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Amidst the Moonlight
By: Crystal of Psyche
Chapter 14: Bloody Trap
Author's Note: Hehee, thanks for all the lovely reviews!!! We're getting to a 100 soon; I hope we get there soon!!!
Max waited for everyone to come back to the meeting spot in the park. He glanced at his watch, "Where is everybody?"
"Sorry we're late!!" Ray running towards him dragging Tolaku by the hand they stopped and caught their breath.
"Did you find anything?" Max asked at the two. They both shook their heads.
"Where are Tyson and Crystal?" Tolaku asked.
"We're right here," came a quiet voice. They turned to see Tyson and Crystal holding hands and had sad faces.
"What's wrong?" Max asked.
"We saw Kai and another muse, got rid of the muse," Tyson said. Everyone jumped and started asking questions, Tyson and Crystal tried to answer them all but they couldn't.
"QUIET!!!!" Ray shouted, everyone stared at him he took a deep breath. "There's no time we need to find the muse of astrology. She's at the Observatory as we speak"
"How will we get there? Only me and Max can fly, and we can't carry all three of you," Tolaku said looking nervous at everyone.
"That's where we come in," said a voice in Tolaku's head. She turned around and saw Tekero and Draciel walking towards them. Tolaku squealed with excitement and ran over to her wolf like bit beast and hugged her. Max walk over and patted Draciel's head.
"This is perfect, me and Ray will ride on Tekero while Max, Tyson, and Crystal can hop on Draciel. All right let's head out!!!" She said before anyone could protest and hopped onto Tekero.
Ray sighed hopped on behind Tolaku and wrapped his arms around her waist he leaned closer to her face and whispered, "Let's go." She smiled and Tekero starting running towards the observatory.
Max got onto Draciel and helped Crystal up, she wrapped her arms around his waist, and Tyson got on behind her and wrapped his arms around Crystal's waist. "Ready," he said. Max nodded and Draciel also started running towards the observatory.
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Ray jumped off of Tekero and helped Tolaku off, "That didn't take long."
Tolaku had a smug look on her face and leaned against Tekero, "Of course it was fast we have the best transportation right here!"
"Will you two stopped fooling around," Max said walking up to them. They both chuckled softly before going quiet.
"Well, what is everyone waiting for?" Crystal said walking into the observatory.
"Wait Crystal!!! Don't go in there by yourself!!" Tyson called after her as he ran inside as well. Tolaku, Ray, and Max looked at each other and shrugged and walked into the building.
Inside was a huge room and in the center of it there was a really big telescope the end extending it outside. Everyone gaped at all the star charts on the walls. No one noticed the light mist forming at their feet.
"Beautiful isn't it?" came a voice. Everyone shot their heads towards the seat underneath the telescope. There was a little girl there she looked twelve years old. With shocking bright green hair, her outfit resembled a troublesome child. She had wrinkled clothing, a t-shirt and a spaghetti strap shirt over it and baggy shorts, and old tennis shoes.
"Let me guess you're Urania, the Muse of Astronomy," Ray muttered loud enough for Urania to hear.
Urania giggled, "Ah, I heard about you from my sisters. You're the person that knows all about us, I see," she took a couple steps closer to him, "There is hidden power in you."
He narrowed his eyes, "I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Right," she shook her head, "Jewel hasn't explained anything to you has she?"
Ray was taken back slightly, "She wouldn't keep anything from me!!"
"Next time you see her ask her," Urania giggled like a child again.
"ENOUGH!!!!" Everyone looked at Tolaku, who had gotten impatient, "What the hell do you want from us!!!???!!!!"
"Tsk tsk tsk…. Flame dear don't get upset," Urania said shaking her finger. Making the short-tempered warrior go out of control.
"Upset!!! UPSET!!!!! WHY DON'T YOU TRY DODGING MY ARROWS!?!?!" Her bow quickly appeared she strung her arrow quick and shot an arrow, but the unique thing that happened that her arrow became a fire arrow and formed four other arrows beside it.
*****
"Hmm…I can't understand all of this," Julia muttered to herself as she flipped through the pages of the mysterious book she got from the bookstore. Flamerion walked over to her and jumped up on the bed Julia was laying on, with Rose on the other side of the bed, playing with some toys.
"What don't you understand?" Flamerion yawned and curled up next to Julia's body.
"This weird writing, I can tell some of the letters but the rest is all too confusing," Julia said turning another page.
"Why don't you ask Ray?" Flamerion said quietly almost sleeping.
"Huh?" she turned away from the book and was looking at her guardian, "Why Ray?"
"Well, he probably could understand what all of it says."
"That's incredible!!! How?"
"Being the sole survivor of the Serilkyu clan," Flamerion muttered.
'Serilkyu' Julia thought she turned to the page where she saw that word, 'There must be more than one clan with magical abilities. But why didn't he tell me, there has to be something special about that clan.' She finally turned the page and saw a picture of a female and a man holding something. The picture was too scratched up to see what it was.
Julia glanced to a certain piece of cloth hanging on the chair next to the bed, she reached over and grabbed it and brought it close to her face. "I never did give this back to him," she said rubbing the material with her fingers. "I guess I'll do it next time when I see him."
She put the book up; put Rose to bed, got into her bed, and snuggled with the cloth she had received years ago.
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Urania smirked and with strange movement avoided all five arrows, "That is pathetic."
A vein popped up on Tolaku's head, "You know your sister said that at the museum, and look where she is now!!!" Urania's face frowned and she became angry.
"You still don't get it do you!!!" She cried.
"Is the baby girl scared now!" crystal said chuckling, making Urania grow even angrier.
Max collapsed on the ground shortly followed by Tyson. Crystal, Ray, and Tolaku turned around in shock. "What did you do!?!?!" Ray shouted. Now it was Urania's turn to laugh.
"This whole time I've been using my special attack!!!" She said in between laughing, "My mist is very strong it makes any ordinary person fall asleep!!! But since all of you are not ordinary people it took a while for it to start having an effect."
She was right, Crystal started feeling sleepy, and she fell onto her knees. Tolaku ran to her, "Crystal!!!! Hang in there!!!"
Crystal smiled at Tolaku, "It looks like you Calains have a stronger resistance to the mist. Get her before she gets you." Crystal closed her eyes and fell asleep. Tolaku looked over to her left to see Ray fall on the ground.
"I'll get you," Tolaku growled as she struggled to get to her feet, now feeling the effects of the mist.
"You can barely stand!!! And I can dodge your arrows with the slightest ease," Urania boasted. Using the last of her energy Tolaku summoned her wings and leaped into the air, an arrow forming in her hand.
"I can do it," Tolaku muttered feeling her energy leave her but she didn't give up, "I won't let my friends die!!" Urania was terrified, as a desperate attempt she threw a small dagger and it hit Tolaku left shoulder making it bleed heavily. But that didn't faze Tolaku. Once she was close enough she stabbed Urania in the stomach with her arrow.
"AHHHHH!!!!!!" Urania screeched in pain as the both landed on the floor. Tolaku was lying on top of Urania almost ready to pass out because of the blood loss and the mist.
"You never should've underestimated us Calains," Tolaku muttered.
Urania grunted, "I'm not dead yet!!! I'm going back home and I'm taking you with me!!! My remaining sisters there will be happy to show their gratitude for helping kill off my sisters."
'At least my friends will be safe for a while,' Tolaku thought, 'I'm sorry Ray, I hope I'll live through this to see you again.' Urania and Tolaku glowed bright green, and soon disappeared to the unknown.
After about five minutes everyone started waking up.
"What happened guys?" Crystal asked rubbing her head, trying to get the pain to subside. Tyson had already made his way over to her.
Max was the first one to look around, "Hey…"
"What?" Tyson asked looking at his best friend.
Max turned to everyone, "Where's Urania…….and Tolaku?" Ray got immediately.
"Your right she's not here!!" He walked around frantically looking for the Fire Calain. Crystal and Tyson stopped in front of something and they both grew pale.
"Uh…Ray?" Ray ran over to them and looked at what they were looking at on the floor. There was a small pool of blood on the ground and next to it was a red feather. Ray fell on his knees and picked up the feather.
"That's from Tolaku's wing," Tyson said quietly.
"Did she sacrifice herself to save us?" Crystal asked quietly.
"NOOO!!!" Ray stood up and glared at them, "She's not dead!!!! I can feel it right in here!!!" He said putting the hand with the feather inside of it over his heart.
"But Ray…" Crystal began.
"I'm not listening," he said quiet but dangerously, "She's alive and I'm going to find her. And if you guys aren't going to help me, then I'll go ask Julia for help." He stormed out of the observatory. Max did not say a word, for some reason Ray had told him everything through his mind. It was strange; he will have to talk to Ray about that strange moment later.
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Julia shot up in the bed, knocking Flamerion off the bed. "What was that!?!" she cried out in the blue.
Flamerion lifted herself on the bed a little ruffled with anger, "You had to toss me off the bed!!"
"This is important, I had a strange connection to Max and Ray!!"
"I can't answer anything about that, but you need to talk to them about it!!!" Flamerion huffed and settled herself down on the bed. Julia lay back down, but could not go to sleep. She was waiting for that signal to flare up again.
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Tolaku groaned and sat up, immediately her hand went to her shoulder to help it, her wings were still out and were folded just incase she need to fly away somewhere. She looked around her, she was in this fabulous room that was well furnished, but it held some evil. The door opened and Urania came out followed by a woman.
"Hullo Tolaku I hope your feeling better," Urania said teasingly. Tolaku didn't say anything she just glared at Urania. The woman placed a hand on Urania's shoulder.
"Don't glare at my sister like that!" She looked towards the door as it opened Kai walked in and leaned against the wall not looking at anybody.
"Kai!!!" Tolaku yelled at him, he didn't move. Then she noticed someone else come into the room
"It's been awhile hasn't it Tolaku…" came a male voice
"You bastard!!!"
"Now, now is that how you treat an old friend, that you had since childhood."
"You were no friend, and you stalked my best friend!!!"
"About that," the male walked closer to her. "Do you know that she is the brightest jewel." Tolaku shivered. "And I plan on getting that jewel no matter what."
Author's Note: ooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooo! Things are getting interesting aren't they folks….*smiles* can you guess who this mysterious person is….if you get it right then I'll have to reward you somehow!!!
Well, Tootles!!!
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