Here I am (again). I really, REALLY don't know where I'm heading to. I really mean it. I never
meant to bring the three brothers Patriot, Chivalry and Gallant into the story or the crush
Amelia has on Gourry ^_^ or that in the future, Amelia has some deadly thing... How? Why? What?
Who? These are the questions I have to answer before the end of the story.
Slayers Mystic
Episode 8
Fire in Heart! Love and Hate
(Part 1)
Charity walks along. Her feet are getting tired and her stomach is grumbling. "I'm so hungry,
Bobo," she whines. "I want to eat!"
"Pip!" Bobo squeaks sympathetically.
Charity pets its purple fur fondly.
"Out of the way!" A voice shouts and a red-head literally flies towards Charity. Charity steps
aside hastily while Bobo, thrilled at the sight, jumps on the girl and clutches her hair. The
screams in pain and drops on the ground.
"Ugh!" She pulls Bobo out of her hair and stares at it. "What -are- you?"
"Bobo! You naughty little rascal!" Charity grabs Bobo and hugs it tightly. She turns to the girl.
"I'm really sorry. My pet always gets too excited."
"That's your pet?" The younger girl asked Charity, astonished. "I've never seen the like of it
before. Will you tell me more about it? Over supper perhaps? I'm heading towards an inn anyway."
"I don't know about that..." Charity hesitates.
"Oh come on...I'll buy you supper," the girl says. "You look famished. And I'm intrigued."
"Well, if you really are going to buy supper..." Charity looks at the girl and smiles. "Then sure
I'll come along."
"I'm Lina Inverse, and don't you worry about any bandits along the way. I have a mean fireball."
"Uh-huh," Charity nods. "Say...did you just say you are Lina Inverse?"
*O*
Somewhere in the future
"Amelia?" Zelgadis approaches the bed. The room stinks of illness and blood.
"Zel..." Amelia whispers.
"Amelia." Zel touches her fingers.
"...I'm gonna die," the pale lips move. Amelia's white face contrasts with her toussled black
hair.
"Don't say that, Amelia."
"There is no cure. I've been poisoned."
"P-poisoned?" Zelgadis is shocked.
Amelia wheezes and spits blood into a basin near her head.
"But how? This castle is heavily guarded."
"...In my past...eats me slowly from inside," Amelia whispers. She closes her dark eyes. "I'm so
tired Zel."
"Amelia, you will live!"
"I won't..." she opens her eyes. "Tell Peace...tell him...will you...please..."
"Yes?"
Amelia wheezes again. "I...I..."
"Amelia..."
"...never..."
"Amelia."
"...I..." Amelia clutches Zel's hand for a moment, then she releases him, falling into a deep
sleep.
"How is Amelia?" Gourry's voice floats into the room.
"As you see her," Zel replies simply.
"Will...you come out for a moment? I need to talk to you and it might wake Amelia up."
Zel nods and joins Gourry in the corridor.
"I have something to show you," Gourry hands a sword to Zel.
Zel takes the sword and examines it. He frowns. "Isn't this King Peace's sword?"
Gourry nods and motions for Zel to unsheath it.
"It's...bloody..." Zel looks at the stained blade. "What..."
"He's dead Zel," Gourry says quietly. "He...I found his body just now while scouting the
outskirts of the kingdom. The sword...it was beside him...unsheathed. I think..."
"He killed himself?"
"I don't know. I don't want to disgrace my king just because I thought that."
"It's possible. He was under a lot of pressure," Zel puts his hand on Gourry's shoulder. "Amelia
was the one who sent him off to the pilgrimage. I didn't think that that was such a good idea."
"And what now?"
"Looks like we have to fetch Charity from the past. If anything happens now..."
"Amelia...she's gonna die..." Gourry looks sad.
Zel sighs. "Who will fetch her?"
"No one. She was safe with me...I mean, she is with my past self right now," says a new voice.
"Lina!" Both the men shouts.
"Why aren't you in bed?" asks Gourry.
"Where is your bandage?"
"I'm feeling fine you two," Lina manages a grin. "My wounds have healed. So I think I will be
joining the defence line right now."
"That's a cause of worry. We -don't- have a defence line." Gourry shakes his head.
"You mean..." Lina changes her expression drastically.
"The 'inpenetrable' and 'indestructable' fortress have totally disappeared. It was never built
because Phil was too busy rebuilding the rest of Saillune to build the fortress."
"I seem to remember that too..." Zel sounds vague.
*o*
In a memory bubble
--Peace...Peace...I watched over you. I watched you for a long, long time...I'm sorry...I
couldn't...Just couldn't....--
A girl in her late teens watches out of the window of a carriage. She is laughing, oh how wonder-
ful the day is, she says out loud. The young man beside her does not seem to pleased. 'What is so
wonderful?' he asks. Everything, the girl replies and smiles at him.
--Everyone should have a little love. Even a tiny bit is enough. I thought when I married you...
I thought that it was for the best. I thought all you needed was a little love...--
'Come here!'shouts the girl and pulls the man towards the newly constructed square to dance.
'Lighten up will you?' The young man pulls back his hand, 'No way am I dancing.' The girl is
persistent and he gives in soon.
--It seemed for the best...But I'm sorry...--
'Don't you love me at all?' the girl, now a young woman sits on the bed. It is her wedding night.
'Don't you love...even the slightest bit?' she is sad. Her husband sits so far away from her,
his back facing her. 'Peace...'
--I realise now...I don't love you. I never did...It seemed that love did not make everyone
happy. Especially you...--
'Shut up Amelia,' her husband says. 'I must find out how to defeat the other kingdoms and make
them mine.'
'Oh Peace...you are always serious!' Amelia exclaims and throws herself onto the bed sobbing.
'Alright!' Peace says angrily as he casts the maps aside. 'I will come to you!'
--I wish things were better...I love...I don't love you at all...Charity...is all I have. Is all
I could love which is a part of you.--
*o*
Hmm...the story is getting too long eh? It's getting like a soap opera too...which is so totally
not done intentionally. Isn't the names of my original characters quite ironic? Peace who loves
war.
SPELLS: original spells so far
Grave Assault: air type. more defensive than offensive. usually to prevent enemies from getting
too close.
Solar Slash: offensive light magic. weird that light is offensive huh?
Blue Expulsion: Water type. not really that offensive. even little children can conjure the
spell. it is actually used in a water game during Charity and Vee's time. The players try to
knock each other off their feet. The last one standing is the winner.
Flame thrower: offensive fire type. fire flies out at the enemy. enemy gets burn, such n such n
such. hmm? ^.^;;
Time spell: a time spell. To go back or forth the time.
meant to bring the three brothers Patriot, Chivalry and Gallant into the story or the crush
Amelia has on Gourry ^_^ or that in the future, Amelia has some deadly thing... How? Why? What?
Who? These are the questions I have to answer before the end of the story.
Slayers Mystic
Episode 8
Fire in Heart! Love and Hate
(Part 1)
Charity walks along. Her feet are getting tired and her stomach is grumbling. "I'm so hungry,
Bobo," she whines. "I want to eat!"
"Pip!" Bobo squeaks sympathetically.
Charity pets its purple fur fondly.
"Out of the way!" A voice shouts and a red-head literally flies towards Charity. Charity steps
aside hastily while Bobo, thrilled at the sight, jumps on the girl and clutches her hair. The
screams in pain and drops on the ground.
"Ugh!" She pulls Bobo out of her hair and stares at it. "What -are- you?"
"Bobo! You naughty little rascal!" Charity grabs Bobo and hugs it tightly. She turns to the girl.
"I'm really sorry. My pet always gets too excited."
"That's your pet?" The younger girl asked Charity, astonished. "I've never seen the like of it
before. Will you tell me more about it? Over supper perhaps? I'm heading towards an inn anyway."
"I don't know about that..." Charity hesitates.
"Oh come on...I'll buy you supper," the girl says. "You look famished. And I'm intrigued."
"Well, if you really are going to buy supper..." Charity looks at the girl and smiles. "Then sure
I'll come along."
"I'm Lina Inverse, and don't you worry about any bandits along the way. I have a mean fireball."
"Uh-huh," Charity nods. "Say...did you just say you are Lina Inverse?"
*O*
Somewhere in the future
"Amelia?" Zelgadis approaches the bed. The room stinks of illness and blood.
"Zel..." Amelia whispers.
"Amelia." Zel touches her fingers.
"...I'm gonna die," the pale lips move. Amelia's white face contrasts with her toussled black
hair.
"Don't say that, Amelia."
"There is no cure. I've been poisoned."
"P-poisoned?" Zelgadis is shocked.
Amelia wheezes and spits blood into a basin near her head.
"But how? This castle is heavily guarded."
"...In my past...eats me slowly from inside," Amelia whispers. She closes her dark eyes. "I'm so
tired Zel."
"Amelia, you will live!"
"I won't..." she opens her eyes. "Tell Peace...tell him...will you...please..."
"Yes?"
Amelia wheezes again. "I...I..."
"Amelia..."
"...never..."
"Amelia."
"...I..." Amelia clutches Zel's hand for a moment, then she releases him, falling into a deep
sleep.
"How is Amelia?" Gourry's voice floats into the room.
"As you see her," Zel replies simply.
"Will...you come out for a moment? I need to talk to you and it might wake Amelia up."
Zel nods and joins Gourry in the corridor.
"I have something to show you," Gourry hands a sword to Zel.
Zel takes the sword and examines it. He frowns. "Isn't this King Peace's sword?"
Gourry nods and motions for Zel to unsheath it.
"It's...bloody..." Zel looks at the stained blade. "What..."
"He's dead Zel," Gourry says quietly. "He...I found his body just now while scouting the
outskirts of the kingdom. The sword...it was beside him...unsheathed. I think..."
"He killed himself?"
"I don't know. I don't want to disgrace my king just because I thought that."
"It's possible. He was under a lot of pressure," Zel puts his hand on Gourry's shoulder. "Amelia
was the one who sent him off to the pilgrimage. I didn't think that that was such a good idea."
"And what now?"
"Looks like we have to fetch Charity from the past. If anything happens now..."
"Amelia...she's gonna die..." Gourry looks sad.
Zel sighs. "Who will fetch her?"
"No one. She was safe with me...I mean, she is with my past self right now," says a new voice.
"Lina!" Both the men shouts.
"Why aren't you in bed?" asks Gourry.
"Where is your bandage?"
"I'm feeling fine you two," Lina manages a grin. "My wounds have healed. So I think I will be
joining the defence line right now."
"That's a cause of worry. We -don't- have a defence line." Gourry shakes his head.
"You mean..." Lina changes her expression drastically.
"The 'inpenetrable' and 'indestructable' fortress have totally disappeared. It was never built
because Phil was too busy rebuilding the rest of Saillune to build the fortress."
"I seem to remember that too..." Zel sounds vague.
*o*
In a memory bubble
--Peace...Peace...I watched over you. I watched you for a long, long time...I'm sorry...I
couldn't...Just couldn't....--
A girl in her late teens watches out of the window of a carriage. She is laughing, oh how wonder-
ful the day is, she says out loud. The young man beside her does not seem to pleased. 'What is so
wonderful?' he asks. Everything, the girl replies and smiles at him.
--Everyone should have a little love. Even a tiny bit is enough. I thought when I married you...
I thought that it was for the best. I thought all you needed was a little love...--
'Come here!'shouts the girl and pulls the man towards the newly constructed square to dance.
'Lighten up will you?' The young man pulls back his hand, 'No way am I dancing.' The girl is
persistent and he gives in soon.
--It seemed for the best...But I'm sorry...--
'Don't you love me at all?' the girl, now a young woman sits on the bed. It is her wedding night.
'Don't you love...even the slightest bit?' she is sad. Her husband sits so far away from her,
his back facing her. 'Peace...'
--I realise now...I don't love you. I never did...It seemed that love did not make everyone
happy. Especially you...--
'Shut up Amelia,' her husband says. 'I must find out how to defeat the other kingdoms and make
them mine.'
'Oh Peace...you are always serious!' Amelia exclaims and throws herself onto the bed sobbing.
'Alright!' Peace says angrily as he casts the maps aside. 'I will come to you!'
--I wish things were better...I love...I don't love you at all...Charity...is all I have. Is all
I could love which is a part of you.--
*o*
Hmm...the story is getting too long eh? It's getting like a soap opera too...which is so totally
not done intentionally. Isn't the names of my original characters quite ironic? Peace who loves
war.
SPELLS: original spells so far
Grave Assault: air type. more defensive than offensive. usually to prevent enemies from getting
too close.
Solar Slash: offensive light magic. weird that light is offensive huh?
Blue Expulsion: Water type. not really that offensive. even little children can conjure the
spell. it is actually used in a water game during Charity and Vee's time. The players try to
knock each other off their feet. The last one standing is the winner.
Flame thrower: offensive fire type. fire flies out at the enemy. enemy gets burn, such n such n
such. hmm? ^.^;;
Time spell: a time spell. To go back or forth the time.