Chapter 33: An old Promise…
Knowing that now the only way to get the Sphere was to use there weakness of heart against them. Lentis landed on one of the cliffs dropping Yumi to the floor. Axel walked over to her.
"Well Lentis I see you didn't get the Lyoko diamond either?" he grunted.
"No.. but I took this girl because I knew they will want her back in once piece I said to them to bring me the Sphere.." she waved the Shaman Ruby in her hand, Axel went to grab it but she managed to pull it away from him.
"This sphere is mine" she grinned at him turning away.
"You were always a brat weren't you.." Glentis slapped her.
Lentis gave her a very evil glare, she always hated her mother too. Always thinking and calling her weak of heart.. That she thought she wasn't good to be one of the Mystic Gods..
"What you are up to! You won't get away with this Xana!" Yumi grunted at him.
"Shut up brat? You may have managed to defeat me before.. But this time you won't be so lucky.. Very soon now my Martial sation I will be able to destroy Lyoko and your world once and for all my plans will finally come true" he laughed.
Yumi just glared at them, she knew what plans they were trying to do was bad.. And it had something to do with this Legendary Sphere Lentis was talking about..
The power of the Legendary Sphere's was really starting to tempt Marina by there dark powers. Her eyes were glowing brighter, the same effects to Sora… then Catrina and now her? Why was the power of the Sphere's so powerful they had to get the last 3 and then reclaim the ones Glentis took and Lentis. They had to destroy them soon.
"Marina what's wrong?" Sora called to her but she didn't answer the tempting darkness in her heart just kept building inside her. Marina don't fall to darkness…
Axel could sense that she was tempting towards the darkness, he smirked at the thought if so then Sora would be powerless against them if they used his true love against him.
"Well.. I think someone is falling to the darkness already.." he smirked.
Sora finally managed to catch up to her grabbing her with his arms, she struggled to try and break free but he then spun her around to him. He looked at her in the eye, her eyes were glowing!
"Marina what's wrong with your eyes!" he gasped looking into them.
"Get away from me!" she screamed but Sora shock his head hugging her tight.
"No I won't Marina! Until you tell me what's wrong!" he cried to her.
The others ran over and saw what was happening, they were very shocked at this.
"Sora let her go! She is being tempted by darkness!" Aelita yelled.
Sora was shocked from her words! But Marina was too pure to fall to the darkness.. This just couldn't be! He did let her go and she fell to her knees, her eyes just seemed to be glowing even brighter as she tried to break free from the darkness's temptation.
"Why is the darkness tempting her?" Sora turned to her again.
"I don't know Sora? I don't know what the darkness could want with her.. But if her heart is strong then she should fight back against it.. We can't do it for her.." the others sighed.
"I bet Axel is doing this.." Yuna grunted.
"What isn't he not doing?" Sora agreeing with her.
It was so cold.. The darkness.. Why did these things always happen to her? She hated it.. She rather die than ever want to join the darkness.. Ever since she was a young little girl all most of her past memories had just seemed to vanished from her mind. But then she started to remember something from her past.. She made a promise to someone..
Flashback..
Young Marina was playing on the swing, her father King Adam of Anime Castle pushed her gently as she giggled.
"Higher daddy!" she giggled as he smiled pushing her higher.
Queen Serenity smiled as she sat on the grass watching how happy she was, nothing could change as long as Marina was happy.
Marina giggled even more as she got higher.
"I think that's enough for today honey" King Adam said while she sighed. But he then picked her up and started tickling her. She giggled again she loved her parents so much she never wanted to be apart from them ever.
"Marina.. Me and your mother have something we need to tell you.." he placed her on the ground. She was confused what did they need to tell her?
"What is it daddy? Are you going away again.." she said sadly.
He cupped her cheek.
"No sweetie I'm not going away again yet.. But its bad news though.." Serenity walked over to them.
"Its something that is happening at the moment.. The darkness is growing in power.. And if it gets too strong then.. Our world could be taken by the darkness.. Since now that you are old enough its right for you to know this.." Serenity said patting her head.
"What darkness?" she asked even though they think she was old enough she was only four years old so it might have been hard for her to understand some things in life.
"Marina.. I need you to make a promise to me and your mother" Adam said seriously to her, she knew that she had to behave when he was like this so she listened.
"What promise?" she asked.
"We need you to promise us.. Even no matter what situation your in.. no matter what risks you may have to take in the future you can not let your heart fall and join the darkness.. If you do then everyone's lives and worlds will all vanish.. Just as your heart will be gone and consumed by darkness.." Marina looked at him.
"But why would they want my heart?" she asked.
"Because we have blessed you as the Anime Princess of Heart and its your duty to not let your powers fall to them" her mother stroked back her hair.
"Ok mummy and daddy I won't fall.. but not even to save someone I care about?" she asked the two looked at each other.
"Even if it was someone you cared for.. Your heart is much more important.. Never break that promise.. And never let go of that promise" Adam said then giving her a hug.
"Ok daddy.. I won't.." she hugged back.
End of Flashback..
She made a promise to her parents, she promised she would let herself fall to the darkness and she wouldn't. she grinned and then bright flashes appeared in her eyes just before they went to her normal blue eyes.
"Marina?" Sora asked making sure it was the real her and not an evil Marina.
"Yes Sora?" she smiled.
Everyone looked at her so surprised, the darkness couldn't get to her heart it must be too strong for it to take over and consume it.
"Mummy how did you do that?" Catrina ran over to her.
"Hehehe lets just say it was a promised I made to someone" she smiled gripping her locket in her hand. Sora then understood maybe back in the past she made a promise to her parents that must have been what helped her come back to the light.
"Well lets go save Yumi!" Odd cheered.
They all nodded and carried on running to find her.
"She didn't fall to the darkness Axel.. I don't get it?" Lentis said.
"Lets just say.. Her heart is stronger than we thought which makes it more desirable.. She must be very strong to over come the darkness like that.. Very strong.. But this is only a small set back.. She will belong to us soon.." Axel smirked.
