This next chapter is short, and is one of the very few chapters in which is
centered on characters other than Hikaru and the 'mysterious girl'. Enjoy!
(I hope!)
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1 CHAPTER 2: CLEF'S ACCOUNT
Clef's head jerked up as he felt a new life-force enter the Castle of Cephiro. It had the strength of a Magic Knight…perhaps a powerful Sorcerer or Swordsman. Deep in thought, he paced around the throne room, trying to make sense of the near impossible.
Ferio watched silently as the Master Mage strode back and forth, wondering what was wrong. Presea didn't need to tell Ferio to not talk to Clef when he was like this; Ferio knew. Suddenly, Clef looked around wildly, his eyes searching for something Ferio and Presea couldn't discern.
"Ferio, Presea, come with me. Hurry!" Clef ordered, swiftly striding out of the room. "Be on your guard."
Exchanging a worried glance, Ferio and Presea ran after the rapidly disappearing back of the Master Mage. "Where are we going, Clef?" Presea panted as she ran.
Clef didn't reply, but kept on hurrying down the hall. Presea looked around carefully, examining their route. 'The Magic Knights' room is just up ahead,' Presea thought. At that exact moment Clef broke into a faster speed. Presea looked ahead, to try and see who or what they were pursuing, and saw the shadowy figure of a girl she had never seen before dash out of the Magic Knights' room. The girl looked in their direction, and her eyes widened as they drew closer. She sped in the opposite direction, away from Clef, Presea, and Ferio.
"Presea, Ferio, make sure the Magic Knights are safe. I will go after the intruder," Clef announced, not breaking his stride even for a moment.
"But what about you, Clef? We do not know what you will face," Ferio replied worriedly.
Before Clef could reply, the Magic Knights burst out the door of their room, directly in front of them, and the two groups almost collided. For a few seconds, both groups caught their breath and basically stilled their racing hearts, still leaping with surprise.
"Clef, why are you here?" Hikaru asked.
"You too, Ferio?" Fuu continued.
"Presea?" Umi added.
Ferio and Presea looked to Clef for the answer, because they didn't know either. "I felt a life-force that entered the Castle of Cephiro that wasn't familiar to me. It was strong enough to be dangerous, and I felt it draw nearer and nearer to your room…I thought to see if you were all safe," Clef replied.
Hikaru bowed her head as the new thought sank in. Who was that girl, anyway? What did she do? Was she in the vision or had she entered it?
"Hikaru?" Clef inquired, gazing up at her.
"Hm?" Hikaru realized that all of them were staring at her, and, embarrassed, explained as quickly as she could, "I was just thinking about what happened."
"What did happen, Ms. Hikaru?" Fuu questioned seriously, her eyes anxious.
"Yeah, you went all blank-like and then that girl ran into the room…when you finally starting noticing things…you looked like you saw a ghost, Hikaru," Umi informed her.
"It…it was nothing." Hikaru didn't feel like explaining anything…she just needed to think.
"Hikaru," Clef began, stepping forward, and she looked up, "Hikaru, I need to know about her. Normally, I wouldn't push you into giving me an explanation, but this is important."
"Clef…"
"She possessed enough strength to be a Sorceress, or even a Swordmaster. I need to know she got in here without detection, and how she managed to not evacuate into the Castle before."
"I really don't know…" Hikaru started. Fuu placed a hand on Hikaru's shoulder, to give support, and Umi smiled encouragingly. "She…was in this...daydream I had. I…can't explain it, Clef, but my daydreams almost felt real…real and dangerous, and in this last one, it felt like she helped me."
Clef gazed into the eyes of the smallest Magic Knight, whose eyes usually held joy, now filled with worry and thought. "Hikaru, let me look at this 'dream' of yours."
"You can do that?" Umi said, surprised.
"I don't do it often, but this is very vital," Clef replied.
Hikaru kneeled down, so that her eyes were level with the Master Mage's, and Clef placed two fingers on her forehead, closed his eyes, and just wandered through her thoughts.
Almost immediately, he saw the memory of what had just happened…but was blocked. A wall of blackness…a veil from any eyes, whether physical or not, was placed here, in this memory. A part of it was sealed off, and Clef clenched his teeth as he felt its power…its evil, and its strength. 'What could this possibly be doing here?' Clef wondered as a bead of sweat formed on his forehead. He turned himself away from it, because he couldn't waste his already waning strength on the barrier, and looked upon the parts that weren't shielded.
A girl's image…Hikaru's height, with lengthy, black hair and mysterious, deep purple eyes…formed in his mind. He watched as she drew a weapon he couldn't distinct…all he could see was her…and then she slashed at the dark, forbidding wall and it faded…and then everything in his range of vision flashed once in a blurry sense, and then the relief and calm of blackness came and claimed him as he lost consciousness, gazing at an image with eyes of deep violet.
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Once again, thank you for reading! Please review…good night! *waves* Until next time! See ya!
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1 CHAPTER 2: CLEF'S ACCOUNT
Clef's head jerked up as he felt a new life-force enter the Castle of Cephiro. It had the strength of a Magic Knight…perhaps a powerful Sorcerer or Swordsman. Deep in thought, he paced around the throne room, trying to make sense of the near impossible.
Ferio watched silently as the Master Mage strode back and forth, wondering what was wrong. Presea didn't need to tell Ferio to not talk to Clef when he was like this; Ferio knew. Suddenly, Clef looked around wildly, his eyes searching for something Ferio and Presea couldn't discern.
"Ferio, Presea, come with me. Hurry!" Clef ordered, swiftly striding out of the room. "Be on your guard."
Exchanging a worried glance, Ferio and Presea ran after the rapidly disappearing back of the Master Mage. "Where are we going, Clef?" Presea panted as she ran.
Clef didn't reply, but kept on hurrying down the hall. Presea looked around carefully, examining their route. 'The Magic Knights' room is just up ahead,' Presea thought. At that exact moment Clef broke into a faster speed. Presea looked ahead, to try and see who or what they were pursuing, and saw the shadowy figure of a girl she had never seen before dash out of the Magic Knights' room. The girl looked in their direction, and her eyes widened as they drew closer. She sped in the opposite direction, away from Clef, Presea, and Ferio.
"Presea, Ferio, make sure the Magic Knights are safe. I will go after the intruder," Clef announced, not breaking his stride even for a moment.
"But what about you, Clef? We do not know what you will face," Ferio replied worriedly.
Before Clef could reply, the Magic Knights burst out the door of their room, directly in front of them, and the two groups almost collided. For a few seconds, both groups caught their breath and basically stilled their racing hearts, still leaping with surprise.
"Clef, why are you here?" Hikaru asked.
"You too, Ferio?" Fuu continued.
"Presea?" Umi added.
Ferio and Presea looked to Clef for the answer, because they didn't know either. "I felt a life-force that entered the Castle of Cephiro that wasn't familiar to me. It was strong enough to be dangerous, and I felt it draw nearer and nearer to your room…I thought to see if you were all safe," Clef replied.
Hikaru bowed her head as the new thought sank in. Who was that girl, anyway? What did she do? Was she in the vision or had she entered it?
"Hikaru?" Clef inquired, gazing up at her.
"Hm?" Hikaru realized that all of them were staring at her, and, embarrassed, explained as quickly as she could, "I was just thinking about what happened."
"What did happen, Ms. Hikaru?" Fuu questioned seriously, her eyes anxious.
"Yeah, you went all blank-like and then that girl ran into the room…when you finally starting noticing things…you looked like you saw a ghost, Hikaru," Umi informed her.
"It…it was nothing." Hikaru didn't feel like explaining anything…she just needed to think.
"Hikaru," Clef began, stepping forward, and she looked up, "Hikaru, I need to know about her. Normally, I wouldn't push you into giving me an explanation, but this is important."
"Clef…"
"She possessed enough strength to be a Sorceress, or even a Swordmaster. I need to know she got in here without detection, and how she managed to not evacuate into the Castle before."
"I really don't know…" Hikaru started. Fuu placed a hand on Hikaru's shoulder, to give support, and Umi smiled encouragingly. "She…was in this...daydream I had. I…can't explain it, Clef, but my daydreams almost felt real…real and dangerous, and in this last one, it felt like she helped me."
Clef gazed into the eyes of the smallest Magic Knight, whose eyes usually held joy, now filled with worry and thought. "Hikaru, let me look at this 'dream' of yours."
"You can do that?" Umi said, surprised.
"I don't do it often, but this is very vital," Clef replied.
Hikaru kneeled down, so that her eyes were level with the Master Mage's, and Clef placed two fingers on her forehead, closed his eyes, and just wandered through her thoughts.
Almost immediately, he saw the memory of what had just happened…but was blocked. A wall of blackness…a veil from any eyes, whether physical or not, was placed here, in this memory. A part of it was sealed off, and Clef clenched his teeth as he felt its power…its evil, and its strength. 'What could this possibly be doing here?' Clef wondered as a bead of sweat formed on his forehead. He turned himself away from it, because he couldn't waste his already waning strength on the barrier, and looked upon the parts that weren't shielded.
A girl's image…Hikaru's height, with lengthy, black hair and mysterious, deep purple eyes…formed in his mind. He watched as she drew a weapon he couldn't distinct…all he could see was her…and then she slashed at the dark, forbidding wall and it faded…and then everything in his range of vision flashed once in a blurry sense, and then the relief and calm of blackness came and claimed him as he lost consciousness, gazing at an image with eyes of deep violet.
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Once again, thank you for reading! Please review…good night! *waves* Until next time! See ya!