Mystic Destiny
Chapter Two-Chaos
Simeon turned back towards Sarah and sighed. Yeah, her horn and hooves were going to let her fit in at the station. Yeah right.
"Umm.Can't you do anything about.Your horn?"
She looked at herself like she had forgotten she was in her body.
"Oh, whoops! Here."
She pointed at herself and snapped. The change was instantaneous. Her long, wavy, silver hair had turned jet black, and was straight, cut short like most female raven's hair was, only down to her earlobes. She was shorter now, just about an inch shorter than Simeon. She was also wearing the standard uniform for ravens, but her eyes remained the same, deep black- brown color. Simeon had seen her before.Somewhere.But he quickly shook that thought away. He nodded approvingly and spoke quietly.
"Well, just please don't go berserk and start melting things. Not very good around here."
She answered with a nod, but that gleam in her eyes was still there.
They walked down the hall to the lounge, only a few ravens in the hallway. None of them spoke to Simeon, knowing his annoyance at all humanity, but every one of them stared at Sarah walking close behind him. They reached the circular room, shining of steel and metal. As Sarah walked in behind the Raven, the room grew quiet. People were looking over their shoulders at Simeon, and slowly turned their gaze to Sarah.
"She's an assistant."
A few nodded their heads and looked away quickly, while others took another close look before turning back to their games of pool. As Simeon walked over to a table and sat down, eyes were still on him. They all knew perfectly well that Simeon never had assistants. Only a few seconds after sitting down, Sarah had made one of the saltshakers on the table start to hover a foot off the table.
"Don't do that!"
At his words, the people sitting at nearby tables turned and watched the floating saltshaker, dumbfounded. Simeon looked over at the group and said in a clear voice.
"She's.ah.A test subject for anti-gravity department. Testing a new miniature anti-gravity projector."
The people all nodded again. Simeon had authority here as one of the top Ravens, second, for that matter, so they believed him. Sort of....But soon after they turned, Sarah tried to kiss Simeon again.
"AUGH!!!!!"
A few people had turned around quickly enough to see Simeon fall out of his chair and onto his back. A few stifled chuckles, but even so, Simeon had turned beet red. He turned halfway towards Sarah and, out of the corner of his mouth, said very quietly, yet very angrily.
"I told you not to do anything!!!!!"
Sarah giggled, and replied in a not-so-quiet voice.
"But you're cute!"
Simeon took a few steps closer to her, obviously very mad. The rest of the people just kept watching.
"I very clearly stated the fact that this behavior is completely unacceptable!"
Then Simeon turned towards the staring crowd and answered in a voice that sounded like he had rehearsed it thousands of times.
"She is a mental case and forgot to take her medicine, so don't bother with her childish behavior. She can't help it and I have no idea why I was chosen to put up with it."
Right before the crowd turned back (again) to their business, Sarah spoke up in a shrill voice.
"I'm not some mental nut!"
A few pool balls from the nearby pool table flew up and, half melted, started to streak towards Simeon. He pulled out his pistol and shot four of them quickly, dodging the rest. Of course, by now, the crowd was enraptured, although none dared to say a word.
"Little things like that can't stop me Sarah. You should at least know that by now."
Sarah, however, was clearly very mad. She snapped her fingers at him, and this time all his clothing caught on fire. The stop, drop, and roll technique worked quite well, although there were scorch marks all over him now. The pistol in his hand had also started to melt into metallic goo in his hands, and he quickly dropped the blob, clutching at the burnt hand.
"Calm down, you know the doctor said that getting upset will not help your condition."
But by then, his voice had lost its calm tone and was replaced by a futile attempt to make his strained voice sound normal.
Sarah's eyes were gleaming ever so slightly red, enraged at being called a mental case. But she instantly calmed down and said in the very quiet, mysterious voice that this form of her had.
"Well, if you hate me that much, I'll just leave."
She snapped her fingers again. But this time, instead of the normal instantaneous teleportation, cherry blossoms began to whirl around her. She floated about a foot up in the air and disappeared, cherry blossoms vanishing once they settled to the ground.
As she and the flowers disappeared, all eyes had turned to look at him, searching for answers. Simeon, however, had other ideas. He got up and quickly walked out the door, although everyone was still looking at him. One of the newer Ravens had plucked up the courage to run after him and pull at his shirt, pleading for an explanation. Simeon simply shook him off, and continued down to the garage.
Once there, he got into his AC and flew down to Earth, back to the same plot of desert where all his troubles had begun. He landed, and turned all power to his AC off.
"My reputation's ruined.The girl's gone, at least."
He looked back up at the endless sky, looking at the stars and the small circle of light that was the Raven's Nest.
"But now what.?"
End Part I
"My life here is ruined.Might as well go to Mars.At least there, I can start over again.And there, Sarah won't find me.Hopefully."
Simeon was still there, still staring up at the endless sea of stars, still wondering what to do. Behind him, he heard the now familiar noise of hooves thudding against the steel flooring. He turned in his chair, to see Sarah. In her freaky horn girl form, no longer the elegant Raven she used to look like.
"Missed me?"
Simeon stood up suddenly, but then fell back into his chair. No use attacking, she'd only reflect it back at him. He laced his fingers together, staring at her, blue-grey eyes icy.
"Well, what do you have to say about your behavior up at the Raven's Nest?"
She remained quiet, smiling ever so slightly.
"You ruined my career, you ruined my life, and you have basically disrupted the very image of all Ravens."
He stood up, advancing on the girl.
"Well? What do you have to say about that?"
She tilted her head. There was no reason for him to be this mad at her, in her opinion.
"Why are you so mad? I was only playing with you."
He brought out his gun, and fired, knowing that something else would happen to the gun, but he didn't care.
This time, the bullet moved much, much slower. Like it was moving through jelly. Sarah caught the long bullet with one hand and threw it back at him, the bullet now moving like it had been fired from a cannon.
Simeon dodged the streaking bullet, and threw the gun at her now. It melted to a puddle of silver on the floor of the AC.
"Can't you just do something to make it so that I never met you!?!? You can do all this, so why don't you pick on someone else!?!?"
The girl nodded, although sadly.
"I don't wanna leave you though."
"Well, my life would be better off without you!"
She sighed sadly again, then snapped. The world through Simeon's eyes began to whirl into a blur of color. He closed his eyes and faded into the stream of color, glad that he was finally getting a second chance.
Simeon opened his eyes again, looking around. He was in his AC, only a few miles from the city where he had just completed his mission. He looked around for any trace of the girl. Good, she was gone.
He looked around again. It was almost sundown, and he was still on Earth. Well, might as well stay to watch the sunset. Maybe it was all just a dream.
He looked up this time, and all his thoughts were shattered. There, sitting on top of the view screen, was Sarah.
"I told you to leave me! Leave and don't come back!"
Outside, the girl disappeared. Only to reappear inside the cockpit. Sakura (cherry) blossoms danced around her head, filling the cockpit with its sweet fragrance.
"Mmm.I like using these Sakura blossoms.They smell nice."
"Why won't you leave me alone!?!?"
She smiled, her cheerful mood restored after the break from Simeon.
"But it's fun to travel with you!"
Simeon groaned, knowing that there was no way to stop the girl. He sighed, leaning back in the chair, thinking. He got up suddenly and spoke.
"If you don't bug me, or get in the way, or do anything to change how everything is supposed to be, you can stay. But ONLY then."
"Yay! Ok, I'll stay with you!"
She clapped her hands happily, glad to stay with him.
Simeon sighed and got back to the controls, getting to the garage to take them back up to space.
Sarah saw this, however, and raised her hand to snap their way up to the station. Simeon put a hand over hers, stifling the snap.
"Don't do anything that would change how everything is supposed to be."
She stopped, and sat down sulkily in the corner. Simeon smiled. Finally, he could do things right.
They were out in space, speeding towards the space station. Simeon was happy, enjoying the ride up, at least a little bit, while Sarah was still sitting in the corner, having a war of the tools (The bolts were winning, this time)
"Would you stop that!? The clanking is getting on my nerves!"
She nodded sadly again, and all the tools and parts in midair clanked onto the steel floor, even louder than before.
Simeon turned back to the view screen and looked to the north. There. The Raven's Nest, only about a mile away. Home again, after the mission, and hopefully Sarah would leave him. All of a sudden, the station exploded into a fiery ball of steel.
Their AC barely missed the main ring of fire from the explosion; the force rocking the AC. Simeon looked back at Sarah, eyes fiery with anger.
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO ANYTHING! CHANGE IT BACK!"
Sarah, too, was dumbfounded at the explosion. She replied quickly.
"But you told me not to change how things are supposed to be! So I won't. And I didn't make the stupid station explode, either."
He looked at her again, tearing his eyes from the screen.
"You didn't.? But then, how come it didn't happen last time?"
"Well.When you go back in time, you have to change everything, and everybody's given a second chance at everything except the choices that are meant to be by destiny. Obviously, this explosion was only a minor factor.But you see, you're alive, I'm alive, and everything that is meant to be is here. But the choices are only here choose your destiny, and only the ones that matter for the cycle of eternity to stay in balance are the ones that don't change. Even I am not to meddle in such affairs such as this."
Sarah was looking mystical, almost. A great change from the 4-year old behavior he had seen before.
"Then why did you appear?!?! Why did you ruin my life in a matter of minutes!!??"
"Well, that didn't affect how things are to be. At least not too much.Things would still happen, and would continue to happen. Your destiny would be fulfilled, and you would still do what you were meant to do, although you would be forever known as the laughingstock of Ravens, but what matters would be done. This is simply another possibility for all that have a place in time to do what they need to do. I can meddle in minor things, but something as major as this.It could change the path of life from the road on which it is to take. I could change it, but the punishment would be severe."
"But then h-"
Simeon saw a flash of movement out of the corner of his eye. He turned back towards the screen, and could just barely the flash of red from an AC glinting in the sun's light. A red and tan AC. Ares' AC. It was boosting away from the heart of the explosion.
"Ares.?
End Part II End Chapter Two
Simeon turned back towards Sarah and sighed. Yeah, her horn and hooves were going to let her fit in at the station. Yeah right.
"Umm.Can't you do anything about.Your horn?"
She looked at herself like she had forgotten she was in her body.
"Oh, whoops! Here."
She pointed at herself and snapped. The change was instantaneous. Her long, wavy, silver hair had turned jet black, and was straight, cut short like most female raven's hair was, only down to her earlobes. She was shorter now, just about an inch shorter than Simeon. She was also wearing the standard uniform for ravens, but her eyes remained the same, deep black- brown color. Simeon had seen her before.Somewhere.But he quickly shook that thought away. He nodded approvingly and spoke quietly.
"Well, just please don't go berserk and start melting things. Not very good around here."
She answered with a nod, but that gleam in her eyes was still there.
They walked down the hall to the lounge, only a few ravens in the hallway. None of them spoke to Simeon, knowing his annoyance at all humanity, but every one of them stared at Sarah walking close behind him. They reached the circular room, shining of steel and metal. As Sarah walked in behind the Raven, the room grew quiet. People were looking over their shoulders at Simeon, and slowly turned their gaze to Sarah.
"She's an assistant."
A few nodded their heads and looked away quickly, while others took another close look before turning back to their games of pool. As Simeon walked over to a table and sat down, eyes were still on him. They all knew perfectly well that Simeon never had assistants. Only a few seconds after sitting down, Sarah had made one of the saltshakers on the table start to hover a foot off the table.
"Don't do that!"
At his words, the people sitting at nearby tables turned and watched the floating saltshaker, dumbfounded. Simeon looked over at the group and said in a clear voice.
"She's.ah.A test subject for anti-gravity department. Testing a new miniature anti-gravity projector."
The people all nodded again. Simeon had authority here as one of the top Ravens, second, for that matter, so they believed him. Sort of....But soon after they turned, Sarah tried to kiss Simeon again.
"AUGH!!!!!"
A few people had turned around quickly enough to see Simeon fall out of his chair and onto his back. A few stifled chuckles, but even so, Simeon had turned beet red. He turned halfway towards Sarah and, out of the corner of his mouth, said very quietly, yet very angrily.
"I told you not to do anything!!!!!"
Sarah giggled, and replied in a not-so-quiet voice.
"But you're cute!"
Simeon took a few steps closer to her, obviously very mad. The rest of the people just kept watching.
"I very clearly stated the fact that this behavior is completely unacceptable!"
Then Simeon turned towards the staring crowd and answered in a voice that sounded like he had rehearsed it thousands of times.
"She is a mental case and forgot to take her medicine, so don't bother with her childish behavior. She can't help it and I have no idea why I was chosen to put up with it."
Right before the crowd turned back (again) to their business, Sarah spoke up in a shrill voice.
"I'm not some mental nut!"
A few pool balls from the nearby pool table flew up and, half melted, started to streak towards Simeon. He pulled out his pistol and shot four of them quickly, dodging the rest. Of course, by now, the crowd was enraptured, although none dared to say a word.
"Little things like that can't stop me Sarah. You should at least know that by now."
Sarah, however, was clearly very mad. She snapped her fingers at him, and this time all his clothing caught on fire. The stop, drop, and roll technique worked quite well, although there were scorch marks all over him now. The pistol in his hand had also started to melt into metallic goo in his hands, and he quickly dropped the blob, clutching at the burnt hand.
"Calm down, you know the doctor said that getting upset will not help your condition."
But by then, his voice had lost its calm tone and was replaced by a futile attempt to make his strained voice sound normal.
Sarah's eyes were gleaming ever so slightly red, enraged at being called a mental case. But she instantly calmed down and said in the very quiet, mysterious voice that this form of her had.
"Well, if you hate me that much, I'll just leave."
She snapped her fingers again. But this time, instead of the normal instantaneous teleportation, cherry blossoms began to whirl around her. She floated about a foot up in the air and disappeared, cherry blossoms vanishing once they settled to the ground.
As she and the flowers disappeared, all eyes had turned to look at him, searching for answers. Simeon, however, had other ideas. He got up and quickly walked out the door, although everyone was still looking at him. One of the newer Ravens had plucked up the courage to run after him and pull at his shirt, pleading for an explanation. Simeon simply shook him off, and continued down to the garage.
Once there, he got into his AC and flew down to Earth, back to the same plot of desert where all his troubles had begun. He landed, and turned all power to his AC off.
"My reputation's ruined.The girl's gone, at least."
He looked back up at the endless sky, looking at the stars and the small circle of light that was the Raven's Nest.
"But now what.?"
End Part I
"My life here is ruined.Might as well go to Mars.At least there, I can start over again.And there, Sarah won't find me.Hopefully."
Simeon was still there, still staring up at the endless sea of stars, still wondering what to do. Behind him, he heard the now familiar noise of hooves thudding against the steel flooring. He turned in his chair, to see Sarah. In her freaky horn girl form, no longer the elegant Raven she used to look like.
"Missed me?"
Simeon stood up suddenly, but then fell back into his chair. No use attacking, she'd only reflect it back at him. He laced his fingers together, staring at her, blue-grey eyes icy.
"Well, what do you have to say about your behavior up at the Raven's Nest?"
She remained quiet, smiling ever so slightly.
"You ruined my career, you ruined my life, and you have basically disrupted the very image of all Ravens."
He stood up, advancing on the girl.
"Well? What do you have to say about that?"
She tilted her head. There was no reason for him to be this mad at her, in her opinion.
"Why are you so mad? I was only playing with you."
He brought out his gun, and fired, knowing that something else would happen to the gun, but he didn't care.
This time, the bullet moved much, much slower. Like it was moving through jelly. Sarah caught the long bullet with one hand and threw it back at him, the bullet now moving like it had been fired from a cannon.
Simeon dodged the streaking bullet, and threw the gun at her now. It melted to a puddle of silver on the floor of the AC.
"Can't you just do something to make it so that I never met you!?!? You can do all this, so why don't you pick on someone else!?!?"
The girl nodded, although sadly.
"I don't wanna leave you though."
"Well, my life would be better off without you!"
She sighed sadly again, then snapped. The world through Simeon's eyes began to whirl into a blur of color. He closed his eyes and faded into the stream of color, glad that he was finally getting a second chance.
Simeon opened his eyes again, looking around. He was in his AC, only a few miles from the city where he had just completed his mission. He looked around for any trace of the girl. Good, she was gone.
He looked around again. It was almost sundown, and he was still on Earth. Well, might as well stay to watch the sunset. Maybe it was all just a dream.
He looked up this time, and all his thoughts were shattered. There, sitting on top of the view screen, was Sarah.
"I told you to leave me! Leave and don't come back!"
Outside, the girl disappeared. Only to reappear inside the cockpit. Sakura (cherry) blossoms danced around her head, filling the cockpit with its sweet fragrance.
"Mmm.I like using these Sakura blossoms.They smell nice."
"Why won't you leave me alone!?!?"
She smiled, her cheerful mood restored after the break from Simeon.
"But it's fun to travel with you!"
Simeon groaned, knowing that there was no way to stop the girl. He sighed, leaning back in the chair, thinking. He got up suddenly and spoke.
"If you don't bug me, or get in the way, or do anything to change how everything is supposed to be, you can stay. But ONLY then."
"Yay! Ok, I'll stay with you!"
She clapped her hands happily, glad to stay with him.
Simeon sighed and got back to the controls, getting to the garage to take them back up to space.
Sarah saw this, however, and raised her hand to snap their way up to the station. Simeon put a hand over hers, stifling the snap.
"Don't do anything that would change how everything is supposed to be."
She stopped, and sat down sulkily in the corner. Simeon smiled. Finally, he could do things right.
They were out in space, speeding towards the space station. Simeon was happy, enjoying the ride up, at least a little bit, while Sarah was still sitting in the corner, having a war of the tools (The bolts were winning, this time)
"Would you stop that!? The clanking is getting on my nerves!"
She nodded sadly again, and all the tools and parts in midair clanked onto the steel floor, even louder than before.
Simeon turned back to the view screen and looked to the north. There. The Raven's Nest, only about a mile away. Home again, after the mission, and hopefully Sarah would leave him. All of a sudden, the station exploded into a fiery ball of steel.
Their AC barely missed the main ring of fire from the explosion; the force rocking the AC. Simeon looked back at Sarah, eyes fiery with anger.
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO ANYTHING! CHANGE IT BACK!"
Sarah, too, was dumbfounded at the explosion. She replied quickly.
"But you told me not to change how things are supposed to be! So I won't. And I didn't make the stupid station explode, either."
He looked at her again, tearing his eyes from the screen.
"You didn't.? But then, how come it didn't happen last time?"
"Well.When you go back in time, you have to change everything, and everybody's given a second chance at everything except the choices that are meant to be by destiny. Obviously, this explosion was only a minor factor.But you see, you're alive, I'm alive, and everything that is meant to be is here. But the choices are only here choose your destiny, and only the ones that matter for the cycle of eternity to stay in balance are the ones that don't change. Even I am not to meddle in such affairs such as this."
Sarah was looking mystical, almost. A great change from the 4-year old behavior he had seen before.
"Then why did you appear?!?! Why did you ruin my life in a matter of minutes!!??"
"Well, that didn't affect how things are to be. At least not too much.Things would still happen, and would continue to happen. Your destiny would be fulfilled, and you would still do what you were meant to do, although you would be forever known as the laughingstock of Ravens, but what matters would be done. This is simply another possibility for all that have a place in time to do what they need to do. I can meddle in minor things, but something as major as this.It could change the path of life from the road on which it is to take. I could change it, but the punishment would be severe."
"But then h-"
Simeon saw a flash of movement out of the corner of his eye. He turned back towards the screen, and could just barely the flash of red from an AC glinting in the sun's light. A red and tan AC. Ares' AC. It was boosting away from the heart of the explosion.
"Ares.?
End Part II End Chapter Two