Okay, I woke up this morning thinking that it was 9am and that I would have time to relax and get clean, and get this chapter up before I went to brunch, but guess what? Daylight Savings Time ends today. Why didn't I get the memo? And to make matters worse, my finger got smashed in a slamming door.
Elphie Muse: Why'd you have your finger there?
I was trying to be nice and not have the door to my dorm slam and wake people up.
Elphie Muse: Ah. Well here. Have a cookie and feel better.
Yay! Sugary goodness!
Elphie Muse: I forgot...sugar and author don't go well together...for me anyways...
Go read my faithful readers! There's a twist in this chapter too! And the recognizable stuff in this story isn't mine...if it was...I could buy a lot of sporks...plastic sporks...
"What the hell is that?" Jack demanded.
"The more human guy is a Prior. The other thing is a…thing."
"That a scientific term?" he quipped.
"Let's just say we should not be here," Sam said.
As they began backing away, a wall of fire flared up around them. The Prior stood in front of them. "Bow down to the might of the Ori," he said.
"Ah, no," Jack said. He reared his arm back to slug the Prior. The Prior lifted his hand and sent Jack crashing into a wall.
"Jack!" Sam yelled. She glared angrily at the Prior and clenched her left hand. As she lifted her arm, the creature grabbed her and shoved her into the ground. The wind was knocked from her lungs.
"You shall bow down to the Ori," the Prior said. Sam watched as the creature's clawed hand lowered towards her. She grunted in pain as its claws pierced her flesh. It then lifted its hand and Sam screamed, the pain beyond anything she had ever experienced before.
Jack looked up at Sam's scream. "NO!" he shouted, wishing for some way to help Sam. He was suddenly blinded by a flash of light…
The teenage girl watched the procession from the shadows, her eyes and ears alert for anything that could give her position away. She slowly scanned the street, watching the people go by in their light colored garb, which warded off some of the heat. The girl was not use to the heat in the main capital of the Sun Kingdom. She had come from one of the distant and forgotten forests. Because of that, her clothes were darker and slightly heavier, but in spite of the heat, the girl barely sweated.
She started to move forward when a pair of strong hands latched onto her and pulled her back into the shadows. She blinked to regain her bearings and found that her surroundings had changed. She was now in some sort of dark cave. Torches flickered against the darkness, trying to push it back.
The girl knelt down, her head bowed. "What were you doing?" a cold voice demanded from the shadows.
"Observing the prince mistress," the girl answered.
"Were you seen?"
"No mistress."
"Our time is drawing closer. We must not do anything to jeopardize this. Go, and alert us when the time is ready."
The girl nodded and vanished into the shadows. A figure stepped out of the shadows, his face cold. "Do you really trust her Mistress Beryll?"
"No. Go and make sure she does not warn the Royal Family, especially Phoenix," Beryll ordered. The man bowed and vanished.
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The girl ran quickly from the shadows, heart thudding in her chest. She dashed past the guards and soldiers in the palace, making them do a double take before giving chance. She leapt over tables and slammed through doors, sweat slowly forming on her face. Up ahead she could see an ornately carved door and put on an extra burst of speed to reach it before the guards caught her.
The doors flew open and she skidded to a halt in front of the thrones, the two people occupying the seats staring at her. A third person stood near the thrones with a raised brow as he looked at her. A silver pendant of three intersecting crescent moons hung around his neck . The girl quickly bowed her head.
"I'm here to warn you," she said breathlessly.
"Warn us of what?" the Sun Queen demanded.
"There is a plot on your lives. Assassins are coming for you," she said.
"How do you know this?" the king demanded.
"I was to partake in the assassination," she said, her face colored with shame.
"Yet here you are warning us," the queen said softly.
The girl lifted her head and looked into the queen's eyes. "Yes. I only followed the evil one because she had captured me when I was young."
"Traitor!" a voice suddenly yelled. The three members of the royal family looked up as the girl whirled around, rising to her feet at the same time. A bolt from a bow seemed to grow out of the girl's chest and she fell to the floor.
"Guards!" the king yelled.
The man loyal to Beryll pulled the bowstring back and loosed another arrow, this one aimed at the queen. The girl lurched to her feet and ran towards the queen. She dove to knock the queen out of the way, but the arrow had already struck her. The two women fell to the ground.
"Mother!" the prince yelled, white armor forming on his body. He pulled his sword free and ran the assassin through. The blade of the sword was three feet in length and had a small handhold two inches above the foot long hilt. A spike rested on the bottom of the hilt and several around the top of the hilt.
"She's dead…" the king said softly. "The Phoenix is dead…"
"Her powers could be transferred to anyone," the prince said.
The king looked at the girl and shook his head. "Not anyone Apollo. Her." He gently rolled her onto her back and the image of a phoenix glowed on her forward in red.
"Will she make it?" Apollo asked.
"She will," the king said with conviction. He gripped the arrow and broke half of it off. "Send for the Healers!" he ordered.
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The girl slowly opened her eyes, a dull ache in her chest. She blinked and looked around the room she was in. It was a simple room for a noble, but for the girl it was beyond elegant. She grimaced as she sat up, holding her bandaged left shoulder. Memories of what had happened the day before came crashing back and a tear escaped from her blue eyes.
She looked at her hands in her lap and sighed. She frowned when she saw a black leather bracer on her left forearm, a silver plate inlayed in the leather. She held it up to look at it better. Her eyes widened when she saw an etching of a phoenix in the metal.
"You're awake," a voice said. She looked up as the prince walked in. "I'm glad you're all right," he went on.
"Where am I?" she asked.
"A room in the Healing Ward of the palace," he answered. "I must admit, I am surprised to see you awake already, but considering who you are, it isn't so surprising."
"What are you talking about?" she asked.
"You're the new Phoenix," he said, sitting down in a chair.
"Me? That…that can't be…" the girl stammered.
"It is," he said. He gave her a warm smile. "I'm Apollo by the way," he said, his brown eyes warm. "What's your name?"
"I don't have a name," she said.
"Everyone has a name," he countered.
She shook her head. "I was captured when I was young. The woman that took me killed everyone in my village."
"I'm sorry," Apollo said. "Who were your people?"
She stared into his eyes and felt as though she could trust him. "The Tribe of Feathermoon," she said.
His eyes widened. "You…you're serious?" he asked in disbelief.
She nodded. "Though I am the last of my people."
"Your people know everything about the Phoenix, right?" he asked. She nodded. "So why were you shocked to learn you were the new Phoenix? I mean, you should that the powers of the Phoenix go to those who are most worthy of them, not those of blood kin," he said.
"I know. I just…I never thought I would be given the powers what with all I was forced to do," she said.
"Maybe you were given these powers to make amends and help those in need," Apollo suggested.
"What about you?" she asked. "I saw that armor appear on you before I passed out. What powers do you possess?"
"That was the Armor of Light you saw," he said. "Few people in my family have been able to master its use."
"But you're one of them," she said.
"I am…Feathermoon," he said with a smile.
She looked away from his gaze. "So what happens to me now?" she asked.
"You learn how to use your powers. Once you've done that, we go to the Moon Kingdom for you to meet Queen Serenity," he said.
"Will you be going with me?" she asked.
He nodded. "I'll be right by your side. Whenever you need me…"
Jack shook his head to clear his vision. Someone had pulled him away from the creature. He looked down the street and saw several people fighting the monster. "Are you all right?" a voice asked.
He turned and found himself staring into Mercury's face. "I'm fine. Help my friend," he said.
She nodded. "Stay here," she ordered and ran back to the fight.
Jack rose to his feet, his hand clenched around a silver pendant of three crescent moons that hung around his neck. "Jack will stay here," he whispered. He was engulfed in a flash of white light. As the light cleared, white armor formed on his body. "But Apollo won't," he finished. He gripped his sword and headed down to the fight.
He paused several feet away, carefully calculating on his first move. A smirk formed on his face, visible through the gray metal bands on the front of the helmet that hid a majority of his face from view. He hefted his sword up and hurled it at the creature. The weapon struck it in the heart and it fell to the ground. He walked up to the fallen creature and pulled his sword free. He bent down and picked up the collection sphere.
"You shall pay for your interference," the Prior said.
Apollo looked at the Prior. "You shall pay for yours," he said.
The Prior looked confused. "Silver Moon Therapy Kiss!" Moon yelled. The attack struck the Prior and he disappeared in a ball of flame.
"Where'd that guy go?" Jupiter asked.
"I don't know, but the girl is gone too," Venus said.
"Should we go find them?" Moon asked.
Mars shook her head. "I didn't sense anything sinister about him."
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Jack anxiously watched as the soul went back into Sam. He let out the breath he had been holding when she suddenly coughed and gasped for air. "Easy," he said, helping her sit up.
"What…what happened?" she demanded.
"That thing stole something out of you that I'm guessing is a soul," he said. "The Senshi came along and dealt with the thing and the Prior." He watched her rub the back of her neck like she had hurt it somehow. "You all right Feathermoon?" he asked.
She looked at him sharply. "What did you just call me?"
"Feathermoon," he answered.
She studied him, noticing the pendant he wore. Her eyes began shining with unshed tears. "Apollo," she whispered. He pulled her closed and held her.
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