Last time on The Awakening...

Light had been able to wield the Hexsword, when suddenly, he was transported into Subspace, a dimension between dimensions. There he met a suit of armor that will help him improve his magic spells, and also accompany him on his journey within the sword. Light had then woken up inside of Lilly's hut, where he found out that he had take a spill after he pulled the Hexsword out of the pedestal. What will happen with Light and his injury? Find out now!

"...And that's about it, up until now at least." Light said, as he stood up, wincing in pain a little coming from his head. It had happened throughout the story as well; occasionally getting headaches from the fall he took.

"Well then… shouldn't you add on the other orb you had gotten? Where did you get that anyways Light?" Cooper asked, as he got up as well.

"Oh, right, I'll do it back at the village, and I got it from Flaira when we met in the real world." Light said, as Lilly when by Light and helped him walk, while Aqua and Cooper walked behind.

"Oh, so… When should we head out to wherever Flaira and Crystal are? Tomorrow? A week? A month? a-"

"Cooper! I already told you we leave whenever Light feels better. For the time being, you and Aqua keep training with magic, and I'll take care of Light.

"Really Lilly, I feeling fine! We can leave… Ow!" Light suddenly had gotten another headache, and started to tremble.

"I wouldn't call that fine! Look, your headaches are getting worse. All I want you to worry about is getting better. You just leave it to me, okay?" Lilly said, as they all went back to the village.

Light had went back to Subspace that night in his dream. And once again, he had the sword with him also.

"Right… HEY! I'M BACK! YOU WANTED TO TRAIN ME IN MAGIC!? HELLO?" Light yelled, as no response came.

"You know you don't have to be so loud. I'm right here."

Light turned around to see the armor standing behind him.

"Oh, sorry about that… Anyways, so… what sort of spell do you want me to learn? Fire? White mag- Oh, oops... I forgot to add on the white magic orb… Here, just give me a second…" Light grabbed the white orb from out of his inventory, and placed it onto the sword. Like the fire orb, the white magic orb shattered, and had white and pink sparks fly around. After a few seconds, the pink and white sparks entered the sword, changed from a snow white, to a rosy pink. Like the scythe for fire, the sword changed into a white mage staff, closely identical to Lilly's staff. The pole was a white, and had three bright pink claws holding a pink orb in place.

"Much like the fire orb, the white magic orb changes the appearance into a staff. And no, we won't be working on any magic this session all I want you to learn to do is to be able to transfer from normal mode, to fire or white magic. Now, and easy way to do this is to concentrate on that element only. Once you have that down for that element, you should be able to transfer between them very easily. Watch and learn." The suit of armor didn't even flinch: all he did was put his arm out, and almost in an instant, it became a scythe.

"Now you try. Think only of fire and you'll get it in no time."

"Alright. Let's go."

This went on for a bit, and Light was finally able to transfer from normal, to scythe, to staff, in almost an instant.

"Good, very good, that is all for this practice, however, I must tell you something important. Now, as you know your friend, Flaira, was captured by Gias, correct?"

"Yea, but what's that got to do with our training?"

"Simple. You aren't going after her yet. You need at least two more elements, and these mastered before you should even consider going after Flaira. Now, the two elements I want you to obtain are the earth and water elements next. After those two, you're free to find Flaira. The earth element is the closest to you right now; it should be within Mount Parkspark. It's hidden in the caves inside of it. Now, I shall see you later, be sure to use those techniques in battle."

And just like that, Subspace faded, and Light had woken up in the village once again.

After Light had woken up, his head started to hurt a bit, but went away after a few seconds. He looked around the hut, to see Lilly cooking up something; most likely for him and her to share.

"Morning Lilly…"

"Morning lazy bum! How did ya sleep? I have some breakfast for you, so eat up!" Lilly said cheerfully, as she handed Light a plate full of different types of nuts, berries, and even some fried egg. Lilly sat down right next to him, smiling cheerfully.

"Thanks, I'm guessing that Cooper and Aqua are off training again?"

"No, actually, they're helping out our soldiers with some swordplay. So, It's just you and me for now…" Lilly said, as she started to clean up the area where she was making the breakfast, and Light was still eating.

"So, what's our next move? Should we go after- OH GOD LIGHT! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR ARM!?" Lilly screamed, as she ran over to him.

"Oh, this? It's just a side effect to wielding the blade apparently. The blade has you give up a part of your body in return for wielding it…"

Lilly sighed with relief, and looked at it a bit more. She touched it, and stared at it for a bit.

"Uh, Lilly? Could you stop looking at my arm? It's weird."

"Oh! Sorry… Well, anyways, what should we do next? It's your decision, being the leader and all."

"Wait, who decided I was leader?"

"Us three did, we decided since you're the legendary hero, we figured you'd know what to do better than us." Lilly said, as she sat down next to Light again.

"Well… We shouldn't go after Flaira just yet. I have a few places in mind to head to before we go find Flaira and Crystal. Most of them are places where we can find more Jewels of Hex, to increase my sword's power. Do you have any idea where Mount Parkspark is?" Light asked as he tried to get up, but fell back down from the pain in his head.

"You know you really should rest some more, and yes I know where that is, why?"

"Because that's where one of the Jewels of Hex is, hidden deep within the caves."

There was silence for a few moments, and then Lilly finally spoke:

"Alright then, we'll head straight there after your head heals, now get some rest; don't push yourself too hard, alright? I don't want you killed because of your stupid head.

"Alright then mom, good night." Light laughed, as he closed his eyes, and went to sleep.

"Light didn't have an encounter with that suit of armor this time, and woke up a few hours later, just when the sun was setting. He got up, and walked outside to see Lilly standing at the edge of the forest. Light walked up to her, and they both stood there for a few moments, until Lilly finally spoke:

"So… How have you been feeling?"

"Fine… What are you doing out here? Just looking around?"

"Yea… I guess you could say that… I just like to look out into the forest sometimes, it helps me relax, and keep me from being so flirty…. But I just can't help myself, you know? Whenever see someone, like a cute boy, I just become overwhelmed with emotion… You know?"

"Yea, I can imagine… But, you know, you're beautiful just the way you are. Sure, you can be extremely flirty, but maybe some guy out there would like to have that."

"... Heh, you make it sound so easy, to find someone to love and they love you back…"

"Well, maybe you just haven't been looking hard enough…"

Light then did something he thought he'd never do: kiss Lilly. Even though it was a kiss on the cheek, Lilly still blushed like a rose.

"Think about it, see ya tomorrow." Light said, as he went back into the hut.

Why did Light suddenly kiss Lilly? When will Light's head wound heal? And will we ever find out who the suit of armor is? Find out next time on THE AWAKENING!