Dangerous and Magical
Chapter 9: Arrival and Transformations!
As Shadow flew high above the land and sea, she flew so high and so fast those monsters on the ground and unable to fly mistook the cloudy black phoenix for a fast-moving storm cloud. Beneath the great birds' shadows and hidden from onlookers of air, land, and sea, two figures rested on the tremendous, majestic phoenix.
One, who was perched on the phoenix's cloudy black head, was gleaming with excitement, for the little orange-winged, blue-skin fairy felt more safe than she had ever felt before whenever she was with her friend. The other figure had also found a comfortable place, the Buster Blader kneeled down on Shadow's back so he would not fall off, even though the flight was smooth. However, Blake didn't want to look down because of Shadow's, seemingly, transparent body.
There was silence.
Just then, Blake spoke up slightly irritated, "Shadow Phoenix, must you fly so slowly. I must go quickly to the Land of Shadows and fulfill my mission."
"If you want me to fly faster, then jump off and walk. Your big weight is what's making me go slower than normal." said Shadow, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
Blake, unfortunately without a retort, huffed crossing his arms over his dark purple armored chest, staying silent for the remainder of the flight.
Silence again.
"We just passed the Dark Mountains, the border line of the outskirts of the Land of Shadows," Shadow announced, breaking the uneasy silence, "We should arrive in about fifteen to twenty minutes."
Meanwhile, in the heart of the Land of Shadows, it was almost noon and all the warriors were either having a nice, hardy lunch or a well-deserved rest from training hard all morning. However, in a nearby café, five warriors sat around a half-circle booth. Of them were neither hungry nor tired. The five friends talked and laughed about the past recent events of the morning battles that took place between them.
"I can't believe how fast you two moved, I mean, I could barely keep up with your movements!" said Catalina, as she remembered the training battle earlier between the Dark Magician and the White Magician.
"I have to agree. Both of you magicians are very powerful. I don't think I've seen a more exciting duel since Mace and I last dueled." agreed Natasha, who was sitting on the end of the booth table across from the golden-haired Dark Magician Girl. Sitting next to the jumpy Catalina was the White Magician, her body felt heat rise to her face, making her blush.
"Yes, I suppose, but Mace still defeated me in the end." protested Krystal.
"Yeah, but it was still so close!" shouted Catalina, trying to keep herself from jumping up onto the table reenacting the duel.
Quietly, listening to the girls' conversation, sitting between Krystal and Natasha, were Mace and David. The Black Luster Soldier, who was a little busy with his arm trying to snake its way around Natasha's waist, was also able to keep kicking Mace's armored boot. He was trying to get the Dark magician to unfold his arms, and mimic his own actions to Natasha, except with Krystal. However, all he got was a glare, and an occasional heated blush beneath the light blue hair.
Outside, everything was peaceful and quiet. The small shops and stands, which lined the wide, dark cobblestone street, were closed for the afternoon. Everything was silent.
Just then, the silent scene was interrupted by a tall shadow appearing on the sun-lit dark street. It was Skull Knight. He stood there silently watching the quiet dark town, his eyes narrowed as they roamed over the scene trying to catch a glimpse of his target.
Suddenly, he caught sight of a flash of white and a sparkle of blue. Smirking, the Skull Knight raised his arms, causing lightning bolts to fall from the sky, sending them crashing thus causing a mass explosion, and a deep hole in the ground.
The mass explosion caused the steady earth to move quickly and dangerously through the quiet town disturbing everyone from their afternoon activities.
"Well, that was a great meal! I needed that after such a---huh?"
Catalina had just finished her third helping of a double cheeseburger; and she sat there silently thanking herself for having a high metabolism, and able to keep her girlish figure. Just then, the ground started to shake violently, causing tables and chairs to overturn, and dishes to fall and crash to the floor.
The three female warriors had just gotten up from their seats with the two males on the either end. Catalina gripped the end of the table to keep her body stable and on her feet. Unfortunately, Natasha and Krystal weren't as lucky. They both lost their balance and fell backwards into, coincidentally, Mace and David, making all four of them fall back onto the cushioned seats. David and Natasha took the advance right away and started to snuggle, hidden beneath the silk black tablecloth.
On the other side, Mace and Krystal were in the same predicament. As Krystal started to fall, Mace grabbed her by her shoulders and pulled her down making her fall on top of him. For a long moment, the two magicians stared at each other, eyes locked, sapphire and violet. Just then, Krystal's mind was not agreeing with her body.
Unconsciously, she began to lean down, closing her eyes. Soft lips met each other in an innocent kiss. Mace instantly stiffened at being underneath the White magician, but immediately, relaxed when Krystal began the soft kiss. Wanting this for quite some time, Mace, too, closed his eyes and moved his hand up to the back of Krystal's soft blonde head, and deepened the kiss pulling her down further, pressing their bodies together, merging light with dark.
Suddenly, abruptly coming to her senses, Krystal flashed open her eyes, and pulled away, not realizing what she had just done. She stood up and turned away not wanting to be captivated by those violet orbs again. She saw Catalina trying to hide her giggling next to Natasha, who smiled and winked at Krystal as she held on to David's arm. Seeing them, Krystal felt unbearable heat rise to her face.
Still giggling, the Dark magician girl was watching the two scenes play out. One was of, Natasha with her arm around Krystal's shoulders, trying to relax her, and of David offering his hand to help the, seemingly stunned and distraught, Dark magician rise from the seats. Mace, reluctantly, accepted.
Catalina, in between her giggles, was about to say something, but was cut off by a crash of lightning that perked everyone's minds to attention.
All five warriors, with staffs and sword in hand, ran into the dark, empty cobblestone street, only to be met by Robert, the Magician of black chaos, standing in front of a giant crater at a fighting stance. One the other side stood the Skull Knight, who smirked again as soon as he saw the White magician emerge.
"Hey Robert! What are you doing here?" yelled Catalina, waving at him breaking the silence between the small group and the Skull knight.
"That last attack was enough to shake the entire Land of Shadows; someone's got to stop this menace!" growled Robert, still glaring at the intruder.
Still staring at Skull knight, Krystal silently agreed with Robert and nodded, 'This monster must be stopped.' The White magician thought as she was about to step forward for one last final battle between Skull Knight and the White Magician, to stop the war between Fiends and Lights.
However, Krystal was held back by a strong yet gentle hand placed on her shoulder. Before Krystal had time to think, the five shadow warriors stood in front of the light monster.
All stood ready for an attack. 'No intruder comes into our home, and hurts our friends.' They all thought in unison, with only one person in mind.
And so, the battle began.
Everyone seemed to be fighting at the top of his or her game. Dark Necrophia chanted her signature magic spell, 'Yami', and dark shadows rose from the ground and concealed all five of the warriors from view. However, no matter how many sneak attacks, somehow Skull knight was able to block every attack. Krystal tried to step in and help, but every time she took a step forward, she was stopped again when she saw Mace raise his hand, making her come to an abrupt halt.
The Dark magician girl jumped up silently, holding out her staff, ready to attack from behind the Knight. However, he caught sight of a flash of pink, out of the corner of his eye. Skull Knight whirled around, grabbing the girl's staff, and throwing the young magician aside and crashing straight into an oncoming Magician of black chaos, making them both fall to the ground.
Catalina blushed a deep red, when she looked up to see she had landed directly on top of her secret crush. Robert smiled at her slightly, while trying to hide a wince, as he helped the innocent girl to her feet. Suddenly, Robert dropped down wincing greatly in pain while clutching his ankle. Shocked and scared, Catalina, fell to her knees, and began to examine Robert's injury. 'Oh, no! I think it might have been fractured when we crashed to the ground!' Catalina thought with a pained look in her eyes. Robert saw this and gave a comforting smile to her making her relax slightly, and then tried to get up and resume the fight. Catalina, however, didn't want this, and without thinking, she threw her arms around Robert, holding him tightly, not wanting him to go away.
Dark Necrophia was also having a similar problem, every time the knight fiend got close enough to attack her, she would lose focus and the magical effect would start to fade. Standing in one place, concealed completely in shadow and hidden from view, Natasha was unable to move with the fear that she will lose complete focus and their only defense will be gone. However, as she looked up, she saw Mace and David slamming staff and sword against the fiend monster. As Necrophia watched, still concentrating, the knight suddenly gripped both of the weapons as they came at him in sideways attack. He held them still, unable to be pried out of the grip. Then the Skull Knight forced the two warriors to fly backward. Mace was able to save himself by doing a few backwards flips landing safely on one knee a few feet away from the Knight.
However, Natasha gasped, for the Black Luster Soldier had slammed into Dark Necrophia, making them fall to the ground. As David and Natasha fell, they hit their heads on the pavement knocking them both unconscious.
The black shadows magic effect disappeared.
((((Mace's POV))))
Damn. I looked up to see that the magic of 'Yami' was vanishing. Looking around, I could see Natasha lying unconscious in David's arms, who was able to slightly recover, but was in no condition to fight, and no wonder. I never realized the fiends were this strong. Krystal was lucky to have survived such a monster. My vision moved again to see Robert and Catalina. Catalina has her arms wrapped tightly around Robert's waist, and Robert is kneeling down trying to soothe what appeared to be an injured ankle. Then I noticed, as I saw Krystal's worried sapphire eyes, that Master Sage was standing beside her and a crowd of shadow monsters had gather around the battle scene.
My mind jerked up again I heard Krystal yell above the roar of the crowd, "Look out behind you, Mace!" Reacting quickly grabbing my fallen staff, I spun around holding my staff in a defensive position, still on one knee. I was just in time to see the Skull Knight slam down hard his staff on top of mine as if trying to break it. There was so much power coming from this monster. Was this anger or guilt? It couldn't be evil.
(((End POV)))
As the two warriors fought against each other pushing the other to their limits, the crowd roared loudly, cheering for the victory of their champion the Dark Magician, and jeered so the intruder might become discouraged and lose.
Through the crowds' shouts, a sudden shrill cry was heard from above the shouts. Everyone looked up to see where the cry came from. As they looked up, they could Shadow Phoenix coming down for a landing, and everybody moved to one side leaving space for her amongst the crowd. Suddenly, a dark figure had jumped down right behind the Skull Knight. Before anyone knew what was happening, the Buster Blader jammed his long sword deep into the back of the knight, also he gave Mace a quick chance to roll out of the way, and just narrowly escaping the blade. Everyone gasped as the great, big sword pierced right through the very heart of the fiend. As the Skull Knight screamed in unbearable pain, instead of liquid red blood pouring out of the wound. A bright light radiated out of his body, blinding everyone around him, except Krystal who was completely and utterly confused by this new twist.
/ Normally, when a monster dies, their body turns to ashes and it is transferred to the earth, air, and sea. There it helps the land grow and prosper making it beautiful after destruction and war, but their souls are believed to live on forever. When the time is right and the soul is ready, it will be reincarnated into a new body, with a new life and a new purpose. However, when a light monster dies, their body bursts into rays of light, purifying all the evils committed during their life, renewing all the lands of the Shadow Realm. There is a catch though, when a light creature dies, they are not reincarnated. /
As Krystal stared on at the figure fully enveloped by the bright white light, she was the only one able to see it start to transform from the inside out.
When the light had finally faded, everyone gathered around closer, to see no longer the Skull Knight, but a young male. He looked very pale and very weak, unable to even move. The fragile-looking creature lay unconscious sprawled out on the dark. The shadow monsters, now more curious than ever, started come closer around, wanting a better view of the mysterious creature. The White Magician, however, the closer she came towards the body, the more tears started to form in her already blue eyes. Suddenly, the light warrior couldn't stand for it any longer. Krystal, with tear flowing down uncontrollably, unconsciously dropped her staff on the hard stone beneath her feet, making a soft clanking noise, and ran over to the fallen body, she too fell to her knees, all the while crying out one word amongst her tears.
"Neo!"
That one word surprised and shocked everyone and they closed in around the two creatures, one having her arms wrapped tightly around the smaller, limp body, her tears falling down soaking young boys' light blonde hair.
Suddenly, a crash of lightning and thunder sounded nearby. It started to rain.
OK! Finally, after all that I am finally done with chapter 9. It wasn't my original plan but I am going to take a slight detour and go with what I have. Also I would have had this up last night but right when finished, my computer turns evil and decides to delete the work I had just done, luckily it was only the last page, so I will have it up tonight! YES!
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