Chapter XX: Lunar
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At the middle of the story, Sol suddenly froze. It was like he felt something or maybe he was just paranoid. But Sol's paranoia was always with cause.
"What is it, Sol?" I asked. He looked at me with confused eyes and sprang out of his chair and out of the office. Immediately, I followed him into the halls and out to the castle.
This was disturbing.
Sol never did anything out of impulse. He always had a reason. And it's just a matter of persuasion to tell me.
"What's wrong?" I asked softly. Nice, real smooth. Can't I think of anything else? But it didn't matter. Sol was scared. I can tell it from his eyes. It was like the time we were in the vault. His composure and posture didn't give it away, it was his eyes.
"Lunar exinde Solar exinde laboro cosmicos," Sol said.
"Of the moon then of the sun then the eclipse of the world," roughly translated though. But I felt I knew what it meant. And I don't like what I am feeling.
"The stars doesn't seem right," a new voice said and when I turned around, I found Firenze looking up the sky. Could centaurs see the stars even in daylight?
"It's not the stars," Sol said making Firenze look abashed. "It's the world."
"How so?" I asked.
"You'll see," he said. Just then, as if on cue, the moon came sailing thorough the sky at incredible speeds.
"What's happening?" I asked.
"Someone's altering the gravitational orbit of the moon," Sol said. I could hear the worry in his voice and that scares me.
"I could feel the tremors in the earth," Sophia said as she wrapped her arms around my waist. And when she placed her head on my shoulder, it surprised me.
Not that she was placing her head on my shoulder but what I felt when she did.
I felt tears.
Sophia was crying.
"Sophia's an earth elemental," Sol said softly. "The Earth is in agony and she feels her pain."
"Are you in pain?" I asked worriedly.
"Not exactly but I could hear the roars of volcanoes in their fury," Sol said quietly. "They do not want to be disturbed during their rest." His statement told me that he was a fire elemental. This is confusing. And as if he had read my mind, Sol explained.
"Different creatures have different elemental powers," he said as he held my hand. "Are you alright?" That question came out from nowhere but had a bit of merit. I WAS a little dizzy and felt faint but wondered where I got my strength from?
I can't describe it. It was like I was seasick on a wooden raft in a gigantic storm. I was glad that Sophia held me or I would have collapsed. What's happening to me?
"What you feel is the sudden changes of the tides," I looked at him with questioning eyes. "When the tide changes this rapidly, it causes a disturbance in the balance of nature."
"You're not making sense," I told him.
"Basically you are feeling the pain of the world," Sol caressed my hair, strangely relieving any pain I have. And suddenly, as quickly as it came, my nausea disappeared.
"The moon stopped," Sophia said as she looked at the sky. Indeed, the moon was just floating there. But the damage was done. And I didn't know how severe that was until Sol kissed me on my forehead.
If I wasn't feeling queasy I would have enjoyed it. I would have enjoyed it truly if it were about six inches lower.
"We don't have time," Sol said as he turned towards Dumbledore who was walking towards us. "They must have a powerful wizard working for them to be able to move the moon like that. I would be impressed if they would move the planets and the stars."
"You'd have to be God to do that," Dumbledore smiled.
"To rearrange the cosmos one must have sufficient power to even move the moon," Sol sighed. "The wizard must be dead."
"How do you know that?" I asked.
"Either he's dead or weakened it does not matter," Sol smirked. "The positioning of the moon is where they wanted it."
"Where?" I asked.
"At midnight, there will be a lunar eclipse over Stonehenge," Sol took my hand and caressed it with his thumb. It felt nice as it soothed me.
"What's at Stonehenge?" I asked. And what he answered chilled me to the bone.
"Death," he said calmly. Sol took a deep breath and went back into the castle.
"Where are you going?" I asked. Sol turned and smiled at me.
"To try and save the world?" he said unsurely. And right then, I made a decision.
"I'm coming with you," I told him and took Sophia's hand and followed him.
Right there and then I realized that I would go to the ends of the world with him.
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end of 20
A/n: AARRRGGGHHH! Writer's block!!! Someone help me! Anyway, please read and review.
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At the middle of the story, Sol suddenly froze. It was like he felt something or maybe he was just paranoid. But Sol's paranoia was always with cause.
"What is it, Sol?" I asked. He looked at me with confused eyes and sprang out of his chair and out of the office. Immediately, I followed him into the halls and out to the castle.
This was disturbing.
Sol never did anything out of impulse. He always had a reason. And it's just a matter of persuasion to tell me.
"What's wrong?" I asked softly. Nice, real smooth. Can't I think of anything else? But it didn't matter. Sol was scared. I can tell it from his eyes. It was like the time we were in the vault. His composure and posture didn't give it away, it was his eyes.
"Lunar exinde Solar exinde laboro cosmicos," Sol said.
"Of the moon then of the sun then the eclipse of the world," roughly translated though. But I felt I knew what it meant. And I don't like what I am feeling.
"The stars doesn't seem right," a new voice said and when I turned around, I found Firenze looking up the sky. Could centaurs see the stars even in daylight?
"It's not the stars," Sol said making Firenze look abashed. "It's the world."
"How so?" I asked.
"You'll see," he said. Just then, as if on cue, the moon came sailing thorough the sky at incredible speeds.
"What's happening?" I asked.
"Someone's altering the gravitational orbit of the moon," Sol said. I could hear the worry in his voice and that scares me.
"I could feel the tremors in the earth," Sophia said as she wrapped her arms around my waist. And when she placed her head on my shoulder, it surprised me.
Not that she was placing her head on my shoulder but what I felt when she did.
I felt tears.
Sophia was crying.
"Sophia's an earth elemental," Sol said softly. "The Earth is in agony and she feels her pain."
"Are you in pain?" I asked worriedly.
"Not exactly but I could hear the roars of volcanoes in their fury," Sol said quietly. "They do not want to be disturbed during their rest." His statement told me that he was a fire elemental. This is confusing. And as if he had read my mind, Sol explained.
"Different creatures have different elemental powers," he said as he held my hand. "Are you alright?" That question came out from nowhere but had a bit of merit. I WAS a little dizzy and felt faint but wondered where I got my strength from?
I can't describe it. It was like I was seasick on a wooden raft in a gigantic storm. I was glad that Sophia held me or I would have collapsed. What's happening to me?
"What you feel is the sudden changes of the tides," I looked at him with questioning eyes. "When the tide changes this rapidly, it causes a disturbance in the balance of nature."
"You're not making sense," I told him.
"Basically you are feeling the pain of the world," Sol caressed my hair, strangely relieving any pain I have. And suddenly, as quickly as it came, my nausea disappeared.
"The moon stopped," Sophia said as she looked at the sky. Indeed, the moon was just floating there. But the damage was done. And I didn't know how severe that was until Sol kissed me on my forehead.
If I wasn't feeling queasy I would have enjoyed it. I would have enjoyed it truly if it were about six inches lower.
"We don't have time," Sol said as he turned towards Dumbledore who was walking towards us. "They must have a powerful wizard working for them to be able to move the moon like that. I would be impressed if they would move the planets and the stars."
"You'd have to be God to do that," Dumbledore smiled.
"To rearrange the cosmos one must have sufficient power to even move the moon," Sol sighed. "The wizard must be dead."
"How do you know that?" I asked.
"Either he's dead or weakened it does not matter," Sol smirked. "The positioning of the moon is where they wanted it."
"Where?" I asked.
"At midnight, there will be a lunar eclipse over Stonehenge," Sol took my hand and caressed it with his thumb. It felt nice as it soothed me.
"What's at Stonehenge?" I asked. And what he answered chilled me to the bone.
"Death," he said calmly. Sol took a deep breath and went back into the castle.
"Where are you going?" I asked. Sol turned and smiled at me.
"To try and save the world?" he said unsurely. And right then, I made a decision.
"I'm coming with you," I told him and took Sophia's hand and followed him.
Right there and then I realized that I would go to the ends of the world with him.
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end of 20
A/n: AARRRGGGHHH! Writer's block!!! Someone help me! Anyway, please read and review.