Wings of True Love

Part 3

Yasmine stared about her. She was traveling through what was no doubt some kind of dimension-spanning tunnel. Bright blurs of color swirled and flew past her, and it seemed as though she were traveling at very high speeds. Yasmine held her breath. There was something wrong with this tunnel, or with her, or maybe even both. Either way, it was terribly hard for Yasmine to breathe, and she wondered vaguely if she would suffocate before she even reached her destination.

Don't be ridiculous, a voice in Yasmine's head shot at her, her Majesty would never allow that to happen, how's about a little faith here?

But no matter what the voice in her head was saying, suffocating is still suffocating.

Yasmine's eyes widened as a bright speck of light appeared below her. Her eyes widened incredulously. She had seen enough Earth programs to know that 'seeing the light' was never a good thing.

I'm dying? she thought in disbelief, No! I can't possibly let the princess down like this! If I can just hold my breath for a few....more....minutes...

But the light wasn't inside her head. It was the end of the tunnel, and Yasmine soon felt herself free falling.

The tunnel dispersed from around her and Yasmine finally caught enough breath to scream as she plummeted.

"WAAAAAAH!" Yasmine exclaimed, but she quickly found herself connecting with solid ground as she flopped like a rag doll on rain-soaked grass. She drew a big breath of fresh air, relieved, but her breath caught for a second as a figure approached her. Yasmine tensed as she found herself staring at an insanely pale, dark-haired woman clad in a mostly black dress and tall black boots staring right back down at her.

"Are you the Time-Space Witch, the one who can grant dimension-spanning power?" Yasmine asked, still breathing heavily from the tunnel. She blinked uncertainly as the lady smirked at her.

"I have been called that. And you are...?" the woman returned.

"My name is Yasmine Tokogawa. I come from a world by the name of Sapphire, in the Gemini dimension, and that very world is now in grave danger. I have been sent by my world's princess, Princess Cara Citrene, to beg you for the power to cross worlds in order to find the only being that can save my home world from destruction," Yasmine stated hurriedly. Was that pity in the witch's eyes?

"Do you know where you are, Yasmine Tokogawa?" the witch asked her.

"Uhm........no, I'm afraid I don't,"Yasmine murmured softly.

"You are in a shop that will grant any wish, as long as the proper price is paid,"the witch replied, "That meaning that if you wish to be given dimension-spanning powers in order to save your world, you must pay a price."

Yasmine didn't flinch, "Fair enough. I will pay your price."

"You haven't even heard what that price is," the witch raised an eyebrow at Yasmine's willingness.

"For my homeland," Yasmine stated with finality, "No price is too high."

The witch smiled warmly. "Those are very courageous words for such a young woman. But not even your greatest possession would be enough to grant your wish. Thus, you will not journey alone"

"Eh?" Yasmine asked. But she gasped in surprise as the rainy sky above her opened up the same way it had for her, only twice now.

"Your traveling companions have arrived," the Time-Space Witch anounced.

Yasmine only stared as two beings arrived, one on either side of her, "Eh?"