Eira: Chapter 4
"All right class." Tony said in the middle of the week. "We're finally doing our first assignment. It's also your first exam."
"WHAAAAA?" The entire class exclaimed.
"Don't worry; It's not hard. All it is is to make a simple potion. Not to mention the ingredients are in a really easy area. The lower forest. You're fine." He passed out rubrics and materials for the assignment. "You will have to fight monsters, though. Be careful."
"Yes~" Everyone confirmed and left.
"So… Let's do this better than everyone else!" Sarah exclaimed when they got to the Atelier.
"Whatcha mean by that?" Kanon looked at her.
"Well~ I'm a perfectionist! So I say we find the ingredients, get back here, and do the alchemy key." She recited.
"Alchemy key?" Kanon said cluelessly.
"The roulette that is used to make the timing an item is added to determine the ether level." Eira said quietly.
"Wow. You know your stuff." Rika said in a amazement.
"My mother was an alchemist that graduated from Al-Revis when it was first floating."
"So, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Kanon pointed to the door.
"Blue petal, cat grass, pure water…" Sarah checked through the ingredients. "All right! We're all set! Leader, is there anything else you think we need?"
"No. That is good." Eira nodded, and they started walking back.
"And we haven't run into a monster yet…" Rika mumbled, worriedly. Suddenly, Sarah and Eira stopped in the middle of the path.
"What's wrong?" Rika questioned.
"I have a bad feeling in my blood…" Sarah felt a shiver go down her spine, as a cold sweat broke out on her body.
"Dark aura approaching." Eira reported.
"I smell something bad…!"
BANG! A big blob of muck and death fell in their path, right in the middle of the forest's opening.
"Oh shit-!" Sarah cursed. "This must be why the monsters didn't show up before…! This one's too powerful…!"
"We fight." Eira unsheathed the two katana at her waist and stood ready, her feet in a pliet.
"Yeah!" Rika had two daggers ready in her hand, "Bring it on, ya bastard!"
"Rika-chan?" Kanon was surprised by the manly dialect.
"When Rika gets mad, she speaks like a guy." Eira covered up for him, and he sighed for relief. Riku smiled at Eira underneath his feminine guise.
"I'll protect you guys! I'm the upperclassman, after all!" Sarah clicked on her blade tonfas.
"Let's do this, ORA ORA ORA ORA!" Kanon spun in her hands her mother's hammer, prepared for battle. First, Sarah cut her blade tonfas gracefully against the disgusting creature, and it seemed to work. The monster cried in agony. Next, Rika, like a flower petal in the wind, slashed the monster. Before the final blow by Eira, Kanon smashed the gel into a pulp, and it's consistency became last week's jello.
"Now, Eira!" Kanon called. Eira grabbed onto Kanons' hand and used it as a stepstool, jumping up in the air above the huge monster, then slashing her katana in an x formation. They cut through the monster with just their air waves first, then she sliced through it like butter as she descended to the ground.
"Whew…! Man, that one was crazy! But fun!" Kanon laughed.
"Ugh… I didn't know something like that would be here…" Sarah panted. Eira walked over to the remains of the monster and picked up something. It was a red-colored orb-shaped jewel… It sounded like it was calling.
"…This jewel is a fragment of the past of Al-Revis… The heroes of Al-Revis…" Eira could have sworn the jewel started to talk… Suddenly, she felt like she knew what she had to do. She slowly took the jewel and placed it to her chest. With a gentle glow, the jewel pushed inside of her body.
"Eira?" Rika ran over as she saw what she was doing. "Eira!" Eira had collapsed into Rika's arms, her beautiful midnight hair tumbled on the ground.
"Eira-chan!" Sarah and Kanon called. But Eira was already asleep. She went into a dream… A dream of the past.