Me: Yess!
Aqua: I thought you were sad.
Me: I was.
Aqua: So why are you so happy?
Me: I have more time to work on this story! Sol! You have been selected to say the disclaimer!
Sol: Yinyangsymphonian owns me, Dark, and Twilight and nothing else.
Me: Yay!
Sol: Is she okay?
Aqua: She's fine.
Angelic Rebirth Ch. 8
We eventually decided to stock up on supplies before we went any farther into the city. Sial followed me around and refused to leave my side, Gale flew around the roof tops when the wind wasn't that strong, and Necro refused to come into town. When we got to the shops we split up. Emil and Marta went to get food supplies and I went to get weapons and armor. When I got there the only person there was the shopkeeper.
"Hello! And what can I do for ya?" He asked me with a smile. I smiled back.
"Hello! I was just looking." I said. He then showed me what he had. I got everyone new weapons and armor. I still had some time before Emil and Marta were done so I wandered around a little bit.
I smell something good. Sial barked dreamily. I looked around to try to find what Sial smelled. It wasn't long before I spotted the Katz Guild.
"Is that what you smell, Sial?" I gestured over to the guild. Sial barked happily and ran over to the guild. I ran after him.
"Meow! Welcome to the Katz Guild!" The Katz said "Your friend looks like he's ready to evolve. Would you like him to evolve?"
"Umm…Okay?"
I wanna be a black wolf! Okay? I nodded uncertainly and the Katz did something and Sial started to glow. I covered my eyes and when the light died down Sial had changed.
I feel like I can take down anything! He exclaimed. He was now pitch black and his eyes were a bright red.
"You look good, Sial. Now, we should be getting back." I turned back to the Katz member "Thank you." I ran back to where we said we would meet with Sial hot on my tail. When I got back Emil and Marta were waiting for me.
"What took you so long? We were waiting forever!" Marta said.
"Sorry! We found the Katz Guild though." I said
And I evolved! Sial barked.
"Yes. And Sial evolved. Now we should go see the mayor. Come on!" Started to run backwards and accidently bumped into someone. "Sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going."
"It's fine." The man said. Emil came up.
"Are you-" He started to ask. The man looked at Tenebrae and then turned back to us
"It's all right. You two have an interesting creature with you." He said.
"Do I…" I trailed off.
"Yes?" He inquired
"Oh it's nothing." I waved it off
"All right then. You act a lot like an old friend of mine." Marta ran up to us.
"Emil, Twilight, what are you two doing? We're terribly sorry. Are you all right?" She asked.
"Marta, this man, he-" Emil didn't get to finish that sentence.
"This town's changed too." He said. He seemed lost in memories.
"Huh?" Everyone looked at him with interest.
"Excuse me. Are you originally from here?" Marta asked.
"A long time ago. Back then this city wasn't even called Asgard. Sorry. This is my hometown. It brings back memories of back then. It seems they got the better of me. Forgive me." He caught himself from saying something. He walked away and left the city.
"He noticed Tenebrae." I said as soon as he left.
"Are you sure?! I've never seen anyone who could do that." I just nodded my head to answer Marta.
"I wonder who he is. Twilight, do you know him?" Emil asked
"I might of. Before I lost my memory."
"Oh yeah." We walked for a little bit then Marta started another conversation about him.
"I wonder who that guy was. He said some strange things. What a weirdo, I mean it's been a long time since this town changed its name to Asgard."
"Right. No human alive today could live that long. Could he be an elf? Maybe that's how he noticed Tenebrae." Emil continued.
"Yeah but elves and half-elves live only about a thousand years, tops. He must have been teasing us. Jerk." Marta seemed mad.
"He may be older than his youthful appearance would indicate." Tenebrae said.
"He was a half-elf but there was something different about him. Do you know him Tenebrae?" I asked.
"I might but it would be rude of me to tell you more." He dogged the question.
"Maybe it was just my imagination." I mumbled.
"Well anyway we should get to the mayor's house." Marta ended the conversation abruptly. We walked in silence toward the mayor's house. When we got there Emil went to the door and Marta stood on the edge of the man-made cliff. I stood next to here.
"I just don't get it." She said with a stamp of her foot.
"Huh?" Emil looked confused.
"Wind this weak couldn't cause this much damage." I said.
"Maybe the wind is stronger on some days." He replied. The wind suddenly picked up.
"Ahh" Marta screamed.
"Look!" Emil pointed at the sky. The clouds started to form a dark circle.
"Huh?" Marta started to float away.
"Marta!" Emil screamed.
"Emil!" She screamed. Emil grabbed her hand and pulled her back down to the earth.
"We have to find shelter! Let's go to the Mural Cavern!" I yelled above the roar of the wind.
"Sound good. Let's go." Emil yelled back. He started to walk away.
"Wait." She ran up to Emil "It's safer if we hold hands." I rolled my eyes and ran to the cave. When I got there Emil and Marta were far behind me and Sial was out of breath. Marta and Emil eventually got to the cave but I was so out of breath I couldn't tell what they were saying.
"…the wind seems to have died down a bit." Tenebrae cut through my thoughts.
"There are voices outside we should see what's going on." I said standing up.
"Alright." Marta and Emil both agreed with me. We then went outside. Go figure. When we got outside there was a group of Vanguard there. One girl and 10 men.
"Damn! It's Alice." Marta said. Emil and I looked at her.
"Who?" We had identical expressions of confusion on our face.
"A top officer in the Vanguard. We'd better hide." Tenebrae quickly pushed us out of sight. We were on the cliff above them and decided to eavesdrop on them. Why I'm not sure.
"I'm so disappointed you still haven't found Colettie. Poo! Alice is so tired!" One of the members of the group got down on his hands and knees and the girl, Alice I think, sat down on his back. One of the others who looked more important than most of the others knelt down to her
"Ma'am! If you'd just be a little more patient…" Alice brought her toy rapier up and hit the man across the face.
"I just said I was tired. you should know better than to…" She had a twisted smirk on her face as she lifted her rapier up again. "Talk." She smacked him 1 "Back." 2 "To." 3 "Me." 4 times. Everyone in the vicinity flinched except for one boy who was off to the side watching this spectacle. He looked like that one boy in my dream only his clothes had changed. He was wearing all black except he still had metal gauntlets. He had a smirk on his face.
"You should have known, Hawk." He said.
"No wonder you let Mart-Mart slip through our fingers and failed so spectacularly in Luin. Must I do everything myself" Alice walked forward and put her rapier under Hawk's chin and forced him to look up at her "Hawkie are you listening to me?"
"I apologize." Hawk said quietly.
"Hurry up and find that pesky Colettie. I'll be at the mayor's house. Ta-ta." Alice started to walk away.
"Who was that?" Emil asked.
"That's Alice captain of the Vanguard's Combat unit. She's a complete sadist. Be careful around her." Marta answered.
"Well at any rate we can't go to the mayor's house now. Let's go find the Chosen." I offered. Everyone agreed and we set off on our quest for Colette. We walked around and asked everyone we met about the Chosen. We found out that she was visiting a friend she met during the regeneration journey. We also found out where her friend lived. So now we were standing in front of this person's house. Marta had her fists clenched and Emil trying to comfort her. I sighed at this seen and lightly knocked on the door. I heard two people talking inside.
"Someone is at the door." A voice said. It sounded kind gentle and fun.
"Are you sure? Chosen one?" another voice answered. This one sounded raspy and worried.
"Yes, they knocked loud enough for me to hear because I can hear better than most people." The first voice replied.
"Do you want to see them?" the second voice asked.
"I'm not sure. I don't think they mean us harm, Aisha. Why don't you let them in?"
"All right, Chosen one." I heard shuffling and a few moments later the door opened. A woman stood there. She had pale skin and dark blue hair. She was wearing a light blue dress that had dark blue on the sides of her skirt. She also had a belt around her waist. She had what looked like gloves but they weren't quite gloves. Come to think of it she looked like that man we saw earlier "Yes? What do you want?"
"My name is Twilight and this is Marta and Emil. We heard that we would be able to find the chosen here. May we ask her a question?" I said as kindly as I could. She looked over at someone else that was in the house for a second and then she turned back to us.
"Yes, come in." She moved out of the way and we walked in.
"You must be the Chosen of Regeneration. A pleasure to meet y-" I was cut short by Marta pushing past me with her fists clenched.
"Chosen of Regeneration! I have something to ask you." She said. Her voice had a hint of sadness and anger in it.
"Y-Yes?" the Chosen, Colette, seemed nervous.
"Two years ago the world regeneration caused the separated worlds of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla to become one. And during that process a giant fearsome tree appeared in Palmacosta and destroyed the city." Her voice turned into one that held great pain. Where did that statement come from? "I was told it happened because you tried to run away from your task of world regeneration. Is that true?" The last sentence seemed almost like a demand. The chosen closed her eyes for a moment to think then she opened them.
"Yes." She stated. A hint of sadness hidden behind her confident demeanor. Marta tightened her fist then pushed her. A small trickle of blood came down her arm.
"My mother was in Palmacosta when that giant tree attacked! You call yourself the 'chosen'?! You're nothing more than a cowered! How dare you! If you hadn't run away my mother would still be alive today!"She had tears in her eyes after she said this. The Chosen's eyes widened and then she looked down.
"I'm so sorry." That was all she could say before Marta tore out the door with Emil behind her.
"Chosen one, are you all right?" The other girl said moving closer to the injured Chosen.
"Yes. I'm fine." She replied with a smile.
"You're not fine! Look at that blood. You need to get that healed up!" I almost screamed. I hated it when people are hurt and they say their fine. It annoys me that most people do it even when it's as plain as day.
"But-" I cut her off.
"No. I don't want to hear you say you're fine. Here" I tossed her an apple gel and wouldn't leave until she ate it. The wind had suddenly picked up outside. She thanked me and quickly ate it.
"Wait. I hear something." She said suddenly. I strained my ears to hear above the wind and I heard it too. Someone was calling for help. Wait! That voice!
"Marta's in trouble!" I ran out the door. Sial, who was by the door told me what was happening.
The wind suddenly picked up and blew a little boy to the overhanging ruin and Marta went to save him. He quickly explained. I nodded to show I heard and ran for the cliff. Out of the corner of my eye I saw someone with pink wings flying toward the same place I was. When I got to where Emil and Marta were I saw Alice trying to get Marta to fall. Colette Cast angel feathers and got Alice to back away from Marta. I ran forward and was instantly behind Alice with my spear on the back of her neck. My wolf ears flat against my head.
"Leave this town." I growled almost inhumanly.
"W-what are you?" Alice asked scared out of her mind.
"My name is Twilight. Now leave!" I growled.
"Hawkie! Darky! Let's go!" She ordered.
"Y-Yes Lady Alice." Hawk replied.
"No." the other one glared at me. I glared right back.
"Darky?" Alice had confusion in her voice.
"I won't leave until she faces me in battle." He said with a tone that sent shivers up my spine. I kept my glare even.
"Agreed." I said. I removed my spear from Alice's neck and prepared myself for the battle.
"Alright then…Let's begin!" He ran toward me with blistering speed that I almost didn't have time to block. I tried to counter attack but he was gone before I could hit him. I felt his foot connect to my side and I was sent flying toward the cliff face. I hit it hard and coughed up some blood. Before I could recover I was gasping for air.
"L-let…go." I breathed.
"I could." He tightened his grip "Or I could kill you right here. That would end you as a threat." He glared at me then a sadistic grin came onto his face "But where would be the fun in that? I'm sure we will meet again." He let me go and I felt air fill my lunges. I sunk to the ground breathing heavily and trying to stop my body from shaking. "I will leave this town. As promised. But I will see you again. Don't expect me to be so merciful next time." He started to walk away. I slowly got to my feet still shaking. Alice had already left with Hawk. Emil ran up to me.
"Twilight, are you okay?" He looked at me with a worried expression in his red eyes. He was in Ratatosk mode.
"Y-Yeah. I'll be fine after a little rest."I said a little out of breath. Marta came over and Emil instantly went back to normal.
"It's getting late anyways. Let's go to the inn." Marta suggested.
"Right." Emil said. I just nodded my head. We went to the inn and got two rooms. One for Emil and the monsters and another for me and Marta. Marta had fallen asleep the moment her head hit the pillow. I however couldn't. That boy knew me. I'm sure of it. He would have been happy to kill me. I sighed and walked outside. I sat above the endless chasm in the middle of town. It was strange. The darkness below almost comforted me.
How are you, Twilight? Necro flew up behind me.
"I couldn't sleep." I answered looking up at the stars above.
You wanted to know about me? He asked.
"Yes." I replied.
I was forced into this form. I really am a…elf. My eyes widened.
"You are?!"
Yes. And I can't change back until we get to the shadow temple. He replied solemnly.
"We could go there now." I offered.
No. We'll get there on our own. He said.
"Alright."
Well, I'm tired. See you tomorrow! He walked…flew away.
"Yeah." I was out there for quite awhile looking at the stars. I could spot different constellations. The great tree, Flanor's north star and Treit's south, The wolf and squirrel. I giggled. That was a cute story.
The Wolf always chased The Squirrel around the forest. One day The Squirrel ran up a tree that The Wolf couldn't clime.
"Why do you chase me, Wolf?" He asked The Wolf then started to cry.
"I don't know. It's just that you and I are so different I thought it was only natural to hate you."
"Well, we could try to be friends?" The Squirrel offered. The Wolf's crying slowed.
"But how? How can we be friends?" The Squirrel thought for a moment before answering.
"We could learn to accept each other's differences." He stated confidently. The Wolf nodded and The Squirrel jumped onto her head. "Then let's go!" The Wolf and The Squirrel ran off to play.
I giggled again. Now that I think about it. That story is perfect to teach people to respect each other's differences. Sigh. Now if only people would actually listen to the story's moral instead of ignoring it. Well, it's getting late. I should be getting back. Tomorrow we have a lot we need to do. I went into the room as quietly as I could. I was out like a light till dawn.
Me: Gasp! I wrote a fable!
Sol: You did?
Aqua: That story sounds (I cover her mouth)
Me: Don't give it away!
Sol: Please review and tell us what you think.