am here. I was supposed to find those pieces of my contract. Because I don't want to end up being an enemy to my Guild.
"I wonder where those pieces end up?" I said, while patting Luna's back.
"Do you think, master, that the team left also had their vacation? Because it's too unfair--you only had the permission to get out." Myurin asked.
"I don't think so. But I think they won't be staying!" I said.
"You think so?" a voice from the door said. Its figure casted a gloomy shadow.
"Who are you?! How did you get in?!" I said, holding on to my kleiophone tightly. She did muttered something that made a blinding light. It didn't exploded, though. Just it was as noisy as war.
She then went in. "Mari?" I said in a fit of coughing. "Oh no... This is troublesome." I thought.
"How'd you know I was here? Or did you just passed by the temple?" I asked, sweating.
"I'm visiting. Hometown. Xenia." she said as she closed her technical manual or whatever you call it.
"Why you're here for?" I asked.
I wasn't shocked. What agitated me (the most) was when she took out three tickets: Wah!? That means she's gonna be with me? One whole week?! No way, no how! She's weird that you could ever imagine. I must be dreaming.
"Amy?" she said. Waving her teeny little hand over my face. "Need some sleep, starlet?" I didn't budge. "Okay! if that's what comforts you..Get back to sleep. And wake up early tomorrow.." she remarked.
I felt faint..
It's morning, at least I'm dreaming.. Or not. I saw a blue thing at the foot of my bed. The freak!! Geez.
"Morning." she said, without the 'good'. Seems like she's right. "Waken up the wrong side of your bed?..
Uhh....Bad day.
"C'mon. Get dressed, were going..." she claimed.
Going where? That's a blank for you, readers!!
- Amy.
Author's Note:
This took me one week to type and to publish. Because of our (damned) examinations for the 3rd Quarter. Uh. Still does have a headache (referring to me now). Anyways, did you like it? I almost forgot,: Please do review!
