Yet another fault i have realized in my writing, there are areas where
there are supposed to be "..." many of thos have been deleted
accidently. Okay, sorry to say it, but this is the end of the line for
a while.

Secret Past
Chapter Six: Battle in Palace



"Hello Mist-chick. And Sky you've grown cuter everyday. Which means
mutt, back away from him!" Aquaria went to lunge forward at her, but
Sky grabbed her arm.

"Ignore her love, she isn't worth your time or strength," Sky whispered
in her ear, and Aquaria stopped her attempt to go thrash Sandy.

"What? Ya too scared to fight chicken girl?" Sandy taunted. This time
Sky couldn't grab Aquaria quick enough. Aquaria pulled out her sword
and then both girls clashed in fight. When suddenly from out of nowhere
a dark faced man step out of the shadows to jump attack Aquaria. Sky
saw him and pulled his sword from its sheath and began to fight as
well.

Aquaria saw this and realized the two were twins. With one last lunge
Aquaria managed to get Sandy's sword to fling out of her hand.

Aquaria's hair began to float around her and as soon as that started
her body began to glow as well. With a burst of light both Sandy and
the stranger had been pinned to the wall. This all took a matter of a
second and Sky turned and looked at her when it had happened.

"I could've done that." He said in a playful tone.

"Yes, but I decided to do it first." Aquaria rarely practiced her
sorcery anymore but when she did people learned to fear her. Which
would soon be a great many people for she would have to use her sorcery
and her new powers that she shared with Queen Crystallia. "Anyway, what
are we going to do with them, they're only pawns, neither are the
heir."

"Can you do anything to bring them to our side?"

"Judging the way they're struggling, no. Well I guess I have to this."
Aquaria touched the top of her head and then her crown formed. She put
her hands before her and shot silver energy at both. It hit the girl
but the man got away. Then from behind her he brought his sword up to
slice her side, she stood there and took the blow. Aquaria could've
stopped it from going into her stomach, but she allowed it to. Aquaria
gripped his sword and mist froze it and the mist then cut of the man's
air suffocating him. And now only mist appeared where the man had been
standing. Aquaria fell to the ground. Blood gushed from her stomach.
Sky pulled the sword out of her. He looked at her face.

She loves you. You can't lose her. Don't lose her, she's your angel,
save her. Sky ripped his tunic enough for a temporary bandage. Her
cheeks were flushed under her tan. She was so beautiful, if it had been
night the moon would've have caressed her with its milky glow only
adding to the elegance she had now. He grabbed her cold hand, and
something sparked inside of him. He eased his lips over hers. He held

her tighter within his grasp now. Too precious to lose. All his love,
his soul, now poured into the kiss they shared, though she didn't know
it. He ended the kiss. A tear fell upon her face. "I guess my sleeping
beauty won't wake with a kiss." He said softly. His hands began to turn
blue. He kissed her again, gently, his hands firmly placed on her back.

She began to kiss him back. Every second she grew warmer, stronger.
Both came up for air.

She smiled for a second. "I didn't know that you were a healer."

"What? I think that I had forgotten that too. I thought I lost you.
Please, promise me that you won't do that again." She looked at him
innocently, but he saw right through it.

"I promise Sky. Look the way I see it the heir is in the palace but
these are her minions,"

"What says that is a female?" Sky looked serious again.

"Nothing I suppose, in fact it could be male, but we'll just have to
find out the hard way."

"Guess so. Should we ask the Clan Guardians to help? After all we are
supposed to protect out planets and our clans."

"If you feel it necessary, go on ahead. But I think Crysta will notice
something odd and rally them together for the Inner Clans." Brushing
aside a piece of hair she said this with a cold tone. She had been
deceived by these guardians before and was in no mood to be treated
like a child again, especially by Pearl. Crysta was the leader of the
Clan Guardians in training. Aquaria was similar to a Clan Guardian but
she, like Andarian were not of the Guardian Clans so they had their own
title. She was Mist Sorceress, and he was Earth Knight. The truth of
the matter is that she was stronger than all the Clan Guardians put
together, except for Sky, maybe.

"You're right. And Lailia of Pluto is always on her toes." Sky said,
knowing his friend would've known about this before they would've. And
as though the thought had summoned her, there, Lailia was standing in a
black dress with her long raven hair flowing to her waist. Tightly
clasped in her hand was a mage's staff with a black opal at the top.

"Greetings Sky." She looked at Aquaria puzzled. If you didn't know
better you might think the two girls were sisters. "Umm, Skyllan would
you mind introducing your lover to me. After all I haven't seen you in
a year. And I know you expect me to keep up with your complicated
personal life." Both girls looked at each other for a long time. I've
seen her somewhere before. Thought Lailia.

"I thought you were watching every move I made Lailia, you know who

this is. At least if you kept your threat you should."

"Sorry that I stopped watching it Sky, it got boring after last year
and you know the Outer Guardians like me to watch other things. But
first introductions."

"Alright, Lady Lailia of Pluto I would like to introduce you to Lady
Aquaria of the Mist."

"Nice to meet you for the second time Lai."

"Same to you Misti." Lailia grinned. Both girls hugged. "It's been a
long time hasn't it?"

"You mean since we fooled the teachers by switching names and using or
magic to make us look like each other? If you mean that, then yes it
has been a long time." All three laughed remembering how the instructor
found out and got furious with both of them.

"It's good to see you Misti. If ever anybody came out of your clan
shining with pride it was you. I think that you are the only person
that actually believes that your clan is worthwhile. Each of our clans
have their names. And we guardians resemble those names. Aquaria the
Mist Sorceress shows that you are Plutonian and Neptunian, which I
think you have half good blood in you and have half excellent blood in
you." Both girls laughed. Apparently Sky didn't want to get involved in
a reunion of old friends.

But then his mouth deceived his mind. "Lailia, do you have any idea of
who the heir might be?" he burst.

"Heir? What do you mean?" Lailia again looked puzzled.

"Talleron's heir. You know, Talleron, all the way back from the War of
Queens. The one that Queen Crystallia had slain before dying." Aquaria
spoke softly for she was within her own concentration.

"Talleron's heir…" Lailia looked on the brink of something, then she
hit her staff on the ground. Before them appeared two images, a man and
a woman. Both looked in their forties. The woman was kneeling before
the man who bore a crown. Then the image faded. "Well I'm not sure of
the identities of those people but I am certain that there are two
heirs. For it fits perfectly within you two. You will find them in
this palace. But the time to strike is not now. Tell you what, I'll
stay here to observe a few things. You both will know the time to
strike and if you need help I will get Oriana and Asta. But I think you
both can handle it. For now, keep this under wraps." She looked at
Aquaria. "I especially know that you hate people in your business and
that you almost despise the Planetary Guardians. So that is an even
better reason to stay quiet." Lailia snapped her fingers and she was
now wearing breeches, a shirt and a tunic. Her dark hair was pulled
back to look as normal as possible for people passing by.

"Show off." Muttered Sky. Aquaria smiled. He put his arm around her.
"By Uranus! The Elders will say their decision today! That should be in
an hour." He looked hopefully at Aquaria.

"I'm hoping enough for ten thousand." She said softly.

"Me too, Misti." Lailia took the hint and left. When she was gone the
two kissed again.

Aquaria's heart nearly burst. Fire flowed through her body and she
loved every second of the sensation. One hand was around his neck and
the other in his short, but soft hair. He was gentle, and no one, in
Aquaria's opinion, could give a kiss as sweetly as he could.

Sky loved the way Aquaria became limp in his arms. The way her heart
beat close to his. He wished the voice in his head would shut up. He
only wanted this to last forever, and he didn't care if people stared.
But they both came up for air blushing madly, but no one was there and
the blush lessened, but not much.

"We should-I mean, um…" Sky started.

Now trembling Aquaria said it for him. "We should go to the meeting."