-1Ali: Glad to hear you all like the story! Here's the fourth chapter. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I own AlianaMianoko, the plot/place, and every character EXCEPT: Cajanic, .Ace., The Artful Dodger', Aelia Knight, Kadargo, PeachesTheClown, Mr. Blackwind, Timstut, Fuzzy Demon, heart-mind-and-soul, .Yin.Yang. or CrazySpork (now known as Panda Muffin). I also don't own Gaia.
Nine individuals walked through the large fields of overgrown grasses. Cajanic was walking in front talking to BW and Spork. Timmy was listening in, although, she wasn't adding her two cents. She was still upset about her mask. Spork was still glowing, but nobody could really see it in the broad daylight.
K and Peaches were arguing about something or other and Ace was sleeping on Ali's head as the purple-haired girl talked to Aelia quietly.
After finding out that they were awesome guardians in a mystical world, everyone had been slightly shocked. They were just ordinary students at the Gaia School of the Arts, weren't they? When did they become guardians? They didn't even know the full extent of their powers, nor if they even HAD powers in Peaches' and K's cases.
After awhile, K came up and tapped Aelia on the shoulder. "How are you feeling about this whole ordeal? Can we really trust this guy?"
Aelia shrugged. "What else are we supposed to do? I don't know any way home, do you?"
Ali sighed. Suddenly Caj was there beside her. "Something wrong?"
Ali shook her head slightly so as not to wake her sleeping friend. "Nothing's wrong really, I'm just tired is all."
Caj nodded slowly. "So, your name's Ali? Is it short for something, or just Ali?"
The purple-haired girl smiled. "My name's Aliana, but, really, everyone just calls me Ali."
"But Aliana is such a nice name," Caj grinned. "Can I call you by your full name?"
Ali thought a moment. "Well, yeah. I guess you could, if you'd like."
Caj's grin widened. Meanwhile, K was watching the strange purple-haired boy with a narrowed gaze. "I'm telling you, something's not right about him," he whispered to the silver-haired girl. She, in turn, rolled her eyes.
"Relax, K. We'll be fine. There are eight of us and one of him."
K looked around and counted. She was right.
They were heading into a dark forest now. The sunlight barely crept through the tall dark trees. The leaves were thick and slightly bigger than they were back at their school. Peaches bent down and picked up one that fell to the over-grown path in front of her. It even seemed heavier than usual.
"Watch out in these woods and be sure to stay on track," Caj's voice carried out around the group.
"Why?" K asked suspiciously.
"Because if we don't he'd going to come kill us behind our back. He'll start by eating your liver and then he'll devour you!" Peaches said in an eerie voice.
K rolled his eyes. Caj was chuckling. "Maybe another time," Nobody caught the glint in his eyes or his tongue flicker over his teeth before he continued talking. "There are a lot of wild monsters around in these woods. Rarely do they ever stray to the path, but if they do, you must be ready to fight."
Ali's eyes widened. Her grasp on her staff tightened. She'd never actually fought anything before.
BW looked completely terrified. His eyes kept darting around. Timmy and Spork were also looking around but they didn't seem quite as scared. They were clasping each-other's hands. Spork's aura also seemed brighter now.
Peaches smirked. She'd be ready for anything and she didn't mind a little action. She needed practice anyways and she's like to find out what her power was. Aelia was also ready. A slight smirk played on her lips and she held the hammer in front on her now.
K seemed indifferent and was only concerned about Caj, not any monsters coming out. Something seemed a bit off about him.
Suddenly, in front of them a small girl appeared. She was crying. She was tiny, even smaller than Ace, who was still sleeping. She had light chestnut-brown hair and she wore small blue-tinted glasses so her eyes color was hidden. She was right in front of Spork just bawling.
Ali peeked over Spork's shoulder. The black-haired girl didn't know what to do. "Hold out your hands," the purple-haired girl smiled.
Slowly, Spork held out her hands. The little fairy looked up at the two girls before floating gently to rest in Spork's palms. "It's not fair!"
Spork raised an eyebrow. "Who are you? What's not fair?"
The little fairy sniffled and wiped her eyes. "Fuzzy won't let me have the last candy."
By then, everyone had gathered around Spork. "Who's Fuzzy?" she asked.
The little fairy looked up at Spork. "You know Fuzzy! She's my sister. We used to come visit you all the time!"
Spork raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me?" She looked to Caj who was grinning.
"In your past life you must've known this fairy and her sister. Ahh.. I don't know why I didn't see it before. You're glowing, so, you have a fairy aura. You're the fairy guardian."
Peaches raised an eyebrow. "The Fairy guardian? Do we each have a different title?"
Caj nodded. "Of course! There are eight guardians. The Fairy Guardian, The Indentiy Guardian, the Angelic Guardian, the Death Guardian, the Size Guardian, the Gender Guardian, the Personality Guardian and the Weapon Guardian. Some of which have already been noticed."
K looked around. "Well, let's see. Ace is the Size Guardian, right?" Caj nodded. Suddenly a new voice piped in. "Yes! And the lady with the hammer is the Weapon Guardian. The purple-haired girl is the Angelic Guardian and the size Guardian is on her head. The Identity Guardian wears the mask and the personality guardian is the blonde one." She smiled and looked between K and Peaches. "I'm guessing that you are the Death Guardian because your skin is just now starting to change." she said pointing at K.
It was another little fairy, but she had purple hair, though it wasn't curly like Ali's. She wore glasses which hid her eyes.
The first fairy began to cry again as the new fairy showed up. "Oh be quiet Christy!" the purple-haired fairy snapped.
"Shut up Fuzzy! You KNOW I wanted that candy!" Christy wailed back covering her face in her hands.
"So what, there's a million more candies at home!" Fuzzy seemed to be the older and wiser sister out of the two of them.
"But that one was special! I'm the oldest! I should get what I want!" Christy snarled.
Fuzzy sighed. "You're lucky I didn't eat it then."
Christy's head shot up. "Really? You mean it? You didn't?"
Fuzzy grinned and shook her head, no. "Of course not… I mean, it was your favorite kind and it was the last one. I'd never do that to you!"
Instantly, Christy was up and she gave her sister a hug. "I love you so much!" Fuzzy rolled her eyes but hugged her sister back. "I love you too."
And then, the two fairies realized that they had an audience as Peaches coughed.
"Sorry," Christy smiled. "My name's Christy, this is my older sister, Fuzzy. We're the fairy guardian's daughter's!" At once she was back around Spork and flying around happily.
"Daughter!" Spork sort of screamed, and BOY was she loud! She didn't realize it until it was too late. Around them the woods became silent. The wind stopped and it seemed to get even darker.
Caj looked up towards the sky, though, he couldn't see it through the dark canopy of the trees. Suddenly, beautiful wings sprouted from his back and he took off into the air.
"Wait!" Timmy called up to him. "What should we do? Where are you going?"
Caj looked down. "Relax, I'll be right back. Be on guard!" and with that he kept flying further up.
Aelia looked around. The woods were getting even more spooky. She subconsciously inched closer to K and held her hammer up at a ready position, eyes narrowing.
Timmy grabbed Spork's hand and BW grabbed her other one and the three of them huddled. Christy and Fuzzy disappeared behind Spork's ears. She barely realized that they were there.
Peaches looked around ready to fight off whatever came the old fashioned way with her hands and fists. She was getting extremely agitated with this Caj guy. Her hair begun to change into a snowy white, even though she couldn't see it. But, she was way to mad to even notice some particular changes happening to her.
Ali, on the other hand started backing away from Peaches and she bumped right into BW, who was facing the other way. He jumped and spun around, as did she. Realizing who it was, Ali calmed down and so did BW. "Don't scare me like that," he hissed. She stuck out her tongue at him as he turned around again.
"Why's it so quiet?" a little voice came from above. Ali gently lifted Ace off her head and held him in front of her while leaning her staff in the crook of her arm. She'd totally forgotten what she'd just seen happening with Peaches.
"You might want to change back to normal size. We don't really know what's happening right now," she smiled weakly.
Without warning, the red-head started to change, so Ali let go of him. Then, he looked around. "When'd it get so dark in here? I thought it was semi-light?"
Ali shook her head. "It keeps getting darker by the minutes."
Suddenly Caj swooped down. "We've got trouble."
Ali: I hope you all enjoyed that! I think it was pretty good… it'll get better! Anyways, leave me a PM review if you'd like! Or just.. Comment or tell me when you see me. In the next chapter I think UA will be introduced! I also apologize for any grammer and spelling mistakes I've made. See ya soon!
