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She paced back and forth, back and forth… her white boots clicking on the limestone floor. Her head was bowed and her silvery blue hair was falling into her face. Her blue eyes were flashing, either from anger or impatience. She rounded around on another girl standing in the corner.
"Where is he?" seethed the silver haired girl, sitting down and resting her forehead in her palms, massaging her aching head. The girl opposite of the cerulean-eyed girl shrugged, brushing away the stubborn ebony locks that blocked her caramel hued vision.
"How should I know?" she responded impatiently, fiddling with the pink cloth that was wrapped around her waist that held her purple robe in place. "It's not like he's by friend or anything!" she said venomously, not wanted to be associated with him of all people.
The orange clad girl sitting across let up her glare, and her eyes softened. "I'm sorry Sheena…" she said softly, closing her eyes and leaning back. "I'm… just stressed." She murmured, causing the oriental girl to smile in sympathy.
"Look… it's fine Raine." She said softly, also taking a seat. "Zelos may be… a bit of a flake, but he comes through." She said, feeling slightly disgusted with herself for siding for the red head that wasn't even present… Then again if he was here she wouldn't have said anything at all.
"Your right… I must be patient." Whispered Raine in her calm voice. "We are so close… we must not betray this opportunity." She said, the black haired girl nodding in agreement.
"Yes… if this coming girl is not willing…" she trailed off, looking at her elder in an odd way… "Then we can't complete the mirror and…."
"All of this will be for naught." Raine responded coldly and bluntly. The two then sat in tense silence, looking at the floor as the time passed. Breaking the quiet, the door slammed open resulting in the two females to jump and whip their heads around.
"What's wrong?" asked Lloyd, looking at the two in confusion. They sat down with disappointment, Sheena returning to her trance and Raine rounding on the brunette.
"Your late." She said icily, picking up her staff from the ground and looking menacingly at the younger boy. He shrugged and flicked away a stray hair in a cocky pose.
"I was on business… for the Clan." He said sounding proud, pulling out a satchel from his pocket and tossing it to the silver haired female. She peeked in, her curiosity getting the better of her. Turning her gaze back to him her eyes were wide.
"Where did you get this?" she asked, her voice wavering slightly. Sheena stood as well, meandering over to the package, curious as well. A grin coming over her face she gave a clap.
"Oh this is wonderful Lloyd!" she said smiling, "Raine! Can you believe it! He found a Reiard!" she said in a surprisingly squeaky voice. "They're clocked so well to! These carriers hardly look like Royal Reiard…" she said, now bending over to examine them closer.
"Found them up in the sewers believe it or not." Said Lloyd shrugging. "Figured some richie threw it away, and it's broken. But if anyone can fix it the Professor can." He said shooting a grin at Raine. She inspected the carrier pouches closer and nodded, murmuring to herself.
"Yes… this isn't a major problem." She said, giving a half grin. "I can get these fixed up quite soon actually." She said, running her fingers up and down the packs. "Good work Lloyd… we'll be needing these."
"You've done good!" said the raven-haired ninja, beaming at the younger boy. Perturbing the happy moment the door slammed open, causing Raine to wince at the possibility that some one near had heard the crash.
"Hey hey hey my hunnies!" called the red head, tugging behind him a thrashing blonde girl. "Who said you could start any parties without me?" he asked in an almost singsony voice.
"Zelos…" growled Sheena, narrowing her caramel eyes. "Your late." She said in a venomous tone, causing him to raise his free hand in defense,
"Oh come now!" he said playfully, grinning at her in an almost teasing way. "Is that any way to greet the Great Zelos? Who just happened to pick up this little beauty for you all?" he asked, releasing his hold on the blonde and causing her to fall to the ground.
"Zelos you idiot! You've scared her!" shrieked Sheena, frowning at him. Looking back to the younger girl on the floor her gaze softened. "What's your name?" she asked, walking forward to help her up.
"C-Collette Brunel…." She said softly, rushing to her feet before the ninja reached her and brushing herself of, backing away only to bump into the red head boy behind her. "W-what do you want with me?" she said, obviously scared from her wits.
"Worry not." Said the silver haired elf in her calm voice, "You are in no danger with us." The brown haired boy that Colette remembered from before stepped forward, giving her an open grin.
"Yeah! Your probably safer with us anyhow." He said, leaning into a supposed 'cool pose', and flicking his hair out of his face. The blonde's cerulean eyes still traveled around the room, obviously not too comforted by his words.
The orange clad woman sighed and shoved him aside. "Let me handle this." She muttered, locking her icy blue gaze with Colette's. "I apologize for whatever fear you've been put through for coming here, we honestly mean you no harm."
"Umm… all right…" said Colette slowly, meeting the woman's gaze. Cocking her head and looking at the Silver haired girls eyes she felt a calm washing over her. The eyes she was staring at were calm, cool, collected, but trustworthy. The blonde began to stop her fidgeting.
"We are the members of an underground organization called the Tetrant." The elf said in all seriousness, "we are a resistance against the Mana Clan." Colette cocked her head at this.
"The who?" she inquired.
"Yes…" sighed Raine, "I suppose it would have been unnatural to have heard of it." Shaking her head she continued to speak. "They are an organization working in the shadows of the Cruxis and the church." She said, going on though Colette's eyes still held confusion.
"They are the manipulators… The details are all still fuzzy, but we do know that they are the suppliers of exsperes, you know of them yes?" Colette nodded, "Good. They are the ones who produce them from an unknown message. We know they don't have the materials needed to manufacture these but some how they do… that is one of our goals. To halt the production of Exsperes."
"But why do you want to do that?" inquired Colette, "Expheres make people strong, they help our community thrive. Why do you want to get rid of them?"
"They hold a secrete purpose." Whispered Raine, a saddened look in her eyes, "Exsperes, though they strengthen a person, can also dull senses, make one less observant of their surroundings… a hypothesis we have conjured is they could cloud the mind so far… that one could forget everything. We're not sure if this is the Clans purpose… but one thing we do know is we need to get a hold of an Exsphere and test this ourselves."
"But what does this all have to do with me?" asked Colette, balling her hands into fists and shaking them in front of her, hoping they would sense how she wanted to emphasize her point.
"Right, I have strayed from the topic." Massaging her temples slightly she looked back at the blonde with a weak smile. "The Mana clan also has another goal. They seem to be seeking out shards of the Mana Mirror. It is an ancient Talisman that is said to be able to open a wormhole to a parallel world that we know nothing of…"
"The Mana mirror was shattered years ago." Said Sheena softly, causing Colette to jump, she had almost forgotten that others were in the room. "Long ago a mage broke this mirror to stop people from coming back and forth between the two worlds. No one knows why he did this… but we believe it's better for us to have it then them."
"Well, if it's just broken just go to where it was and get the pieces." Colette chipperly responded, giving a smile. "They can't be that hard to find." But at these words Raine sighed.
"They are…" she said in a soft voice. "When the mirror was broken… the shards scattered. They all flew to the corners of the world to find refuge in the hearts of pure souls. And remember, it's shards of Mana, not glass so they didn't cut them or anything like that, simple settled inside them."
"And that's why we need you." Said Sheena softly, eyeing Colette. "You have some of the mirror shards inside you, passed on from your deceased parents." The raven haired woman said in a solemn tone.
"M-my parents?" stuttered the girl, feeling her face flush. "But… They-"
"They were carriers of the mirror shards." Said Rain in a crisp tone, "And they were killed because the Mana Clan wanted them. But the shards ran to you seeking refuge now that heir vessels were dead. And now, we need you." She said softly.
"This is a lot to take in for one day." Lloyd interjected, feeling sorry for the girl. "Maybe we can let her rest and finish talking tomorrow?" he suggested getting a nod of approval from Raine.
"Yes… it is late." Turning her gaze back to Colette she gave her best attempt at a smile. "The door on the right leads to the bed rooms, we have one extra bed at the moment at the end of the hall, make yourself comfortable there."
"Thank you." She stammered, unsure what to say, "Sorry for being a bother."
"Ehh, don't worry! You're not being a bother at all." Said Lloyd, smiling warmly. "Here, let me show you to your room." He offered, heading to the mentioned door. Colette followed mutely after him, then the pair disappeared behind the door.
Her blue eyes scanned the hallway she was currently headed down. The entire house was in a state of disrepair and it depressed her slightly. Looking at the boy in front of her she smiled. It was nice to know that there were nice people such as Lloyd, and that girl… Sheena? She seemed all right as well.
"Sorry if Zelos scared you." Lloyd said out of the blue. Colette shook her head.
"No, I'm sorry for making a fuss coming here. Though… I'm not quite sure about any of this…" she shrugged, smiling anyway.
"You're being so accepting about this." Said Lloyd in slight awe. "When I was brought here…" he shifted slightly, showing he was uncomfortable about the subject he had brought upon himself.
"How did the others join? Are you guys the only ones?" she asked, and Lloyd grinned, happy for the save she gave him.
"Well, the Professor Raine started this." He began, "She is a really famous researcher, and make breakthrough discoveries about Expheres. But because of that the Mana clan expelled her from the research laboratory in Cybak. After more research on them she began her own little resistance." He stated as they reached the door, Heading into the one bedroom they sat down and Lloyd continued.
"The first one to join was Sheena. She also studied in Cyback learning about Summon Spirits, and she was a good friend of Raine. She left to help and serve as a… protector I guess you could say if it came down to violence. That's all we know about her." He said shrugging. "The professor might know something… but we've learned not to meddle in her past." He said laughing, and Colette gave a giggle.
"Then they found Zelos, he's a really rich guy… and he was quickly getting to rich and powerful in Meltokio for the Mana Clan to ignore… They attacked him and he managed to escape, came running to us for protection, but offered to help fund us… which was really needed.
"Then they found me…" he said, his tone becoming slightly softer, "Basically, I have a mirror shard in me too, that's the main reason I'm here." Flashing a grin to cover everything he stood and headed for the door. "Well, you'd better get some sleep…"
"Night Lloyd." Colette called as he closed the door, sighing and flopping down on her bed, closing her eyes to sort this all out…
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Ta da! Second chapter!
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Thankies so much for being my fist reviewer! gives you lots of cake, candy, and wonderfull goodies hope you enjoy! Ahh, I'm sorry about the spelling… I'm quite terrible at it, lol. And if I have anything to say about it, it shall be Lloyd/Colette
So anyway, next chapter coming soon…ish. Ahh heres a preview anyway.
PreviewColette learns more about the Mana Clan, and this resistance group she's stumbled upon. She will also learn about her adopted dad, and her real parents! And who is this Genius that no one will tell her about? All in Chapter 3- Past To Haunt Us