Endymion's suspicions had been stirred about the peaceful looking
lake and it's many reflections. He was beginning to realize how the Goddess
was straining to ignore it, to not include it in her vision. She kept her
back to it almost the entire time he saw her. Facing the forest instead, or
leading her horse between herself and the shore.
"What is it?" he asked her as she stiffened. Her pupils turned to pin pricks and her hand grasped her sword tightly.
"She's coming," she said slowly, but her voice was not her own. It was a commanding powerful voice, coated with a magic. She turned away from the lake and walked sideways towards him. "Do not leave my side."
A wind picked up from nowhere, and the trees moaned. They chattered like old friends in panicked voices. Shivers traveled up and down his spine as he watched her freakishly blue eyes scan the trees.
Her sword glowed bright silver in anticipation of the coming evil. It longed to strike the darkness away and cast light to all corners of the world. Her eyes turned to him and her tongue rolled the long syllables of the Moon language.
"Ire oeth lprrty trra. Guhy dylxrat."
His mind tingled. Magic erupted around him as nature chose sides. He saw this for the first time, he'd ignored it before, never able to accept it. But she was helping him accept the magic that hid from his Earthen eyes, the magic the Lunarians saw everyday.
Shadows withered around the trees into monstrous shapes, taking forms that they never should be able to take. They laughed with ugly dark eyes, taunting in their shapes. But the lake rippled apparently choosing the Goddess's side, for it shined trying to make the shadows disappear. The trees grew taller it seemed, stretching on into the sky that was darkening with clouds. They'd chosen the side of Beryl. And the animals ran into valleys and field far away from the fight, where they would not have to choose.
A cackle traveled from the forest and first a pair of glowing ember eyes appeared, followed by flaming red hair the color of hell's darkest reaches. Then the pale china colored skin came and a dress of shadows.
Serenity's pupils turned silver like the moonlight while the irises were still sky blue of dawn. Her whole body shined with an aura of light, her hair like rays of the sun, her robes the brightest of whites.
And suddenly the Prince knew what happened when darkness challenged light, when hell challenged heaven. They both came in their terrible glory, calling upon nature to help them defeat the other. And the shadows played fatal games while the light tried to end it all, to blast it all away forever.
"Serenity," the shadows said hoarsely, they're voices turning the name into something to cringe from rather than to turn to.
"Beryl," the Goddess said, her voice echoing with power. Indeed it spread among the trees that were darkened. The sun had gone and the only light came from the Goddess and the Lake, both radiant with magic.
And then the battle began, one of many in this everlasting war. Shadows covered the light only to shriek as they were blasted away. The Goddess screamed in her language, throwing balls of light in the shadows direction, and they exploded all around. But the shadows bounced back, and threatened to consume her all together.
The Prince kept out of the line of fire and covered his eyes with his arm, turning his head away. His heart thumped in his chest, and up through his throat where he almost let out a yell. He was lost in a horrible sort of fear until he couldn't focus upon anything that was happening.
Finally he heard a horrible, shrill yell and an explosion of light turned his vision red. The wind ceased it's howling, the lake dimmed it's light, and the sun reappeared. He opened his eyes to see the Goddess let her sword down. Her breathing was labored and tired and her limbs looked weak. He rushed forward to catch her as she collapsed and she looked up at him with cloudy eyes.
"Guhy dylxrat," she breathed and touched his face with her fingertips. She ran her fingers across his open lips and smiled faintly. He held her shocked and knelt down on the ground. Her chest rose and fell with increasing effort.
"Guhy dylxrat."
And her body went limp.
Author's Note: Wow! I updated! And I very much enjoyed writing this chapter, though I'm not sure if it makes much sense yet. Note the yet. But isn't suspense great? Please review for me!!
Until the next time,
Ai No Senshi
"What is it?" he asked her as she stiffened. Her pupils turned to pin pricks and her hand grasped her sword tightly.
"She's coming," she said slowly, but her voice was not her own. It was a commanding powerful voice, coated with a magic. She turned away from the lake and walked sideways towards him. "Do not leave my side."
A wind picked up from nowhere, and the trees moaned. They chattered like old friends in panicked voices. Shivers traveled up and down his spine as he watched her freakishly blue eyes scan the trees.
Her sword glowed bright silver in anticipation of the coming evil. It longed to strike the darkness away and cast light to all corners of the world. Her eyes turned to him and her tongue rolled the long syllables of the Moon language.
"Ire oeth lprrty trra. Guhy dylxrat."
His mind tingled. Magic erupted around him as nature chose sides. He saw this for the first time, he'd ignored it before, never able to accept it. But she was helping him accept the magic that hid from his Earthen eyes, the magic the Lunarians saw everyday.
Shadows withered around the trees into monstrous shapes, taking forms that they never should be able to take. They laughed with ugly dark eyes, taunting in their shapes. But the lake rippled apparently choosing the Goddess's side, for it shined trying to make the shadows disappear. The trees grew taller it seemed, stretching on into the sky that was darkening with clouds. They'd chosen the side of Beryl. And the animals ran into valleys and field far away from the fight, where they would not have to choose.
A cackle traveled from the forest and first a pair of glowing ember eyes appeared, followed by flaming red hair the color of hell's darkest reaches. Then the pale china colored skin came and a dress of shadows.
Serenity's pupils turned silver like the moonlight while the irises were still sky blue of dawn. Her whole body shined with an aura of light, her hair like rays of the sun, her robes the brightest of whites.
And suddenly the Prince knew what happened when darkness challenged light, when hell challenged heaven. They both came in their terrible glory, calling upon nature to help them defeat the other. And the shadows played fatal games while the light tried to end it all, to blast it all away forever.
"Serenity," the shadows said hoarsely, they're voices turning the name into something to cringe from rather than to turn to.
"Beryl," the Goddess said, her voice echoing with power. Indeed it spread among the trees that were darkened. The sun had gone and the only light came from the Goddess and the Lake, both radiant with magic.
And then the battle began, one of many in this everlasting war. Shadows covered the light only to shriek as they were blasted away. The Goddess screamed in her language, throwing balls of light in the shadows direction, and they exploded all around. But the shadows bounced back, and threatened to consume her all together.
The Prince kept out of the line of fire and covered his eyes with his arm, turning his head away. His heart thumped in his chest, and up through his throat where he almost let out a yell. He was lost in a horrible sort of fear until he couldn't focus upon anything that was happening.
Finally he heard a horrible, shrill yell and an explosion of light turned his vision red. The wind ceased it's howling, the lake dimmed it's light, and the sun reappeared. He opened his eyes to see the Goddess let her sword down. Her breathing was labored and tired and her limbs looked weak. He rushed forward to catch her as she collapsed and she looked up at him with cloudy eyes.
"Guhy dylxrat," she breathed and touched his face with her fingertips. She ran her fingers across his open lips and smiled faintly. He held her shocked and knelt down on the ground. Her chest rose and fell with increasing effort.
"Guhy dylxrat."
And her body went limp.
Author's Note: Wow! I updated! And I very much enjoyed writing this chapter, though I'm not sure if it makes much sense yet. Note the yet. But isn't suspense great? Please review for me!!
Until the next time,
Ai No Senshi