Hiya, everyone! -waves- To all you new readers, if you read through the first two chapters(granted, the first chapter is alllwaaays confusing) and are confused out of your mind, I recommend you reading, or skimming through, Angels in Flight: Towa no Shirube. If you're a reader from AiF: TnS, then...welcome back! -hug- How are you all? Good, I hope. : D
Italics-Roxas' thoughts to Sora/Olette
Bold-Sora's thoughts to Roxas
Bold and Italics- Man, they must have pretty good harmonics to be thinking something together.
Angels in Flight: Eien no Tobira
Chapter 36/1:'Till the 2nd Angel Dreams of the Light Shining Silver...
'Hey, Roxas.'
'What do you want now, Sora? I swear, if it's anything that you all share it's that you all LOVE to bug me. Except Cloud, he was one of the quieter ones.'
'What's it like being over 2,000 years old?'
A brunette with a backpack hoisted over his shoulder was walking down the sidewalk. He looked to be about sixteen, and he had marvelous eyes that depicted his namesake--Sora. Your next question may be; 'So, why's this dude talking to himself?' Answer to that: He wasn't.
Sora was a living, breathing case of two souls sharing one body. His 2,000 year old alter ego's name? Roxas, the only known six-winged angel in the universe. Of course, no one but his family(his father, Cloud, his mother, Aerith, his sister, Olette, and Roxas' mother((and Sora/Olette's great-times-a-million-Grandmother, the abajillion-year-old Tifa)) knew about Sora's 'special condition'.
But his 'condition' had passed down through every generation of Hikari. It was a funny story about his last name, really. In order to make sure no one remembered their great-great-grandmommy's stories about what they heard from their own great-great-grandmommy about what the great-great-grandmommy's great-grandmommy saw/heard two thousand years ago(and why Sora may be 'blessed' with this 'condition'), Cloud and Aerith, along with Olette, had adopted the last name of 'Strife'.
Sora, at Roxas' insistence, kept the last name 'Hikari'. That way, if anyone interrogated him(like, 'how come you change appearance so suddenly at times?'), or found out anything, Sora could say he was adopted and knew nothing of his origin. That was not the case, but it was always good to keep a low profile.
'What's it like being sixteen?' His alter ego countered to his previous question. Before Sora got the chance to answer, however, a rather annoying voice(in his opinion) interrupted what he was about to say.
"Sora! You forgot your homework again!! Really, you could stand to be more responsible!"
Sora sighed, stopping abruptly for his too-responsible-for-her-own-good-younger-by-two-minutes-twin-sister to catch up. Olette, panting, stuffed the papers in Sora's hands. "Thanks a bunch, 'Lette. You're a good sister." Sora said, then placing the papers inside his backpack.
'Hey Olette.' Although Roxas' voice could be heard by both siblings(the only people who could hear it were Cloud, Tifa, and the siblings), it was just Sora that could reply to him. And, for that matter, turn into him.
Olette smiled, "You know, Roxas, I don't think you should give Sora the answers to those history tests anymore."
'Well, history has been so warped the answers I give him aren't even right anyway.' Roxas replied. Sometimes, it was like he was right beside them, talking to them like an actual person.
Olette giggled, "That's what I mean. Sora fails, and he never studies! He always uses you as an excuse."
"Well, you know, I get tired. Twilight Town has always dubbed Roxas as 'Twilight Town's Guardian Angel Roxas'. I wonder why they even KNOW his name in the first place? But, anyway...having to go out at night and make sure there are no bad criminals and stuff sure is tiring." Sora said, yawning as if to prove his point.
'Yeah, it's strange. I used to steal keyblades from museums all over the world, and people hated me for it. And now, they love and venerate me even though they have no idea what I look like. Especially the girls.' Roxas said, and you could almost see him shudder at the word 'girls'.
'Wow. 2,000 years and no one's ever looked at your face? How'd you manage that?' Sora questioned, but his sister's gasp made him forget he had even asked the question.
"Oh, dear!" Olette exclaimed, looking at her watch, "We're going to be late for Homeroom! C'mon, Sora, we need to hurry!" She grabbed onto Sora's arm and began running as fast as she could.
'Hey, Roxas, can't I just use your ability to teleport places to get us there?' Sora asked. That would save them a lot of time and trouble.
'Olette would panic if we did that in public. Besides, you seem too hyper right now.' Roxas said quietly, and Olette didn't hear him anyway in her frantic worrying.
'Right. It's not like I turn my emotions on and off like a faucet. And besides--I'd have to hit myself pretty hard to knock myself out.' Sora replied, chuckling just as quietly.
The only two ways for Sora to turn into Roxas(thus taking on the latter's appearance and abilities and also allowing the old angel to take control) was A; for Sora to get reeeaallly angry(believe the brunette when he says that Roxas is good in a street fight) or B; he's unconscious or sleeping. And the only way for Roxas to turn back into Sora was A; for Roxas to be happy(it was such a rarity now-a-days to see the blonde smile) or B; for Roxas to separate from Sora. The latter took a lot to do, though, and it wasn't such a good idea to do because every second he did it, Roxas drew closer to going crazy. I guess the angel wasn't accustomed to being without a host. Or, it could be something else...Well, at any rate, no one except Tifa knew why it was those specific circumstances that triggered the transformation, and it wasn't something she told anyone. Not even Roxas.
"Good, we made it!" Olette panted, making it to homeroom along with Sora. As soon as Olette said that, the bell rung.
"Right on time." Sora stated, not nearly as exhausted as Olette was. He was more of the athletic type, being the star of the track team and a valued player of the Blitzball team of Twilight Town.
After attendance was done for all of the Juniors in the room, the homeroom immediately began to fill with chatter. Sora looked around for signs of his best friend in the entire world, but none were found. "That's odd. Usually Riku never misses out on school. Right, Olette?" The brunette looked beside him, where his sister usually sat. "Olette!" He called, noticing she was missing.
'I think Riku is a delinquent. I never really liked him, anyway.' Roxas commented. Sora shook his head and turned his head towards where the real delinquents were, to prove to Roxas that he was wrong.
...And there, talking to the biggest delinquent of them all(in Sora's opinion), was Olette! His sweet, innocent sister, talking to that...hooligan, Hayner! By the way Olette was giggling and flipping her hair all the time, it was so obvious she had the hots for him.
'Roxas, can you believe that Olette is associating herself with...with...Hayner?!? I mean, he transferred in just a week ago...and already he's got Olette wrapped around his finger! I refuse to stand for this!' Sora shouted in his mind. The angel tried to stifle a laugh, not wanting to make Sora any angrier than he already was.
'The good girls always go for the bad guys. Afterall, opposites attract. But Olette's responsible enough to not get herself friendly with anyone...bad.'
So, while Sora was quietly steaming(Roxas somehow persuaded him to not go over there and -coughruincough- Olette's life), the brunette did not notice someone sneaking behind him. Since Sora was already jumpy at Olette's taste in boys, he practically screamed when someone tapped him lightly on the shoulder.
"Whoa, Sora, calm down."
Sora turned around to see it was his best friend in the history of best friends, the silver-haired-boy-of-any-girl's-dreams, Riku! "Hey, Riku!" He said happily, "You missed attendance."
"Yeah, I came in late." Riku said off-handedly, like it was no big deal.
'Huh. You call that guy talking to Olette a delinquent, but RIKU is the one who comes to class late.' Roxas commented, but Sora just told him to be quiet and he was too old to know what delinquents were at this day and era.
"Hey Riku, can you do me a favor?" Sora asked, and the white-haired teenager nodded, "Could you go over there," The brunette nodded his head towards where Olette was flirting with that...that...that class-cutter, "and drag Olette back here? Or at least to someone else reasonable, like maybe Yuffie, or even Paine..."
Riku nodded, but as soon as he stood up, some girl yelled, 'LOOK IT'S RIKU! GET HIM!'. Riku sighed and ran, the girls chasing him around the homeroom. The homeroom teacher, Seymour Guado(students either called him Seesawmour or Guacamole), glanced up boredly, sighed, and then continued to read papers, knowing that this was daily routine and if he got involved the girls would likely do things that I can't mention in this story to him. And Seymour DEFINITELY didn't want to get involved in that.
'If you have to do something, you have to do it yourself.' Roxas sighed, and Sora nodded, walking over to Olette and her group of what she called 'friends'. Pence was okay, he was just a nerd that enjoyed Photography class way too much, but Hayner always skipped out on classes almost everyday. Probably 'ridin' dirty' is what Sora suspected. (Roxas laughed at the term 'ridin' dirty')
"Hey, Olette." Sora said, annoyed when Olette didn't seem to hear him. Hayner noticed him though, and slightly glared at him.
'Did you see that, Roxas? Hayner gave me the 'Evil Delinquent Death Glare of Doom!' Now I'm going to start failing all my classes and everything!' Sora wailed in his head. Roxas spared him the comment of 'Well, you're already failing everything except gym and math...'
However, the glare instantly dispersed and the guy smiled at him as if they had been best friends since...ever. "Hey, Sora. What's up?" He asked.
'First he glares at me, now he's being friendly! I bet he's trying to be nice just to get to Olette! Well, I refuse to let that happen!' Sora ranted, then remembering that Hayner asked him a question when Olette nudged him with her elbow.
'I'm getting a really bad feeling about this guy...' Roxas mumbled, but Sora paid no attention to his albeit wiser alter ego.
"Oh, nothing much." The over-protective brunette laughed uneasily, and then his expression immediately turned to seriousness, "So, Hayner," Sora spoke the name with loathing, "Just what were you and Olette talking about?"
"Sora!" She whispered angrily, stepping on his foot as if that would cease his interrogation with the object of Olette's affection. But it did not.
"We were just talking about History class and how tough the test was yesterday..." Hayner said, with that tone of voice that said 'I'm not intimidated of you!'.
"Oh, really? That's not what it looked like to me! And how would you know how hard the test was yesterday, considering you WEREN'T EVEN THERE!" Sora replied angrily, not really liking this guy. Usually, Sora never EVER got mad and was always so friendly to everyone, but this was not the case for Hayner(who then replied 'Take a chill pill.'). He heard Olette gasp and before he knew what happened, there was a black towel over his head that prevented him from seeing anything.
Sora tried to take the towel off his head, to realize he couldn't. It was then that he noticed his body was moving on it's own. At first, Sora panicked, but then he remembered that he had an alter ego and assumed that he was the one in control.
'Sora, you really need to control your anger better.' Roxas commented, feeling the towel on his head. Olette obviously put it there so no one would see that Sora's hair turned dirty blonde and his hairstyle changed. Olette, ever the smart one, always carried towels on her in case of a dire emergency.
'That guy was just asking for it! Man, Roxas, I wish you could snap your fingers and burn him into oblivion or something!'
'I could, and as much as I want to, I can't. That would really hurt Olette.'
Speaking of the girl, Roxas could hear her make up an excuse to the teacher and he could feel himself being dragged somewhere. When the towel was taken off of his head, he realized he was in the Janitors' closet with Olette.
"Great! What are we supposed to do now?" Olette asked, hands on her hips. "I suppose I could always make up an excuse that you're sick and went home or something, but..."
"I'll leave and explain everything to mother and Aerith." Roxas said, and Olette nodded, "Can you think up of an excuse?"
"I'll tell everyone you weren't feeling well." Olette said, and then added, "Sora. You stay out of my business, okay?"
'Tell her that she's my sister and that I can't have her hanging around people who will pressure her into doing drugs and other bad stuff!'
Roxas repeated what Sora told him to say. She just huffed and crossed her arms, "Hayner isn't a bad person! Don't judge people before you know them!" She yelled, stomping away angrily.
'She's right, you know. But, I'm afraid I have to agree with you, Sora. I'm getting really bad vibes from that guy.' Roxas said, exiting the school. He didn't even bother going to the office and telling them that he'd be leaving; usually Olette handled everything. (It just goes to show you how much their school cared about the students; letting them leave without trying to stop them)
'Yeah, I know what you mean.' Sora grumbled, and the two were mostly talking about how they didn't like Hayner(poor Hayner) the rest of the way.
On the way back to their home, Roxas passed the church. When he did, he stopped and walked back to the entrance of it, his hand resting on the doorknob. 'Can I go in?' As an angel, Roxas was rather fond of churches. Whenever he passed one, his 'angel vibes' went off and he just...got this urge to go inside. Like everyone in the church's prayers were reaching to him. Or something.
'Sure; but there's not going to be anyone in there.'
Roxas opened the door, closed it behind him, and walked inside. There was no one, just as Sora predicted. As he walked towards the altar, he noticed that there was a petite girl, around his...apparent age(Roxas only looked sixteen), and then there was an older woman who was comforting the girl, who seemed to be crying.
Roxas, not liking girls crying, stood behind them and decided that he would try to comfort her by doing the best thing he knew how to do: sing.
"In the darkness of white you can,
through the sadness take your flight,
and become the wings that pierce the veil,
spreading strong and true tonight..." The blue-eyed blonde didn't feel like singing the rest of his song, so he just stopped there. The older woman turned around, and frowned. Roxas blinked, wondering why the woman would be sad, "I'm sorry, did I interrupt anything?"
"No. It's just...by your voice, I assumed you were an angel giving us reassurance that my husband has passed on to Heaven. I apologize for assuming such a ridiculous thing." The woman answered, bowing her head slightly. Then, the girl turned around.
Both Sora and Roxas gasped when they saw her face.
'She's--!'
HnH: Bwahaha! Who is this girl? And WHY ISN'T SHE IN SCHOOL? And who's the older woman? And why do Sora and Roxas show deep disdain towards Hayner? What did he ever do to them? And what about Riku? Why was he late? Is Sora the actual delinquent for SKIPPING OUT ON SCHOOL? So many questions to be answered in the next chapter!(Okay...maybe, like, two of them will be answered but that's not important right now...)
Oh, and, just an odd little tidbit I feel you guys need to know: Olette wasn't originally intended to be Sora's sister. But I thought, 'Man, how awesome would that be!' Afterall, Olette is, like, the spitting image of Aerith. And Sora is like, Cloud with Aerith's brown hair. So I was like, 'Okay. I hope no one will mind if I make them siblings!' Afterall, considering their parents it's possible. Brown does outdo blonde in the gene pool.
Actually, I intended Olette to like...not even be in the story. Since her and Sora being siblings takes up story time(yay! everyone gather 'round for story time!) that I would've used for something else, I was like 'hmmm...either this or siblings'. Then I wanted to make a special entrance scene for this once character that would only be possible if they were siblings. And then I got a brilliant idea and I was like, ''kayz, that is SOOO much better than the original version. They're SO being siblings!'
And there you go. Olette and Sora being brother and sister was born.