Chapter 2

The Emerald Sovereign

              AGH! Sorry it's been so long!! (Death to exams...) So here it is. Chapter two of my fave story 'The Emerald Sovereign'. And note, I AM A UMI/ASCOT SUPPORTER!

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               Enigma....

   Angel's sword....

The Darkness...

                  Fuu stared out the window, at least, she didn't see any shadows ready to rip someone's head off today.  It was quite peaceful. She noticed something, the people of Cephiro didn't seem to be as friendly as they used to be. Most likely, terrified of the shadows, the darkness.

                        There was no need for battle. The Shadows were easily dealt with, but, why were they summoned back? There was no need for them to be there.

                     "Fuu..."

                          Fuu jumped and turned around, it was Master Mage Clef, "Clef-sama!"

                        "Fuu, I heard you knew a little about our new adversaries. I was wondering if you knew if they were creations of the will or not," Clef said as he walked up to the window.

                            Fuu shook her head, "I don't really know. I only know that...there's a sword that can get rid of them."

                          Clef looked up at Fuu, curious to hear more, "A sword?"

                             Fuu began to look a bit stressed, "I don't know."

                         Clef looked high into the blue skies of Cephiro, "Hm?"

                      Both of them looked into the skys to see very high tech looking spaceships entering Cephiro's airspace.  White and Green logos were on the sides, and they were land in an empty, vast part of the land.

                          "Clef-sama...who is..." Fuu started, but Clef interrupted.

                              "The Autozam colony, they've arrived. Fuu, do you want to come and greet them...?"

                            "What about Hikaru-sa..."

                               "I'll ask. But do you wish to accompany me?"

                           "OK, I'll come."

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                          Umi and Ascot were taking a nice little stroll around the courtyard of the castle. Hand in hand, they looked at the flowers blooming on the grass. Umi looked around the fountain and say Ferio sitting on the edge, talking to Lantis and Hikaru.

                            "Hey Ascot! Did you see Fuu lately?" Umi asked a bit concerned.

                           Ascot looked a bit lost, "No, Umi, I haven't..."

                             "Wanna go find her?" Umi said cuddling Ascot's arm.

                            Ascot turned red, "S...Sure!"

              Ferio looked at his little orb that he received from his deceased sister, Princess Emeraude. All of a sudden it started blinking.

                           "What the?" Ferio said as he pressed the little, jewel button.

                        The orb blinking for a second and it started its tranmission, "Ferio-kun,  I'm with Clef-sama and we're just wondering if Hikaru or Umi would like to come with us to the new Autozam colony..."

                             Hikaru, who was standing and heard the whole thing, perked up, "Hey! I wanna go! Ferio! Want to come?"

                  The orb continues its transmission, "Ferio-kun, I don't want you to come...there's more shadows swarming outside of the barrier. I don't want you to get hurt."

                            Hikaru yelled back, "Fuu-chan! Don't worry! Ferio will be OK! He's with us remember? Can't we just wish the shadows away?"

                       "We cannot. The shadows are NOT creations of the will. They are being produced with magic."

                            Hikaru looked disappointed.

                        Lantis put his hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry, I shall stay with the Prince."

                           Hikaru looked concerned, "Are you sure...?"

                         "It's all right Hikaru-chan."

                            Lantis kissed Hikaru on the cheek as she blushed and ran to get Umi. Ferio wished he and Fuu were that close...but something was holding them back. Niether of them knew what. Ferio began to look a little puzzled, he wanted to know what was holding the two of them back.

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                          They were flying through the air on Clef's bird. Hikaru looked very excited, although, all of them knew, they weren't going to see Eagle. Ever again.

                               Fuu began to blame herself, for not using winds of protection to save Eagle. But she knew he would have eventually died because of his illness. She wished she could've known him better.

                                  'He was a handsome boy too...' But she immediately took that thought back when she thought of Ferio. Fuu also knew there was something holding them back from having a good, deep relationship.

                           As they closed in on the Autozam colony, Clef told his gigantic bird to slow down.

                              "Magic Knights, you do know this was Eagle's request to have the Autozam colony..."

                                  The three nodded as they landed infront of the newly built gates, that still needed a bit of finishing.

                     "Who goes there?" A familiar boy's voice sounded.

                          Hikaru looked ahead to see a short boy with a big green hat with goggles on his head, "Hey, Zazu!!"

                       The boy blushed, "Oh hey Hikaru!"

                                     The boy waved to the other Magic knights. Umi jumped off the bird, but Fuu started to feel lightheaded. Sweat began to pour down her head, and she began to see shadows.

                            The shadows hissed and searched around madly, obviously trying to find something. Fuu felt dizzy as she made contact with the ground; face first. She looked up and saw the young boy taking a pipe to one of the shadows. Hikaru and Umi, unarmed, were once again smacking and hitting the shadows continously.

                         Clef noticed Fuu had become dizzy and weak. One of the bigger shadows started scanning the whole area for something. Then it looked at Fuu. Fuu looked up at it, and saw it's collosal hand reach for her.

                            She screamed.

                              The Master Mage shot his staff into the air and cried out, "LIGHTNING BALL!!!! COME FORTH!!"

                   A huge lightning bolt came crashing down and destroyed the shadow. Fuu began to feel better after the shadows had gone, but soon enough, she fainted.

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                       The sword...obtain the sword...

                             Fuu's head was feeling light again as she opened her eyes.

                                "FUU!" She heard a perky voice squeal. 

                            "...Hikaru-san...?"

                              "Fuu! Oh my god, we were so worried!!"

                             Fuu blinked and started to look around for her glasses. Then she felt someone put them on her head. She finally looked to see her surroundings, they were very high tech looking. It was obvious they were still in the Autozam colony, most likely in the hospital.

                                  "The shadows seem to be multiplying..."

                            Fuu turned her head to see Clef staring out a window. She just wanted all this to end. It was her birthday...and no one even remembered. She began to also stare out the window, she saw birds fluttering past, trees were lush and green, the blue sky seemed undisturbed with clouds, but she knew it was. Clouds of darkness would soon overtake the sky, once again.

                                   She began to fall asleep when...

                           "RED ALERT! MONSTERS ATTACKING SECTOR 5!"

                                  She stared exhausted up at the red light blinking on the wall. She heard nurses scrambling around the halls.

                               "I know you're tired Fuu-chan, but you have to get up! The shadows are attacking again!"

                          Fuu got up, very tired. She didn't exactly know what was going to happen next, but she knew it was bad. She did know that she and the others were running through the halls. Then they stopped running.

                     She began to feel very light headed again. Umi helped Fuu stand as all stared at the shadows infront of them. Armoured and everything. Kicking and slapping would not do.

                         "FUU LOOK OUT!!!"

                               She felt impact as she fell to the ground. But someone was ontop of her. She looked at the shadows as they giggled insanely holding a big crystal heart. She wasn't able to identify the person's body ontop of hers, but there was someone, who just took a hit. And by the looks of it, he or she was dying...or already dead.

                 "Fuu..." The person said weakly, before coughing and closing his or her eyes.

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                                NANDAYO!?!?? That's such a horrible chapter ;;;; GAH! I promise the next one will be better!!!! ^^;;; R/R anyway?? Pwease?