A/N- Thanks for da reviews, The-Saiyan-From-Hyrule, darthritter86, Catorrina, and maximushyrule!
Disclaimer- Nope. Misa dun own.
Malina hugged Yuumei as tightly as she thought was possible. "Yuumei, Yuumei! We found you guys! Oh my gosh!"
Yuumei gently hugged the younger girl back. "Princess..."
Malina took a step back, slightly embarrassed by her sudden reaction to seeing Yuumei. She then gave a little smile. Yuumei was here! All of her friends were here!
Her smile vanished. All but a few. Delila. Riste. It seemed like their group was broken without them.
That was when Malina noticed the two new people. She gave the smaller a quick smile, but when she saw the elder, her smile vanished. Her lips tightened, and her eyes narrowed.
Daysin gave a little, sheepish smile. "Princess, I-"
"What's he doing here?" Malina asked blunty.
"You two know each other?" Marit asked curiously.
Malina laughed. "Know each other? This jerk was my first love."
Daysin winced. "Please, Princess, let me-"
"Let you explain?!" She snorted. "And why in the world should I, you idiot?"
"Please, Princess-" Daysin begged.
"Oh, shut up." She answered.
"Daysin..." The younger girl said softly. "Daysin, is this the girl you kept talking to me about?"
Daysin nodded slowly. "Yes, Sora."
Malina smiled down at the younger girl. "And what's your name, honey?"
"I'm Sora." She said, clutching Daysin's arm tightly. "You're the Princess, right?"
"Yup."
"I'm Yuumei's friend." Sora said, a little pout on her face. "So you're the real her, huh?"
"What do you mean?" Malina asked blankly.
"All right, enough of this confusion and all that blah!" Shina exclaimed, clapping her hands together. "I'm hungry! It's been a long day for all of us! We can explain all of this stuff around the camp-fire while we eat some yummy food, cooked by Sparrow!"
"Mm..." Ceris licked his lips. "I missed his cooking."
Sparrow blushed and whispered, "Thanks... Ceris..."
"You're welcome!"
"It's been much too long since we were all together..." Marit murmured. "I'm glad that the Knights of Night are finally all together."
Yuumei nodded, sighing. "I missed Malina quite a bit."
Malina blushed. "I-I guess that I missed you, too, Yuumei."
"So," Marit said, sitting upon a log. "Let's get all of this stuff figured out. What's happened with you two, Malina and Ceris?"
Miss Alice frowned and brushed her hair out of her eyes. Vaati smirked lightly. It seemed that these days, they were picking out the strongest and the youngest.
"And who's that?" Vaati murmured into the young girl's ear.
"Riste." She answered softly. "This is all that remains of him."
The drawing was exquisite with almost perfect shading. It showed Riste... or what was left of him. Birds had picked most of him away.
"Who's next to die?" Vaati asked softly. He said it as though he were asking to kiss her.
"Sora..." Miss Alice whispered. "She is the one."
"Is she very powerful?" Vaati whispered.
"Yes. Very. More so than you, me, Malina, and Ceris all together."
Vaati's eyes widened. "Really?"
She nodded. "And she's more powerful than the powers you three hold within."
Vaati lightly touched the ORB, or, as he called it, the Soul Orb. "Even more powerful than this?"
She nodded again. "Yes."
"But anything that powerful has to be some sort of god!" He blustered.
"No... she's not. I'm not sure what she is, really."
"How is this possible...?" Vaati whispered, looking upwards.
Miss Alice closed her eyes. "I'm not sure. But... she's going to die in two and a half months."
"She's so young..." Vaati whispered, a little bit of guilt obviously showing.
"That may be true," she whispered, "But she'll kill you if you don't kill her first."
"But that would throw off the balance of everything!" Vaati exclaimed. "It could kill everyone in the whole world!"
Miss Alice nodded. "I know. That's why you need to get rid of her."
"Remind me... what does she look like?"
Miss Alice silently began drawing the girl. Vaati's cousin. She had an impossible amount of strength within her. She wasn't sure how, but that girl did have an amazing amount of power.
"This is her..." The fourteen-year-old whispered.
The drawing was of Sora, obviously. The girl's hair was short and black. A smile was upon her face, and a mischievous look could be seen in her eyes. Vaati leaned over to see, and then a tight smile was drawn on his face.
"She seems so innocent."
Miss Alice nodded. "Yes. But... she'd not."
Vaati nodded, then yawned and stretched. "Enough about my enemies. What about yours?"
"First of all, a man named George Bush." Miss Alice murmured. "He used to be the president of America... but that was nearly three months ago."
"And what makes you dislike this man so much?" Vaati asked.
"He's cruel..." She whispered. "I want him to die."
"Is there anyone else out there?"
"Any religious leaders." Miss Alice said quietly.
"And why is that?"
"Religion makes people do mean things. They kill each other over it. It's stupid."
Vaati nodded. "And...?"
Her eyes flashed red. "The people who imprisoned me for the first fourteen years of my life."
"Then let's get to it."
Monday, December 29th, 2008
New York Times
Yesterday, George Bush was assassinated by a small girl. Security cameras caught her, but for some odd reason, no one was able to get into his room. His death was caused by severe burns and blood loss. How the burns were caused, no one is sure. It was not caught on camera.
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
New York Times
At exactly eleven p.m., all of the great religious leaders in the world all died of a heart attack. Later, a video was sent to the Minister of England, in which the face a girl was in. She spoke of death of anything that might cause wars. She also said that these were merely warnings, and that she would use any forces necessary to stop all pain in this world.
The great detective Light is currently looking into the case, and the girl has been identified. Her name is Miss Alice. However, that is the most he has been willing to give out.
Wednesday, December 31th, 2008
New York Times
Half of all of the Japanese researchers and scientists died yesterday. Many people blamed Miss Alice, although there is no clear link between the two.
Light frowned. Chester nervously began twiddling his thumbs. Ever since he began working with Light, he had leanred that whenever Light frowned, it meant something bad.
"W-What is it, Light?"
"More super-natural crap." Light murmured, stroking his chin.
Chester bit his bottom lip. "Already? It's only been a week since the last thing..."
Light merely shrugged. "Oh, well."
Chester sighed. "What are we going to do, Light?"
Light frowned. "Go to the place where it's happening, of course."
Chester winced. "Not again..."
"Princess..." Daysin begged. "Please, just listen to me..."
She glared at him, but did not answer. Shina glanced between the two of them, slightly confused. After all... it had been nearly a week since they had all met up. Why was Malina still being mean to Daysin when he seemed so sorry and sad?
"Malina..." She began softly, but the younger girl turned to her, eyes flaming.
"What do you want?" Malina snapped. Shina winced.
"I was just wondering why you hated Daysin so..." Shina trailed off after seeing the look on the younger's face.
"Let's just say that he worked with Vaati, killed one of my two best friends, and broke my heart when it knew no true sorrow!" She snapped.
Shina blinked, startled, and glanced at Daysin. "You did that?"
Daysin nodded, but looked very sad. "I... I was... not smart... at... I just..."
"Big brother will never do anything like that again!" Sora exclaimed, grabbing Daysin's arm and looking up at him. "Right?"
Daysin sighed. "That's the worst part of it all. With me having to go back to being with Vaati in a couple of weeks, there will be no chance for me to be good again. I value my life and Sora's life way too much for that."
"Princess Malina has no time to listen to you whine!" Malina snorted. "Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to my tent to see Ceris!"
Daysin looked visibly wounded, and Shina couldn't blame him. Malina totally hated him now, and had a huge crush on Ceris. Meanwhile, Daysin was still head-over-heals for her, and felt his heart being constantly smashed into little tiny pieces. And, obviously, Malina didn't care.
"What did you do to her?" Shina asked softly. Daysin sighed, his eyes turning upward.
"To be honest, I danced with her on her thirteenth birthday, found out she was my worst enemy, tried to save her life from Vaati, got her lost in the woods, tied her to a tree, and then killed her horse." Daysin admitted.
"Wow, that's pretty bad. I can see why she's so mad at you," Shina murmured, stroking her chin lightly.
"Yeah, and... I just want her to smile at me once more." He answered quietly. "The first time we danced, she had such a radiant smile on her lips and her eyes sparkled like the ocean while the sun is setting. Now all she does is glare at me, and a sort of dullness has taken over the sparkle."
"You really... love her, don't you?" Shina asked hesitantly.
Daysin nodded. "Yes... I-I do."
Shina sighed. "I guessed as much. I hope you can learn a way not to love her anymore."
"I don't think there's anyway to stop loving someone." Daysin said, smiling tightly. "I think it's possible that you might be able to not think about them, or figuire out a way to make the heartache that you feel more numb, but stop loving them? No... I'm not so sure about that."
Shina frowned and nodded. "I think I understand. Do you mean-"
"Good day, fools!" Vaati's voice echoed through the camp. Almost instantly, everyone put their hands to their weapons. Ceris came out of the tent, his sword out.
Vaati chuckled lightly. "How very interesting, indeed. You all became so frightened when I merely said good day."
Marit snorted. "Frightened? Hardly. Merely aware of what you can do to us."
"I see..." Vaati murmured. "Well, I wanted to teach you all a little lesson real quick."
"And what's that?!" Ceris snorted.
"To be nice to my new friend is all. Her name is Miss Alice."
"Miss Alice?!" Malina said, bursting out of the tent.
"Ah, yes. I had thought that you might have paid a little bit of attention when Riste died. You see, it's not really my fault he died. It's more Miss Alice's fault than mine."
"Lair!" Malina hissed, balling up her fists. "You filthy liar! You have just as much to do with it as that girl does!"
Vaati chuckled. "I might have instructed her to kill him within her dreams, but not much more. I'm sending you a present, by the way."
"What do you-" Yuumei began, but from all of the shadows around came the shadow-creatures. However, these ones were different. One appeared to be dragon-like. Another looked to be a little girl. One seemed to be some sort of plant. Another looked like a skeleton.
"Oh, did I forget to mention the fact that my new toys have been improved? Now they're twice as powerful, thanks to Miss Alice helping me. Do you have anything to say, Miss Alice? No? Ah, well. You'll all get to know each other soon."
"You're a vile beast!" Malina said desperately. "I hate you Vaati! I hate you!"
For a little while, Vaati was silent. Finally, he spoke.
"Go, my beasts. Rip them apart."
The giant dragon attacked Marit and Sparrow, grabbing them with its sharp claws. A skeleton attacked Malina, who cried out and took a step back. It slashed at her arms with a small dagger that it held. Blood quickly began to flow in the battle field.
Daysin burnt the skeleton to a crisp, leaving nothing but ashes left. "Are you all right?" He demanded, grabbing her arm.
"I'm fine, now leave me alone!" Malina snapped.
He nodded, pain in his eyes. "Okay, but you better stay close to me-"
"I can take care of myself, you jerk!" Malina growled, freezing another shadow-creature that was coming towards them. Daysin nodded, wincing at her sharp tone.
Oh, how I wish Vaati were dead!
On your right, Mally.
Malina threw a lightening blot at the lion-shaped shadow-beast. It was electrified, but quickly got back up and lunged at her. Malina threw it back, using her magic to make her stronger. She then bent down and picked up pieces of the ground, flinging them at various shadow-beasts.
She winced as she felt something hit her in the leg hard. She turned around to face whatever it was, her eyes flaming. It was a human-type of shadow-beast that had a sling. It threw another stone at Malina, and she fell to the ground, groaning. What happened to her? It was as though she no longer had any legs.
Need some help?
What the heck happened to my legs?!
That shadow-beast can tell where your pressure points are, and hit them.
Oh my gosh, help me, Wisdom!
I thought as much.
Malina blinked as she felt an amazing amount of power rush through her. It was as though her entire body were on fire.
What is this, Wisdom?
Hm? Oh, it's just a sample of my power.
A sample?!
Yup. I'm pretty powerful, huh?
Wow.
Malina stood up and the shadow-beast with the sling took a step back, obviously surprised. She smirked. This was so freaking awesome.
Malina blew out from her magic, and felt her fire get thrown out. She was a fire-breathing girl. She torched the shadow-beast, until it was dead. Then she moved to the next. And the next. And the next. And the next. And the-well, you get the point.
To Malina's surprise, Ceris had already killed the shadow-dragon. He was currently helping Daysin protect Sora. To everyone's surprise, the battle was already over.
"Hm? What's this? You've worn out your toys. Well... you can always play with your pets, right?"
A loud thump came from behind Malina. She turned very slowly to see what was blocking out the sun and creating such a huge shadow. Almost instantly, she wished that she hadn't.
A large, black dragon towered over her. Its eyes were orange, and its claws were yellow and much too sharp for comfort. On the very end of its tail, there was a huge ball that had several spikes on it. Smoke spurted from its nose easily.
Wow.
You said it, Mally.
A/N- HOORAY! I FINISHED THE CHAPTER! Now, R&R, no flames! (I have over twenty-five chapters on this! Whee!)