*Note: This chapter is the start of my new writing style for this story. Each chapter will be told
from around either Hikaru, Umi, Fuu, or Alcione, noted by the chapter name. (In no particular
order)


"It's been three days since Hikaru's run in with Alcione. Hmm... was Alcione lying? Or
was she telling the truth? And what did she mean by portals? Oh, I don't know, but something has
to be done quickly." Fuu quickly walked into Tokyo tower. She had to find a way to get back to
Cephiro, and quickly, but how?
"This is about where the portal first opened, now the janitor was cleaning over there..."
Fuu began her search of the tower. She checked and rechecked places that she had already
checked. She found nothing. There wasn't anything out of the ordinary, much to her
disappointment.
"Oh no! I don't even know what to look for. We have to find out how that monster got
here, but I can't even find a clue!" She began to cry softly. Behind her a figure began to slowly
rise up from the ground.
"I need to figure this out! Everyone is depending on me, the "brains" to find out what's
happening!"
"Yes," a mysterious voice says.
"What, who's their?" Fuu quickly turns around to face a shadow figure.
"Don't you recognize me? Can't you see that it's me, Umi?"
"Umi, oh I'm so glad that you're hear. I don't think that I can figure this out alone. I need
you and Hikaru."
"Fuu," the shadow continues, "why were you crying? Are you sad?"
"No, it's just that I feel like everyone depends on me to figure it out, and if I don't then
I'm letting them down! I don't like letting people down."
"So, you feel alone? Just like Hikaru? Well, that doesn't sound good. It sounds like you
are turning into a useless crybaby."
"What?" Fuu starts to get alarmed, "No, Umi, I'm not a... wait."
"You're useless, you don't deserve to be a Magic Knight! You should just..."
"SHUT UP! You're not Umi! You're Alcione! Don't try to deceive me! Go away!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! FOOL! YOU CAN'T SCARE ME! HIKARU ESCAPED
WITH LUCK, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANYONE AROUND HERE!"
"No!" Fuu covers her ears trying to drive out the noise.
"DIE YOU FOOL!" the shadow now appears as a true form, but it wasn't Alcione.
"What, who are you?" Fuu looks quizzically at the young man. He looked to be about 16.
"I'm here to warn you, stay away from this. You aren't a Magic Knight! Leave Alcione
alone! She will destroy you, stay away. Keep Hikaru away!"
"What, what about the whole you're going to kill me? Who are you."
The boy opened his mouth as if to say something, but dropped to the floor as if in pain.
"Please! Stay away, or...or...DIE YOU IMPUDENT...AHHHH!" the boy suddenly
disappeared in a blinding white flash.
"What the..." Fuu shielded her eyes from the light, but her blinking wasn't from the light.
It was because Clef was standing in front of her.
"I had to banish that creature, are you alright Fuu?" he asks.
"Yes, but, you, here, how?"
"It's a long story, but my power will only keep me here for a short time. I came to tell you
how to get to Cephiro."
"Cephiro, you know a way their?"
"Yes, but it won't be easy unless you become Magic Knights!"
"What, we can only become Magic Knights in Cephiro though, so that plans impossible."
"No, it isn't, because there is a stone in this world that will allow you to harness your
power from Cephiro!"
"What! You mean that we can become Magic Knights here!? Well, Hikaru will be pleased.
What is the name of the stone?"
"The stone," he started, but his powers had obviously left him. He started to disappear,
sort of dissolve in the air.
"What, hurry!"
"It's called..."
"Yes!"
"S.R.E!" and with that he was gone.
"S.R.E? What does that mean? Clef, oh no, what kind of trouble is Cephiro in?" Fuu
slowly left the tower. "I've got to call Umi and Hikaru, we need to find out more about this
S.R.E."
As she walked off into the approaching darkness, a figure appeared on top of the tower. It
watched Fuu walk away, and then it was gone, but a black shadow hung where it had been, and
an arm slowly moved out of it...