Rei Ayanami: Okay...now I'm afraid to be in your fanfic...lol....You can be in my fanfic...just work me with me here...you're going to have a different name that you will never reconigize and in the end the only thing that will tell you that it's you is the fact that you'll be with Bryan but meh...it works
Protection
April watched as Blàthnat drew a circle on the ground with salted water. April couldn't really see where the circle's boundaries were but she could feel them, as if they were giving off energy. Then Blàthnat turned and looked at April, and motioned for April to step into the middle of the circle.
April looked at Tala, who nodded, telling her that it was alright and that he would be watching her. April stepped over the salt water and stood in the middle of the circle as Blàthnat closed it, finishing the circle, allowing no one to cross it from now on, or they'd ruin the ritual. April didn't know what to do and stood still, waiting for instructions.
"You know what to do now girl. So go and do it." The woman called to April. April sighed, not really knowing what she was supposed to do.
A memory pushed it's way into April's mind, and April looked at her about the age of four, watching an older woman, who stood in a circle just like this one, holding her hand out in front of her, making a purple flame in front of her and then fanning it around, setting the boundaries of the circle on fire.
April didn't know why, but she realized that that was what she was supposed to do. So she held her left hand in front of her, palm up, eyes closed and pictured a flame in the middle of her palm and then imagined it getting bigger, hotter, more powerful and then she fanned it around her.
There was a gasp from behind her but April didn't pay attention to it, she just continued to concentrate on the fire, raising it up from the floor, making it reach the roof, allowing no one to come in the circle now and interupt her. Of course, it also meant that no one could see her to help her but April had faith that she would be just fine without any help at all.
April's voicebox opened without her even meaning for it to, and her voice echoed throughout the room. "Mother Goddess, the woman that carried me for years, who picked me up out of the thorns and put me back on the petals of the rose, I ask for you to join me now, to help me protect the world from harm, to let me fulfil my purpose for being here, so that I may return your favor and keep you from harm instead of you always protecting me."
April then turned around, facing a different direction of the circle. "Father God, my father that watched thoughtfully over me, never telling me exactly what I should do but allowing me to explore and giving me small hints. I ask for you to join me and the mother, so that you may give me advice once more so that I may help to do your job and protect this world and the next."
April got down on one knee, bowing to the invisible forces that she knew were now here. "Mother and Father, the time has come for the ritual of protection to be preformed again and I need your help to perform it. I have had no training, I do not know what I'm doing but I hope that you will help me now." April stood and bowed her head again. "I know you will not let me down."
Kai stood up, trying to get a better look at April, now that there was some sort of fire in front of him, and behind her, keeping them apart. Kai watched as it flickered, grew and teased them all. Kai sighed and watched as she began.
The words that April said, did not sound like they were coming from April, they sounded like they were coming from someone else but Kai knew that it was not so and that it was April saying them but it just didn't sound like it. It sounded like someone was helping her. But then again, maybe there was.
Kai wished that he could do something to help April out. On a impulse he sat down, closed his eyes and willed himself to be in the middle of the circle as well, standing next to April and helping her, touching her on the shoulder to let her know that he was there.
It felt so real, as if Kai was really there, as if Kai had some how transported himself into April's circle. And Kai realized that this was as much his ritual now, as it was April's.
April stood in the middle of the circle, feeling three new forces within it with her. Kai's being one of them. April was glad that Kai had found a way to be with her and help her. She didn't know what was going to happen and having someone that she trusted so much really helped her out.
At the center of the circle there was a bunch of things that April knew that she had to set up to continue with the ceremony. April and Kai approached them {A/N: From now on, when I talk about Kai, unless otherwise mentioned, I'm talking about the Kai that is inside the circle, his astral projection. If enough people don't understand that and ask me about it, I'll explain more about it in the next chapter}. There was a square altar in the middle of the circle, already stood on it's legs. There was a symbol to represent the goddess on the left of the altar, and one for the god on the right. There was a cup in the upper left corner, a small sword in the lower left corner, a wand in the upper right and a pentacle in the lower right.
There was a white candle in the middle of the altar that wasn't lit yet. April commanded her fire to lit it and suddenly it was. April smiled, stood up and and waved her hands around, which allowed the fire to slowly come. Now the preperations of the ritual was done.