Chapter 1 of:
Just once more
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A/N- Italics is what Fuu is thinking and always will be throughout the story.
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Bright light shone down on Fuu's face. She slowly opened her eyes, but what she saw was not the battle in Cephiro's castle, but a forest. She could've sworn she died, but, she didn't...or so it seemed.
"Wh...Where am I?"
She sat up, nothing hurt, surprisingly enough. She even had strength, more so than in Cephiro's castle. Maybe this was a dream? She stood up and looked around, and found out she was at the exit of the forest overlooking a peaceful little town.
Fuu noticed that her Cephirian (sp?) armour was still there. The possibility that she was still in Cephiro was there. But there would be monsters and terror and vengeance and what not.
"I wonder where I am..."
She proceeded to walk to little town. When she looked more carefully, there was a beautiful lake beside this town. So she walked down to the town slowly right as a bunch of little kids ran passed her followed by a girl just a bit older than Fuu.
"Reska veen mune?"
Eh?
"Oh, I'm sorry, I guess you don't speak Stara Krowa."
Stara...Krowa? Wha?
"Peud om kuagacon mune poque. Er, I meam, I'm sorry about the children. They just excited about their break from Temple Studies."
Temple Studies?
"Huh? Oh, you must be the girl they were talking about. That just appeared out of nowhere."
Yeah, that's me.
Fuu nodded.
"Are you OK?"
Fuu smiled, "Yes, I'm fine Miss."
"Mhmmmm, I'm glad. Want to come back to the town with us?"
"If that's OK with you..." Fuu needed to know about where she was.
"OK, is it OK with you if we wait a few minutes for the children?"
Fuu nodded.
Back then, I didn't know how long I was going to be. I was already missing Hikaru, Umi and everyone else...especially Ferio...
"Umm, excuse me Miss, can you tell me where I am?"
The girl eyes widened a bit, "Hmm? Oh, you're on the outskirts of Diamonddelle..."
"Is that the name of the country?"
"Eh?" The girl shook her head, "No, no silly, the name of this country's SiraBella! Didya lose your memory?"
Lose my memory? How could I lose my memory when I was just killed in a castle?!
Fuu felt a little awkward, "Um, do you know the way to Cephiro?"
The girl looked shocked, "Cephiro...Why do you want to go there?"
"Um, I'm one of the three Magic Knights..."
"What happened to you? Did Debonair get to you?"
Good. At least they had something from Cephiro in this place.
The girl looked worried. "Her toxins and spell ailments might've gotten to you. Let Valefor be with you." The young girl bowed.
"Valefor?"
"Hmm, this sounds pretty bad. Maybe we should take you back to the town."
This place, it kinda scared me. A lot of it was water, and considering, I cannot swim to save my life...I'm a little apprehensive about being stuck here....
Well the next few days I spent in that place, Diamonddelle, it was quite peaceful. But I really missed Cephiro...But I missed Tokyo even more.
The girl walked into the room Fuu was sitting on a bed in, "Hello. I just realized it was very rude of myself not to introdcue myself. My name is Ri-An, and what's your name?"
"My name is Fuu Hououji..."
Ri-An smiled, "What a pretty name!"
"Miss Ri-An, what's so strange about Cephiro?"
"Ceph...iro....it was a great country of magic and wonders...But
then Debonair appeared..."
"How?"
"Debonair is our punishment, great monsters were created and then, Debonair was created to make us atone."
Just then...I knew I was going to be here for a while. Ferio...Umi...I miss you...
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^_^ OK! NO MORE! ATHENY TIRED! ...Atheny?
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