I'm sorry for the long wait! I have lots of tests coming up and tons of
homework goes with it…(-_-) As I said, this chapter will have a big
twist…it just depends on whether or not you already guessed what it
is…well, hope you like it! Please tell me what you think!
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1 CHAPTER 8: NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS TO BE
It was so peaceful…. Once in a while, nothing vital was happening to the Magic Knights, and Mikoto was allowed a few moments, or, when she was lucky, up to a week of vision-freeness. "Hikaru…Umi…Fuu…" she whispered in her sleep. But every moment like this was every moment prolonged danger.
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Fuu and Umi's faces swam into view, but the first thing Hikaru did, instead of acknowledging her best friends, was to recall her dream. Zagato's, Emeraude's, and finally Lantis's face flashed before her, but Umi spoke and, once more, she was dragged back to reality.
"What's wrong?" Umi inquired worriedly. "Did you have a weird dream?"
Hikaru shook her head while it rested on a soft pillow, thinking about what exactly had happened. "I think I had a dream…about the past…." she said quietly.
"The past?" asked Fuu.
"A dream about…about Cephiro in the past…" Hikaru explained, slightly to herself as well. "Oh yeah! What's happened to Eagle?!" Hikaru sat up quickly, to Umi and Fuu's alarm.
"The commander from Autozam…he's being looked after by Clef," Umi stated, gently pushing Hikaru back down so that her friend could rest.
"Oh…" Hikaru murmured. After a few moments of silence, and Hikaru's slight recall of recent events, Hikaru again abruptly sat up. "I saw a girl, Umi, Fuu, when I woke up in the Chamber of Recreation…kind of in the shadows, as if hiding. She was the one in our room before…what happened to her?"
Fuu and Umi exchanged glances, and Fuu spoke. "She's just been captured by Mr. Clef, myself, Umi, and Lantis, Ms. Hikaru. Ms. Umi and I think that she could be another invader from Autozam."
"Autozam?!" Hikaru exclaimed, shocked and troubled at the same time. "That can't be…I never saw her on the NSX while I was there…"
Fuu and Umi watched in silence as their friend recollected her experience as a prisoner aboard one of the invading country's (Autozam) airship.
"Umi…Fuu…?" Hikaru questioned.
"Yes?" the answered in unison.
"How come you think she's from Autozam?"
"Well it's mainly because she's dressed like one!" Umi blurted.
"She's what?" Hikaru asked, startled.
"You saw her, Ms. Hikaru. Ms. Mikoto is dressed like she came from Autozam, or a country that has their style of clothing. Her clothing is foreign to any style worn here on Cephiro," Fuu said.
Hikaru was silent as she reviewed this newest revelation. This person who had seemed to help her…an enemy? Then she suddenly caught something in Fuu's short rationalization that she hadn't realized while paying attention to the other details. "Mikoto…?"
"Oh yeah, Hikaru. You weren't there…but…" Umi began. She and Fuu took turns explaining everything that had happened; told her everything about the Magic Knight of Hope, Princess Emeraude's voice resonating in the hallway, and how the door to the Chamber of recreation opened at Mikoto's touch.
"Umi, Fuu, I don't think she's a bad person," Hikaru told them
Umi and Fuu's eyes held doubt. "Why do you say that?" Umi questioned.
"I had the feeling that she helped me, and I can't think of anyone who would help me to be an enemy…" Hikaru replied, averting her eyes to her crisscrossed feet. After a moment of silence, Hikaru piped up, "Umi, Fuu…I'm going to go and see Clef. I have some things I need to ask him about, all right?"
"Want us to come with you, Ms. Hikaru?" Fuu asked.
"I'll take Mokona with me. Other than that, I think I want to talk to Clef alone, if you guys don't mind…" Hikaru looked up inquisitively.
"No, that's all right, Hikaru. Just come and find us at the living area later, all right?"
"Ok!" Hikaru agreed happily. "Where is Mokona?"
Umi and Fuu exchanged glances, and then thought for a moment. "I don't know. I have not seen Sir Mokona today," Fuu answered, shaking her head.
"That's ok. I'll go look for him. See you later!" Hikaru waved as she left the room in an energetic burst of speed.
"Hikaru should be more careful. She just woke up…" Umi stated, with Fuu nodding in agreement.
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Mokona bounced, 'puupu'ing into Mikoto's room. The area was a lot like the one Eagle had been in, with a thick, glowing blue circle of magic surrounding a spot in the center of the room, where Mikoto lay on a bed in slumber. Mokona bounced himself through the barrier, glanced around, then up at the bed. Bunching up, he suddenly hurled himself right on top of Mikoto, dragging her out of sleep and startling her to a great extent.
"Mokona!" Mikoto scolded, waking up with a yelp, but then her face relaxed into a wide grin. "If you wake Umi like that all the time, then no wonder she tries to eat you all the time!"
"Pupuu~!" Mokona puffed, snuggling into Mikoto's arms.
"Still fluffy as ever, Mokona!" Mikoto eyes suddenly clouded over as her hand brushed Mokona's head, bringing back memories. "Emeraude…Did you take care of her for me?"
"Pu…pupu!" Mokona's ears flattened as he made one of his rare frowns.
"I know you tried…don't worry about it," Mikoto answered. Mokona was supposed to take care of Emeraude while she traveled to look for an alternative to Cephiro's problems with the Pillar System.
"How about the Magic Knights?"
"Pu…" Mokona stated, and then questioned, "Puupupuuupu?"
"I've been in Autozam…you couldn't possible have forgotten that? Autozam's great…I got here on Eagle's NSX…"
Mokona started pulling on Mikoto's sleeve, gesturing, jumping, and 'talking'.
"Mokona…that's one of Clef's barricades…."
"Puu pu puu pu pupu!"
"What do you mean?" Mikoto asked, eyes widening. "Wait a second! You want me to go through it? Mokona, the reason he put that up was to keep me IN, not OUT!"
"Puupu…"
"All right…you're still as stubborn as ever, but.…" Mikoto readied herself to ram it in the weakest portion of the magical wall.
"Pupupupu!!!!" Mokono protested.
"Oh yeah…that'll hurt him…argh!" Mikoto grumbled. If she broke, shattered, or hurt the barrier, if would affect Master Mage Clef.
"Pu…puuu," Mokona suggested.
"Yeah, I know some stuff from Emeraude…I wasn't DUMB you know!"
Mokona looked smug and walked over to the wall, tapping it, as if daring her to do it.
Mikoto glanced murderously at it, and then raised her arms and performed the spell she learned from Emeraude so many years ago. Beads of sweat and tears from her eyes mingled as she fought the wall and her memories. After a moment, the wall rippled like a lake when a pebble disturbs its surface, and a hole, small at first, started growing larger and larger on a section of the barricade until finally Mikoto could pass through it.
"Geez…that was harder than usual…" Mikoto muttered. Unfortunately, she had no time to think about it, because Mokona suddenly shoved her through the opening in a whirl of white softness.
"Mokona!" she screeched, trying to grab him.
"Pupupupuu!" Mokona declared.
"I'm following! But, if I catch up with you, I'll make sure to put you on Umi's dinner plate!"
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Hikaru looked throughout what seemed like the entire castle. Mokona was just nowhere to be found! She frowned in slight frustration and worry as she rounded a bend. Just then, a girl that seemed strangely familiar to her dashed out of a nearby room, laughing and running after something in mock fury, back turned to Hikaru. Whatever the girl was chasing, it was fast. Just as she was about to turn around and start over, Hikaru froze as she heard the girl's voice.
"Mokona, where are we going?!" the girl asked curiously.
"Pupupuuu," Mokona responded gleefully.
"It better not be too big of a surprise!" Hikaru heard the girl say.
Mokona! Hikaru thought, but for once she wasn't so rash. This girl…how could she also understand what Mokona said? Wasn't Hikaru the only person able to do that? Hikaru, out of sight of the two, quietly followed, undetected.
"Mokona…this is really near where the little girl Mira showed me last time…" Mikoto commented as she ran.
Mokona didn't reply, but kept on bouncing onward. There was a large hallway to their left, and Mokona ducked inside so quickly that Mikoto nearly missed him.
"Mokona!" she began angrily.
Mokona poked Mikoto hard where he could reach, and she broke off with a short yelp. "What was that for?!" she demanded. Mokona's reply was to point down the hallway.
"All right…what do you want to show me anyways?" Mikoto asked.
Mikoto and Mokona both emerged into a beautiful room that was filled with greenery, one of the few spots in the Castle where plants could grow. Mikoto's eyes sparkled in wonder, a small cry of delight escaping her lips. Just then, a bird fluttered past her shoulder, and went to land on a person's finger. Sitting, with his back turned to them, was Lantis.
Mikoto's eyes widened and she turned around, running away from the room she had just entered. The one Hikaru loves…She closed her eyes and kept on running, but then bumped into someone. I seem to be doing that more and more often, she thought as she picked herself up, murmured a quick apology, and started to walk away.
Hikaru was startled. The girl had walked in, led by Mokona, and then she had run out as if she had seen a ghost. Wait a second, Hikaru thought. Her clothes…they're of Autozam style! Fuu and Umi were right! This must be Mikoto!
"Hey stop!" Hikaru called to Mikoto.
Mikoto was still deep in thought, and as her name was called she turned. Did she hurt the other person or something…? Then she caught sight of the redheaded Hikaru, and realized what she had done. At that moment, Mokona leapt onto Mikoto's shoulders and motioned for her to run.
Not even wasting a second, Mikoto's feet practically flew over the floor as she desperately tried to find a way of escape. Of all people to knock into, she had bumped into Hikaru, the Magic Knight of Fire. Plus, she had been sightseeing instead of carefully finding a way to get out. Now she might not get the chance. Mikoto's hands balled into fists as she frantically eluded the fast-approaching feet of the youngest Magic Knights'.
"Hikaru?" a person said up ahead.
"Is that you?" another asked..
Mikoto skidded to a stop and mumbled furiously under her breath. Two Magic Knights ahead of her, one behind her. Trapped. Strange that it could happen twice…that had never happened before.
"Pupuu!" Mokona commanded.
"Oh yeah! Mokona, you still haven't lost your old abilities!" Mikoto grinned brightly. "You stay here, so that Hikaru won't be so worried about you anymore, and all you have to do is give me that beam of yours…I'll find my way out!"
"Pu…pu?" Mokona inquired.
"I'll be fine…but if you don't give me that light NOW I won't be fine!"
As the voices drew closer, Mokona emitted a bright red light from his forehead. However, it bounced all over the ceiling and back down to the floor, but it didn't go anywhere like it used to.
"Mokona! That doesn't help me!!!!!" Mikoto said, frustrated.
"Mikoto?!" Fuu and Umi exclaimed, surprised as they came face to face with her.
"This is Mikoto?" Hikaru asked, coming up behind Mikoto.
Mokona jumped down from Mikoto's shoulder and tugged on her sleeve as he did. She nodded in response, crouched down, and closed her eyes as Mokona did the same thing. Their eyebrows were drawn together in concentration.
"What's she doing?" Umi demanded, confused.
At that moment, Mikoto and Mokona's eyes opened simultaneously as they both leaped into the air high over all the Magic Knights' heads as easily as an eagle soars into the sky. Mokona landed on Mikoto's shoulder near the end of their jump and Mikoto landed on her feet as light as a feather.
"At least you still remember how to do that!" Mikoto panted at the little furry animal on her shoulder as she ran away.
Mikoto drew out a small disk from her pocket as she ran. She pressed a button and a picture glowed on its surface. The picture showed a blurry image of three people…Zagato…Emeraude…and Lantis. She had wanted to get one of these of the three Magic Knights before she left…but it was too late now. She would leave as soon as she reached the exit, or perhaps never leave without hurting people other than herself. "My two brothers…one who dedicated his life to protect Emeraude…I'm sorry I didn't ever get to know either of you…I have to leave now…Zagato……Lantis!"
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*grins widely* Watcha think? Please review! Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you for reading this! (^_-)
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1 CHAPTER 8: NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS TO BE
It was so peaceful…. Once in a while, nothing vital was happening to the Magic Knights, and Mikoto was allowed a few moments, or, when she was lucky, up to a week of vision-freeness. "Hikaru…Umi…Fuu…" she whispered in her sleep. But every moment like this was every moment prolonged danger.
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Fuu and Umi's faces swam into view, but the first thing Hikaru did, instead of acknowledging her best friends, was to recall her dream. Zagato's, Emeraude's, and finally Lantis's face flashed before her, but Umi spoke and, once more, she was dragged back to reality.
"What's wrong?" Umi inquired worriedly. "Did you have a weird dream?"
Hikaru shook her head while it rested on a soft pillow, thinking about what exactly had happened. "I think I had a dream…about the past…." she said quietly.
"The past?" asked Fuu.
"A dream about…about Cephiro in the past…" Hikaru explained, slightly to herself as well. "Oh yeah! What's happened to Eagle?!" Hikaru sat up quickly, to Umi and Fuu's alarm.
"The commander from Autozam…he's being looked after by Clef," Umi stated, gently pushing Hikaru back down so that her friend could rest.
"Oh…" Hikaru murmured. After a few moments of silence, and Hikaru's slight recall of recent events, Hikaru again abruptly sat up. "I saw a girl, Umi, Fuu, when I woke up in the Chamber of Recreation…kind of in the shadows, as if hiding. She was the one in our room before…what happened to her?"
Fuu and Umi exchanged glances, and Fuu spoke. "She's just been captured by Mr. Clef, myself, Umi, and Lantis, Ms. Hikaru. Ms. Umi and I think that she could be another invader from Autozam."
"Autozam?!" Hikaru exclaimed, shocked and troubled at the same time. "That can't be…I never saw her on the NSX while I was there…"
Fuu and Umi watched in silence as their friend recollected her experience as a prisoner aboard one of the invading country's (Autozam) airship.
"Umi…Fuu…?" Hikaru questioned.
"Yes?" the answered in unison.
"How come you think she's from Autozam?"
"Well it's mainly because she's dressed like one!" Umi blurted.
"She's what?" Hikaru asked, startled.
"You saw her, Ms. Hikaru. Ms. Mikoto is dressed like she came from Autozam, or a country that has their style of clothing. Her clothing is foreign to any style worn here on Cephiro," Fuu said.
Hikaru was silent as she reviewed this newest revelation. This person who had seemed to help her…an enemy? Then she suddenly caught something in Fuu's short rationalization that she hadn't realized while paying attention to the other details. "Mikoto…?"
"Oh yeah, Hikaru. You weren't there…but…" Umi began. She and Fuu took turns explaining everything that had happened; told her everything about the Magic Knight of Hope, Princess Emeraude's voice resonating in the hallway, and how the door to the Chamber of recreation opened at Mikoto's touch.
"Umi, Fuu, I don't think she's a bad person," Hikaru told them
Umi and Fuu's eyes held doubt. "Why do you say that?" Umi questioned.
"I had the feeling that she helped me, and I can't think of anyone who would help me to be an enemy…" Hikaru replied, averting her eyes to her crisscrossed feet. After a moment of silence, Hikaru piped up, "Umi, Fuu…I'm going to go and see Clef. I have some things I need to ask him about, all right?"
"Want us to come with you, Ms. Hikaru?" Fuu asked.
"I'll take Mokona with me. Other than that, I think I want to talk to Clef alone, if you guys don't mind…" Hikaru looked up inquisitively.
"No, that's all right, Hikaru. Just come and find us at the living area later, all right?"
"Ok!" Hikaru agreed happily. "Where is Mokona?"
Umi and Fuu exchanged glances, and then thought for a moment. "I don't know. I have not seen Sir Mokona today," Fuu answered, shaking her head.
"That's ok. I'll go look for him. See you later!" Hikaru waved as she left the room in an energetic burst of speed.
"Hikaru should be more careful. She just woke up…" Umi stated, with Fuu nodding in agreement.
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Mokona bounced, 'puupu'ing into Mikoto's room. The area was a lot like the one Eagle had been in, with a thick, glowing blue circle of magic surrounding a spot in the center of the room, where Mikoto lay on a bed in slumber. Mokona bounced himself through the barrier, glanced around, then up at the bed. Bunching up, he suddenly hurled himself right on top of Mikoto, dragging her out of sleep and startling her to a great extent.
"Mokona!" Mikoto scolded, waking up with a yelp, but then her face relaxed into a wide grin. "If you wake Umi like that all the time, then no wonder she tries to eat you all the time!"
"Pupuu~!" Mokona puffed, snuggling into Mikoto's arms.
"Still fluffy as ever, Mokona!" Mikoto eyes suddenly clouded over as her hand brushed Mokona's head, bringing back memories. "Emeraude…Did you take care of her for me?"
"Pu…pupu!" Mokona's ears flattened as he made one of his rare frowns.
"I know you tried…don't worry about it," Mikoto answered. Mokona was supposed to take care of Emeraude while she traveled to look for an alternative to Cephiro's problems with the Pillar System.
"How about the Magic Knights?"
"Pu…" Mokona stated, and then questioned, "Puupupuuupu?"
"I've been in Autozam…you couldn't possible have forgotten that? Autozam's great…I got here on Eagle's NSX…"
Mokona started pulling on Mikoto's sleeve, gesturing, jumping, and 'talking'.
"Mokona…that's one of Clef's barricades…."
"Puu pu puu pu pupu!"
"What do you mean?" Mikoto asked, eyes widening. "Wait a second! You want me to go through it? Mokona, the reason he put that up was to keep me IN, not OUT!"
"Puupu…"
"All right…you're still as stubborn as ever, but.…" Mikoto readied herself to ram it in the weakest portion of the magical wall.
"Pupupupu!!!!" Mokono protested.
"Oh yeah…that'll hurt him…argh!" Mikoto grumbled. If she broke, shattered, or hurt the barrier, if would affect Master Mage Clef.
"Pu…puuu," Mokona suggested.
"Yeah, I know some stuff from Emeraude…I wasn't DUMB you know!"
Mokona looked smug and walked over to the wall, tapping it, as if daring her to do it.
Mikoto glanced murderously at it, and then raised her arms and performed the spell she learned from Emeraude so many years ago. Beads of sweat and tears from her eyes mingled as she fought the wall and her memories. After a moment, the wall rippled like a lake when a pebble disturbs its surface, and a hole, small at first, started growing larger and larger on a section of the barricade until finally Mikoto could pass through it.
"Geez…that was harder than usual…" Mikoto muttered. Unfortunately, she had no time to think about it, because Mokona suddenly shoved her through the opening in a whirl of white softness.
"Mokona!" she screeched, trying to grab him.
"Pupupupuu!" Mokona declared.
"I'm following! But, if I catch up with you, I'll make sure to put you on Umi's dinner plate!"
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Hikaru looked throughout what seemed like the entire castle. Mokona was just nowhere to be found! She frowned in slight frustration and worry as she rounded a bend. Just then, a girl that seemed strangely familiar to her dashed out of a nearby room, laughing and running after something in mock fury, back turned to Hikaru. Whatever the girl was chasing, it was fast. Just as she was about to turn around and start over, Hikaru froze as she heard the girl's voice.
"Mokona, where are we going?!" the girl asked curiously.
"Pupupuuu," Mokona responded gleefully.
"It better not be too big of a surprise!" Hikaru heard the girl say.
Mokona! Hikaru thought, but for once she wasn't so rash. This girl…how could she also understand what Mokona said? Wasn't Hikaru the only person able to do that? Hikaru, out of sight of the two, quietly followed, undetected.
"Mokona…this is really near where the little girl Mira showed me last time…" Mikoto commented as she ran.
Mokona didn't reply, but kept on bouncing onward. There was a large hallway to their left, and Mokona ducked inside so quickly that Mikoto nearly missed him.
"Mokona!" she began angrily.
Mokona poked Mikoto hard where he could reach, and she broke off with a short yelp. "What was that for?!" she demanded. Mokona's reply was to point down the hallway.
"All right…what do you want to show me anyways?" Mikoto asked.
Mikoto and Mokona both emerged into a beautiful room that was filled with greenery, one of the few spots in the Castle where plants could grow. Mikoto's eyes sparkled in wonder, a small cry of delight escaping her lips. Just then, a bird fluttered past her shoulder, and went to land on a person's finger. Sitting, with his back turned to them, was Lantis.
Mikoto's eyes widened and she turned around, running away from the room she had just entered. The one Hikaru loves…She closed her eyes and kept on running, but then bumped into someone. I seem to be doing that more and more often, she thought as she picked herself up, murmured a quick apology, and started to walk away.
Hikaru was startled. The girl had walked in, led by Mokona, and then she had run out as if she had seen a ghost. Wait a second, Hikaru thought. Her clothes…they're of Autozam style! Fuu and Umi were right! This must be Mikoto!
"Hey stop!" Hikaru called to Mikoto.
Mikoto was still deep in thought, and as her name was called she turned. Did she hurt the other person or something…? Then she caught sight of the redheaded Hikaru, and realized what she had done. At that moment, Mokona leapt onto Mikoto's shoulders and motioned for her to run.
Not even wasting a second, Mikoto's feet practically flew over the floor as she desperately tried to find a way of escape. Of all people to knock into, she had bumped into Hikaru, the Magic Knight of Fire. Plus, she had been sightseeing instead of carefully finding a way to get out. Now she might not get the chance. Mikoto's hands balled into fists as she frantically eluded the fast-approaching feet of the youngest Magic Knights'.
"Hikaru?" a person said up ahead.
"Is that you?" another asked..
Mikoto skidded to a stop and mumbled furiously under her breath. Two Magic Knights ahead of her, one behind her. Trapped. Strange that it could happen twice…that had never happened before.
"Pupuu!" Mokona commanded.
"Oh yeah! Mokona, you still haven't lost your old abilities!" Mikoto grinned brightly. "You stay here, so that Hikaru won't be so worried about you anymore, and all you have to do is give me that beam of yours…I'll find my way out!"
"Pu…pu?" Mokona inquired.
"I'll be fine…but if you don't give me that light NOW I won't be fine!"
As the voices drew closer, Mokona emitted a bright red light from his forehead. However, it bounced all over the ceiling and back down to the floor, but it didn't go anywhere like it used to.
"Mokona! That doesn't help me!!!!!" Mikoto said, frustrated.
"Mikoto?!" Fuu and Umi exclaimed, surprised as they came face to face with her.
"This is Mikoto?" Hikaru asked, coming up behind Mikoto.
Mokona jumped down from Mikoto's shoulder and tugged on her sleeve as he did. She nodded in response, crouched down, and closed her eyes as Mokona did the same thing. Their eyebrows were drawn together in concentration.
"What's she doing?" Umi demanded, confused.
At that moment, Mikoto and Mokona's eyes opened simultaneously as they both leaped into the air high over all the Magic Knights' heads as easily as an eagle soars into the sky. Mokona landed on Mikoto's shoulder near the end of their jump and Mikoto landed on her feet as light as a feather.
"At least you still remember how to do that!" Mikoto panted at the little furry animal on her shoulder as she ran away.
Mikoto drew out a small disk from her pocket as she ran. She pressed a button and a picture glowed on its surface. The picture showed a blurry image of three people…Zagato…Emeraude…and Lantis. She had wanted to get one of these of the three Magic Knights before she left…but it was too late now. She would leave as soon as she reached the exit, or perhaps never leave without hurting people other than herself. "My two brothers…one who dedicated his life to protect Emeraude…I'm sorry I didn't ever get to know either of you…I have to leave now…Zagato……Lantis!"
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*grins widely* Watcha think? Please review! Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you for reading this! (^_-)