Two years ago, I started a story. That was my 11th grade year. Hadn't taken any decent story writing classes yet. So it was very pathetic. Very pathetic indeed…
Two years ago on the day of my birthday, I published said story. I published it, knowing full well that with
the countless stories I've written (majority, never published), I would never
finish it. Still, I wrote it. Said story also received reviews, but the
inadequacies of my writing compelled me to stop writing at chapter 3, leaving
my readers in an endless cliffhanger.
More than two years after the abrupt ending, I received an e-mail notification that someone had posted a review. 'Odd,' I thought. I read the e-mail, and sure enough, it was a review on a story I had long forgotten about. Debonair Returns.
With hikaru_29's review, when I thought no more would come, I felt driven to completely revamp the story. The plot would remain static, but the details would be richer, actions would have meaning.
This, the rebirth of "Debonair Returns," is entitled Resurrection, for more reasons than one.
Resurrection is dedicated to hikaru_29, for without her review bringing me back from writer's block (read: writing limbo), this story would forever be on a cliffie, a vague testament of my past.
Disclaimer: I do not own Magic Knight Rayearth. Everybody knows that.
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Resurrection-Prologue
A tiny seed of doubt, the faintest shadow on the heart. That's how it always started. Just one day, someone would lose confidence in their own heart's will, and allow the dark poison of disbelief to being tainting the soul. This is how She was created.
She didn't start out as a creature of nightmares. Rather, She had been born of very humble beginnings. One person's faith began to waver in the great Pillar System of Cephiro. The Pillar wasn't, couldn't, be eternal, could she? That person's loss of faith began to spread like a virus across the land. This spawned countless monsters along the outer borders, which then required the use of soldiers to keep them away and maintain the safety of the numerous villages that dotted Cephiro's landscape.
Still, this was not Her true awakening. Over the years, her power slowly grew as the People allowed the doubt to stain their souls, but she still remained, hidden in the shadows.
Not until the Pillar of Cephiro, Princess Emeraude, was captured by the High Priest Zagato did she truly gain her power. The People were shaken, and their fear fed her need for doubt and self-loathing. Calling forth the Legend of the Magic Knights, Emeraude-hime was rescued, but in a bitter twist of irony, chose to end her life to be with the one she loved, instead of being eternally chained to the Pillar System. The shattered hope and confidence of the People of Cephiro gave Her strength, strength enough to rise up and begin to take over and destroy the land.
Through her, the girl known as Nova began her dark path of destruction.
Nova was a creature borne of the heart of the Magic Knight of Fire in her moment of grief at playing a part in taking Emeraude-hime's life. She was innocent, carefree, but lonely and always searching for her "mother." Seeing her hidden power, directly linked to the power of the Magic Knight of Fire, She took Nova under her wing, figuratively adopted her, and trained her to fight, kill, and instill fear into the hearts of the People. Through this, She gained even more power than before.
All that changed however. The Magic Knights returned with the power of their wills and hearts, and that Magic Knight of Fire not only destroyed her creation, Regalia, and turned her own adoptive daughter against her, but stopped her plan and very nearly destroyed her in the process!
"The believing heart of the people. Damn you… Magic… Knights!!!:
She was so close! So close to destroying all of Cephiro and the world that Emeraude-Hime cherished! How She hated that girl! Her and her accursed Magic Knights!
But now, now Her ultimate plan has begun. Now, she will gain the limitless power of the Pillar!
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Yes, short, I know. I have half of chapter 1 done already, so expect that in a few days!! No, I will not let this fic stagnate like Debonair Returns, and I will finish it this time!