Sorcery Illusions

Chapter 11: Guardian Realm

Disclaimer:

I do not own the game or the characters, they are not mine to do with as I wish.

Warning:
I'm still kickin' and the warning is the same as ever.

Enjoy!

Alexandra AKA ~*~Fantasy Dragon~*~

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Was that sunlight? The life source that he had been deprived of for the last couple days?


No. There was no way that sun light could penetrate the thick walls of the dungeon he was being held captive in.


'Evan...'


'Whose calling my name?' the blue mage wondered as he struggled to find the strength in him to pry open his tired eyes.


'Evan?'


"Who the hell is calling me?" Evan asked, still unaware if his voice was audible to the other person or if it was only in his head.


'Please Master, awaken...'


"Master? Who the hell did I sleep with?" Evan groaned. Finally, with all the strength he could finally muster, Evan's eyes flew open, but were at once blinded by a bright light that Evan had never seen before. To prevent total blindness, the red head had to raise his weak arm to shield his eyes.


'Master, are you coherent?'


"Who the hell is there?" Evan cried out before the surreal feeling of being lifted into the air overtook his body.


'It is I, the Phoenix.' At that moment, the distinct outline of a bird appeared a few feet in front of Evan.


"But a GF can't speak. I know! My therapist told me that I might experience hallucinations, and I should just pinch my self if something seems a little to weird to be true." Evan concluded before hastily grabbing a fair portion of the skin on his arm and squeezing. Hard. "Owie!"


'Master...'The Phoenix trailed off as the birds appearance was becoming more and more clear, so it was now obvious that this was not just a normal bird, but indeed the legendary bird that Evan had control over.


"Okay, so if it isn't a hallucination, is it a dream? Wait, it can't be a dream. If it was a dream, I would have woken up when I pinched my self. Maybe I am being hypnotized. But if that was the case, why would I be asking my self all these questions? Wouldn't I be feeling good? I know! This is a virtual world created by my worst enemy to trap me for eternity and kill my body! That has to be it." Evan decided, as he paced the air he was floating on.


'No master, this is indeed reality.' Evan's eyes focused on the bird and took in the sheer beauty that radiated off it.


"Well, the last time I checked, I wasn't floating in mid air and blinded by an unexplainable bright light. I was left in a cold, dark, moldy, smelly, damp cell? Did I leave any disgraceful adjectives?" Evan asked with complete sarcasm.


'I have taken you into the Guardian realm.' Phoenix explained, it's gigantic wings creating a cool breeze for Evan in the warm environment.


"Now, why would you do something silly like that?" Evan asked, a little unsure what he should be feeling right now. Should he be scared? Nervous? Excited? Sick?


'Because. You are a Guardian Mage. You have the power to communicate freely with the Guardians of Hyne.' As he watched the beak of the bird move, he was given a sense that this bird was not only a mythical beast, but also had a sense of humanity in him too.


"So, are you telling me that I can talk to a GF? Like I do to other people?" Evan's eyes were as wide as saucers. There was just no possible way on earth, heaven or any other place in the universe that what was happening could be real.


'Yes. This conversation would have happened between us sooner, but in your previous mental state, it would not have produced any results. There were barriers in your mind that hindered me from answering to your calls.'


"So what is the difference now? What happened in the last couple hours that changed my mental state? I don't recall anything happening that should completely change my mentality. I know I was completely insane and tramatized, no one has to tell me that." Evan spoke as he sat down as he floated in the air.


'While being held in captivity, Ayana tried to make you summon me. After you bluntly refused, you were tortured and asked again. When you refused the second time and passed out, they tried to extract me from you by force.' The phoenix finally folding it's humongous wings and came to a hovering stop in front of Evan.


"You mean to tell me that they tried to draw you from me?" Evan asked, now completely into what the Guardian Force had to say.


'In a way, yes. But she used some sort of foreign machine that was very powerful, but failed. The unfortunate thing is that due to your unstable mental state, you did not survive.' Even though Evan was talking to a giant bird, he could still feel a sense of trust radiating from it and the honesty scared him.


"You mean to tell me that I am...you know...de...dead?" Evan choked out. So many things were running through his head at an immense speed. Like the fact that he never got to really tell Quistis everything he had found out about their blue magic abilities. Or how much he really loved Seifer, and the fact that he had not really been himself since he had been reunited with everyone. A single tear then found it's way down over the freckles that spotted Evan's face at the thought of how much he hurt everyone over the past few months.


'For now you are, for there are no living souls permitted in this realm."


"So why exactly did you bring me here? Why didn't you let me die like a normal person? Can't you just let me go and be a wandering spirit?" Evan asked, his voice now hindered by the tears that were threatening to spill over at any second. He thought about the time just recently when Ellone sent Seifer into his mind. The thought of never being in those strong arms again scaring him more than anything.


'You have a much more important role to fulfil in life, Evan. Your life can not and will not end until that role has been filled. Not only are you the blue mage of rebirth, but you are the sleeping messanger.' explained the Guardian bird.


"Sleeping? Don't you mean dead?" snarled Evan as he pulled his knees up to is chest and wrapped his arms around them before starting to rock back and forth.


'No, it is not your time to go yet, Master. You are required to protect Hyne's son in the upcoming Neo-Sorceress war. I merely brought your soul into this realm to save your physical body. Once the person holding you prisoner realizes that the call of a phoenix down will not reach your soul in this realm, she might discard your body into freedom.'


"There is only one problem." Evan said, running his hand through his short red hair, still a little startled by the thought of being dead. "Someone will have to find my body within six hours. That means Ayana too. And she normally only checked on me every four or five. If she doesn't check on me within and toss my body out in six hours there will be no chance of bringing me back."


'For a normal mortal, you are right.'


"Of course I am right, I spent the good part of two years researching anything and everything having to do anything with magic."

'But if the soul stays near a body that is not physically damaged, there are more than 6 hours before the chance of resurrection is impossible. But that is only for those who have magical abilities other than para-magic.'


"Huh? What do you mean?" Evan began to forget about being dead and started to become interested in what his Guardian force was telling him.


"Anyone who has natural magical abilities, such as you do as a blue mage, their bodies are preserved for longer if they do actually die. They have 12 hours, as long as their Guardian captures their soul.'


"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Back this birdy up. What do you mean, captures their soul?"interrupted the red head.


'Everyone who has a natural magic ability has a Guardian force they are destined to accompany them through battle, although most never meet their Guardian. But you are even more different. You will be able to be revived when ever your body is in safety. Due to the fact I am the Rebirth Guardian, you have 24 hours before revival is impossible.' Phoenix explained.


"Cool! This is something that I need to tell everyone!" Evan became excited and jumped up and started to jump up and down while still floating. " So, you said that I am a messenger of some sort. What's up with that?"


'You are to tell Hyne's son that he will soon have the army he needs to destroy the new evil force.' The phoenix said, cryptically.


"Okay...anything else to tell the oh so great Squall?" Evan asked, a little spite in his voice. He just had a bad feeling about how Squall was acting.


'That the list is not what it seems.' The phoenix then began to fade, the bright light finally subsiding.

"Wait, where are you going? You can't leave me here alone!" Evan yelled as the gigantic bird finally faded into the horizon. The rest of the light finally left and Evan fell to the ground before passing out.


An hour later, Evan finally regain consciousness. Groaning, he pushed on the grass to push himself up, Evan let out a shriek and fell back down.


The phoenix was right! Evan was free!


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People, I live! I'm sorry that I haven't written for so long, but due to the lack of response that I got over the last couple chapters and a few things that are going on at home that just made me not feel like writing. So I hope that this chapter is welcomed. I know most people don't really think that the more reviews an author gets for each chapter doesn't affect how fast an author gets chapters out, they are wrong. An author loves hearing feedback, good or bad and usually will write more to either please or spite their reveiwers. And now that school is coming to an end, and I moved out of the apartment I was living in, I have more time to write. So, please review and make me feel that it's worth writing this story.

Love and Cookies, Alexandra