Chapter 5
Awakening Halted
Hi everyone! ^^ Thanks for reading this far! Please Review! I don't care if they're short, last for 5 pages, or whatever! Let me know what you think. Welcome to chapter 5, I hope you're enjoying the story, but if you aren't and are still willing to give it a chance thanks for your faith, let me know what you don't like about it, okay? Anybody can follow what's going on by this point in the story. I doubt there are any people who don't get it yet. I think you should know that this story is a Revised Version. It is almost completely different than the original draft. If this story gets some decent reviews, then I'll make a sequel borrowing from my other drafts. But I dare say you had enough of my useless chattering. Please read and review. Love to my story's fans, Sapphire ^^
Amber
Hello, my name is Amber Chrystal Flare. I was born in a place that used to be called Whales. I've been through Buckingham Palace, and been to Big Ben! It was absolutely fabulous! But that's enough about my tourist activity. My birthday is May 23rd and I'm 18.
Since I was little, I've had this thing about expressing myself to others; I can't do it well. Music is the only thing that can help me with that. It's sort of an easy way out for me. Sometimes I even write my own music to help communicate my feelings to others.
I love attention too. I don't always need it, but I get it all the time. I think that's why my parents wanted me to be a public official. I'm also VERY organized. Okay, let me rephrase that, I'm a total neat freak. I think it's easier to be neat and be able to find everything right away, than to be messy and slack off until you can't find your phone.
I went to Hell on Earth, ironically enough, because I control fire. My power is hard to control because of its nature, but after hellish training sessions and lots of practice, I can use it for just about anything. I can bend it to my every whim. That's one handy power.
I never had a boyfriend; my inability to share my feelings with others held me back. I've had plenty of crushes though. That makes perfect sense right? I feel sorry for the guys who always got anonymous valentine cards. That was my fault.
I won the tournament because my opponent in the finals ran out of energy. Later I discovered she almost died of lack of air; she had asthma. I felt guilty for winning until I learned I was to be sealed away never to be called upon again until it would be up to me to save everyone from impending doom. I wasn't to thrilled about that. After I was sealed I never thought I'd wake up again. I was in constant pain the whole week before I was to be awakened, something really bad must've been happening on the outside. I felt the pain of the people who were definitely in danger. I was close to be awakened, but something went wrong, to ceremony was abandoned.
I could talk to other people through dreams, I felt like a ghost. That feeling stopped me from using that ability for quite a while. I finally got the nerve to ask a monk whose life force I'd felt from inside the coffin. He didn't apologize to me, he just said to be patient. I was very frustrated and impatient at that time. I asked again and he told me what happened.
Zin
Hey, I'm Zin Asumo, I'm 19 and my birthday is June 30th. I was born in a place formerly known as Whales. I was sent to Hell on Earth for the gift of controlling fire, which is very hard to control. I hated that aesthetically challenged place. I wished I could burn down the Academy with my own power. Only one thing stopped me. A girl with curly red hair suffered greatly through her training, kind of like me. She never gave up or ran away from it. I was impressed. Then I realized I'd just be taking the easy way out by doing that. Later I learned the entire Academy was fire proof.
I took part in the tournament and lost badly in the semifinals to a girl with asthma. I'm an officer in KNIGHTS now. I play many instruments too. I work at the Fire Shrine in the tearooms. I help clean the place up too. I basically make tea and scrub floors. Sounds like fun right?
I stumbled upon Amber one day and kept coming back she reminded me of that determined redhead I looked up to. Her own red hair looked like real fire, sprawled out on her pillow like that. I wondered what color her eyes were. Then I remembered I had to leave, but I came back every chance I got.
I was busy dealing with attacks lead by Io and her gang. My squad captured at least half of her posse. I'll never know what could possess someone to cause such destruction. Anyway, shortly after that the emperor summoned me to KNIGHTS HQ because of my strength. I was the key to awakening Amber, and in return for doing this, I would receive a home on Mars in any colony I chose. I wanted to say no but the emperor wouldn't hear it, so before I knew what was going on I was getting ready to kiss Amber. But before the emperor could recite the chant, Io attacked the shrine.
I called upon my armor with melted my robes away and fit me into it perfectly. I called upon my ruby revolvers and burst from the shrine ready to defend it at all costs. She merely laughed and attacked with a larger dark energy ball than before. I created a firewall and used it as a shield for the shrine. She formed another dark energy ball, but I fired my revolvers before she got a chance to throw it. Fire in the shape of a dragon flew out of the guns; I'd used my fire dragon attack. It hit her square in the gut and she dropped her ball of black energy. I fired another shot and a fireball flew out of the weapon and totally demolished the energy ball before it reached the ground. Io was writhing in pain, and screaming, "Master please help me!"
She disappeared through what looked like a black whole, and I removed my firewall when back up arrived. We guarded the Fire Shrine until another group of KNIGHTS officers relieved us. It was too late to perform the ceremony now; we'd have to wait until tomorrow. I collapsed on my bed when I got home. The news that attacks on the shrines in all the other establishments came to me in the morning. Suspicion rose within me as I got up. How could they have known about the ceremony? Who was Io working for? Then I remembered the story had been covered on the news yesterday because rumors were going on. Media will be our civilization's downfall. What is going on? Who would do this? Why are they doing this? Who is Io's master? I couldn't possibly know that the answers to these questions would change me forever.
I was called to the Fire Shrine first thing in the morning. I was once more bathed in perfumed water and dressed in ceremonial robes. I was taken to the chamber where everything was ready. The emperor acknowledged my presence with a nod and assumed prayer position. I leaned over the coffin ready to do my part. And so the chanting was about to begin. The emperor was about to start chanting when the candles went out. So I got to catch up on my sleep against the wall, while they relighted the candles. She was still under the spell, and as one thing that went wrong led to the next, I was beginning to doubt this would ever work and began to feel a pattern, soon Io would attack and we'd guard the shrine.
Finally everything was ready to go all set up. The emperor posed and I, once again, leaned into the coffin. At last I heard him chant and I kissed her for the first time.
"Awaken Guardian, you are needed, in this troubled time summoned by those for whom you shed tears and blood, only to be forgotten. We honor your memory and call out your name, which must be sweet to hear again. We beg for you to lend a hand in protecting our precious land. Awaken Guardian I call out your name, AMBER! GUARDIAN RUBY AWAKEN!" he cried with every bit of strength he could muster.
The cold lips that I had tried to warm instantly lit on fire and I sprang back. What I saw blew my mind. There she was, her eyes were still closed, but her body began to levitate off of the padded interior of the coffin. It rose about three feet into the air and then she stood straight and tall. Fire enveloped her body, and to my surprise, her robes caught fire. I made a move to try to put them out, but the emperor held me back. The flames wrapped around her to form armor. In a blinding flash of fire, her hair was in a ponytail, and real fire alloy armor rest on her body, protecting her from harm.
I'm gonna have to cut you off here, I have to save some for the next chapter. Thanks for reading and I hope you've enjoyed it. You've been really great, so please, please, I beg of you, review! That's all for now, thanks so much for reading, and look out for chapter six coming soon! Love ya! Sapphire ^.^
Awakening Halted
Hi everyone! ^^ Thanks for reading this far! Please Review! I don't care if they're short, last for 5 pages, or whatever! Let me know what you think. Welcome to chapter 5, I hope you're enjoying the story, but if you aren't and are still willing to give it a chance thanks for your faith, let me know what you don't like about it, okay? Anybody can follow what's going on by this point in the story. I doubt there are any people who don't get it yet. I think you should know that this story is a Revised Version. It is almost completely different than the original draft. If this story gets some decent reviews, then I'll make a sequel borrowing from my other drafts. But I dare say you had enough of my useless chattering. Please read and review. Love to my story's fans, Sapphire ^^
Amber
Hello, my name is Amber Chrystal Flare. I was born in a place that used to be called Whales. I've been through Buckingham Palace, and been to Big Ben! It was absolutely fabulous! But that's enough about my tourist activity. My birthday is May 23rd and I'm 18.
Since I was little, I've had this thing about expressing myself to others; I can't do it well. Music is the only thing that can help me with that. It's sort of an easy way out for me. Sometimes I even write my own music to help communicate my feelings to others.
I love attention too. I don't always need it, but I get it all the time. I think that's why my parents wanted me to be a public official. I'm also VERY organized. Okay, let me rephrase that, I'm a total neat freak. I think it's easier to be neat and be able to find everything right away, than to be messy and slack off until you can't find your phone.
I went to Hell on Earth, ironically enough, because I control fire. My power is hard to control because of its nature, but after hellish training sessions and lots of practice, I can use it for just about anything. I can bend it to my every whim. That's one handy power.
I never had a boyfriend; my inability to share my feelings with others held me back. I've had plenty of crushes though. That makes perfect sense right? I feel sorry for the guys who always got anonymous valentine cards. That was my fault.
I won the tournament because my opponent in the finals ran out of energy. Later I discovered she almost died of lack of air; she had asthma. I felt guilty for winning until I learned I was to be sealed away never to be called upon again until it would be up to me to save everyone from impending doom. I wasn't to thrilled about that. After I was sealed I never thought I'd wake up again. I was in constant pain the whole week before I was to be awakened, something really bad must've been happening on the outside. I felt the pain of the people who were definitely in danger. I was close to be awakened, but something went wrong, to ceremony was abandoned.
I could talk to other people through dreams, I felt like a ghost. That feeling stopped me from using that ability for quite a while. I finally got the nerve to ask a monk whose life force I'd felt from inside the coffin. He didn't apologize to me, he just said to be patient. I was very frustrated and impatient at that time. I asked again and he told me what happened.
Zin
Hey, I'm Zin Asumo, I'm 19 and my birthday is June 30th. I was born in a place formerly known as Whales. I was sent to Hell on Earth for the gift of controlling fire, which is very hard to control. I hated that aesthetically challenged place. I wished I could burn down the Academy with my own power. Only one thing stopped me. A girl with curly red hair suffered greatly through her training, kind of like me. She never gave up or ran away from it. I was impressed. Then I realized I'd just be taking the easy way out by doing that. Later I learned the entire Academy was fire proof.
I took part in the tournament and lost badly in the semifinals to a girl with asthma. I'm an officer in KNIGHTS now. I play many instruments too. I work at the Fire Shrine in the tearooms. I help clean the place up too. I basically make tea and scrub floors. Sounds like fun right?
I stumbled upon Amber one day and kept coming back she reminded me of that determined redhead I looked up to. Her own red hair looked like real fire, sprawled out on her pillow like that. I wondered what color her eyes were. Then I remembered I had to leave, but I came back every chance I got.
I was busy dealing with attacks lead by Io and her gang. My squad captured at least half of her posse. I'll never know what could possess someone to cause such destruction. Anyway, shortly after that the emperor summoned me to KNIGHTS HQ because of my strength. I was the key to awakening Amber, and in return for doing this, I would receive a home on Mars in any colony I chose. I wanted to say no but the emperor wouldn't hear it, so before I knew what was going on I was getting ready to kiss Amber. But before the emperor could recite the chant, Io attacked the shrine.
I called upon my armor with melted my robes away and fit me into it perfectly. I called upon my ruby revolvers and burst from the shrine ready to defend it at all costs. She merely laughed and attacked with a larger dark energy ball than before. I created a firewall and used it as a shield for the shrine. She formed another dark energy ball, but I fired my revolvers before she got a chance to throw it. Fire in the shape of a dragon flew out of the guns; I'd used my fire dragon attack. It hit her square in the gut and she dropped her ball of black energy. I fired another shot and a fireball flew out of the weapon and totally demolished the energy ball before it reached the ground. Io was writhing in pain, and screaming, "Master please help me!"
She disappeared through what looked like a black whole, and I removed my firewall when back up arrived. We guarded the Fire Shrine until another group of KNIGHTS officers relieved us. It was too late to perform the ceremony now; we'd have to wait until tomorrow. I collapsed on my bed when I got home. The news that attacks on the shrines in all the other establishments came to me in the morning. Suspicion rose within me as I got up. How could they have known about the ceremony? Who was Io working for? Then I remembered the story had been covered on the news yesterday because rumors were going on. Media will be our civilization's downfall. What is going on? Who would do this? Why are they doing this? Who is Io's master? I couldn't possibly know that the answers to these questions would change me forever.
I was called to the Fire Shrine first thing in the morning. I was once more bathed in perfumed water and dressed in ceremonial robes. I was taken to the chamber where everything was ready. The emperor acknowledged my presence with a nod and assumed prayer position. I leaned over the coffin ready to do my part. And so the chanting was about to begin. The emperor was about to start chanting when the candles went out. So I got to catch up on my sleep against the wall, while they relighted the candles. She was still under the spell, and as one thing that went wrong led to the next, I was beginning to doubt this would ever work and began to feel a pattern, soon Io would attack and we'd guard the shrine.
Finally everything was ready to go all set up. The emperor posed and I, once again, leaned into the coffin. At last I heard him chant and I kissed her for the first time.
"Awaken Guardian, you are needed, in this troubled time summoned by those for whom you shed tears and blood, only to be forgotten. We honor your memory and call out your name, which must be sweet to hear again. We beg for you to lend a hand in protecting our precious land. Awaken Guardian I call out your name, AMBER! GUARDIAN RUBY AWAKEN!" he cried with every bit of strength he could muster.
The cold lips that I had tried to warm instantly lit on fire and I sprang back. What I saw blew my mind. There she was, her eyes were still closed, but her body began to levitate off of the padded interior of the coffin. It rose about three feet into the air and then she stood straight and tall. Fire enveloped her body, and to my surprise, her robes caught fire. I made a move to try to put them out, but the emperor held me back. The flames wrapped around her to form armor. In a blinding flash of fire, her hair was in a ponytail, and real fire alloy armor rest on her body, protecting her from harm.
I'm gonna have to cut you off here, I have to save some for the next chapter. Thanks for reading and I hope you've enjoyed it. You've been really great, so please, please, I beg of you, review! That's all for now, thanks so much for reading, and look out for chapter six coming soon! Love ya! Sapphire ^.^