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Chapter 21!!

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(Axel's P.O.V)

I pressed a hand against it to try and find an opening, and when I did, the fire symbol flamed into the rock face in front of me and the entire wall slid open. I fell through the hole with a yell of surprise as I tumbled into darkness.

Opening my eyes as I fell, I could see a faint light above me, and could vaguely see the water that was swirling around me. Taking deep breaths to calm myself, I felt my decent slowing down until I gently touched the ground.

Taking a deep breath, I looked below me and my breathing froze, I was standing on water…water that looked like glass...

'Eight pendants created...' a soft voice whispered and I noticed my pendant flare up, but it didn't hurt like normal…in fact, there was no pain…

'Eight beings combined…' the voice whispered again. I looked up as seven other circles made themselves known, each one glowing the same colour; silver…

'Fire will come first,' the voice whispered again and my circle lit up in a bright red, the symbol on my pendant glowing underneath me.

I was almost expecting it to continue and it came as a shock when nothing else came. Looking around at the lines, I noticed that they were all connected at the center. There was a silver circle that all the lines connected too and I began walking forwards, almost noting in surprise that I wasn't actually wading through the water, but was walking on top. I followed my line and nearly noticed that it was glowing red as I walked. I reached the center and stepped off the line to the middle of the circle.

I let out a yell in shock as I plunged downwards, freefalling again. Trying to take a deep breath, I realised I couldn't as I chocked. I was sinking into pure darkness, my own darkness. It was chocking me too. Immediately, flames erupted around me to create a small amount of light. I pulled in a shaky gasp as the darkness was pushed away and I continued to fall.

Suddenly, there was a portal of light beneath me and before I knew it, I'd fallen through it.

Hitting ground hard, I bit back a yell of pain and got up off the dirt. I was standing in a circle of light and things were murmuring around me.

'What's he doing here…?'

'It's not human…!'

'What is it?'

'That pendant!'

"Is it him?!'

'Why, how did he come here?'

'Is it nearly time?'

I stood still as the voices circled around me. Closing my eyes, I became vaguely aware that the Pendant was glowing still.

"Hello?" I asked quietly, the voices immediately ceasing. Looking around, I couldn't see anything outside the circle of light.

A faint scuffling sound turned my attention to a small water sprite behind me. He was old and his hair was a silvery grey. (A/N: Yes there IS a difference between the two…silver shimmers while grey is dull.) I took in more of his appearance as he moved further into the light.

His hair and beard were long and his robes were a bluey green, much like Arabell's. The only difference was that they were older looking, and more stained. He carried a crooked stick, almost to help him walk and his eyes were the most intense teal colour I'd ever seen. He may have been old but he looked full of life.

"What is your name?" he asked.

"…Axel…" I murmured and he bowed his head, placing both hands on the top of his crooked stick.

"You are the fire wielder?" I nodded and he smiled gently, the creases in his eyes turning upwards. "I take it there are more of you…" he murmured and I nodded.

"You have run into Arabell then? She is our treasure keeper. It was not up to her to give you the pendant, but seeing as she was not wrong, I see no reason to punish her…" I blinked at him in confusion.

"Have you heard the prophecy?" he asked again and I nodded. He sighed. "I see, that is good then. How many of you are there at the moment?"

I paused for a second before answering. "…six…" His head shot up in concern. "But there are supposed to be eight!"

"I think the other two will be turning up soon, with how everything is being managed at the moment."

He paused for a second before nodding. "Very well,"

"Um…listen…do you think you could do something about this pendant please? Every time I use my powers seriously it heats up to unbearable temperatures…" I said aloud before I could hold my tongue.

He blinked before chuckling. "Of course young one. Kneel down for me." I did so and he placed one hand around the back of the clasp on the necklace before murmuring something and tracing his fingers down to the pendant that was around my neck. It glowed intensely for a few seconds before dieing down to a dull glow. "There…Use the pendants powers wisely…they will aid you. Find the light and bring him to us." He said before moving backwards. I blinked as everything around me started wavering in and out.

"Wait!!" I yelled but nothing stopped. "How do I bring Roxas to you?!" I yelled again and this time there was an answer. "The same way you came young one! I wish you well in your quest!" Everything disappeared and before I knew it, I was underwater again, struggling for breath. Kicking out, I found hard ground and pushed off from it, travelling quickly to the surface.

The water in front of me was tumbling down and colder than normal so I figured that it was the waterfall. My head popped up behind it and I quickly drew in a large breath, leaning against the rock face. Damn that water. Taking deep breaths, I got my breathing back to normal before sliding out from behind the waterfall and blinked at what I saw.

Demyx and Roxas were diving under the water trying to find me and Xigbar was over head with Marluxia and Vexen on the ground, Marluxia concentrating on the plant life in the water I think.

"Axel!!" Roxas yelled as his head popped up from to surface again, almost expecting to be able to hear me under water. "I'm here…" I yelled and began swimming back to shore. Their eyes all snapped towards me and Demyx popped his head up beside me.

"YOU IDIOT!!" He yelled in my and I noticed tears running down his cheeks. "I thought you'd faded…" Roxas muttered as he swam over to me and I was in hearing distance. Demyx quickly took a glance between the two of us and disappeared under the water again.

"What were you doing?!" he hissed fiercely and sent me a glare.

"Being abducted by water sprites…" I mumbled and he sighed before looking down at the water.

"Will you never come up with logical explanations? You were gone for over 30 minutes…I'd like the truth if you don't mind…" I blinked and sighed, swimming closer to him and placed a hand on his cheek. "I was telling the truth…and if you don't believe me, come with me." He looked at me curiously as I slipped one of my warmish hands through his freezing cold ones, dragging him back to the waterfall.

"Take a deep breath and don't let go of my hand…" I murmured and he sent me a curious look but did so. I took one and dived under the water, the waterfall pushing us down. I felt him panic slightly as he tried to struggle to the surface and I placed a hand on the rock face, the slab sliding open, only this time, I was back in the cave again.

We surfaced and Arabell was sitting on the rock shelf singing to herself.

"Hey Arabell, thanks for trying to drown me…" I muttered and she immediately stopped singing.

"Axel!!" she screamed in delight and launched herself at me. The force of her hug pushed me under the water again and I nearly chocked as I tried to breathe properly while unable to think properly. She eventually let go and I surfaced again, choking and spluttering as I surfaced. I sent her a glare and she looked sheepish.

"Sorry…" she mumbled and I sighed. "It's ok…"

She looked to the side and noticed Roxas for the first time, looking anywhere but at me. I winced as she cocked her head to the side. "Who's this?" she asked and I grinned.

"Arabell, this is Roxas, Roxas, this is Arabell." They both started studying each other curiously before her face lifted up into a grin.

"Oh My Elders!! You're…You're HIM!! You're the light!!" She screamed and launched herself at Roxas. I laughed at his bewildered face as he was pushed under the water like I was. Instead of being heartless though, I dived under and helped him back up to the surface. He was choking and spluttering as I dragged him over to the shelf and sat him on it, moving onto it myself afterwards. He shivered and I heated my body again before pulling him into an embrace.

She grinned before going "Nawwww…so cute!" I sighed and heated my body up further until Roxas stopped shivering and was happily curled up in my lap. "Oh! I have something for you!!" She yelled and swam happily to another corner of the cave that was rather bright. She rummaged through it before pulling out a circle shaped pendant that had 8 slightly curved lines coming out from an invisible center circle. It was white and almost looked like a star. It was on a silver chain like mine, I noticed before she dropped it in his hand.

"The light pendant!" she sang as Roxas blinked before frowning. "Use your powers…" I murmured into his ear and he did. A bright light erupted from the pendant as the light bounced from one corner of the cave to the other. He stared at it in shock. I grinned.

"At least yours shouldn't burn you. Blind you maybe but hopefully not burn you."

He turned to stare at me in shock and I pulled mine out to show him, the pendant glowing warmly. It was a comfortable warmth though. He stared at the pendant again and must have tested it because the light wavered and brightened from the pendant as the light did in the cave. "Axel…can you…?" he asked and held it out for me.

"Put it on? Sure." I took the pendant and attached the chain around his neck. He smiled and settled back against me. I grinned at him and ran some fingers through his hair. "Well…at least this explains some things…" he muttered and I chuckled.

"We should probably get back to the others…they'll be getting worried…" I murmured and he nodded. Arabell nodded as well and opened the wall for us.

"I'll look forward to seeing you sometime in the near future hopefully…" she murmured before smiling. I grinned at her and pulled Roxy into the water with me. "Sure thing, cya." I said as we resurfaced, my arms still wrapped around a spluttering Roxas's waist.

"Get off me;" he muttered before pulling away from me forcibly. I shrugged and turned to the entrance and grabbed his hand. "Ready?" I asked and we both took a deep breath before diving through the entrance.

We resurfaced just beyond the waterfall and began swimming back to dry land. Demyx was there with Vexen, Marluxia and Xigbar, chatting happily.

Walking up to bank, they turned and Demyx yelled happily before launching himself at me. I only had time to blink before I was crushed beneath him, 3 feet under the water.

I struggled for about 10 seconds before he was pulled off me and I was helped up by a grinning Roxas. "Thanks Demyx…" I croaked before coughing up water again. He grinned sheepishly as he was kept in place by one of Xigbar's arms around his waist. (A/N: Hey! That rhymes!! XD; points to the place and waist sentence above Please note that it was unintentional.)

"Where the hell were you?" Xigbar asked, frowning. "You were missing for a good 45 minutes…"

"Um…let's see…being drowned by water, then darkness…then a water sprite…Then a Demyx…and I think that's it." Xigbar sent me a curious look as Roxas and I laughed. "Don't worry about it dude, lets just get back to the common room. Don't know about you guys but Roxas and I are freezing." I laughed and began dragging Roxas up the slope. They sighed and followed us.

By the time we reached the common room, Roxas was sneezing and I was beginning to feel just a little bit cold. "Want a warm shower?" I asked as everyone was staring at us and he nodded. We passed through our rooms, grabbed our clothes and moved through to the bathroom, standing in separate stalls.

I turned the water on and began washing the cold water off my body, almost immediately warming up. I heard a content sigh from the stall over and grinned. "Hey Roxas…?" I began and he made a sound of acknowledgement. "Were you worried about me?" I asked and he snorted. "Like hell I was. You scared the shit out of me." I grinned and turned the water heat up more. "Oh, really? I feel really loved now."

"You should feel loved…" came the response. I laughed and he made a whining noise. I chuckled and turned the water off. "Cya when you're done. I'll be in the common room, unless you take to long and I'm convinced you've drowned." I swear he must have pinked at that as I quickly threw my clothes on and walked casually out of the bathroom.

Down in the Common Room, I found none of the other Orgy members. 'Demyx must have gone with Xigbar and Vexen and Marluxia must have gone to bed…' I thought and sat down on the couch. "Hey dude, you alright?" a voice asked and I looked up to see Fred and George leaning over the back of the couch. "Yeah, fine. Why?"

"We're just worried about this morning…" Fred murmured and I blinked before grinning. "I wouldn't worry about it. It was all fun anyway. It's the one good thing about being outside the organization, you can do what you want basically and the only people in charge of someone are the teachers. Xigbar can't do shit…" they laughed and sat down on the couch.

I noticed Roxas coming down the stairs a few minutes later and waved to him. He made his way over with some text books and settled down in front of me to do some homework.

I sighed, I had a detention tomorrow. If Zexion WAS going to turn up at all he was going to kill me if he found out what we'd been through. I shifted myself until I was comfortable and closed my eyes. It'd been a long day and lets just say I was rather tired. I felt Roxas shift as I slipped an arm around his waist and closed my eyes. The last thing I saw was the flickering of lights on the stone roof.

Hokay! My comp was playing silly buggers earlier so I WOULD have posted this about 5 hours previously but because of that it didn't quite work...;

Anywhoo, hope you liked it an i'm sorry it's a weird chapter.

(put the www. in front of it) vexeniv./art/Fire-Pendant-RPAV-80217989 For anyone who would like to see the fire pendant. its on my DevART account. I'll post the light one there as soon as I get it coloured...

Talk to you all soon!!

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