Jamil smiles and this time he knew what to do. 'If my dear sister resists, I have a back up plan to not only get her, but access to the rest of the crystals.' He grins and disappears from the deck of his ship.
Elysion tossed and turned, not able to sleep properly. She opens her eyes and stares at the bed next to hers. Haruka was on life support. To Elysion it was the strangest sight ever. In her mind, Haruka, as well as some others, seemed to be so powerful and focused. Elysion had secretly wanted to be like her and Endymion, to be powerful enough to help others but she didn't know how.
'It seems so …so wrong for her to be like that.' She thought a little sadly. Before she could continue her thoughts, a certain pink haired yam-head poked in.
"Elysion?" She calls softly walking in, "Are you awake?"
Elysion looks up, vaguely surprised to find Usa in there. "Yeah…" She said no more then that, not sure what the princess wanted.
Usa, still in her school clothes, walked over to the bed and sat down on it. "You're looking better then the last time I saw you." Her crimson eyes studied the dark girl with concerned eyes. "You don't look pale anymore."
Elysion nods her head and looks back up at her. "I know." She paused, considering her next words, "Usa…why have you been visiting me? I thought you hated me."
Usa smiled kindly at her and shook her head causing some motion to her hair. "No, I don't hate you. I was mad then." Her smiled deepen, "I seem to forever act on emotion then thoughts."
"That's not a bad thing unless you know when and how those emotions should be communicated. Otherwise, you are fine." Again, Elysion paused, looking at her sister. Strange how the word seemed to fit their relationship, She smiles, "Friends?"
Usa nods, "Friends." She then stood, "Oh, you have visitors!" she looks out of the room motioning to the people outside. "Come on in!"
Nigel and Usa's friends walked in. Nigel grins at her like he usually does and hugs her, "Hey, what's up Lee-kai?"
She smiles, "Nothin' much, hentai."
They all laughed a little, talking and what not. It seemed that Elysion was genuinely better than before and that made the others very happy. She seemed more animated then before she was sick, opening up more, smiling and laughing more. It was like she was a totally different person then when she had first appeared on the Crystal Palace doorstep.
She sat up stretching. "When can I leave?" She asked finally looking at them. "I'm gonna be bedsore if I don't get to move!"
Usa raised her brows and shrugs. "I don't know, you'll have to talk to Ami about that."
"Oh," she leans back again and yawns a little. "Oh well, I still have a few things to catch up on." Smirks, "Heh, not much to do except sleep and ponder the mysteries of why the Mystery meat at school looked strange and homework…of course. Finished with that."
Smiles, "Well, we will leave you to get more sleep ok?" Usa ushered the others out, "See ya later Lys."
Elysion closed her eyes and sighed. She waited for almost an hour before getting up out of her bed and leaving the room with a robe that Terran had given her. She stretched more, getting the knots out of her muscles.
'Ugh, a month of being bedridden has gotten me lazy and my muscles weak.' She sighs once more and walks out into the silent halls. She supposed it was either lunch or dinnertime. 'Heh, freedom!'
She wanders the halls and stopped at a floor to ceiling window and looks through to the night sky.
'How pretty.' She smiles gazing down and then blinks. She saw something move towards the palace. She tilts her head, not sure what was happening. She turns and sneaks down stairs and slipped outside.
She looks around shivering slightly and wraps the robe around her tighter searching the night for anything that was suspicious. Shaking her head she went back in, missing a pair of eyes that had been watching her as intently as she had been searching the night.
As she walks in, Endymion engulfed her in a fierce, yet gentle hug and looks down at her.
"You're supposed to be in bed young lady." He told her, his worried stormy blue-gray eyes relaxed a little, but his concern never faded. "You were on bed restriction. Don't leave until we say so."
She nods and blinks, secretly glad she was caught and that he was scolding her. She smiles at him. "Ok….dad." She tilts her head; her hair was still unbraided giving her that eerie quality that was indefinable.
For a moment, Endymion really looked at her. Her color was back, not pale anymore. She didn't have dark circles under her eyes, in fact her eyes where not just gray anymore and seemed bright, you could see the blue tinge to it. On farther inspection, she seemed overall healthy made even more than before. He let go the breath he didn't know he was holding and felt relief flood his body.
He smiles at her a little, "Now go to bed."
She pauses and looks at him, though there was a tinge of worry in her eyes. "What…." She frowns a little, "about Elysian?" she asked lowering her gaze a little sad, "Are…you guys going to take it over too?"
He pursed his lips considering many advantages of having it there. He knew that if he lied to her, he would had broken something very valuable that would never be replaced no matter how they mend it back. He sighs and rubbed his head. " I don't know, Elysion, I honestly don't know." He looks away, "It would be an advantage if and when we are invaded again. It could house many of the citizens."
She picked her gaze back up and stares at him, "Just don't change it much. I love it there. It's quiet and there really aren't people there." She walks by him, stopping a few feet away, "It will be very sad when that time comes. I hope it doesn't or at least when it does, I am no longer around." With that she left the King to his thoughts.
An: short I know. anyway R&R