(A/N: This chapter is quite shorter than the others. I'm working on the others on advance from now on. Read on!)
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It took a few moments of silence before the fireworks came out. They were so blue and so bright when they exploded in the sky. Instantly, a group of fairies with big, blue wings came out. They flew in different formations and lit everything in their path while keeping up with the fast tune of their music.
The Monarchs did a splendid job with the opening. The Pixies, unexpectedly, came on stage after their performance. Not like the previous team, the pixies sang in front of the crowd. Their finale, the high-note and a spectacular blast of fireworks at the end, was fantastic.
A few more teams performed. An all boy fairy group did a sort of battle presentation. They were pretending to fight with each other while light blasted around them. Their finale was a dragon shaped firework.
The last ones were the Mariposas. They were the final act so I guess they were the best of the best.
A spotlight shone above a fairy. Everyone suddenly became silent. The fairy sang.
We sing precious melodies
That no one in the out can hear
With all our voices in harmony
It can't be broken by fear
She was singing the song we heard earlier. The spotlight around her grew bigger, showing big lotus flowers behind her. They slowly opened revealing seven other Mariposas who sang in chorus.
The sun goes down, in goes the dark
Our lights flicker in bliss
No evil can touch or break or mark
Not even the darkest abyss
The word 'abyss' was prolonged into a high-note. I was impressed. Even I couldn't sing that high. But if this was a light show, where were their lights or fireworks?
My question got answered a second after I asked. Fast and lively music started playing. They repeated the lyrics twice but this time more enthusiastically. We clapped along to the beat.
The flowers they were once standing on released fireworks while the fairies were dancing. They were glowing in different shades of pink.
Everyone clapped and cheered once they were done. They even got a standing ovation from the fairies in front of us.
"How are you guys enjoying the show?" Delilah flew to us and asked.
"It's stunning and beautiful Delilah," I said.
Suddenly out of nowhere, the lead fairy suddenly fainted. Her light went out. The remaining Mariposas panicked.
"What!" I heard Delilah shout. "Not again Bella, not again…"
"What do you mean by again?" Marcus asked.
"Bella's our oracle. She just replaced the old one about two months ago, so she's still in the adjusting part. She can't feel if a prophecy is coming or what. She faints, recites, faints again and wakes up like not remembering a single thing."
I immediately stood up and went closer, followed by General Ivy as well. When we got to Bella, her body was glowing in a green color. She opened her eyes and floated. She recited:
Weak as she starts
Strong as she grows
Hidden in her heart
Her strength will slowly show
Her heroism hidden
In the shadows it cloaks
But when blood is spilt
She will end it in one blow
Bella stopped glowing and roughly fell down caught be the Mariposas.
"She'll be out until tomorrow," Flora said.
"It's the same prophecy she recited before," Trixie said.
"Really?" I asked.
"Bella has been acting strange," Queen Louisita came forward. "She usually recites once or twice a month but she has recited the same thing yesterday, and the day after that."
"And also, this prophecy is quite different from the others. This is the very first prophecy that's about a woman since Claudia Reaper," General Ivy added.
"Who's Claudia Reaper?" I asked. My three friends slowly approached the stage as well along with the squad members.
"Trixie, Flora, and Delilah?" the queen said.
The three fairies moved their hands in a circular motion. It slowly formed into colorful dust. They threw it to the sky. A small aurora formed showing an image of a girl with short black hair who was about my age. She held a black sword that was about her height. She also possessed a pair of white wings.
"Claudia Reaper was the very first female ALPHA and the very first person to get a hundred on the scoreboard," General Ivy explained. "She went to a very important quest alone, without her squad or any aid."
"There, she found her sword. It was hidden in a small temple in the middle of the Caribbean unprotected. Based on her, when she held the sword, she suddenly felt its power rushing to her. She grew white wings on her back."
"Well, the sword wasn't actually unguarded. A pack of pirates sealed her way out. Pirates were immune to guns, and it was the only weapon she had useful and two knives. She tried using the sword. Though it looked big and heavy, it felt light on her arms."
I nodded slightly as General Ivy continued, "With only one slash for each pirate, they either lay dead or weak on the floor. That's why she decided to call it the Reaper, as in a n actual reaper, claiming the light out of anyone who dares to battle with it."
"But after a year, she discovered something new about her beloved sword. An engraved flower on bottom of the hilt of it was slightly loose. She pressed it, hoping that it would tighten. Instead, she grew black wings. Her hair became as red as fire, so as her eyes. The Reaper grew longer and larger."
Claudia's transformation was seen in the aurora. Fire surrounded her as her hair slowly changed bright red from its roots to its tips. She closed her eyes and when she opened them, her irises became of the same color as the fire that surrounded her. Her sword grew longer, taller than her. Her wings, which were once as white as the clouds in the sky, became as dark as the night.
"She was able to control her transformation, but she went crazy after five years. She decided to hide the sword in some place farther than the Caribbean. It took her a year in the infirmary to stop the hallucinations. She died just after I started my own training."
Claudia Reaper's face slowly crumpled and faded away. The colors of the aurora went out. I faced my friends who were still amazed, looking up at the sky.
"Your Highness!" A pixie flew by. "Bella, she's awake and she has something to say."
"What is it Donna?" Queen Louisita looked concerned.
"Her voice is slurred. Even Madeline couldn't understand what she's saying."
"Bring her in," she said.
Bella was lying on a leaf carried by the queen's guards. She was set down before us. Queen Louisita went forward. Bella slowly opened her eyes.
"Bella, what is it?"
She slowly sat up and fluttered her wings for a while. She looked around the place again and again until her eyes stopped and stared at mine.
The others noticed it as well. They all turned towards me.
"She's the one!" Bella said pointing to me.
"The one that what?" The queen held Bella's hands gently.
"She's the one in the prophecy."