Chapter 2.
S0 during the fight East was cut on her leg. But she still fights on until the monster gives in and then gets a slice on the stomach. She then says the same spell and this time the monster becomes a young man. He looked like he was around 19. When East sees that it was a man she blushed for a bit but then went down to the guy to help him out.
"You are ok now." She states to the young man. "Please do promise me that you won't use EOS magic. You may have lost your girlfriend but using that kind of magic is forbidden and VERY dangerous," she then says to the guy. So after that she gets out some clothing for the man and teleports him home. She then returns to the river for a while to heal up the wound on her leg. Orphen then walks up to her to see if he can talk to her but she senses him, turns around to smile at him, then she calls out
"ONWARD TIDAL!" when she called out, a water dragon that can FLY comes out from the sky and East jumps onto the dragon and flies off.
(Break)
Orphen walks back to the camp and there he meets with a worried Cleo. "ORPHEN! Are you ok? I heard a monster come," Cleo said to Orphen.
"I'm fine Cleo. The dragon of the east came again and fought the monster again," he said to Cleo.
"SHE came again and saved YOU? Now I wonder. Why is it that when YOU are attacked SHE is there to destroy the beast?" she then starts to ask.
"I have no idea Cleo. And why is it that the monsters when they were defeated they became humans? And SHE always says something about EOS magic. What is EOS magic?" Orphen then asks himself.
So after that everyone goes to sleep. There we see the girl who wears the mask standing on a tree branch just out of sight from the others. When everyone went to sleep she then sat down on the branch and watched over one specific person. Orphen…
Then she hears someone walking behind her.
"I see that you have found me out," she says. Orphen then walks out from behind the bushes and states to her
"I have actually known all along. Ever since the time we went to Harrow village," she then becomes quiet but the silence is broken by another one of Orphen's questions.
"Who are you?" he asks.
"I cannot tell you my name," she says with a little giggle in her voice. "How's about you ask me something else?" she then asks playfully.
"Ok then… why us?" he asks her.
"Because you are someone I want to protect," she says as she starts to run towards him. She then stops and Orphen is surprised that she has him in an embrace. He breaks free of the embrace and then jumps back.
"What do you want with me?" Orphen asks.
"All I want is this…" is what the girl says before she leans in a kisses his lips. He is EXREMELY surprised at this as he seems to remember the feeling of these lips before.
During the whole thing Cleo found out that Orphen was awake and went out to figure out where he went. She found him and was NOT happy with what she was seeing.
"ORPHEN!" Cleo shouts out. When the girl heard it she lets go of Orphen and calls out "TIDAL! COME FORTH!" then the same dragon as East's comes out from the sky; she jumps onto the dragon and says "Farewell Orphen. I know that someday we shall meet again," and off she flies into the night.
Orphen then turns around and sees Cleo upset. He tries to console her about what happened but she was too horrified by what she saw to even care. "Cleo… CLEO!" Orphen then shouts out. She responds and he gives her the story.
"Oh so that's it. Well at least I know that she came onto you. Not the other way around," Cleo than says.
"Ok then. Now that we have that settled lets head back to camp," Orphen states to Cleo. They walk back to camp where Majic is holding a note where it says it is for Orphen. He takes the note and it reads "If you wish to find the lair of the fair princess, head to the castle that is head due East, there when you reach the golden castle atop the lake, ask for the lady in the fair blue dress." Cleo then looks at Orphen to see that he is reading deeper into the note. "This note is a riddle," Cleo then says to Orphen. "I think I might know what it means too," she states.
"What does it mean Cleo?" Orphen asks. Cleo could see that he was determined to find out the riddle.
"What it means that if you want to find the girl you met before. We must go east and find Lake Azurai. There a castle will stand at the lake and we must ask for the lady in the fair blue dress." Cleo sure did give a full explanation on that one but Orphen was thankful that she figured it out.
"Alright then! We go to Lake Azurai tomorrow!" Orphen proclaims to everyone. Cleo smiles as she enjoys seeing Orphen with his determined face sometimes. And so that night they go back to sleep.
(Break)
The next morning they were all packed and were heading to lake Azurai. During the trip they had to past through a ghost town.
"I'm not so sure about this Orphen," Cleo says shaking. Orphen laughs and says "it's ok. Just stay close and we will be ok," so they walk through when another Eos monster attacks the group. Again East shows up. But this time when she tried to hit the monster with her sword it went through. "so you're a ghost Eos!" East says to herself. The monster then lunges at East but she dodges the attack. "Looks like this is a job for the ANGEL!" she shouts out.
Orphen wondered what she meant by that but then was awestruck at what he saw next.
East takes out a heart shaped pendant which had jewels on it. She kisses the pendant and she transforms into THE ANGEL! This form she had white wings, a halo and white robes on.
"Now to kill you beast!" Angel says. She fights the monster with her superior magic skills then the monster is defeated. She says the conversion spell and the monster transformed into a guy. She blushes again then heads down to the guy.
"you are ok now." She states. "please don't use EOS magic. It nearly killed these people." The man looks at Angel and he promises not to use it. She sends him home using a teleport cloud then turns around to Orphen and says "You will find out everything when you find the home of the Princess of the Stars." Orphen tries to get to Angel but before he could get to her she opens her wings and flies away.
(Break)
So after that ordeal they go again to find the princess of the Stars. Orphen wondered what that meant then Cleo came in to break the silence. "I know what Angel means by princess of the stars, Orphen," she says with a big grin on her face. Orphen wondered why she was so happy. Then he figured it out.
"You don't mean the same girl that is in the note?" he asks. Cleo nods and Orphen is then even more determined to find her.
So now they near Lake Azurai and they all see that there is indeed a large castle at the head of the lake. Orphen then rushes to the door with Majic and co. in pursuit. They arrive at the door of the golden castle and knock on the door.
They hear someone walking to the door and then it opens where a butler was standing at the door. "May I help you?" he asks.
"Yeah. We got a note saying that we were supposed to come here," Orphen says to the butler. He hands the note to the butler and then the butler calls out "Princess! These are the people you sent for!" they hear another set of steps coming down the stairs and they see a girl that is wearing black leather pants and a blue long sleeve shirt with crescent moon and stars on the chest.
"Ok Howard that's enough. And stop calling me "Princess" call me by my name thank you very much," she says to Howard.
She then turns to Orphen and co. and introduces herself.
"Hi there!" she says with a big smile across her face.
"I'm Sapphire Katsia. Also known as the Princess of the Stars. But just call me by my name thank you," she explains. When Orphen heard her name he suddenly has the girl in an embrace.
"Hello to you as well Mr.Orphen. Good to see you as well." She says hugging Orphen back.
"You don't remember me?" Orphen asks. Sapphire just looks at Orphen strangely then gives them her story.
"I am the princess of the planet Katsia. It's a long ways away from here but I can get there whenever I need to. I came to earth as a way to do my soul-searching journey. During my trip I found out that I am a goddess in training and have eternal life until I finish my mission on earth. So while on my travels I did some singing in order to make money and people thought I was great so I continued. I then went to the Tower of Fang to learn sorcery. There I met someone that I loved very much. But I had left the tower a few years later due to my journey. 3 years later and I meet up with my love again. But for 3 years I stayed with him. After the end of the 3rd year an Eos monster came and attacked him. I sacrificed myself to save him. I have been reborn but the fact is I can't remember who I loved so long ago." She states to the group.
Everyone was surprised to hear the story and for some reason Orphen was the one who understood most.
"Well I'm going to go to my hot spring to take a bath. If anyone needs me just come in." Sapphire says and she walks off. Orphen then runs straight after her as if he wanted something from her. So now Sapphire is in the hot spring and she gets in. she hears footsteps and sees that it's Orphen standing there. She blushes FURIOUSLY and hides under the water.
"Sapphire!" Orphen calls out. "I need to talk to you," he says.
Hearing what he said she comes up and says "what is it?" in a shaky voice. Orphen then says to Sapphire. "Mind if I join you?"
Sapphire goes 20 shades of red as she heard that and reluctantly accepts. So Orphen comes in with her and they talk.
"Sapphire. I'm the one you loved all those years ago. I thought that you were dead but now I believe what you said that day." He states to Sapphire. She just stares at him and then turns around saying "Are you sure? I may not remember who it was but somehow some part of me wants to believe that," she then turns around and takes off the blue headband she was wearing. It reveals something that is scribed in sorcerous runes. Orphen then remembers something.
(Flashback)
"SAPPHIRE NO!" Orphen calls out to her. But Sapphire was too injured and too busy to hear. She was destroying a class B Eos monster. After the fight both the monster and her lose their earthly bodies and die.
"Sapphire! Why?" Orphen asks himself. Then a bright light comes out and it's Sapphire. "I love you more than anything else in this world Orphen. Please understand that. I will return but my memories of you will be sealed away. When you find me I will have your name in sorcerous runes backwards. When that happens you will know what to do." The spirit says then disappears.
(End Flashback)
When Orphen remembered that precise moment he knew what the runes were. THEY WERE HIS NAME BACKWARDS! So he leans in to kiss Sapphire but she was refusing wondering if he was going to do something improper to her. She runs to the other side of the spring but that was a mistake. She was cornered by Orphen and so he kisses her lips. Something happens to Sapphire when he did that. Her memories then had something new come to her. They were of Orphen and Sapphire's time together. She got her memory back and kissed him back passionately.
When that was done they parted from each other both panting for air. They get out and get their clothes on. Then they head into the castle. "I FINALLY REMEMBER WHO IT WAS THAT I LOVED SO LONG AGO!" Sapphire shouts to everyone.
"Good for you Sapphire," Cleo says with a smile. "So who is the man?" Cleo asks. Sapphire smiles happily with Orphen sitting next to her and says "It was Orphen!" Cleo was shocked to hear that. So shocked that she fell out of her chair. "ORHEN!?" Cleo shouts out. Sapphire just sat there at the dinner table smiling. Cleo sat there glaring at Sapphire the whole time that they were having dinner.
So after that they all went to bed. But before Sapphire went to her room she went to Orphen and asked for something.
"Orphen?" she calls.
"Yes Sapphire?" he replies. Then Sapphire asks.
"Can you please stay with me in my room tonight?" Orphen was a little uneasy when he heard that but he accepted because it was Sapphire who asked him. So they go to Sapphire's room and when she opens the door Orphen sees a bed and a large suspension chamber. "I forgot to mention…" Sapphire says "I don't sleep in a bed. I sleep in my suspension chamber inside special fluids that help to replenish my body's needs." She states to Orphen. "I will sleep in there. You sleep on the bed over there ok Orphen." She says pointing to the bed next to the chamber but only a few metres away.
"It's ok. I can make do." He says to Sapphire. Sapphire then gets undressed and goes into the chamber.
"Why do you need to be undressed Sapphire?" Orphen asks.
"I must be like this so that my entire body can FULLY take in the fluids properly." She explains. He nods and goes into his bed.
(Break)
During the time she was asleep Sapphire dreams. In it she dreams of everyone around her cheering and calling her name because of her stardom. Then Orphen walks up to her and kisses her. But then something goes TERRIBLY wrong. It suddenly goes dark and she starts having a nightmare. Everyone but Orphen disappears and when she sees Orphen he turns around and starts walking away. "STOP! Orphen! PLEASE IT'S ME!" Sapphire is calling out to him but he is not listening. He walks away with Sapphire chasing him. While the nightmare ensues outside Orphen can see what is happening to her and he finds something on the chamber saying "if Sapphire is having a nightmare. Press the red button to open chamber."
So Orphen is frantically looking for the button. He finds it and smashes it. The chamber opens and Sapphire comes falling out. She tries to get up but is shivering from fear but is too scared to even get up. Orphen seeing her fear comes running straight over to her. Hugs her and then take her to his bed. "It's ok Sapphire." He says trying to reassure her but to no use. So Orphen sets Sapphire in his bed and then he takes off his shirt and goes into bed with her. Again he hugs her but not letting go this time. As she starts to feel the presence of someone familiar Sapphire starts to calm down and go into sleep.
"I sure hope nothing bad happens tomorrow morning," Orphen thinks to himself.