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Preview: Well here the title speaks for it self. The two main characters meet, and sparks begin to fly; only one sided though, and the journey is coming to start.
"Inspiration"
Chapter 3
The light grew as people turned away or tried to cover their eyes from the brightness. Seymour moved away quickly, and began to be careful with his steps. Maylina turned to the crowd. As her body glowed with a fluorescent blue, her eyes opened, and she began to speak.
"The people of the Guado, you believe in the Aeon's Miracle, but have never seen one," she began with a different voice that echoed as it spoke.
From behind her Seymour grabbed her arm, and swung her to face him.
"What are you doing?" he demanded.
The light from Maylina suddenly grew and shot at Seymour. He let her go, and backed away.
"I am giving the people something to truly believe in," she replied.
Maylina turned back to the crowd, and then the light left her going to the sky. Finding an open area the light slammed to the ground with ice all around it. Then snow began to fall with something transparent coming from the sky. The transparent figure began to fill in, and it was a female person. She landed into the ice, and then the ice exploded. It was Shiva, and she stood now before Maylina and Seymour like before with Renac and Maylina. Seymour approached her with amazement in his face.
Seymour said disturbed, "Shiva, the aeon of Macalania. Damn."
He then turned to the people who were in complete silence.
"People of the Guado your faith has returned. I can be your leader with the power of the aeons. There can peace among everyone, and I can bring all the aeons back," Seymour finally said.
"No!" Shiva began harshly, "You are not the One with the Power. You are only a spirit controlling another's body."
Everyone in the crowd was silent as they looked at Seymour curiously.
"You must be mistaken. I am the reincarnation of the former priest," he retorted innocently with a silent meaning beneath it.
"Unlikely, but you intend to control the lady summoner and I can not allow that."
Shiva then lifted herself up into the air, and suddenly flew into Maylina's body. The light appeared again, but Maylina began to change. Her already light blue hair grew longer, down to her knees, and the shade of blue in her hair went darker. Shiva's revealing outfit now replaced the dress she wore.
It was still Maylina, but Shiva was now a part of her; it was a fusion. Her voice was now a combination of Maylina's strong voice with Shiva's soft voice.
"This summoner can fuse with aeons she becomes close with, and that power will not be manipulated by you. This is a form of summoning no summoner has done in over 1300 years. The last summoner to do this task was the "Traitor of Zanarkand", and now this summoner carries on that legacy.
"Take this, Diamond Dust," the aeon directed at Seymour.
The blizzard attack was directed as Seymour, but he was able to dodge the magical attack easily. By the time he looked back to where the aeon was standing, both Maylina and Shiva were gone as one.
Renac watched everything fall apart from a distance. He knew Maylina would find a way out to the border between Spira and the Guado, the Moonflow, and he knew how to catch her in time.
They had separated from each other once they were a safe distance from Guadosalam. Maylina turned to Shiva, who stood over the water on the Moonflow. Shiva looked like a fairy without any wings, floating gracefully over the silent water. Pyreflies surrounded her as they always do, because they resided on the Moonflow.
"What just happened?" she asked with a stunned expression on her face.
Shiva replied, "I could not allow your spirit to be crushed under the rule of that man. He had died over 300 years ago, and has come back unnaturally. Your destiny is to travel to the ruined temples, and call upon the Fayths again. Give these people their faith back before it is too late. Once before you died, and we turned our backs on you, but I do not ask for you to praise us or any kind of religion, just believe we will not turn our backs on you again. All we want to do is help and guard the people that believe in us. Stop the darkness in New Zanarkand before another punishment is brought upon Spira. Another Sin can be created by the darkness in Zanarkand, and you must stop it before it happens."
"What do you mean I died before?" she asked with concern.
"You will find it in time, and reawaken from your slumber young summoner. Your unique ability is a skill that only one family could pass on, and some how you have it. That skill is to fuse with your aeons and share their powers and pain. You will travel the lands, and revive the aeons. You will gain a friendship with aeons, and your mind, body, and spirit will fuse with that aeon."
"I understand now," Maylina replied with acknowledgment.
"Shiva began to move away and suddenly turned. She left Maylina and the Moonflow, leaving to the sky.
Maylina needed to think of where to go next. She knew Seymour would come looking for her. She needed to get to Luca, and have the war come to an end. There would be many dangers ahead, but she was ready for anything. There was a town not far away, and she could stay there tonight.
She began walking towards the town when someone grabbed her from behind. The person turned her around, and Maylina turned to face Renac.
"Renac! What are you doing here?" she was amazed to ask.
"What do you think you are doing? You ran out on your wedding. Some high priestess you are. You need to come back, and what happened to you?" he barked at her.
She moved away from Renac, and out of his grasp.
"You don't understand Renac. I need to do this journey on my own, not watched and controlled by someone else. This is my pilgrimage, and I don't trust Seymour," she said with desperation.
"Alright Maylina, you do have a point, but I won't let you go on your own. A priestess needs their guardians to protect them," Renac replied with ease.
She walked up and took his hands.
"I was hoping you would say that. Let's go into town, and visit the temple there."
The two Guado went into the town, and headed for the temple. As they walked through the small town people who were humans watched them cautiously. They reached the temple that was not a very old temple at all. It was built in memory to the Moonflow, and the city that was at the bottom of the river now. The aeon statue put there after the defeat of Sin was the Muse. It was built not to commemorate the now-dead religion Yevon, but rather to inspire people their talents. The Moonflow was a place for the discovery of entertainers for over 300 years. It was once said Lady Yuna herself had found the manager that took care of her famous concert many years ago.
The Muse had the attribute of lightning. The two of them came into the small temple, and approached the head priest; a simple man that was a commoner.
"How may I help you young lady?" the priest asked quietly.
"I have come to this temple to endure the trials, and make my way to the inner sanctum."
"You do realize this town are humans, but you are welcomed here young priestess. Not very many people have done these trials. There is nothing residing within the temple. You can endure the trials, but you will be alone. Also, what is your name?"
"I am High Priestess Maylina Guado," she proudly replied.
"Oh, I have heard of you. Of course you are welcomed here no matter if you are Guado or not."
"Thank you," she replied quickly.
Maylina turned to Renac, who was behind her.
"Stay here. I'll do this on my own."
She turned away from the two males, and entered the Cloister of Trials. She knew she could do this on her own. It was her destiny, and there was nothing that could stop her.
Mason came from the bar to find people heading for the temple. Jockens came out behind him, and stood next to him.
"What's going on Jockens?" Mason asked.
"It seems something important is going down at the temple."
"I should check out who's taking the scene. I don't take nicely to someone else stealing my publicity," Mason humorously replied.
"Yeah right," Jockens replied with no care what so ever.
Mason ran towards the temple in a hurry.
Maylina made it through the trials, and made it to the inner sanctum. She went through the entrance to the statue of the Muse. The Muse was a woman who was like Shiva. Maylina got on her knees, and began to pray to the statue. Suddenly a light came from the work of art, and a Fayth appeared. It was a young girl with an inspirational smile on her face. The girl then changed into the aeon, Muse. She had feather wings on her head, there were feather peasant sleeves on her arms, and she only wore enough clothing to barely cover her revealing parts.
Maylina got up and faced the female aeon.
"I am the aeon Muse," she began with a beautiful voice.
"I am..."
"I know who you are Maylina. You have come to revive me, and you have. I offer you inspiration young priestess," the Muse finished.
Then in a flash the Muse disappeared, and became a mist. The mist then began moving fast around the room. Then it slammed into Maylina's chest, and threw her against the wall. Maylina lay unconscious on the floor, and no one knew she was in trouble.
***
Mason had stood with the crowd of people for several hours, but there was nothing. He heard that the people were waiting for some priest to return from the inner sanctum. Apparently the priest had some weird power, but that was only rumors in his opinion.
The crowd was beginning to leave knowing the priest's guardian went in to find out what happened. When Mason began to leave, people were suddenly gasping and looking towards the Cloister of Trials. From the entrance came the Guado warrior from earlier and he was carrying a woman with light blue hair. Mason walked and pushed through the crowd to the front. The guard put the woman down, and Mason finally made it to the front. The woman looked like a Guado but also human. Once it was quiet enough Mason asked, "Is that the priestess? Is she alright?"
"Yes, but it seems she passed out," the guard answered.
The head priest of the temple came to the scene at last.
"People please go. Let the priestess rest for now."
Mason turned and left with the other people, but couldn't the priestess off his mind. Something about her stirred him like no other. Just her appearance alone made him short of breath. She was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life. He wouldn't soon forget the priestess.
To continue...
Preview: Well here the title speaks for it self. The two main characters meet, and sparks begin to fly; only one sided though, and the journey is coming to start.
"Inspiration"
Chapter 3
The light grew as people turned away or tried to cover their eyes from the brightness. Seymour moved away quickly, and began to be careful with his steps. Maylina turned to the crowd. As her body glowed with a fluorescent blue, her eyes opened, and she began to speak.
"The people of the Guado, you believe in the Aeon's Miracle, but have never seen one," she began with a different voice that echoed as it spoke.
From behind her Seymour grabbed her arm, and swung her to face him.
"What are you doing?" he demanded.
The light from Maylina suddenly grew and shot at Seymour. He let her go, and backed away.
"I am giving the people something to truly believe in," she replied.
Maylina turned back to the crowd, and then the light left her going to the sky. Finding an open area the light slammed to the ground with ice all around it. Then snow began to fall with something transparent coming from the sky. The transparent figure began to fill in, and it was a female person. She landed into the ice, and then the ice exploded. It was Shiva, and she stood now before Maylina and Seymour like before with Renac and Maylina. Seymour approached her with amazement in his face.
Seymour said disturbed, "Shiva, the aeon of Macalania. Damn."
He then turned to the people who were in complete silence.
"People of the Guado your faith has returned. I can be your leader with the power of the aeons. There can peace among everyone, and I can bring all the aeons back," Seymour finally said.
"No!" Shiva began harshly, "You are not the One with the Power. You are only a spirit controlling another's body."
Everyone in the crowd was silent as they looked at Seymour curiously.
"You must be mistaken. I am the reincarnation of the former priest," he retorted innocently with a silent meaning beneath it.
"Unlikely, but you intend to control the lady summoner and I can not allow that."
Shiva then lifted herself up into the air, and suddenly flew into Maylina's body. The light appeared again, but Maylina began to change. Her already light blue hair grew longer, down to her knees, and the shade of blue in her hair went darker. Shiva's revealing outfit now replaced the dress she wore.
It was still Maylina, but Shiva was now a part of her; it was a fusion. Her voice was now a combination of Maylina's strong voice with Shiva's soft voice.
"This summoner can fuse with aeons she becomes close with, and that power will not be manipulated by you. This is a form of summoning no summoner has done in over 1300 years. The last summoner to do this task was the "Traitor of Zanarkand", and now this summoner carries on that legacy.
"Take this, Diamond Dust," the aeon directed at Seymour.
The blizzard attack was directed as Seymour, but he was able to dodge the magical attack easily. By the time he looked back to where the aeon was standing, both Maylina and Shiva were gone as one.
Renac watched everything fall apart from a distance. He knew Maylina would find a way out to the border between Spira and the Guado, the Moonflow, and he knew how to catch her in time.
They had separated from each other once they were a safe distance from Guadosalam. Maylina turned to Shiva, who stood over the water on the Moonflow. Shiva looked like a fairy without any wings, floating gracefully over the silent water. Pyreflies surrounded her as they always do, because they resided on the Moonflow.
"What just happened?" she asked with a stunned expression on her face.
Shiva replied, "I could not allow your spirit to be crushed under the rule of that man. He had died over 300 years ago, and has come back unnaturally. Your destiny is to travel to the ruined temples, and call upon the Fayths again. Give these people their faith back before it is too late. Once before you died, and we turned our backs on you, but I do not ask for you to praise us or any kind of religion, just believe we will not turn our backs on you again. All we want to do is help and guard the people that believe in us. Stop the darkness in New Zanarkand before another punishment is brought upon Spira. Another Sin can be created by the darkness in Zanarkand, and you must stop it before it happens."
"What do you mean I died before?" she asked with concern.
"You will find it in time, and reawaken from your slumber young summoner. Your unique ability is a skill that only one family could pass on, and some how you have it. That skill is to fuse with your aeons and share their powers and pain. You will travel the lands, and revive the aeons. You will gain a friendship with aeons, and your mind, body, and spirit will fuse with that aeon."
"I understand now," Maylina replied with acknowledgment.
"Shiva began to move away and suddenly turned. She left Maylina and the Moonflow, leaving to the sky.
Maylina needed to think of where to go next. She knew Seymour would come looking for her. She needed to get to Luca, and have the war come to an end. There would be many dangers ahead, but she was ready for anything. There was a town not far away, and she could stay there tonight.
She began walking towards the town when someone grabbed her from behind. The person turned her around, and Maylina turned to face Renac.
"Renac! What are you doing here?" she was amazed to ask.
"What do you think you are doing? You ran out on your wedding. Some high priestess you are. You need to come back, and what happened to you?" he barked at her.
She moved away from Renac, and out of his grasp.
"You don't understand Renac. I need to do this journey on my own, not watched and controlled by someone else. This is my pilgrimage, and I don't trust Seymour," she said with desperation.
"Alright Maylina, you do have a point, but I won't let you go on your own. A priestess needs their guardians to protect them," Renac replied with ease.
She walked up and took his hands.
"I was hoping you would say that. Let's go into town, and visit the temple there."
The two Guado went into the town, and headed for the temple. As they walked through the small town people who were humans watched them cautiously. They reached the temple that was not a very old temple at all. It was built in memory to the Moonflow, and the city that was at the bottom of the river now. The aeon statue put there after the defeat of Sin was the Muse. It was built not to commemorate the now-dead religion Yevon, but rather to inspire people their talents. The Moonflow was a place for the discovery of entertainers for over 300 years. It was once said Lady Yuna herself had found the manager that took care of her famous concert many years ago.
The Muse had the attribute of lightning. The two of them came into the small temple, and approached the head priest; a simple man that was a commoner.
"How may I help you young lady?" the priest asked quietly.
"I have come to this temple to endure the trials, and make my way to the inner sanctum."
"You do realize this town are humans, but you are welcomed here young priestess. Not very many people have done these trials. There is nothing residing within the temple. You can endure the trials, but you will be alone. Also, what is your name?"
"I am High Priestess Maylina Guado," she proudly replied.
"Oh, I have heard of you. Of course you are welcomed here no matter if you are Guado or not."
"Thank you," she replied quickly.
Maylina turned to Renac, who was behind her.
"Stay here. I'll do this on my own."
She turned away from the two males, and entered the Cloister of Trials. She knew she could do this on her own. It was her destiny, and there was nothing that could stop her.
Mason came from the bar to find people heading for the temple. Jockens came out behind him, and stood next to him.
"What's going on Jockens?" Mason asked.
"It seems something important is going down at the temple."
"I should check out who's taking the scene. I don't take nicely to someone else stealing my publicity," Mason humorously replied.
"Yeah right," Jockens replied with no care what so ever.
Mason ran towards the temple in a hurry.
Maylina made it through the trials, and made it to the inner sanctum. She went through the entrance to the statue of the Muse. The Muse was a woman who was like Shiva. Maylina got on her knees, and began to pray to the statue. Suddenly a light came from the work of art, and a Fayth appeared. It was a young girl with an inspirational smile on her face. The girl then changed into the aeon, Muse. She had feather wings on her head, there were feather peasant sleeves on her arms, and she only wore enough clothing to barely cover her revealing parts.
Maylina got up and faced the female aeon.
"I am the aeon Muse," she began with a beautiful voice.
"I am..."
"I know who you are Maylina. You have come to revive me, and you have. I offer you inspiration young priestess," the Muse finished.
Then in a flash the Muse disappeared, and became a mist. The mist then began moving fast around the room. Then it slammed into Maylina's chest, and threw her against the wall. Maylina lay unconscious on the floor, and no one knew she was in trouble.
***
Mason had stood with the crowd of people for several hours, but there was nothing. He heard that the people were waiting for some priest to return from the inner sanctum. Apparently the priest had some weird power, but that was only rumors in his opinion.
The crowd was beginning to leave knowing the priest's guardian went in to find out what happened. When Mason began to leave, people were suddenly gasping and looking towards the Cloister of Trials. From the entrance came the Guado warrior from earlier and he was carrying a woman with light blue hair. Mason walked and pushed through the crowd to the front. The guard put the woman down, and Mason finally made it to the front. The woman looked like a Guado but also human. Once it was quiet enough Mason asked, "Is that the priestess? Is she alright?"
"Yes, but it seems she passed out," the guard answered.
The head priest of the temple came to the scene at last.
"People please go. Let the priestess rest for now."
Mason turned and left with the other people, but couldn't the priestess off his mind. Something about her stirred him like no other. Just her appearance alone made him short of breath. She was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life. He wouldn't soon forget the priestess.
To continue...
