Sunset Symphony
: Verse I :
Savior
"One day that savior will rise tall and put an end to three hundred on going war of the skies. Where Sylvarant and Guze will- BAH" exclaims a dark haired teen, "ITS SO LONG!"
"Keep reading…" says a silver blue haired man.
"What's the point!" Exclaims one, "If this savior's cute only THEN will I-"
SMACK!
The woman in front of her hit the poor teen with a silver staff and saying, "Remember this is part of your studies! One more year then-"
"I know, I know…" says the teen, "I'll get married…"
The teen's voice almost pierced their hearts. They both knew it was the princesses' duty to marry the leader of the 13th order, yet…
"So!" exclaims the teen that had already recovered from her emotional state, "When's he coming?"
The other two stood still, not saying a word.
"It… is a guy right?" says the younger one.
"It's not that…" starts the older woman.
"My gosh!" exclaims the energetic teen, "u mean a her…her…maphro…dite?"
"No…" says the man, "It's just that…"
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At the same time, in a small territory called the Destiny Islands, Sora Shiryo, an average 17 year old, had just finished his 3rd year of high school.
Sora is an average built teen with bright blue eyes. The spiky haired brunette is the lead vocalist of "Live" a band he and his friends formed.
The bell had rung and students from first years to 4th years ran out the door like a colony of white ants scampering out of their anthill.
Unlike others, Sora and his friends, Kairi and Riku, waited for the crowd to diminish. It was as the expected: slowly but surely.
They started to walk out and headed for the boats at the port of the Village Island.
"Did you manage to get the contract from those record people at Twilight Town?" asked Sora to his red haired friend named Kairi.
Kairi Yukari shifted her violet eyes to the brunette and answered, "They won't reply until 2 more weeks."
"Lousy mail service," said the 4th year, platinum haired Riku Kotori.
"Well, we live in islands…" said Kairi, as if anticipating Riku to know that by now.
After a while they finally reached the port with small boats.
"So where you guys headed?" asked Sora.
"I thought we were headed to the play island?" inquired Kairi, "You know, to rehearse…"
"Yea, I know what it's for," spat Sora, "But my mom wants me to get home early…"
"Ah…" starts Riku, "The traditional 'you graduated another year' thing."
"You still do that Sora!" exclaims Kairi, "That was SO junior high."
"Shut up," says Sora, glaring.
Riku merely shrugged then said, "He has a good point though… I'm leaving for good so, it sounds like a good idea."
"Yea, I guess its best you spend time with your folks while you're still here," says Kairi.
"HAH! Are you kidding!" exclaims Riku, jumping in his boat, "It's all about the food, dang it!"
Sora and Kairi fell silent.
"You pig…" they say.
"So is Sora!" exclaims the red faced Riku.
"True…" says Kairi.
"HEY!" exclaims Sora just before he jumped in his boat.
"Well, I guess I'll see you two tomorrow," says Kairi, who was finally in her boat.
"Yea, see ya," says Sora who had started to row.
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Later that night, an alarm went off in the majestic Castle of Sylvarant. The Princess who was still wide awake ran to the throne room to find a red haired man and a silver blue haired man standing near the throne.
"Princess," starts the red haired man, "Orders VI and IV were spotted in the Shining Region."
"Eh?" starts the Princess, "But… why there!"
The other man shrugged and said, "Who will you deploy, your highness?"
"Order I," starts the Princess, "Take care of Orders VI and IV, take Order XIII to intercept any reinforcements."
The red haired man nodded and mentioned his right fist to the left part of his chest and said, "At once my lady."
"And try to avoid any casualties…" says the young princess.
"I shall try," says the red haired man, walking out of the throne room.
The other man then looked at the scared stiff girl, and said, "I know its hard… but know that there is never a time where there are no casualties."
The princess only looked worriedly at the man.
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Later on, in the Shiryo residence of Destiny Islands, Sora had just finished a little 'party' his mother had planned for him as a celebration of his 3rd year.
Sora was still too lazy to change to his pajamas and just laid on his bed, which was next to a window. He looked around his room and only then found that his room was really messy. Clothes were all over the floor and socks sticking out of the closet. His sapphire eyes then came across the window on his right.
There, he found something strange…
He looked closely…
The sky above the play island seemed to glow a red light. It was an uncommon color for the sky, especially at night.
He, again, looked even closer.
When he did, he didn't think he would see such a thing in his peaceful hometown.
He found men in blue uniforms fighting with men in red uniforms. A strange kind, but all the more upsetting.
'It must be a rehearsal from the drama club,' thought Sora, lying back down.
All of a sudden,
BOOMSora leaped up and looked outside the window again. There was smoke coming from the island. The most surprising thing was that no one else seems to notice. Now… how in the right mind can ignore that? The townspeople.
Sora was utterly annoyed. Annoyed at the fact that no one could have POSSIBLY heard it.
Without thinking, he climbed down his window without letting his mother know. He dashed toward his boat at the port and went straight to the play island.
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When the lonely teen got there, multiple men in red uniforms were laying on the sandy ground. As if the soldiers were all dead.
He was about to run to the nearest one when he heard a voice. He quickly ran behind a pine tree, to hide from the murderers of the soldiers.
It was then that a red haired man walked in. Sad enough, Sora was unable to see his face and was only able to see what he wore. He wore a blue cape and a long sleeved shirt with spirals around the collar of the shirt and the top of the ankle tall boots. A cloth that was held by a belt covered the back of his blue pants.
Not only did the brunette think that this was an unnatural way or dressing nowadays, he found that the long-sleeved shirt had a strange symbol.
Soldiers in blue then came running to the man.
"Take everything and take it to the Chorus," said the red haired man.
The soldiers nodded and ran off.
It was then that another man in blue walked up to him. He was different though and unlike the red head, Sora was able to see his full face. This one had silver hair and aqua blue eyes. He wore a sleeveless shirt and a sleeveless jacket that went up to his knees. On his arms were long sleeves that reached up to his fingertips. The silver haired teen wore uneven shorts but wore ankle tall shoes.
Sora was just about to jump into the conversation when he felt something his shoulder and his vision went black…
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Since then he saw black until one morning, he opened his eyes. His vision slowly sharpened and he soon found himself in a prison.
'Wh…what…' was all he could say to himself.
He sat up slowly and looked at himself. He found that he wore clothes similar to those of the men from last night. The only difference that he wore a vest with spirals around the collar, a sleeveless shirt, blue pants, gloves, and boots.
"So you're awake," said a voice.
He nearly jumped up.
"You must have gotten lost," said the voice. Apparently it belonged to a young girl.
The young girl had dark blue hair and light blue eyes. She, as well, wore similar clothing. She wore a coat instead of long sleeves or gloves. And had a long skirt instead of pants or shorts.
Sora became speechless. He had never seen so many people wearing similar clothes before.
"Can I ask what exactly you're here for?" asked the girl.
Sora just sat there and said, "I… don't know…"
"Hmm…" said the girl, "I know you did something wrong. But if it was really bad, they'd tell me."
"They…?"
She only smiled and started to unlock the door.
"Just sneak out quietly, yea?" said the girl who had already started to run out.
Sora just sat there dumbfounded. It's all happening too fast. People with color-oriented clothes, then him in a prison.
Without anything else to do, he slowly walked out of the place and navigated through until finally he reached a bright place.
It was a courtyard. A bright one at that. Beautiful flowers were around every place and at the middle was a fountain and some white and teal birds.
He walked closer and as he did, he found the girl from earlier talking with the birds.
She only responded to him with a surprised look and said, "You were supposed to get out…"
"Ah… I got lost…" he said, "besides… I wasn't able to thank you…"
The girl stood up and as she started to run to him a teen jumped in front of her, facing Sora.
Sora got surprised and almost fell backward.
"Don't go any closer…" said the teen.
Sora looked closely at the teen that had just jumped in. He found that the teen was a blonde with blue eyes. He wore a long robe with a short blue cape. And on his collar was another spiral.
"I command you to step aside, Order XII!" exclaims the girl.
"My lady, this is a soldier of Scarlet Sky," starts the boy.
"He wasn't in the uniform nor does he have the presence of a Flame-"
"Princess, we cannot go by just that information alone!" exclaims the teen.
"Wait…PRINCESS!" exclaims Sora.
"But we can't just go about hurting the innocent…" said the princess, "He might be the savior…!"
"Wh…WHAT!" exclaims the already confused Sora.
The blonde teen looked back at Sora and said, "You know as well as anyone does… such a person doesn't exist…"
tsuzuku