Chapter Ten
Aeris' determination
Aeris sat in the living room at her house with her face in her hands, crying so much that her body shook. She looked up from her lap, and screamed to get her feelings out. The glass in her windows broke by the sound waves, and Billy came jumping inside the room, with a banana halfway into his mouth, looking worried. Aeris stopped screaming. She wiped her eyes with her hands, and raised her hand. She used her Magical Power to repair the windows. "I can't let them kill Aireth. She can still be saved. I won't let her resurrect Lucifer, and I won't allow anyone to kill her. I'll bring her back, somehow." She thought.
She got up, went into her room, got her Combat Staff, and went out of the entrance door.
She was out on the street. She looked around. All around her, every Cetra in the village was standing in groups of three and four, and discussing what had happened in whispering conversation. Ageha came over to Aeris, looking at her long, white Staff. "Are you going to go after Aireth?" She asked. Aeris nodded, without saying anything. Suddenly, they heard the sound of galloping hooves thundering towards them. They turned around. Sleipnir the eight-legged horse soared towards them.
"Sleipnir? Where've you been?" Aeris asked in surprise, and walked over to him. She made the Seal of the Horse with her hands, closed her eyes, and communicated with him telepathically. "Has Aireth achieved her objective?" Sleipnir made horse-like noises: "I don't know, Lady Aireth left me before she reached her destination." "Can you tell me where the Reactor of Sealing is?" "I know the road when I walk it, but I cannot describe it." The horse replied. "But I can take you there, under one condition."
"What conditions?" Aireth asked. "You must promise me that you won't let any harm come to Lady Aireth in any way." "That's why I want to go there! To prevent the Valkyries from killing her!" Aireth replied stunned. She thought he would ask for something entirely different, though, now that she thought about it, she had no idea what it would've been. "Then we have a deal, Lady Aeris." Sleipnir declared. "Get on. I'll take you to her." Aeris got on the horse's back, and looked around at the astounded Cetra standing around her. "Lead the way, Sleipnir." She said calmly. The horse thundered away,