Chapter Two: Charmed into conflict
Mokoto walked along the beach aimlessly, looking for something, anything that would tell her where she was. "Damn it, I have to find them. It's their fault anyway." She thought angrily as she continued on her way. It was a while before she came to a girl playing in the sand. She had brown hair and was dressed like the other charmer girls. "Maybe she's one of them." Mokoto thought as she approached the girl. "Why did you come here?" the girl said without even glancing at Mokoto. "I'm looking for these girls who call themselves charmers." She explained. "What do you want with us?" she asked as she built her sand castle. "So you're one of them?" Mokoto asked. The girl nodded. "My name is Aussa the earth charmer." She stated. "This girl has the personality of a rock." Mokoto thought to herself. Aussa drew up her earth staff and lifted it high into the sky. The small sand castle morphed into the largest castle Mokoto had ever seen. Aussa put her staff away and admired her creation. "Who are you looking for?" she asked. "A girl with green hair. Another with blue hair." Mokoto explained. "Wynn and Eria." Aussa said flatly. "That's their names. Are they friends of yours?" Mokoto said excited. Aussa nodded. "Was there a red-head with them?" she asked Mokoto. Mokoto nodded, "She is the psycho who attacked us." Mokoto explained to Aussa. "Hiita." Aussa stated. As if summoned, flames shot up from the ground and out of them, emerged Hiita. "You called?" she asked happily to Aussa. "Not really. I was just explaining to this girl who you were." Aussa explained. Hiita looked at the girl then instantly realized who it was. "What the hell are you doing here?" Hiita snapped drawing her fire staff. "I'm not here to fight." Mokoto explained. "Then why are you here?" she hissed. "My friend, the one who blocked your attack, he was gonna come here, but he got badly hurt. I figured the other two girls should know that." Mokoto explained. Hiita turned her back on Mokoto. Then, she spun quickly and launched a massive blast of fire toward Mokoto. Before she could even react, the ground in front of her rose up and took the blast. "Aussa, what the fuck?" Hiita shouted. "She did nothing wrong." Aussa said flatly. "She is a human. She's in our world, and what's more, she has power over darkness." Hiita snapped. "Call Wynn and Eria." Aussa instructed Hiita. "Why?" Hiita asked. "She has a message for them. Weren't you listening?" Aussa said. With a growl Hiita launched a fireball into the sky. It exploded violently, lighting up the sky. Almost instantly, the wind picked up and before them all, stood Wynn. A massive wave approached the land but just before it crashed Eria appeared and the wave died. "What's up?" the two asked simultaneously. "This girl has a message." Aussa said pointing to Mokoto. "You?! How'd you get here?" Wynn asked. "I cast a spell, but that's not important. Remember my friend who promised to visit you?" Mokoto said. Wynn and Eria nodded. "He…he's not coming, he may never come." She said softly. "Why, what happened?" Wynn blurted. "He, got hit by a car, saving me." Mokoto explained. A hush fell over the girls. "Oh-oh my." Wynn said sadly. "I-is he?" Eria asked. Mokoto just sniffled and shook her head. Everyone was silent, the only sound was the waves crashing against the shore. "Why does that matter so much to us anyway?" Hiita said breaking the silence. "Show some compassion Hiita." Eria snapped. "She's right," Wynn agreed, "This girl has had a hard time with it. We should be more sympathetic." Mokoto glared at Hiita, "It's your fault anyway." "What was that you brat!" Hiita burst out. Flames began rising from the ground around her. "I said it's your fault. We wouldn't have argued if you hadn't attacked us and forced us to use our power." Mokoto spat back. "How is that my fault?" Hiita growled. "Neither of us knew about the others power. So we argued about not telling each other. I just wish." Mokoto trailed off. Tears swelled in her eyes as she began to cry. "I never got to say I was sorry." The charmers all looked at her, sadness across their faces. Then a bright light shined down from the sky. It shimmered between everyone and a small girl with white hair descended from the sky. When her feet touched the ground the light vanished and she looked at everyone. "Lyna." Wynn breathed. "Hiya." She said cheerfully. "Why did you come?" Eria asked. "I saw everyone crowding around and got curious, so I came by." Lyna explained. "But if you're here that means that." Hiita said before being interrupted by a spire of dark energy shooting up from the ground. It hissed with wicked energy as it snaked high into the sky. "Yup, he's on his way now." Lyna said happily. The other charmers drew their staffs and backed up. They pointed the tips at the spire and waited for what was coming. The spire collapsed and a boy stood in what was once the center of the dark mass. He looked around at the girls and sighed. "Is it going to be like this every time I make an entrance?" he asked. He had brown hair and he seemed to be the same age as Lyna, perhaps a bit older. "After the last incident, you bet your ass it will." Hiita growled at him. "You're here because Lyna came, right, Dharc?" Wynn asked. Mokoto noticed her tone had dropped, all of them did. All but Hiita, her voice never did carry a kind tone, but the others did. Now though, they all seemed uneasy and alert. The boy smiled and nodded, "Nah, I came because I felt a great darkness in this area and wanted to make sure nothing was wrong." He explained. "It's her." Aussa said pointing at Mokoto. Dharc looked at Mokoto and raised an eyebrow. "Her? Really?" the girls nodded, "She is a human with dark powers." Eria explained. Dharc stepped toward Mokoto curiously, "I see." He said. Mokoto held her breath and gathered her power. Then, Dharc smiled at her. "That certainly is a great power you have." "Th-thanks." She said softly. "So," Lyna chimed in, "What brings you to our world?" "That one caused me and my friend to get into a fight. Before I could say I was sorry, he got hit by a car rescuing me." Mokoto said glaring at Hiita. "It was your own damn fault. You should have told him." She spat. "Such a tragedy." Lyna said sadly. "Yes, quite. Is he going to be ok?" Dharc asked politely. Mokoto looked at the ground tears patting against the sand, "I'm not sure." "Is there any way we can help?" Wynn offered. Instantly, Mokoto opened the book she took and flipped through the pages. She stopped and read one of the passages. "It says that if I control your familiars, I can use your power as I wish. Maybe that could do it." The charmers looked at one another then at Mokoto, "We're sorry, but we can't allow that." Eria said. "But why?" Mokoto asked. "Our familiars are our power, sort of, as long as they are free, we have full control." Wynn explained. "Should someone possess them, we would lose control of ourselves." Dharc finished. "It's a dangerous thing to do." Aussa put in. "I'm really sorry." Lyna said sadly. "pfft speak for yourself, I wouldn't want her controlling mine anyway." Hiita said bitterly. "So, there isn't a way for you to help then?" Mokoto said sniffling. "I'm afraid not." Eria said with a sigh. "I see, well then, I guess I'll head back and check on Tenshi." Mokoto sighed. She turned around and was surprised to see the portal still open. She glanced back at the charmers and smiled weakly. "Thank you for your help." With that, she stepped through and was back in her world. The portal closed and Mokoto fell to her knees and began to cry. "Tenshi," she sobbed, "I'm so sorry. I wasn't able to get help." She picked herself up and wiped her tears. She walked downstairs and walked out the door, heading for the hospital. When she arrived she went up to his room and sat in a chair beside him. "Hey." She whispered. "I met them, the charmers. They are all very nice, well, except that Hiita girl. She was mean." Mokoto leaned back and smiled sadly. "You should have been there, their world is so pretty. It's not hard to get there either. Everything is in the book you got." She gently grasped Tenshi's hand. "I'll take you when you wake up." She said sniffling. Outside the door, a figure stood listening. It moved and opened the door. Mokoto turned swiftly to see who it was. "Oh, Kano, it's just you." She breathed easy. "Yeah, I heard about what happened and thought I'd check on him." Kano said. Mokoto smiled softly, "I'm sure he'd appreciate that." Kano glanced at the book Mokoto was holding. "May I see that?" he asked. Mokoto looked at the book then at Kano. "Um, I guess, it's not really mine." She said reluctantly handing him the book. As he skimmed the pages a wicked smirk crossed his face. "I never pegged you for one that believed in the supernatural." He said stopping on one particular page. His eyes scanned the words on the page as he absorbed the information. "I, uh, thought it might be interesting." Mokoto lied. Kano closed the book and handed it back to her. "It certainly is interesting." He said with a smile. "I'll be going now. Good to see you." And with that he was gone. "That guy creeps me out." She breathed. She glanced at Tenshi and smiled. "I'll be back tomorrow." She whispered as she left for home as well.
When he arrived at home, Kano instantly logged onto his computer and looked up the book he had read from Mokoto. An online version was available for reading and he instantly opened it. "Where the hell did that page go?" he growled as he scrolled from page to page. Then, finally, he found it. The page read: Possessing the familiars, dominate the minds of the elements. Kano smiled wickedly as he read the information. He recited the incantation that was given and he felt power rushing through him.
The charmers were all talking about Mokoto and Tenshi on the beach when suddenly, they felt a strange feeling come over them. "Does anyone else feel different?" Wynn asked. "Yeah, kinda." Eria agreed. Then, in the blink of an eye, Dharc erupted with raging power. The ground shook violently, and darkness flooded the sky. When he calmed down the girl were all staring at him. "Dharc? Are you ok?" Lyna asked. Dharc looked up at the girls and the all gasped. His eyes were blank and he had no emotion on his face. "It's begun." He hissed before vanishing. "What was that about?" Hiita shouted. "Not sure, but we should warn Tenshi and Mokoto." Eria said running into the ocean. "I'm with her." Wynn said vanishing in thin air. The other charmers followed as they all went to the human world.