Chapter 3: Keira the Bishop Prankster
As the bright moon rose in the dark night sky two figures dashed around the walls of a large floating castle. They slid through the darkness as silently as cats.
"Maybe we should split up now," suggested Rena, turning to face Rosemary. "By the way, what are we suppose to be looking for anyway? How on earth are we supposed to find information on the mysterious disappearances this way?"
Rosemary raised an eyebrow at Rena. "What are you saying? This was your idea!"
Feeling stupid, Rena scratched her head. "Haha, I guess it was."
Rosemary rolled her eyes. "I guess we can just search around and see if we find anything or see if we can eavesdrop on a conversation if we're lucky."
"Okay, then let's split up here," said Rena. "You go that way and I'll go this way, let's meet back in about an hour or so."
Rosemary nodded and the two Crossguard went their separate ways.
"Which way should I take in order to enter to the castle?" Rena asked herself as she surveyed her surroundings from a tree. She then climbed back down, but only to come face to face with someone.
It was a young girl around her age. Her light brown eyes stared into her deep blue ones.
The two of them stared at each other for a moment before jumping back.
"You're a Chess!"
"You're a Crossguard!"
Rena started to grab her ARM when the girl in front of her started jumping around in frenzy.
"Help! It's a Crossguard! I'm so scare!" she shouted. "Run for your lives!"
That was what exactly what the girl from Chess did. She started dashing away into the darkness as fast as her little legs could carry her.
Rena could only stare in confusion as she watched the girl disappeared into the darkness of the night. What was that about? Then she suddenly realized that her back was lighter than usual. Her Rays of Light was gone!
She spun her head to face the direction that the mysterious girl from Chess ran. That sneaky girl must have taken it without her realizing it! The question is how did she do it? With lots of questions on her mind, Rena rushed up in order to catch up with the Chess girl.
Meanwhile, Rosemary was wandering around another area of the castle ground. There was nothing to investigate at the moment. She wonder where she should look.
Suddenly, she started to hear unknown footsteps running towards her. Then she saw a dark figure. An earring bearing the symbol of a Chess Bishop sent out a faint glitter underneath the moonlight.
The girl from Chess suddenly stops in her tracks. "Not another Crossguard!" she exclaimed in annoyance, making a face at Rosemary. "What is it with tonight? Some kind of Crossguard meets Chess party?"
"Another Crossguard? Then that means that this girl has already met Rena," Rosemary thought to herself. "So, what's a member of Chess doing out here this late?" she questioned the girl suspiciously. "This isn't the time for little girl like you to be wandering outside."
The girl frowns. "Don't call me little girl!" she shrieked in dissatisfaction. "I have a name you know! It's Keira! I'm 12 years old already and for your information, I'm a Bishop!" She turned to her head to the side in order to show Rosemary her earring before smirking. "What about you? You're probably even weaker than a Bishop class seeing that you don't have an earring." She then shrugged. "Oh, I forgot. None of the Crossguards do. That makes them at Pawn level."
Rosemary turned bright red with anger. "Are you trying to draw me into a fight?"
Keira smirked. "Maybe I am," she said in a daring voice. She then reached into her pocket and threw a couple of round objects at Rosemary. They burst into a fog of grey smoke.
"What's this?" Rosemary coughed. "Some kind of smoke bomb?
"Sealing Skull!" a voice shouted.
The smoke slowly cleared away and Rosemary saw Rena standing a few feet away from Keira who was as stiff as stone from the curse of the darkness ARM.
"Found you at last!" Now give me back my ARM!" Rena shouted impatiently at Keira.
Keira however, seemed unknown of the circumstance she was in and started whistling a little melody.
"Hey, are you listening to me!" Rena yelled even louder this time. She was not getting really annoyed with the Chess girl's arrogance.
"I don't know what you're talking about," she said blankly.
"If you didn't then who did?"
"It's right behind you dummy."
Perplexed, Rena turned her head to look behind her and to her surprise saw her Rays of Light Sword. How did it get there? Rena reached for it, but then it suddenly dissolved into smoke. "What?"
A loud mocking laughter suddenly exploded from Keira's mouth and she too turned into smoke.
Rena suddenly felt something cold sharp pressing against her neck. She rolled her eyes sideways and saw Keira pressing the shiny blade of a dagger ARM against her neck.
"Nature ARM Smoke Clone. I'm I right?" said Rosemary, glaring at Keira. "It can collect smoke together and form a clone of any object. That's why you threw those smoke bombs."
Keira gave Rosemary a mischievous smile. "You're a pretty smart one aren't you?" She then froze as she felt something next to her neck. Keira stared down to find a pair of metal claws.
"Cut me and I'll cut you," said Rena coldly, giving Keira a cold icy glare.
Keira chuckled. Now she was starting to get interested in these two people. She slowly lowered her dagger ARM as Rena lowered her claw-like ARM. "So, tell me something. What are you two Crossguards doing around here?" Keira asked.
"We're going to be honest with you here," said Rosemary. "Have you heard of the mysterious disappearance that are starting to occur all over MAR Heaven?"
Keira tilted her head to one side and fell silent for a moment before answering. "Yes I have heard of it," she said slowing. "The Chess Pieces have been investigating this unusual event." She then narrowed her eyes. "If you are suspecting us to be involved in it then you're wrong. The Chess have nothing to do with this. We have however, received orders from the Queen to gather information on it."
"Why are you giving us all this information of what your team is doing?" questioned Rena suspiciously. "We're your enemies. Have you forgotten about that?"
Keira shrugged. "I don't know." She then smiled again, but this time her smile showed a kind of friendliness. "See ya!"
With that, the girl Keira transported herself away, leaving the two Crossguards to only stare in puzzlement.
"I hear that you were enjoying a little conversation with two very interesting people Keira," a voice spoke from the shadows of the castle hallway.
Keira turned to see Phantom, the number one Knight starting back at her with his usual devilish smile playing at the corners of his mouth.
"What if I was?" said Keira, her voice filled with arrogance. "Do you have a problem with it Mr. Zombie tatto guy?"
Phantom smiled. "No, I don't, seeing as you always act like this. You should be careful though."
"I don't get it" Keira said in displeasure. "All I know is that I don't like taking orders from anyone even if it's from the number one Knight, the Queen or the King himself! I will do what I want to do!" She then did a little playful flip a few feet from Phantom to show what she meant.
"Yes, I understand that perfectly," said Phantom. "All I'm saying is that your narcissistic behavior can tend to go a bit far sometimes. The selfishness and pride of a human is the spark that starts up the flame of disaster." He then walked deeper down the hallway and disappeared into the shadows of the castle.
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