It had been weeks now, and I had still been without a site of Schala. I
wasn't sure if I ever would. She had raised me in my mother's stead, and
after all these years of thinking about her every night before I went to
sleep... I had not choice. I had to find her. Hmm... What's that? Down
below I saw a cavern I'd never noticed before, glowing as if it had many
flames held within it. "Schala..." I raced down the side of the mountaintop
I had been on as fast as my legs would carry me, using my magic to make me
practicly fly strait down while still touching the mountain with my feet. I
flipped and landed inside, and quickly ducked into a corner. Whispering was
coming from behind me. Not acknoledging me, good. I stayed still and
focused my hearing toward them, closing my eyes for extra hearing ability.
I heard what I assumed was a group of Earthbounds talking. But..then a
softer feminine voice set itself apart from the others. I knew that voice,
the same voice I heard everynight before I slept saying "Love you little
brother..." I turned around and hugged the wall, spying apon those at the
campfire. There seemed to be many, many campfires. But just a few back was
one that stood out with a girl in purple garments. Schala... She was
giggling so soft, then spoke again in her heavenly voice. "I do not know
why we ever let ourselves stray from your kind. You are quite hospitable."
She giggled again. "Not to mention very amusing." Her words felt like
needless curressing my heart. My search was over, she was there. "Huh!" I
jumped back, I noticed then why they did not notice me come in, snow
regularly fell into this cavern; but the sound of my voice was enough to
attract their attension. "Profit?" I swallowed my fear and put on a strait
face. "Yes magesty?" She patted a rug next to her. "Come...sit down." What
was she doing? Is this some sort of trap, or perhaps a joke. Not taking her
invitation would be rude though, something I didn't not want to be to her,
not now, never again. "Thank you my magesty." She giggled. "Don't call me
that!" I made my way over to her and sat down. She leaned over and looked
into my eyes. "Uhh..." She leaned back and nodded to herself. "Janus..." I
couldn't hide my shock? "How....h...how did you know?!" She looked over
toward me again, saddened eyes. "Your eyes are the same, not to mention
your body matches." I couldn't believe it, she knew so quickly. It was like
she knew all along. "You've been through much toil in your life haven't you
dearest Janus.?" My eyes were set apon the flames of the fire infront of
me. "I would wish not to speak of such things..." An arm was on my back,
involuntarily I began to strike, and caught myself before my armleft a few
inches of my lap. "Januuus..." I stared wide eyed, she was crying. But...I
hadn't hit her. "My own brother doesn't know me enough to trust my arms in
embrace." Shame swept deep inside of me. "Do not threat over it..." She
took back her arm. "I can understand your reasons for being untrusting. I
left you to die in a world you'd never even knew of." My bottom jaw hung
open slightly. She was taking the blaim for my pains?! How could she?
"Schala, please, what I've gone through was the fault of that damned beast,
Lavos, it had nothing to do with you." She still looked emotionally torn as
she set up eyes apon the flames herself. "Janus...do you still love me?"
Without hesitation I responded, "Ofcourse." She looked back. "Then why do
you not feel comfortable being near me?" I was struck in confusion. "Janus,
I'm an Empath. You should have known from when you were a child. I can feel
vibration everywhere. I can tell when your feeling such powerful negative
emotions, without trying to." This was more of a shock than I'd ever
expected. My search for her had ended, and all I could do was feel nervous
and ready to fight. She was right, her own brother's love wasn't even what
he believed it to be. "Janus, do me this if nothing else." I looked up at
her and straited my face. "What is it Schala?" She handed me her pendant.
"Keep this with you always." I'd already touched it once, but this, this
was diffrent. This was directly from her, fully charged with her essense.
This wasn't THE Pendant, this was HER Pendant. I looked at her, eyes
shaking. "Janus, do me one last favor." I swallowed, and took a deep
breathe. "Yes Schala?" She turned to me and opened her arms. "Embrace me in
your arms one more time, I want to feel your heart once more before I'm
gone." Gone? What did she mean. What could POSSIBLEY take her away from me
after all this time?! "Janus..." I liftd my arms, they trembled, I slowly
slipped them over her arms as hers went under mine. She rested her head on
my shoulder. Then, I realized after all that time that I was still capable
of one thing I'd never even dreamed I'd do again. I wept. All my life I had
waited on my dear sister to hold me again, she was everything to me. She
was the one who had brought me through my life, and the memory of her kept
me going all those years with the Mystics, and in the war. She WAS
everything I wanted. "Janus, promise me one thing." Isqueezed her tighter.
"Yes....?" She rubbed my back slowly with her gental hands. "When you leave
her, let your heart stay softened." I didn't understand why I would need to
leave, but I agreed to anyway. "As you wish, Schala." She pulled back and
looked me in the eyes once again. "The one to keep the family line going
wasn't me, it was you Janus." I froze, what did she mean. She pulled back
and all the Earthbound were gone. We were back outside on the mountian
foot. "Janus, please, don't forget about me." What...was she trying to say?
She crossed her arms, and closed her legs. Her hairs fell strait down
across her back, long very beautiful hair. Her eyes closed, and her mouth
hummed a gental tune. Soon her eyeslids began to seem brighter, only then
did I realize her body was fading. The glow behind her eyes moved together
and she faded into a transparent state, and the two glowing orbs colided
and formed into one slightly bigger orb. The glow was an undescribable
shade of megenta-purple. Something so unique, just like Schala herself.
Then, her body faded away, and the glowing orb drifted to the ground. I
dove and grabbed it, for fear she would be gone. I opened my hand to the
warmth inside, and saw what she had became. She was now, no more than a
sigle, amethist, rectangular in shape, and the same magenta-purple in
color. It never cooled though. Even as my tears soaked it and my mouth gave
way to moans of sorrow... My search was over, but my renewed heart, was
shattered...
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