Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing. I do own Isaura, Paralda, and Sairys.

Ch. 2 - From the Shadows Shall Come...

Isaura stifled a gasp and couldn't help but be curious of the "girl" in front of her. She certainly was strange, with her shocking eyes that were a pale honey and golden shade and her hair that was a shade lighter. Not that Isaura, herself, wasn't strange looking. She had dirty blonde hair with strands of longer brown hair that were cut very short, enough for Paralda to be able to pass for a boy. Her eyes were of the clearest sky blue and her pale face was dotted with a few freckles on her naturally pale pink cheeks. Paralda continued talking.

"There is a danger that is plotting to take over the world and you, and your pilot comrades must fight against it."

Isaura came back down to Earth and looked confused at Paralda after catching the last sentence.

"What comrades?"

Suddenly, the roof opened and down came 4 mobile suits.

She looked curiously at the 4 mobile suits that had practically floated into the hanger and remained quiet. The cockpit door of Sairys was shut, luckily, and the pilots wouldn't be able to see her unless they opened it. A thump was heard as the gundams' feet touched the ground and they powered down with a slight hum.

Isaura watched in anxiousness as the cockpit door to one of the gundams opened.

"What a bore," a boy with a strong voice had said.

Isaura blushed as she looked at him and realized how cute he was. She watched as he stepped out and stretched.

"Shut up Blaze, we're all capable of beating those enemy suits in a sec alone. but you don't have to complain about it," a girl with a melodious voice said as she also stepped out of her gundam.

It was silent for a moment and Isaura's heartbeat quickened.

"Sairys is on," a girl's quiet voice said and Isaura panicked.

Another boy came out of another gundam and said seriously,

"Let's go turn her off."

Isaura could hear 8 footsteps approaching, coming closer and closer. Looking around, she found a woolen blanket and wrapped it around her small frame. She shut her eyes in panic and waited for the moment the door would open, but it never came.

"Sairys isn't opening," said a different girl's voice who's voice was a tad bit lower than the other girls.

"Let's just go then," said the first girl.

Isaura let go of her breath and Paralda smiled.

"Don't worry, you won't be seen until you want to be seen."

The door opened and Paralda asked Isaura,

"Do you accept your fate?"

Isaura was silent and jumped out. The words rang in her head and she slowly walked out of the hanger. Suddenly, a hand wrapped around her neck and she was practically thrown against the wall. She gripped her blanket tightly and turned her face away in panic.

"Who the hell are you and why are you here, kid?" said her captor.

Isaura gestured to her throat that was currently being cut off and he let her go.

"What were you doing in the hanger, boy?" asked the guy that Isaura recognized to be the "cute guy" that she saw come out first. She fought back her blush when she noticed how close he was to her, that she could feel heat radiating off him like... a fire. Even his voice sounded like the flickering of red flames or the rush of heat presented to a cold wanderer.

She blinked as she finally processed his words. He thought she was a he! Fighting back her feminine giggles, she thought quickly and replied,

"I was lost and I stumbled into this.. hanger. What I would like to know is who you are and why are you in my house?"

The boy stuttered as he stood there and turned red, matching his flaming hair. Isaura smirked but the boy calmed down and looked at her again with her piercing red eyes.

"I have permission to be in this house. I don't know who you are but you better not come around here again... now go!"

Isaura quickly walked away and the boy sighed.

~Who the hell was that kid...~

Isaura sighed in relief as she quickly walked back to her room. She couldn't forget Paralda's words and yet that boy's face was occupying her mind. Burning red eyes and red hair with skin that wasn't too pale nor too tan, just... perfect.

As she went back into her room, she sat down in a chair and took out her favorite pencil and a sheet of paper. Turning on some music, she began doodling on it while humming. Isaura wasn't the best artist but she was better than most amateurs. Her hand was left to itself as she drew rough drawings of who-knows-what. Her thoughts wandered away as she wondered if she could or should go back.

About ten minutes later, (yes, she can get that zoned out) Isaura looked down at her paper and a gasp escaped from her. A rough drawing of Sairys was on it, along with 5 other mobile suits in the background.

~Ooooookay, that was weird...~

As she studied the drawing longer, she remembered seeing only 4 MS, not counting Sairys. The picture had 6 total... except one MS was in the shadows. Its eyes somehow shone as though it was real and Isaura suddenly had an overwhelming feeling of fear.

She suddenly didn't feel very well, so she opened her windows. A sudden breeze rushed into her room, whispering her name. She turned away, walking towards her desk but the wind can not be ignored. It embraced her, wrapping her in its feathery arms. Then, a stronger breeze hit her, and she closed her eyes. She felt something else around her, not just the wind but, magic...

Tendrils of soft air continued to wrap around her and she felt herself change. Then, like the short time that it came, the wind left. Isaura looked down at her clothes and realized she wasn't wearing what she was wearing before, but something different. A light iridescent yellow dress adorned her, one strap on her left shoulder which was simple and wide and along it and the dress were lines of gold that twirled and curled around her body.

A necklace of gold hung on her neck which had a stone on it that had mixed shades of yellow, white, and sky blue. Isaura stared amazed at her clothes and noticed that even her blanket had turned into a golden cloak soft as clouds. And then, she realized what had really happened.

Something in her heart, her mind, knew that she had to go back. She stepped out of the room with the cloak buckled around her neck and quickly walked to the hanger once again. She went back and saw that the 4 MS were gone and Sairys was left alone. She jumped in and Paralda appeared, looking surprised yet happy that Isaura was back.

But, when Sairys turn on, something happened. Paralda closed her beautiful golden eyes and in a few seconds was gone. Isaura looked around and felt this warmth in her heart and realized Paralda had somehow went inside her body! She had merged with a spirit. Her screamed from the exhaustion but she knew she had to go. Her now golden eyes stared boldly upward and she pressed a few buttons. The ceiling opened and Isaura/Paralda flew out off into the window.

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