Chapter 10

The next day…

"Shun. Shun. Wake up." Alice woke him up softly.

Shun's eyes flutter open.

"Good morning, Shun!" a pesky voice greeted him.

Shun hurriedly sat up when he saw whose pesky voice it was.

"DAN? What are you doing here?" Shun exclaimed.

"Well… we were looking for you around the woods where you two disappeared then suddenly, Runo fell down the cliff so Dan hurriedly jumped down and saved her, after that, we hurriedly followed them down. Ace got a rope and then we climbed down. We didn't expect that this was the place where the fairies live." Mira said.

"Oh, when did you arrive?" Shun asked.

"Just a few moments ago." Ace said.

"By the way, where's Aya?" Julie asked.

Shun and Alice both look down.

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" Julie said.

"No, nothing." Alice said.

"So, where's Aya?" Runo asked again.

"She's…she's with…she's with Hydron…"

Everyone gasped. "What?" Runo exclaimed.

"Aya came with Hydron." Alice said.

"What? Aya will NOT do that!" Julie said.

"But she did…" Shun said in a low voice.

"Huh? Why?" Mira asked.

"Coz…"

Shun told them the whole story.

"Oh, that's too bad. How can we get Aya back?" Runo asked.

"We still don't know. Besides, we cannot go to the place where the Black Angels live." Alice said.

"Why?" Julie asked.

"Coz the place where the Black Angels live is far beyond the clouds. It is too high for the fairies to fly to. The only time when we can see Aya is when they plan to attack. So we must prepare for the second time they're coming." Alice said.

"So, we just have to wait?" Runo said.

"Yes."

Back to Hydron's castle…

(Aya's POV)

I was standing by the window looking at the vast plain of clouds. I was hit by Shun's question last night…

"Aya, why did you accept the dark fire?"

Why did I? I don't even know and this question is still haunting me. It's clearly not because I love Hydron. I know, I hated him before and now, I really love him. Maybe it's because of that dark fire. But still, I'm happy to be with him coz I know that he'll never hurt me, unlike Shun. He really hurt me a lot. But the Shun I know will not do that kind of idiotic thing. He's smart, he's kind and I know he'll never try to hurt me. But…the Shun back there…

Then, suddenly, someone entered the door, interrupting my thoughts.

"Good morning, my Angel." He greeted while walking toward me then kissed me on the cheek.

"Good morning." I said.

"Is there something wrong? You're more serious than usual." He asked.

"It's nothing."

"Are you sure? Is there something you want to talk about, my Angel?"

"No, it's nothing, really. Just some crazy thoughts that bug me."

"What is it?"

I leaned closer to him and wrapped my arms around him. "It's about Shun." I whispered.

He hugged me back and said "Just forget about him, when you're here with me, you'll never experience hurt again."

"Thanks, Hydron."

"Now, let's go eat breakfast then we'll plan about the next invasion."

"Ok."

Back to Aldenmor…

(No one's POV)

The others went to the lake where Aya was before Hydron "took" her.

"Here it is." Alice said.

"The lake where Aya was." Shun said. He walked toward the lake and looked at his reflection in the water. When the water rippled, he saw Aya's sad face. Shun…

And he also saw her angry face. I'm happy with Hydron coz I'm sure that he'll never hurt me like what you did!

Shun gritted his teeth. Shun, you are such an idiot! He thought to himself.

Alice approached him and said "Shun, what's wrong?"

"Nothing." Shun stood up and walked toward the others.

"I still can't believe that Aya came with Hydron!" Dan said.

"Did she lose her mind or what?" He added.

"Calm down, Dan! Maybe Aya has her own reasons." Runo said.

"Runo's right, Dan." Mira said.

"We should think of a way to get her back!" Julie said.

"That would be hard." Shun said all of a sudden.

"Huh?"

"Aya's mind has been poisoned by Hydron. Or maybe it's because of that dark fire. She only thinks about Hydron. Her former foe, now her friend and her former friends, now her foe." He said.

"Geez, that's hard. Can you explain it in a simple sentence?" Dan said.

"He means that Aya doesn't treat us friends now but as foes. And Hydron is her only friend." Alice said.

"Oh."

"I don't even know how to bring her back. I wish I could just return back time so I can stop her." Shun said.

Seeing that his best friend is having a hard time, Dan put a hand on his shoulder.

"Dude, don't worry, we'll help you bring her back." Dan said with a smile on his face.

"Thanks, Dan."

"We should be planning for their next invasion." Mira said.

"And we promise that we'll help in whatever way we can!" Runo said.

"Great. Thanks, guys." Alice said.

Me: Yey! Chapter 10! Sorry if I posted this late late late! I really got busy. Expect that I'll post the next chapter late again. Geez.

Shun: *sitting down in a corner feeling all depressed*

Me: Shun, what's the matter with you?

Shun: Nothing.

Me: Aw, c'mon, is that about Aya?

Shun: *sigh*

Me: Don't be totally depressed, Aya will come back to you soon!

Shun: Really?

Me: I dunno!

Shun: *sigh* I'm not in the mood to argue with you right now. *sigh*

Me: Oh geez, I need to put up the next chapter so Shun will stop being so emo again! Geeez.

Shun: Ok...*sigh*

Me: *guilty* Ok, I'll end this now coz I can't take this. I'm not used to Shun being this quiet. See you soon and thanks for reading! LEAVE A REVIEW!

Aya: *pops out nowhere* And she would like to thank kitten9322, splitheart1120, Phoenix Warrior and Shadowwing1994 for reviewing the past chapters!

Me: Whoa, Aya, where did you come from?

Aya: Just stop by to say hi.

Shun: Aya!

Aya: Hmp, I better go now. *flaps wings and starts to fly away*

Shun: *sigh*

Me: Sorry, Shun. Well, this is good bye!

~24AyaEevee21~