Author's note: I'm sorry this took so long to write, but here it is chapter 9 of my story. I hope you all enjoy this. For my story, instead of Selena, Laslow, and Odin being the ones summoned here, its my heroes Sapphire, Stephanie, and my new OC that will save this world. So Selena, Laslow, and Odin will be from Fates world not Awakening, sorry. Please leave reviews and tell me what you think.
GOODBYE AND GOODNIGHT!
Chapter 11 - Undo it all
I awoke from my dream about the past. I forgot that my old job as one of Charlie's Angels was more dangerous than my life as a princess, especially now.
"Did you sleep well, Sapphire?" Saphira asked.
"Kinda of...not really I guess. I just had a dream about...the past..." I muttered.
"Really?" Saphira replied.
"...yes...back when I was doing more good for both kingdoms in secret...back when I wasn't hated by my family...back when I had two very special friends by my side..."
"...I'm so sorry Sapphire..."
"You know...in my visions...I've seen what happens if I choose Hoshido, and if I choose Nohr. But...none of my visions prepared me for this...especially that Chaos character...I just don't know what to do Saphira...I just don't know what to do..."
Saphira wrapped her blue tail around me. I knew she was trying to comfort me the best way she could. She knew I had been through a lot. A lot of drama, a lot of stress, a lot of trouble, a lot of pressure. Basically, a whole lot of mess that a girl my age should not go through. I mean, back in my world, a girl my age worried about boys, college, dating, boys...I think I thought that twice...eh who cares.
Things are a lot worse than before...but I'm happy...I think. If I had chosen Hoshido, I would have the Hoshidan royal family who they say that I was their sibling by blood helping me out, and I would've had to fight the Nohrian royal family who I was with...kinda of. But if I would've had chosen Nohr, I would have the Nohrian royal family who I was kinda raised by, helping me out, and I would've had to fight the Hoshidan royal family who says that I was their sibling by blood. I wonder if they knew the truth...the truth that I really wasn't their sibling...
The more I thought about these things, the more my heart began to break. Saphira sensed my pain and my misery. I had been through a lot, that was painfully clear. But Saphira was helping the best way she could.
"Sapphire...what do we do now? We don't know whether Nohr and Hoshido know you're alive. And because of that, you still have to pick a side..."
"...I know Saphira...I know..."
We stayed in that same position for what it felt like forever. The mountains felt colder, besides the fact that a cold wind was blowing through and snow began to fall. I couldn't tell what was colder, my body...or my heart. I had a sinking feeling that I abandoned both my families.
Saphira got up and spread out her wings. "Sapphire. We should be leaving now. I understand you're in a lot of pain, but you can't give up now. Not on your dream. Now come, there's a massive blizzard coming, and I know you won't survive that."
Saphira was right. As much as I wanted to stay here and die of frostbite, I just couldn't give up now. I hopped on Saphira's back and we flew away. Part of me was hoping to just leave all this mess behind. But another part of me wanted to end this once and for all.
We flew through the mountain pass for awhile, just gliding through the air with the greatest of ease. Almost without a care in the world.
"Sapphire...I'm sorry to interrupt you from your thoughts. But I would suggest we find a place to stay for awhile until we find out what to do next. Do you have any ideas on where we should go?" Saphira asked.
I was silent for a moment. If everyone thought I was dead, and I suddenly showed up several weeks last alive. The Nohrians or Hoshidans would think I was with the other side all this time and would call me a traitor. And I knew by the first-hand experience, that wasn't fun...then it hit me.
"I have an idea on where we can go," I said. Then I guided Saphira to the place where we could rest up for a bit. Until I got my head straight. Same with my heart.
I took Saphira to a Hoshidan village on the outskirts of Shirasagi. I know being here would be risky, but it was the only place that I knew someone who wouldn't rad me out to the Hoshidan royals.
Saphira landed on a hill away distance so that the villagers wouldn't panic when they saw her.
"Sapphire. Why are we here? This is a Hoshidan village, and far too close to Shirasagi for my taste. What if the leader of this village contacts the Hoshidan royal! Then you'll really be in trouble." Saphira explained.
"I know that risks Saphira. But this is the only place that isn't too crowded that I know someone who won't rad me out to the Hoshidan royals. Trust me, this is the only place that's safe for us now." I replied. "Now, there's a cave on the side of that hill. Stay there until I come for you."
Saphira nodded and walked over to the cave. I put on my black cloak that had loose sleeves and a hood. I did not want to take the chance that someone would recognize, so I created an illusion of someone else. I left my cloak the same, but I changed my skin color and facial features. I made myself have red hair, with brown eyes. For clothing, I wore the traditional red clothes for a Pegasus Knight. It was the perfect disguise to this village.
As I walked throughout the village, I noticed everyone was whispering about something. I knew it wasn't about me because they didn't even notice me. They were just converting with themselves about personal matters I guess. When I arrived at the house my dear friend was in, a sense of immense happiness flowed through out my body. I haven't felt this way in a long time. It felt really good to meet her again.
I knock on the door and waited for my friend to come and open it. After I knock again, my friend finally came.
"I'm coming!" I heard her say on the other side of this door. When she opened the door, I was relieved to see a kind familiar face. It was a young girl who was about Sakura and Elise's age. She had on a pink hat with beads hanging down the sides, wearing a pink dress with orange long sleeves and a blue scarf wrapped around her waist.
"Um...do I know you?" She asked.
I smiled. "I think you do Aika."
Aika eyes wide. Then as fast as lighting she grabbed my wrist and pulled me inside the house. She immediately locked the door.
"Oh akka! It's so good to see you again! I missed you so much!" Stephaine hugged me.
"I missed you too Aika. Tell me how are you?" I asked.
"Well...things haven't been going well..." she sighed.
"What do you mean? In your last letter, you told me everything was going great." I changed back to my normal self.
"Yes but that was two months ago! And a lot has happened in the past couple of weeks..." Aika told me.
"Really? What?"
"Well first. We were news of the lost Hoshidan princess who had been found and brought back to us. I knew instantly that was you. But I kept my mouth shut. Some people were disgusted on how the Hoshidan Royal family except you so quickly since you were with the Nohrians for so long. But others were happy that their long lost princess had returned. Soon after that...we heard about the attack in the city plaza in Shirasagi. People blamed you for that...and then when the Nohrians attacked and you were expected to make a choice. Everyone thought you would choice Hoshido, but when you stabbed yourself and Saphira captured you people started to talk about it all being some sort of Nohrians illusion to make you join Nohr..."
"What?! I die! How could I join the Nohrians if I'm dead?!" I explained.
"In war...these people are stupid..." Aika said. "But sadly...there's more..."
"There is? Why do I not like the sound of that?" I asked.
"About a week after you supposedly joined the Nohrians, the castle of Shirasagi was attacked by some sort of enemy. And..."
"And?"
"And the Empress was killed..." Aika cried. " I'm so sorry Akka..."
My eyes widen and my heart sank once again. Mikoto dead...impossible...I...I save her...she was supposed to be alive...oh dear God.
Aika and I burst into tears. I thought I had saved Mikoto. But it looks like the original timeline couldn't be changed.
"The Hoshidans blame the Nohrians for the attack." Stephaine continued.
"Of course they do...that part doesn't surprise me." I sneered. "But I know they didn't that..."
"Yeah...it was the true enemy...Anankos...and his invisible soldiers, that killed the Empress..." Aika explained. "Looks like he finally made his move..."
"Yes..." I sighed.
"Now the real question is...what do we do now?" Aika stares at me. Hoping that I would have some sort of an answer
I was silent for awhile, then I stood up. "Aika, I think it would be best if I leave Hoshido now. It's not safe anymore, war has officially brought out between Hoshido and Nohr. So it's not safe here for people like me."
"You mean, those who are neither Hoshidan or Nohrian. Like us..." Aika added.
"No. You are Hoshidan by blood, I am not." I stated.
"...You're right. I may have Hoshidan blood coursing through my veins. But I am your younger sister. And I'm the only family you have now. We need each now more than ever." Aika stood up and put on a black cloak. "I'm going with you now whether you like it or not."
I didn't argue with Aika, I knew that once her mind was made up there was no one in the world thy could stop her. She definitely gets that from her mother. "Alright then. Let's go. Saphira is waiting for us in a cave nearby."
So Aika and I left the house and headed for the cave where Saphira was waiting for us. Aika was really happy to see Saphira again. Now that I think about it, Akia was right. She and Saphira were the only families I had left since Hoshido thinks it was all a Nohrian trick. I wonder what the Nohrians think? Do they think that I really die, or that I survived? Or do they also think that it was a Hoshidan trick? Oy, this was so complicated. From my visions, I know from past experience Ryoma and Xander will never listen to me, those two are the most stubborn men I've ever met!
With Aika with us now, we flew away from the Hoshidan village, hoping to find a place where we could lie low for awhile. But I still didn't know where that could be? Since if both kingdoms think I'm a traitor, I don't know if there is even a safe place to stay. We still were in Hoshido and that wasn't safe for us at all. Then suddenly Saphira just stopped.
"Saphira what is it?" I asked.
"I...I don't know Sapphire. I just sensed something." She replied.
"Something? Define something?" I raised an eyebrow.
The moment I said that a bright light struck the earth. It startled Saphira, and she nearly threw us off. It took me a while, but I finally got her under control. Before she could throw us off.
"Akka what was that?" Aika asked.
"I don't know?" I replied, "But it looked like it came from over there." I pointed. "Come one lets go find out."
So Aika and I riding on Saphira flew to the spot where the light struck. We had no idea what happened, let alone what to expect.
"Akka look! There's someone down there!" Aika pointed out.
"Sapphire, Aika is right. There is someone down there." Saphira added.
I looked down and saw an attractive young woman who looked to be my age, had light brown skin, and shoulder-length brown hair, and brown eyes. She was wearing a loose lace blouse with jeans and black boots. That girl looks really familiar to me. I just couldn't put my finger on it.
"Saphira, let's land," I said to Saphira.
Saphira nodded and we landed a little ways distance from where the young woman was.
"Aika, you stay with Saphira. There's something I want to check out first." I told Aika.
Aika nodded and stayed with Saphira, while I went over to the young woman. The closer I got, the more I thought that I knew this person.
"Hello there," I said, to the young woman who stood before me.
She turns around and stared at me wide eye. "Rebecca is that you?!"
Then it finally hit me. "Juliana?! What are you doing here-I mean, in this world?!"
"You know it's the strangest thing, really. I heard a mysterious voice calling out to me. Calling out for help." Juliana replied. "Then suddenly I wasn't where I was, I was here instead."
Sounds familiar..."Juliana that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever." I said.
"Well, it is a surprise to find you here Rebecca," Juliana said.
Then I just realized something else. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Shhhh...I don't go by that name here. I'm Sapphire in this world." I explained.
"Why am I not surprised." Juliana laughed. "You always did like that name."
"Hey don't be a critic, Juliana!" I scolded.
"Hahahaha! You haven't changed a bit. Anyway, it's good to see you again Rebecca." Juliana said.
"Heh, I haven't been called that name in a long time. I have to admit, I missed being called my old name. It really has been a while since I heard myself called by that name." I added.
"Well anyway, it's good to see you again Rebecca." Juliana smiled.
"It's good to see you to Juliana." I smiled back. "But from here on out, you'll use the name I go by here. Ok?"
Then Juliana put her hand on my shoulder. "Ok."
I signal Aika and Saphira to come over here and meet Juliana. Juliana was an old church friend of mine. We both also graduated from the university of Maryland. After that we stayed in touch, she kind of had a boyfriend, I mean it wasn't official or anything, but there was a guy she had a crush on. Since 8th grade...
I told Juliana what happened to me and Aika. Juliana said that was impossible because she just talked to me on Sunday and that was two days ago! And Stephaine and I had the dream on Tuesday, and that is exactly two days from Sunday. So that means, time in our world hasn't continued on, it just...stopped. How's that possible?
Juliana's story was kind of the same as Aika's and mine. Juliana was called from her house in her living room. While Stephaine and I were called to here by a dream. But one thing remains the same. The three of us we all brought here by someone who was calling out for help. We don't know who and why and for what purpose. Was it all real? Was it all some sort of dream? Was it some practical joke? We didn't know...All we knew was that we were called here for a reason...and we couldn't go home until we found out what the reason was.
"Well. Looks like you'll be joining us from now on Juliana." I said.
"Yeah. It sure looks that way SAPPHIRE." Juliana replied.
Suddenly Juliana started to glow white. Aika and I covered our eyes from the harsh light, and as it appeared. The glow died down. And when it did, Juliana's body had changed, just like mine and Stephaine.
Juliana still had her light-brown skin, but her hair grew to her waist and turn purple. Her eyes turn purple as well, and she wore the clothes of a Nohrian Malig Knight. Just like Camilla. She even got a bigger bust. Not as much as mine or Camilla, but it grew a bit. A dark wyvern even magically popped up right next to her.
"AAAAAH! WHAT IS THAT?!" Juliana pointed to her dark wyvern. "AAAAAH! WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?!"
"Juliana calm down. In this world, the person who brought us here changed our appearance so that we could fit in here." I said, then I changed to my Celestrian form. White dress, jewelry, peacock marks and all. Juliana nearly had a heart attack. But she got over it, she told us she always wanted a pet wyvern. Juliana even got a Silver Axe and a Tome. And she was also given a natural ability for using an Axe and the tome.
After all that we all started to walk away. We didn't know where we were going or what was going to happen. All we knew was that I was a traitor to both kingdoms and we weren't safe anywhere. Juliana named her dark wyvern Shadow. How original haha.
"Alright! Since you changed your name to Sapphire." Juliana pointed to me. "I shall change my name to Priscilla."
"Oooooh nice name," I said.
"Yeah, nice name!" Stephaine added.
"I changed my name to Aika!" Aika cheered. "Well, it was the name my parents here gave me. But my real name is Stephanie."
"Wow!" Priscilla smiled. "Something tells me things are going to get very interesting from now on."
As we were walking along with Saphira by my side and Shadow at Juliana's side. We heard a strange voice call out to us. The same voice that brought us here...
"My three heroes...I have called you here...to save my world...a world of war...a world of betrayal...a world of bloodshed...a war of death...please...please my heroes...save my world...please...save my home...Rebecca...Juliana...Stephaine...I will show you the path you must take..."
Then suddenly we all had a massive headache and Juliana, Stephaine, and I screamed in pain. Then...our vision went black.
I woke up and I could myself in an old, abandoned throne room that was practically falling apart. Way to the throne, there was a huge stone face mask embedded on the wall. I sensed great power coming from it. It must be him...the true enemy...the real cause behind this war...the silent dragon...Anankos...
"SoMeDay...CoMe KiLL mE...JuLiAnA...sTePhAnIe...AnD...mY dEaR...cHiLd...I WiLL...bE hErE...WaItInG...FoR yoU...tO cOMe...I...WiLL...bE...WaItInG...FoR...YoU...I...believe...in you..."
I heard what Anankos-my father had said. It is was then, at that moment I made a vow. I would end this war, with Juliana and Stephanie at my side. I will end the fighting between both kingdoms once and for all. I would set my father free! Free from his pain! Free from his misery! Free from his sorrow! I will undo it all! This I swear!
It was then, that I heard a voice. The same voice that had summoned Juliana, Stephanie, and I to this world.
"The Silent Dragon, once the dragon of wisdom, went completely mad...He lost his ability to reason, to love, as well as his self for a long time. This story I tell you...The story of your father who ruled over a silent kingdom...The story of your sister, who lives close yet keeps her distance...I tell you the truth of both your father and sister. Please undo it all Sapphire. Save your friends. Save your family. Save this world!"
I awoke from my vision. The things I saw from beginning to end, it made me realize what I needed to do what WE needed to do. Juliana, Stephanie, and I. It showed me why the three of us were called to this world.
"Sapphire, did you see that! It was incredible! But, what are we going to do now?" Juliana asked.
I turned around and faced Juliana and Stephaine. "Undo it all. We have to undo it all."