Part 8: Fading Boundary
Hope sat in an open meadow and leaned back on the silky green grass to feel the warm sun's embrace. "Such a beautiful day..." She sighed happily to herself, but then a cold shadow fell over her face.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" A girl asked.
"Uh..." Hope sat up and nodded. "Yes."
"So beautiful...that sun will free us from our pain..." The girl smiled, it sent a chill down Hope's back.
"What?" Hope stared in shock as the sun began to turn blue and fell towards them. "What is that!?"
"The answer...don't you see?" The girl asked.
Hope grabbed her hand and started to run. "We have to get out of here!"
"Don't resist it, we'll finally be free from all our pain and sorrow." The girl smiled and dragged Hope back towards the sun.
"NOOO!!!"
Hope's eyes shot open; she had fallen asleep on the old tree stump. "Just... a dream?" She thought then jumped to her feet and remembered where she had to be. "Oh no! I fell asleep!"
The tree ached with pain slightly and Hope stared back at it as she started to run off. "I promise I'll help you some day! I'm training hard so that I can!" She waved and flew off into the sky.
After a few minutes she arrived in front of a large marble building, it was elegant in a floral way, yet this particular building served home for advanced training. As she walked in she saw Tyr leaning against a pillar and tapping his foot.
"Tyr!" Hope called as she ran over to him. "Sorry I'm late."
"Huh?" Tyr stared at her for a moment, he actually had just arrived himself, but he went ahead and took the advantage. "Oh yeah, you kept me waiting for almost fifteen minutes now, sheesh!" He groaned.
"I'm sorry I'm sorry!" She bowed.
"Yeah yeah." He shook his hand then snapped his fingers, his staff appeared in his hand and he grinned. "Let's just start training, I ain't got all day you know."
Hope nodded then followed him through the hall, there were several areas for training in combat, but they came to a large open area, free of trees, but the bottom was a blue sea.
"What's this?" Hope gawked.
"We've been trained in combat on land, but never above an element that would surely be life threatening...well, at least for a mortal." He grinned then flew over it.
"Um, water..." Hope stared then looked at him. "...Tyr, I'm not so sure about..."
"Hurry up! You'll never be a goddess first class if you're too scared to fight above a stupid sea!" He barked.
Hope held her hand out and her sword appeared in it, she was hesitant at first, but she managed to fly out over to him then stared back down.
"Are you ready?" He asked.
"Y...yeah." She snapped out of her trance and stared back at him. "But you see I..."
"Begin!" He flung his staff down but Hope quickly blocked it with her blade.
"That was a nice start!" She smiled uneasily then quickly shot back a few feet from him.
"A compliment?" Tyr thought then raised his hand, the water began to shake then burst into roaring waves.
"Aah! Uh, wha...what are you doing Tyr!?" Hope panicked.
"I'm just making it more believable!" He hit her shoulder with his staff then struck her into a wall.
"The...the sea..." Hope stared. "Tyr! I have to tell you something...I can't..."
"HEY! CONCENTRATE!" Tyr shouted then watched as a large wave practically yanked her in. "HOPE!" he shouted. "She...she should be able to get out of that...." He stared for a moment "...Why isn't she coming up!?"
Hope was being tossed and turned around in the waves; she hadn't submerged to the surface because she too shared the burden of not being able to swim with her father.
"HOPE!" Tyr stopped the waves then dove down into the water. He stared around frantically until he saw a faint glowing figure at the bottom. "HOPE!" he quickly darted down to the bottom and grabbed her with his arm and kicked with all his might to get them back to the surface.
Peorth raised an eyebrow and looked up from her system files.
"Miss Peorth?" Ere stared at her.
"I feel it..."
"Huh?"
"That same energy...that I saw between..." Her eyes narrowed.
Tyr quickly dropped Hope's body on the ground and slapped her face. "Hey! Wake up!" He shouted but didn't get a response. "How the hell...damnit! DAMNIT!!" He slammed his fist into the ground and stared at her with panic. "Come on Hope!! Snap outta it!!"
Hope still laid there.
"You're not breathing...Breath damnit!!" He pounded her chest again and again but still she lay there motionless.
"Ggk....grr.... ERAAAAAAAAAAAH!" his eyes were filled with rage yet sadness. "Hope, What do I do!?"
"Breath for her..."
"Eh?" Tyr stared around and saw the tree spirit sitting in a tree above them. "What are you just sitting there for!? Go get help!!"
He smiled. "Breath for her Tyr."
Tyr stared down at Hope then thought repeatedly. "Breath for her? ...Breath for her?..." He got down on his knees and stared at her with a determined look in his eyes. "...Okay." Quickly he leaned forward and breathed for her. "Common Hope, open your eyes! Please! I'm never going to live this down if you don't snap outta of it and breathe!!" he thought vainly.
"Mmph..." after a moment, Hope's eyelids squinted and then opened.
"Gah!" Tyr quickly shot away from her and sighed with relief. "Thank the Almighty, are you okay?"
"Tyr...you..." she blushed. "You saved my life!"
"Uh...well I..." His cheeks flushed but he shook it of. "Damnit! What the hell is wrong with you!? Why didn't you swim out of there!?"
"I...I can't swim..." Hope stuttered.
"You can't swim!?" He shouted.
"Yes...I'm sorry... but I tried to tell..."
"Then why didn't you tell me you moron!? You could've died just then!!" Tyr was too enraged to hear her out.
Hope stared down in shame then got to her feet and started to walk away.
"Hey! Where are you going!?" Tyr shouted.
She didn't respond and just ran out of the building crying.
Tyr picked his staff up off the ground then felt a gush of air rise up around him to dry off. "Why'd she have to be half mortal?" He growled then walked out of the building. "She's just too much trouble for me to deal with...that's all, she's just trouble!"
Loki sat on top of a building ledge and let his feet sway in the wind while he tossed a bulb into the air. "Balder and Bil, I thought I could rely on those guys but no, ever since Tyr got half of Mjollnir they decide to become wussies and train! Damn!" He caught the bulb and crushed it in his hand when he heard an odd noise. This noise made him snicker then grin with delight. "A cry baby, ooh! Where is it!?" he stared around anxiously for his prey and saw Hope run off into the woods. "Hy...hybrid? Ooh I'm gonna enjoy this." He got to his feet and stared around for Tyr. "Peorth usually got him lugging around with her nowadays...but not today." He popped his knuckles and jumped the twenty-story drop and darted in after her. "She's mine!"
Tyr followed the water trail then stopped and tapped his staff on the ground. "No, if I find her she'll probably yell and hit me like she always does." He growled and made the staff vanish. However, as he turned from the trail, something had just finally made its impact on him.
"I'm sorry." Her voice echoed in his ears.
"She said she was sorry...but it was my fault because I... I wouldn't listen to her..." He said and clenched his fists.
Loki had a devilish grin as he darted through the forest. "Heh, she doesn't have Tyr around to protect her, now I can make her pay for sicking him on me that one night!" He cackled evilly.
"Hope, you don't have to cry." A strong voice echoed through the woods.
"Eh!?' Loki quickly came to a halt and saw Hope crying on the knee of the tree spirit.
"Ggk! Yow! Where the hell did that guy c...come from!?" He stared in shock and hid behind a tree.
"I can't help it, I know that my mother...wanted me to cherish my life...but...but how can I when I trouble all those around me?" Hope sobbed.
The tree spirit shook his head. "Hope, that's not true..."
Hope rubbed her eyes and looked up at his face.
"HEY!"
"Huh?" Hope stared around then noticed that again the tree spirit vanished without a trace.
"Where'd he go!?" Loki landed on the stump and stared around.
"I...I don't know." Hope stared at Loki in confusion.
He stared around cautiously then popped his knuckles. "Oh well, now that he's gone we can get down to business." He flung his fist out but missed.
"Wha...what are you doing!?" Hope had jumped back a few feet and was staring at him with shock.
"It's called payback, hybrid!"
"I...I'm sorry for whatever I did...but I..."
"Sorry!? HAH!" He kept on attacking her until Beautiful Melody emerged from behind Hope and carried her off into the sky.
"Hey! Come back here!" Loki flew after them.
Melody gave him a glare and quickly sat Hope down on a tree.
"Melody? What are you doing?"
The angel winked then held up her hands.
"Hybrid! I'll get you!" Loki shouted.
The trees began to shudder, then like a rainstorm shot up thousands of leaves at the god.
"OUCH!! Damn you!!" Loki barked as he tried to escape from the attacking prickly leaves.
"Oh Melody, you shouldn't have done that. Now he's going to be madder than a wasp at me." Hope said but smiled. "However, thank you for saving me."
The angel smiled and gave her a hug.
Meanwhile...
Thor took his seat at the heaven's council and listened to the rustle among his others. "Great, great, I can tell where this is leading." He thought to himself.
"Ahem!" The Almighty coughed then the room was silent. "I've summoned you all here to discuss a certain change in wavelengths from my youngest grandchild Hope Morisato."
"Knew it..." Thor rolled his eyes and folded his arms behind his head.
"After the competition for Mjollnir, I began to sense waves of extreme purity..."
"Eh?" Thor looked up.
"As if... her hate, or rather everything that opposes good was completely eliminated from her being."
This arose some chatter.
"Oy!" Thor banged his boot down on the floor. "From the day I arrived all you guys ever talk about is Hope! Hope this and Hope that."
"I beg your pardon?" The almighty said in a threatening way.
Thor didn't acknowledge his warning. "Listen, cut the kid a break. Ever since she's arrived here you've had Peorth and her elders work her like a dog!"
There was nothing but silence.
"My Lord, she is just a young girl with very little power yet so many dreams. I'm positive that if you'd just snip some of the strings that you've tied to her that you'd be able to see that."
"I already can see that...I've seen it for years...." The almighty whispered. "Thor, by chance, do you know the exact reason why she is here? Out of all years why I chose this year, and why we...how you say...work her like a dog?"
Thor looked at him and awaited an answer.
Tyr held three roses in his hand and felt completely embarrassed as he walked around the heavens. "Geez, what am I doing?" He groaned then stared at the forest, feeling slightly relieved to see Hope and Beautiful Melody on the tree canopy. "Okay." He scratched his head then flew up towards her.
Melody shot her glare over and her eyes narrowed on the god.
"What is it?" Hope asked then looked over to see Tyr. "Oh, Tyr, Good afternoon." She still felt ashamed for what happened earlier and tried not to make eye contact with him.
"Uh...yeah..." He held out the roses. "Look, I'm sorry too. I probably should have guessed that you couldn't swim from how petrified you looked."
Hope stared at him then the roses. "For...me?"
"Do you see anyone else?" He groaned and quickly put them in her hand to get his godly pride back.
She smiled and got to her feet. "Thank you Tyr, they're very beautiful."
His right eye squinted. "Why does she...why does she look so...so...cute!?" He turned completely red and shook out of his trace. "HOPE!"
"Yes?" She looked up at him with her gentle smile.
"Ah...uh...I WANT YOU TO PUNCH ME!" He shouted.
"Eh?" Hope stared.
"If you really want to thank me then punch me!" Tyr cried.
"But...I don't...want to hurt you."
He clenched his fist. "You've been acting really weird lately! I miss the edgy Hope!"
"Edgy?" Melody thought.
"But...but..." Hope had tears in the corners of her eyes.
"Come on! Stop being all girly and punch me!"
"But..."
Melody balled up a fist and socked him in the face.
"Melody!" Hope stared then heard a loud thud. She stared down and saw Tyr on the forest floor with a dizzy yet happy look on his face.
"That...that's better...." He smiled.
"Oh dear..." Hope sweat dropped.
Meanwhile in Muspelhiem, Despair kneeled before her Master and awaited his command.
"Despair, I believe I have waited down here long enough."
"Yes my Lord."
"It's time to bring about my plan, and you Despair, play a major role in my plan."
"I am honored my Lord."
"You are familiar with it are you not?"
"I am."
"Good, while I am laying out the first part, you will find Hope and attempt to capture her."
Mara stood outside of the room, listening very closely to their conversation. "What is he doing?"
"You all did great today." Peorth smiled at her trio and waved bye to them before stretching out. "Mmph! I'm exhausted, maybe I should stop by the hot springs on the way back home." She thought aloud as she folded her arms behind her head.
"Miss Peorth!"
She stared to the side and saw Hope and Beautiful Melody dragging Tyr towards her. "Goodness." She grinned. "Hope you massacred him during training today I see?"
"No ma'am." Hope shook her head.
Melody looked down in shame.
"Was it you guardian angel?" Peorth stared in shock.
She nodded.
"Tyr requested that I punch him to make him feel better, but I couldn't." Hope said.
"Really? That doesn't sound like something you would pass up." She raised an eyebrow then chuckled.
"I...I know..." Hope sighed. "I'm sorry."
"Hush." She slapped a hand on her shoulder, which gave her a shock. "He asked for it."
"Ye...yeowwch!" Tyr moaned then stared over at her.
"Tyr! I'm sorry! Melody didn't mean to do what she did!" Hope said.
"Nah it's okay! Really!" Tyr shot up on his feet and smiled. "Besides, Peorth's right, I did ask for it."
"Eh?" Peorth looked at the two for a moment, again there was a heavenly glow between them. "Okay, okay, let's not stand around in the open like this!" She said and started to shove them off to the hot springs. "It's been a long day, and I'm sure we could all use a nice dip in the springs, no?"
"Yes Miss Peorth." Hope sweat dropped.
"Like I have a choice." Tyr groaned as Peorth continued to push them off.
"Hmm, It's just as I thought." Peorth thought to herself and still saw the glow between them. "These two...."
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Hybrid: X*3 thank you for the responses, but like I said this story is already finished (I wrote it back when I was a Freshman. ) Now I'm just editing it and posting it up on FF.net ^^;; Again if you wanna see what Hope looks like you can go to www.verthandi.net and go to fanart and click Liz Holt :3
Thankies again :3
Hope sat in an open meadow and leaned back on the silky green grass to feel the warm sun's embrace. "Such a beautiful day..." She sighed happily to herself, but then a cold shadow fell over her face.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" A girl asked.
"Uh..." Hope sat up and nodded. "Yes."
"So beautiful...that sun will free us from our pain..." The girl smiled, it sent a chill down Hope's back.
"What?" Hope stared in shock as the sun began to turn blue and fell towards them. "What is that!?"
"The answer...don't you see?" The girl asked.
Hope grabbed her hand and started to run. "We have to get out of here!"
"Don't resist it, we'll finally be free from all our pain and sorrow." The girl smiled and dragged Hope back towards the sun.
"NOOO!!!"
Hope's eyes shot open; she had fallen asleep on the old tree stump. "Just... a dream?" She thought then jumped to her feet and remembered where she had to be. "Oh no! I fell asleep!"
The tree ached with pain slightly and Hope stared back at it as she started to run off. "I promise I'll help you some day! I'm training hard so that I can!" She waved and flew off into the sky.
After a few minutes she arrived in front of a large marble building, it was elegant in a floral way, yet this particular building served home for advanced training. As she walked in she saw Tyr leaning against a pillar and tapping his foot.
"Tyr!" Hope called as she ran over to him. "Sorry I'm late."
"Huh?" Tyr stared at her for a moment, he actually had just arrived himself, but he went ahead and took the advantage. "Oh yeah, you kept me waiting for almost fifteen minutes now, sheesh!" He groaned.
"I'm sorry I'm sorry!" She bowed.
"Yeah yeah." He shook his hand then snapped his fingers, his staff appeared in his hand and he grinned. "Let's just start training, I ain't got all day you know."
Hope nodded then followed him through the hall, there were several areas for training in combat, but they came to a large open area, free of trees, but the bottom was a blue sea.
"What's this?" Hope gawked.
"We've been trained in combat on land, but never above an element that would surely be life threatening...well, at least for a mortal." He grinned then flew over it.
"Um, water..." Hope stared then looked at him. "...Tyr, I'm not so sure about..."
"Hurry up! You'll never be a goddess first class if you're too scared to fight above a stupid sea!" He barked.
Hope held her hand out and her sword appeared in it, she was hesitant at first, but she managed to fly out over to him then stared back down.
"Are you ready?" He asked.
"Y...yeah." She snapped out of her trance and stared back at him. "But you see I..."
"Begin!" He flung his staff down but Hope quickly blocked it with her blade.
"That was a nice start!" She smiled uneasily then quickly shot back a few feet from him.
"A compliment?" Tyr thought then raised his hand, the water began to shake then burst into roaring waves.
"Aah! Uh, wha...what are you doing Tyr!?" Hope panicked.
"I'm just making it more believable!" He hit her shoulder with his staff then struck her into a wall.
"The...the sea..." Hope stared. "Tyr! I have to tell you something...I can't..."
"HEY! CONCENTRATE!" Tyr shouted then watched as a large wave practically yanked her in. "HOPE!" he shouted. "She...she should be able to get out of that...." He stared for a moment "...Why isn't she coming up!?"
Hope was being tossed and turned around in the waves; she hadn't submerged to the surface because she too shared the burden of not being able to swim with her father.
"HOPE!" Tyr stopped the waves then dove down into the water. He stared around frantically until he saw a faint glowing figure at the bottom. "HOPE!" he quickly darted down to the bottom and grabbed her with his arm and kicked with all his might to get them back to the surface.
Peorth raised an eyebrow and looked up from her system files.
"Miss Peorth?" Ere stared at her.
"I feel it..."
"Huh?"
"That same energy...that I saw between..." Her eyes narrowed.
Tyr quickly dropped Hope's body on the ground and slapped her face. "Hey! Wake up!" He shouted but didn't get a response. "How the hell...damnit! DAMNIT!!" He slammed his fist into the ground and stared at her with panic. "Come on Hope!! Snap outta it!!"
Hope still laid there.
"You're not breathing...Breath damnit!!" He pounded her chest again and again but still she lay there motionless.
"Ggk....grr.... ERAAAAAAAAAAAH!" his eyes were filled with rage yet sadness. "Hope, What do I do!?"
"Breath for her..."
"Eh?" Tyr stared around and saw the tree spirit sitting in a tree above them. "What are you just sitting there for!? Go get help!!"
He smiled. "Breath for her Tyr."
Tyr stared down at Hope then thought repeatedly. "Breath for her? ...Breath for her?..." He got down on his knees and stared at her with a determined look in his eyes. "...Okay." Quickly he leaned forward and breathed for her. "Common Hope, open your eyes! Please! I'm never going to live this down if you don't snap outta of it and breathe!!" he thought vainly.
"Mmph..." after a moment, Hope's eyelids squinted and then opened.
"Gah!" Tyr quickly shot away from her and sighed with relief. "Thank the Almighty, are you okay?"
"Tyr...you..." she blushed. "You saved my life!"
"Uh...well I..." His cheeks flushed but he shook it of. "Damnit! What the hell is wrong with you!? Why didn't you swim out of there!?"
"I...I can't swim..." Hope stuttered.
"You can't swim!?" He shouted.
"Yes...I'm sorry... but I tried to tell..."
"Then why didn't you tell me you moron!? You could've died just then!!" Tyr was too enraged to hear her out.
Hope stared down in shame then got to her feet and started to walk away.
"Hey! Where are you going!?" Tyr shouted.
She didn't respond and just ran out of the building crying.
Tyr picked his staff up off the ground then felt a gush of air rise up around him to dry off. "Why'd she have to be half mortal?" He growled then walked out of the building. "She's just too much trouble for me to deal with...that's all, she's just trouble!"
Loki sat on top of a building ledge and let his feet sway in the wind while he tossed a bulb into the air. "Balder and Bil, I thought I could rely on those guys but no, ever since Tyr got half of Mjollnir they decide to become wussies and train! Damn!" He caught the bulb and crushed it in his hand when he heard an odd noise. This noise made him snicker then grin with delight. "A cry baby, ooh! Where is it!?" he stared around anxiously for his prey and saw Hope run off into the woods. "Hy...hybrid? Ooh I'm gonna enjoy this." He got to his feet and stared around for Tyr. "Peorth usually got him lugging around with her nowadays...but not today." He popped his knuckles and jumped the twenty-story drop and darted in after her. "She's mine!"
Tyr followed the water trail then stopped and tapped his staff on the ground. "No, if I find her she'll probably yell and hit me like she always does." He growled and made the staff vanish. However, as he turned from the trail, something had just finally made its impact on him.
"I'm sorry." Her voice echoed in his ears.
"She said she was sorry...but it was my fault because I... I wouldn't listen to her..." He said and clenched his fists.
Loki had a devilish grin as he darted through the forest. "Heh, she doesn't have Tyr around to protect her, now I can make her pay for sicking him on me that one night!" He cackled evilly.
"Hope, you don't have to cry." A strong voice echoed through the woods.
"Eh!?' Loki quickly came to a halt and saw Hope crying on the knee of the tree spirit.
"Ggk! Yow! Where the hell did that guy c...come from!?" He stared in shock and hid behind a tree.
"I can't help it, I know that my mother...wanted me to cherish my life...but...but how can I when I trouble all those around me?" Hope sobbed.
The tree spirit shook his head. "Hope, that's not true..."
Hope rubbed her eyes and looked up at his face.
"HEY!"
"Huh?" Hope stared around then noticed that again the tree spirit vanished without a trace.
"Where'd he go!?" Loki landed on the stump and stared around.
"I...I don't know." Hope stared at Loki in confusion.
He stared around cautiously then popped his knuckles. "Oh well, now that he's gone we can get down to business." He flung his fist out but missed.
"Wha...what are you doing!?" Hope had jumped back a few feet and was staring at him with shock.
"It's called payback, hybrid!"
"I...I'm sorry for whatever I did...but I..."
"Sorry!? HAH!" He kept on attacking her until Beautiful Melody emerged from behind Hope and carried her off into the sky.
"Hey! Come back here!" Loki flew after them.
Melody gave him a glare and quickly sat Hope down on a tree.
"Melody? What are you doing?"
The angel winked then held up her hands.
"Hybrid! I'll get you!" Loki shouted.
The trees began to shudder, then like a rainstorm shot up thousands of leaves at the god.
"OUCH!! Damn you!!" Loki barked as he tried to escape from the attacking prickly leaves.
"Oh Melody, you shouldn't have done that. Now he's going to be madder than a wasp at me." Hope said but smiled. "However, thank you for saving me."
The angel smiled and gave her a hug.
Meanwhile...
Thor took his seat at the heaven's council and listened to the rustle among his others. "Great, great, I can tell where this is leading." He thought to himself.
"Ahem!" The Almighty coughed then the room was silent. "I've summoned you all here to discuss a certain change in wavelengths from my youngest grandchild Hope Morisato."
"Knew it..." Thor rolled his eyes and folded his arms behind his head.
"After the competition for Mjollnir, I began to sense waves of extreme purity..."
"Eh?" Thor looked up.
"As if... her hate, or rather everything that opposes good was completely eliminated from her being."
This arose some chatter.
"Oy!" Thor banged his boot down on the floor. "From the day I arrived all you guys ever talk about is Hope! Hope this and Hope that."
"I beg your pardon?" The almighty said in a threatening way.
Thor didn't acknowledge his warning. "Listen, cut the kid a break. Ever since she's arrived here you've had Peorth and her elders work her like a dog!"
There was nothing but silence.
"My Lord, she is just a young girl with very little power yet so many dreams. I'm positive that if you'd just snip some of the strings that you've tied to her that you'd be able to see that."
"I already can see that...I've seen it for years...." The almighty whispered. "Thor, by chance, do you know the exact reason why she is here? Out of all years why I chose this year, and why we...how you say...work her like a dog?"
Thor looked at him and awaited an answer.
Tyr held three roses in his hand and felt completely embarrassed as he walked around the heavens. "Geez, what am I doing?" He groaned then stared at the forest, feeling slightly relieved to see Hope and Beautiful Melody on the tree canopy. "Okay." He scratched his head then flew up towards her.
Melody shot her glare over and her eyes narrowed on the god.
"What is it?" Hope asked then looked over to see Tyr. "Oh, Tyr, Good afternoon." She still felt ashamed for what happened earlier and tried not to make eye contact with him.
"Uh...yeah..." He held out the roses. "Look, I'm sorry too. I probably should have guessed that you couldn't swim from how petrified you looked."
Hope stared at him then the roses. "For...me?"
"Do you see anyone else?" He groaned and quickly put them in her hand to get his godly pride back.
She smiled and got to her feet. "Thank you Tyr, they're very beautiful."
His right eye squinted. "Why does she...why does she look so...so...cute!?" He turned completely red and shook out of his trace. "HOPE!"
"Yes?" She looked up at him with her gentle smile.
"Ah...uh...I WANT YOU TO PUNCH ME!" He shouted.
"Eh?" Hope stared.
"If you really want to thank me then punch me!" Tyr cried.
"But...I don't...want to hurt you."
He clenched his fist. "You've been acting really weird lately! I miss the edgy Hope!"
"Edgy?" Melody thought.
"But...but..." Hope had tears in the corners of her eyes.
"Come on! Stop being all girly and punch me!"
"But..."
Melody balled up a fist and socked him in the face.
"Melody!" Hope stared then heard a loud thud. She stared down and saw Tyr on the forest floor with a dizzy yet happy look on his face.
"That...that's better...." He smiled.
"Oh dear..." Hope sweat dropped.
Meanwhile in Muspelhiem, Despair kneeled before her Master and awaited his command.
"Despair, I believe I have waited down here long enough."
"Yes my Lord."
"It's time to bring about my plan, and you Despair, play a major role in my plan."
"I am honored my Lord."
"You are familiar with it are you not?"
"I am."
"Good, while I am laying out the first part, you will find Hope and attempt to capture her."
Mara stood outside of the room, listening very closely to their conversation. "What is he doing?"
"You all did great today." Peorth smiled at her trio and waved bye to them before stretching out. "Mmph! I'm exhausted, maybe I should stop by the hot springs on the way back home." She thought aloud as she folded her arms behind her head.
"Miss Peorth!"
She stared to the side and saw Hope and Beautiful Melody dragging Tyr towards her. "Goodness." She grinned. "Hope you massacred him during training today I see?"
"No ma'am." Hope shook her head.
Melody looked down in shame.
"Was it you guardian angel?" Peorth stared in shock.
She nodded.
"Tyr requested that I punch him to make him feel better, but I couldn't." Hope said.
"Really? That doesn't sound like something you would pass up." She raised an eyebrow then chuckled.
"I...I know..." Hope sighed. "I'm sorry."
"Hush." She slapped a hand on her shoulder, which gave her a shock. "He asked for it."
"Ye...yeowwch!" Tyr moaned then stared over at her.
"Tyr! I'm sorry! Melody didn't mean to do what she did!" Hope said.
"Nah it's okay! Really!" Tyr shot up on his feet and smiled. "Besides, Peorth's right, I did ask for it."
"Eh?" Peorth looked at the two for a moment, again there was a heavenly glow between them. "Okay, okay, let's not stand around in the open like this!" She said and started to shove them off to the hot springs. "It's been a long day, and I'm sure we could all use a nice dip in the springs, no?"
"Yes Miss Peorth." Hope sweat dropped.
"Like I have a choice." Tyr groaned as Peorth continued to push them off.
"Hmm, It's just as I thought." Peorth thought to herself and still saw the glow between them. "These two...."
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Hybrid: X*3 thank you for the responses, but like I said this story is already finished (I wrote it back when I was a Freshman. ) Now I'm just editing it and posting it up on FF.net ^^;; Again if you wanna see what Hope looks like you can go to www.verthandi.net and go to fanart and click Liz Holt :3
Thankies again :3