*Chapter Thirteen - Destiny*

Harmonie pulled at Sunni, trying to make her go through the forest faster, "Common Princess! Hurry!"

Melodie rolled her eyes at her half-sister, "Harmonie! Give her some breathing room!" She scolded.

Sunni laughed, "Where are you taking me?"

Harmonie grinned, "We're almost there!"

They soon came to a clearing were there was a beautiful waterfall. The water practically flew down from the rocks, creating different gleaming colors. The water at the bottom was clear and clean.

Sunni stared in awe at the view, "This is beautiful." She said solemnly.

Melodie smiled, "We're glad you like it."

Sunni looked down at her dirty clothes. She felt horrible, "Do you thinkI could maybe"

Harmonie flew off for a moment and came back with a towel, some sweet smelling soap, and fresh clothes, "You can bathe here if you like. We will stand guard!" Harmonie handed off the items and saluted.

Sunni giggled, "Thank-you Harmonie."

Sunni carefully made her way down to the water and sat by the rock for a moment. She removed her clothing and slipped into the cool water. She scrubbed all the dirt off of herself and washed out her hair. Sunni smelt the sweet fragrance of the soap and closed her eyes; remembering all that had happened in the last few hours.

Mikhai...is he dead?...how am I going to leave this place? Where is Sanyo?

Tears filled her eyes and she quickly splashed them out with the water.

She finished and dried herself off with the towel. She then proceeded to get into the clothes Harmonie had left her with. She held up the pale violet dress to examine it.

It was very elegant with trimmings and delicate stitch-work. She slipped it over her head and tugged on it. The neckline curved into a triangle, it was very low and made her blush just looking at it.

The sleeves were long and loose at the end and the middles were tight and stuck to her skin. It flowed down her body, tight around someplaces and loosely in others. The material was very soft and it's pale violet color made the violet in Sunni's blue-violet eyes stand out.

It looks like something a storybook Princess would wear. Sunni thought to herself.

Sunni picked up her clothes that she had worn before and folded them neatly. Then she headed back up. She found the one of the chibi cherubz waiting for her at the top.

Sunni smiled and sat down, allowing Harmonie to land on her.

Harmonie sat cross-legged on Sunni's palm, "Melodie made lunch!"

Sunni looked down at her stomach as it growled in response. Harmonie giggled and fell backward, "I don't know if we can feed someone your size though. Your stomach is much bigger. Yup yup."

Sunni blushed, she didn't want to be a nuisance, "SorryI-"

Melodie zoomed in as if on cue, "Sorry it took me so longoh Princess! You're done?"

Harmonie hopped up from Sunni's palm, "Goody! Now we can eat!"

Melodie led the other two to a small clearing were a blanket was laid out with food strung out all over it.

Sunni gaped at all the food, "How did you make this?"

Melodie blushed, "I'm sorryis it too much? It's just been awhile since we've had company"

"No no no. It's wonderful"

Sunni sat down; then was surprised when she looked up to see the two cherubz waiting anxiously for something.

"What?" She was confused.

Melodie smiled a little, "It's the custom for the royalty to eat the first bite."

"Oh." Sunni felt a little odd.

She took a bite into something. And then the other two began eating.

Harmonie grinned at her, "I've never really been into customs either. Melodie insists we must be polite though."

Melodie rolled her eyes and glared at Harmonie for a quick moment. Then she looked at Sunni sympathetically, asking for forgiveness without words.

Sunni nodded, and tried to get a conversation going, "So are you three related or something?"

Melodie shook her head, "Me and Harmonie are closer to being related than Celestia is to either of us. But sometimes we feel as though we have a connection."

Harmonie laughed, "We don't know much about our selves! But we to know that we have a destiny!"

Melodie nodded her head, "Yes, we each have a destiny. Celestia's goes with her knowledge. She tells things that need to be known. My destiny deals with feelings and the way people act. And Harmonie's des-"

Harmonie interrupted Melodie, wanting to say it herself, "II don't know my destiny."

Harmonie sighed and bit into a small piece of bread, her wings bent low. Her optimism faltering for a moment.

A while away, Leira was searching fruitlessly through the forest. She wandered through the brush, calling Sanyo's name.

"Numskull! Sanyo! Where did you go to?" She sighed.

"Why did he have to run off like this?" She rolled her eyes.

Leira felt herself growing dizzy from all her walking. Her head was spinning as she braced herself against a tree.

Her light violet hair fell over her face as she fell to the ground, trying to regain herself.

Her hand were soon the only thing holding her up as she fell to the ground, leaving the forest scene to rest in her mind, "I wasn't a strong enough guardian" Her voice trailed off.

While Leira gave into the darkness, Sanyo was trying his hardest not to.

He was less than twenty-five feet away when he had heard his name being called from somewhere.

"Hello? Is someone there?" He called weakly.

He sighed, wishing he had stopped when Leira had told him.

Stillhe had to find Sunni

"Don't worry. I'll save you."

He made himself this solemn promise before finally giving into the darkness.

That was when Celestia stumbled across him.

"So it was you. You are the one who entered our forest without royal blood in your veins."

She laughed silently before picking him up and dragging him to where the others were.

Celestia hadn't realized there were two intruders though. She left Leira there in the forest.

After their lunch, Sunni decided to go back to the waterfall and take in its beauty while she thought.

After all that's happened. Finding out I was a Princess...my parents weren't really my parents...Sanyo...Mikhai...Where will I go from here? If I stay here I'll be safe from Heio...won't I?

Her thoughts were interrupted when Melodie started screaming out to Sunni, "Princess! Princess! Celestia has found someone!"

Sunni hurried up to the two small cherubz. Harmonie pointed at Celestia, who was still big.

Sunni stared, "Celes-"

Celestia nodded her head and pointed down to the heap next to her, "I found him in the woods. He disrupted the law of the forest and for it he was punished with eternal sleep."

"Eternal sleep? What does that mean Celestia?"

Celestia's eyes closed and her voice changed, as if she was reciting someone else's words, not her own, "Eternal sleep is the punishment for entering the forest. Only them of the royal blood may enter"

Her trance ended and her eyes opened to see a horrified-looking Sunni; who was staring at the person on the ground.

Sunni put her hands to her mouth, "S-Sanyo?" She said softly with an intake of air.

She rushed to him, "Common Sanyo! Wake up! Wake up!" She shook him.

Tears streamed out of Sunni's eyes, dropping to the ground. The ground eagerly soaked up her tears, leaving nothing there.

Melodie looked at the young princess with saddened eyes, "How can our beautiful forest destroy someone like this?"

Harmonie fluttered around in a distressed manor, finally she decided it was time.

"Powers from past generations. Give us strength for this new one. Give me power to save this one that the Princess mourns over."

Harmonie's petite figure grew bigger until she was Sunni, Sanyo, and Celestia's size.

"This is my destiny." Harmonie said with a hollow tone.

Sunni stopped crying at looked over at the small cherub, "Harmonie? What are you-"

Celestia put a hand swiftly over Sunni's mouth, gently keeping her from speaking.

"Take me instead. Into the eternal sleep"

Melodie let out a small gasp, "Harmonie! No!"

Celestia ran towards Harmonie, leaving Sunni and Sanyo were they were, "Stop! Don't do it Harmonie!"

Sunni stared in shock, not knowing what was happening.

A sharp pink light threw Celestia back. Soft music was heard as a light shot down from the sky, circling Harmonie.

Harmonie's eyes clouded over, and she fell to the ground.



The light ceasing.



The music stopping.



And Harmonie



Was gone.















A Sunnie Note: *//(^ ^)\\* Ok. Not as long as the last chapterbut rememberSunni has a life too!!!! I have homeworka life. I can't spend all my time typing on the computerso I'm sorry if I don't update TONS. This chapter took me all week to type cause I didn't have much free time.

Review Thank-yous and Comments:

Lan Hikari - Uhhh.I think that last chapter is going to be the longest one I makeit's just too hard for me to write long chapters and still be able to update. I try though.
jadeorchid - ThanksI felt horrible after I found out that it wasn't allowedI felt like a lawbreaker or a criminal*sniff*
asian_angel - Ummmmmmmm I wasn't planning on stoppingso I guess I'll keep going.
Cera - Hmmmmnever thought of Leira being Tomoyo's daugter.not sure how that would work though. Leira being a guardian and all. I just like the color violet ^_^U;; I didn't think of Leira being related to them
Asahi Taiga - Thanks for telling meI really honestly didn't know. Sunnie doesn't spend much time reading the updates on fanfic.net ^_^U;;;;;;;;;
sweetcherry - *sniff* I had to cancel the voting thingsorry. Someone told me it was agaisnt the new regulations. *sniff* I'll keep you're comment in mind though ^_~
Tomoyo-chan - Yeah! You're back! Are you going to continue your fanfic??? NahI'm not better than anyone else.*sniff*sniff* Thanx for reviewing ^.^
Fei - Okokok I have continued.Thanks for the Review ^_^
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