Magic Knights Rayearth Chapter 3
"EARRRRRRRRRRRH!"
The cry of the tiger-griffin rang through the air. Our heroines were sitting upon it's back, looking towards the now-visible castle. It grew larger and larger as they neared it, and finally, they landed in the upper opening of the gargantuan structure. As the girls hopped off, they stretched and looked around. They had been flying for one whole day, so as a result, they were very cramped up. After they stretched, they walked to a doorway in which Clef was standing.
"I'm glad you girls have had a safe flight. There are some new flying monsters living in these areas. I was worried you wouldn't make it unharmed."
"It's great to see you too, Clef!" Hikaru spoke happily.
Umi smirked. "Yeah, Clef.......especially since you've grown!"
"Heh heh heh," Clef blushed, scratching the back of his head as he sweatdropped. "Well, I decided that I liked my taller form better for......for many reasons." "Oh, OK, Clef," Fuu said, looking slyly at Umi. Clef began blushing even more when he realized Fuu understood more than he'd wanted her to. He saved himself as he changed the subject. "However, besides your well-timed arrival, I have something else we need to discuss.." Clef ushered the Magic Knights away from Shira, Diamond, and Yunari. He waited until they started discussing Cephiro. He then added with a whisper, "and that would be those three newcomers, " Clef added with a whisper. "You see, all three of them have very familiar auras. And not only that, but they are some of the most powerful ones I've ever felt in my life, and as you know, I've been living for quite some time now. The only people whose auras match theirs are the pillars, particularly Princess Emeraude, and you three. Also, your main Mah-tayian friends, i.e. your boyfre....*cough*...excuse me, Lantis, Sierra, Presea, Caldina, Ascot, Lafarga, Eagle, Ferio, and myself, as well as a few other people." Umi, Hikaru, and Fuu all gasped upon hearing this information.
"But, Clef, why did you need to know which of them used mag..." Umi began. Before she could finish, though, he cut her off, answering her question in the process. "I need you to tell me which one of you defeated that monster using magic. It is very important that I get this information down. That magic is so familiar, though I don't know where or when from. It does seem recent..." Clef trailed off, lost in thought. He was brought back to the present when Hikaru pointed at Yunari and said, "She used magic. And from the appearance of it, I think it was like Lantis' magic- it was an attack made of lightning."
Clef's head snapped up. 'Could it be.' he thought to himself. He walked over to Yunari. He was about to talk to her about her magic, when suddenly, his staff acted like it had near Umi, Hikaru, and Fuu...'when they got their armor,' Clef realized. Just the moment he did, the gem on the staff began glowing furiously. "What the." Clef began, as he noticed that Yunari was glowing as well. He and all the girls gasped and stepped away from her as what seemed to be magical bolts of electricity surrounded her now clothes-lacking body. "THUNDER MAGIC! Oh GOSH!" Every one of the girls stared at him for a moment. Clef's staff was, at that point, shaking and shuddering violently, and soon, Clef, Diamond, and Shira were the only people wearing clothing. This was because Hikaru, Fuu, and Umi had also gone clothes-less, surrounded by wisps of magic fire, wind, and water. In a moment or two, Umi Fuu, Hikaru, and Yunari gained their clothing back. The Knights had received their armor, too. But to everyone's surprise, they weren't alone armor-wise. Not only were Yunari's clothes back, but she had gained armor that resembled Hikaru's, Umi's, and Fuu's first-form of evolving armor. The only difference was that the gems on her armor were yellow in color. Immeadiately after the girls blinked and stared at the armor they had, Yunari's began glowing, as it evolved to the second form. And following a pause it evolved again and again until it reached the time for it to evolve into the final form. It didn't do that; instead, it turned into the armor the three Knights had had the second time the came to Cephiro. That was what they had now.
Everyone in the room gaped at Yunari, who stood there, blinking helplessly. "I'm, sorry; did I do something wrong to make that happen?" she whimpered. "No, you didn't, but this means..What is your names you three? I mean the newcomers." Clef added before they could ask which three.
"My name is Diamond Faye-tuyl."
"I'm Shira Waytye, nice to meet you, uh...Clef, right?"
"Yes, how did you..never mind. What's your name, Knight of Thunder?"
"KNIGHT OF THUNDER?!" The girls all gasped. "Calm down," Clef said before the girls could kill him with questions.
"I take it Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu have told you their stories. Yes, I will explain in a moment, but you are apparently a Magic Knight, otherwise my staff would not have provided you with armor. But first, what is your name?" Clef began to get impatient. "My name is Yunari Hie-sine."
"Good. It's been nice meeting you. Now, I must tell you this so you understand. There are several versions of the Legend of the Magic Knights. Each has small variations in it that makes it even the least bit different from others. However, the correct ones all say that there are three or four Magic Knights. The most accurate one refers to four, in fact. Not directly, though. It mentions there being one for each of the major natural elements. I had always thought that there were four major elements; Wind, Water, Fire, and Thunder. And ruling over all those elements was the Earth element. But, I realized that Thunder was not a major element in Cephiro, so when I counted only three of you, I though the element of Thunder was not going to be counted in the Legend. That is what you need to know. Also, I know the three other Knights here have all had some relation with their element on Earth. Do you, Yunari?"
"OH yeah, do I ever! I have this weird kinship-like relation with the weather. I also am sound-sensitive, which I guess relates to Thunder. I also have lots of..well, problems, with static electricity."
"I see. Well, anyway, you seem to be a favorite person of my tiger-griffin. He's followed you over here," Clef said with a laugh as the tiger-griffin nodded his head and made it's cute little 'chrr' sounds. "Do you like him too, Yunari?"
Yunari vigorously nodded her head up and down. "Yeah, I do too," Hikaru piped in. This time, Clef nodded, noting the two Knights' sincerity. "You two may take ownership of him, then. I cannot keep him in my staff all the time. He can go with you two, and then he'll get more space in your armor gems, or walking with you."
"REALLY?!" exclaimed Hikaru and Yunari. They ran over to Clef and hugged him as he nodded 'yes'.
"Oh, I think you're going to share rooms with your friends; we've renovated all the room to be large enough to accommodate four with extra room, but they're meant for two. You are friends, correct?" Clef asked cautiously.
"Yes; from school. Umi and Fuu met them once at a party, as well,"
"Good. Your rooms are in the same place last year. We're pairing you up for safety measures, and also because we don't have room for..huh? Hold on one minute, please," Clef requested as he turned to see Presea standing in the doorway. "What do you need, Presea?" All the rooms are done being built as you requested, Clef. I know, we got done fast, didn't we?" Presea grinned as she looked at Clef's astonished look.
"Well, I better get going I..HIKARU?! UMI?! FUU?!" Presea ran over to them and they all hugged happily.
"Presea?! It's great to see you!"
"Who are these girls?"
"Yunari Hie-sine."
"Shira Waytye's the name!"
"I'm known as Diamond Faye-tuyl."
"WHAT? Did you say....Faye-tuyl?!" Presea looked shocked.
"Yeah, why?"
"YOU'RE A CEPHIRAN PRINCESS!"
"WHAT!?" Diamond yelled loudly.
"The Faye-tuyl family is a royal family in Cephiro. However, they all died out a while ago. One strain of the family made it to another world. You must be a descendant of that strain," Presea concluded. "Clef, you'll tell me about them later, right?" Diamond asked, now interested in her sudden discovery of family history.
"Of course, Diamond."
"Hopefully, you'll explain why there are four armor-clad girls, too?"
"Yes."
Presea coughed and began again. "Good. Anyway, the whole gang's in the main ballroom, celebrating the disappearance of a Bull-Taurian Turtle-back. That's a huge monster. Clef left to say he wanted to find the source of the magic that destroyed it. The guys are waiting too..." Presea added slyly. "But before you go, I'll have you know that I'm not Presea. I'm sorry I'm telling you so abruptly, but Presea...died. When you thought she did, too. I was the person you saw last year. My name is Sierra. Presea and I are twin sister's. Anyway, Presea was brought back to life by the wave of life energy that followed Debonair's destruction. By the way, Hikaru? That same energy woke up Eagle, who's down at the party. Anyway, I'm sorry that I never told you...that I lied to you...it wasn't fair." A tear slipped down Sierra's cheek as she cried softly, in shame of how she had lied to the original Knights.
"It's OK, Sierra," Fuu said as they all walked up to comfort her. "Look, let's all go to our rooms and change. Then we can hit the party. Hikaru, Umi and I can meet old friends while Yunari, Diamond and Shira make new ones."
"That's a great idea, Fuu!" Shira exclaimed.
"Yeah, I must say that it is," Umi agreed.
"Let's go!" Hikaru concluded.
They all got ready to run through the doorway; to high-tailed it for their rooms, Clef-provided maps in hands. Yunari took a moment, though, and she walked up and scratched the head of the tiger-griffin.
"I think I'll call him Tataka. I really like names that end in 'ka', so please don't be bothered by it if it comes up later." The other girls slightly sweatdropped. "Well, that might explain things later, huh?" Fuu asked, glasses glazed over in white glare. (Lots of 'g' words! (^_~) )
"Yeah, it sure will," Diamond laughed lightly.
"Well, let's get going all ready!" Hikaru exclaimed impatiently, waving her arms in the air. The girls agreed and ran out, followed by Clef and Presea. However, none of them noticed the huge, hidden form standing beside Tataka. Eyes glinting, the animal spoke to Tataka through a dog-like growl, and then it darted off in a flash, jumping down from ledge to ledge before finally reaching the ground and bounding off to a huge nearby forest- like garden-oasis.
"EARRRRRRRRRRRH!"
The cry of the tiger-griffin rang through the air. Our heroines were sitting upon it's back, looking towards the now-visible castle. It grew larger and larger as they neared it, and finally, they landed in the upper opening of the gargantuan structure. As the girls hopped off, they stretched and looked around. They had been flying for one whole day, so as a result, they were very cramped up. After they stretched, they walked to a doorway in which Clef was standing.
"I'm glad you girls have had a safe flight. There are some new flying monsters living in these areas. I was worried you wouldn't make it unharmed."
"It's great to see you too, Clef!" Hikaru spoke happily.
Umi smirked. "Yeah, Clef.......especially since you've grown!"
"Heh heh heh," Clef blushed, scratching the back of his head as he sweatdropped. "Well, I decided that I liked my taller form better for......for many reasons." "Oh, OK, Clef," Fuu said, looking slyly at Umi. Clef began blushing even more when he realized Fuu understood more than he'd wanted her to. He saved himself as he changed the subject. "However, besides your well-timed arrival, I have something else we need to discuss.." Clef ushered the Magic Knights away from Shira, Diamond, and Yunari. He waited until they started discussing Cephiro. He then added with a whisper, "and that would be those three newcomers, " Clef added with a whisper. "You see, all three of them have very familiar auras. And not only that, but they are some of the most powerful ones I've ever felt in my life, and as you know, I've been living for quite some time now. The only people whose auras match theirs are the pillars, particularly Princess Emeraude, and you three. Also, your main Mah-tayian friends, i.e. your boyfre....*cough*...excuse me, Lantis, Sierra, Presea, Caldina, Ascot, Lafarga, Eagle, Ferio, and myself, as well as a few other people." Umi, Hikaru, and Fuu all gasped upon hearing this information.
"But, Clef, why did you need to know which of them used mag..." Umi began. Before she could finish, though, he cut her off, answering her question in the process. "I need you to tell me which one of you defeated that monster using magic. It is very important that I get this information down. That magic is so familiar, though I don't know where or when from. It does seem recent..." Clef trailed off, lost in thought. He was brought back to the present when Hikaru pointed at Yunari and said, "She used magic. And from the appearance of it, I think it was like Lantis' magic- it was an attack made of lightning."
Clef's head snapped up. 'Could it be.' he thought to himself. He walked over to Yunari. He was about to talk to her about her magic, when suddenly, his staff acted like it had near Umi, Hikaru, and Fuu...'when they got their armor,' Clef realized. Just the moment he did, the gem on the staff began glowing furiously. "What the." Clef began, as he noticed that Yunari was glowing as well. He and all the girls gasped and stepped away from her as what seemed to be magical bolts of electricity surrounded her now clothes-lacking body. "THUNDER MAGIC! Oh GOSH!" Every one of the girls stared at him for a moment. Clef's staff was, at that point, shaking and shuddering violently, and soon, Clef, Diamond, and Shira were the only people wearing clothing. This was because Hikaru, Fuu, and Umi had also gone clothes-less, surrounded by wisps of magic fire, wind, and water. In a moment or two, Umi Fuu, Hikaru, and Yunari gained their clothing back. The Knights had received their armor, too. But to everyone's surprise, they weren't alone armor-wise. Not only were Yunari's clothes back, but she had gained armor that resembled Hikaru's, Umi's, and Fuu's first-form of evolving armor. The only difference was that the gems on her armor were yellow in color. Immeadiately after the girls blinked and stared at the armor they had, Yunari's began glowing, as it evolved to the second form. And following a pause it evolved again and again until it reached the time for it to evolve into the final form. It didn't do that; instead, it turned into the armor the three Knights had had the second time the came to Cephiro. That was what they had now.
Everyone in the room gaped at Yunari, who stood there, blinking helplessly. "I'm, sorry; did I do something wrong to make that happen?" she whimpered. "No, you didn't, but this means..What is your names you three? I mean the newcomers." Clef added before they could ask which three.
"My name is Diamond Faye-tuyl."
"I'm Shira Waytye, nice to meet you, uh...Clef, right?"
"Yes, how did you..never mind. What's your name, Knight of Thunder?"
"KNIGHT OF THUNDER?!" The girls all gasped. "Calm down," Clef said before the girls could kill him with questions.
"I take it Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu have told you their stories. Yes, I will explain in a moment, but you are apparently a Magic Knight, otherwise my staff would not have provided you with armor. But first, what is your name?" Clef began to get impatient. "My name is Yunari Hie-sine."
"Good. It's been nice meeting you. Now, I must tell you this so you understand. There are several versions of the Legend of the Magic Knights. Each has small variations in it that makes it even the least bit different from others. However, the correct ones all say that there are three or four Magic Knights. The most accurate one refers to four, in fact. Not directly, though. It mentions there being one for each of the major natural elements. I had always thought that there were four major elements; Wind, Water, Fire, and Thunder. And ruling over all those elements was the Earth element. But, I realized that Thunder was not a major element in Cephiro, so when I counted only three of you, I though the element of Thunder was not going to be counted in the Legend. That is what you need to know. Also, I know the three other Knights here have all had some relation with their element on Earth. Do you, Yunari?"
"OH yeah, do I ever! I have this weird kinship-like relation with the weather. I also am sound-sensitive, which I guess relates to Thunder. I also have lots of..well, problems, with static electricity."
"I see. Well, anyway, you seem to be a favorite person of my tiger-griffin. He's followed you over here," Clef said with a laugh as the tiger-griffin nodded his head and made it's cute little 'chrr' sounds. "Do you like him too, Yunari?"
Yunari vigorously nodded her head up and down. "Yeah, I do too," Hikaru piped in. This time, Clef nodded, noting the two Knights' sincerity. "You two may take ownership of him, then. I cannot keep him in my staff all the time. He can go with you two, and then he'll get more space in your armor gems, or walking with you."
"REALLY?!" exclaimed Hikaru and Yunari. They ran over to Clef and hugged him as he nodded 'yes'.
"Oh, I think you're going to share rooms with your friends; we've renovated all the room to be large enough to accommodate four with extra room, but they're meant for two. You are friends, correct?" Clef asked cautiously.
"Yes; from school. Umi and Fuu met them once at a party, as well,"
"Good. Your rooms are in the same place last year. We're pairing you up for safety measures, and also because we don't have room for..huh? Hold on one minute, please," Clef requested as he turned to see Presea standing in the doorway. "What do you need, Presea?" All the rooms are done being built as you requested, Clef. I know, we got done fast, didn't we?" Presea grinned as she looked at Clef's astonished look.
"Well, I better get going I..HIKARU?! UMI?! FUU?!" Presea ran over to them and they all hugged happily.
"Presea?! It's great to see you!"
"Who are these girls?"
"Yunari Hie-sine."
"Shira Waytye's the name!"
"I'm known as Diamond Faye-tuyl."
"WHAT? Did you say....Faye-tuyl?!" Presea looked shocked.
"Yeah, why?"
"YOU'RE A CEPHIRAN PRINCESS!"
"WHAT!?" Diamond yelled loudly.
"The Faye-tuyl family is a royal family in Cephiro. However, they all died out a while ago. One strain of the family made it to another world. You must be a descendant of that strain," Presea concluded. "Clef, you'll tell me about them later, right?" Diamond asked, now interested in her sudden discovery of family history.
"Of course, Diamond."
"Hopefully, you'll explain why there are four armor-clad girls, too?"
"Yes."
Presea coughed and began again. "Good. Anyway, the whole gang's in the main ballroom, celebrating the disappearance of a Bull-Taurian Turtle-back. That's a huge monster. Clef left to say he wanted to find the source of the magic that destroyed it. The guys are waiting too..." Presea added slyly. "But before you go, I'll have you know that I'm not Presea. I'm sorry I'm telling you so abruptly, but Presea...died. When you thought she did, too. I was the person you saw last year. My name is Sierra. Presea and I are twin sister's. Anyway, Presea was brought back to life by the wave of life energy that followed Debonair's destruction. By the way, Hikaru? That same energy woke up Eagle, who's down at the party. Anyway, I'm sorry that I never told you...that I lied to you...it wasn't fair." A tear slipped down Sierra's cheek as she cried softly, in shame of how she had lied to the original Knights.
"It's OK, Sierra," Fuu said as they all walked up to comfort her. "Look, let's all go to our rooms and change. Then we can hit the party. Hikaru, Umi and I can meet old friends while Yunari, Diamond and Shira make new ones."
"That's a great idea, Fuu!" Shira exclaimed.
"Yeah, I must say that it is," Umi agreed.
"Let's go!" Hikaru concluded.
They all got ready to run through the doorway; to high-tailed it for their rooms, Clef-provided maps in hands. Yunari took a moment, though, and she walked up and scratched the head of the tiger-griffin.
"I think I'll call him Tataka. I really like names that end in 'ka', so please don't be bothered by it if it comes up later." The other girls slightly sweatdropped. "Well, that might explain things later, huh?" Fuu asked, glasses glazed over in white glare. (Lots of 'g' words! (^_~) )
"Yeah, it sure will," Diamond laughed lightly.
"Well, let's get going all ready!" Hikaru exclaimed impatiently, waving her arms in the air. The girls agreed and ran out, followed by Clef and Presea. However, none of them noticed the huge, hidden form standing beside Tataka. Eyes glinting, the animal spoke to Tataka through a dog-like growl, and then it darted off in a flash, jumping down from ledge to ledge before finally reaching the ground and bounding off to a huge nearby forest- like garden-oasis.