*examines work carefully* I hope I didn't write too badly this time!
Hm…my favorite character in MKR is Hikaru Shidou, so this fic, (if you
haven't guessed already) will be based on her, the strange new character,
and related things about Hikaru *winks*…I wonder what's going to happen
next…?
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1 CHAPTER 3: KNIGHT OF HOPE
She stumbled along the smooth floors of the Castle of Cephiro for what seemed like eternity, her breath coming in ragged gasps, until she was sure no one was following her.
"Umi, Fuu, take care of Hikaru," she murmured under her breath as she stopped and leaned against a wall to rest. "Don't let her lose to her own heart."
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"Clef! Clef, are you all right?" Clef's eyes slowly opened to the sound of Hikaru's anxious voice. Hikaru was bent over him, and Presea, Ferio, Umi, and Fuu were standing behind her, in a semi-circle wearing the same expression as the smallest Magic Knight's.
"Hikaru…." Clef mumbled, and then winced when he tried to get up and the entire room swirled around him, his limbs feeling heavier than stones. "I am fine. I just need a bit of rest."
"Are you sure, Mr. Clef?" Fuu asked.
"Yes. Do not worry."
"Why did you pass out like that, Clef?" Umi inquired.
Clef's gaze turned onto the blue-haired Knight as he carefully thought about his answer. Did he even know? His thoughts whirled and shifted as he tried to sort them out; tried to remember. Finally, his mind clamped down on his newest memory…and the room faded around him as the thought carried him far from the reality he knew and into another. Flashes of light revealed each image, striking, imprinting themselves into his memory, yet seeped out just as quickly. Each time he tried to concentrate, the image or thought just disappeared. It was as futile as trying to keep water in cupped hands. However, one image filled his thoughts and stayed in his mind, unlike the others. A girl, with hair as black as night and troubled, lavender eyes…. He blinked heavily again and the room once more swam into his view.
"I'm not sure, Umi," he replied shakily, averting his gaze to the smooth floor. "I'm not sure."
"Clef, what did you see when you looked into my dream?" Hikaru inquired.
Once again, Clef didn't know what to say, but described the person who took up his thoughts. "I saw…a girl with long, black hair…and deep purple eyes."
"That was the girl in our room, Hikaru!" Umi exclaimed.
Hikaru remained silent, but gazed unseeingly at the wall behind Clef, thinking again. "Who is she?" she thought aloud.
"I know as much as you do about her, Hikaru," Clef responded sadly. "I cannot answer that question because I have never seen her before."
"Mr. Clef?" Fuu interrupted, and everyone turned to look at her.
"Yes, Fuu?"
"How can one leave the Castle of Cephiro?"
"Well…they can leave through the Front Gate, under the Crystal Barrier, or they can leave as you three have arrived, which is at almost the top floor of the Castle, using some aerial means," Clef replied, surprised. "Why?"
Fuu's eyes shone with triumph and pride. "Because she cannot possibly leave if this Castle if those are the only ways. Ms. Umi and myself have not seen anything fly past our window, and anyone who would like to have passage to the part of the Castle where we arrived would have to be seen by us because our window has to be passed. If you send guards and a patrol near the other entrance, she cannot possibly leave and we will be able to find her."
Everyone's eyes widened. "Wow, Fuu! You're really smart!" Hikaru told her, grinning widely and slightly gaping.
Fuu reddened slightly, but smiled at her friend, "Thank you, Ms. Hikaru."
Clef addressed everyone around him, "Fuu's idea is amazing. We need to secure both exits. Ferio, Presea, can you do that for me?"
"Yes, Clef," Presea and Ferio answered as one.
"Hikaru, Umi, Fuu, can the three of you accompany me as we search the castle? I need you three, who are one of the few who have seen her, to identify her," Clef explained.
"Of course we can!" Hikaru beamed. "Right, Umi, Fuu?"
"Yes!" Umi and Fuu nodded.
"Thank you. Hurry, before it is too late."
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"Hey, Miss!" a girl called down the hall.
Her head snapped up, out of its light doze.
"Miss?"
"Hm?" she groaned as her vision cleared and her sleep blinked out of her eyes.
"Are you all right?"
"Yeah, I feel fine. Who are you? What's your name?"
"Mira!" the girl giggled. "You look tired. Does your tummy hurt?"
"No, it doesn't," the girl laughed. "Do you know how to get out of this Castle?"
"Why would you want to leave the Castle? It's safe in here, and there are lots of scary monsters out there!" Mira gasped, her eyes wide with fear as her imagination pictured the monsters.
The girl did some really quick thinking, and slowly responded, "No, my friend told me to wait for her where you could leave the castle. That's why I need to know where it is."
"Oh I see. Follow me, Miss!" Mira grinned. "What is your name?"
"I'll tell you it later, when we get there, all right?"
"Okay!"
~*~Several moments later~*~
"How long until we get there?" she asked.
"It's not far!" Mira responded, smiling as she ran.
"Okay, but hurry up please."
"That's weird."
"What?"
"There's guards near the exit, and Prince Ferio is with them. They've never been there before," Mira clarified.
"Guards?!" she breathed. She couldn't see them, but then again, the little Mira was in front of her by several yards, and she made out a few figures standing at the end of the hallway.
"What's wrong now, Miss?"
"I think…I think my friend isn't there," she lied. "Why don't we go back to wherever you live with your parents?"
"Really, Miss? Why did you change your mind so suddenly?"
"I don't know, Mira," she said quietly. "Oh yeah…I'm kinda new here, so is there a room somewhere where you're staying?"
"Oh! Did Mister Lantis save you?"
"Lantis?"
"He's a very tall, strong person, and he helped a lot of people!" As they rounded the bend, Mira shouted out, "There are lots of rooms in the living area! My mom knows a lot of them! Let's go!"
Mira led the other girl back through the small labyrinth of corridors until they came to an area filled with light and grass.
"This is the living area, where me and my mom live!"
Mira tugged on the girl's arm. "This way! My mom is right over here!" A woman with the same light brown hair and sparkling green eyes of Mira met her.
"Why did you bring her here, Mira?"
"She's new! She's also looking for another room…is there one for her, mommy?"
"Yes, there are lots of them," the woman told her daughter, and then she turned to the girl. "Come along now."
"Um….all right."
A corridor and several doors away, there was a neat and comfortable room, and the woman led her in.
"This is where you'll be staying. Is it okay with you?"
"Yeah…thanks!" she examined the room carefully. "This is great!"
"Mira, come along now. Leave her to rest a bit."
"Can she play with me later?"
"Yes, now let's go." The woman and Mira softly shut the door behind them as they left, leaving the girl alone in her room. 'I guess I'm safe for the moment,' she thought.
Something pricked the side of her neck, for the briefest moment, and she saw Nova's eyes shining with triumph as she sank into the bed, barely conscious, but extremely surprised.
"That was perfect, Mother!" Nova cried, her transparent form wavering and disappearing in the blink on an eye. "How long do I have with Hikaru to play?"
"Enough time, my dear daughter. Enough time," a voice replied silkily.
The girl, on the bed, was half-dreaming…of what was happening to the Magic Knights as time passed. Before the ocean of visions completely engulfed her, she once more heard the voice in her head from eight years before, repeating what it said in her memory.
"Your gift, your curse, will begin today. In a land you will come to know as Cephiro, you will bear witness to the Legend of the Magic Knights…when it has begun, and when it has faded, or when it is crushed into oblivion…your role, Knight of Hope, is to watch, guide, and perhaps help the Legend of the Magic Knights to blossom…you are their only hope, or you can become their greatest enemy. You are the Knight of Hope."
As the voice uttered the last word, she cried out, "Stay away from me! Hikaru, Umi, Fuu…NO!!!"
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Whatcha think? Tell me in a review please! I've written 3 other stories that I plan to continue, but I plan to continue the one with the most reviews the most often…so please review, if you like this story! Thank you! :-)
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1 CHAPTER 3: KNIGHT OF HOPE
She stumbled along the smooth floors of the Castle of Cephiro for what seemed like eternity, her breath coming in ragged gasps, until she was sure no one was following her.
"Umi, Fuu, take care of Hikaru," she murmured under her breath as she stopped and leaned against a wall to rest. "Don't let her lose to her own heart."
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"Clef! Clef, are you all right?" Clef's eyes slowly opened to the sound of Hikaru's anxious voice. Hikaru was bent over him, and Presea, Ferio, Umi, and Fuu were standing behind her, in a semi-circle wearing the same expression as the smallest Magic Knight's.
"Hikaru…." Clef mumbled, and then winced when he tried to get up and the entire room swirled around him, his limbs feeling heavier than stones. "I am fine. I just need a bit of rest."
"Are you sure, Mr. Clef?" Fuu asked.
"Yes. Do not worry."
"Why did you pass out like that, Clef?" Umi inquired.
Clef's gaze turned onto the blue-haired Knight as he carefully thought about his answer. Did he even know? His thoughts whirled and shifted as he tried to sort them out; tried to remember. Finally, his mind clamped down on his newest memory…and the room faded around him as the thought carried him far from the reality he knew and into another. Flashes of light revealed each image, striking, imprinting themselves into his memory, yet seeped out just as quickly. Each time he tried to concentrate, the image or thought just disappeared. It was as futile as trying to keep water in cupped hands. However, one image filled his thoughts and stayed in his mind, unlike the others. A girl, with hair as black as night and troubled, lavender eyes…. He blinked heavily again and the room once more swam into his view.
"I'm not sure, Umi," he replied shakily, averting his gaze to the smooth floor. "I'm not sure."
"Clef, what did you see when you looked into my dream?" Hikaru inquired.
Once again, Clef didn't know what to say, but described the person who took up his thoughts. "I saw…a girl with long, black hair…and deep purple eyes."
"That was the girl in our room, Hikaru!" Umi exclaimed.
Hikaru remained silent, but gazed unseeingly at the wall behind Clef, thinking again. "Who is she?" she thought aloud.
"I know as much as you do about her, Hikaru," Clef responded sadly. "I cannot answer that question because I have never seen her before."
"Mr. Clef?" Fuu interrupted, and everyone turned to look at her.
"Yes, Fuu?"
"How can one leave the Castle of Cephiro?"
"Well…they can leave through the Front Gate, under the Crystal Barrier, or they can leave as you three have arrived, which is at almost the top floor of the Castle, using some aerial means," Clef replied, surprised. "Why?"
Fuu's eyes shone with triumph and pride. "Because she cannot possibly leave if this Castle if those are the only ways. Ms. Umi and myself have not seen anything fly past our window, and anyone who would like to have passage to the part of the Castle where we arrived would have to be seen by us because our window has to be passed. If you send guards and a patrol near the other entrance, she cannot possibly leave and we will be able to find her."
Everyone's eyes widened. "Wow, Fuu! You're really smart!" Hikaru told her, grinning widely and slightly gaping.
Fuu reddened slightly, but smiled at her friend, "Thank you, Ms. Hikaru."
Clef addressed everyone around him, "Fuu's idea is amazing. We need to secure both exits. Ferio, Presea, can you do that for me?"
"Yes, Clef," Presea and Ferio answered as one.
"Hikaru, Umi, Fuu, can the three of you accompany me as we search the castle? I need you three, who are one of the few who have seen her, to identify her," Clef explained.
"Of course we can!" Hikaru beamed. "Right, Umi, Fuu?"
"Yes!" Umi and Fuu nodded.
"Thank you. Hurry, before it is too late."
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"Hey, Miss!" a girl called down the hall.
Her head snapped up, out of its light doze.
"Miss?"
"Hm?" she groaned as her vision cleared and her sleep blinked out of her eyes.
"Are you all right?"
"Yeah, I feel fine. Who are you? What's your name?"
"Mira!" the girl giggled. "You look tired. Does your tummy hurt?"
"No, it doesn't," the girl laughed. "Do you know how to get out of this Castle?"
"Why would you want to leave the Castle? It's safe in here, and there are lots of scary monsters out there!" Mira gasped, her eyes wide with fear as her imagination pictured the monsters.
The girl did some really quick thinking, and slowly responded, "No, my friend told me to wait for her where you could leave the castle. That's why I need to know where it is."
"Oh I see. Follow me, Miss!" Mira grinned. "What is your name?"
"I'll tell you it later, when we get there, all right?"
"Okay!"
~*~Several moments later~*~
"How long until we get there?" she asked.
"It's not far!" Mira responded, smiling as she ran.
"Okay, but hurry up please."
"That's weird."
"What?"
"There's guards near the exit, and Prince Ferio is with them. They've never been there before," Mira clarified.
"Guards?!" she breathed. She couldn't see them, but then again, the little Mira was in front of her by several yards, and she made out a few figures standing at the end of the hallway.
"What's wrong now, Miss?"
"I think…I think my friend isn't there," she lied. "Why don't we go back to wherever you live with your parents?"
"Really, Miss? Why did you change your mind so suddenly?"
"I don't know, Mira," she said quietly. "Oh yeah…I'm kinda new here, so is there a room somewhere where you're staying?"
"Oh! Did Mister Lantis save you?"
"Lantis?"
"He's a very tall, strong person, and he helped a lot of people!" As they rounded the bend, Mira shouted out, "There are lots of rooms in the living area! My mom knows a lot of them! Let's go!"
Mira led the other girl back through the small labyrinth of corridors until they came to an area filled with light and grass.
"This is the living area, where me and my mom live!"
Mira tugged on the girl's arm. "This way! My mom is right over here!" A woman with the same light brown hair and sparkling green eyes of Mira met her.
"Why did you bring her here, Mira?"
"She's new! She's also looking for another room…is there one for her, mommy?"
"Yes, there are lots of them," the woman told her daughter, and then she turned to the girl. "Come along now."
"Um….all right."
A corridor and several doors away, there was a neat and comfortable room, and the woman led her in.
"This is where you'll be staying. Is it okay with you?"
"Yeah…thanks!" she examined the room carefully. "This is great!"
"Mira, come along now. Leave her to rest a bit."
"Can she play with me later?"
"Yes, now let's go." The woman and Mira softly shut the door behind them as they left, leaving the girl alone in her room. 'I guess I'm safe for the moment,' she thought.
Something pricked the side of her neck, for the briefest moment, and she saw Nova's eyes shining with triumph as she sank into the bed, barely conscious, but extremely surprised.
"That was perfect, Mother!" Nova cried, her transparent form wavering and disappearing in the blink on an eye. "How long do I have with Hikaru to play?"
"Enough time, my dear daughter. Enough time," a voice replied silkily.
The girl, on the bed, was half-dreaming…of what was happening to the Magic Knights as time passed. Before the ocean of visions completely engulfed her, she once more heard the voice in her head from eight years before, repeating what it said in her memory.
"Your gift, your curse, will begin today. In a land you will come to know as Cephiro, you will bear witness to the Legend of the Magic Knights…when it has begun, and when it has faded, or when it is crushed into oblivion…your role, Knight of Hope, is to watch, guide, and perhaps help the Legend of the Magic Knights to blossom…you are their only hope, or you can become their greatest enemy. You are the Knight of Hope."
As the voice uttered the last word, she cried out, "Stay away from me! Hikaru, Umi, Fuu…NO!!!"
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Whatcha think? Tell me in a review please! I've written 3 other stories that I plan to continue, but I plan to continue the one with the most reviews the most often…so please review, if you like this story! Thank you! :-)