He was coming. I felt his presence in the wind, a cold wind darkened
the mood. Chilling my bones. I shivered. I walked slowly forward, my feet
crunching against the small leaves scattered on the ground.
I reached the end of the path on a small cliff that overlooked a huge lake. I had never been before. I looked up into the night sky and the two glowing moons looked back down at me.
Another wind blew. I clutched my clothes tighter around me. He was coming. He was coming. And when he came.
The wind suddenly started to pick up, going faster and faster. The leaves blew in fancy circles across the ground. I shivered. The wind blew faster. It began to howl with fury. A whirlwind surrounded me; I had to fight to stay on my feet. And then. a flash of blinding light. And suddenly there was a huge, dark shadowed thing floating in the sky.
It was evil. I could feel the evil coming from the large thing in the sky, piercing my skin. This ship did not belong, did not belong in this place. It was un-wanted. Then I heard his voice.
"Monica!" he cried, "Monica, help me!" A single, horrible thought sliced through my head like a razor. Max was in danger!
And suddenly there was an explosion. The dark, shadowed flying machine had suddenly burst into flames. The hungry wisps of fire tore at the sides of the airborne menace, which unfortunately happened to have Max on it.
"Max!" I screamed, but my voice was carried away on the wind. The ship gave a shudder, and then plunged toward the lake below. At the last second before the dark ship collided with the lake and sunk, never to be seen again, Max made a mighty leap from the side of the ship.
He seemed to almost fly through the air, and made a wild grab, in which he grabbed the cliff edge. He screamed, but held on. His grip was slipping. I ran to where he was holding on and, just as he fell, I grabbed his hand. He looked up at me, his emerald eyes glowing, his feet dangling over an insanely far drop into. not into the lake, into a small gathering of boulders, a fall which he would surely die.
"Max. hold on" I whispered. And then he fell. I saw his grip release mine, like in slow motion, and I saw him falling slowly towards the rocks, his death. "Monica!" he called.
"Monica!"
"Monica!"
---
"Monica. Monica! Hello! Monica? Anybody home?"
I bolted awake. "Max!?" I nearly screamed, "What. what." and then I slowly calmed down. A dream. Nothing but a horrible, horrible dream. A nightmare. I shivered in terror. A cold sweat had broken out on my forehead.
Max looked down at me, his eyes full of concern. "You okay? What happened?" he asked. "N-nothing, Max" I assured him, "It was only. just a bad dream, that's all" I was still shaking. Max put a hand on my shoulder and sat down beside me. I felt a sudden feeling of warmth spread through me. I looked up at him and smiled. He grinned back at me. I felt my heart weaken slightly. I tried to shake off the feeling, but he just looked so. gorgeous. It may sound crazy, but when he smiles I me it makes me want to. makes me want to. well. do things that I could never imagine wanting to do any other time. Max just seems to have this magical aura surrounding him that only affects me. I swear we were about to kiss, or maybe it was just my imagination playing games with me again, but then Max broke the silence. "C'mon, I want to show you something" he said, grinning. Then he stood up and left the train car, leaving me speechless. I decided there was nothing to do but to see what he wanted to show off, so I quickly got dressed and headed outside. I saw a sight that made my eyes widen with amazement. The village of Heim Rada was complete! There were houses in just the right places, and all they geysers had been cleared up, and there were generators and all kinds of other gadgets everywhere. It was an amazing sight to behold. From above the newly completed village was the Carpenterion, waving his huge claw arm at me. I waved back, smiling, nearly laughing! If all this was done, maybe we would be able to see Paznos again! The Carpenterion landed in an open spot and Max jumped out. "So, you like it?" he asked, grinning from ear to ear, or as close to that as humanly possible. "Love it!" I exclaimed, "But when did you find the time to do it all?" "Oh, this morning" Max said casually. "You were asleep for a while, so I decided to finish the village by myself. I even went to the future! Paznos isn't revived yet, but I met this guy who works at headquarters and he told me about the Firesquall, that's the thing making all the embers! So anyway, he gave me a powerful time bomb which I can use to destroy it! So then I realized you still weren't awake, you must have slept in a lot, so I came in to wake you up and show you the new village. And then I saw you having the bad dream." his voice trailed off. "The Firesquall?" I asked in disbelief. "But. but. that was destroyed! IN the future! Oh no, Emperor Griffon is really screwing up everything!" The Firesquall was a powerful weapon used against the powerful fortress Paznos, in the future. But Paznos destroyed it. Now, it seems Emperor Griffon has erased Paznos from history and placed the Firesquall in the past to prevent Paznos from ever being revived!!! "Too right he is" Max agreed with me, "But we can stop him, right Monica? We stopped all the other guys!" Max looked up at me grinning with some kind of boyish glee like he was asking me for support. "Of course we can, Max" I told him, "We can do anything together." When I looked back into his eyes I thought I saw something special, a sparkle, or something, meant just for me. But a second later it was gone, and it could have been just a vision for all I knew. 'We can do anything together, Max' I thought happily to myself, 'But I don't know what I'd ever do without you.'
I reached the end of the path on a small cliff that overlooked a huge lake. I had never been before. I looked up into the night sky and the two glowing moons looked back down at me.
Another wind blew. I clutched my clothes tighter around me. He was coming. He was coming. And when he came.
The wind suddenly started to pick up, going faster and faster. The leaves blew in fancy circles across the ground. I shivered. The wind blew faster. It began to howl with fury. A whirlwind surrounded me; I had to fight to stay on my feet. And then. a flash of blinding light. And suddenly there was a huge, dark shadowed thing floating in the sky.
It was evil. I could feel the evil coming from the large thing in the sky, piercing my skin. This ship did not belong, did not belong in this place. It was un-wanted. Then I heard his voice.
"Monica!" he cried, "Monica, help me!" A single, horrible thought sliced through my head like a razor. Max was in danger!
And suddenly there was an explosion. The dark, shadowed flying machine had suddenly burst into flames. The hungry wisps of fire tore at the sides of the airborne menace, which unfortunately happened to have Max on it.
"Max!" I screamed, but my voice was carried away on the wind. The ship gave a shudder, and then plunged toward the lake below. At the last second before the dark ship collided with the lake and sunk, never to be seen again, Max made a mighty leap from the side of the ship.
He seemed to almost fly through the air, and made a wild grab, in which he grabbed the cliff edge. He screamed, but held on. His grip was slipping. I ran to where he was holding on and, just as he fell, I grabbed his hand. He looked up at me, his emerald eyes glowing, his feet dangling over an insanely far drop into. not into the lake, into a small gathering of boulders, a fall which he would surely die.
"Max. hold on" I whispered. And then he fell. I saw his grip release mine, like in slow motion, and I saw him falling slowly towards the rocks, his death. "Monica!" he called.
"Monica!"
"Monica!"
---
"Monica. Monica! Hello! Monica? Anybody home?"
I bolted awake. "Max!?" I nearly screamed, "What. what." and then I slowly calmed down. A dream. Nothing but a horrible, horrible dream. A nightmare. I shivered in terror. A cold sweat had broken out on my forehead.
Max looked down at me, his eyes full of concern. "You okay? What happened?" he asked. "N-nothing, Max" I assured him, "It was only. just a bad dream, that's all" I was still shaking. Max put a hand on my shoulder and sat down beside me. I felt a sudden feeling of warmth spread through me. I looked up at him and smiled. He grinned back at me. I felt my heart weaken slightly. I tried to shake off the feeling, but he just looked so. gorgeous. It may sound crazy, but when he smiles I me it makes me want to. makes me want to. well. do things that I could never imagine wanting to do any other time. Max just seems to have this magical aura surrounding him that only affects me. I swear we were about to kiss, or maybe it was just my imagination playing games with me again, but then Max broke the silence. "C'mon, I want to show you something" he said, grinning. Then he stood up and left the train car, leaving me speechless. I decided there was nothing to do but to see what he wanted to show off, so I quickly got dressed and headed outside. I saw a sight that made my eyes widen with amazement. The village of Heim Rada was complete! There were houses in just the right places, and all they geysers had been cleared up, and there were generators and all kinds of other gadgets everywhere. It was an amazing sight to behold. From above the newly completed village was the Carpenterion, waving his huge claw arm at me. I waved back, smiling, nearly laughing! If all this was done, maybe we would be able to see Paznos again! The Carpenterion landed in an open spot and Max jumped out. "So, you like it?" he asked, grinning from ear to ear, or as close to that as humanly possible. "Love it!" I exclaimed, "But when did you find the time to do it all?" "Oh, this morning" Max said casually. "You were asleep for a while, so I decided to finish the village by myself. I even went to the future! Paznos isn't revived yet, but I met this guy who works at headquarters and he told me about the Firesquall, that's the thing making all the embers! So anyway, he gave me a powerful time bomb which I can use to destroy it! So then I realized you still weren't awake, you must have slept in a lot, so I came in to wake you up and show you the new village. And then I saw you having the bad dream." his voice trailed off. "The Firesquall?" I asked in disbelief. "But. but. that was destroyed! IN the future! Oh no, Emperor Griffon is really screwing up everything!" The Firesquall was a powerful weapon used against the powerful fortress Paznos, in the future. But Paznos destroyed it. Now, it seems Emperor Griffon has erased Paznos from history and placed the Firesquall in the past to prevent Paznos from ever being revived!!! "Too right he is" Max agreed with me, "But we can stop him, right Monica? We stopped all the other guys!" Max looked up at me grinning with some kind of boyish glee like he was asking me for support. "Of course we can, Max" I told him, "We can do anything together." When I looked back into his eyes I thought I saw something special, a sparkle, or something, meant just for me. But a second later it was gone, and it could have been just a vision for all I knew. 'We can do anything together, Max' I thought happily to myself, 'But I don't know what I'd ever do without you.'