Chapter 3: Encounters
-Normal POV-
"Uh... Guys?"Terra asked, walking out of the bathhroom with just a black bra on. Claire, Luke, and Chase turned their heads from the television and looked at Terra. Chase blushed slightly, but it soon disappeared.
"Yeah?"Claire asked, cocking an eyebrow at why Terra walked out of the bathroom suddenly.
Terra turned slightly to show her left arm to her friends. On her tricep was a black tattoo looking thing. At the top, it had three spikes that forged together then split back apart at the bottom in two spikes. In between the two was a little diamond.
"That wasn't there before the museum, right?"she asked.
Chase, Luke, and Claire all blinked. "A scar?"Claire asked stupidly.
"That's black?"Luke asked Claire, who shrugged.
Then what happened in the museum flashed in Terra's mind. "The vase..."she muttered as she walked over oto her bag. She pulled out the vase, and instead of the beautiful young woman there, a young woman who looked similar to Terra was in her place. "What the...?"
"What is it?"Chase asked, standing up and walking behind Terra. Luke and Claire followed and looked over Terra's shoulder to see the vase.
"Hey! That girl looks like you, Terra!"Luke exclaimed.
"That's the problem..."the farmgirl replied. She took out a piece of paper and a pencil. "Before, there was a girl on the vase who looked like this,"she muttered, drawing an okay picture of the girl. Luke took it and stared at her.
"Are you sure you weren't imagining things?"Claire asked.
Terra glared at them. "Trust me, I know what I saw. Chase, did you bring your laptop?"she asked.
Chase blinked and nodded. He walked over to his dufflebag and pulled out a black laptop that was covered up with pictures of bands and instruments. He handed it to Terra, who sat down. She opened up the internet and quickly began typing.
"What are you doing?"Luke asked, sitting down next to Terra, and looked at the screen. Claire sat down on the other side while Chase stood behind the couch.
"I'm looking up what kind of 'mysterious powers' the Vase of Hespera has been known to have,"Terra explained.
"Look, your are just freaking out and-- WOAH! Look at that!"Claire said, pointing at a picture of the vase. It looked a lot newer, like it was just made. It was the exact same one that Terra had stolen.
"Read the artical!"Chase urdged.
Terra nodded. "Okay! 'The Vase of Hespera was made by the Hikari clan. It is said to be an ancient artwork that held the Greek goddess Hespera's spirit within it. Every few generations, this goddess gets restless. When a female touches the vase, Hespera's spirit resides in their body until they die. If the heart of the owner has bad and mischeivous intentions, Hespera is also bad and mischievious, the same with if the owner has a pure heart. If the owner has both, Hespera is neutral.
"'Normally when the owner if chosen, Hespera chooses her herself, depending on how her spirit felt. The owner gets a strange marking on their left tricep when she is chosen. The rest of this myth is unknown,'"Terra finished reading.
Everything stayed quiet for a few minutes until Claire broke it. "So... Terra is now a goddess?"she asked. Everyone did an anime fall.
/With Dark, Emiko, and Daiki/
Dark sighed as he plopped on Daisuke's bed. He looked at a video camera in his hands. "This is the girl's. You know, the one who took the vase before I could,"he said to Daisuke's mom, Emiko.
Emiko took the video camera and plugged it into Daisuke's computer. "Let's see what's on it!"she exclaimed. On the screen, It was blue then turned into smething. Terra and the vase were there.
Terra slowly reached for the vase and when her finger tips touched it, the lady's eyes on the vase opened. A bright light enveloped from them and when it disappeared, Terra was laying on the ground with a lady with silver wings standing above her. Her hair was dark gray at the top and it slowly faded to white as the color went down her hair. Her eyes were a dark charcoal color.
"This is the girl who my spirit chose? You've got to be kidding me,"she muttered.
She kneeled down and looked at the girl thoroughly. "She seems strong, and her hands are rough, like she works on a farm or something. She seems smart, since she is only a meer human girl and she was able to get all those guards away from the door. Or maybe the guards were stupid, hmmm..."she muttered thoughtfully.
The young woman shrugged. "Oh well, she'll do,"she said and she placed her fingers on Terra's forehead. A light appeared once again and when it disappeared, only Terra was there. Terra sat up and--
It stopped when it said battery low and turned off. "That was interesting,"Daiki muttered.
Emiko jumped high in the air. "AH! When did you get here?"she asked.
Daiki cocked an eyebrow. "I've been here,"he replied.
Dark stood up and grabbed the camera. "I guess I'll return the girl's camera in exchange for the vase. Bye Daiki, Emiko. With!"he said as With jumped on his back, turning into his wings. He flew out of the room.
/With Terra and the crew/
Terra cracked open an eye. Leaning on her right shoulder was an asleep Luke, leaning on Luke's right shoulder was an asleep Claire, and leaning on Terra's left shoulder was an asleep Chase. Terra slowly stood up, letting Luke and Chase fall on top of each other. Terra walked over to the balcony and walked out. She closed the doors behind her and turned around. She gasped and took a step back.
Hovering in front of her was Dark. "What are you doing here?"she asked.
Dark held up the video camera. "This, for the vase,"he offered.
Terra stared at it for a moment, then through the doors at the vase. She looked back to see a waiting patiently Dark. "No,"was her reply.
Dark shrugged. "Okay,"he threw the camera behind him.
"No!"she exclaimed. She ran to the edge of the balcony but tripped when she reached it. She flew over the bar. She screamed as she braced for impact.
"HEY!"Dark yelled as he jumped to catch her. A seering pain was in Terra's back as she fell. Dark watched in amazement as Terra's hair turned silver, her eyes turned charcoal, and she grew silver wings. Her outfit changed to a sleeveless, turtle neck unbuttoned leather coat that reached down to her feet. Underneath it, she wore a gray belly shirt tank top and dark stonewash denim jeans. On her right wrist was a black sweatband with a white stripe down the middle. On her left tricep was a tattoo looking thing. Her nails were silver and she wore black and white boots. ((They're like Kairi's from KH2. I don't know how to describe them))
The young woman caught the video camera and flapped her wings. /WOAH! What happened?/Terra asked in her head.
/You transformed into me. Duh./was her reply.
/Well you don't have to be all snotty about it!/
/Geez, I'm going to kill myself.../
/What is that suppossed to mean?/
/Nothing.../
/Yeah whatever./
The woman flew up to the balcony calmly. "Hey Dark,"she said.
"Who are you?"Dark asked.
The young woman smiled at Dark. "Well Hespera of course!"she exclaimed. "Now if you don't mind, I have to get going,"she said and a light appeared. When it disappeared, Terra was standing there. She looked dizzy and she stumbled slightly.
She fell over and Dark caught her. "Oh there will be no more falling for you,"he said flirtish.
Terra smiled slightly and her head fell to the side, her eyes closed. She fell asleep. Dark stood up straight and walked the girl into the apartment. He layed her down on a couch and took a random blanket, draping it over her.
He took her video tape and placed it on the table next to the couch that had the vase on it. He took the vase and layed a note where it was before with a feather taped to it. He walked over to the balcony and looked back at the sleeping figures.
She's Hespera huh? I'll have to remember that, Dark thought as he flew off of the balcony.
AN: HI PEOPLEZ! I'm hyyyyperrrrrr!!!!!
Terra: Did you eat too much sugar this morning?
Hespera: She hasn't eaten anything this morning yet.
Terra: Oh...
Me: R and R please! Because reading is fun and when someone reads they get smart-
Terra and Hespera: Not when they're reading what you write...
Me: HEY! Anywho! Terra is wearing her blue tanktop again, so yeah! -laughs like a maniac-
Terra and Hespera: O.O Uh... Time to go! RUN!
Me: -chases-
