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Dedication: To every hardcore Gundam Wing fan! Oh and to my mom for fixing the D*^#$ computer! And as always, to all my fans!...I DO have fans don't I?!
AN: Okay a lot of important info is coming in this chapter so pay attention! A lot of your questions will be answered! Okay?! All right! Wish me luck! ///^.^!
Reflections Chapter seven: Mystery Unveiled
"Hey! Who's Out there?" Wufei drew Kizoku, preparing to fight. ^I know I heard a scream. There has got to be someone out here and likely I'll find one of the Demons with her. Damn, I should have woken one of the others but it's too late for that now. I'm not going to let any more innocents die. This has to stop.^ Wait! He saw someone. Two someones actually. There was a short redheaded girl preparing to fight what only could be the Demon Skyjolt. Wufei stepped out of the trees prepared for battle, "So we meet again Demon." He waved at the strange girl standing near him, "Let her go. It's me you want to fight." Much to Wufei's surprise the girl pushed him away and shouted, "No! You go! Get your friends and leave! Grab my companion over there if she won't burden you but leave as quickly as you can!" She pointed to a prone figure lying near a tree and when Wufei did not move she yelled, "I can at least buy you some time! Go Damn it! Go!" Wufei shook his head, "I can't. I can't leave a woman in danger, now step aside. You don't have enough power to beat the Demon I can see it in your eyes. Take your friend back to camp and wake my fellow pilots." The strange girl looked him in the eyes for a moment and then said, "All right, but don't go and get your fool self killed. You hear me?" Having said what she needed to say the strange girl fled into the night, she and her companion becoming nothing more than a shadow. "Such," The demon snapped cruelly, "A touching reunion. After I finish with you I'll kill the other chosen and nothing will stand in Lord Wyrm's way." Lightning glittered around her in a small circle and then faded as she smiled a cold-blooded smile, "You know, it's quite a pity, having to kill you. You are kinda cute. Oh well." She again raised her arms and lightning fell from the sky. Wufei did not move and the lightning just seemed to go around an invisible dome around him. Hissing the demon suddenly grew. The small beautiful features turned large and grotesque. Before Wufei stood a Wyvern (An: Info on Wyverns at end of chapter.) as pale as gold with long gleaming claws and fangs. Wufei charged in bravely, Kizoku weaving and slicing like some sort of irate metal snake. But alas! The Demon had our hero matched stroke for stroke and things looked bleak for Wufei. "The end issss nearrr morrrtal," The Wyvern's voice was a loud hissing whisper. "It," Wufei dodged a swing that would have dislodged head from shoulders, "Isn't over until I say it's over!" The struggle continued with both occupants bleeding and unwilling to give up. At long last Wufei was forced to the ground, covered in blood that was both his own and Skyjolt's. As he prepared himself for one final burst that would probably kill them both an arrow suddenly appeared in one of the Demon's gleaming golden eyes. As the Demon fell back Wufei staggered to his feet, looking for the archer. Nearly silent feet landed beside the wounded warrior and he looked to his right to see Trowa, hair shining from the starlight omitting from the now clear sky. "Hello Wufei," Trowa drew his dagger and faced the demon. "You have no chance." He called, "You can't beat us all at once." "That's right!" Duo stepped out of the shadows next to Trowa, violet eyes gleaming with an inner light, "Your little Demon a$$ is grass!" Quatre and Heero emerged from the brush after the braided pilot. "Thisss isssn't overr!" Skyjolt seemed to weep blood from her injured eye, "I will have my rrrevenge!" With a clap of thunder she was gone and the Chosen ones stood alone in the blue-gray light of starry hope. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "Ow!" Iris exclaimed for what must have been the third time in five minutes, "I think you're really tying that bandage too tight. Look! My arm's turning red! Oh wait, that's just blood! Whoops! Silly me!" The girl was sitting next to the small fire that the boys had started earlier with Duo tending to her wounded arm. Across the fire from them Rose was bandaging up Wufei. "There!" Duo grinned, "You're all fixed up!" His smile faded, "But I think we all want an explanation from our ever-so-elusive Guardians." From across the fire Rose sighed, "Where do you want us to start?" "Why don't you start at the beginning?" Quatre's smile was warm as always but his eyes were inquisitive, "We can talk as we ride. If you don't have your own mounts you can double up with some of us." Iris beamed, "Oh, we have mounts." She and Rose both gave a long high- pitched whistle and large wolf accompanied by an sleek black panther appeared. A gray wolf with a ring of pure white around the neck curled up by Rose while a black panther large enough to ride on like a pony with green eyes the color of Oak leaves stepped toward Iris. Rose smiled and said, "Shall we ride?" *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* AN: This is going a bit into the past so bear with me. Basically it's explaining the legend and how Rose and Iris were chosen as guardians. It's from a different point of view but keep reading! I will try to make it interesting! *~*~*~*~*~* (Iris) ~_^! I never knew who my real parents were. I was found on the steps of the church in Tamsin, a small fisherman's village sixteen years ago, as a newborn child. The people of the town took me in and raised me, naming me after the flower they found in the basket beside me. The village was a happy place. Pirates were scarce and trade was plenty, so the people were content and prosperous. I was probably the happiest child in the world. Everyone knew me so it was like having one big family. I stayed in Tamsin until I was eight; that was when the world I knew fell down around my ears. A band of men and demons come to our village looking for a girl with a birthmark in the shape of a half moon. That child was me, of course. The people of the village claimed me as their own and were unwilling to give me up. They told me to run into the nearby woods as they defended me. Being only a child, I ran, as fast as I could into the woods. I hid myself in a hollow of an old oak tree and listened to the sounds of fighting in the village. Hours passed, until the demon horde moved on, still searching for me. One came dangerously close to my hiding place, but I was not found. After they had all passed I ran back to the village. There was nothing left. The houses had been burned to the ground all save the still standing, though burned, church. The people had been tortured to death, their insides thrown everywhere and their blood smeared on the doors of the church in a message. "We will find you." Was all it said. Heartbroken and alone I traveled east, the opposite direction of the demons. I traveled for a week, living off what few berries and such that I could find. Scarcely stopping to sleep in fear of what I might find or, even worse, what might find me, I had little energy left. Finally, I quit. I could not and would not go any further. With tears streaming down my face, I lay down and waited to meet my big happy family again. Closing my eyes I sank down into despairing darkness. I do not know how long I was out but when I returned to consciousness my eyes were level with a pair of big oak green ones. Realizing my situation I shrieked and threw myself away from, what had to be, the biggest, blackest panther ever to walk the world! "H-Hello there kitty," I smiled nervously, "Niiice kitty...you aren't gonna eat me are you? Cuz' you know I'm really not that tasty. In fact I'd probably be rather stringy." Eating me, however, seemed to be the furthest thing from the panther's mind. In fact, the creature urged me up onto its back and proceeded to race into the forest. At the time I thought that I had gone nuts...the panther was TALKING to me! Not in words, but more like pictures. He said his name was Nightshade and that he had been waiting for me for a long time. We traveled for quite some distance and then came to what seemed to be a cliff face covered in vines. "Well, Nightshade, where do we go from here?" I asked. Apparently the cat thought it was on the other side of the cliff. "Umm...buddy, I hate to break it to you but I can't climb that and the last time I checked I did not have wings." The panther seemed to chuckle and then walked THROUGH the vines and cliff. Stunned, but with nothing better to do I walked in after it. Nothing could have prepared me for what I saw. In front of my eyes was the largest, greenest forest that I had ever seen. The trees were old and tall and houses had been built high up in them, like well...big tree houses. Everything was brightly decorated and silver adorned most of the art. As unusual as the setting was what unnerved me the most was the inhabitants. They were elves. I, of course, had heard of elves as a younger child but had dismissed them as fairy tales. Now seeing them in front of my very eyes was quite unnerving. One of them approached me. I could not tell how old he was by his face but his eyes showed the wisdom of centuries. He smiled at the panther and said, "Nightshade! I see you've finally found your Companion." I mustered as warm of a smile as I could and said, "Hello, sir, my name's Iris. If I'm any trouble I c-" Cutting my lament off with a wave of a long fingered hand he smiled, "You are not any trouble at all. My name is...long and hard for humans to pronounce...I guess I forgot." He laughed, a clear strong sound, "Just call me Silverthorn. Now as for you young lady you look like you've had quite a journey. There will be time enough for acquaintances in the morning. Tonight we will see that you are well cared for and you can tell us your story in the morning. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* AN: Okay switching back to normal for a sec here! Also "You" is referring to the G-Boys cuz the story is being told to them and I didn't want to bother with all of the quotes! ~*~*~*~*~*~* Stretching her shoulders Iris finished, "My story gets a bit garbled here so I think Rose should tell her half." "Wait," Duo interrupted, "You were an orphan?" "Yeah." Iris looked Duo in the eyes, "Why do you want to know?" "I'll tell you later." Duo grinned, "Besides! I want to know the rest of your story." "Alright," Rose took a deep breath, "Here goes..." *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* (Rose) @---- I, like Iris, was an orphan. I, however, was found under a weeping willow tree near the City of Elves. Silverthorn took the role as my caretaker and I was raised as an elven child would be. I was taught the art of magic and learned to respect and know the land. I learned the legends and was taught the ways of the elven race. Even though I had never seen a human I knew that I was one. I had read about them in my books and I seemed to fit the description. Besides, I was quite unusual for an elf. I had a birthmark in the shape of a half moon on my right arm, I grew very quickly and was taller, though not by much, and stockier than my elven brethren. Also, I was chosen to be a Companion. That in itself was odd but the really surprising thing was that my Companion was the alpha-male of the one and only pack of magical wolves and had gone centuries (AN:They're magical wolves ok? So sue me! It's my story anyway! ~_^!) without ever taking a Companion, though the rest of the pack, younger than him, had a long time ago. As if my life wasn't strange enough, for a human girl raised by elves, Chosen at the age of eight by ancient magical wolf, I soon met my first human. A week after Starcircle, my Companion, Chose me my father told me of a prophecy he had been having since he found me. "There is an ancient beast in this forest. His name is Nightshade. Like your Companion he has gone for centuries without Choosing. Soon he will meet a human girl that will melt his cold heart and he will bring her here to be taught how to use her magic. That girl, Rose, is your twin. You are not identical. According to the prophesy you look as different as night and day. Upon meeting, something will happen and history will be changed forever, though my vision gets foggy there." I was, of course, nervous. Who wouldn't be? I was about to meet my twin HUMAN sister and change the course of history for goodness sakes! But I had no time to be nervous. That evening she showed up. Her name was Iris. My father greeted her and saw that she was tended in our home. In the morning the girl awoke and introduced herself with a smile. "Hello!" Iris smiled, "My name's Iris if you didn't know, though I think your father already told you. He filled me in on the prophesy." I had never met anyone so CHEERFUL, "Nice to meet you too." I have to admit that I wasn't very impressed with her at first, "So I guess we're twins." "Yup!" Yet another grin beamed across the girl's face, "And since were gonna be sisters we have to friends! Lets shake on it!" She extended her right hand out to me and I noticed something, "Hey! We have a matching birthmark. That's odd..." Grinning Iris shook off my suspicion and clasped my hand warmly. Hot searing pain lanced through my right arm and I wailed. My mind and body keened in agony as, it seemed my knowledge was going out and hers going in. After what seemed like hours, but was only seconds we took our hands apart. It was amazing! I knew everything about her, and I suspected she knew me. Every lesson she had learned in life was embedded in my memory. Looking down at my right hand I saw that my birthmark had changed to white circle, a full moon, while Iris' had changed to a black circle, a new moon. "Wow..." I sat down, overwhelmed. "No kidding," Iris' ever-present smile was gone and she had gone white, "Magic...wow...so it isn't just fairy tales...great...first elves now magic...how do I get myself into these situations?" To cut the small talk, basically Iris and I now pretty much shared a brain. We had to talk like normal people of course, we had a mind link to our Companions but not to our twin. Instead it was a feeling like someone was 'there'. To top it all off she had full knowledge of all of my magic learning and was as capable as I was. ^Great,^ I thought, ^I learn magic my whole life and she learns it all in less than a minute!^ Together we spent the next seven years of our lives. We had finished our training and both excelled in the field of magic. Life couldn't have been any better, so naturally, it got worse...much worse. Apparently Iris' demon horde finally managed to locate her. The elves told us to run and run we did. I regret it to this day. If we had stayed the elves might have won. Though the Elders wouldn't admit it, two human girls had surpassed the elven standards for magic in only fifteen years. In their minds they knew that we truly were the children of prophesy, destined to free the world of the Demon Wyrm's tyranny. You see, we did not know, but most of the world was ruled by a cruel demon. Our small chunk of the world had been left unconquered because it was 'worthless' . In fact, until Iris and I showed up, the elves had managed to hide themselves from the Demon Wyrm and his army. Safe from harm the people in this corner of the world had no fear of the Demon Army. We destroyed all of that. The Demon Wyrm wanted us because we would guard the world and help the Chosen Ones, the Children of Destiny destroy him. As we fled from the village the elven people, with their dieing breath gave us the knowledge and agelessness of the elves. Iris and I learned then of the Demon Wyrm's iron rule and we vowed to avenge both my village and the remainder of the elven race. We traveled and soon found the village that you came across. It was whole at the time and we learned about the Keepers of Legend in the village and how they planned to bring you here to save both our worlds. We could not aid them in bringing you here but we promised to guard and keep you safe at all costs. Their efforts were discovered by the Wyrm's Five, the Demonesses that have been trying to kill you. They destroyed the village and planned to do away with you themselves. In order to overcome you they had to bring you here. They had planned to kill you in a demon-dream but we interfered and freed you of your nightmares. We filled the cottage in the woods and healed Trowa while you all slept and supplied you with the magical items of legend that were assigned to you. We watched you, not showing ourselves, but being prepared to help if necessary. The rest, you all should know by now... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* "So there you have it." Rose sighed and scratched her Companion behind one large ear. "I hope, " Iris seemed crestfallen, "That we haven't disappointed you." Quatre smiled kindly, "Why would we be disappointed?" Iris was puzzled, "Why shouldn't you be? Your Guardians have less power than you do and we're almost as unfamiliar with this part of the world as you are! We were supposed to save your lives, not the other way around!" "Hey!" Duo grinned, "You saved us first! We were just payin' back the favor. Besides," his smile turned sinister, "It's not every day that a guy gets to travel with a couple of babes like you two!" Iris grinned, her white teeth exposed, "So I guess I can take that as a 'yes'?" And so the merry band of Chosen gained a couple members and a lot of knowledge. But would it be enough? *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
AN: Well that's it for chapter seven! Wow! Seven pages! Phew! I hope it wasn't too confusing. Oh and a Wyvern is like a dragon with no fire or wings but has poison. In this case the Wyvern had the power of lightning magic as well. Also a Wyvern is smaller than a dragon. Think a little bigger than a Clydesdale. Okaly dokaly? Allrighty then! Questions and comments welcome at hyeperbubchick@hotmail.com No Yaoi or shonen-ai in any of my fiction as usual. The next chapter will be coming ASAP but right now I am going off to bed! This is your Authoress saying 'Viva La Yoga' and 'May the Shwartz be with you'!
Dedication: To every hardcore Gundam Wing fan! Oh and to my mom for fixing the D*^#$ computer! And as always, to all my fans!...I DO have fans don't I?!
AN: Okay a lot of important info is coming in this chapter so pay attention! A lot of your questions will be answered! Okay?! All right! Wish me luck! ///^.^!
Reflections Chapter seven: Mystery Unveiled
"Hey! Who's Out there?" Wufei drew Kizoku, preparing to fight. ^I know I heard a scream. There has got to be someone out here and likely I'll find one of the Demons with her. Damn, I should have woken one of the others but it's too late for that now. I'm not going to let any more innocents die. This has to stop.^ Wait! He saw someone. Two someones actually. There was a short redheaded girl preparing to fight what only could be the Demon Skyjolt. Wufei stepped out of the trees prepared for battle, "So we meet again Demon." He waved at the strange girl standing near him, "Let her go. It's me you want to fight." Much to Wufei's surprise the girl pushed him away and shouted, "No! You go! Get your friends and leave! Grab my companion over there if she won't burden you but leave as quickly as you can!" She pointed to a prone figure lying near a tree and when Wufei did not move she yelled, "I can at least buy you some time! Go Damn it! Go!" Wufei shook his head, "I can't. I can't leave a woman in danger, now step aside. You don't have enough power to beat the Demon I can see it in your eyes. Take your friend back to camp and wake my fellow pilots." The strange girl looked him in the eyes for a moment and then said, "All right, but don't go and get your fool self killed. You hear me?" Having said what she needed to say the strange girl fled into the night, she and her companion becoming nothing more than a shadow. "Such," The demon snapped cruelly, "A touching reunion. After I finish with you I'll kill the other chosen and nothing will stand in Lord Wyrm's way." Lightning glittered around her in a small circle and then faded as she smiled a cold-blooded smile, "You know, it's quite a pity, having to kill you. You are kinda cute. Oh well." She again raised her arms and lightning fell from the sky. Wufei did not move and the lightning just seemed to go around an invisible dome around him. Hissing the demon suddenly grew. The small beautiful features turned large and grotesque. Before Wufei stood a Wyvern (An: Info on Wyverns at end of chapter.) as pale as gold with long gleaming claws and fangs. Wufei charged in bravely, Kizoku weaving and slicing like some sort of irate metal snake. But alas! The Demon had our hero matched stroke for stroke and things looked bleak for Wufei. "The end issss nearrr morrrtal," The Wyvern's voice was a loud hissing whisper. "It," Wufei dodged a swing that would have dislodged head from shoulders, "Isn't over until I say it's over!" The struggle continued with both occupants bleeding and unwilling to give up. At long last Wufei was forced to the ground, covered in blood that was both his own and Skyjolt's. As he prepared himself for one final burst that would probably kill them both an arrow suddenly appeared in one of the Demon's gleaming golden eyes. As the Demon fell back Wufei staggered to his feet, looking for the archer. Nearly silent feet landed beside the wounded warrior and he looked to his right to see Trowa, hair shining from the starlight omitting from the now clear sky. "Hello Wufei," Trowa drew his dagger and faced the demon. "You have no chance." He called, "You can't beat us all at once." "That's right!" Duo stepped out of the shadows next to Trowa, violet eyes gleaming with an inner light, "Your little Demon a$$ is grass!" Quatre and Heero emerged from the brush after the braided pilot. "Thisss isssn't overr!" Skyjolt seemed to weep blood from her injured eye, "I will have my rrrevenge!" With a clap of thunder she was gone and the Chosen ones stood alone in the blue-gray light of starry hope. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "Ow!" Iris exclaimed for what must have been the third time in five minutes, "I think you're really tying that bandage too tight. Look! My arm's turning red! Oh wait, that's just blood! Whoops! Silly me!" The girl was sitting next to the small fire that the boys had started earlier with Duo tending to her wounded arm. Across the fire from them Rose was bandaging up Wufei. "There!" Duo grinned, "You're all fixed up!" His smile faded, "But I think we all want an explanation from our ever-so-elusive Guardians." From across the fire Rose sighed, "Where do you want us to start?" "Why don't you start at the beginning?" Quatre's smile was warm as always but his eyes were inquisitive, "We can talk as we ride. If you don't have your own mounts you can double up with some of us." Iris beamed, "Oh, we have mounts." She and Rose both gave a long high- pitched whistle and large wolf accompanied by an sleek black panther appeared. A gray wolf with a ring of pure white around the neck curled up by Rose while a black panther large enough to ride on like a pony with green eyes the color of Oak leaves stepped toward Iris. Rose smiled and said, "Shall we ride?" *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* AN: This is going a bit into the past so bear with me. Basically it's explaining the legend and how Rose and Iris were chosen as guardians. It's from a different point of view but keep reading! I will try to make it interesting! *~*~*~*~*~* (Iris) ~_^! I never knew who my real parents were. I was found on the steps of the church in Tamsin, a small fisherman's village sixteen years ago, as a newborn child. The people of the town took me in and raised me, naming me after the flower they found in the basket beside me. The village was a happy place. Pirates were scarce and trade was plenty, so the people were content and prosperous. I was probably the happiest child in the world. Everyone knew me so it was like having one big family. I stayed in Tamsin until I was eight; that was when the world I knew fell down around my ears. A band of men and demons come to our village looking for a girl with a birthmark in the shape of a half moon. That child was me, of course. The people of the village claimed me as their own and were unwilling to give me up. They told me to run into the nearby woods as they defended me. Being only a child, I ran, as fast as I could into the woods. I hid myself in a hollow of an old oak tree and listened to the sounds of fighting in the village. Hours passed, until the demon horde moved on, still searching for me. One came dangerously close to my hiding place, but I was not found. After they had all passed I ran back to the village. There was nothing left. The houses had been burned to the ground all save the still standing, though burned, church. The people had been tortured to death, their insides thrown everywhere and their blood smeared on the doors of the church in a message. "We will find you." Was all it said. Heartbroken and alone I traveled east, the opposite direction of the demons. I traveled for a week, living off what few berries and such that I could find. Scarcely stopping to sleep in fear of what I might find or, even worse, what might find me, I had little energy left. Finally, I quit. I could not and would not go any further. With tears streaming down my face, I lay down and waited to meet my big happy family again. Closing my eyes I sank down into despairing darkness. I do not know how long I was out but when I returned to consciousness my eyes were level with a pair of big oak green ones. Realizing my situation I shrieked and threw myself away from, what had to be, the biggest, blackest panther ever to walk the world! "H-Hello there kitty," I smiled nervously, "Niiice kitty...you aren't gonna eat me are you? Cuz' you know I'm really not that tasty. In fact I'd probably be rather stringy." Eating me, however, seemed to be the furthest thing from the panther's mind. In fact, the creature urged me up onto its back and proceeded to race into the forest. At the time I thought that I had gone nuts...the panther was TALKING to me! Not in words, but more like pictures. He said his name was Nightshade and that he had been waiting for me for a long time. We traveled for quite some distance and then came to what seemed to be a cliff face covered in vines. "Well, Nightshade, where do we go from here?" I asked. Apparently the cat thought it was on the other side of the cliff. "Umm...buddy, I hate to break it to you but I can't climb that and the last time I checked I did not have wings." The panther seemed to chuckle and then walked THROUGH the vines and cliff. Stunned, but with nothing better to do I walked in after it. Nothing could have prepared me for what I saw. In front of my eyes was the largest, greenest forest that I had ever seen. The trees were old and tall and houses had been built high up in them, like well...big tree houses. Everything was brightly decorated and silver adorned most of the art. As unusual as the setting was what unnerved me the most was the inhabitants. They were elves. I, of course, had heard of elves as a younger child but had dismissed them as fairy tales. Now seeing them in front of my very eyes was quite unnerving. One of them approached me. I could not tell how old he was by his face but his eyes showed the wisdom of centuries. He smiled at the panther and said, "Nightshade! I see you've finally found your Companion." I mustered as warm of a smile as I could and said, "Hello, sir, my name's Iris. If I'm any trouble I c-" Cutting my lament off with a wave of a long fingered hand he smiled, "You are not any trouble at all. My name is...long and hard for humans to pronounce...I guess I forgot." He laughed, a clear strong sound, "Just call me Silverthorn. Now as for you young lady you look like you've had quite a journey. There will be time enough for acquaintances in the morning. Tonight we will see that you are well cared for and you can tell us your story in the morning. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* AN: Okay switching back to normal for a sec here! Also "You" is referring to the G-Boys cuz the story is being told to them and I didn't want to bother with all of the quotes! ~*~*~*~*~*~* Stretching her shoulders Iris finished, "My story gets a bit garbled here so I think Rose should tell her half." "Wait," Duo interrupted, "You were an orphan?" "Yeah." Iris looked Duo in the eyes, "Why do you want to know?" "I'll tell you later." Duo grinned, "Besides! I want to know the rest of your story." "Alright," Rose took a deep breath, "Here goes..." *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* (Rose) @---- I, like Iris, was an orphan. I, however, was found under a weeping willow tree near the City of Elves. Silverthorn took the role as my caretaker and I was raised as an elven child would be. I was taught the art of magic and learned to respect and know the land. I learned the legends and was taught the ways of the elven race. Even though I had never seen a human I knew that I was one. I had read about them in my books and I seemed to fit the description. Besides, I was quite unusual for an elf. I had a birthmark in the shape of a half moon on my right arm, I grew very quickly and was taller, though not by much, and stockier than my elven brethren. Also, I was chosen to be a Companion. That in itself was odd but the really surprising thing was that my Companion was the alpha-male of the one and only pack of magical wolves and had gone centuries (AN:They're magical wolves ok? So sue me! It's my story anyway! ~_^!) without ever taking a Companion, though the rest of the pack, younger than him, had a long time ago. As if my life wasn't strange enough, for a human girl raised by elves, Chosen at the age of eight by ancient magical wolf, I soon met my first human. A week after Starcircle, my Companion, Chose me my father told me of a prophecy he had been having since he found me. "There is an ancient beast in this forest. His name is Nightshade. Like your Companion he has gone for centuries without Choosing. Soon he will meet a human girl that will melt his cold heart and he will bring her here to be taught how to use her magic. That girl, Rose, is your twin. You are not identical. According to the prophesy you look as different as night and day. Upon meeting, something will happen and history will be changed forever, though my vision gets foggy there." I was, of course, nervous. Who wouldn't be? I was about to meet my twin HUMAN sister and change the course of history for goodness sakes! But I had no time to be nervous. That evening she showed up. Her name was Iris. My father greeted her and saw that she was tended in our home. In the morning the girl awoke and introduced herself with a smile. "Hello!" Iris smiled, "My name's Iris if you didn't know, though I think your father already told you. He filled me in on the prophesy." I had never met anyone so CHEERFUL, "Nice to meet you too." I have to admit that I wasn't very impressed with her at first, "So I guess we're twins." "Yup!" Yet another grin beamed across the girl's face, "And since were gonna be sisters we have to friends! Lets shake on it!" She extended her right hand out to me and I noticed something, "Hey! We have a matching birthmark. That's odd..." Grinning Iris shook off my suspicion and clasped my hand warmly. Hot searing pain lanced through my right arm and I wailed. My mind and body keened in agony as, it seemed my knowledge was going out and hers going in. After what seemed like hours, but was only seconds we took our hands apart. It was amazing! I knew everything about her, and I suspected she knew me. Every lesson she had learned in life was embedded in my memory. Looking down at my right hand I saw that my birthmark had changed to white circle, a full moon, while Iris' had changed to a black circle, a new moon. "Wow..." I sat down, overwhelmed. "No kidding," Iris' ever-present smile was gone and she had gone white, "Magic...wow...so it isn't just fairy tales...great...first elves now magic...how do I get myself into these situations?" To cut the small talk, basically Iris and I now pretty much shared a brain. We had to talk like normal people of course, we had a mind link to our Companions but not to our twin. Instead it was a feeling like someone was 'there'. To top it all off she had full knowledge of all of my magic learning and was as capable as I was. ^Great,^ I thought, ^I learn magic my whole life and she learns it all in less than a minute!^ Together we spent the next seven years of our lives. We had finished our training and both excelled in the field of magic. Life couldn't have been any better, so naturally, it got worse...much worse. Apparently Iris' demon horde finally managed to locate her. The elves told us to run and run we did. I regret it to this day. If we had stayed the elves might have won. Though the Elders wouldn't admit it, two human girls had surpassed the elven standards for magic in only fifteen years. In their minds they knew that we truly were the children of prophesy, destined to free the world of the Demon Wyrm's tyranny. You see, we did not know, but most of the world was ruled by a cruel demon. Our small chunk of the world had been left unconquered because it was 'worthless' . In fact, until Iris and I showed up, the elves had managed to hide themselves from the Demon Wyrm and his army. Safe from harm the people in this corner of the world had no fear of the Demon Army. We destroyed all of that. The Demon Wyrm wanted us because we would guard the world and help the Chosen Ones, the Children of Destiny destroy him. As we fled from the village the elven people, with their dieing breath gave us the knowledge and agelessness of the elves. Iris and I learned then of the Demon Wyrm's iron rule and we vowed to avenge both my village and the remainder of the elven race. We traveled and soon found the village that you came across. It was whole at the time and we learned about the Keepers of Legend in the village and how they planned to bring you here to save both our worlds. We could not aid them in bringing you here but we promised to guard and keep you safe at all costs. Their efforts were discovered by the Wyrm's Five, the Demonesses that have been trying to kill you. They destroyed the village and planned to do away with you themselves. In order to overcome you they had to bring you here. They had planned to kill you in a demon-dream but we interfered and freed you of your nightmares. We filled the cottage in the woods and healed Trowa while you all slept and supplied you with the magical items of legend that were assigned to you. We watched you, not showing ourselves, but being prepared to help if necessary. The rest, you all should know by now... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* "So there you have it." Rose sighed and scratched her Companion behind one large ear. "I hope, " Iris seemed crestfallen, "That we haven't disappointed you." Quatre smiled kindly, "Why would we be disappointed?" Iris was puzzled, "Why shouldn't you be? Your Guardians have less power than you do and we're almost as unfamiliar with this part of the world as you are! We were supposed to save your lives, not the other way around!" "Hey!" Duo grinned, "You saved us first! We were just payin' back the favor. Besides," his smile turned sinister, "It's not every day that a guy gets to travel with a couple of babes like you two!" Iris grinned, her white teeth exposed, "So I guess I can take that as a 'yes'?" And so the merry band of Chosen gained a couple members and a lot of knowledge. But would it be enough? *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
AN: Well that's it for chapter seven! Wow! Seven pages! Phew! I hope it wasn't too confusing. Oh and a Wyvern is like a dragon with no fire or wings but has poison. In this case the Wyvern had the power of lightning magic as well. Also a Wyvern is smaller than a dragon. Think a little bigger than a Clydesdale. Okaly dokaly? Allrighty then! Questions and comments welcome at hyeperbubchick@hotmail.com No Yaoi or shonen-ai in any of my fiction as usual. The next chapter will be coming ASAP but right now I am going off to bed! This is your Authoress saying 'Viva La Yoga' and 'May the Shwartz be with you'!