Sorry about the delay, I've been thinking about what could happen next and how to make it extra long for you guys ^.~

So, here it is!

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Fuu stood up, and looked around, gulping repeatedly, her throat dry.

"Fuu.....?" Umi asked. "WE are IN Cephiro."

Fuu nodded vaguely.

Hikaru blinked, and shook her head quickly. "Fuu?"

She stared at the castle, which stood, magnificent..........and yet........

"How did we get here?"

Umi and Hikaru fidgeted nervously, searching for an answer.

"I- We found a portal!" Umi laughed sheepishly.

Fuu stared at the girls, searching for an answer. Nothing came. "When I was transported here, you were cold....."

"What do you mean?" Hikaru questioned her.

"Evil, Hikaru, cold evil..........."

"But Fuu!" Umi shouted, her eyes wide. "We are, the opposite of evil, chosen, by the creator of the worlds!"

Fuu winced, as Umi gave her a warning glare. "Umi, I'm sorry...."

"Well, um, lets get going!" Hikaru half yelled.

They turned to Hikaru, both their faces smiling.

"Yeah! Come on!" Umi laughed.

Hikaru bounded off, the others close behind.

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"We're here!" Umi shouted happily, practically knocking the door down.

"Who is it?" A voice came from the kitchen, definitely Preseas'.

"Aw come on Presea! You know who! Its us! Hikaru, Umi and Fuu!" Hikaru giggled.

The kitchen was suddenly silent, the girls turned to each other, Fuu shrugged.

A patter of feet made them spin round.

"Magic Knights?" Presea choked.

They nodded, slowly, tears welling up.

Hikaru bounded over to Presea, sniffling, and hugged her.

"I missed you Presea!" She cried.

Presea obviously couldn't believe that Hikaru was hanging on to her.

"How did, how did you get here?!" She asked them all.

"Its, erm, its a long story! Tell ya later, K?" Hikaru answered briskly.

Presea raised an eyebrow, and asked why it had to be later, but Hikaru's soft eyes told her to change the subject.

"Come into the library! Clef is reading up on.... stuff and Caldina and Ascot are learning cooking skills I think!" She sweatdropped stupidly and the three girls followed her.

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Lafarga cleared his throat, and walked over to Clef. "Found anything?"

Clef sighed. "Nothing, nothing at all." He snapped the medical book shut. "I've checked nearly fifty other books."

Ascot and Caldina swung their heads to look at Clef.

"No luck?........." Ascot knew all to well what was coming.

Clef shook his head.

"Poor lil prince....." Caldina rested her head on her hands.

"Hey everyone!" The door creaked open, and Presea walked into the library. "Look! Look who's here!"

Everyone stared at the door, their hearts jumping when a red haired figure walked in.

"Hi!!" Hikaru cried, jumping up and down. Umi and Fuu entered.

Ascot and Caldina gasped, Larfarga gaped and Clef's hand shook.

"Magic Knights?....." He asked.

Umi nodded. "Hey there! Missed you al!"

Caldina practically flew across the table when she lunged at them all. "Ohmegod! I've missed you all!" She enveloped them al in a huge bear hug.

Umi grinned at a red faced Ascot. "Hey there Ascot!" She turned to Clef. "Clef!"

Fuu searched around the room, where could he be-

"Fuu....." Clef interrupted her thoughts, knowing what she was thinking. "Its good to see you, Umi, Hikaru, you have been missed, very much."

Hikaru was having her head patted over and over again by Caldina. "Lafarga! Good to see you!"

"Hey has anyone seen Eagle, Lantis and Geo, they walked off.........." Zazu walked into the room, carrying a pile of books, called things like 'Robots and you' and 'mechanics for Experts'. He dropped the books in surprise. "Is that, the Magic Knights?............"

They smiled at him. "Hello Zazu." Fuu greeted him.

Hikaru bounced over. She turned to everyone. "He looks so different!"

Zazu was a lot taller than they had last seen him, his voice was deeper and his hair was still untidy.

Zazu grinned. "Yeah, totally."

Presea cupped her hands. "EAGLE! LANTIS! GEO!"

Clef got up from his chair, quickly turning the medical books away from the girls. "How did you get here?"

"Its weird!!" Umi laughed for no reason. "We don't know why, but a portal just appeared!!"

Hikaru joined in with her laughing. "Yeah! Then we walked into it and appeared here!"

Clef gave them an unbelieving look. Then, noticing the blank face on Fuu and the pleading faces on the other two, he simply nodded.

Eagle, Lantis and Geo came stumbling in.

"Whassa matter?" Geo panted.

"Look who's here!" Caldina pointed to them.

They gaped. Hikaru ran to Eagle and Lantis. "I missed you both!" She hugged them. Then she turned to everyone. "I missed you all!"

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Fuu, Umi and Hikaru walked to their old rooms, which looked the way they had last seen them.

"Someone must have been cleaning in here everyday!" Umi pointed out.

"Yes, how kind......" Fuu said quietly.

"Ohmegosh! Ferio!" Hikaru put a hand over her mouth. "Where is he?"

Umi frowned. "Maybe he went scouting or something, he never did like being a prince....."

Fuu nodded, still looking around. "Do you think everyone won't mind if I go looking for him?........."

Hikaru shook her head. "Of course not! Go ahead! If you need us we'll be in Umi's room!"

Umi cleared her throat. "Ahem?"

Hikaru looked at her innocently. "What?"

"Just invite yourself- Aw forget it, come on 'Karu." Umi walked in her room, saying 'see ya later Fuu' as she walked in.

Hikaru waved to Fuu and ran in after her.

Fuu turned round and tried to remember the way to Ferio's room.

"Erm, oh come on Fuu! You should know!" She scolded herself.

She eventually found her way, and opened the door as quietly as she could.....

"Ferio?.........."

"Who *cough cough* who's there?" A voice choked in the corner of the room.

Fuu walked over to the sound, and found ferio in his bed.

"Ferio?..... its me, Fuu."

Ferio jumped, and heaved himself up, with much effort. "Fuu?! How *Cough* did you get here?" His shoulders shook and he fell down.

Fuu ran to him, stroking his forehead. "Never mind that, Ferio, what's wrong?"

"I'm, not well Fuu........" He answered.

"What do you mean?"

"Fuu, I, I'm dying........." He replied, coughing violently, and lost consciousness.

Fuu covered her mouth, and fled the room.

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