A/N: Thank you to all of my wonderful reviewers, you are the ones who keep me updating! Anyway, I heard you guys loud and clear (in a sense), but you will just have to see what happens next. There is quite a lot of foreshadowing in this chapter, so read every detail, even if it is between the lines!
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Rini really had no idea what was going on, but she did see that there was someone up there with Elios and Peruru. "I'm going up there." She flew up to them, and looked at the girl in front of her, "Now I'm confused." She said from behind Elios, and everyone turned to her, "We all are." He muttered, and everyone turned back to the other pink haired girl, "Well gee, one minute I was praying, and the next, well, I was here. Hi miss, I'm Caira."
"I am Serena, but everyone calls me Rini." Caira had an English accent, but Rini doubted that it actually came from England, "What exactly were you praying for?"
"Well, I was praying that you would find the answer to the prophecy." Rini looked at Elios, "How do you know her?"
"I'm Mr. Elios' apprentice at the Temple of Elysion." She found it strange that Elios would have a pink haired assistant. As if reading her thoughts, he said, "Yes, the elders appointed her to me, I've been training her for about nine hundred years." She had technically met Elios one thousand six hundred years ago, counting all of the time travelling years, "I see." Rini came up next to him, and she felt him take her hand and squeeze it in reassurance, "As many times as I prayed that I could come here, it never worked." Caira shrugged, "Oh well, I guess that when you go back to Elysion, you can take me with you."
"That won't be for a while, maybe a few months, and I am not sure that you are safe in the normal world, after all, you have never been anywhere besides the dream world."
Peruru looked at the girl; "I will make sure that she stays out of trouble." Caira smiled at him. "That would be wonderful, thank you Mister...?"
"Peruru." He put in, and she nodded, then turned to Elios. "Would that be okay Mr. Elios?"
Elios glanced back at Rini for a moment, then nodded. "All right, I don't see why not." He wanted Caira to be safe, but he realized that he would never be alone if he stuck to that. "I have to hit the books." Rini turned, and he stopped her. "Don't you have an extra day or something?"
"The fact that Alex brought my homework means that I have a lot of it." He nodded, and stroked her cheek. "I'll miss you, have pleasant dreams, in whatever form they take." Rini took his hand, and he smiled lightly at her touch. "Oh, I will, but do not worry, I will see you before then." Elios almost leaned in to kiss her, but then remembered that Peruru and Caira were present, and that if he kissed her, Caira might say something to the elders, and Peruru might throw a temper tantrum, as Rini had not chosen either of them yet.
Caira silently watched the exchange between the two and nodded. This was as it should be, and Peruru was not supposed to be a part of Elios' and Rini's relationship. When the two parted, she thought about the golden crystal. "Mr. Elios, will the golden crystal be safe up here?" Elios turned, and seemed to be thinking. "You had better give it to me, it is much more dangerous here, and the crystal will be sought after." Then, the little crystal disappeared from her wrist and appeared again as a horn atop Elios' head.
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Rini really had no idea what was going on, but she did see that there was someone up there with Elios and Peruru. "I'm going up there." She flew up to them, and looked at the girl in front of her, "Now I'm confused." She said from behind Elios, and everyone turned to her, "We all are." He muttered, and everyone turned back to the other pink haired girl, "Well gee, one minute I was praying, and the next, well, I was here. Hi miss, I'm Caira."
"I am Serena, but everyone calls me Rini." Caira had an English accent, but Rini doubted that it actually came from England, "What exactly were you praying for?"
"Well, I was praying that you would find the answer to the prophecy." Rini looked at Elios, "How do you know her?"
"I'm Mr. Elios' apprentice at the Temple of Elysion." She found it strange that Elios would have a pink haired assistant. As if reading her thoughts, he said, "Yes, the elders appointed her to me, I've been training her for about nine hundred years." She had technically met Elios one thousand six hundred years ago, counting all of the time travelling years, "I see." Rini came up next to him, and she felt him take her hand and squeeze it in reassurance, "As many times as I prayed that I could come here, it never worked." Caira shrugged, "Oh well, I guess that when you go back to Elysion, you can take me with you."
"That won't be for a while, maybe a few months, and I am not sure that you are safe in the normal world, after all, you have never been anywhere besides the dream world."
Peruru looked at the girl; "I will make sure that she stays out of trouble." Caira smiled at him. "That would be wonderful, thank you Mister...?"
"Peruru." He put in, and she nodded, then turned to Elios. "Would that be okay Mr. Elios?"
Elios glanced back at Rini for a moment, then nodded. "All right, I don't see why not." He wanted Caira to be safe, but he realized that he would never be alone if he stuck to that. "I have to hit the books." Rini turned, and he stopped her. "Don't you have an extra day or something?"
"The fact that Alex brought my homework means that I have a lot of it." He nodded, and stroked her cheek. "I'll miss you, have pleasant dreams, in whatever form they take." Rini took his hand, and he smiled lightly at her touch. "Oh, I will, but do not worry, I will see you before then." Elios almost leaned in to kiss her, but then remembered that Peruru and Caira were present, and that if he kissed her, Caira might say something to the elders, and Peruru might throw a temper tantrum, as Rini had not chosen either of them yet.
Caira silently watched the exchange between the two and nodded. This was as it should be, and Peruru was not supposed to be a part of Elios' and Rini's relationship. When the two parted, she thought about the golden crystal. "Mr. Elios, will the golden crystal be safe up here?" Elios turned, and seemed to be thinking. "You had better give it to me, it is much more dangerous here, and the crystal will be sought after." Then, the little crystal disappeared from her wrist and appeared again as a horn atop Elios' head.