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CH 3: The Boy from The Sky And The Woman From The Grave
Genis landed his Rheiard at the Iselia Ranch. Genis looked around and saw the few remains of it: The gates around the front lawn were the only things completely intact, as the ranch was neatly removed from the ground, and where the ranch itself used to be, was an enormous gap of earth. He still did not regret doing so to the ranch so many years ago.
The voice called his name again, this time much clearer and louder. He dashed to the barbed wire fence, kendama at the ready. He looked through the fence to see nobody on the lawn.
Unconvinced, he bounced the kendama ball around until the spell was ready. When it was, he pushed forward the kendama and uttered, "FIREBALL!" Jets of flame sprung out of the kendama, racing toward the fence. The flames collided with the fence, but to no avail. He used every spell he had ever learned, every incantation, even spells he had never tried before, but nothing worked…
He dashed back to the front gate, which was bolted shut with hard iron and steel, but Genis knew that every mineral had a weakness. And the weakness to metal and iron was-"FLAME LANCE!"
A mammoth, flame engulfed lance zipped down from the sky, piercing the gate door with intense force, then evaporated, and then a ring of fire erupted where the lance had struck, raising flames to engulf the door.
Genis was never affected by his own magic, thankfully, or he would have been gone many years ago. The attack had punctured the gate's door, and then incinerated it, casing the entire door to evaporate.
He stepped inside the front lawn after the embers had died down, and then looked around to see where the owner of the voice was…if there really was one.
He could see no one in sight, even with his half-elven eyes, which were three times more effective and clear than human eyes. He searched every inch of the lawn, but, once again, to no avail.
Am I crazy? He thought as he made his way out of the deserted lawn. He reached the burnt gap when the voice called out, "Genis!"
He whirled around immediately, to see Marble. Marble, who was like a mother to him, Marble, who he and Lloyd had killed unintentionally, was standing there before him, as vivid as a body. Her skin had not rotted, nor did she show any signs of injury. In fact, she looked ten years younger than the last time Genis saw her.
"Is that really you, Marble! This is too good to be true!" He dashed up to her, and then embraced her as a son would a mother.
She looked puzzled, but returned the embrace slowly. Genis let go of the undead woman, and said, "But…Lloyd and I…how is it possible that you're here?"
"…I was…revived from the dead by a necromancer named…well, his name is not important, but he begged me to ask you something important. He knew exactly who you were, and where to find you as well. I don't even know how! I must ask you…do you still have my exsphere?" Marble asked sweetly.
"No, I'm sorry. I crushed it because I knew that exsphere didn't really hold your life, your life lived on inside of me. Plus, I knew that I already had enormous strength, and I didn't need the-", Genis started.
Marble's eyes turned a shade of dark crimson, and pushed him to the ground. Her face twisted with rage.
"YOU…DID…WHAT!" She snarled fiercely. Genis predicted what would happen next, so he pulled out his kendama, pulled himself up quickly, and started a kendama formation of movement behind his back.
Marble's entire body split in two, as the ground started to shake violently, and incredible mana eradicated from the being claiming to be Marble.
Where she stood seconds ago was a giant bald eagle. This was no ordinary eagle, though: This eagle had blood-soaked talons, a blackened beak, as if it had been burnt, two skeletal wings with bones the size of an ox, and most intimidating, two crimson eyes that meant cold death.
The eagle made an ascent to the sky, so high up that Genis couldn't even see it. He prepared for the worst, and also his best.
It's done. Now the only thing I have to do is wait for the right moment, he thought. An ear-shattering screech could be heard from above, as well as a large object gaining velocity down to earth.
He could see the beak of the eagle falling to earth, dive bombing were he stood. Wait for it…
He could see the crimson in its eyes now, a look of ferocity on its face. It was almost within reach of the attack… NOW!
The rope clinging onto the kendama extended in length by ten yards, plus the rope was giving off a cerulean light, along with the ball on the tip.
He swung the kendama to make the rope collide with the eagle. When it did, the eagle shrieked out in sheer pain as its side seared with an unseen shock. It fell to the ground 3 feet away from where he stood, seemingly dead. He was still taking in what happened: Marble turning into an eagle…a boy from the sky…what was going on?
He took one last look at the cursed thing, then opened the EC and flew to Altessa's House on his Rheiard.
The eagle kept an eyelid half-open to make sure he had left. When it was sure he had, a blue orb of light formed above the eagle, and the eagle started to fade. When the orb dissolved, there was no trace of the eagle.
At The Auriving residence…
Zelos and Lloyd were staying in Kai's room to make sure that he kept it easy, when Colette walked into the room.
"Is he alright? Will he live?"
"He'll be alright, don't worry Colette," Lloyd assured his wife.
Sheena walked into the room. "Please, come with me, everyone." They followed her into the kitchen.
In the kitchen, everybody screamed. Presea spoke first after hearing what Sheena said.
"Regal…is dead!"