Chapter 2
A moan. Something rubbed against his arm. Cracking his eyes open sunlight blinded him. "Where am I?" Something was mumbled from the left of him. "Where am I?" You know where you are Another rub against his arm. "Who are you" You will find in time He opened his eyes again. Bright light. "Hey he's coming to." Something kicked his leg. He sat up. Covering his eyes from the sun he once again opened his eyes. "Bout' time you got up." He saw shadows. "Give him a break Kouji you were out for just as long." "I was not!" "Shut up both of you!"
His eyes began to clear. He tried to sit up, but the muscles in his tightened up. The sound of waves reached his ear. He was sitting on a beach. He gripped the sand below him. It slipped through his finger, just like memory. The smell of salt reached his nostrils. He his eyes were still cloudy, but he could make out four other people on the beach. Turning to his right he saw a girl sitting on a rock by him. She was hugging her knees, pulling her jean pants up a little. She was also wearing a cameo midriff with a beanie on her strawberry blond hair. Her eyes glazed over, staring out to sea. Following her gaze he saw a boy standing on the water's edge. His black trench coat fluttered with the sea breeze. He held his dark hair up in a ponytail. He appeared to be a statue, a relic of a lost soul washed up on the beach. He noticed something red to the left of him. There were two girls quietly talking. One wore a red miniskirt, with short red jacket over the top of it. Her blond heir was up in a braid. On the contrary the other girl had her red hair up in a spiky bun. She had a long tan overcoat that blue gently in the wind. She looked toward him but quickly averted her gaze.
"Hey you awake? You had an awful fall through the trees." He looked up quickly. The girl with the beanie was holding out her hand. He grabbed it and pulled himself up. As he did so he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. Reaching back there he felt dried blood. "As I said you did have a pretty nasty fall. Hey what's you name anyways?" He rubbed his blue hair. "Surge, and yours?" She began walking toward the other two girls. "Sora." Surge looked around; thick brush lined the beach as far as the eye could see. "Hey where are we?" Surge asked. "Hell." The stature had turned around and was examining surge. "Just shut up Kouji." The blond girl yelled at Kouji. "And why should I?" He began walking toward the group. "Just where do you think we are? Hmm?" "Well not hell." The blond retorted. "Then where?" "I don't know!" A quiet hush fell over the five. The waves splashed against the shore. A cool wind blew off the sea. "I don't know." She mumbled again. Surge stepped up. "Well I can't remember what happened before I got here, can anyone else think of anything?" Kouji was looking at the sea again, "yes, we died."
"Died?! Whoah I don't remember dying." Sora exclaimed. "Nor do I." Said the blond girl. "Well this isn't a dream, the fall was pretty real." Kouji said. There was a rustling in the bushes behind them. "Hey there's something behind you Rika." The blond girl said quickly. Rika took a step backward. Kouji stepped forward. He kicked a piece of driftwood up and grabbed it with his hand. "Come out." He commanded. The bushed stopped moving. "I said come out!" "Sure sugar~" Suddenly a small creature came out from the bushes. The group took a step back. "What never seen a pixie before?" "Ok that's it, we're in some twisted dimension controlled by some demon! That's it." With that Rika began walking away. "Hey wait up sugar, how'd you know that's where you are?" Said the pixie. "I'm going to be sick." Said the blond girl.
"No seriously how did you know that's where you were?" "Lucky guess." The pixie moved around the group. "Well it was a good guess." "Yes, a very good guess." The group looked in the direction of the voice. A cloaked figure hovered above the ground. His cloak covered his face completely. Kouji held up the piece of driftwood in defense but it was wrenched from his hand by an invisible force. "Who are you!" he demanded. The pixie flew up in front of the cloaked figure. "This is no way to address an archsorcerer." Said the pixie. 'Sorcerer' Surge thought. Surge had read about them in books back home. They had the power to control the forces of nature and time itself. "To answer your question Kouji I am Cloud, ArchSorcerer of light. Say what you want in my presence for I can read your mind." The blond girl looked unimpressed. "Well if you're some archsorcerer, then who's the faire?" "I'm a pixie not a fairy!" The blond girl took a step forward. "Calm down your shortness, just what's your name?" "Her name is Pixter, Kidd." Said Cloud. Serge leaned against the tree. "So if you're from this world then where are we and why are we here?" Pixter's face looked grim. A cold wind blew out of the forest. "You're here because-" Pixter was cut off by Cloud. "Remember the instructions? We are to give them no information till they meet with the guardians on Cape Slash." Pixter turned his back on Cloud. "Fine, fine do it your way." Cloud turned to the group. "I must tell you that your stay in this world will not be a pleasant one, especially for you. The dark lord will be doing everything in his power to make sure your stay will be a short one. For that reason you must be on guard at all times. In time you will learn the ways of master fighters, yet for now you need to rely on speed and get to Cape Slash." With that he vanished into this air.
"Ok, now what?" Kidd said to the group. Surge looked down the beach at Pixter who was floating over the hot sand. The sky was partially cloudy yet the sun beat down with relentless rays. "I think we should follow the fairy." Surge said. Kouji started down the beach. "Since we have nothing better to do…"
As they walked they noticed that the forest was dense against the edge of the beach. No light could be seen under the canopy. There was also few birds. Few but large birds flew overhead occasionally. The smell of the sea was strong salt could be tasted in the air. "Bout't time you caught up with me. Humans usually go faster than us pixies. Just hope ya'll like to walk, cuz you have a long trek ahead of you."