The Pixie Princess
The light reveals who you truly are, and so does the pure heart, and just because you appear to be someone else on the outside, it doesn't mean that you're the same on the inside. Because on the outside, you may be a faerie, but on the inside, you are a wizard. You are an Elemental Faerie... NXM
Discliamed! YEI! I do not own Gakuen Alice or Faeries, I own what I own, yaaaaay!~
Okay, so originally, the story was supposed to be 12 chapters long, two chapters longer than the prequel, 'Pixie Wings and Other Things', however, I got so into the story that I made Luna's role a bit bigger and meaner, so it may be 14 chapters, or even 15! Oh my!
Have fun reading, ja neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!~
Chapter Thirteen: The Elelemntal Princess
Accepting yourself and finally realising the one you love has always been there can do a lot of things. I didn't realise that he was the one... not until it was almost too late. I guess when you're away you can realise so many things, and I realised that I really did love him, that I was happy to have him by my side... even if he is mean, arrogant and cruel to me, I still love him, because he's the one who understands me and helped me to create the Light of Truth, and to finally reveal my true wings...
Luna was thrown back and created a small hole in the floor. She got up, dust and concrete falling off of her as her wounds healed quickly. She growled, displeased as Mikan opened hereyes, and saw the miracle she had prayed for standing in front of her, fire erupting around him menacingly as he glared towards Luna.
"No one calls this idiot and idiot but me!" Natsume suddenly snarled, and hurled a large fireball towards Luna who screamed, and disappeared for a split second to dodge the fire ball, only to re-appear right in front of Natsume, smirking.
"Ohoho, trying to save your little girlfriend! Well, seeing as you insisted, I'll dispose of you first!" Luna snapped, but Mikan pushed Natsume out of the way, glaring at Luna coldly.
"If you touch him then I'll make sure that you regret it, Luna!" Mikan hissed, her eyes promising and scary as Luna stared at Mikan, smirking. Mikan would do it, Luna knew that. She then looked at Natsume, grinning even more so.
"Protecting a Wizard? The Parasite of our beings. In a world where faeries are dominant, they suddenly appear, humans whom can learn magic... the bane of our existence!" Luna snapped as Natsume glared at Luna, another fire ball growing in his palms as Mikan's hand clenched into a fist.
"Natsume is not a parasect, and neither are any of the other Wizards! They're the same as us, but without wings and with the ability to use magic, more magic than you! If anything, you're the bane of our existence! You Dark Faeries have no right to hurt people, and yet you walk onto the land of the innocent and hurt people who don't deserve it! You're the leeches!" Mikan screamed as Luna's eyes turned from their usual lovely violet colour to a cold black stone-like colour, and she growled, looking at Mikan.
"How dare you speak about me so lowly, you little wench! You're the one who's the leech, coming into the kingdom and trying to steal Prince Kaname's heart!" snarled Luna. Mikan stood her ground as Luna grinned twistedly, then suddely turned, and was standing right beside Natsume, who's fireball had suddenly disappeared. He glared aup at Luna, who just smirked knowingly as Mikan's eyes widened.
"Get away from him!" Mikan screeched, and a ball of light started to glow in her hands boldly as Luna grinned, and suddenly Natsume was thrown against the wall, knocked unconcious. Mikan screamed as Misaki and Tsubasa tried to run towards the prince, but were suddenly thrown back by an invisible shield.
"If you dare to use magic, I can make worse things happen to your precious little prince! His magic has been drained and I have a shield surrounding that Wizarding leech! None of you can touch him or hear him... not that he'll say anything, seeing as he's unconcious." Luna grinned, and glided towards Mikan as the brunette stood there, glaring at her.
"Now, little Pixie... to save your little prince, I have one small favour to ask of you, and then he'll be safe. You got that?" she hissed, walking around Mikan as the brunette stood there, her fist balled tightly, shaking by her side as Misaki and Tsubasa tried to get to Mikan, but they couldn't. Luna had shielded her as well as Natsume.
"What do you wish to ask of me?" Mikan then whispered. Misaki stared up at Tsubasa, worried. She couldn't hear Mikan or Luna, and was very concerned for Mikan. But she could do nothing, and that tore her apart.
Nobara watched helplessly on the sidelines, too, and knew that whatever Luna was asking Mikan was not going to be good, because Luna didn't have an ounce of good inside of her...
"I want you to give up your light to me." Luna whispered darkly. Mikan's eyes widened. She shook her head, staring at Luna in horror as Luna swivelled around, grinning menacingly.
"But... I can't... if I give up my light... I'll..." Mikan started, shaking her head as Luna's grin widened, and she turned to stare at Natsume, then pointed towards his unconcious body.
"I can do more than make him unconcious, my dear Pixie winged idiot. You don't know just how powerful I am, do you? All that Angel blood so many years ago made me a lot stronger than what I once was. So strong that I can just kill your precious wizard right now..." she lifted a hand, grinning as Mikan stepped forward, tears in her eyes as she stared towards Natsume. She then went up to the barrier between herself and Natsume, staring at his limp, un-moving body.
"If you don't hurry up and make a decision, then he'll be gone before you know it." Luna told her sweetly as Mikan put her hand against the barrier. She loved Natsume, and after only just realising it, was she about to let him go just like that? To let him die?
But her other option was exactly the same. Except she'd die in his place, for when a faerie of light gave up their light to another faerie, they would eventually fade away, because when there was no light, there was just darkness.
And Mikan wanted Natsume to be happy, even if it was with someone else. So she turned around, the tears she had shed staining her cheeks, and stood up, walking towards Luna who was smirking, pleased with herself as Mikan breathed in, shaking. She then held out her hands, and a small bauble of light started to grow in her hands, and she stood in front of Luna.
"My light is yours." she whispered, and closed her eyes as Luna grinned, suddenly snatching the light away from Mikan's hands. Mikan's eyes went wide as the light drained out of her, and her wings slowly started to stop glittering, fading away as Mikan stood there, in pain as Luna took in every ounce of light that Mikan had, and once everything was gone, Mikan fell down onto the ground, her torn pixie wings returning as she lay on the ground, crying and weak, whilst Luna laughed loudly, and Nobara, Misaki, Tsubasa and Tono all ran towards Mikan, suddenly relaising what she had done.
"You idiot, what did you do!?" Misaki screamed, holding Mikan in her arms as the brunette lay there, eyes closed as she cried silent tears. She didn't say anything, for she was far too weak to talk.
"She gave up her light, of course! All to save one Wizard. I have to say, I admire her compassion for him, but I have never understood this whole 'love' thing, why one person would give up so much just for the safety of another... well, in the case of the lowly maid, an entire family. However, it always makes me chuckle to see someone give up their life for someone who they supposedly care for." Luna cackled as Nobara sat beside Mikan, tears in her eyes. Mikan looked lost and cold, and she felt cold, too. Nobara shook her head.
"How could you!? How could you steal someone else away from me, Luna!?" screeched Nobara as Luna walked away, shrugging.
"Because I can." she said bluntly, then turned and looked towards Natsume, suddenly remebering; "Oh, I promised that dim faerie I'd spare him. I never back down from a promise... just like when I promised your parents you'd at least survive." she looked straight at Nobara, glaring at the Angel as Nobara blinked.
"What do you mean!? I thought you killed them because I'd found out your secret!" Nobara cried. Luna smirked, and turned so that she could face Nobara fully.
"Oh, that? Like I'd kill your family because of a secret... no, I never killed them because of that. It was actually you who'd be killed, seeing as you were, after all, the one who found out the secret. But when I went to get you your parents begged me to kill them instead. I just laughed at them, saying that I had no use for them. However they revealed themselves to be angels, and said that they would willing give themselves up for you... and then your siblings had to come along and save your soul as well. I thought that it'd be more appropriate to have a meal than to have an appetiser, don't you think so, too?" Luna grinned dangerously as Nobara stared at her, eyes wide as she shook her head, then suddenly screamed.
"YOU MONSTER!" Nobara's voice bounced off of the walls, and Luna was suddenly thrown back by the sudden power that Nobara had emitted through her anger. Luna was thrown into a wall once again, causing a large dent as Nobara stood up, looking angry, her eyes changing colour. Luna sat up, blinking in shock.
This was the power of an Angel?
"Give Mikan her light back!" Nobara suddenly growled, ascending towards Luna who stared up at Nobara like she was crazy.
"Fool! Why would I do that!? Her light makes me more powerful." Luna then grinned and flew up high, and threw a ball of light and dark combined towards Nobara, who dodged it. The powerful magic had left a large hole in the floor, and something that looked like a warphole. Luna smirked,
"That's for you, Angel! I may have promised your parents that you would live, but they never said anything about trapping you in a portal that leads to the Underworld!" Luna cackled, then dived towards Nobara who quickly took to the air, beating her large angel wings as Luna turned sharply, flying after her.
Whilst Luna played chase with Nobara, Misaki and Tsubasa sat on the ground with Mikan, trying to get her to wake up. She had suddenly slipped into unconciousness, and was slowly fading away. Tsubasa had noticed that her legs were starting to disappear, and Misaki knew that they didn't have much time left.
"If we don't get her light back, she'll disappear, forever!" Misaki warned Tsubasa who's eyes widened. Misaki tried to shake Mikan awake, but it was impossible - Luna had really taken all of Mikan's light, and it would be hard to get it back, expecially with little time to obtain it from Luna.
If only a miracle would happen...
"Mikan..." Natsume muttered, starting to wake up from his unconcious state. He opened his eyes, blinking as he wondered where he was. He then sat up abrubtly, remembering that he had come along to save Mikan, but he couldn't see her...
However, he did see the back of Tsubasa's head, and decided to catch the shadow man's attention...
"Oi! Baldy!" Natsume called out rudely after throwing his shoe at Tsubasa's head. The hat wearing wizard turned, staring at Natsume coldly as Natsume stared back at him with an even colder gaze, "Where's that feather-brained girl!?" he then asked, but Tsubasa looked mortified, and Natsume wondered why. He was going to ask, when Tsubasa moved from where he was sitting to reveal Mikan, who was slowly disappearing.
"Mikan!" Natsume suddenly yelled, and with a jump, he was sprinting towards her, and crashed to his knees as Misaki shook her head, then let Natsume hold her as he stared down at her.
"What happened?" he asked, angry as Misaki stared down at her usually cheerful friend. Tsubasa had to speak, for Misaki was in too much pain to answer Natsume for once.
"She gave up her light... to save you." he answered carefully. Natsume blinked, then stared down at Mikan, shaking his head.
"Her light? What light?" he asked, not believing it. The girl who was usally insulting him and throwing him into a fountain was suddenly quiet, laying there like she was... Natsume couldn't bring himself to think of her that way. She would not disappear! He had come to get her back, not to watch her die!
"She gained wings of light, Natsume... Mikan accepted herself as a Wizard, and a faerie calling herself a wizard is an Elemental Faerie... and Mikan's always been the light of our lives. She's the Elemental Faerie of Light." Misaki then whispered, clutching hold of Tsubasa's arm as Natsume stared at the married woman, then stared back down at Mikan, so cold, so distant...
"But why would giving up her light effect her?" he asked silently as Misaki swallowed hard, then crawled towards Mikan, and moved a strand of hair from her peaceful face,
"Because a light faerie who has no light is nothing... their light is what keeps them alive, what makes them shine... and giving up their light means that they disappear, forever. And Mikan selflessly gave up her light for you... because she didn't want you to lose your happiness." Misaki told him.
"Idiot." Natsume hissed, clutching Mikan's body tightly. Tsubasa looked at Misaki, like he knew what was coming next...
"You're my happiness! Why didn't you realise that?" he hissed, his body shaking as he clutched Mikan tightly. And then a small tear drop fell onto Mikan's lips as she lay there, cold and unconcious. Natsume hid his face, shaking his head as Mikan lay in his arms limply, unmoving as she disappeared slowly.
Natsume then leaned down and put his face close to hers, and Misaki and Tsubasa weren't sure, but they thought that Natsume had kissed the faerie, or at least whispered something to her. When he looked back up, Natsume rested Mikan's body on the ground and stood up slowly.
"Someone's going to pay." he hissed, and stormed towards where Luna and Nobara were, flying in the air as Luna tried to push Nobara towards the portal that would make her disappear just like Mikan...
"Give up, Nobara! You're no match for me, even if you do have Angel wings! No one's better than me!" screamed Luna as Nobara dodged the Dark Faerie again, missing a Dark ball that was hurtling towards her. It put a dent in the wall, but Nobara wasn't concerned about the wall; she was more concerned about Mikan and her friends more than anything.
"No! I won't let you win! You've done far too much, and it has to stop!" Nobara cried back, but wasn't paying attention and was suddenly hit by a powerful ball of darkness. Nobara gasped, suddenly falling fast towards the ground, close to the portal. Luna grinned, but her enjoyment was suddenly replaced by grief when Tono caught Nobara, and the maid blushed whilst Luna screeched.
"Don't you dare get in the way, you useless faeries!" she screamed, putting her hands together then bringing them apart, creating a dark lasoo and bringing it to the ground, trying to hit Tono and Nobara. However Tono was a fast runner, and Nobara was an especially good flyer, so she kept missing.
And then she was thrown off guard by a fireball, and she turned to glare at Natsume.
"You again!?" she screeched, and her face became twisted with anger. "I don't care what I promised to that stupid pixie, she'd dieing, so she won't care if you go with her!" she then created another dark ball, and threw it towards Natsume. However, a sudden flurry of petals created a wall around Natsume, shielding his as the dark ball disappeared into the petals.
"What!? Who dares to intrude!?" screeched Luna, looking around. She then spotted colours of bright, shining yellow and white, and large butterfly wings spreading widely from the back, and she glared at the woman flying up to her.
And then she realised that it was Kina.
"Don't you dare go back on your promise, Luna! I won't let you ruin his life like you've ruined mine!" Kina snapped. Luna stared at Kina like she was a sudden threat, then smirked, folding her arms.
"Oh? And what're you going to do about it, little Miss suddenly-a-Guardian-Faerie?" Luna asked sarcastically as Kina stared at her, wondering what she could do. Luna smirked, like she knew that Kina was still weak. She then laughed.
"Ha! The problem with you, Kina, is that you're far too weak! You were never strong, which why I'm surprised that you have Guardian wings! How did you even obtain them!?" cackled Luna as Kina glared at her,
"The same way you were revealed... by the Light of Truth. This is my true self, and even if you are my best friend... my only friend... I can't let you do this to someone else. Mikan never meant any harm, and even though I was jealous. I never wanted this. I never wanted her to disappear, because I'm not selfish like you. I am actually kind, and I deserve better!" Kina cried as Luna rolled her eyes, then suddenly pushed Kina back before slapping her across the face,
"Boo hoo! Listen up, sweety, no one has ever liked you, so you should feel priviliged to be liked by me, evil or not! No one wanted to be near you, not even your parents! Why do you think they wanted to get you married off quickly, huh!? You're useless, a useless little flower faerie with no friends and no one to love you! Do you even know how to love!? You don't deserve Guardian wings, you're useless!" Luna screamed, and Kina, with a sudden burst of sadness and anger, screamed loudly and Luna's eyes widened when she was suddenly wrapped up in vines that appeared from the ground.
She struggled, even tried to use magic to free herself, but she couldn't break free; Kina was just too powerful.
"I'm not alone... I never have been. Because deep down, you must have cared for me enough to befriend me... because you were there for me even before you knew that I liked him, weren't you?" Kina whispered, staring at Luna as the Dark Faerie stared at Kina, wide eyed. She wanted to deny it so badly, but... it was all true. Luna had befriended Kina before she knew about the faeries crush on Kaname...
"What's wrong with you?" someone asked snappily as Kina sat in a tall field of flowers, crying. She didn't look up, she just cried.
"I-I have no friends, and mommy and daddy have too much work to notice me! I'm lonely!" Kina wailed as the girl standing above her rolled her eyes, then made Kina look up, and the dark haired girl saw the most beautiful flower faerie she had ever seen.
"Stop crying! If you keep pulling that face, no one's gonna like you! You need to be confident, and then people will notice you! And parents always work, so don't bother pining for them! Now stop crying and come with me!" snapped the older, pretty girl as Kina sat there, then nodded in fear. She then took the hand of the girl and followed her. Kina then smiled...
"And now, as a Faerie Guardian, it is my duty to make you, Luna Koizuma, and your family disappear. For the deeds you have done, and for the lives you have destroyed, you and your famil will disappear and never be heard of again. That is your punishment." Kina whispered, and then she flew back gracefully, holding out her hands. She squeezed her eyes shut as Luna stared at Kina, glaring, before closing her eyes and smirking. She then re-opened her eyes.
"Well... it looks like someone finally got the better of me. Who would ahve thought it would be you, Kina? No wonder your true self is a Guardian Faerie... congratulations." Luna whispered, then braced herself as Kina smiled gently, before closing her palsm together, and then she opened them, releasing a powerful energy that made Luna and her family disappear quickly, and the whole palace was restored as well, like nothing had happened, like the Koizuma's had never existed.
And all that was left where Luna had once been was a ball of light, glittering greatly like the brilliant person it belonged to. Kina took the ball of light in her hands and flew down towards Misaki and Tsubasa, and smiled as she stared down at Mikan.
"This belongs to you, princess." she whispered, and let go of the light which emerged into Mikan, who then started to re-appear as the light seeped through her entire body, and the broken pixie wings changed, glowing brightly and boldly, suddenly forming into the wings of light that Mikan had obtained until the very tips glowed brightly. And then Mikan opened her eyes, staring up at her friends as they all gasped, looking down at Mikan as she smiled whilst Nobara, Misaki, Tsubasa and Kina all smiled back, and Mikan was thrown into many arms for hugs and rejoicing.
However the one person she wanted to hug the most wasn't there, for he had suddenly disappeared, leaving Mikan to be with her friends...
That's the end of this chapter! The next chapter is probably the last, or the penultimate! Let's see how it goes, shall we? This chapter sure was hard to write, though! MAN!
Lots of love, Blue~