| w. Rielin


Stargate
the path leading to another you

bgmin the starlight sky - reve


| chapter four

Elsword stood near a tavern as he watched the village's talented blacksmith repair his worn-down sword. The sound of the hammer banging onto a hot metal crashed into his ears, yet his mind was clouded with thoughts. He reflected back to last night, the sight of Aisha wincing with pain as she ran away with fear, it was all constantly lingering within his mind. Just why was she in pain? Why did she run away? He had so many questions he wanted to physically ask her, yet she was nowhere to be seen since this morning.

"Take your sword, lad,"

"Ah, thank you,"

The raspy voice of the blacksmith's woke Elsword up from his lost thoughts. He handed the blacksmith couple coins of silver and gold in exchange of his repaired sword. He flipped his weapon around, glancing at every corner and realized his weapon was in a healthy condition. He thankfully nodded toward the blacksmith who was drinking his beer and walked away from the tavern. He strolled down the narrow pathway filled with various markets, it was the same place where he walked along with Aisha after completing their mission. Then another thought clouded his mind; strangely, it felt as if that was the first mission he have completed within his entire life spent with the El Search Party. He was fully sure he did other quests before that, however he just couldn't remember. In fact, he couldn't even remember what kind of other towns and cities he have been beside the current village. The sensation he felt during the night which he woke up from a nightmare haunted his mind once again, a chilly sensation blowing behind his body, creating goosebumps within his arms.

"Elsword!"

He glimpsed over his shoulder, only to face the female he was searching for- Aisha. Yet the chilled sensation did not disappear, and instead, he felt the goosebumps rising on his skin once again. That night, he felt an unfamiliar aura coming from Aisha, and it felt like that was slowly disappearing as days passed by, yet it all came back within just one moment.

"What's wrong?"

She walked closer, her eyebrows frowning with worry as she glanced up at Elsword.

Just what is she…?

He wondered to himself.

Wait, what did I just...?

His own thoughts shocked him. How could he ever even think about Aisha in a negative way like that, questioning her existence? It felt as if he woke up from the nightmare once again.

"N- nothing,"

He stuttered with confusement. Aishat tilted her head to the side with curiosity but it seemed like she brushed it away quickly as she spoke out once again,

"Hey, there is this special place I wanna visit. Could you come along with me?"

"Special… place?"

"Yeah! I wanna show you something,"

Her voice was filled with desperation and excitement that Elsword couldn't easily reject. However, no matter what kind of situation they were put in, Elsword felt as if he would never reject Aisha's request. Then at that moment, Elsword glimpsed Aisha's lost hands that were about to reach forward toward his, but she quickly placed it behind her back. It somewhat looked as if she wanted to hold hands together while walking toward the destination, yet it seemed as if she felt too shy to do so. Elsword let out a silent chuckle at her adorable actions, however he also felt the same way. He desperately wanted to hold hands, yet he could already feel the heat rising to his cheeks.

The two walked, making their way through the narrow pathway by avoiding physical contacts with busy merchants. Soon enough, the markets soon lowered in number and in front of them was a tiny, squiggly trail that leads to top of a hill, with a rather ancient, humongous tree placed in the middle.

Why does she want to show this to me?

Elsword wanted to ask out of curiosity, but decided to keep it for himself. He wondered what was so special about a such simple place like a hill as he walked up the trail. When they reached the top, Aisha turned around with her fingers locked behind her back as she shined a smile toward the knight. Elsword could feel his cheeks turning red with shyness seeing her smile so brightly.

"Turn around,"

She said as she waited for Elsword to come to a halt on top of the hill, standing next to the high tree. He slightly frowned his eyebrows in confusion, but decided to do so well as she said. He slowly turned, and gazed down at the wide view of the village. From atop, the place looked magnificent, the entire view of the village coming into his gaze as he stared down with awe. The knight stood silent as he gazed into the beautiful view spread across; the people walking around in busy streets were extremely tiny from this view, yet the residential houses stood tall. From afar, he could see the vast field and the forest behind that were connected to the village with a tiny trail.

"Elsword, come here!"

As he was mesmerized by the view up ahead, the high-pitched voice woke his mind up as he turned around to face the magician. She was sitting down on the grass, leaning her back against the bark of the tree. The branches that stretched off of the ancient plant hung above her, the fallen leaves gently playing in the air as they created a shadow for her to rest in. Aisha ushered the knight as she waved her hands in the air, signaling him to come near her. Elsword acknowledged and walked over, only to sit down next to her and watch from the hill that overlooked the entire village.

The two gazed ahead in silence, the wind gently playing in the air, softly brushing the strands of their hair. From afar, Elsword could hear high-pitched birds singing and the loud voices of the villagers coming out as a mumbly words. It was extremely peaceful and calming, it felt as if all of the bloody adventures filled with casualties were automatically erased from his mind. The knight closed his eyes and enjoyed the breezy sensation with silence.

"Hey, Elsword…,"

Then at that moment, Aisha cautiously spoke with hesitation. Elsword opened his eyes and glanced over, Aisha was facing him as she leaned toward him, her eyes shaking with hint of nervousness. Elsword felt his shoulders starting to tense up as he was unsure of her unusual actions.

"A-Aisha...,?"

Elsword carefully questioned her, as he too, felt the nervousness crawling under his skin.

"I… I want to apologize beforehand,"

She carefully spoke, her gaze slowly falling to the ground as she tried to avoid the confused look on Elsword.

"For what?"

He spoke out of curiosity without another hint of hesitation. Aisha have never acted in a such behavior toward the knight, in fact, it didn't even feel as if she was Aisha herself. The familar sensation that lingered within her aura diminished, and was now replaced by an unknown sensation. A feeling he have never experienced before, and a person he have never met before.

Who is she?

Then again,

What is her name…?

In a matter of a second, he have completely forgot about the female in front of him, who was looking extremely upset and uncomfortable for some reason. The knight squeezed his thoughts, trying to figure out the identity of this girl, yet it was no use. He have completely forgot about the girl he loved- Aisha.

"I-...,"

She gaped her tiny lips and the carefully spoke out her words, which was stopped by another hesitated thought. Then she glanced up, her violet eyes were reflecting the lights of the sunset from afar. Her lilac colored iris fused with the color of apricot, creating a rather beautiful hue he have never seen before.

And without another word, her long eyelashes covered the luminosity within her eyes, and her tiny lips disappeared from his vision and was instead, matched with his. Elsword's eyes widened with surprise at her sudden actions, yet he didn't feel any hatred toward this sensation, and as if he was being mesmerized, he closed his eyes as well.

"Ah…!"

The romantic sensation lasted mere five seconds when the magician quickly backed away, grasping onto her clothes near her heart. Beads of sweat were rolling down from her temples and here petite shoulders were trembling with pain.

"Are you… okay?"

He cautiously asked, and after hearing his husky voice which echoed into her ears, she glanced up. Her lavender eyes were still glowing with the sunset, yet it was filled with nothing but fear. Then without even speaking, she quickly stood up and teleported, disappearing into an abyss of unknown.

Meanwhile, the knight remained still, his lips gaped with shock and his eyes shaking as he tried to analyze the situation that have just occurred.

"No way…,"

He started to collect the thoughts and pile it upon one another, forming a completed puzzle with millions of pieces. It all made sense now. It wasn't dark power that was reflecting its powers and was attacking Aisha. The Void Princess was able to control those powers, yet it seemed as if there was a side effect for gaining such skills-

"Physical affection,"

He whispered.


note:

here we go with a kiss scene, can't ever end a story without one!
and Aisha's secret is revealed! kind of...
i'm slightly sad that this story is going so quickly, like it's only ch 4 and everything happened already lol
so this will be a short story! like 6-7 chapters is what i'm expecting :c

thank you guys for reading,
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replies:

TheWindWhispers: ahhh hello wind! don't worry, school is taking all of our lives slowly :c thank you, glad you enjoy this story!

Guest: haha, thank you, glad you enjoyed that part! i tried to fuse romance with action. and yes, the secret is revealed! although it does not matter who she touches, just physical affection itself hurts her!