So like this is my first story in years, i started a beyblade one along time ago and it kind stunk, lol so hopefully this one is will be better. Again like the discription it a bunch of one shots based on a song i may have been listening to.
So enjoy :)
Chapter 1: Shades of Grey
Song by Billy Joel
The snow, in the cold city of Flanoir, fell as if it was its last chance to get to the ground. The snowflakes, the size of a 50 cent piece, fell on to the earth in at violent speed, buffeting the few people left outside, trying desperately to get to their homes. To everyone else this was a usual everyday experience, but to Zelos Wilder this was a night from hell.
Stepping away from the window he moved to a chair that was placed next to a small fire place. Nothing in this world could express how much he hated the white substance that fell so freely here, and all he wanted to do was flee this place, but he couldn't. He had a job to do tomorrow which meant he had to stay put and bear it.
With a heavy sigh he sat back and tried to calm his raging tension when a sudden banging at his door startled him up and out of his seat. Cursing silently under his breath he moved to answer the door.
"It's kinda late for a chat don't ya think." He spoke with annoyance in his voice as he opened the door. He had expected Lloyd but the person that stood in front of him now was as far from being Lloyd as possible. In fact the person that stood in front of him was the same person he would have least expected to come knocking at his door at such an hour.
"Sorry." She muttered flushing as she rubbed the back of her head nervously. "I didn't mean to wake you."
"No you didn't wake me; I just wasn't expecting any visitors. We do kind of have a big day tomorrow."
"I know…well sorry goodnight." She turned and began to walk away and immediately Zelos felt his heart drop. She had something on her mind and she was coming to him to discuss it, not Lloyd, not Collette, not rain, but him. She came to him, and all he did was chase her off.
"Sheena wait!" he called reaching out and grabbing her shoulder. "You came here to talk about something right? Come on in, I can hear you out for a few hours."
The smile that appeared on her face could have melted the snowy city so much that everyone would have thought they were in Altamira. She walked over and placed her self on the edge of her bed then gazed up at him with her big brown eyes, beckoning him to come and sit with her.
He did of course sitting directly beside her like he had done several times before, back before things got complicated, when they were still on great terms to the point where she would allow him in the same room as her. Back before they even knew about there being another world or the evils that they would be facing. It was crazy to think in was only a year or two ago when things were still simple, or a least a lot more simple that it was now. Now things were so confusing and nothing is as it appears. Where the their world use to be black and white, now the two shades have blurred and made a grey patch in between where good and evil collide.
"So what's up hunny, tell daddy Zelos your problems" The remark earned him a short glare, but that was what he wanted. Now at least he knew she wasn't completely depressed.
"It's just; I'm worried, about tomorrow. I can't stop thinking about it." she said keeping her head down.
Zelos being the expert speaker he was had a feeling there was a little bit more elaboration hiding underneath that beautiful façade so he asked the best question for digging out all that extra stuff, a stupid one
"What do you mean?" he said ignorantly his method seemed to be working by the look on her face. It was one of astonishment and a touch of anger but that was to be expected.
"What do you mean, 'what do I mean'? Tomorrow is the day we go up against Lord Yggdrasill! Tomorrow is it, if we fail then the whole world I doomed! That's why I'm worried."
"I see, see." He said nodding with his eyes shut. "Now how does that make you feel?"
"Zelos!" she erupted sending him a death glare, but his calm attitude stayed composed and collected, which seemed to make her temper worse.
"Look Sheena all I'm trying to do is lighten the mood."
"I don't need you to lighten the mood Zelos!" she stood this time, positioning her self in front of where he sat. "I need to tell me everything is going to be alright!"
"Sheena…" he muttered empathy in his voice. Did she have to look at her like that? With such distress and misery in those gorgeous brown eyes, It hurt like crazy seeing her so unsure and broken up. That kind of pain shouldn't be allowed to exist in her beautiful form.
"You know that I can't say that, I can't assure you that everything will go as planed. I'm a heck of a gambler but even I can't guess the outcome of tomorrow. It could go either way easily." His words must have matched up with what she was trying to avoid because of how she reacted; her arms sagged to her side, her eyes sealed shut, her head hung low, all the physical features of someone being crushed by reality.
"que sera sera, what will be will be, Hun. You can't change the future. If we're doomed to fail or if we win; it's all a game of chance. All we can do is try and play our cards right."
"I know…I'm sorry I bothered you so late to have this stupid conversation I already know the answer to." She choked disgust in her voice at her own naivety.
Zelos shook his head and delicately took one of her hands that hung limp at her side. "No love, this wasn't stupid, sometimes we need to talk about things. Getting it off your chest was the best thing you could do. Now all that's left is for you to go and get some rest and let things sort themselves out." He stood as well adding a 'nothing good comes out of worrying to much' as he stood next to her, towering over her with his height.
"Thank you Zelos. I'm glad we could talk like this again." She said a smile returning to her lips.
Her words sent his heart soaring, and it comforted his mind to know that he wasn't the only one who had remembered the moments between the two he cherished dearly. "Yeah hunny, I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it.
She gave him one last heart throbbing look before exiting the room, leaving Zelos dazed. She defiantly knew how to kill a crowd, even if she really didn't know how. It only made him happier to know that he was the only one she was performing for. She came to him, and sat with him; she got upset and was comforted by him; all things that lead him to believe that she trusted him again; after so long, after all those Fractures and cracks that snaked their way into their relationship, he had finally gained her trust.
"Her trust…" slowly his own words began to sink in and mix with the appalling reality that hit him like a brick wall being pushed by a runaway train. Suddenly the room seemed smaller, a lot smaller, as if the walls were closing in on him. And the air was thick and heavy, the oxygen mixing with the dread and despair that radiated off of him.
He staggered back to his bed and laid down, hoping to ease the headache that was starting at the top of his right temple. Cursing under his breath he laid their trapped in his own mind as it spun viciously.
Her trust, how could he be so stupid, so idiotic, so utterly oblivious to what was so evident. Sure yeah he had succeeded in gaining her trust, but now he didn't deserve it. Not with the dark secret he'd been holding since the two of them were told about Sylvarant and its chosen.
The thought of converting her to his side came to his mind then vanished soon after. Sheena was a loyal and courageous person who would sooner die doing what was right than to live because she helped out the bad guys. She was a good person, unlike himself who only looked out for his own neck and didn't care whose foot he steps on.
Turning on his side he let his body lay limp against the mattress as he stared in the darkness of the room as if trying to see something that would never appear. So now what?' he thought a misery filled chuckle escaping his throat. Where does he go from here? What side should he chose? Whose mission was more righteous than the others? On one side you have Lloyd and his crew, fighting to save both worlds equally giving everyone a chance to live freely. He thought it was a great idea in its self, but a naive one that would fail somewhere along the line, people of the world cant be as kind as the brunette, even if it would be for the better .
Then on the other side you have lord Yggdrasill who just wants to bring his sister back and make a new world where half-elves could live with out the constant hatred and ridicule they faced through out their entire lives, a agonizing existence he knew all to well, and one that he would do just about anything to get out of.
So what should he do? In the end who is the bad guy and who is the good guy, and what determines that choice in a role? How is one to pick a side when the idea of good and evil is blurred to the point where you cant pick them out anymore? What then?
review and let me know how it was plz so i can fix things up. :)
