Author's rant: OMG! I actually got a reveiw or two! Sweet monkey! That means I should put up some more of this ficcy ne? ^_^ I am so sorry I spaced out on this fic. My first fic and I nearly forgot it! Well I have been busy with my JP3 fic (if you've seen Jurassic Park 3 why not read it?)and I have been majorly into that. But then someone reveiwed and a bit of passion was rekindled for this fic. You see the more you lovely little readers reveiw the more driven I am to write a fic for you. Well Peace you all. Oh and if you have been waiting for this fic to update or are really happy to finally have more chapters thank Magi. Magi is the one who gave me a reveiw and this fic hasn't been reveiwed in, like, FOREVER! so that is why it is now updated. Magi. Thank you Magi-san!
Chapter 7
Jin took in his surroundings and felt an overwhelming urge to panic grip him. He had gone to sleep in Cephiro's castle and now he had apparently woken in a cave. He was wearing his school uniform and the glove he had received from Neyeke. The armor was in the glove where he'd put it before going to sleep.The cave was almost shimmering and radiated with a power Jin couldn't begin to describe. There was a cold blue light shining on him from one end of the tunnel and he slowly appraoched it. Slowly through the blinding light he began to make out the figure of a young boy. As he got closer the light abstructed his vision less and less while it didn't seem to dim at all. Now he could see the boy just fine and the minute he looked into his eyes he knew it wasn't a child.
"Grandfather Clef..." Jin murmured. Suddenly he wished one of his grandmothers were there or his own mother. He wanted to run to his family and feel safe rather then as lost as he had felt since appearing in Cephiro. He could never run to wither of his grandfathers though. No matter how much he loved and admired them they were always cold and distant. Somehow they were unapproachable.
"Yes, Jin. Neyeke contacted me through his will and through you and your brother's blood which you share with me to tell me the magic knights had been summoned and that you and your brother were the knights."
"Where are we, grandfather?"
"This is a dream. I chose the setting and background and am contacting you through your dreams to teach you magic. Kneel before me and close your eyes and I will teach you."
Jin instantly complied. "Teach me magic...?" He thought dazed. He thought he remembered a man named Neyeke saying something about Clef teaching magic but everything seemed to hazy to remember for certain now. He felt two of Clef's fingers press against his forehead but it seemed from a distance, more like he was imagining his grandfathers fingers rather then really feeling them. He was barely aware of himself saying "yes" to when his grandfather asked if he felt in all knew power deep within him or of his armor appearing over his body with the blue jewels glowing faintly. Suddenly all feeling returned to the boys body and his eyes snapped open. He found himself in the room in Cephiro he had fallen asleep in. He looked around and found himself in the same plain blue pajamas he had found in his room room and his school uniform was still neatly folded on a small dresser where he left it.
He slowly pulled himself from his bed and walked to the door to the main room. Opening it he found his brother sitting in a chair and Nanase curled up on the couch. All Jin needed to do was look in their eyes to see they had just had the same experience.
"We're all color coded..." Seki said clearly with the intention of lightening the extremely tense atmosphere.
Looking at the other two Jin smiled. Nanase was in a pale green nightgown and Seki was in plain, red pajamas.
"I saw Ayane when I got up just before she left for what she said would be a short walk. She is color coded too." Nanase said sleepily.
Ayane was slowly begining to find her way through the mind boggeling halls of Cephiro Castle. Her pajama's were a Chinese looking yellow, silk shirt along with matching pants. Opening a door she finally found the room she had been looking for. The mirror room. She saw Ascot sitting on the floor opposite one of the walls and slowly approached him.
"Oh! Hello Ayane." Ascot said smiling up at her. "I heard you were supposed to have received your magic by now. Is that why you're up?"
"Yes actually. I decided to talk a walk to clear my head and while I was walking I remembered this room and started to look for it. Took me awhile to get here though." Ayane said as she sat down next to Ascot. "Why are you up?" She asked while keeping her gaze fixed on the images that danced on the mirror opposite to her.
"I don't know... I guess I am just worried about the fact we needed to summon Magic Knights... You do understand how dangerous this enemy must be for us to resort to summoning you?"
"I have an idea. None of you would bring kids here to fight for you if you weren't desperate."
Ascot smiled. "You understand the people of Cephiro pretty well if you think that way. It may seem totally rational for anyone to come to that conclusion but most people think of only of themselves and later realize what you have. Some don't realize just how desperate we are and how the fighting will effect them until it is to late. I have only had experiences with one generation of Magic Knights but that is the information i gathered from what I saw from them. I also see it in people who become soldiers for the worlds of Autozam, Chizeta and Farhen. After the first time they fight they change and only the ones who knew from the begining that the battles would change them forever keep some of their former self after the fight... Anyone else goes through a serious inner struggle to reclaim who they used to be"
"It is weird hearing those things from you. I know you are not really a little kid but someone who looks eleven saying the kinds of things you just said seems a bit strange..." Her attention ws then taken by a pack of wolves on the mirror running in a pack and hunting a strange looking creature Ayane didn't recognize from her world. She watched as a large she-wolf lunged at the creature, sinking her fangs into the prey's neck, blood dripping from her mouth into small pools at her feet as she tore the creatures flesh...
"Ayane?" Ascot asked snapping his fingers in front of her face. The girl jumped and turned to Ascot startled. The boy giggled. "You seemed like you were hypnotized, Ayane."
"I was watching the wolves there." She said, still sounded a bit out of it as she pointed the the wolf pack as they ate their prey.
Ascot grimaced when he saw what she had been looking at. "Pretty grim scene..."
"A large she-wolf jumped at it and tore the things throat..."
"You feel sorry for it?"
There was a pause. "No. I don't." She tilted her head as if confused. "I wonder why...? I usually would. I am okay with wolves eating to survive but I would never be okay with watching an animal die like that normally..."
"That is really kind of creepy." Ascot said through a yawn. "You know tomorrow I am going to take you and your friends to the Spring of Eter-" He stopped and looked at her. She had fallen asleep within secondsor the last words she had spoken. He smiledand stood up. He held his small hands up in the air and conjured up a pillow and blanket from the air for the girl. After she was laying with her head on the pillow and covered with the blanket he yawned again and made his way for his own room.
Chapter 7
Jin took in his surroundings and felt an overwhelming urge to panic grip him. He had gone to sleep in Cephiro's castle and now he had apparently woken in a cave. He was wearing his school uniform and the glove he had received from Neyeke. The armor was in the glove where he'd put it before going to sleep.The cave was almost shimmering and radiated with a power Jin couldn't begin to describe. There was a cold blue light shining on him from one end of the tunnel and he slowly appraoched it. Slowly through the blinding light he began to make out the figure of a young boy. As he got closer the light abstructed his vision less and less while it didn't seem to dim at all. Now he could see the boy just fine and the minute he looked into his eyes he knew it wasn't a child.
"Grandfather Clef..." Jin murmured. Suddenly he wished one of his grandmothers were there or his own mother. He wanted to run to his family and feel safe rather then as lost as he had felt since appearing in Cephiro. He could never run to wither of his grandfathers though. No matter how much he loved and admired them they were always cold and distant. Somehow they were unapproachable.
"Yes, Jin. Neyeke contacted me through his will and through you and your brother's blood which you share with me to tell me the magic knights had been summoned and that you and your brother were the knights."
"Where are we, grandfather?"
"This is a dream. I chose the setting and background and am contacting you through your dreams to teach you magic. Kneel before me and close your eyes and I will teach you."
Jin instantly complied. "Teach me magic...?" He thought dazed. He thought he remembered a man named Neyeke saying something about Clef teaching magic but everything seemed to hazy to remember for certain now. He felt two of Clef's fingers press against his forehead but it seemed from a distance, more like he was imagining his grandfathers fingers rather then really feeling them. He was barely aware of himself saying "yes" to when his grandfather asked if he felt in all knew power deep within him or of his armor appearing over his body with the blue jewels glowing faintly. Suddenly all feeling returned to the boys body and his eyes snapped open. He found himself in the room in Cephiro he had fallen asleep in. He looked around and found himself in the same plain blue pajamas he had found in his room room and his school uniform was still neatly folded on a small dresser where he left it.
He slowly pulled himself from his bed and walked to the door to the main room. Opening it he found his brother sitting in a chair and Nanase curled up on the couch. All Jin needed to do was look in their eyes to see they had just had the same experience.
"We're all color coded..." Seki said clearly with the intention of lightening the extremely tense atmosphere.
Looking at the other two Jin smiled. Nanase was in a pale green nightgown and Seki was in plain, red pajamas.
"I saw Ayane when I got up just before she left for what she said would be a short walk. She is color coded too." Nanase said sleepily.
Ayane was slowly begining to find her way through the mind boggeling halls of Cephiro Castle. Her pajama's were a Chinese looking yellow, silk shirt along with matching pants. Opening a door she finally found the room she had been looking for. The mirror room. She saw Ascot sitting on the floor opposite one of the walls and slowly approached him.
"Oh! Hello Ayane." Ascot said smiling up at her. "I heard you were supposed to have received your magic by now. Is that why you're up?"
"Yes actually. I decided to talk a walk to clear my head and while I was walking I remembered this room and started to look for it. Took me awhile to get here though." Ayane said as she sat down next to Ascot. "Why are you up?" She asked while keeping her gaze fixed on the images that danced on the mirror opposite to her.
"I don't know... I guess I am just worried about the fact we needed to summon Magic Knights... You do understand how dangerous this enemy must be for us to resort to summoning you?"
"I have an idea. None of you would bring kids here to fight for you if you weren't desperate."
Ascot smiled. "You understand the people of Cephiro pretty well if you think that way. It may seem totally rational for anyone to come to that conclusion but most people think of only of themselves and later realize what you have. Some don't realize just how desperate we are and how the fighting will effect them until it is to late. I have only had experiences with one generation of Magic Knights but that is the information i gathered from what I saw from them. I also see it in people who become soldiers for the worlds of Autozam, Chizeta and Farhen. After the first time they fight they change and only the ones who knew from the begining that the battles would change them forever keep some of their former self after the fight... Anyone else goes through a serious inner struggle to reclaim who they used to be"
"It is weird hearing those things from you. I know you are not really a little kid but someone who looks eleven saying the kinds of things you just said seems a bit strange..." Her attention ws then taken by a pack of wolves on the mirror running in a pack and hunting a strange looking creature Ayane didn't recognize from her world. She watched as a large she-wolf lunged at the creature, sinking her fangs into the prey's neck, blood dripping from her mouth into small pools at her feet as she tore the creatures flesh...
"Ayane?" Ascot asked snapping his fingers in front of her face. The girl jumped and turned to Ascot startled. The boy giggled. "You seemed like you were hypnotized, Ayane."
"I was watching the wolves there." She said, still sounded a bit out of it as she pointed the the wolf pack as they ate their prey.
Ascot grimaced when he saw what she had been looking at. "Pretty grim scene..."
"A large she-wolf jumped at it and tore the things throat..."
"You feel sorry for it?"
There was a pause. "No. I don't." She tilted her head as if confused. "I wonder why...? I usually would. I am okay with wolves eating to survive but I would never be okay with watching an animal die like that normally..."
"That is really kind of creepy." Ascot said through a yawn. "You know tomorrow I am going to take you and your friends to the Spring of Eter-" He stopped and looked at her. She had fallen asleep within secondsor the last words she had spoken. He smiledand stood up. He held his small hands up in the air and conjured up a pillow and blanket from the air for the girl. After she was laying with her head on the pillow and covered with the blanket he yawned again and made his way for his own room.