The Final Solution
A/N: Chapter 4!!! Yay! I was out baby-sitting until 11 last night and then got up at 7:30 today (On a Saturday!!), so I'm quite tired now. And when I'm tired, I ramble. Actually, if you asked my parents, they'd say that's not unusual. I ramble on and on and on all day.
Disclaimer: I don't own Escaflowne. I own the Sugar Fairies. Got a problem? Too bad.
Chapter 4: The Sugar Fairies
"Andréa! How could you? Of all the irresponsible…" 16-year-old Devyn Blaire, AKA Devy, paced back and forth in the living room where 7 Sugar Fairies were gathered in.
"Oh, and you never do anything irresponsible?" Sausha Nicholls retorted, trying to defend poor Andréa, who was desperately trying to defend herself without much luck.
"Yeah, Devy." Rea Kristencen added. "I was looking in the thesaurus this morning- don't ask why, and under 'irresponsible' there was 'incompetent, lazy, slacking, & DEVY!!!!" With that said, she and Devy began their daily ritual of glaring at each other until fire balls literally came out of their eyes.
Throughout all this bickering going on, there was a figure standing in the shadows, not saying anything. The Fairies were aware of her presence and did not call to her.
The Sugar Fairies were a group of 8 girls who were found to have special powers and banded together to help the Council of Kings keep Gaea at peace. You know, do a little fortune-telling, save the world, try and find love…the usual. They lived in the outskirts of Asturia, in a house in the deep of the woods.
The leader of the pack was Jennifer Sparkle. Jennifer was 15 years old. She was the all-too-cute Pink Sugar Fairy, the fairy of cuteness. Her ultimate attack, Pink Sugar Fairy Sparkle, was an attack nobody wanted to be on the other side of. Her first attack, Sugary Sweetness Therapy.
Rea Kristencen was 16 years old, and the Turquoise Sugar Fairy, the fairy of spirit. Her ultimate attack was Spirit Bombs. And her alternative attack, Spirits, contrary to wounded male egos, was not all sweetness and light. Her ultimate attack
Sausha Nicholls was 16 years old and the Aquamarine Sugar Fairy, the fairy of the sea. Her ultimate attack, Aquamarine Flooding. Her alternative attack, Tsunami de Terre.
You've already read a little about Devy, but still…she's 16 years old and is the Red Sugar Fairy, the fairy of fire. Her ultimate attack, Blazing Barricade.
Remember Angy, from Chapter 2? She was Devy's younger sister, 14 years old and the baby of the group. The Blue Sugar Fairy, the fairy of the sky. Her ultimate attack: Kindness Kiss. And her other attack, Sweetness Chain, was an attack not to be reckoned with.
Oh, yes, now we're on to poor Andréa Long. Our poor, 16-year-old, persecuted Green Sugar Fairy, the fairy of the forest. Her ultimate attack: Tornado of Terror. Her Forest Explosion blew her enemy to Kingdom Come.
The one Sugar Fairy who never seemed to be around, was Celina Lavallee. She was 16 years old and the Scarlet Sugar Fairy, the fairy of fight. Her ultimate attack was Extreme Battler. Her other attack was Sword of Shan-yu. Not like anyone actually saw it because Celina never showed up.
Lastly, we had our loner, Celeste Nakada. She was 15 years old and the Lavender Sugar Fairy, the fairy of harmony. Her first attack, Mist, didn't sound very powerful, but that was because it was a defensive tactic. Her ultimate attack wasn't heard of, but was rumored to be able to destroy an entire planet if used.
All these ultimate attacks were used only in cases when there was no other choice. They had never been used and the Council of Kings wanted it to stay that way. Especially with Celeste.
All the Sugar Fairies possessed certain powers: psychic, cuteness, ray eyes, revival, shape-shifting, time travel, and mental transportation. But each power varied in strength from person to person. Jennifer was strongest in cuteness, and she had the trail of broken male hearts and egos to prove it. Rea was the psychic specialist, for Sausha it was mental transportation. Devy had ray eyes for her forte, while Angy's was time travel. She had often went back in time to research her history projects before she'd joined the Sugar Fairies (saving the world is a full-time job, you know, especially on Gaea). Andréa's was, of course, revival, and Celina was shape-shifter extraordinaire. Celeste had some mysterious power that none of the others possessed, and she never told them what it was.
"Andréa, do you have any idea what this could do?" Jennifer murmured as she emerged form the shadows, her golden hair in two long braids. Andréa saw that Jennifer wasn't making eye contact with anybody and groaned inwardly. Jennifer was just a wee bit more miffed than Andréa had originally thought. When Jennifer didn't look people in the eye, it was a sure sign she mad. Majorly mad. Fire-balls-are-going-to-shoot-from-my-eyes-if-I-look-at-you mad.
All of a sudden, Celina decided to grace her comrades with her appearance. "Hey, André! There's a guy outside…a few guys…a lot of guys, waiting for you."
Andrea gladly dashed out the door with the rest right behind her, but not before muttering under her breath "It's Andréa, you baka!!!"
Not only was our dear, not-so-dead, Mr. Zombie-Man Folkie outside, but what seemed like half of Gaea with him. There was Chid, Van, Dryden, and a few former Dragonslayers, all making love eyes at Jennifer (the Dragonslayers and Chid, not the married men!!! Okay, maybe Dryden, too.) Allen could be seen running around in the background trying to put out the fire in his precious hair which was so kindly lit by Dilandau.
Celina, enraged because Dilandau had been so mean to Allen, cast a spell on him, causing him to prancing about in a nearby field like a 3-year-old girl. Suddenly, without warning, Jennifer dashed out into the field to join Dilandau. "Wait, my love!!" *all the Sugar Fairies anime sweatdrop and jaws hang to the ground*
"Our leader has gone loco." Devy said. The group nodded slowly, except for Andréa, who was busy trying to untangle herself from Folken's bionic arm. "How did you find us, Folkie?" she asked.
"I can always find you, my dear."
"Oh gag." Allen groaned, faking sticking his finger down his throat. He received a whack on the head from Dilandau for that.
Once the men had left, Jennifer, Angy, Andréa, and Celina gazed longingly after the group. Devy caught her sister by the ear and dragged her into the house, followed by Rea, Sausha, and Celeste with complaining Celina, Andréa, and Jennifer. No one was quite sure what the men had come for, but didn't dwell on it.
By the time Folken and Van got back to Fanelia the next morning, both brothers were very tired. And they couldn't rest for a while yet…
"Hitomi, would you stop that pacing? I'm getting dizzy just watching you!" Millerna pleaded.
Hitomi reluctantly stopped. What in the world was taking Van so long? She still didn't understand why exactly Van had seen the need to go along with Folken to see those Sugar Fairies. But Van had insisted and she had given in, although she regretted it now.
Just as Hitomi and Merle were at the breaking point, they heard in the distance, what sounded like the gates to Fanelia's capital had shut. (AN: Don't ask why, in a peaceful world, they would have installed gates, because I don't know!!) Thinking it was Van and Folken, all three women dashed outside, followed by Marc and Anna, David being carried by Millerna. Hitomi was carrying Kahrey.
What met their eyes scared them. A Guymelef, no, Alseides, armed and ready for battle. Hitomi recognized it, but after so many years, she'd forgotten to whom it belonged.
She knew it wasn't Escaflowne. It couldn't be Shezed because even Allen wouldn't dare take a Guymelef out for a joy ride. And besides, they didn't have Alseides units.
Now who had a red Alseides?… Oh, no. It couldn't possibly be…
"Dilandau…" she whispered, more to herself than to the others, but they heard her anyway.
"Hitomi, are you sure that's Dilandau?" Millerna asked, struggling to keep her voice from rising in hysteria.
"Yeah, I mean, someone else could have a red Alseides." Merle added.
"Nope. Only one Alseides is that red, and it could only be Dilandau." Hitomi answered. Oh, where was Van when you needed him? At this point, she would settle for…ugh…Allen.
AN: end of Chapter 4!! My longest chapter yet. And for your big fat information Andry-chan, you don't get any freaking redder than Dilandau's freaking Alseides!!!! For those who have no clue what's going on, Andry-chan thinks Dilandau's Alseides is pink. Her TV must have a very weird color setting.