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The Chronicles of Gaea I: Wishes Do Come True

Part 2

Mirai sat outside staring at the Earth. Blue had his head in her lap and she was rubbing his neck. "Do you ever wonder about other places?" She asked.

Blue brought his head up so he could see her. "Sure, but I'm happy here. I saw Van while you were all talking out here earlier. He's very sad, sadness just pours off him."

Mirai looked at Blue surprised. "You can feel emotions . . . does it ever hurt?"

"I can feel emotions if they're strong enough, its all part of my unicorn magic." Blue joked. "As for pain, it doesn't usually hurt, sometimes with really strong emotions, like Van's, I feel a dull ache. Van misses someone doesn't he?" He asked leaning against her again.

Mirai nodded. "Yeah, he loves her so much, I know he must miss her."

Konran watched Mirai from the balcony above. She was talking to Blue quietly and every once in a while she would look at the night sky, towards Earth and the moon. The way the palace was set up, the forest came right into the court yard where Mirai was sitting. Konran looked at the trees in time to see the flash of a yellow eye. He heard a low rumble and watched as Blue jumped up and tried to push Mirai away from the trees. Suddenly a huge dragon crashed out of the trees. Blue reared in front of it angrily.

Mirai looked at Blue frantically. "Calm down! Blue! Stop Blue! She's not going to hurt me!" She shouted.

Blue ran to her side and stood ready to run if need be. The dragon growled low in its throat and stared at Mirai. She reached over and put her hand on the dragon's snout. It laid down in front of her and waited. Allen, Van and Kisoteke ran onto the balcony with Konran. They watched helplessly as the dragon stared Mirai down. From where they were it looked like She was talking to the dragon. She would nodded and at one point even leaned on the dragon. She told them later the dragon's name was Ara.

Namida, Ninmu, Merle and Moechae ran into the court yard and watched Mirai talk softly to the dragon. After a little while a little black dragon, about the size of a Labrador, came out of the trees. This baby dragon was different then all the other dragons around Fanelia. This one looked more like Escaflowne. (Or Spyro the dragon, if you know that game) The little dragon sauntered over to Mirai shyly. It turned and watched it's mother lumber back into the trees. Mirai knelt down and looked into the dragon's shimmering green eyes and realized the poor thing was crying.

The guys finally reached her and Konran ran over to her and put his hand on her shoulder. "What happened? From where we were it looked like you were talking to that thing."

Mirai glared at him. "She wasn't a thing, she was dragon, and I was talking to her. This," She gestured to the little dragon. "Is Nightshade, I'm going to take care of her. The dragon who just left was worried she would get hurt because she looks different then all the other dragons." She stood up and stretched. "I'm going to bed." Mirai glanced at Blue. "Could someone give him a soft place to sleep?" With that she walked off with Nightshade galloping behind.

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Mirai opened her eyes to sunlight streaming through the window. Nightshade was curled up in a ball at the foot of the bed. There was a knock at the door and then Namida and Moechae came in. Mirai sat up and yawned and Namida flopped onto the bed. Moechae sat down in a chair next to the bed.

"Ya know, I was thinking about how when we came here our wishes came true." Namida started. "That was sorta the power of our will, right?"

Mirai nodded. "Yeah, what are you getting at?"

"Well, what if, I don't know if it would work or not, but what if we tried to bring Hitomi back for Van?" Namida explained.

Mirai thought about it for a few minutes. "That might actually work, I think if all six of us tried together. Where'd you come up with that idea?"

Moechae spoke up. "I came up with the idea. I thought we might as well give it a try, what have got to loose?"

Mirai nodded again. "Sounds good." She watched her two friends leave to go tell the guys.

She hopped out of bed and put on her lovely outfit Konran dreamed up. Nightshade stretched and jumped off the bed and followed her down the hall to the dining room. As Mirai walked along she got a horrible feeling something was wrong with Blue. She turned and ran outside to where Blue was lying under a tree in the shade. Mirai stopped dead in her tracks. Standing beside Blue was Folken. He smiled when he saw her.

" I know what you're planning to do." He said calmly. "I came to warn you."

"Warn me? About what?" Mirai asked suspiciously.

Folken looked at the sky. "If you bring Hitomi here, you and your friends will have used up your only chance to return home. Also, Hitomi won't be able to go back. You have a very hard decision to make."

Mirai felt something touch her leg and looked down to see Nightshade. She looked over at Blue who was still sleeping peacefully. "I've been here one night, yet I feel I've been here for years."

Folken nodded. "That's because on Earth you no longer exist. You never did in the eyes of the people there. What about your friends, are they ready to stay here?"

"I don't know." Mirai answered looking at the ground, when she looked up again Folken was fading. "Wait!"

"Remember, choose carefully." Was the last thing she heard before he disappeared.

Mirai sank to the ground as all her friends came running. She looked up and smiled through her tears. Konran helped her up and then led her to a bench. They all gathered around her, Van and Allen stayed at the doorway, watching.

"What happened?" Namida asked.

Mirai sighed and stared past them at Van and Allen. "If we help bring Hitomi to Van . . . we won't be able to go home."

"You make the decision Mirai, we're with you all the way." Kisoteke told her.

"Yeah. Imagine how happy Van and Hitomi would be." Moechae explained.

Mirai looked at them all. "You're all willing to give up our only chance home just to help Van. If you're all ready to do this, I say lets do it!"

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Intermission--Mirai

I think that was the hardest decision I ever had to make. We were all ready to give up our only chance home to make other people happy. We never regretted what we did either. I told them what Folken told me, that on Earth we never existed. They were as sad as I was when Folken told me, but we got over it.

Author's note: There's the second piece. Hope you're enjoying the first Chronicle of Gaea.