Chapter XVIII: Love You More
FD: This chapter is a little confusing, I don't know. Let me give you a recap; Sarah, Tiffany, Ines, and Yuji were the members of a pop star American band who go to Europe to work on a project and the meet the Majestics, who fall in love with the girls. Together for about three months, an old enemy from Sarah's childhood comes back to kidnap her, while her two cousins, Alister and Valon, come to visit her. Now Sarah has been kidnapped by the guy and his ex-servant, Jin, is now helping them to find Sarah. The only problem here is that he says he's from an ancient tribe who rivaled Sarah's and holds dark power, but the system says he's just a regular psychopath who loses touch with reality. Is he telling the truth, or just plain delusional?
The room that Malik had kept Sarah was dark and cold and only a small window was there that allowed Jin to climb into and find Sarah unconscious on the bed, her arms chained to the bed posts. He sighed sadly at what his master had done to her and helped the others back into the room. Robert looked at Sarah and his face immediately went pale as he approached her. Then he turned to Jin, his eyes full of anger. Yuji and Tiffany gasped at how their friend was. They turned away immediately once they saw her. Valon and Alister only stared in horror at what that psychopath did to their cousin.
"Jin, how do we get her free?" Alister asked.
"How the hell did you get us up here!" Valon demanded.
"What happened to her?" Tiffany cried.
"And how do we stop this crazy guy?" Yuji asked.
Robert was silent, stroking the cold cheek of his unconscious girlfriend.
"In order, I don't know, I can fly, believe it or not, he raped her repeatiuvely, and I don't know," Jin answered their questions.
The girls looked down back at her, and felt a cold presence in the air. It was so cold lately. Freezing, more like. They shivered and approached the bed. Suddenly, Sarah's eyes drifted open and she looked up.
"Guys, you found me," she said weakly.
"We couldn't leave you behind," Tiffany spoke. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a dark violet Beyblade. Yuji did the same and pulled out a light blue Beyblade. Sarah smiled.
"Diamond Angel and Guardian Angel," she said.
"We just need the leader back," Yuji said. Sarah's eyes disappeared the happiness and tears formed.
"He's not coming back… . He's not coming back… ." she cried.
"Who, sweetie, who's not coming back?" Yuji comforted. She pushed a few strands of black hair out of the girl's face.
"Eotos… . He's never coming back… ." Sarah cried. Tears fell from her face faster than rain. She sobbed and tried to break free from the chains, but no good.
"Did he take him away? Did you lose him?" Tiffany asked. Sarah shook her head, but choked on her tears. She pulled away from them and sobbed.
"Poor Sarah," Valon spoke.
"Why? What happened?" Robert asked.
"We haven't seen her cry like that since her parents' divorce. And Eotos was really close to her. I wonder what happened to him," Alister spoke.
Jin's ears suddenly twitched slightly and he heard the faint, distant swish of a cape to the ground. He recognized that sound. He quickly turned to them, fear shining in his eyes.
"We have to hurry and get her out of that. Malik's coming," he spoke low. Sarah let out a soft moan, fear shaking in her voice as he could easily tell. He approached the bed and placed a hand on the chains. Immediately they broke in half and Sarah sat straight up, rubbing her wrists. The chains had cut deep into her skin from all the roughness Malik put her through.
"Jin, how'd you do that?" Tiffany asked.
"Malik and Sarah aren't the only ones with powers," he said with a pure smile. Sarah took a deep look at him, then looked away. Her mind was traveling hundreds of miles an hour. It was as if her mind was finding the memories she had forgotten at that second. As the memories flashed in her head, she saw a faint glimpse of Jin's face. Did she know him from back then?
"Sarah, you alright?" Alister asked.
"Huh? Yeah. Come on, let's go!" she said, reaching for the door, but a hand reached out and grabbed her wrist gently. It was Valon. He took off his jacket and covered her with it. She smiled and buttoned it down so as not to reveal anything. Then, her long hair the last thing they saw of her, she took off down the hall. They followed her and rushed down a flight of stone stairs that were lit by only a few candles on the wall. There was no railing, and with Sarah's dizziness, it was dangerous.
How? Because, when they were only a floor down, Sarah felt weak and lost her footing and began tumbling down the stairs. But someone caught her in their strong arms. She looked up and saw Jin smiling as he carefully dragged her down the stairs. At the bottom of the stairs was a dark room that wasn't litted at all by any form of light. Sarah took a few steps into the room, then a piercing pain shot through all their heads. They let out a groan or yell, and Sarah was brought to her knees. She let out a scream and called out to the darkness.
"Malik! Stop! Please!" she screamed.
The pain disappeared and a voice evil laughed from the darkness. A light appeared and covered the room to reveal what looked like a tomb of a dead pharaoh. Malik stood in the center of the room, an evil smile on his face. Then he turned to Jin, and that smile faded.
"Jin, you little bastard! You betrayed me!" he snarled.
"I betrayed you, mate? No, I think you were the one who betrayed me!" Jin growled.
"I'm guessing there are some issues between you two," Valon said.
"You have no idea," Malik growled. He then smiled at Sarah. But, a swift passed by Sarah and Malik was sent down on the ground. Sarah saw that Robert had hit Malik hard into the abdomen.
"Robert! Don't!" Sarah cried.
"He hurt you! He used you! It's what he deserves!" Robert said. Sarah had never seen that emotion in anyone's eyes. Not even in the eyes of her father when he and her mother got a divorce. It was a like Robert's own anger had been oppressed by an evil emotion she did not recognize. If Robert fought, he would die.
Malik chuckled evilly. He stood up and looked at Robert with an evil smile. Suddenly, a flame licked at his shoes and it spread towards Robert. An image flashed before Sarah's eyes. Robert, Jin, Valon, Alister, Yuji, and Tiffany, all on the ground, cold, pale, dead. Malik standing over them, laughing evilly, a shadow behind him, yellow eyes glowing evilly. No! She couldn't let that happen! She had to save them!
"Awaken your hidden dreams! Only you can save them!"
Eotos? Was that him? No. He left her.
More images flashed before her eyes. Images that brought relaxation to her heart. The ocean, splashing gently up against the sands of a beach. A beautiful sunset behind tall trees blocked by a thin fog. A cabin sparkling with little flickers of light from candles. A bright sun shining through a forest of trees filled with animals. A gorgeous sunset over redwood trees surrounding a clear lake. Dolphins splashing in the light of day in the beautiful, clear, blue ocean.
"Breathe softly to life, and you will find peace…."
Eotos. You're still there. But how? How is it possible you are still here when you are so farther away?
"What is the meaning of your dreams? Why do you have them when you have never lived in such a peaceful world?"
It is the world I wish to live in, Sarah thought. It is a place where there is no violence, no worries, no chaos, nothing, but peace and tranquility.
"But has a world ever existed?"
What? Sarah closed her eyes and felt her dreams become so much clearer, so much more peaceful, like as if she really was there. The light blinded her from the sun. The shadows from the trees covered her. The ocean's waves comforted her. This world did once exist. How else would she see it so clearly?
"It is your world. The world of the heiress to the Seminole blood. You have awakened…Princess Alara…."
Sarah opened her eyes and felt the cool wind welcome her. She heard the distant splashes of the ocean. She heard the birds chirping in a distance. Those weren't dreams, but memories. Memories from her past life as the heiress over the Seminole tribe. That was our world. The calm, peaceful world that she once lived in. There was no fighting, no chaos, no destruction. All was peaceful, and that world still existed. Deep inside her it did. And the only way that world could live again was for her to release it. The Seminoles didn't have witchcraft and power that was dark and destructive. She remembered now what her grandfather had told her.
"The Seminoles were tribes all ruled by an heiress, a princess, born in the world of tranquility. It was her who brought them to this world, and it was in that world they learned true power and strength. You see, Sarah, dear, is that someone can have the most destructive witchcraft ever imagined, but they will not have power until they understand life."
Life. That was what her dreams were all about. The life hidden in this world and the world of her dreams. Now she had a new dream. To live in that world forever, together with Robert, and her friends. Together, to protect it, and live in it, like how she lived in it in her dreams.
A bright light flashed from her and it blinded Malik and Sarah's friends. She looked up at Tiffany and Yuji, and they nodded and pulled out their Beyblades. Two white forms escaped from the Beyblades and circled around her. Then they separated and formed separate bodies. Both were angels, but one was tall with long white hair and dark skin, dressed in a white gown with violet flowers. The other was also tall, but with short blonde hair and wore armor meant for a woman.
"Diamond Angel, Guardian Angel, protect Sarah!" Tiffany and Yuji said in unison. The two angels nodded and disappeared into two balls of light that circled around Sarah. Two more lights fell down from the sky and joined them. Sarah looked so beautiful, glowing a beautiful color, being circled by four bright lights that blinded them slightly. Sarah looked up at Malik, who smiled evilly. He shot out both hands a dark cloud flew at Sarah, but was blocked by an invisible force. Sarah took a few steps forward, walking toward him.
"Malik, you are evil, and blinded by what you believe is right. Power does not come from strength. It comes from understanding and life," Sarah spoke in a deeper voice, her gray eyes distant, filled with darkness, but a beautiful light shined in them.
"Ha! Tell me, what could be stronger than me! Nothing!" he laughed.
"That is not true, Malik. Thousands of years ago, a war waged out between the Seminoles and the Horus clan, you were right. But that was before the tribes of the Seminoles came together and were ruled by an heiress, Malik. She helped them win, and took them to a land where peace and tranquility existed for them. It was in this land that memories were made and strength and power was gained. But it was the Seminoles' understandings of life that gave them power," Sarah spoke. "If you do not understand life, you have no power."
Malik's eyes suddenly filled with fear. He yelled loudly, causing everyone but Sarah to cover their ears, and darkness spread out from his shadow. It flew toward Sarah, and covered everyone in the room. Malik laughed evilly.
"That's it! I've defeated her! I've defeated the heiress Alara! I am the most powerful!" he laughed.
"Think again," came a voice. A light shined from the darkness and filtered it through. Everyone looked up and saw Sarah standing there, wearing a white dress that looked like it was made from the light of the sun. It was low cut around the chest, but the hem fell below her ankles. She walked in it so beautifully, her long black hair billowing in the light.
"Alara," Jin spoke.
"What!" Robert yelled at him.
"That is the beautiful Alara's dress, that it is. Sarah is the reincarnation of the heiress of the Seminole tribe, Alara. Alara held the powers of life for her dreams and wishes, so beautiful it was. Sarah holds the same beauty inside her that many do not have, that she does. It's like having a goddess for a sister, but it's not like you want to take her out on a date. Anyway, because of that, Sarah will be kicking Malik's ass, that she will," Jin spoke. A smile of pure innocence and excitement crossed his face. What was it about this guy that did not seem right? There was just something Robert didn't like.
Sarah took a few steps closer when she brought her hands only inches apart in front of her chest. A small ball of light formed. It grew brighter and brighter, soon brighter than even Sarah. She looked up at Malik and tears shined in her eyes.
"With this light, I set free the darkness in your heart, and leave open your mind to the truth of life. Let go of all hatred and anger, Malik, for soon comes the time for life to last," she spoke. She pushed the ball forward, and faster than the speed of light, it hit Malik squarely in the chest. An explosion of light erupted in the room, blinding them, and Sarah and Malik disappeared in it.
FD: That's all. Forgive me if it kinda surprised you. I couldn't decide on how to finish it, do a psychological theme, or supernatural, so I went with a mixture of both. Anyway, if you like, review, you don't, then don't. I like to give a thanks shout out to Tiky, who supported me all the way. Thanks a lot, girl. I owe ya!
