Author's note: yet another fanfic... -.- don't worry,
I'll put up the next chapters for the other fanfics soon. I'm editing
them a bit.
It has been nearly two months since that fateful day when darkness sat upon the world. The day the balance between good and evil was disturbed. That time when joy and peace was replaced by chaos, panic and disorder. You're probably wondering what I speak of. Well, let me explain it then...
Have you heard of the legend of Suzaku? The God who chose seven celestial warriors to protect a girl who was to come from the future? The legend says the girl found a book called "The Universe of the Four Gods" and she somehow ended up in that book. Well, she became the Suzaku no Miko, the priestess who was to protect the empire by summoning Suzaku and making three wishes. Some say the legend was just a myth. A myth, told around the world as a bedtime story. Well, I can calmly assure you... the legend is real...
My name is Sora and I'm your regular girl-next-door. Well, pretty much at least. People, who know me, would tell you "Sora? She's a flirtatious, spontaneous, adventurous weirdo." Then they'd laugh a bit and tell you about my abnormal antics. I'm known to be very passionate about life. I take each day as it comes and try to make the best of it. I'm a rebel, one who goes and does things her own way.
I look older than I really am, with my waist-length black hair. Many say I look like a twenty-year-old when I'm in fact only seventeen. I'm not very tall, nearly 5'8, which is nothing compared to two of my closest friends. I was raised in a loving family and was taught that the only way to receive something in life is to give. My family was my life, but sadly, mother and father passed away tragically. They died in a car accident when I was only fourteen. I've been living with relatives since then.
Nobody knows of my secret. Not even my aunt, whom I'm living with right now. I've always been able to trust my aunt with everything that has been bothering me, but this special secret, I can never tell her. She just wouldn't understand. I mean, it's not everyday your niece accidentally throws the school's most popular girl into the lockers by some unknown power. I don't even think her reaction would be a good reaction if she found out her niece could fly...
Yes, I can fly. I have no idea how I got these powers. All I remember is the first time I used them...
It was spring, exactly two months ago, and I was late for school. Aunt Saori was the one to wake me up from my so-called "beauty sleep". Once I found out that I was an hour late for school, all hell broke loose. First, I somehow got entangled in my sheet, only to fall out of the bed and land with a loud thump on the floor. Needless to say, it hurt.
If that wasn't punishment enough for being late, my favorite blouse got ripped when I bumped into the closet door. Muttering a few obscenities I'm sure would make even the devil himself cower, I finally picked a set of clothes to wear. Then I grabbed my backpack, threw it over my shoulder and made my way out of my room, trying to put on my shoes all the way.
After accidentally burying the tip of my shoe into the wall-to-wall carpet in the hallway, which resulted in tripping and landing on my face, I pushed myself back up on my feet and scowled at no one in particular. Then I made my way for the stairs... bad idea...
Yep, you guessed it. I tripped, AGAIN... but this time I didn't land on my face, no siree... I went tumbling down the stairs. Ow, you say? Hey, you should've heard me. I don't think I've cursed that loud in my entire life. Anyway, there I was, sailing through the air, praying to the stars that I'd make it through, waiting for the impact to come, when somebody decided to play a little prank on me. You see... the impact never came. And when I opened my eyes, I found myself hovering above the floor. I mean, HOVERING, c'mon!
First thing that hit me was panic. Not so nice, I'll tell you. So I panicked, big deal? Only the neighbors heard me... well, the neighbors two blocks away, anyway. And if that wasn't enough, my Aunt Saori came rushing in, which caused me to lose my concentration on the levitation. Next stop? The hard floor... Damn, that hurt!
"Sora, dear child, are you all right??"
All I could get out was the familiar letters of "itai"... though when I said it, it came out as a low whisper and ended in coughing. Aunt Saori, being the nice person she is (bless her angelic soul) helped me up on my feet and ushered me into the living room, where she ordered me to sit down on the couch. Then she smothered me with all kinds of things. I'm telling you, being hurt has its advantages. I got to stay home from school, which pretty much made my day.
I was in heaven... well, at least for an hour or so. Then Aunt Saori had to go to work. So, I was left alone in a big house... score! Problem was, the impact really, really hurt and I could barely walk around without looking like the hunchback from Notre Dame.
Then, fate decided to play another prank on me...
I was watching TV. I was watching America's funniest home videos, to be exact and I was having a blast laughing at the clumsy poor souls, when I realized I, too, was one of those clumsy poor souls. Difference was that no one had taped MY "day", which I'm sure would have a laugh out of the majority of the states and make a lot of money.
Anyway, there I was, all curled up on the couch; with a blanket and all... when the phone started ringing. I couldn't get up. I was stuck on that damned couch. "Fuck it!" I stretched out for the phone, but couldn't quite reach it.
Have you ever felt so frustrated that you just felt like throwing stuff into the wall? Well, that's basically what happened to me... only that I didn't do it on purpose. I just flung my hand to the side from frustration and saw in horror how the phone left its place and hit the wall. It broke into thousands of pieces and all I could do was stare. Stare at the pieces that once used to be a phone.
Then I stared some more... at my hand. What did I do after that? Well, let's just say the neighbors are probably pondering the thought of calling the police to tell them of "all the screams that are coming from the house next door."
But the neighbors were the least of my concern right now. I had just found out that I could levitate and that I had the power of telekinesis... can you really blame a girl for being a little freaked out?
Needless to say, I spent nearly the whole day trying to master my newfound "powers". It was the worst in the beginning... I accidentally broke a few things... a painting, a lamp... the TV... but, hey, what really matters is that I actually got the hang of it in the end.
By the time Aunt Saori got home, I had regained my strength and was already cooking dinner. She actually caught me dancing and singing to the songs on the radio in the kitchen. That gave her a little laugh. I spent the rest of the day cleaning with Aunt Saori, which I didn't really mind since we spent time together. We hadn't done that in a long time. It actually opened my eyes bit and made me appreciate the small things in life.
That night was the night that changed my life forever. I was just about to go to bed when I decided to sit by my window for a bit. You know, to clear my thoughts. That's when I saw it... the sky's color was changing rapidly. One moment, it was black, the next, it was blood red. I could also hear loud heart beats... as if the earth was breathing.
I stepped back from fear, but didn't get far. Something stopped me. I turned around... and that's when I saw them...