The rest of the party was supposed to last for the rest of the evening, so everyone mainly just "chilled" for the next few hours and after that. But something felt wrong.
With every passing minute, I noticed that Shun was becoming more and more distant, during his own birthday party! I was beginning to get really worried about him.
I looked at the clock, which read five fifteen, and then glanced at Shun, who was constantly turning to face the clock. Some was wrong, and I was tempted to find out.
Very cautiously, I began to make my way over to where Shun was sitting, doing my very best to stay quiet. When he had finally noticed me, I was already sitting at his side with his hands in mine. His golden eyes met my worried gaze almost instantly.
"What's wrong?" I asked him softly, trying to be as gentle as I possibly could. He shook his head.
"There's nothing wrong," He replied, softer than ever "I was just, thinking" I tilted my head in confusion.
"What were you thinking about?" I questioned further, hoping to get as many answers out of him as I could.
"I was thinking, about Sapphirah," Shun whispered, hanging his head. I snuggled next to him, squeezing his hands in mine.
"She can't attack the Palace," I confirmed "Or at least, she can't enter, right?" Shun nodded.
"Any Immortal is safe from her grasp when inside of the Palace," Shun replied "But she can still attack mortals" I met his gaze, trying to grasp any flicker of hope that was still left in his glistening eyes; because I knew that there had to be.
"Shun, she'll do almost anything to get to you," I began, doing my best to illuminate our situation "But at least you're safe inside the Palace, and that's all that matters right now. Besides, why would she try to attach you on your own Birthday?" I suddenly thought over my sentence, realizing how unreasonable that sounded.
Shun rolled his eyes, saying "Because she knows, and she can" I could now see a sparkle of pure sadness in his eyes, as if they really reflected off of his emotions.
"Everything will be fine," I assured him, "I mean, what is there to lose if you stay here?" I now saw tears in his eyes, yet I didn't wish to make him sorrowful.
"Everything," Shun answered, his voice trembling "I'll lose you, if she doesn't get her wish" I nodded understandingly.
"And I'm willing to suffer that consequence to protect you," I countered, emotion creeping up into my voice.
"And I can't take that chance," Shun responded darkly "I can't lose you Fabia, it won't happen"
"Shun please," I whispered, tears streaking my face as I grasped him in my embrace.
"Fabia, I want you to promise me one thing, and one thing only" Shun told me, stroking my face with his hand "Promise me, that whatever occurs tonight, that if she does get to me, you'll take the diamond. Whatever happens, you can't let her have it, you have to protect it, please…" I nodded, placing my hand over the diamond which still hung around his neck.
"I promise," I replied, placing my hand on his cheek "Now promise me something"
"Anything," Shun answered, placing his hand over mine. I smiled.
"Say you'll need me every waking moment, turn my head with talk of summer time," I recited, from the song that Shun had played on the violin for me "Say you'll want me, with you here beside you, promise me that all you say is true"
"Love me," We said unison "That's all I ask of you"
We leaned toward each other, and our lips met in a long kiss. I felt as if I never wanted to let go, as if we were saying our final goodbye. But I knew that wasn't right.
It felt like we were holding each other for hours, but cautiously, we both broke apart, second by second, until our eyes were glued to the others.
"I love you," Shun whispered into my ear, as we wrapped our arms around each other tightly.
"I love you too," I told him while we were still embraced. When we broke apart, Shun immediately turned to look at the clock, which now read five thirty.
He turned back to look at me and placed his hand on my shoulders.
"I need to go my room for just a minute, okay?" He told me softly, already standing up. I nodded.
"Sure," I replied "I'll be waiting right here" Shun nodded, turning to the door.
Just before he left, he turned to look at me again.
"I love you," He said softly, and then walked down the hallway with his guards right at his heels. I watched Hawktor and Aranaut chase after Skylar who had run down the hallway after Shun. Those two bakugan had become ever so close to each other, it was hilarious.
I watched Shun for about a minute and then returned to my seat at the table. I jumped when I realized that the girls were crowding me between them.
"That was so romantic!" Julie exclaimed, taking my hands in hers. I blushed bright red once I had realized what she meant.
"I still never knew a ninja could actually fall in love!" Runo shouted louder, giggling like she was one of the other girls.
"What did he say to you?" Alice asked curious, a bright smile on her face. I shook my head, honestly not wanting to tell them.
"He just wanted to thank me for letting him keep Hawktor, that's all" I answered, watching their expressions. Mira giggled lightly.
"Seems to me like he was pretty thankful!" Mira commented, smiling brightly as we all sat down at a table together. Runo nodded in agreement.
"No kidding," she added, placing her hands on mine. I rolled my eyes, crazed by all of the comments they had about our kiss. It was hysterical just to hear them babbling on about it. But soon enough, thankfully, they all began to file away from the table to go talk about another topic that just seemed more interesting at the moment.
Dan trotted over and sat next to me at the once filled table.
"Where did Shun go? It's his Birthday!" Dan exclaimed, hoping that he would get to see his best friend more than just a few times on his own Birthday.
"He went to his room to go check something I think," I answered him "Skylar, Hawktor, and Aranaut followed him though, so he's probably just showing them something, maybe, I don't know" Dan nodded, developing a serious look on his face.
"Do you think that he could be hiding something from us?" Dan questioned a concerned tone in his voice. I shook my head.
"I don't think he would," I replied, tossing my hair behind my back "He's always been truthful with us from the start of everything, so why would he lie to us now?" Dan frowned, and then lost the look altogether.
"I guess he wouldn't" Dan said cautiously, standing on his feet. He held his hand out which I gladly took.
"You wanna hang out for a little bit?" he enquired, seeing that Drago seemed to be having a good time with the other bakugan. I nodded "Sure"
Dan took me over to the buffet line, again, and stacked his plate high with food, not even waiting to sit down to begin eating. I just served myself a small salad, which was delicious by the way.
Dan probably would've spent that next hour eating if I hadn't stopped him after fourths. I still didn't understand how one human could eat so much! It was kind of creepy…
"Want to go to Emerald's table?" Dan asked pointing to where the Queen was sitting. She seemed to be drawing something. I nodded, curious to see what exactly she was doing.
I took my seat next to Emerald, peering over her white sheet of paper.
"Hello Dears," Emerald greeted once she had seen me gaping at her picture "Do you like it? I don't know if I did as well as I used to on earth, but, is it okay?"
"Okay?" Dan questioned "Are you kidding me?! This is incredible! How did you get to look so life like?" What Emerald was working on, was a picture of a golden petal rose, with each stroke making it look like it came from the meadow.
"It's gorgeous," I breathed, laying my hand on her shoulder "How did you do it?"
"Well," Emerald began "When I was living on earth with Shadow, I took a few art classes. The teachers were amazed at how fast I learnt the basics and advanced, so I eventually had to stop taking the classes to protect myself and my son"
"What do you mean by protect?" Dan asked, staring at her drawing.
"Oh, that," Emerald realized "You see, the brawlers are the only ones who have pretty much interacted with an Immortal and not known it at all. But if our cover was somehow blown, or uncovered, we would be forced to return to Millennia Immediately for our safety, especially since my son was the heir to the throne here on Millennia. I couldn't risk the life of my own son."
"Why would you have too?" Dan pressed further.
"Because," Emerald said s if it were the simplest thing in the world "If humans found out that we really existed, then they would try to capture us. Haven't you ever heard of those people in white coats?"
"Doctors?" Dan suggested.
"No, they were called-"
"Scientists!" I cut in "They would have tried to experiment on you!"
"Yes my dear," Emerald crooned "I'm afraid you are right about your words" I don't know why, but Dan felt pressured to ask on last question.
"Why did you come to earth in the first place?" Dan queried, obviously expecting an answer.
"Oh," Emerald commented, her face full of sorrow "Well you see-"
"Arf! Arf!"
Everyone in the room turned to the door to see Skylar plunge out onto the floor. Hawktor and Aranaut were right behind her and helped her to her feet. (Well, paws, I guess)
Skylar ran forward and began to tug at the hem of my dress with her teeth. I picked up off of the ground just and Hawktor and Aranaut exploded into a mess of jumbled words.
"He-why-how-door-window-jump-crazy-letter-Fabia-Shun!"
"Hold it!" I exclaimed, catching their attention "Calm down you two"
"But Fabia!" They shouted in unison, but I held my hand out to them.
"Calm Down!" I said sternly "Now, one at a time, what happened?"
It seemed that the two bakugan decided that Hawktor would be the first to explain, so Hawktor took a shot at it.
"Okay," Hawktor said, taking a deep breath "Shun jumped out of the window after talking to us about some Sapphirah thing, and then he set a note with your name on it on his bed! But The weird thing is, when we watched him jump, he just disappeared into thin air!"
I felt my body tremble as Hawktor spoke, almost making me drop the dog which was sitting comfortably in my arms. Luckily, Dan caught Skylar as she slipped from my grasp.
"No," I whispered to myself "No, no, no, no, no….."
I found myself sprinting down the hallway, with Skylar and the bakugan right at my heels. I plunged through Shun's door, gasping at the sight of no one there.
My eyes traveled to Shun's bed, which indeed had a note with my name on it siting still on the bed sheets. I snatched it and ripped it open, pulling the pure white sheet of paper out of the envelope.
Tears spilled from my eyes as I read its contents.
My dear Princess,
You must know that this may be the last time I see you
But you must remember I love you with all of my heart
You are the last defense that my diamond has chosen
You must protect it, don't let it fall into the wrong hands
I have faith in you my love, I trust you with my life
Goodbye forever, my one and true love,
But our love, you must remember, shall not die
Goodbye once more, I'll always love you
Shadow
My heart was truly broken. Just the fact that Shun would die for me was too much for me to bear. I felt my legs go weak as I slumped to the floor.
"Fabia,"
I could hear Dan's voice calling my name, the letter ripped from my hands, but none of that even occurred to me. I had lost my Prince.
Dan: Okay Guys, Fabia just ran out of the room in tears, so she asked me to give the remarks or this chapter. Ashlyn said that there will only be seven more chapters in this story before we go onto the sequel. You might want to know that we have caught up to the current time here in our story, so yes this is the first time that Fabia has ever seen that letter. Uh, please Read and Review and the nextchapter of the final seven shoulw be out either today sometime or tomorrow morning about this time. Thank you everyone, and uh, see you in the next chapter!