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Hidden Wings

Prelude

A young man in his teenage years walks to the country of Alkon. He has traveled all across Gaea, and gained much experience as well as wisdom. During his journey he's became a great swordsman not that you couldn't tell that by the way his sword hung proudly from his belt and his muscular form. Although he is not a well know swordsman it doesn't take any points off for his skills but today was different from any other day because today is when his long journey ends, today is when he finally returns home.

This man young man from Alkon has pearly white hair which he keeps in a loose ponytail since it reaches his hips and he carries warm yet icy green eyes. He is wearing black breeches along with a long-sleeved blue shirt and his hands are gloved with a dark brown leather.

As he nears Alkon he reaches a small shady area and decides to rest there for awhile so he sits down under a huge tree and relaxes.

"Mamoru!" yelled a cheerful voice.

The young looks up to who had called his name and found that the voice belonged to none other then his baby sister, he thought of her as a baby sister since he was twelve years older than her.

He stood up and smiled as the young five year old raced towards him.

Mamoru kneeled down to give his sister a hug because his height didn't let allow him to do so on his feet. He stretches his arms out as his sister jumps into to them and they embrace each other.

"Its good to see you again Hitomi, how have you been ?" Hitomi loosened her grip on him and looked at his face and smiled " I'm fine Mamoru and it's really good to see you too!" He returned the smile and stood up once more

"Well that's good because I was worried that nobody wanted me around ." He looks at Hitomi to find that she's giving him a `you gotta be kidding' look. She puts her hands on her hips and tilted her alittle to the side and says "Oh honestly brother you really think too much everybody misses you , now come on I'll race you back home." Mamoru looks down at Hitomi and studies her. She has long fawn brown hair which could have been mistaken for a dirty blonde color and she is wearing a long-sleeved white dress which only reached her knees allowing her to move but the thing that caught most of his attention was her eyes. They both held the same color of eyes it was the only feature they both had in common but anyone could easily see that Hitomi's eyes were of a much more vivd green than his.

"Um Mamoru are you okay ?" Hitomi broke his trance and he just

simply smiled at her.

"Yes I'm fine just thinking............ by the way Hitomi why are you so far away from home?" Hitomi looked up at him "We're not that far away from home and besides I had a dream about you coming home, well sort of" "A dream?" Mamoru asked. Hitomi nodded her head "It was a really weird dream, first I saw you here and then I was surrounded by fire and everything was burning, I thought it was real, I can still feel the heat of the flames."

Mamoru's eyes widen he quickly gathered his things then grabbed Hitomi's wrist and ran home.

"Mamoru ........ what's wrong ......... come on let me go I can run by myself!" Hitomi yelled. "Hitomi ........ tell me when did you see the dream ?" "Well I saw it yesterday in the afternoon I wasn't even sleeping but it came ...... Mamoru let me go, you're hurting me!" she yelled . Mamoru let her go and stopped he needed to catch his breath.

"Mamoru tell me what's wrong!" He looked at his sister, her face held anger and confusion, he wasn't sure she would believe him. It was a secert that he and his parents knew but they never told her about it because they didn't want to ruin her childhood, but now was the time to tell her. He put both of his hands on either of her shoulders and looked her straight in the eye. "Hitomi haven't noticed that you been having different kinds of dreams?" Hitomi face now held more confusion, what did he mean? " Hitomi you just told me that in the dream you were able to feel the heat of the flames and if recall correctly from other dreams you had you don't feel anything but emotions in dreams." Now Hitomi was really confused "But ..." she was cut off "Yes Hitomi I know you had other dreams of when you were able to feel things besides emotions, but those weren't really dreams Hitomi they were visions, you have the gift of sight."

Hitomi looked at her brother her eyes grew wide as she comprehended everything he said. She heard of the gift of sight the power to be able to see the future but she would have never guessed that she would have possessed it. "You mean that...." Mamoru knew what his sister was going to say so he just nodded his head. Hitomi shurged off her brothers hands and raced towards Aklon and Mamoru ran after her. When Aldon was in their sights it was burning ! There were people screaming , crying begging for help, running, and on fire. There people fleeing their burning country, but not so many. They both noticed guymelfs escaping the scene , none of them were from Aklon and they both knew this was an attack. The scent of carnage and charcoal filled their noses and still the screams of people's plea for help grew louder. Hitomi couldn't take this, she had to help them, she was about to run to the burning country but Mamoru grabbed her by her forearm and dragged her in the forest.

"Mamoru! Our country is on fire and our family and friends are probably dying for all we know, we have to help them!" "Hitomi look there was nothing we could have done okay, I saw some of our people who were able to escape the fire, besides we don't even know who attacked us ! Aklon is still alive Hitomi she has her people and she has us, one day we will return and rebuild it but for now we must leave."

Hitomi couldn't stand this , too much has happen so quickly, tears started to stream down her face. Mamoru's eyes softened and he embraced his baby sister , he couldn't believe what was happening either he finally returns home to find it on fire but now he would have to force his five year old sister to grow up and not live her childhood to its lull extent. "Its okay Hitomi I know it hurts , ." Hitomi started to cry even more and collasped in his arms

He figured he should give her some time before he train her to survive . "Hitomi no matter what happens I'll make sure you survive this................."

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

So what do you think this my first time writing and I would like to know what you think of it ,, and as for the little romance department I'm stickin' with V/H and of course they're not the only lovers here but you'll have to read the rest to find out who they are. Well I must be going, send your comment to me as you leave and have a nice day.

Sereneblaze