Thoughts
'Telepathy'
'Communications'
Devices.
"Normal Speech"
Okay... So this is my first attempt to write a story like this... So reviews would be appreciated, but if you want to be critical please give constructive criticism, if not your bad comments would simply be deleted. Thank you and have fun reading and if i had misspelled something please tell me so i can fix it :)
It was dark. So very dark. She couldn't remember the last time she felt like this. Like she was between life and death, trapped and helpless. She barely creaked open her eyes. What she saw was no different than what she felt. Nothing... She could see nothing... She was surrounded by a blackness that stretched on for miles away, with no trace of light... or hope. Am I dead? Where am I? Is this hell or heaven? She didn't know, but she couldn't just give up now, could she? Dead or alive I have to get out of here. She gathered what was left of her strength and tried to sit up. At least I can move. All of a sudden the darkness began distorting itself. And at least I know for sure that I... Her breath became ragged and coughed some blood... What the? Why is the air so thick? A sudden jolt of pain shot through her body as the thought crossed her mind. The darkness disappeared completely as a burning room took it's place. What the HELL?! If she hadn't felt pain she would have sworn that she was in Hell itself, but she did, which meant that she wasn't dead... yet.
Chapter 1 : Awakening...
Where in the bloody hell am I?! Her brain was trying to comprehend the situation she was in, but was coming up short. She just couldn't figure out how the hell she'd ended up there. That later! First I have to get out of here if I want to live beyond today!
Pain shot through her as she tried to move. Somehow she had injured her ankle and burnt her left hand up to the elbow. Great... just GREAT! her breathing was getting harder with every second she spent in there. But staying where she was wouldn't make things better so she tried to look for a way out of there.
She was in a big burning room which looked like a reception hall of some sort, though she didn't recognise the architecture. Everything in the room was burning except for a statue in the middle of the room. It looked like a guardian angel... The exits and staircases were also on fire, using them was not an option. She tried to move again but found it impossible due to her ankle which, she now realised, was broken. Sighing she tied to gather some magic to cast a spell but nothing happened.
Puzzled, but not discouraged she tried casting another spell, but nothing happened again. She couldn't help but shout "Why can't I cast Anything!" she gasped. The hell?! Why do I sound like a kid? I shouldn't! I am 20 for crying out loud! She brought a hand up to her chest to try and loosen her shirt, hopefully to make it easier to breathe... only to discover something shocking. Her breasts were missing.
I AM A KID! A violent cough shook her body. Okay calm down... I am a kid and I can't access my magic, which means I can't summon my weapons or my familiars... The room was getting hotter every second, the oxygen was starting to get even more thinner... If I get my hands on whoever is responsible for this... An explosion erupted near her, the impact sending the girl directly at the base of the statue. "That is if someone saves my ass..." she coughed and groaned in pain...
"Father... Sister..." the girl thought she heard voices. Great now i am hallucinating. That was what she thought until the voice spoke again.
"Father? Sister...? Where are you...?" it was a soft childish voice, sounding desperate as it kept calling out.
The injured girl was sure now that she wasn't hearing things. There was someone else in the room. She crawled a little to the side and saw the owner of the voice. It was a little girl. She was dressed in striped orange/white sweater, a mini skirt and a pair of boots. She looked no older than 12. She was walking down the hall near one of the burning staircases. She was nearing a burning door...
"WATCH OUT!" the injured girl at the base of the statue shouted as she felt some of her magic returning. Please let it be enough. "Stoneskin!" a protective white mist engulfed the girl before the explosion could hit her full force.
The twelve-year-old landed next to the injured one with a thud. She tried standing up, but ended up staying on her knees and sobbing quietly. The other girl, who had casted the minor spell, crawled to her and placed her good hand on the girl's shoulder.
"Are you alright?!" the crying girl stopped and turned around. What she saw was another girl, probably her age. She was wearing a black tank top, black jeans and a pair of black sneakers. Even through the violent flames you could see her short chocolate brown hair and her heterochromatic eyes. The right was colored in a sky light blue, while the left was colored in a deep blood red. They were almost enchanting...
"Hey girl!?" the heterochromatic girl asked a little higher than intended. The other girl flinched and started sobbing again. The brown haired girl hurried to apologize. "Hey don't cry I didn't mean to startle you..." she pleaded but to no avail. It was time for another tactic. "Hey don't cry, we're going to get out of here soon, you don't want them to see you crying like this right?" the crying girl looked the other in the eyes, as the other couldn't help but notice the green eyes and short blue hair she had. She smiled reassuringly. "We will get out of here, I promise." a playful wink "So don't cry, okay?" she smiled and wiped a tear with her finger.
"A-a-ren't you ... A-aren't you... a-afraid?" the blue haired girl stuttered.
She's cute... "Afraid?" the brown haired girl blinked and laughed "Don't be silly, you need a Hell lot more to get me, Namika Chikanatsu, afraid!" she declared proudly with a pat on her chest. "But I will lie if I say that I don't feel any fear, just enough to keep me alive. In other words, being afraid is not something to be ashamed of, you just need to find the courage within you to overcome that fear, okay?" Namika ended her speech, with a light tap on the blue haired girl's head, which earned an earnest nod and a ghost of a smile.
"What is your name?" Namika asked curiously.
"Subaru, Subaru Nakajima..." the girl lowered her gaze and gasped.
"What? Are you hurt?!" Namika looked at the little girl, but couldn't really make anything out.
"No, but you are." Subaru was pointing to Namika's burnt arm. "Your arm!"
The injured girl sighed in relief. The wound was already old news. "Oh, that..." she shrugged. "It's not that bad..."
"Doesn't it hurt?" Subaru asked in concern.
"Actually, it does. But it's not as painful as it looks..." Namika shrugged again "Maybe that is because my body is still in shock... eh...? What's that noise...?"
Something cracked with a loud deafaning sound. The two young girls turned toward the source and saw the statue slowly descending their way. With a yelp Subaru clung to Namika, as she embraced her protectivly. She raised her right hand toward the statue. This will probably hurt but it's hell lot better than dying. Namika closed her eyes and waited for the unavoidable contact. But the contact never came...
"Huh?" Subaru said as Namika brought her hand down blinking. The statue stood in mid air, frozen, with pink rings around it's entire body. A barely audible panting could be heard as the chocolate haired girl tried to see who was making it.
"Thank God. Looks like I made it in time." a female voice said. The little girls looked up and saw it's owner. It was a young woman, an adolscent no older than 15, stading in mid air with an extended right hand, panting lightly. She had blue eyes, long reddish brown hair tied up in a twin ponytail. She wore a sailor uniform of some sort and had pink wings around her boots. In her left hand she had a long staff with a red orb on it's tip, encased by a thick golden crestent. There was also a reloading shaft with a reloading clip. The girl began descending.
"Everything is alright now. You two are very brave." the girl said as she landed next to them, and placed a hand on the shoulder of the girl closest to her "There is nothing to be afraid of soon we wi-"
"Ow!" Namika winced from the touch. "Watch it, will ya!"
"Your arm?!" the newcomer gasped "I didn't know. Sorry."
"It's okay. It hurts only when you touch the burnt. Who are you anyways?!" Namika asked as she avoided eye contatct. She opened her right eye as she kept her left one closed. Aw damn it, I think I have something in my eye...
"Takamachi Nanoha." the blue eyed girl smiled as she got up. "Now we better get out of here." Nanoha pointed her staff to the ground and a pink runed circle appeared beneath her. The staff spoke.
Clearance confirmation acquired. Firing lock is cancelled.
A talking staff? Namika thought. Cool! Where can I get one of those?
"We're going through the roof, Raising heart."
Alright. Load cartridge.
The device cocked out 2 cartridges and it glew bright pink as 3 angelic wings came out of it, 2 at the bottom and 1 at the top situated at every 60 degrees. Nanoha pointed the reformed device toward the ceiling.
"Divine..." she began the incantation as raising heart began syphoning energy on it's tip. More runed rings appeared around it to help hold the unstable energy. "... Buster~!" a giant pink beam shot out of Raising heart and went right through the ceiling creating an escape route.
Subaru watched in awe. She was captivated by the beaty and power the older girl displayed. Somewhere deep in her chest she felt something swell up. Admiration. She wanted to be like this girl. Yep folks. She was developing a case of hero worship.
Namika on the other hand was fairly excited by this point. No seriously. Where can I get one of those!
"Okay." Nanoha brought her staff down and turned to the gaping girls "We're good to go. C'mon." she went to pick the two girls but Namika was faster in her resolve. She pushed Subaru into Nanoha's arms as she jumped swiftly on her back, piggy back style.
"It would be easier this way." seeing Nanoha's bewildered expression she went on "You can't carry us both in one hand now can you?" their saviour nodded once and flew out the newly formed hole in the roof, with the two injured girls.
As they gained a little altitude Namika took her chance to survey her surroundings. She appeared to be in a modern city judging by the architecture of the city, glassed buildings with parks scattered all over the city. She looked back at the building that might have been her tomb if Nanoha hadn't shown up. The sight of four giant white cubes caught her attention, as well as the person standing on a rectangular summoning circle. I wonder who that is? For some reason she seems familiar... Before she could ask however Nanoha spoke.
"This is Stars 1 Takamachi Nanoha. I've managed to secure two girls from the premises."
'Good work Nanoha-chan. As expected of the Ace of Aces.' An enthusiastic voice came from the floating screen next to her. It was a woman with blue eyes and long brown hair.
She's really pretty... and a bit geekish. Namika couldn't help the thought, but decided to survey her surroundings, while Nanoha did her job.
"Thanks Shari. Can you tell me where nearest ambulance is?"
'Wait a sec. The nearest ambulance is a couple of hundred meters from you due west.'
Coordinates received.
'By the way who did you save?' Shari glanced toward the two girls Nanoha was carrying.
Nanoha blinked and turned to the girl in her arms who stared back not saying anything. Seeing that she wouldn't talk anytime soon she turned to the girl on her back who was looking around as if it was her first time on this planet.
"Who are you?" Nanoha tried to get her attention.
"Namika. Namika Chikanatsu." the girl answered still looking around "And the girl you are holding is Subaru Nakajima..."
'Okay thank you for the information Namika-chan.' Shari said as she appeared to be typing in the information.
"You're welcome Shari-san." the little girl said with a bright smile.
"I see the ambulance." Nanoha said as she began descending "We should get you two there quickly." she landed close to the vehicle where attendants were already waiting with the nessessary equipment. Subaru was paced on the bed. The doctors gave her an oxygen mask and began checking her pulse, breathing etc.
They tried to force Namika to lie on the bed too, but only succeeded to get her to sit on it. She was insisting that they check up her left eye as it was bleeding a little now. The doctors were swift and removed the foreign object from her eye, much to her relief. She was glad for it and allowed them to give her painkillers as they tried to fix up her ankle and clean up the burnt arm.
Nanoha content with her work took off. Namika saw her and sent a telepathic message while she was in range.
'Thank you Takamachi-san.' she said with her eyes closed.
Nanoha stopped and floated in mid-air as soon as she got the message.
'You're a mage?' she sent back a little confused and shocked.
'Well... I guess I am...' Namika replied uncertainly, wincing a little from the doctor's attempt to twist her ankle 'It's just that I am having a hard time accessing my magic pool at the moment.'
'You mean your linker core ? That is weird. I didn't pick up any traces of magic from you and yet you're talking to me like this...'
'That is because this is a specific form of telepathic communication. A unique spell so to say. It doesn't require constant magical feed, just enough to get it started and it can last until either one of the two sides breaks the connection.' Namika explained with a smile. She felt oddly satisfied to have caught the older girl by surprise.
Nanoha turned around and stared at the short brown haired girl. Even now she couldn't feel ANY magic from her. She wondered if there was something wrong with the girl's linker core. She focused and tried to see it. What she saw however confused her even more. There was a bright shimmer of light in Namika's chest, perhaps it was brighter than her own if there wasn't a black mist around it. It seemed that the mist kept the girl from accessing her magical abilities. And yet... why can she talk to me like that...
While Nanoha was pondering on Namika's surprising ability to use magic without having any in theory, the latter began feeling a little uneasy under her intense gaze and became a little worried. Now that the doctors did what they did she felt safe to open her eyes and she saw Nanoha stare openly at her chest. She looked down and saw what Nanoha had seen, her linker core surrounded by a black mist. Well that explains it ... some what... She looked back up 'Umm... Takamachi-san? Is something wrong?' she said a little annoyed by the attention.
The sudden voice in her head snapped Nanoha back to reality as she caught herself staring. She tried to turn her gaze away but ended up locking eyes with the little girl. Twice that day the girl had surprised her, this was the third time.
'Takamachi-san?' Namika tried again growing rather agitated from the older girl's stare but to no avail. Nanoha was being held captive by her own eyes, even though her left eye was a little swollen. Blue eyes were staring at heterochromatic blue/red eyes, whose color contradiction and intensity was mezmerising and stunning. Nanoha could vouch for that.
'Nanoha-san!?' Namika shouted mentally with a cute pout on her face. Attention was one of the few things she hated.
'Huh?' Nanoha snapped out of her trance and blushed.
'You DO know that it's NOT polite to stare right?' a little teasing wouldn't kill anyone.
'Umm...' the brown haired girl blushed even more.
'Honestly where does today's youth get their education from these days. Tsk tsk tsk...' Namika feigned disappointment. 'Don't they teach you manners?'
'Like you're the one to talk.'
'But of course. If not me then who?' Namika replied cheekily.
'How about someone who doesn't end up in a burning bulding almost cooked to death.' Nanoha had a smug smile on her face.
'Hey?! It ain't my fault that the building was on fire...' though i have no idea why i did end up there... The afterthought persisted. What was I doing there... She didn't have time to think on it as Nanoha spoke again.
'Maybe so, but you should be careful. Girls should be a little less reckless and a little more elegant.'
Namika blinked and laughed. A soft and sweet sound 'Yeah... I get that a lot...' seeing Nanoha's confused expression she added 'The reckless and elegant part..'
Nanoha laughed and although she was far, Namika could hear her. If she had to be honest, it was an oddly soothing sound.
'Well then... I hope to see you later... Nami-chan.' she gave her a playful wink ,which earned a quirk on an eyebrow, as she flew off.
Before the link got terminated Namika managed to reply 'I'll be waiting... Nano-chan~' she said a little seductively (as seductive as a thirteen year old could be) and she could have sworn that she heard Nanoha choke, a second before the link died completely.
She turned to the side only to see Subaru staring at the place where Nanoha was floating just a few moments ago. The girl hadn't said a word since Nanoha's dramatic appearance, not that she was more talkative before that. She pinched her cheek.
"Ouch!?" Subaru yelped as she rubbed her cheek "Why did you do that?" she asked with small tears in her eyes.
"You were spacing out and I wanted to make sure that you didn't go into shock or something." Namika said wiht a mature voice that didn't fit her.
"I'm okay. I-"
Namika interrupted her "Of course you are..." Subaru shot her a bewildered look "You're a big girl after all" Namika said with a wink which made the blue haired girl's cheeks to turn pink. After finishing with the preparations, the two of them were sent to the local hospital for further treatment.
Author's notes:
So this is it for chapter one... I hope you enjoyed reading it ^^. Gah. I finally fixed the mistakes in this damn thing. If you find more don't hesitate to point them out ^^.
