Here again with another chapter. I am sorry if you expected it earlier, but
I went on vacation so....anyway, here it is.
I hope this chapter helps you get more into what will be the climax of the story, however, I told you sometime ago... I am kind of lost. Anyway.... I think that it is going well. If anyone thinks that I am crazy and that maybe I should throw myself to the garbage please say so. It really helps me to know what do you think, honesty is what makes stories better. Anyway, as far as I know, there are few people who really love the story, so please keep reviewing and tell me how this came out ok. (si Marlene te hablo a ti)
Well too much BLA BLA BLA so:
The Quest
Ferio and the rest ran through the forest trying to escape from Eagle and the thieves, when they reached a small river. In that river waited a shadow, that shadow was holding Mokona.
Chapter 11: Decision
"Stop!" Ferio yelled as he saw the strange shadow at the river. It was holding Mokona. Everyone obeyed at once and looked at the scene.
Mokona was trying desperately to get loose of the shadow. The shadow, almost everyone guessed, that attacked them at Ascot's house. However, it didn't seem to be letting Mokona go.
"It's the shadow from before." Ascot said as he stood in front of Umi, who had no idea what that thing was.
Lantis got of his sword and pointed at the creature.
"Let Mokona go." He said in a stern voice. His eyes were menacingly. However, the shadow would not let Mokona go. In the other hand it turned around and started running on the water.
Lantis followed it. He knew that all the strange things that had happened to Hikaru had to deal with Mokona. He was not letting anyone take it. The others ran behind Lantis, but they were not that fast. Ascot summoned a creature that could fly and carry them all.
"Way to go Ascot! Although it would had come in handy in the clans hideout." Umi said as she patted the cute creature. Ascot blushed.
"It is to big to fit in there and the idea kind of...slipped my mind before."
They shortly reached Lantis. He had already summoned a horse. The shadow was extremely fast, he thought, for his mighty horse was unable to follow. Fuu looked at Mokona. She somewhere inside her knew she had to protect that fluffy creature. She pointed at it and took aim. After some seconds she cast her admonishment spell. It enveloped the shadow and Mokona. The reached it and got off the creature.
The shadow tried to get rid of Fuu's spell, but it caught it by surprise. Ferio got near the creature and tried to take Mokona but he couldn't, the shadow was not letting it go.
"It is a very stubborn shadow." Umi said as she watched Lantis looking at it.
"What are you?" he asked. But the shadow just stared at him, hatred in its eyes.
Ferio asked again but had no answer.
"Ascot can you tell us what is it?" he asked.
Ascot, as summoner, should know almost every creature in the world. Ascot looked at it and after some seconds and he closed his eyes. Ascot started to say some kind of a cantrip as some light engulfed the shadow. The shadow did nothing except for holding tighter Mokona. Ascot opened his eyes and looked at everyone.
"A magic creature created with dark sorcery from Cefiro." He said not believing his own words.
"Cefiro? Where is that?" Umi asked. Hikaru was just as lost as her friend. Ferio knew nothing either.
"That is impossible." Fuu said looking at Ascot. "Cefiro is just a place of legend."
"But I felt it." Ascot said. "I can feel and communicate with the creature heart. This one is from Cefiro... at least that's what it's heart says. The only creature I haven't been able to recognize is Mokona."
Lantis stared at the creature. If that thing was really from Cefiro, then, things were just getting more and more difficult.
"What exactly is Cefiro, and how come you know about it Fuu?" Ferio asked not understanding a thing. Umi and Hikaru nodded, they wanted to know.
"I...I am not pretty sure what it is. Actually, nobody is known to know. It is just a tale about a world that has the equilibrium of our planet. If it is damaged someway... then our world will suffer a terrible catastrophe until Cefiro regains equilibrium again. It is believed to be the most magical place ever." She said. "However, only people who had gone mad had written about that, no one healthy has ever written stories or theories about Cefiro. That is why, it is just believed to be a lie... something to entertain fanatics of some sort."
"But I felt it. I know this creature is from Cefiro." Ascot said trying not to sound out of his mind. Fuu looked at Ascot, even if he said so, there was nothing to prove Cefiro was nothing more than some joke. She looked at Ferio.
"Maybe it tried to make you believe that." Umi said trying to calm Ascot. But he shook his head. Hikaru looked concerned at his friend.
"I believe you Ascot-kun." She said as she smiled. "Ascot-kun has never been mistaken, and when he didn't know about Mokona he didn't lie, he just said so."
"We are not telling Ascot-san is lying, Hikaru-san." Fuu said. "It is just that this is way to strange."
"Silence." Lantis suddenly said. Everyone looked at him. He was looking behind them. Ferio listened. They had forgotten all about Eagle. This mistake could cause them lives. Eagle must be furious.
"It's Eagle. We have to get out of here." He said lowing his voice. Everyone gasped.
"What are we supposed to do with that." Umi said pointing at the shadow.
"I can take it with us." Fuu said. She wasn't quite sure how long would she resist. The fact was that the shadow, although was not moving, was trying with all of it's strength to get rid of Fuu's spell. Perhaps no one had noticed. But Fuu was getting weaker every minute. But she couldn't say a thing, if the shadow noticed this, it would take advantage of this. She could just try to resist and make her friends notice in some other way. They all mounted Ascot's creature.
"Where to?" Ascot asked as suddenly beneath them, from the river, a wall of water hit them. Everyone fell of the creature Fuu manage to keep the spell while she protected Ferio from a rock on the ground, but in that instant the shadow noticed Fuu's weakness.
When everyone was on the floor, the wall of water disappeared giving shape to a very familiar face. King Stephen. Everyone looked surprise. Lantis saw his king and immediately vowed. Ferio tried to hide Fuu, but that was not useful.
"Well, well, well. You've found the prisoners of Kiam Lantis. Well done." He said looking at Fuu and Ferio. He switched his gaze to Umi. "And the lost princess. You are more useful than your elder brother, who has suddenly disappeared."
Lantis kept watching the ground. He didn't know that the king possessed some kind of magic. This was strange.
"Any clues where he is?" the king said as he looked at the shadow and his treasure: Mokona.
"No, your highness."
Fuu felt that the shadow was giving a humongous effort to free itself. A power, she realized, she couldn't handle anymore. She started to feel very tired. Ferio looked at her, she was getting pale. It was the magic, he guessed. Like the day they escaped from the dungeon. They needed to get out off there. Lantis felt Fuu's power decrease, it was getting dangerous.
"Your majesty. We found this creature roaming in the forest. He robbed something and we had captured it. I believe it is a threat to our kingdom." Lantis by now knew the king was no friend, he had never liked him, and now, he felt some terrible evil power encircling the king.
The king looked at Lantis.
"You speak in plural, yet I see no more guards in this river." The king said playfully. "Are you suggesting that these, traitors, helped me?"
Lantis looked at his king, he then looked at Ascot. The young summoner understood the message. They needed to get out of there as fast as they could. He would have to summon his faster beast.
"Are you, Lantis, also a traitor?" the king said smiling at him.
"Just as you are." Lantis said as he got of his sword and attacked the king. At that same moment Ascot tried to summon a monster but they were al stopped by a terrible scream. A scream that entered through their ears and right to their brains making a horrible pain in their heads. Everyone got to the floor and put their hands on their ears. It was the shadow the one that was screaming. Fuu was not letting it go, even if meant losing all of her strength. However the shadow had other plans and it managed to roll near Ferio and when he was near enough, it spit at him on the shoulder. Fuu watched this. The shadow had spitted at Ferio some sort of black thing. Ferio yelled in pain as he grabbed his shoulder soon, he started to gain a yellow color on his skin. Fuu ran toward Ferio holding her breath, she couldn't hear a thing, still knew Ferio was screaming in pain. The shadow spoke on her mind.
"Let me go, and perhaps, he'll survive." It said menacingly. Fuu looked at the shadow in horror. Ferio was getting more yellow and his eyes were starting to cry tears of blood. Fuu remembered the voice before. The creature from the dream.
"He'll be about to die and you'll betray your world just for saving him... then he'll die again......and your path will be........."
She had seen Ferio like that before....on that vision. She closed her eyes. She couldn't think... somewhere in her mind she knew that If she let the creature go something terrible would happen. But still, Ferio would die... and she hadn't tell him, she would be without him. Selfishness invaded his body and soul as she told her mind that she loved him and that she was not going to obey that creature. She tried to make herself believe that her decision was the right one and that things where going to turn out good eventually. She would save Ferio, for them, no matter the consequences. She felt like hours had passed when it really was a matter of two seconds, when she looked, tears on her eyes, at the shadow and nodded. As she did so she heard a voice from far away, like in another world. It was Lantis' voice.
"Don't Fuu!!!!! NO!!!"
And suddenly a light enveloped her and she heard the singing voice of a woman. She had golden hair and blue, sad eyes. And everything turned black.
Fuu opened her eyes. She focused the light that apparently entered from a window. She closed them again. She felt terrible. Not only because of her body, which she could barely move, but for what she knew she had done. She tried to turn around and see where she was. Maybe she was dead, though she felt her body and the pain. She opened her eyes again and saw someone on the other bed. It was Ferio. Suddenly all the pain she felt got away for some seconds. Was he alright? She questioned. She tried to get up, but it was really a very difficult task. She closed her eyes in desperation. What happened? She wondered. She tried to speak, but no words came from her mouth. She tried again, but all she did was hurting herself more and more. She opened her eyes again as she heard a voice. Though she couldn't make out what it said. It seemed that the person was miles away. She saw no one. Again she tried to get up. When she visualized someone in front of her. She was amazed.
'Clef-sama...' she thought as she again lost consciousness.
I was going to leave it until "and everything became dark" but them I thought.... Don't be mean, give them some clues.
See? I am a nice writer! ( Well I hope you liked it. I know it is not as long as the other ones, but this is better than nothing right???
Well, I'll see you on next chapter.
Take care
Kaze
I hope this chapter helps you get more into what will be the climax of the story, however, I told you sometime ago... I am kind of lost. Anyway.... I think that it is going well. If anyone thinks that I am crazy and that maybe I should throw myself to the garbage please say so. It really helps me to know what do you think, honesty is what makes stories better. Anyway, as far as I know, there are few people who really love the story, so please keep reviewing and tell me how this came out ok. (si Marlene te hablo a ti)
Well too much BLA BLA BLA so:
The Quest
Ferio and the rest ran through the forest trying to escape from Eagle and the thieves, when they reached a small river. In that river waited a shadow, that shadow was holding Mokona.
Chapter 11: Decision
"Stop!" Ferio yelled as he saw the strange shadow at the river. It was holding Mokona. Everyone obeyed at once and looked at the scene.
Mokona was trying desperately to get loose of the shadow. The shadow, almost everyone guessed, that attacked them at Ascot's house. However, it didn't seem to be letting Mokona go.
"It's the shadow from before." Ascot said as he stood in front of Umi, who had no idea what that thing was.
Lantis got of his sword and pointed at the creature.
"Let Mokona go." He said in a stern voice. His eyes were menacingly. However, the shadow would not let Mokona go. In the other hand it turned around and started running on the water.
Lantis followed it. He knew that all the strange things that had happened to Hikaru had to deal with Mokona. He was not letting anyone take it. The others ran behind Lantis, but they were not that fast. Ascot summoned a creature that could fly and carry them all.
"Way to go Ascot! Although it would had come in handy in the clans hideout." Umi said as she patted the cute creature. Ascot blushed.
"It is to big to fit in there and the idea kind of...slipped my mind before."
They shortly reached Lantis. He had already summoned a horse. The shadow was extremely fast, he thought, for his mighty horse was unable to follow. Fuu looked at Mokona. She somewhere inside her knew she had to protect that fluffy creature. She pointed at it and took aim. After some seconds she cast her admonishment spell. It enveloped the shadow and Mokona. The reached it and got off the creature.
The shadow tried to get rid of Fuu's spell, but it caught it by surprise. Ferio got near the creature and tried to take Mokona but he couldn't, the shadow was not letting it go.
"It is a very stubborn shadow." Umi said as she watched Lantis looking at it.
"What are you?" he asked. But the shadow just stared at him, hatred in its eyes.
Ferio asked again but had no answer.
"Ascot can you tell us what is it?" he asked.
Ascot, as summoner, should know almost every creature in the world. Ascot looked at it and after some seconds and he closed his eyes. Ascot started to say some kind of a cantrip as some light engulfed the shadow. The shadow did nothing except for holding tighter Mokona. Ascot opened his eyes and looked at everyone.
"A magic creature created with dark sorcery from Cefiro." He said not believing his own words.
"Cefiro? Where is that?" Umi asked. Hikaru was just as lost as her friend. Ferio knew nothing either.
"That is impossible." Fuu said looking at Ascot. "Cefiro is just a place of legend."
"But I felt it." Ascot said. "I can feel and communicate with the creature heart. This one is from Cefiro... at least that's what it's heart says. The only creature I haven't been able to recognize is Mokona."
Lantis stared at the creature. If that thing was really from Cefiro, then, things were just getting more and more difficult.
"What exactly is Cefiro, and how come you know about it Fuu?" Ferio asked not understanding a thing. Umi and Hikaru nodded, they wanted to know.
"I...I am not pretty sure what it is. Actually, nobody is known to know. It is just a tale about a world that has the equilibrium of our planet. If it is damaged someway... then our world will suffer a terrible catastrophe until Cefiro regains equilibrium again. It is believed to be the most magical place ever." She said. "However, only people who had gone mad had written about that, no one healthy has ever written stories or theories about Cefiro. That is why, it is just believed to be a lie... something to entertain fanatics of some sort."
"But I felt it. I know this creature is from Cefiro." Ascot said trying not to sound out of his mind. Fuu looked at Ascot, even if he said so, there was nothing to prove Cefiro was nothing more than some joke. She looked at Ferio.
"Maybe it tried to make you believe that." Umi said trying to calm Ascot. But he shook his head. Hikaru looked concerned at his friend.
"I believe you Ascot-kun." She said as she smiled. "Ascot-kun has never been mistaken, and when he didn't know about Mokona he didn't lie, he just said so."
"We are not telling Ascot-san is lying, Hikaru-san." Fuu said. "It is just that this is way to strange."
"Silence." Lantis suddenly said. Everyone looked at him. He was looking behind them. Ferio listened. They had forgotten all about Eagle. This mistake could cause them lives. Eagle must be furious.
"It's Eagle. We have to get out of here." He said lowing his voice. Everyone gasped.
"What are we supposed to do with that." Umi said pointing at the shadow.
"I can take it with us." Fuu said. She wasn't quite sure how long would she resist. The fact was that the shadow, although was not moving, was trying with all of it's strength to get rid of Fuu's spell. Perhaps no one had noticed. But Fuu was getting weaker every minute. But she couldn't say a thing, if the shadow noticed this, it would take advantage of this. She could just try to resist and make her friends notice in some other way. They all mounted Ascot's creature.
"Where to?" Ascot asked as suddenly beneath them, from the river, a wall of water hit them. Everyone fell of the creature Fuu manage to keep the spell while she protected Ferio from a rock on the ground, but in that instant the shadow noticed Fuu's weakness.
When everyone was on the floor, the wall of water disappeared giving shape to a very familiar face. King Stephen. Everyone looked surprise. Lantis saw his king and immediately vowed. Ferio tried to hide Fuu, but that was not useful.
"Well, well, well. You've found the prisoners of Kiam Lantis. Well done." He said looking at Fuu and Ferio. He switched his gaze to Umi. "And the lost princess. You are more useful than your elder brother, who has suddenly disappeared."
Lantis kept watching the ground. He didn't know that the king possessed some kind of magic. This was strange.
"Any clues where he is?" the king said as he looked at the shadow and his treasure: Mokona.
"No, your highness."
Fuu felt that the shadow was giving a humongous effort to free itself. A power, she realized, she couldn't handle anymore. She started to feel very tired. Ferio looked at her, she was getting pale. It was the magic, he guessed. Like the day they escaped from the dungeon. They needed to get out off there. Lantis felt Fuu's power decrease, it was getting dangerous.
"Your majesty. We found this creature roaming in the forest. He robbed something and we had captured it. I believe it is a threat to our kingdom." Lantis by now knew the king was no friend, he had never liked him, and now, he felt some terrible evil power encircling the king.
The king looked at Lantis.
"You speak in plural, yet I see no more guards in this river." The king said playfully. "Are you suggesting that these, traitors, helped me?"
Lantis looked at his king, he then looked at Ascot. The young summoner understood the message. They needed to get out of there as fast as they could. He would have to summon his faster beast.
"Are you, Lantis, also a traitor?" the king said smiling at him.
"Just as you are." Lantis said as he got of his sword and attacked the king. At that same moment Ascot tried to summon a monster but they were al stopped by a terrible scream. A scream that entered through their ears and right to their brains making a horrible pain in their heads. Everyone got to the floor and put their hands on their ears. It was the shadow the one that was screaming. Fuu was not letting it go, even if meant losing all of her strength. However the shadow had other plans and it managed to roll near Ferio and when he was near enough, it spit at him on the shoulder. Fuu watched this. The shadow had spitted at Ferio some sort of black thing. Ferio yelled in pain as he grabbed his shoulder soon, he started to gain a yellow color on his skin. Fuu ran toward Ferio holding her breath, she couldn't hear a thing, still knew Ferio was screaming in pain. The shadow spoke on her mind.
"Let me go, and perhaps, he'll survive." It said menacingly. Fuu looked at the shadow in horror. Ferio was getting more yellow and his eyes were starting to cry tears of blood. Fuu remembered the voice before. The creature from the dream.
"He'll be about to die and you'll betray your world just for saving him... then he'll die again......and your path will be........."
She had seen Ferio like that before....on that vision. She closed her eyes. She couldn't think... somewhere in her mind she knew that If she let the creature go something terrible would happen. But still, Ferio would die... and she hadn't tell him, she would be without him. Selfishness invaded his body and soul as she told her mind that she loved him and that she was not going to obey that creature. She tried to make herself believe that her decision was the right one and that things where going to turn out good eventually. She would save Ferio, for them, no matter the consequences. She felt like hours had passed when it really was a matter of two seconds, when she looked, tears on her eyes, at the shadow and nodded. As she did so she heard a voice from far away, like in another world. It was Lantis' voice.
"Don't Fuu!!!!! NO!!!"
And suddenly a light enveloped her and she heard the singing voice of a woman. She had golden hair and blue, sad eyes. And everything turned black.
Fuu opened her eyes. She focused the light that apparently entered from a window. She closed them again. She felt terrible. Not only because of her body, which she could barely move, but for what she knew she had done. She tried to turn around and see where she was. Maybe she was dead, though she felt her body and the pain. She opened her eyes again and saw someone on the other bed. It was Ferio. Suddenly all the pain she felt got away for some seconds. Was he alright? She questioned. She tried to get up, but it was really a very difficult task. She closed her eyes in desperation. What happened? She wondered. She tried to speak, but no words came from her mouth. She tried again, but all she did was hurting herself more and more. She opened her eyes again as she heard a voice. Though she couldn't make out what it said. It seemed that the person was miles away. She saw no one. Again she tried to get up. When she visualized someone in front of her. She was amazed.
'Clef-sama...' she thought as she again lost consciousness.
I was going to leave it until "and everything became dark" but them I thought.... Don't be mean, give them some clues.
See? I am a nice writer! ( Well I hope you liked it. I know it is not as long as the other ones, but this is better than nothing right???
Well, I'll see you on next chapter.
Take care
Kaze