Heraldic Mage
Disclaimer: I don't own it. I never will.
"Come on Celine!!"
"Rachel, I don't want to." I'm going to have a monster headache tomorrow.
"Aw, come on Celine! You're only 21 once!! Come on, get smashed with us!"
"Well, I guess one more can't hurt." I drink down the wine. The room is spinning.......and goes black.
I wake up. I am never doing that again. Wait.....this isn't Mars. I think a moment, and the last couple of months slowly come back to me. I haven't had a headache this bad since my 21st birthday. I can't believe I let myself be talked into that......oh well. I slowly get up. The whole world is spinning. Green..I must be in some kind of forest. I lean on a tree to steady myself. This is one heck of a hangover..... but this time, I haven't been drinking. Once the place stops spinning, I look around. This place.....it is really pretty. I just wish I knew where I was.
"ooooooooohhh..." Huh? I look around, and find Ashton lying face- down. I hope that wasn't how he landed.... I go over to him and help him sit up.
"Are you all right?" I ask. He takes a moment to focus, then looks up at me.
"Yeah.....but who spiked the punch?" he asks. I smile and shake my head.
"Wish I knew." I say. Gyoro and Urunun look shaken, but unharmed. I help Ashton stand. It takes a moment for him to become steady. When he is, we finally take a good look around.
"Nice place, wherever it is." Ashton says. I nod.
"Yeah it is, but we really should find the others." We pick a direction and start walking. It isn't long before we can hear Claude's voice. Then, Rena's. We hurry over. The others are starting to arrive also. Precis gives us a dirty look when she sees Ashton and myself arrive together. I think someone's getting jealous.....
"Is everyone all right?" Claude asks. We all nod.
"So, where are we?" Leon asks. Rena walks forward a bit.
"Are we in heaven?" Dias asks. I hope not...that was one heck of a rough landing.
"No. This is not heaven." Rena says. We all turn to her. How does she know? "We are in a place on Nede called the 'Outer Wall Paradise'." SAY WHAT?!
"What?" Leon asks. Before we can make her clarify, she collapses. Claude goes over to her to steady her.
"Rena!" Everyone shouts. Rena just shakes her head and stands up. Then she starts walking away.
"This way." She says. No one moves. She turns around. "Is something wrong?" she asks.
"Rena, do you know this because you are a Nedian?" Dias asks. Rena looks down a bit, then back at us.
"I'm not sure myself. But I feel like somehow, I know this place." Precis turns to Claude, Opera and Ernest.
"They said you guys weren't from Expel too. SO SPILL!" Geez, Precis. Calm down. Claude is turning red. Opera and Ernest just look at each other.
"Well.....I encountered an accident on another planet and was blown to Expel." Claude explains. "Then I met Rena in the Shingo Forest." Precis turns to the other two.
"Your turn." She says. I start to go up to whack her with my staff, but Ashton holds me back. Precis should be thanking him.
"My ship ran out of fuel and I crashed..." Opera says. Ernest looks at her in shock.
"Why didn't you tell me that?!" he asks.
"I didn't want you to worry." She responds. Ernest just shakes his head. Precis is focusing on him now.
"I wanted to explore ruins of a Heraldic Civilization, and I found some on Expel..so...." Rena just nods.
"So that's it..." she says. I don't particularly care.
"It doesn't matter though." Bowman says. Dias nods. "You are still friends. We should move on." We all start to follow Rena. At first, we all walk in silence, just taking in our surroundings.
"Is my wife all right?" Bowman finally says. He's right, we really should find a way to contact them.
"They must be!!" Rena says. "They are all probably waiting for us to return."
"Rena...." Claude starts. Opera and Ernest look worried. I wonder what is wrong?
"I know it." Rena says. Claude just sighs. "Yeah, you're right." He finally says. We keep walking. I don't think anyone really knows where we are going. I look up ahead. There is some kind of strange platform there. I wonder what it is?
"What's that?" Dias asks.
"Come inside..." Wait a moment, who was that?!
"WHO ARE YOU!?" Dias demands. The voice is still calm.
"Step into the transporter, and everything will be explained." We all look at each other. Then Claude, Opera and Ernest go up. I sigh. The rest of us step onto it as well. It is kinda crowded. I hold onto Ashton's hand as tight as possible. I don't want to end up alone. Ashton is squeezing my hand also. So he is just as nervous. We just stand there a moment, waiting for something to happen. The my world goes blank.
To be continued....
Disclaimer: I don't own it. I never will.
"Come on Celine!!"
"Rachel, I don't want to." I'm going to have a monster headache tomorrow.
"Aw, come on Celine! You're only 21 once!! Come on, get smashed with us!"
"Well, I guess one more can't hurt." I drink down the wine. The room is spinning.......and goes black.
I wake up. I am never doing that again. Wait.....this isn't Mars. I think a moment, and the last couple of months slowly come back to me. I haven't had a headache this bad since my 21st birthday. I can't believe I let myself be talked into that......oh well. I slowly get up. The whole world is spinning. Green..I must be in some kind of forest. I lean on a tree to steady myself. This is one heck of a hangover..... but this time, I haven't been drinking. Once the place stops spinning, I look around. This place.....it is really pretty. I just wish I knew where I was.
"ooooooooohhh..." Huh? I look around, and find Ashton lying face- down. I hope that wasn't how he landed.... I go over to him and help him sit up.
"Are you all right?" I ask. He takes a moment to focus, then looks up at me.
"Yeah.....but who spiked the punch?" he asks. I smile and shake my head.
"Wish I knew." I say. Gyoro and Urunun look shaken, but unharmed. I help Ashton stand. It takes a moment for him to become steady. When he is, we finally take a good look around.
"Nice place, wherever it is." Ashton says. I nod.
"Yeah it is, but we really should find the others." We pick a direction and start walking. It isn't long before we can hear Claude's voice. Then, Rena's. We hurry over. The others are starting to arrive also. Precis gives us a dirty look when she sees Ashton and myself arrive together. I think someone's getting jealous.....
"Is everyone all right?" Claude asks. We all nod.
"So, where are we?" Leon asks. Rena walks forward a bit.
"Are we in heaven?" Dias asks. I hope not...that was one heck of a rough landing.
"No. This is not heaven." Rena says. We all turn to her. How does she know? "We are in a place on Nede called the 'Outer Wall Paradise'." SAY WHAT?!
"What?" Leon asks. Before we can make her clarify, she collapses. Claude goes over to her to steady her.
"Rena!" Everyone shouts. Rena just shakes her head and stands up. Then she starts walking away.
"This way." She says. No one moves. She turns around. "Is something wrong?" she asks.
"Rena, do you know this because you are a Nedian?" Dias asks. Rena looks down a bit, then back at us.
"I'm not sure myself. But I feel like somehow, I know this place." Precis turns to Claude, Opera and Ernest.
"They said you guys weren't from Expel too. SO SPILL!" Geez, Precis. Calm down. Claude is turning red. Opera and Ernest just look at each other.
"Well.....I encountered an accident on another planet and was blown to Expel." Claude explains. "Then I met Rena in the Shingo Forest." Precis turns to the other two.
"Your turn." She says. I start to go up to whack her with my staff, but Ashton holds me back. Precis should be thanking him.
"My ship ran out of fuel and I crashed..." Opera says. Ernest looks at her in shock.
"Why didn't you tell me that?!" he asks.
"I didn't want you to worry." She responds. Ernest just shakes his head. Precis is focusing on him now.
"I wanted to explore ruins of a Heraldic Civilization, and I found some on Expel..so...." Rena just nods.
"So that's it..." she says. I don't particularly care.
"It doesn't matter though." Bowman says. Dias nods. "You are still friends. We should move on." We all start to follow Rena. At first, we all walk in silence, just taking in our surroundings.
"Is my wife all right?" Bowman finally says. He's right, we really should find a way to contact them.
"They must be!!" Rena says. "They are all probably waiting for us to return."
"Rena...." Claude starts. Opera and Ernest look worried. I wonder what is wrong?
"I know it." Rena says. Claude just sighs. "Yeah, you're right." He finally says. We keep walking. I don't think anyone really knows where we are going. I look up ahead. There is some kind of strange platform there. I wonder what it is?
"What's that?" Dias asks.
"Come inside..." Wait a moment, who was that?!
"WHO ARE YOU!?" Dias demands. The voice is still calm.
"Step into the transporter, and everything will be explained." We all look at each other. Then Claude, Opera and Ernest go up. I sigh. The rest of us step onto it as well. It is kinda crowded. I hold onto Ashton's hand as tight as possible. I don't want to end up alone. Ashton is squeezing my hand also. So he is just as nervous. We just stand there a moment, waiting for something to happen. The my world goes blank.
To be continued....