(Saphira's POV)
You had seen your mother go away to die. You scoffed. "Just like a cat, too." You loved her very much and you would never wish ill to befall her, but you felt odd. Samos was at the door waiting for Gol to come back. You lay on the couch, and rested. Auria looked sad. "Ah Gol. How did it play out for Maia?"
"The Dragon that she made, to guard Jak's grave buried her after it took her for one last ride. The Dragon dug into the diamond that Maia had made, so I hear. And then recovered it with Maia next to Jak." Gol's raspy voice sounded from the next room. "Oh. Then she may rest in peace. And as for Saphira. I could take her under my wing. And teach her." Samos said.
"I all I want is to be like Mom. She was the best person I knew." You said getting up and walking in the room. "She told me to tell her older self something. And I need to train." Even though you were six you were very smart and mature. "Jak and Dax could train with you." Samos suggested
"Fine suggestion. I will do that right now!"
You walked with delicate paws. Tail moving irritably. You saw Jak and Daxter talking. Though it was Daxter that was talking. You hear them. "I feel sorry for Saphira, man losing Maia hurt all of us, but she must hurt the most."
"Yeah. But I'm going to become like her. And that will help heal the wound. I came here to train with you, I need fighting skills!" you said as you approached. Your sapphire eyes glinted, your ears picked up, and your tail swished. "Jak. The rules are no cutting, or biting. But blows are find. The harder the better."
You had read that if you don't go easy on a student they learn faster. Jak got into a fighting stance, eyeing you warily. Your tail flick, you jumped at Jak, and span around him hitting him with your tail. He blocked dodging under you. "Huh?" you had a spilt second to think. He hammered you in the gut; it sent you flying across the lawn. You hit a tree, and slumped. Jak rushed over looking sick. You stood up holding your gut. "I'm fine. Come on, I need the work out."
Daxter said "but you're six? And Jak's twelve. What could you do?" he didn't meant it to hurt you but you thought for a moment. "Well. Mom asked me to go with where ever you go. So that might mean danger, so by this I, work on it the less likely it is that I will get hurt!"
"I guess so" was his response.
You duked it out with Jak for a long time. At the end witch time you had lots of bruises, and aches and pains. You retired to your room to nurse your wounds. Auria was waiting for you. "Did Jak beak the crap outta you?" she asked.
"No. I did my share of beating." Jak came in a moment later with out a bruise. "Well. Ok I need practice!" you said to get her to stop looking at you like that.
The next day Jak made you fight Daxter. He wasn't as tough as Jak; he was more to your level. Dax charged at you, swinging his fist around wildly. It was an easy dodge; you swept your tail under his legs. He fell over onto his back and lay there. "Ok…Jak your turn!"
The next week you had more pain then you ever thought you wanted, but it did improve your skills. Soon Jak and you went out hunting for Lurkers. You did get in trouble from both Samos and Gol. But it was fun!
(Maia's POV)
(I made this one only coz I miss her. She up in whatever Eco heaven would be like)
You missed being alive. But you missed Jak when you were alive. So it was ether one or none. You sat on a white Eco pillow. Jak was next to you, holding your hand. "You know you raised a fine warrior there, " Jak said looking through a globe. You could see anything on earth with it. "Yeah. But I fell I should be there with them. You left too soon. And I hope in the future I will kill the one who killed you!" you voice barely a whisper. "Do you know who did it?"
"I could smell Ashelin all over you, she smelled like she lost was sanity she had!"
"Wow. You never fail to surprise me."
"Not only could I smell what she was feeling I could smell her age, and when her period was due and what her health was."
"Again, I say you are amazing. No wonder we were the best freedom fighters!"
"No arguments there." You fell silent after that. Thinking.
"Do you thing the goddess will let me go down to visit?"
"Well you shouldn't as me, you should as her!"
"Will you come down with me?"
The goddess sat in a chair of pure care. It was made from all the love in the world, she held in her had a staff, a ruby sat atop. Her kind eyes fixed on you. "What is it my daughter?" she asked her voice sweet and soothing. "Mother" she always insisted on every one calling her mother. And in return she called every one daughter and sons. "Will you grant me passage to earth? I wish to see my daughter" you inclined your head waiting for her to say no. But I didn't come, instead "do you know why I brought you to heaven?"
"No I do not, please enlighten me, mother"
She stepped off her chair and slowly walked towards you. "You did many horrible things in your life
I realized you didn't have much choice. But they were bad. But you did many honorable things as well. You tried to save you love. And vise versa, I granted you to come because I loved that you cared so much for the world I envisioned. That is why, and I will grant you passage to earth. But I must ask you. Will you work for me? As an angel. You will guide lost souls on earth. Like a guardian, you may do whatever you please with your free time. And if Jak wishes he may too"
"Thank you mother. I will tell him!" you walked out of her chambers and to yours. "Jak! Mother granted me passage. And offered me a job, and she said if you want you can work too!"
(Saphira's POV)
Training got easier, you were able to infect some damage on Jak. Daxter often would jump in to confuse you, and would take a swing at you. You never took on the form of a cat, for the fact that it was stronger then what you wanted. You weren't the only one with bruise and bloody lips. You when out one night to explore the beach. Too look at the sea, and catch a crab or two. You looked out at the little island that shot out bombs in the day. The moon reflected off the small ripples. "Saphira. My baby!" you looked around, it shocked you to hear something like that, "umm. Maybe I should go to bed" you muttered. A human with wings landed to the left of you, she glowed, and had a feeling like someone important. She had long brownish red hair, and cats ears. With gold splats, "Mom?!"
"Yup. I came down to say hi," she said walking over. Caressing your face she said. "I've seen you sparing with Jak, you've gotten better. I also want you too meet someone" she gestured to a man floating down. His hair was long as well and he held the same feeling Mother had. "Saphira. This is your father, older Jak!"
He did look like you in the face and eyes. "Dad? You look like my brother!" you said with disbelief.
"Saphira. Jak isn't your brother by birth, but I took him in after I got back to this time. This is Jak when he grows up." she held you in a tight hug. "We've been send down to keep an eye on you, sorry to say this. But your soul is lost" she turned to older Jak. "This has to be some kind of sick joke, and I need to find Ashelin and beat the crap out of her!" Mother snarled Her ears flat.
"But why are you here!? And what are you going to do?"
"We're going to bee here along time, we're going to watch you grow up, and then help you through the journey that you will soon face" she said still hugging you.
"Ma I know you missed me but can you let go. I can't breath!"
"Oh sorry. I didn't know."
"It's ok. But you're an angel! You look important!"
"Well we are as of now working for the goddess, and we're kind like the highest angels there are" you mother said sheepishly. "We aren't like gods though. But we can do almost anything," older Jak said holding up his hands he counted off the things "we can fly. Travel though time. We can enter a host's body: though that's in direr need. Work magic, and lots of other stuff. And it's nice to finally meet you Saphira!" older Jak said hugging you. You talked to them for a long time. They told you some things you had to do, and mom taught you some fighting techniques, by dawn you had masters five. You wondered back you Samos's hut and fell asleep.
When you awoke, you felt it had all been a dream. But you found a feather in your hair.
"MOM!" you shouted as loudly as you could, forgetting that Samos would hear you. Auria bolted up right. "Saphira! What?"
Your eyes filled with tears. "Mom came here. She's an angel! And I met my father!"
Auria caressed your hair and clamed you down. "She's alive…well as alive as a angel could be. It's true Auria!"
"Auria, my Ottsel. It's good to see you again" Mother was behind Auria.
Auria turned with a shocked face. "Maia?!" she jumped into Mothers arms. She nuzzled Mothers bosom. "Maia I missed you so much! Where were you!" her mood changed instantly from caring sadness to anger. She hit Mothers breastbone. "Well Auria. I was dead, and I can show you proof" with that she waved her hand. A Smokey picture formed. It had a diamond with Jak and Mother there. Sealed in side the diamond, a great sand colored dragon sat atop looking everywhere. "See Auria, I couldn't do anything even if I wanted to!" her voice was soft: her eyes held much emotion. "Come Saphira, we must train. If you wish to complete this journey to come, I wish nothing ill to befall you" she kept this way of talking it would drive you insane! "Mom, can you stop talking like that?"
"Oh, sorry Hun. Anyway lets get to training!"
You were at sentinel beach; it was perfect for a fight. "Saphira, I know your only six but you need to learn how to fight for real. I want you to turn into the biggest cat you can think of and attack me. Don't worry about hurting me. After all I am the undead!" Mother laughed. You took on the form of tiger. "You are like me. You took on the form of my favorite cat!" she smile she unfurled her angels wings. She grew hair on her body. She fell on all fours. She roared loudly, it scared you to hear mother make that loud a sound! You cringed under her fierce gaze. "Now Saphira. You must come at me! I won't have you die on my life!" she snapped.
"But mom. You're a lion!"
"Saphira. I won't have you do this. I won't hurt you. I need you to hit me now! I'm being stern because I need you to be strong and I know you can do it!" she yelled at you
You fought your fear and charged. You bit down on her leg. "Saphira please! That was a bug bite!" she was taunting you! Dad was on the sidelines, watching with interest. You clawed at her face, and managed to give her some deep cuts. You stopped to look in horror "Mom I'm Sorry!" you cried. She just charged at you, and hit you on the head with her claws safely sheathed. You flew through the air. "NOW. NEVER STOP UNTILL ETHER YOUR ENEMIES ARE DEAD OR YOU SEE THAT YOUR FIGHTING A FRIEND!" Mother bellowed so loudly that the precursors could hear where ever they were. You picked yourself up; you had a horrible headache. You rubbed your head, with your paw. "Oh. That hurt ma!"
"I'm sorry…" but she didn't finish. You hit her in the chest knocking the wind out of Mom. She staggered back. "That was good. Now try some more!"
"Well I am learning from the best!" you said.
You went at it for hours, till your bodies had had enough.
Mom call a halt. "That was good, I see I left you in good hands. Though I wish that it didn't have to be that way! But I'm here now huh kiddo!" she pulled on your ears lightly. She was back to her angel form. Her wings wrapped protectively around you. "I may say that I had no intentions of leaving you in the first place" she self mocked.
"Saphira! Get away from that thing now!" Mother looked at where that raspy voice came from.
Mother's ears prick up. "Gol, I thought I'd never see you again."
But Gol didn't see that it was Mother. He made a dark Eco ball, "Get a way from Saphira!" he yelled.
"Gol you better not shot!" Mother threatened. Pointing a finger at him. Her eyes narrowed dangerously she formed a ball of white Eco, which surprised you. "Gol. I'm warning you."
Soon as he fired he saw that it was mother, his face was that of pure horror. But mother had other plans; she picked you up and jumped up, flapping hard. The ball flew off far away. She landed on the ground lightly, folding her wings she shot a deadly glare at Gol. He managed to cringe. "What did you think you were doing! You could have hurt Saphira!" mother yelled mad a hell!
Gol stared at mother in disbelief.
"But. But you died! I saw you buried! How?"
Mother turned to father. (I wanted to stop calling Jak older Jak. So new he's father)
"Stop looking at me like that. I know you saw, I am dead…. I'm a fragment of your insanity" she wave her hands in front of her face. "Yeah. I did die. But I was sent back. Though if you had thrown the ball it wouldn't have hurt."
(Maia's POV)
You pointed out the fact you couldn't die to Gol.
He did the thing you thought he might. He flung a ball as big as your head. It hit you but you didn't feel any pain. He started another one. "Gol stop it!" you yelled.
He looks ashamed. "I was for science!" he clamed.
Jak grabbed your shoulder. "I need to talk to you!"
He pulled you aside. "That's the guy I had to kill! He will try to take over the world! He and his Sister Maia, same name."
"I kinda knew you had fought him. But it was the Eco that drove them to do that."
An Idea came to you. "Jak what if you could counter act the effect of Dark Eco with Light Eco?"
"Light Eco is dominant over Dark!"
You spent the rest of the day on the beach with Jak. Talk, you had had time to up in Eco heaven, but you didn't really care to.
"If you were alive right now what would you do?" you asked, you playfully shoved him
"I guess I would marry you, and raise Saphira with you." His voice calm and collective.
"Really!?"
"Yes, I love you and I wanted to spend the rest of my living days with you. But now we have an eternity to"
"Yeah I guess you're right, I wish I were alive. Life is fun being an angel. But you can't really feel things like you can when your alive"
You leaned against Jak, the sun was setting. The clouds were tinged with pick and red, a breeze tugged at your hair. "I really miss Haven, and I have no clue why"
"You were born in that time, as was I. you could go back. Say hi to everyone!"
"Man. being dead is a pain in the ass. I have to tell people that there is a heaven and that mother "goddess" let me come down here to look after lost souls, it's a real pain!"
"But then what about Torn and Tess, and" he paused "and. Daxter. He and I had a fight the day I died. I feel bad about it!" he sighed.
"Well I you get your ass up, I could maybe tell people what happened one more time."
The time travel wasn't as be is it was through a warp gate. The haven you knew wasn't anything like what it was now. The streets were much dirtier then they had been. Bums sat in the streets, sipping some kind of alcohol. You walked up to one of the poor people. "What happened to haven?" you asked
He answered with a slur. "The metal head returned" the man feel asleep half way through.
You found your way to the underground; its solid concrete door was scattered on the street.
Moans came form inside, Moans of pain and lose. You padded inside. It smelled of really old body liquids. Your nose wrinkled. Jak followed slowly. A yell snapped your head up, a man with a feral look in his eyes. His tattoos were covered in dirt; he smell like something really past is expiration date. He grabbed a sword in your gut, but you didn't feel any pain, the force of his thrust send you back against a wall. You looked at the sword. "Metal dragon!" you cried silently, you look into the mans face, you squinted, "Torn, Man you've gone off the deep end!"
The man face soften. "Maia?"
"Well yes, but can you get my sword out of my gut?" you asked sweetly
He yanked it out of the wall. Then handed it too you, "you didn't feel it?"
"Torn if you hit me right now it would only hurt yourself, I'm an angel! Nothing can really hurt me" you said ripping off a strip of your robe, you muttered something and the cloth became wet. You wiped his face. "There, that looks more like the Torn I knew. What happened here?"
"The metal heads destroyed the city, and I lost my job, and lost everything. The underground is history." He added bitterly.
"Well, we're here for a day or two, we could help in any way we could!"
"Yes, we might need that. But I need to fill you in on everything that's happened since you were her last. And you're going to have to tell me why in hell your alive now, but later. We have a world to save"
You threw your hand up, "that's my Torn!"
"We can't really do anything until this place is clean. Man I was a slob!" Torn muttered.
"Souls of Maids, Clean!" you and Jak chided. Slowly everything seemed to come to life. Soon it was all clean. "You know I never really knew why mother made that, it's kinda lame, of course no affiance to mother." You said after the room clean, you flicked your finger: pointing at a stray paper. It flew into your hands. "An aviation notice?" you asked pointing at the letter
"Yeah I rented this place for the underground. And I've lost my income, so I can't pay and I have to move in three days"
"Umm. That could prove to be a problem. And I have to get back to Saphira. But we could deal a blow to the leader!" you said punching your fist.
"Well it's nice to see you haven changed much. Let me get cleaned up. I'll be back in a minute"
You and Jak talked of plans; you had seen a blue print of the new nest, it was heavily guarded. "We could just fly in? And that way the metals won't see us" Jak asked.
"But how do you tell the people that might glimpse a sight of us, how do you tell them they saw an angel?" you asked, you were getting mad, you wanted to end this war. You thought you had long ago. But it seemed that it ran deeper then you thought.
"I don't know. What do you suggest?" he asked as pissed at you were.
"We would go in like we used too, and, we need back up. Tess? I know! Lurkers, there slaves in this time, if we offer them freedom I bet they would help. I would tell them it would be dangerous. But I sure they'd help." You pointed to the camp that was on a blueprint. "See near the palace there's a camp of lurkers!"
Torn came out a few minutes after you make plans. He looked back to normal, his tattoos were visible, and he had his old scowl back. His old outfit wasn't as clean as it should be. But he looked back to his old self.
"It's nice to see you looking like that tough as nails Torn I knew, right Jak?"
Jak looked up, "yeah, I guess so?"
Torn blushed a bit. "What's Plan?" he asked, after you bit down a laugh.
"We will ask the lurkers if they would ally us, then we could raid the nest, kill as many as we can, and since we can't die. The only fatality" you let your eyes fill with sadness. "Would be Lurkers and Metals"
Torn looked at you and Jak. "Do angels need to eat, or ever die, or even have a weakness?"
"There is one
. Laughing, kinda sad."
Jak looked surprised. "We do?" you stomped on his foot. "Astill ounat." You said sternly.
"Keisn?" Jak answered
"Onta Quritsa" you said softly.
"So we raid them tonight!" you said rolling up the blueprint.
"What's going on here?" Torn walked in with a bath towel, brushing his teeth.
You put your hand to clean Torn's Face. "Torn." You said addressing the only who you had closest to you. "What was my favorite Cat body?" towel Torn looked at the Torn in your hands. You squeezed mock Torn's face. He cried in pain. "The tabby?"
"Buzz, wrong answer. You're the weakest link. Good-bye" Light Eco flame danced on your fist. You punched. "Torn. That was the Torn I saw long ago." He fell to the floor. He changed into a little imp like thing. It squealed highly. "How could you do this?" it demanded. It had small hands and large eyes; its mouth was small but could pack a punch. "Who are you?" You asked, poking it. It looked at you with hatred in its eyes. "None of your concern half-demon!" it spat.
"What makes you think I won't go cat on your sorry ass?" you asked it coolly.
"Ok fine. I am Gimli." It said
"I can't really believe I'm asking this. But will you help us? We need all the help we can get. And Torn get dressed, we need you for some plans"
"I will help if you let me go!" Gimli said,
"What exactly are you?"
"I'm a demon. A shape shifting demon"
"Like me?"
"Yes. But it wasn't in your blood. It evolved"
"Well that says a lot."
"What will you have me do?"
"Get on my shoulder. We're going to do some spying. And I trust you to say until the end. Then I will let you go free. Jak say here and man the fort."
You walked out with a demon on your shoulder. "Gimli. Can you shape shift into anything?"
"Of course. What will you have me do?"
"Did you ever see the Metal head leader?"
"Yes, twice"
"I need to play a little game of follow the leader."
Soon you were in the claws on a mock up of Kor.
"Are you sure?"
"As long as I played my cards right yes."
"Ok here we go"
You were inside the old lair of Kor. His head was still there. "Eww! His head is still here?! Can you throw it in the pit?"
A lone Metal head came through the cave entrance. Gimli looked to you. You whispered "acted all mad. And like… Kor!" Gimli looked hard at the metal. It made some hissing. "It said it thought I was dead, what should I do?"
"Say you're not dead and call a meeting to make a fake panic, so Jak and I can get in!" you hissed.
"I'm not dead! And if you value you're life call my children to a meeting in five minutes. If you don't I'll eat you personally!" it hurried off.
"Ok Gimli, keep up the role, tell them that you found out that the underground would attack at noon tomorrow! I'll be back at ten. Thanks for helping" you spread your wings out.
Back at the underground, it was oddly quiet. "Torn? I set the plan in motion" you called.
"Maia. He was attacked, Torn's dead. I tried to save him but the metal heads. I'm so sorry!"
Jak was cradling Torn's body in his lap. He was crying, rocking back and forth. "I couldn't save him!"
"Jak, it's not your fault, let me see him!" you said knelling down to see Torn's face. It was pail and dead.
"Jak. The plan is in motion. We have to move. Now." You closed Torn's eyelids.
"Come. We will give him a burial later. We must move now. He would understand"
Jak left reluctantly. But since the plan was in action you couldn't worry about it. There was a beat up Zoomer that was just ripe for the stealing. Jak was stilling a little shaken up. "Are you okay? I'm worried. I know we can't die, but if we mess this up were in deep shit!"
(Saphira's POV)
Mother hadn't been around for a day, witch worried you. Samos hadn't known Mother was alive. However an angle is alive. "Auria, where's mother?"
Auria was painting a picture of Jak.
"Hmm. I don't know, I wouldn't worry thought. But she did seem to have a curse." She said looking thoughtful.
"What? A curse? What kind?"
"Oh, so many questions. She got hurt a lot in life. And Jak would always save her. Their a match made in heaven" she sighed.
"And now she's the undead"
"Yeah. And I guess she can't get killed or be hurt" Auria said bushing the color into the back and white canvass. "Saphira! I need you!" Samos voice pierced your ears. You walked out slowly, Samos was looking unhappy. "Yes Sage?" your mother told you to call him Sage, it pissed him off a little.
He looked at you with his small glasses. "Saphira Goldfeather!" he never called you that and the only time he did was when you did something really bad. "Yes?" you cringed under his strong gaze.
"Why in Green tartion didn't you tell me your mother was back?!" he yelled. Gol came in a minute later,
"I'm sorry, I didn't think you would believe me." You said bleakly flatting your ears.
"When does she get back?"
"I don't know Sage, she didn't tell me anything"
(Maia's POV)
The metal head nest was buzzing with energy. You and Jak moved slowly. The plan was that you would attack in a half a day, but you didn't really trust Gimli. So you moved the plan a head by six hours. "Jak, please, stop mopping, I need you!" you kissed him to hopefully wake him from his daze. It worked!
"I'm sorry. Lets rock and roll! And then…. Never mind" his favorite gun in his hands: Your sword in your hands. "For Torn!" you both yelled.
The battle was bloody as all battles are. You lashed at random shapes not worrying about hitting Jak, since you two couldn't be hurt. Jak had his back to you, and was shooting for all he was worth. "Like the good old day, huh. Let's give them hell!" you two went off to kill some metals. Gimli soon joined, and would kill a hundred with one swing of his tail. Thousands had died, and more were going to. "Oh, goddess. Lend me thy strength. Arch arrow!" you yelled, arrows made of pure light Eco fell into a quiver made of the same Eco. A Bow of the finest Quality materialized in your hand. "Eat shit and die!" you yelled hitting five Metal heads with one arrow. But that was just a fluke. "Oh, Goddess lend me thy strength. Arch wind!" Jak yelled a few feet away. His magic lent him the power of a light Eco Gun. Those spells gave the owner the Power of White Eco