Chapter fifteen's up! Thanx so much for all the reviews! You guys are awesome!
Here we introduce the other two goddesses, which are based on two very dear friends of mine, much like Kigali is based on me (Believe it or not, lol)
Oh, yeah, and she'll meet Hao SOON, so hang tight!
Disclaimer- Fifteen chapters later and same answer. Noooooooooooo!!!
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I was excited and nervous at the same time. My stomach flipped as the helicopter landed in a jerky kind of way. I stepped out of the helicopter, followed by Zoe in her regular winged-wolf form and a slightly green Tabitha. I swung my hoverboard over my backpack and tied it to the handle. Then I looked at the people in the front of the welcoming crowd. Two of them stood out like violets among roses. It's not like they were dressed funny or anything like that, it's just that they looked familiar. Two familiar faces in an unknown multitude. I had never in my life seen them before, but they looked so familiar I could swear I knew them.
They were two girls exactly my age. The one named Ramissa had skin as dark as the night with green markings in her cheeks, arms, legs, and stomach, like me, except hers were rectangles instead of triangles-like slashes like mine. She had big, emerald-green eyes with stylish eyelashes. Her beautiful black hair reached up to her mid-back, with light bangs and two thin braids that laid gracefully over her shoulders. Two black metal bands held each of them together. She wore tribal clothes that were predominantly green and black. They fit tight around her tall form. She also wore an onyx necklace around her graceful neck. The girl's spirit, a black jaguar stood protectively behind her. It was as black as night and had markings like Zoe had, except they were a neon green. Two black bat wings grew from her back. Her eyes were as green as emeralds.
The other girl was the exact opposite. I knew her name was Asali. She had extremely long blond hair. She was very thin and short, so that she looked a bit younger than the other girl. She had blue eyes, but not an oceany sapphire blue like mine. Her looked strangely blue-gray, like glass. Her skin was as white as snow, not a tanned like mine, and she had pink markings instead of blue or green, which were curved in graceful spirals with dots in their center that looked like pink beauty spots. A gold necklace with an amber glittered in the desert sun. Her clothes were light and mostly yellow and pink (mine were primarily blue and purple). This girl's spirit was a palomino horse with a flowing, white mane. It had pink markings and butterfly wings sprouting from its back. It's eyes were a bright pink too.
As I stepped off the helicopter, something came over me, I don't know, but suddenly I didn't feel nervous anymore. When they saw me, their faces split into two familiar smiles.
"KIGALI!!!" They said at the same time.
"ASALI!!! RAMISSA!!!!!!!!" I squealed and ran to them as fast as I could, dropping my backpack halfway there. I hugged them as tight as I could. I have no idea how I knew their names. I have no idea how they knew mine, but that wasn't important. We were together again. After five hundred years, I had been reunited with my friends again. I let tears flow down my cheeks. I felt Asali sob. I heard Ramissa sniff.
The crowd cheered and 'awww'ed. Tabitha stepped off the helicopter and headed towards the two women that had been standing with Ramissa and Asali.
"Come on girls. I've arranged spare rooms in the palace." We ran after them, smiling happily. I put my arms around both their shoulders. Asali laughed
"We have a lot of catching up to do, girls."
We couldn't talk much, since our destination was very close by, but when we got there, I saw Ramissa's jaw fall open. I felt my own reach the floor.
"You live HERE???" We yelled at the same time. We were standing in front of a humongous Egyptian palace. Like the ones you see in Aladdin or something. It was made out of gleaming white marble and probably had 20 bedrooms and at least 50 bathrooms. Asali laughed at our reaction.
"Yes, I do."
"Aww! No fair! Me and my mom had to live in a normal house!" Complained Ramissa.
"Yeah! Me too. I had to share a cabin with my aunt. AND I had no cable. They gasped in horror.
"NO CABLE???" I nodded gravely. They laughed.
"Yes, the mansion has satellite, but all the water comes from the underground spring that nourishes this oasis. My mom and dad have brought me here when I was little. When they found out I had shaman powers, they were convinced I had to have the right training, so they did some research and found out about a small tournament in Egypt to find the goddess of air and wind, so then they did some MORE research and found out I actually stood a chance at it, so they brought me here and I won. That was when I was... umm... around eight I think. My parents live in the US, but Lanai, the priestess of the village became like a mother to me since. I got used to this place pretty quickly."
"Who wouldn't!" I exclaimed as we entered the beautiful palace.
"Yeah, the Leppa Tribe raises the finest Arabian horses in Africa. I'll take you there later on. You'll love them." She said proudly. "So what about you Ramissa? Where did you come from?"
"Well, the priestess in my village was actually my mom, Riana, so I was born and raised in the Orana Tribe. It's located in the deepest rainforests of western Africa. To say the truth, my mom didn't even know I was a shaman until I regrew a whole section of our rainforest with my Furyoku. Then she trained me for the coming tournament to search for the goddess of earth and stone, and as you probably guessed, I won. What about you Key?"
"Well... um... after mom died, my dad abandoned me in a college for five years, but then I ran away and found my mom's village, which happened to be nearing the tournament to find the goddess of water and ice. I won and moved in with the priestess of the Kovu Village, who happened to be my aunt, Tabitha. So I grew up in the northern tundra, where the aurora borealis lights the skies. Cool huh?" I kept my mouth shut about Anna. My friends were quiet for a second.
"Sorry about your parents." Uttered Ramissa.
"It's all right. One gets used to it." Zoe waved her apologies away. I rolled my eyes. Zoe. We walked into a large room that had a canopied futon as a bed and was decorated with gold and yellow silk.
"This is my room. I convinced Lanai to let us share one. You don't need any of the other guest rooms when you can have mine."
"Wow, thanks Asali!" I said, bouncing on the futon. She sat next to me. Ramissa fell back on a beanbag chair.
"Ok! We've got to present our spirits! Who wants to go first?"
"ME! ME! HERE! PICK ME!" Zoe jumped around. I slapped my forehead. Ramissa and Asali laughed.
"Ok everyone, this is my spirit friend, Zoe. Her real name is Kazura, but that, unlike her, is too mature. I'm just kidding Zoe!" She shapeshifted into a goose and honked noisily at me. More laughing.
"She can shapeshift too!" remarked Asali. "Mine does the same." She pushed the timid, butterfly-winged horse to the middle of the room. "This is my spirit guardian, Denali." Denali shapeshifted into a white bunny and hid behind Asali. "Don't worry, she's just shy. Once she gets to know you, she won't stop talking. Believe me." We turned to Ramissa expectantly. She pointed at the elegant black jaguar with the bat wings.
"This is Riomi, my spirit companion. She can also shapeshift, but doesn't really like to." Riomi purred as Ramissa tickled her chin.
"So, what are your special abilities?" I asked them, "I have two. Shapeshifting and fortune-telling. Divination."
"You can shapeshift???" Asked Asali, surprised.
"Yup. Can't you?"
"No. Only my spirit can, but my special ability is potions and medicine making. My mom's a nurse." We turned to Ramissa. She frowned.
"I—I haven't found my special skill yet. I know I should have, but I will find it soon."
"I'll help you Missy! We'll find your skill together!" I said overoptimistically.
"Yeah! Me too!" Asali punched the air. Ramissa laughed and shook her head.
"You guys are so lame!" She joked. There was a knock in the door and a rattlesnake slithered in, followed by a pretty lady with short, blonde hair tied up in a ponytail. Ramissa stopped laughing immediately and jumped up on the futon behind me.
"Snake!" She yelped. Riomi sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Don't worry, Missy. It's just one of Lanai's spirits. Yeah, and this is Lanai, the priestess of the Leppa Tribe." She waved at the lady.
"Ok girls, I know your exited to see each other, but we've got to get some business out of the way before you get to relax. We are having a meeting right now, if you'll join us." We stood up and headed towards the door. I was used by Ramissa as a human shield as we passed the snake spirit. We walked down endless halls and up steep staircases.
"Don't you ever get lost here?" I asked Asali.
"I grew up here. I know every secret passageway and hideaway. Even the one that leads to Lanai's room." She grinned mischievously as we laughed and followed her through the maze-like palace. This was going to get interesting.
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Sorry for the cliffhanger-type ending. I'll update real soon.
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