~Ok, this is the last chapter! The ending is pretty weird…hopefully it's just a *little* sad. Anyway, pleeeeaaaase review if you haven't already. Thank you very much to SorcererHuntress aka Cafe-chan and Sunnie Anderson for reviewing!

Oh yeah…I don't own Rayearth. ^_^;;

Stars and light, golden light and tears…emeralds flowing…so beautiful and so cold.

Chapter Three

Fuu sat up, gasping, in bed. It's Friday, she thought, sweat beading on her forehead. Friday again…how many times has it been Friday in a row?

Fuu snatched up her glasses and put them on, throwing clothes on and dialing Umi's number.

"Hello?" came the sleepy voice of Umi.

"Hi, it's Fuu," Fuu said urgently.

"Oh, hi," Umi said, yawning. "Why'd you have to call so early?"

"I have to ask you something," Fuu said. "Is Ferio coming back today?"

There was a small pause. When Umi's voice came back she seemed wide awake. "How'd you know? It was supposed to be a surprise! Did Hikaru tell you? That little brat! I wanted to see your face! I'm going to pound Hikaru so bad that…"

"It wasn't Hikaru, Umi!" Fuu cried in alarm before Umi could run over to Hikaru's house and beat her up.

"Oh," Umi said.

"It was the dream…" Fuu whispered quietly.

"What?" Umi asked.

"Nothing," Fuu said. "I have to go now, Umi…"

"Okay, see you at school Fuu."

Fuu hung up and ran a hand through her hair. All of a sudden she could remember now…everything that had happened yesterday…no, today. Friday. She could remember how she couldn't remember…

Fuu slid to the ground. It was so confusing…the last thing she could remember about yesterday was the necklace, and the crow and…and Ferio….Then what had happened?

"Get up Fuu! You'll be late for school!"

Jumping, Fuu gasped. She had forgotten that she still had to leave for school.

The school day passed like a blurry moment. One second she had met Ferio for the first time again…the next she was in geometry…then history…lunch…science…suddenly she was walking down the sidewalk with Ferio.

"Ferio…" Fuu began hesitantly, not knowing how to tell him…not knowing if she even wanted to tell him. Ferio had just come back from the United States, and she didn't want to ruin his first day back…she didn't want to make him worry…

"What is it?" Ferio asked, concerned, as Fuu paused, looking worried. "Is something wrong?"

"I…" Fuu looked up into Ferio's golden eyes as he looked into her soft green ones. She felt so happy to be with him. She couldn't tell him. "Nothing. It's nothing. I'm sorry."

Ferio kept frowing in worry. He continued to look at Fuu even when she turned away. But he knew she wouldn't talk any further about it. He reached out a hand a put it around Fuu's shoulders.

"Hey, do you want to go down to the lake?" he asked. The lake had always been a place where they could spend some time in peace together.

Fuu paused. The crows… "I…" she began, but then the word slipped from her lips. "Sure."

Ferio smiled, hugging Fuu close as they walked.

"I wanted to give you something."

Fuu smiled as Ferio pressed a small black box into her gloved hand.

"I got it in the U.S."

"You didn't have to…" Why did she feel like crying? It was as if she knew something deep in her heart that her conscious mind didn't understand.

Fuu carefully, delicately opened the box. It was so blurry…everything was so faded…

"It's so pretty. It's so beautiful."

"I couldn't find one as pretty as you, though."

Stars shone brightly and moons glimmered silver amidst Fuu's glowing emerald eyes.

"Thank you so much. It's so beautiful."

Ferio smiled. He had known that Fuu would love it.

Fuu looked up. It seemed like a dream…everything was faded and glowing.

"I love you," Fuu whispered.

"I love you," Ferio repeated.

The blaring blast reverbrated around and through them, shattering the snow and tearing the ice and ripping the air and breaking Fuu's heart.

Crows flapped and swirled and shrieked.

"Ahhhh!" Fuu screamed, as she felt the crow's claws tear her wrist and knock away the necklace.

Fuu felt Ferio's strong arms around her as she cried, "I'm sorry…I'm sorry…I'm sorry…" over and over…just like yesterday…

Suddenly Fuu saw something glimmering on the frozen ice of the pond.

"The necklace!" she cried, laughing in happiness. She broke away from Ferio and dashed out onto the ice among a few lagging crows. "There it is!"

"Let me get it," Ferio said, sliding after her.

"No, I got it," Fuu said, bending down and holding it up so that it caught the light and sparkled.

"FUU!" Ferio shouted suddenly. His eyes went wide and his face became pale as snow. "FUU! THE ICE!"

Fuu's heart fluttered like a crow's wing and she looked down.

Cracks were splintering the ice.

Water seeped up from them.

Fuu looked up to Ferio's face frozen in horror as he ran to her.

"FUU!"

Gasping, Fuu took a step towards Ferio, reaching out a hand.

She barely felt her fingertips brush his when she felt her leg fall through the ice. She fell, icy shock stiffening her muscles…her shoulder hit the ice, shattering it…frozen ice water rushed over her, making her head spin…it consumed her.

"NO!"

A hand…a face with eyes like golden light…streaming tears…Ferio…She wanted to reach up, to give him back the necklace…but she couldn't move at all…and everything was blurry…everything was fading…

Shimmering silver…like stars and the gleaming moon…clouds of gray and darkness drifting over…

I love you Ferio…









~Very strange ending, huh? I don't really get it either. ^_^;; Was it sad? A little? Maybe? Please tell me!!