A slight waning here, When a friend of mine read this through for me, he said it might be considered slightly spiritual, that's his words not mine. Just thought I'd mention it.
Anyway this particulair short stor focuses mainly on the power Silvites have, in the form of a chant you might recognise...

THE BANISHING OF MENDOSA

The whole room was in silence. Carlos, Stephen and Blakeney all stood back as Rin knelt gently beside Maria. Carlos's quarters were deathly quiet, and combined with the eerie glow coming from the Black Moonstone and the candles in the dark room, led to a spooky kind of feeling running through Carlos's spine.

Very slowly, Rin closed her hand over the Black Moonstone, before gently passing her hand slowly down Maria's body, just as Carlos had done when he had put her to sleep.

"By the power of the Dark Moon," she murmured, "Grant me the power to seek out the corruptness of the essence that hides in this girl's heart."

As she spoke, the Black Moonstone began to glow as she stopped over Maria's heart.

Suddenly it began to release a sort of black vapour, although it was hard to see in the darkness of the room. The vapour slowly flowed from the stone down to Maria, causing Stephen to stiffen slightly.

The vapour seemed to slowly seep into Maria's body, before completely disappearing.

Maria's body jolted, then again, as though something was fighting inside the small girl's body.

Stephen made a move towards the Blackite, only to be stopped by Carlos's arm.

"Patience Doctor," he said calmly, not taking his eyes off the scene in front of him, "If it makes you feel better, according to the books I've read, the spell is going fine."

Stephen nodded slightly, the sweat beading down his face.

Suddenly, Maria's body arched upwards, and a silvery light shot out of her, causing Rin to fall back in surprise.

Stephen gasped as the silvery light took shape

It was Admiral Jefferson Mendosa, but not as he knew him.

The Admiral hovered over Maria, his eyes wide and insane, his uniform stained with blood from a deep sword wound in his chest.

The former Admiral gazed hungrily around the occupants of the room, before his bloodshot eyes landed on Carlos.

"You!" he boomed in a voice that seemed to echo, "You are the son of Commander Jonathan Meridian,"

Carlos faced the ghost from his father's past, unafraid.

"I am," he said determinately, "Admiral Mendosa, you have no right to sail these skies no more. You will move on to the great beyond, or I will make you move on."

Mendosa laughed a cruel cold laugh, "You are a fool Meridian!" he said calmly, "I have unfinished business with you and your family. Because of you, and your father's friendship with Ramirez, I am dead. NOW YOU MUST PAY FOR YOUR FATHER'S MISTAKE!"

As quick as a flash, the essence of Admiral Mendosa drew his rapier, before charging towards Carlos with alarming speed.

Carlos stood his ground, before something seemed to kick in. Something he knew he had to do.

Slowly, the young commander held his hands out in front of him, fingers outstretched, facing each other.

As he closed his eyes, a small orb of light seemed to glisten between his hands, as he began to chant:

"In dire need!

I call forth!

The power!

Of the ancients!

TO BATTLE MY FOE!"

As he chanted, the orb slowly got brighter and brighter, eventually forcing everyone to shield their eyes, Mendosa stopping mid charge to stare in horror at the orb of light that grew between the commander's hands.

As Carlos finished his chant, he threw the orb with all his might, catching Mendosa directly in the chest.

The essence of the Admiral screamed as the orb seemed to pull him inside it. Slowly and surely the Admiral seemed to be sucked inside the orb, Mendosa trying to grab onto anything he could, everything either out of reach, or his hands just seemed to pass straight through them.

As his body was slowly drawn in, his head and flailing arms the only thing left outside of the orb, he tore his gaze back to Carlos, glaring in anguish into the young unknown Silvite's momentary dark green eyes, before travelling up to the Q-like mark on his forehead, burning as brightly as the orb.

Then as the last of the traitors admiral was pulled into the orb, with what was left of his strength he cried:

"CURSE YOU MERIDIAN!"

As the bald top of his was pulled into the orb, the sphere of light suddenly exploded, sending everyone off their feet, save for Carlos.

As the last of the explosion dissipated, there was nothing left of the orb, or Mendosa.

Carlos blinked his sky blue eyes several times, as if to clear them, before looking around at the people on the floor.

"Is there a reason everyone's on the floor?" he asked blankly.

"Captain? Don't you remember?" Blakeney gasped as the doctor helped him too his feet.

"Remember what?" Carlos asked, clearly confused.

"Admiral Mendosa…or rather his essence, came out of Maria, and you created some kind of sphere made of light, and it encompassed him, then It blew up…you don't remember any of that?" Stephen looked at his friend like he was mad.

Carlos paused in his helping of Rin to her feet, before walking over to Maria's limp body, "Nope, not a thing. I remember seeing a strange silvery light coming from Maria, then everything went blank."

Blakeney and Stephen gawped at him, while Rin looked at him with wonder.

"He performed a powerful and complex spell of the Silver Moon that was only known by the Members of the High Council of the House of Silvairian." She thought desperately, "And the mark, he has the mark of Silvites! How can this man, Carlos Meridian, claim to be human, yet obviously has the power of the Silver Moon infused within him?"

While the Blackite girl was furiously trying to figure out this new mystery, Carlos gently sat down on the side of his bed, gently shaking the little girl awake.

"Maria?" he called softly, "Maria, wake up…it's…Uncle Carlos."

Maria's brow furrowed, "Five more minutes,"

Carlos smiled slightly, before gently leaning over and kissing her forehead, something Belleza had done when they had been on the streets of Lower City.

Slowly, Maria's eyes fluttered open. As soon as she got her bearings, she sat up slowly, with a little help from Carlos, before looking around the room at everyone, before finally landing on Stephen.

He eyes widened with joy, "Papa?"

Stephen breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh Maria!"

"Papa!"

Stephen quickly strode over to the bed, enveloping his adopted daughter in a tight hug, gently smoothing down her blond hair.

"Oh Maria," Stephen suddenly found tears stinging his eyes, "I thought I'd lost you!"

Carlos glanced at Rin with a sideways smile.

"Another family reunited," he sighed, before gently laying a hand on her shoulder, "And it's all thanks to you,"

Rin looked up at him, a half distracted smile on her face.

"Rin?" Carlos suddenly looked confused, "Is everything okay?"

Rin nodded eagerly, "Yes, everything is fine!" she said quickly, before turning her head back down again.

"No, everything is not fine," she thought to herself, "Carlos performed a magic that only the highest of high Silvites can perform. I must find out the truth, and there is only one way I know that can tell me."

With any luck, with the reviews i get for this chapter, this fic will have the most reviews I've ever got! I'd just like to take a moment to thank everyone who reads and reviews this fic, and I hope you'll like LoAS as well.

On a side note, from now on, posting fo rthis fic may alternate between staurday and friday, depending on if i use my dad's work computer and my mum's laptop.

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