1 WISH YOU WERE HERE PRT6 (rewritten)



* song *

I hear the voice

Of my destiny call,

And I know I must go find my way

The hardest part

Will be leaving you all

And I'll miss you much more than words can say

Kel couldn't believe it. It would be a month until her guardians were scheduled to return from their three year journey, and she hated the silence. No one talked, no one laughed, the city was like a ghost town, with the ghosts still there. And her trainer, the Shaman Oriuca, was no better. He would give her an order, but not tell her how to do it, which meant that the daily lessons that were supposed to last only 4 hours in the morning, sometimes extended well into the night. At the beginning of the lessons, they would have tea and biscuits, but Oriuca would make her pour the tea, add any sugar or milk wanted, and pass out the biscuits with her hands tied behind her back, forcing her to use her newly discovered physic powers. Unfortunately, because her lessons started at 5am in the morning, her mind was not awake and more often than not she would end up spilling all over everything.

Needless to say, on that rainy Tuesday morning, Kel was not looking forward to her lesson. First because she had allowed herself to rest another "few minutes" so she was over an hour late. Second because she had begun to really hate tea, which was served with every meal.

As she sluggishly moved up the hill toward Oriuca's bright yellow hut, she noticed something down by the lake. It looked like a bright yellow dragon. * that's silly * she told herself, * you know that Rec said dragons don't exist here. * but she ventured closer to it. The "dragon" appeared to be lifting something out of the lake, but having a bit of a difficult time doing so. The animal from the lake was squirming and biting, and kept sliding through its claws. You guys, I personally love dragons, they're cool Suddenly the dragon lifted his head, and started sniffing the air. Immediately Kel started looking for weak patches of skin, or anywhere that looked vulnerable. "You'd think they'd put markers on such things…" Kel was interrupted by a searing flame shooting out from behind her. * uh, oh * Kel turned, and found herself face to face with another dragon, this one blue. It was all Kel could do to keep from screaming. * You'd think I would be able to hear a REALLY big monster creeping up on me…* Another flame shot out of his * her?* mouth, and Kel had to duck to avoid it. * That's it, NO ONE shoots fire at me and gets away with it! Now, how do I do this non- suicidal… * A roar thundered out from behind her, and she turned just in time to see the flame from her dragon blast the other one, causing it to drop the animal it was holding. Predictably, the animal ran back to the lake and disappeared under the surface.

Kel barely noticed, she was too busy watching the two dragons, who were now dueling. In fact, she was so preoccupid she didn't notice the two figures clothed in black sneaking up behind her…



^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Somewhere in America^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

1.1 "You failed."

1.2 Kel spun around and held up her fists in attack position. But she dropped the just as quickly, knowing they would be useless. A woman stood in front of her, tall with long golden hair and a perfect figure. She reminded Kel of the godess, only she knew this was someone else.

1.3 "You failed, Shiynue. I had expected better of you."

1.4 Kel tried to speak, only to find her voice gone. Gasping she tried again, with just as little result. The woman smiled.

1.5 "You may not speak in the presence of one greater, little Shiynue. Not unless I give you permission."

1.6 Kel tried to keep her face Yamini smooth, though it was becoming harder and harder to do. She had gotten used to everyone doing everything she said, there had been no use for it.

1.7 "However, you may. For now."

1.8 Kel felt a tug on her throat as her voice was returned. "Who are you?" she asked softly. "What do you want with me?"

1.9 The woman smiled. "You ask a lot of questions, Shiynue. But we have time,"

1.10 She took a seat on the floor, a grayish marble. There were no walls that Kel could see, just clouds and that endless stretch of floor. Kel followed suite, making sure her dagger was still in place.

1.11 "My name is Kawitha, which means 'Great Protector' in the language of the Tiymin. I am, in a sense, your mother." She held up a hand as Kel opened her mouth to speak, and Kel felt the tug that meant her voice was taken away.

1.12 "You see, long ago I was married to Mithros, and in doing so I received his power, plus the power of his makers. I became stronger than him,and he began to hate me for it. But I was well loved around the realm of the gods, and soon his hate and jealousy increased. He tried getting rid of me, throwing me to the animals, hiring assasonaitors, things like that. It caused panic in the realm, and it hurt me to see everyone suffer because of me. So I left the realm and became ruler of the sky and of the people."

1.13 She sighed deeply, "But he needed a wife. Everyone knows how uncapable men are, can you imagion giving one the right to rule everything? It was awful to see, and even though he later married Lithia, you know her simply by 'godess,' there were still messes everywhere. He gave her access only the one realm, your world, and continued to ruin my realms!"

1.14 Kel saw her hands tremble with rage, and began to wonder if Kawitha even knew Kel was there anymore.

1.15 "Even my powers had a limit, and they continued to decrease as I kept fighting him. So I created you, Shiynue. You and your sister and bothers were to become rulers of individual realms. You were the youngest Shiynue, and the most powerful. By the time I had created you I was running out of power, so I poured my life into you, saving only enough for us to remain separate. You were to be my heir, my daughter. You were to rule my realms, be the ultimate queen. Your bothers and sister would bow to you alone, while ruling individual realms. They would be your protectors."

1.16 She closed her eyes and was quiet for a moment. "But Mithros found what I was doing, one of your brothers betrayed you, us. I had to give you back to your realms, you to the one the godess ruled over. It was awful, watching you all grow up. I sent three of your brothers to help you along your way, but two of them went wrong. One of those two fell in love with you, but joined the other in destroying your life. So, I called you all together once again. Perhaps you can win back our lands, and fulfill your duties. Make sure they never go to ruin again."

1.17 Kel's voice returned to her, "But how have I failed you?"

1.18 The woman opened her eyes and smiled sadly, "Those beasts…"

1.19 "The dragons." Kel cut in.

1.20 "Yes, the dragons, they were sent by Mithros to kill you. But he turned them away at the last second, and now he has you in his clutches. You needed to kill them! Kill every last one of his beasts!"

1.21 Kel didn't like the idea of killing something just because it happened to live in the wrong realm. She would have voiced her opinions to the woman, but she felt herself returning to the real world.

Kel woke up with a splitting headache. She rubbed her temples, and immediately drew back her hand. It was covered in a dark substance. *It figures, I'm kidnapped, left alone in the dark, and now my head is bleeding. It just figures.*

Her stomach growled in response. Kel scanned the small room, and spotted a door on the far left side. She stood, much to her aching legs protest, and jiggled the handle. * it's locked, of course its locked, they stuff me in the closet, and they lock the door. Where do they think I would go? Its not like I'd be able to find my way out of here, I don't even know where HERE IS!*

Kel sighed. * I never knew I complained that much. Then again, my life isn't exactly perfect anymore. I mean… * Kel mentally slapped herself. * That's not important. I need to find a way out. *

****************Later**************

"I can't take this anymore!"

Kel was currently taking out her frustration on an old broom she found in the corner. Using it like a staff she thrust and twirled, not caring that in her very small amount of space the broom was constantly smacking against the walls and ceiling. It was dark, and dusty, and cold, and DARK. Kel wasn't especially afraid of the dark, she just didn't like it. Someone could sneak up on you without you seeing or hearing them. At least when it was light you could see the person attacking you.

"omph!"

Something fell on Kel's head, knocking her off balance. It was a tile from the ceiling, she had knocked it loose with her broom. It fell to the floor with a bang, and Kel desperatly hoped it hadn't alerted anyone. She dropped the broom and grasped the edges of the space where the tile had fallen from. Pulling herself up she was surprised to see that it wasn't a tile that had fallen, it was some sort of vent. She had seen them in the King's palace, blowing air into the room. Luckily it was large enough for her to fit into easily, and she slid along quickly and silently.

She reached an exit quickly, or at least another vent that lead outside. She pushed it open and climbed out to freedom. For now.



****************Dun dun dun*************

Kel stared around her in wonder. She had never seen so much color in her life, not even in the Yamani markets. Everywhere there were lights and people and color. Weird looking carriages without horses flew by her on both sides, horn blaring. She paid then no heed as she stared numbly around her.

There was a disasperated groan, and Kel was pulled to one side of the black road, moments before an unusually large carriage sped by. She fell to the ground, hitting her shoulder against the pavement. Pulling herself to her feet she looked at the girl who had pulled her out of danger.

She was on the short side, with a slim, near perfect all around figure. Her black, thick hair, fell in waves to her shoulders and Kel was interested to see there were streaks of bright blue and red in them. Her skin was flawless and tan, and her eyes were a dark brown. She wore a baggy black shirt that had an orange eagle on the front and some baggy blue pants made of a strange material.

She glared at Kel, "Were you trying to get us both killed, Shiynue!" She jumped up and Kel found she only came to her Shoulders. But that didn't seem to intimidate the girl in the least.

Kel blinked, "You know who I am?"

The girl brushed her shirt off, "Yeah. Me and Kawitha talk all the time. She said I'd find you here. Now why were you standing in the middle of the road?!"

Kel stared at her, "You know Kawitha? Then maybe you can answer my questions! Or at least ask her them!"

The girl, satisfied that there were no more rocks on her shirt, put her hands on her hips and glared, "Shoot." The girl started walking away, and Kel had no choice but to run and catch up.

"Well, why do I have two different missions? The Tiymin say I'm supposed to go kill the Titam… Timint… Timidrt…" Kel struggled to find the right name.

"Titiar." The girl walked into one of the strangest looking stores Kel had ever seen and started pulling things off the shelves. She shoved a few of them at Kel, "Go try these on."

As the two walked toward the back changing rooms, the girl explained, "Titiar is just what the Tiymin call Mithros. He goes by whatever he wants, remember?"

Kel was shoved into a curtained area and started to change from her robes that the Tiymin had given her, "And what about me being the godess of the moon?"

The girl laughed from the other side of the curtain. "Moon godess? Are they still calling it that?" Hearing that Kel wasn't laughing she said, "They didn't understand the concept of there being different realms, they considered themselves to be the one and only intelligent place. I had to tell them something!"

Kel walked out of the dressing room, wearing the same type of pants that the girl was, along with a semi-tight blue t-shirt. "You told them that?"

The girl studied Kel for a moment, "Ok, go take it off. All the sizes were the same, we'll get you a couple more jeans and some shirts." As Kel went in to change again, the girl continued, "Yeah. I told them that. Kawitha was showing me around the realms, and we ran into them."

The girl went over to the shelves and picked out a dozen more shirts and two more pairs of pants, before placing them on a desk so another girl could price them.

"That's a total of…" There were a few clicks and a beep before the girl continued. "…34.72"

The girl grumbled about how the place was supposed to be "discount" store, but she forked over some strange pieces of green paper anyway, along with small coins. The girl behind the desk put the clothes into a bag, which the girl took. "Come on, Shiynue. We're leaving."

Kel followed the girl past several more buildings, making sure to stay well away from the strange black road. They came to a stop in front of a run down building, taller then some of the others. "This is my, our, apartment." She said as she led them up a few flights of stairs inside the building. "I was lucky, I got top floor, my waters clean, and the rents not too bad."

She unlocked the single door at the top flight of stairs and pushed it open so Kel could go in. Even Kel had to admit, it looked shabby, but the girl seemed perfectly contented. There was one bed in the small room, but the girl had pulled off the thin sheets and pillow so Kel had somewhere to sleep. The carpet was ripped, and a sickly yellow color, and the windows were broken. There was a small dresser and a single, brown chair. There was a smaller room to the side, and Kel saw there was a weird looking chamber pot and a bathtub, along with a sink. All looked rusty and old.

Kel tried to look grateful and happy, which made the girl laugh. "Welcome to New York. The Big Apple itself."

Anyway- updates on the fic/spoilers

Owen/Kel is probably what this is going to end up as. Only theres going to be something that kind of messes ages, etc up. Don't ask, may not happen. But people, I'm NOT a romance writer!

The girl, who is as of now nameless, is the 5th guardian. I'm hoping you had that figured out. Any name suggestions? What should her symbol be?

Expect another 10-12 chapters in this ficcy. May be more or less depending on how this plot turns out. There is going to be a fight in the last couple chapters! This is not going to be some demented, "I'll give you the story line, no action," deal.

Do you guys want me to follow her other guardians when they get the armor? I was thinking of just having them meet up again and having Owen tell the story of what they did (expect tons of comments from the other boys ^-^), but I'm open to suggestions.

There are going to be tragic deaths. Count on it. Nuff said.

Hehehe…I might make this into a small crossover w/ The Cirlce of Magic and The Circle Opens, just as her last realm that she visits. But I don't know if I'd like that much once I wrote it. Hm…

I'm looking for a reader (editor, whatever you want to call it!) If your interested, tell me! My e-mail is dolphin_luver55@hotmail.com or brink_babe2002@hotmail.com .