Chapter 6: Angel Eyes
Wolflink93: Let's do this! (chugs a glass of eggs while flexing.)
Disclaimer: Since I haven't done this in a while so here it goes… I don't own Death Note or His Dark Materials. But I do own a Alethia Note… Yeah, I know what you did last Sunday and don't deny it. I know it, you know it, and your father knows it. That's why you two hardly every talk anymore. You can run away to Africa, but you can't run away from the truth!
Light: (looks at text above him) Damn that's a long disclaimer!
Wolflink93: Don't make me sick Hakumei on you. She's a freakin' beast!
Last time on Alethia Note or The Black Notebook… whichever one you're reading.
Light started to notice that the ice was starting to melt the farther he went.
"It seems something is affecting the climate." Lemaster said. When Light jumped across a gap of water the ice he landed on cracked, it started to fall apart. Light and Lemaster fell in the cold icy water! Light tried to unhook the chain around his waist to anchor themselves up but noticed that it was stuck. Light's vision started to get blurry from the freezing water. Light looked over to see Lemaster passed out.
How am I going to get myself out of this one? Light thought, passing out himself.
A few hours later Light woke up to what appeared to be a cave. Light could feel Hakumei curled up next to him in her panther form. Light was lying on what he could tell was a very hard stone surface. Light had a very bad head-ache from the fall that he had back at the ice gap. Light could also hear someone talking.
"Your majesty we found these two humans passed out in the water. We captured them just in case. What would you like me to do with them?" The voice asked.
"I would like to ask them a few questions, maybe they know where Lyra is." Another voice answered back. Light could feel something against his face, it sounded like something was sniffing him. Light opened his eyes, and looked over to the source of the disturbance.
What he saw was a polar bear. Light could tell he wasn't just any old polar bear. In the bear's eyes he could see intelligence behind a blank stare. The bear was also wearing what was golden armor. Light concluded that it was a panserbjorne because panserbjorne meant armored bear. Light looked closer at the metal to see that it ran over the bear's chest and all the way around his back, he was also wearing a helmet. Light looked down to see that the bear had apossible thumbs.
"What is your name human?" The bear said, with a deep and commanding voice.
This panserbjorne must be the king because of the way the other bear addressed him.Light thought.
"My name is Yagami, Light. This is my daemon Hakumei, your majesty. And could I perhaps inquire your name?" Light said, addressing the king properly.
"Yagami Light, my name is Iorek Byrnison," Iorek said. "What are you and that other human doing in my lands?"
"The other humans name is Lemaster. Well, anyways we are sorry to be intruding on your lands. You see me and my friend were attacked on the way to his observatory. And I came here hoping that you might be able to help us."
"Why were you going to an observatory all the way in the north?" Iorek said, with his blank stare still on his face.
"We came here to study on the window that has appeared here. And to also check out the fog that is lingering here."
"We will heal Lemaster if you can tell me anything that you know about somebody named Lyra." Iorek said.
"Fair enough I will tell you everything I know." Light said, nodding. Though Light knew he should consult the Alethia Note if he should tell Iorek. But something told Light that Iorek could be trusted.
"I have consulted an item called the Alethia Note," Light began saying, pulling out the Alethia Note. "The notebook has told me much about this Lyra. From what it has told me it says that Lyra went through that window into another world in order to learn more about Dust, that is all I know." Light said, finishing his explanation."
"She has gone to another world. That must be where the witches were headed. Hopefully she is safe," Iorek said. "We will begin to heal your friend. You can do whatever you please as long it doesn't affect us bears." Iorek walked off apparently to go tend to Lemaster's wounds.
When Iorek left Light got a better look at his surroundings. Light was in a cave where apparently the bear king lived. If Light had to guess it was more than likely one of the biggest caves. Light looked over to what appeared to be a place where Iorek made his armor, it was lit up so that it could be used. Next to it was a pile of weird colored metal. Light remembered what Lemaster said and knew that it was Sky metal. Light looked outside to see a bear next to the cave entrance, and that some more ice had melted.
What could be changing the climate in the North so much to actually make the ice melt? Light thought. Light stood up and shook the dirt off his clothes. Light's head-ache was starting to get a little better. Light walked over and sat down near the fire to heat himself up. After a few moments Hakumei began to speak, she was in her ferret form curled up around his neck.
"Light, don't you think we should go see how Lemaster is doing?" She said, snuggling closer up to his neck. Light thought it over and agreed. He walked outside and asked the bear where he could find Lemaster. The bear lead him to another cave that was close by. Light walked inside the cave to see Lemaster lying on the floor with Iorek rubbing something red on Lemaster's injuries.
"What is that you are using to heal Lemaster?" Light said.
"It is called blood moss it is used to heal many kinds of injuries." Iorek finished rubbing the blood moss on Lemaster. He then walked out of the cave saying.
"Lemaster should be awake in a few minutes. I will go so you two can talk."
Once Iorek left, Light went over sat down, and leaned over next to the wall near Lemaster. Lemaster's daemon was curled up next to his head. After a few moments of sitting Lemaster began to stir. Lemaster opened his eyes and seemed to take in his surroundings.
"How are you feeling?" Light asked, concerned.
"I feel like a million dollars." Lemaster said, happily.
"That's goo…" Light began to say but was interrupted by Lemaster.
"In the form of change and was then smashed against my head." Lemaster said. Light started laughing then he said.
"Well, at least you're all right." Light said smiling. Then Light remembered the climate.
"Lemaster, what do you think is affecting the climate here so much?" Light asked.
"I think it could be that heat from the other world is flowing into this one making the ice melt, but, that's just my hypothesis." They both sat there in total silence until Light broke it.
"I need to get through that window." Light said. Lemaster looked over and smiled warmly at Light.
"Don't let me stop you." Lemaster said.
"I can't just let leave you here it was my fault you are here in the first place. If only I was strong enough to get us up we would have been okay."
"No, it wasn't your fault that would have happened sooner or later."
"What do you mean?"
"You see the daemon's orb doesn't just let you stay in that form forever. It has a limit when you use it your energy will start to run out. That's why you weren't able to hear the ice crack below you soon enough to be able to jump away."
"Why didn't you tell me this before."
"It didn't really matter at the time and I needed you to get in that form so we wouldn't die."
"If that's the case… But then how am I supposed to get to the window?"
"You could ask the bear who was taking care of me."
"How did you know about him?"
"I woke up a few times when he was healing me." Lemaster explained. Light thought about what Lemaster suggested.
It would probably be better and plus I want to get some of my questions answered that the Alethia Note won't answer. And Lemaster's injuries would take quiet a few days by the look of it. Light nodded and said.
"Yes I will see if Iorek will help me." Light walked out of the cave to go see Iorek. Once Light left Lemaster whispered something.
"Good luck."
Light walked out to see Iorek looking over his scattered wasteland of ice. Iorek with his heightened senses was able to hear Light walking over toward him.
"What is it that you want?" Iorek said with a deep voice.
"I was wondering if you could take me to the window to the other world." Light said.
"Why would you want to do that? I have already repaid you for giving me information to where she is."
"There are a lot of questions that I would like to ask this Lyra. You see during my whole journey here the Alethia Note kept mentioning Lyra. And I want to see how I was connected to her." Light said, with a determined look in his eyes. Iorek looked into his eyes with a blank stare of his own.
"Very well, but you must promise me one thing." Iorek asked. Light nodded and waited to here what he was about to say.
"You must promise to protect her with your life in my stead." Iorek said. Light was surprised by how many people this Lyra had affected. If she was able to influence all these people even something that wasn't even human to admire her and to risk there life for her.
"Okay, but when should we leave?" Light asked. Light looked over toward Iorek to see that he was taking off his armor.
"We can make it there faster without my armor." Iorek said, crouching down to let Light onto his back. Light was surprised by the gesture he hesitated but then got on his back.
"Hang on! There is a path that isn't frozen over yet I can get you over that way." Iorek yelled, proceeding to run. The ride was bumpy but Light started to adapt. And they were on there way to another world.
The journey took longer than expected since they had to make detours because some of the path was melted. Iorek couldn't swim across with Light on his back afraid that he might get to cold. They rode in silence most of the way Iorek only talked to tell Light when he was going to go in another direction.
"Light, we should almost be to the window." Iorek said, in a monotone voice. "It should be right over this hill." Iorek added. When they went over the hill Light could see a window which looked exactly like the one he saw when he was in Mu. The only difference is that Light wasn't able to see through this window because of a thick fog that was blocking the view.
"Now I must leave for I must take care of my people." Iorek said. Light nodded and the bear king started to walk away then stopped, looked back, and said. "And don't forget about the promise you made."
"Yes a promise is a promise." Light said. Once the bear king left he turned around and tried to see into the world again but still saw nothing but a thick wall of gray. Light looked over toward Hakumei and said.
"Well, we should be going Hakumei it's gonna be awhile before we get to the other side." Light walked into the gray abyss into an unknown world.
Ci'gazze world...
Lyra was fumming in the world of Cittagaze she just had the item that was entrusted to her stolen. She was running to the house she and Will were staying at. Will was a boy Lyra met after a few days of wandering through Cittagaze. For some reason she always felt safe around him like he would protect her. She thought of him kind of as a long lost brother.
Lyra then got to the door and busted through it, her breathing heavy. Will came into the room alarmed prepared to attack what ever had made the loud noise but relaxed when he saw that it was only Lyra. Will looked down at the ground to see Pan in panther form fur bristling with anger.
"Lyra what's wrong?" Will asked, concern evident in his voice.
"He stole it that evil man stole it!" Lyra screamed.
"Calm down, what man?" Will asked, confused. Lyra just looked down to the ground her eyes filled with hate for the man's name she was about to speak.
"His name is Sir Charles." Lyra said, through gritted teeth.
"What is it that he stole?" Will asked, already knowing the answer.
"The alethiometer, Will." Lyra said, shame written on her face that she had it stolen.
"How did he get it?"
"It was when I was running from some police that were in Mary's office. He drove by and asked if I needed a ride I said yes and I got in. He probably stole it when he got out of the car to let me out and swiped it out of my pocket."
"Why would he want it?"
"I don't know but I do know that he saw me use it at the museum when I was asking it a question about the skulls in the case."
"Do you know where we might be able to find this man." Will said, hope in his voice.
"N... Wait, yeah, I do I have a card he gave me right..." Lyra said, grabbing something out of her pocket. "Here" She exclaimed pulling out a card with words on it. Sure enough it had Sir Charles name on it and the address to where he lived. Will normally wouldn't do this but he was now bound to this girl whether he liked it or not.
"What are we going to do now Will?" Lyra asked.
"We're going to have to get it back." Will responded, walking off toward the window to his world.
"We're going to get it back." Lyra said. "I just know it." She added, following Will with Pan perched on her shoulder in sparrow form.
Back to Light...
Light was almost out of the blinding mist. Light had been walking in the fog for quiet some time. Hakumei's nose for some reason was not able to guide him because of the conflicting scents of the two worlds. So Light just kept walking straight hoping to get out of the fog.
After a few minutes Light could see the fog was thinning and he could see a clouded sky. Light wasn't sure if anyone even lived in the town. When Light reached the end of the fog he continued to walk toward down the deserted town of Cittagaze. He looked around and still couldn't find a single person.
Light decided to sit down and rest his feet a few moments with Hakumei sitting in his lap ferret form. While he was resting Light decided to consult the Alethia Note on what to do next. The Alethia note responded by saying: You must gain the eyes of angels in order to seek out windows.
Hakumei looked at what the Alethia Note read and said.
"Is it talking about the angel eyes Lemaster told us about?" She asked, looking up at Light with questioning eyes.
"More than likely but when I was in that form I still wasn't able to see Dust." Light said, confused. Light then noticed his surrounding suddenly freeze and the only thing that moved was himself and Hakumei.
"Maybe I can answer that question." A heavenly voice said. Light jumped up in surprise and turned around to see the same lady that he battled in his mindscape. She smiled and said.
"The reason you weren't able to use the angel eyes is because you haven't signed the contract."
"You mean I have to give something up like with the shinigami eyes."
"You might of if you already didn't qualify for it."
"What do you mean?"
"There is something inside you that enables you to use the eyes free of charge, so to speak. Except there is one thing you will have to give up though. But it's small thing not anything to big." Light looked at her confused.
"What might that be?"
"You just won't be able to come to your mindscape anytime you want. There are two exceptions though." The woman said, holding up two fingers. "One," She said putting down a finger. "Is that you can only come to your mindscape with the intentions of going into your daemon form."And two," She said putting up another finger. "Is that you can only go to your mindscape for emergency's"
"Is that all?" Light asked, raising an eyebrow not believing that it would be this easy to get the angel eyes.
"You're too serious Light, take a chill pill." She said, giggling.
"Can I just see the contract?" Light said, rolling his eyes.
"Aww, Light you're no fun." The lady said playfully, handing over a piece of paper and a pen. Light took them and looked over the contract and then signed it with the given pen. Light then handed the objects back.
"I don't mean to be rude but can you tell what your name is and what you are?" Light asked.
"So you finally want to know, eh?" She said smiling.
"Yes." Light said, nodding.
"Well first off my name is Shibai. And I am an angel, there are different kinds of angels I am an angel who comes to a human who has become one with their daemon." She explained.
"Why would you be with a human who is one with their daemon?"
"To give you your daemon weapon, to repair it whenever it gets broken, and to test if you are ready for the daemon weapon."
"Why do you use contracts to do your eye deal when the Shinigamis don't use anything to do with paper except Death Notes?"
"Us angels are more organized then those ugly savages." Shibai said, scoffing.
"I see well, anyways when am I supposed to get the eyes." Light asked.
"Right now if you like." The angel said, with a smirk going across her face. Light didn't notice the smirk and said.
"I would like to have th..." Light began to say but was interrupted when he felt lips pressed against his. Light looked to see that it was the angel who was the cause of it and immediately blushed. Light had kissed quiet a few girls in his time for he was a very popular guy. So many girls didn't kiss him because they were to shy. He always had to be the one to make the first initiative. To say Light was surprised was an understatement.
The angel broke the kiss and smirked even more when she saw the look on his face.
"Angels can do the deal anyway they like so I decided to do it the fun way." Shibai said, smirking, then disappearing returning everything to normal. Light closed his eyes to try to get the blush to go away he succeeded and then opened them. Light now had eyes as blue as the sky. Light had just gained the eyes of the angel to see Dust.
Light looked over to Hakumei in panther form her head tilted. He could see some Dust revolving around her but it wasn't much. He then looked at his surroundings which were now blue except for the patches of Dust, which were a bright gold, that were in the air. Light could see what appeared to be a current of Dust that was floating like a river would do.
I wonder where that is coming from? Light thought proceeding to follow the current downstream.
"Light, where are we going?" Hakumei asked Light.
"I can see a current of Dust flowing from somewhere." Light responded.
"Could it be from another world?"
"Maybe." Light said. They walked for a few minutes until they came to a clearing. Light stopped to see a cloud of Dust that was revolving around something unseen in the air. Light walked around it and saw that it was indeed a window into another world. But he can only see it at different angles. Light stepped up to the window to examine it closer.
What he saw surprised him there were cars driving down a busy street. There were traffic lights signaling for them to go. There were also some trees that Light identified to be hornbeam trees. Light felt sort of nostalgic as if he had been there before. Then it hit him and man did it hit him hard. The window he was looking into was his world. The world he was born in. The world he grew up in. The world where he found the Death Note. The world where he met L. The world where he died... His thoughts were interrupted by something nipping at his ear.
"Light, is there something wrong?" Hakumei asked, sitting on his shoulder, ferret form.
"This is the world I died in Hakumei." Light said.
"You mean this is your world... Are you sure?" Hakumei said, with wide eyes.
"I'm positive it seems so familiar. The reason why I didn't recognize right away was because that the place I'm looking at isn't Japan."
"What place is it then"
"I don't know I'm gonna go through the window. Hakumei, I need you to go in the form of a grasshopper and climb into by coat pocket. People in this world don't have daemons so they might freak out if they see you." Light explained to Hakumei. She nodded and did what he told her and cuddled into his coat pocket.
Light looked both ways to make sure the coast was clear. I mean wouldn't it be weird to find some 13 year old suddenly appear out of nowhere. (No, seriously would it?) Light stepped through the window running across the street. Light looked both ways to see if anybody saw him when he thought that nobody saw him he walked away hoping to find a place where he could consult the Alethia Note without being seen.
But what Light didn't know was that there was someone who saw him. The figure followed him until Light sat down and asked the Alethia Note a question. The figure saw the front cover and immediately smiled.
"So the Alethia Note does exist. I guess the kids can wait a little bit longer while I get this boy." The man said, walking over toward Light.
"Hello there young man do you need some help." The figure asked, politely. When Light heard the man he immediately closed up the Alethia Note and swiftly put it in his bag.
"No, thank you sir." Light said, calmly.
"I insist I can tell you're not from around here maybe I can give you a tour." The man said.
The Alethia Note did say to take the strangers hand when he offers it. But that last part I'm not really knew what it means. You will have to give up something to gain something? Does that mean he will take something from me? I better be careful. If this man tries something at all I have to do is find out his name and kill him with my piece of the Death Note. Light thought.
"Very well I do need some help." Light said following the man who was leading him to a black limousine. Once they both got into the back Light turned to the man and asked.
"My name is Lawliet; by any chance could you give me your name?" Light lied.
"How very polite for such a young man. Well my name is..." The man was about to say until he was interrupted by the author.
To be continued...
Wolflink93: Okay, Pan, you ready!!!???
Pan: Ready as peanut butter.
Wolflink93: (Looks over at Pan with a WTF expression on his face) that didn't even make sense.
Pan: Your mom doesn't make sense.
Wolflink93: I'll pretend I didn't hear that. Let's do this.
(You see me and Pan who's in a monkey form holding up a stick with leaves on it to camouflage ourselves. Were behind Lyra who's chewing on a Klondike Bar.)
Pan: Just follow my lead… 1… 2… 3… push!
(Me and Pan push Lyra off the side of the cliff that Lemaster and Light are on. She falls and grabs onto Light's leg saving her.)
Wolflink93: A whole months planning and that's what you came up with to get her over the cliff… THAT WASN'T EVEN FUNNY!
Pan: I'll tell you what's not funny… Getting leukemia from a jar of peanut butter now that's not funny. (Pan said while we both walked off leaving Light, Lyra, and Lemaster to die.)
Lyra: Well at least I still got my Klondike Bar. (Takes bite.)
Lemaster: Give me! (Lemaster reaches for bar only to have his hand slapped away by Lyra.)
Lyra: No I will do anything to keep this Klondike bar away from you.
Lemaster: Heh, what would you do for a Klondike B…
Light: Don't you dare finish that sentence or I will kill you.
Lemaster: Okay. (Looks gloomy.)
Wolflink93: Now review or I will sick Hakumei on you.
Hakumei: (Burp.) I mean ROAR!