Authors' Note: Yes authors, three people are writing the fic so don't get pissed at us if it doesn't really make that much sense. Besides, how would you feel if you were doing only the prologue for a week 12 hours a day? o.O This is gonna be a little angsty…Any ways we hope you enjoy! (And don't forget to review!)
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Prologue
Shadows of the heart,
haunting us, telling us…
not to hold back our emotions,
to let them free,
to let go of the remorse
buried deep
within our hearts…telling us…
to be happy…
once again.
-==-
She was weak and weary. Those Magic Knights drained her of all her power, and she never regained enough strength to seek revenge. She would never let herself die without seeing all three Magic Knights die before her. She just couldn't, she wouldn't.
Lady Debonair remembered too clearly, how that traitorous bitch left her own master, her own…mother. Now she was sure she could not fail. She used a different technique this time. She forged each shadow out of the darkness she was made of and for each shadow, the element of the knight they resembled. Since each of the three knights holds an element so grand, it can only reside in the deepest part of their hearts, making it nearly impossible for them to betray her. Now it was time to summon them.
It was night out. There was no light. Not one star was shining, and no moon existed there. There was darkness, only pure black shadows that covered the sky.
"Knight of Fire, I summon you!"
Suddenly, fiery blood red flames ruptured out of the ground, shaking it severely. A form started to appear as the fire started to dissolve.
"Knight of Water, I summon you!"
This time, midnight-blue water erupted from the ground, creating a cylinder from which a figure stood inside.
"Knight of Wind, I summon you!"
The wind outside started to pick up and direct itself to the spot, where it swirled. The faster it went the clearer the body became.
The fire was completely distinguished, the water flowed away, and the wind had died down, leaving the three standing there.
Lady Debonair smirked at her creations. Now it was a perfect time for her to seek revenge. It was finally time to tell them what to do.
"My Magic Knights, I am afraid I am dying. Will you help me regain my power back? Together we can-"
"For what? Why should we help you after all you have done for us?"
Lady Debonair stared at the Wind Knight who had just interrupted her. She smiled innocently, and replied sweetly.
"What do you mean?"
"You know exactly what we mean. We helped you, and you did nothing for us. You were weak, and we were strong. We held all the power. Since you were our creator we decided to help, but we certainly did not have to. So then we helped, and once you gained your power back what do you do to us? You stab us in the back and betray us. Then imprison us in another realm. So now do you really think we would help you and then have you deceive us again?"
Lady Debonair responded coolly. "Surely you don't think I did that on purpose did you?", she laughed her evil laugh. "I was only doing you a mere favor of protecting you. I was only trying to conserve your power."
The Fire Knight stepped forward, with the other two Knights behind her. Her crimson eyes narrowed.
"I don't think so."
With that the three knights released their most powerful attacks.
Lady Debonair screamed.
Shadows emerge
slowly swallowing light
Happiness does not exist any more
Night falls over the land,
the sky is enveloped in darkness
everything is clouded with sorrow
We no longer hold hope in our hearts,
We are lost in a sea of fear.
-==-
He woke up suddenly, sweating , gasping for air. He sat up and pulled the covers off of him. What was it he had just seen? Was it a dream, or maybe it was a vision. He could of sworn he had read or been to that place.
A place of darkness, not even a single speck of light could be seen. No moon, nor stars, not one source of light. The land was barren, no life was found, no wind blew in that land, no water ran through the barren lifeless field.
He decided to do a little research on that place, not just out of curiosity, but out of fear. Fear of another danger that might threaten Cephiro.
Rising from his bed, he went to the bathroom to take a quick shower and get changed. With his cloak trailing behind him, he came out of the bathroom. Summoning his staff, he then teleported to his study.
Walking to his desk he suddenly felt a pain in his head. It wasn't a headache, it couldn't be…it hurted too much to be one. The pain gradually became sharper, causing him to groan. The pain had become unbearable, he kneeled down, clutching his staff and holding his head with his other hand. Lavender hair covering his crystal blue eyes, he slowly lost consciousness.
He was lying in the grass when he woke up. 'How did I get here?' Griping his staff tightly he got up, he started towards the palace, he suddenly stopped walking when he saw…The Magic Knights, except it seemed as if each knight had a twin…
"Umi, what is going on?", he said as he approached her.
Umi had not heard him, but Clef had thought that she was just ignoring him. Clef was annoyed that Umi had not responded, instead she just stood there staring at her twin with hatred. Her twin was also staring back at her with the same expression on her face.
Trying to get Umi's attention he tried to grab her arm, but his hand had just went though it. 'What the hell is happening?', Clef thought.
Suddenly the knight's armors appeared, each knight wielded a sword. Their twins' armor also appeared, they were also holding swords.
They started to fight, their swords clashing into each other, magic spells flying all over the place. Suddenly all three Magic Knights were engulfed in a black colored light. When the light had gone the Knights were crying. Tears streamed down their scratched up faces, seeing this the twins laughed evilly at them as they dropped their swords.
Clef wanted to help the Knights so he casted a storm spells at the twins, but all the spells just went right through them, it didn't even hurt them. The only thing he could do was to stand there and watch. It just passed through them as if they weren't there, as if they were illusions or ghosts.
Each of the twins pulled their counterpart's hair so they were face to face. The twin that resembled Umi yelled, "And you actually thought that you could defeat us! How pitiful, distracted by a mere illusion of your lovers…HA!"
It was the red hair twin that spoke up next. "Now that you're out of the way we can now rightfully claim "our" men back." she spat spitefully.
"Fuu, how unlike you. You were suppose to be the smartest of the Knights and you fell for the simple trick. You're just as stupid as the rest of them." the blond sneered.
The Knights were unable to reply to those remarks, each one had a dagger held to their throats. Clef could only watch…nothing he did could help them, he stood there angry at himself for not being able to do anything more but watch them suffer.
"It's time to say good-bye Magic Knights!", all three twins said coldly. With that each twin took their swords and ran it through the Knight's chest, staining their armor with their own blood. The twins jerked their swords out of the Knight's chest, making it even more painful for them.
The Knights screamed, wincing in agony, trying to heal themselves, but only causing themselves more pain. The more they struggled the more pain they felt, crimson blood poured out of their chest freely now...They had stopped trying to heal it, knowing that it would only cause them more pain. They had given up hope...They just laid there, crying silently. Wondering if anyone would come save them...wondering if their loved ones even cared about them anymore...Laying there waiting for death, waiting for the pain to go...the pain of betrayal...
"We would like to stay and watch you suffer", said the red hair girl.
The blonde continued for her, "But we don't want our men waiting now do we?"
"Hope you have fun in hell bitches!", sniggered the twin with empty, dark sapphire eyes.
Blood dripping from their swords the twins walked away, laughing mercilessly as the Knights died in a pool of their own blood.
It sees
People fading, away from their love
It hears
Only cries, from the tortured soul
It tastes
The blood, only of the innocent
It smells
The guilt, the remorse of the people
It feels
Truly nothing
-==-
Authors' Note: Hope you guys liked the fic. Just so you wont get confused we'll tell you who wrote what…hehe… Fuu-chan wrote the last poem, and the first half of this chapter (the one before the second poem). Umi-chan wrote the second half of this chapter and the first poem. Last but not least! Hikaru-chan wrote the poem in between the two parts! Well, bye for now! Tell us what you think just don't flame us to death. We'll try to update soon! Please review!