(Preview by Fuu) My friends, Umi, Hikaru, and I, were transported to
Cephiro. Upon our arrival, we were attacked by a man named Nightmare.
I stepped in front to shield Hikaru and Umi, and was hit by his attack
instead! Now, Nightmare will stop at nothing to kill me and my friends!
A woman named Willowa came to my rescue after the first accident, and
protected me from being hurt again. Later we found out that she was
Ferio and Emeraude's elder sister.
-The stories of Ferio, Willowa, and Clef, and the meeting with Lantis-
Fuu sat down next to Ferio, her wounds healed. Her was staring out
the window, but she knew he was actually off in another world. He had
been so removed from the world after he found his sister, Dreamess
Willowa.
"Ferio? What is the matter?" He snapped out of it and looked at her,
attempting a very fake smile.
"Oh, don't worry about me, Fuu. I'm just thinking." Fuu glared at him.
"Every time you say that, it only makes me worried. You always put
everyone else over yourself! Do not do that! I want to care, Ferio. I am
sick of everyone worrying about me! What about everyone else? What
about you?" She buried her face into his shoulder. "You matter to me,
Ferio. Be careful." Ferio realized the truth about this and spoke.
Flashback
"Ferio, I'm so sorry. I know how you must feel about losing our sister.
But please, don't cry. She knew she could not become the pillar. She cared
too much about you, and me, and though she loved Cephiro with all her
heart, her love for her family was too great. So now, Ferio, I will become
the pillar, when I am older. (Scene changes to where Princess Emeraude
was talking to her Father. Ferio is on the other side of the door, listening
in.)
"Father, I'm worried about my little brother."
"Why, Emeraude?"
"First he loses his oldest, most caring, sister, who threw herself off a cliff
because she decided she loved him too much to become the pillar.
Someday, when the current pillar is ready to retire, I shall become the
pillar. Ferio will never see either of his sisters again. It will be scarred on
him forever."
"Emeraude. Don't worry. I will make him forget." Ferio had tears
running silently down his face. Quietly, he escaped.
End Flashback
Thunder sounded outside the window, and Umi awoke with a start. After
a few minutes of tossing and turning, she went for a walk, bumping into
Clef on the way.
"Oh! I'm sorry, Clef! I didn't mean to-" She broke off, noticing that he
just wasn't listening to a word she was saying. He came back to reality.
"Good evening, Umi."
"What's the matter? You've been like this ever since that lady Willowa
arrived." Clef sighed.
Flashback
Clef stood, by himself, on a cliff, overlooking a river at the bottom.
Except that evening it was foggy down there. A woman (Willowa) with
brown hair down past her knees ran up. She stopped right nixt to him.
"Master Mage Clef! I didn't expect to see you here!" He turned and faced
her.
"Well, I'm here. Why are you here?" Her eyes bugged for a minute, and
then went back to normal. She stayed silent. Finally, she spoke-
"Clef?"
"What?"
"Do you think it would be possible for me to be the Pillar of Cephiro?"
He looked back at the sunset.
"Yes. I think you could do that. You don't have anyone you love, do
you?"
"Well-"
"WHAT?"
"No, no, it's not like what you think. But- I love my little brother. I'm
always taking care of him. I put him before myself. Emeraude doesn't care
as much. But it's my personal opinion that I am so devoted to my brother,
that I might not be able to become the Pillar. I might end up killing
everyone in Cephiro."
"I don't think it'll be a problem."
"Clef, I always wanted to be there for my brother when he was older, help
him out, that knid of thing. But now I'll never be able to even see him
again. I can't do it! I can't put Cephiro over my brother! He's my whole
world!" Clef thought for a minute.
"This is serious. What do you plan to do?" The thought had already
touched his mind, even before she said.
"Master Mage Clef, please give these letters to my brother, when he turns
seven. In two years. Tell everyne I'm sorry. Tell Emeraude she's the pillar.
I know she won't screw up."
"No, Princess Willowa! You can't do this!" She looked at him, a frozen
cold, look in her eyes, weary, like it was beyond her time.
"You know I have to do this. I'm not the pillar yet, so it is still possible for
me to commit suicide. One death is nothing." Without waiting for a reply,
she ran, spang into the air, and fell off into the fog. The last words he
heard her say were, "Thank you Clef. I love you, Ferio!" Tear sprang up
in Clef's eyes. Princess Emeraude came running up the hill, Prince Ferio
in tow. Her eyes widened.
"She jumped off, didn't she, Clef?" He nodded. She began to cry.
End Flash back
Umi stood there for a minute. "Oh, I'm sorry, Clef..." Gave him a hug,
and, embarassed, left.
Hikaru walked down the hall. She had to find this- Dreamess Willowa.
And thank her for saving Fuu. As it turned out, just as she walked into the
garden, she found this woman, sitting there, talking to Mokona! And they
were actually having a normal conversation! (Well, as normal as you can
get if you're insane enough to have a conversation with a huge jet-puffed,
talking marshmallow.") Willowa looked up.
"Hey, you must be (she put a finger to her temple for a second, then
continued,) the Magic Knight named Hikaru! Pleased to meet you! I'm
Willowa, Princess of Cephiro, and Dreamess of the Dreamworld. How's
my little bro's girlfriend, Fuu, doing? I can tell you wanted to thank me.
It's no big deal." Hikaru stared at her.
"Oh, uhhh... Really, it does matter. But- Am I allowed to ask you a
question? You can say no, it is kinda personal."
"Oh, that's all right, Hikaru."
"Why didn't you become the pillar of Cephiro? Instead of Princess
Emeraud?" Willowa's mouth tightened.
"Well, Hikaru, I can answer that. It was because I loved my little brother
so much, that I knew I couldn't put him after Cephiro. I lived for my
brother. He was the kind of really cute kid who needed extra protection."
"Did you ever- fall in love?"
"No. I always felt bad about that, until I realized that the guys didn't pay
any attention to me for the good of this country. I heard you freed this
country of the Pillar System. I'm proud of you for that, Hikaru." Hikaru's
face darkened.
"Yes, but Nova killed Eagle in the battle." Willowa smiled.
"I was taught what I know about electronics and things from Commander
EagleVision. He was very nice. Once you got over your first impression,
he was a calm, cool, collected person. Then he got sick. I, as his student,
tried everything in my power, to heal him. But nothing worked. I left him
then, after I realized I had the power of the dream. I met this guy named
Lantis while I was in Eagle's teaching. He helped me realize about the
power I held."
"You knew Lantis?"
"Yes I did. (Two fingers to temple, again.) Oh, Lantis is here? He loves
you, Hikaru. You love him, as well. That's so wonderful. He would have
been a lot less quiet if he had someone to love him before. We're really
going to have to get re-aquatinted soon."
"How about now???" She nodded, and they ran down the hallways,
Mokona bouncing after them with an enthusiastic 'Puu-puu!" With every
bounce.Finally they reached a small room where Lantis was standing,
looking out a window. Willowa approached him cautiously.
"Lantis? Is it really you?" He whipped around. His eyes widened.
"Willowa? Eagle's student?"
"Yeah, that's me. I've been a few places since then."
"You still look about the same... Something seems different though. Your
power... You're almost in complete Mastery of it! That's great!" For once,
he smiled. (Oh, God, GASP! TAKE PICTURES! ONCE IN A
LIFETIME OPPORTUNTIY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hehe.) She frowned.
"I know I can never be in complete mastery against the power of dream..."
"Well, you've done very well."
"All right, you little Cephiroians, Hikaru, Lantis. I'm going to bed." She
left. Lantis looked out the window, then spoke.
"Sometimes, I think she forgets she is a 'Cephiroian.'
"Oh." They both looked out the window at the dark stormy sky.
Nightmare would be busy tonight, sowing bad dreams everywhere.
Indeed he was.
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Cephiro. Upon our arrival, we were attacked by a man named Nightmare.
I stepped in front to shield Hikaru and Umi, and was hit by his attack
instead! Now, Nightmare will stop at nothing to kill me and my friends!
A woman named Willowa came to my rescue after the first accident, and
protected me from being hurt again. Later we found out that she was
Ferio and Emeraude's elder sister.
-The stories of Ferio, Willowa, and Clef, and the meeting with Lantis-
Fuu sat down next to Ferio, her wounds healed. Her was staring out
the window, but she knew he was actually off in another world. He had
been so removed from the world after he found his sister, Dreamess
Willowa.
"Ferio? What is the matter?" He snapped out of it and looked at her,
attempting a very fake smile.
"Oh, don't worry about me, Fuu. I'm just thinking." Fuu glared at him.
"Every time you say that, it only makes me worried. You always put
everyone else over yourself! Do not do that! I want to care, Ferio. I am
sick of everyone worrying about me! What about everyone else? What
about you?" She buried her face into his shoulder. "You matter to me,
Ferio. Be careful." Ferio realized the truth about this and spoke.
Flashback
"Ferio, I'm so sorry. I know how you must feel about losing our sister.
But please, don't cry. She knew she could not become the pillar. She cared
too much about you, and me, and though she loved Cephiro with all her
heart, her love for her family was too great. So now, Ferio, I will become
the pillar, when I am older. (Scene changes to where Princess Emeraude
was talking to her Father. Ferio is on the other side of the door, listening
in.)
"Father, I'm worried about my little brother."
"Why, Emeraude?"
"First he loses his oldest, most caring, sister, who threw herself off a cliff
because she decided she loved him too much to become the pillar.
Someday, when the current pillar is ready to retire, I shall become the
pillar. Ferio will never see either of his sisters again. It will be scarred on
him forever."
"Emeraude. Don't worry. I will make him forget." Ferio had tears
running silently down his face. Quietly, he escaped.
End Flashback
Thunder sounded outside the window, and Umi awoke with a start. After
a few minutes of tossing and turning, she went for a walk, bumping into
Clef on the way.
"Oh! I'm sorry, Clef! I didn't mean to-" She broke off, noticing that he
just wasn't listening to a word she was saying. He came back to reality.
"Good evening, Umi."
"What's the matter? You've been like this ever since that lady Willowa
arrived." Clef sighed.
Flashback
Clef stood, by himself, on a cliff, overlooking a river at the bottom.
Except that evening it was foggy down there. A woman (Willowa) with
brown hair down past her knees ran up. She stopped right nixt to him.
"Master Mage Clef! I didn't expect to see you here!" He turned and faced
her.
"Well, I'm here. Why are you here?" Her eyes bugged for a minute, and
then went back to normal. She stayed silent. Finally, she spoke-
"Clef?"
"What?"
"Do you think it would be possible for me to be the Pillar of Cephiro?"
He looked back at the sunset.
"Yes. I think you could do that. You don't have anyone you love, do
you?"
"Well-"
"WHAT?"
"No, no, it's not like what you think. But- I love my little brother. I'm
always taking care of him. I put him before myself. Emeraude doesn't care
as much. But it's my personal opinion that I am so devoted to my brother,
that I might not be able to become the Pillar. I might end up killing
everyone in Cephiro."
"I don't think it'll be a problem."
"Clef, I always wanted to be there for my brother when he was older, help
him out, that knid of thing. But now I'll never be able to even see him
again. I can't do it! I can't put Cephiro over my brother! He's my whole
world!" Clef thought for a minute.
"This is serious. What do you plan to do?" The thought had already
touched his mind, even before she said.
"Master Mage Clef, please give these letters to my brother, when he turns
seven. In two years. Tell everyne I'm sorry. Tell Emeraude she's the pillar.
I know she won't screw up."
"No, Princess Willowa! You can't do this!" She looked at him, a frozen
cold, look in her eyes, weary, like it was beyond her time.
"You know I have to do this. I'm not the pillar yet, so it is still possible for
me to commit suicide. One death is nothing." Without waiting for a reply,
she ran, spang into the air, and fell off into the fog. The last words he
heard her say were, "Thank you Clef. I love you, Ferio!" Tear sprang up
in Clef's eyes. Princess Emeraude came running up the hill, Prince Ferio
in tow. Her eyes widened.
"She jumped off, didn't she, Clef?" He nodded. She began to cry.
End Flash back
Umi stood there for a minute. "Oh, I'm sorry, Clef..." Gave him a hug,
and, embarassed, left.
Hikaru walked down the hall. She had to find this- Dreamess Willowa.
And thank her for saving Fuu. As it turned out, just as she walked into the
garden, she found this woman, sitting there, talking to Mokona! And they
were actually having a normal conversation! (Well, as normal as you can
get if you're insane enough to have a conversation with a huge jet-puffed,
talking marshmallow.") Willowa looked up.
"Hey, you must be (she put a finger to her temple for a second, then
continued,) the Magic Knight named Hikaru! Pleased to meet you! I'm
Willowa, Princess of Cephiro, and Dreamess of the Dreamworld. How's
my little bro's girlfriend, Fuu, doing? I can tell you wanted to thank me.
It's no big deal." Hikaru stared at her.
"Oh, uhhh... Really, it does matter. But- Am I allowed to ask you a
question? You can say no, it is kinda personal."
"Oh, that's all right, Hikaru."
"Why didn't you become the pillar of Cephiro? Instead of Princess
Emeraud?" Willowa's mouth tightened.
"Well, Hikaru, I can answer that. It was because I loved my little brother
so much, that I knew I couldn't put him after Cephiro. I lived for my
brother. He was the kind of really cute kid who needed extra protection."
"Did you ever- fall in love?"
"No. I always felt bad about that, until I realized that the guys didn't pay
any attention to me for the good of this country. I heard you freed this
country of the Pillar System. I'm proud of you for that, Hikaru." Hikaru's
face darkened.
"Yes, but Nova killed Eagle in the battle." Willowa smiled.
"I was taught what I know about electronics and things from Commander
EagleVision. He was very nice. Once you got over your first impression,
he was a calm, cool, collected person. Then he got sick. I, as his student,
tried everything in my power, to heal him. But nothing worked. I left him
then, after I realized I had the power of the dream. I met this guy named
Lantis while I was in Eagle's teaching. He helped me realize about the
power I held."
"You knew Lantis?"
"Yes I did. (Two fingers to temple, again.) Oh, Lantis is here? He loves
you, Hikaru. You love him, as well. That's so wonderful. He would have
been a lot less quiet if he had someone to love him before. We're really
going to have to get re-aquatinted soon."
"How about now???" She nodded, and they ran down the hallways,
Mokona bouncing after them with an enthusiastic 'Puu-puu!" With every
bounce.Finally they reached a small room where Lantis was standing,
looking out a window. Willowa approached him cautiously.
"Lantis? Is it really you?" He whipped around. His eyes widened.
"Willowa? Eagle's student?"
"Yeah, that's me. I've been a few places since then."
"You still look about the same... Something seems different though. Your
power... You're almost in complete Mastery of it! That's great!" For once,
he smiled. (Oh, God, GASP! TAKE PICTURES! ONCE IN A
LIFETIME OPPORTUNTIY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hehe.) She frowned.
"I know I can never be in complete mastery against the power of dream..."
"Well, you've done very well."
"All right, you little Cephiroians, Hikaru, Lantis. I'm going to bed." She
left. Lantis looked out the window, then spoke.
"Sometimes, I think she forgets she is a 'Cephiroian.'
"Oh." They both looked out the window at the dark stormy sky.
Nightmare would be busy tonight, sowing bad dreams everywhere.
Indeed he was.
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