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This chapter is about how Lucia beame friends and met with Akari my summer spirit.

75 years after Lucia is born

Akari was a summer spirit, which meant that by now. She should be well into Hibernation, but something kept her from it this year. she wasn't a guardian, nor had she any intentions to become one, she was free. No pressure just the feeling of summer floated through her.

So what had called her to the north in the middle of the winter?

Akari was a compassionate being, her long feelings for helping the suffering always made her seek out hurt and injured people. Perhaps that was why, she stopped close to a cave, due to her presence, the weather became warmer and the sun shone through the clouds, she looked upwards.

'I can't stay long' she thought to herself, as she walked in she heard crying. Walking in she saw a winter spirit

"no one ever sees me and he never responds to my questions what have I ever done him?" a voice full of sorrow and pain came. Akari moved a bit closer in aware of her warmth, she hadn't talked with winter spirits before. Other season spirits tended kept, as far away as they could from them.

Akari placed a hand on her chest, feeling the pain of the girl in front of her. She was wearing a tattered brown dress her legs drawn up and she was hugging them. Akari kneeled in distance, while thinking of what to say to the spirit in front of her.

"why are you sad?" it just came out of her, the spirit lifted her head, looking forward at Akari. She then scrambled backwards in fear, "hey, wow calm down I'm not here to hurt you"

"you summer spirits are always after us of winter, one of you almost killed another, when he was spreading some last winter over a glacier and me..." the spirit stopped, but Akari frowned spotting some healed burns in the shape of a hand on her wrists.

"i'm not here to harm you, my name is Akari, what is yours?" Akari said, backing up in distance, holding her hands up showing, she meant no harm the spirit in front of her, who calmed a bit.

"lucia, My name is Lucia" the other replied, her eyes widening recognizing the special energy around Akari, "you... you are a summer spirit, what are you doing here?"

Akari shrugged, "beats me I should be deep into hibernation, when I felt someone in pain" Akari looked at Lucia, who seemed confused, "you i felt your pain"

Lucia bend her head, "it's nothing, nothing someone like you should worry about anyway" she said pulling her knees up again and making herself a ball again, "now just leave any more heat and winter will become spring to soon."

Akari looked out knowing Lucia was right, "listen let's meet here again, okay?" she said, the pain hurt her more than she dared to admit, "March I'll see you here"

Lucia just stared at her, as the Summer Spirit turned and left, "March, like you will come"

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Akari felt the pull of spring from Africa, where she currently was on top of the tallest of trees; she full well knew March was around the corner, but Lucia...

The pain had felt so strong lately, but now it felt like a dull pain. Akari widened her eyes, as she felt an almost new pain hit the Spirit with which she had formed a sort of bond with or had it been present?

With a Call of the winds, she took off flying fast ignoring other spirits, mostly winter, which seemed surprised by her presence.

Akari landed by the cave, looking in, she saw Lucia lying across the floor. Akari came in, she laid a hand on Lucia's shoulder but the spirit groaned in pain, not because of her touch, but...

Hurt... someone had hurt the spirit.

Akari felt the breeze behind her, knowing full well who had come, "Akari?" she looked over her shoulder seeing long ebony hair glow in the sun that shone into the cave, her amber eyes showed curiosity, "why are you here so early? And for the second time in winter"

Akari moved a bit to the side showing Lucia. The Spirit of Earth Mother Nature came closer kneeling down gently brushing Lucia's hair, "someone did this to her?"

"i only just got here, but i suspect things have been going on, I found her in winter two months back" Akari responded.

"She's close too Hibernation, she's exhausted" Mother Nature said, stroking the Hair of the girl "Akari"

"Hm?" the Summer Spirit turned her attention to Mother Nature.

"Will you watch her?" Mother Nature asked her daughter, a smile graced her lips, "I know you are seasons apart, but you unlike your sisters can heal"

Akari's eyes widened in surprise, she had kept it hidden from her siblings. Off course she needed time, but it was doable.

"but will we mix... I mean I'm a Summer Spirit, she's a Winter Spirit will it work?" Akari stuttered suddenly worried, she didn't want to hurt anyone; she had nothing against Winter Spirits. She was on the other side fascinated by them.

Mother Nature gently laughed, "She will be fine. Akari, you have compassion, which is why your healing isn't effected by your summer powers, but you just have to do your duties as well"

"Sure, I'll stay in the area"

The two looked down at the winter spirit, which still moaned in pain. Akari placed her hands over the shoulder, just as the breeze came once more telling the summer spirit, Mother nature had left the two spirits.

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Lucia woke and fell asleep over the next few days, while Akari healed her wounds by the middle of March, Lucia fell into Hibernation. Akari came by at least twice a day and with the Hibernation it became even less.

Akari at times slept next to the Winter Spirit and when she woke, she asked herself, why she did it, but it came fast she was lonely and Lucia was company even when asleep.

When August was at an end Akari returned to the cave one late evening after not having been there for a week. She found a somewhat awake Winter Spirit, who looked out at her from the leaning against a rock, she was doing it was clear the winter Spirit had been awake. Akari looked back at the last time, she had been there, the other spirit had shown signs of awakening.

"i see you're awake"

"are you here to hurt me?"

Akari was taken aback tilting her head she frowned, "no, I'm not. I'm here to see how you are"

"tired and watchful" Lucia replied, looking out the cave entrance, "The Summer Spirits are bound to notice my awakening soon"

"they are busy heading elsewhere, letting the Fall take over" Akari said, "some even have to enter hibernation me being one of them this year, the winter will be yours."

Lucia tuned her head letting her guard somewhat down. Slowly, but surely, the two spirits began to talk, it wasn't long, before Lucia was smiling and Akari felt some of the hurt and other feelings vanish. A sense of companionship developed and by the time Lucia was fit and Akari tired, the two spirits had become friends.

Unknown to the both of them outside a shimmered shape smiled, before taking off watching glad the seasons had become friends, opposites as they were.

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I'll give you one guess to whom the spirit outside the cave was until next time