-1Magic Knight Rayearth
Left in Cephiro
Chapter III: Lingering in the Darkness! The Weakness in the Hearts of People!
I felt a throbbing, aching feeling. A lingering feeling of deep sorrow and bitter remorse. I've had this feeling ever since I was born.
I don't have a name. I don't know who I am, or why I exist. All I know is darkness, pain, and sorrow. Why? I don't know.
I'm alone, in a vast and endless field of black and gray. For a moment, I thought that I caught a glimpse of some far off paradise. A shimmering palace set atop a cliff. Then I realized the illusion. The land where that shinning palace of hope and prosperity was bleak and dark. The only difference between this place and that is that beautiful castle. Oh how I long to be in that castle. It must be lovely.
Yami...I thought I should call myself that. It means 'darkness.' It's the only thing I've found in this abyss so far. I soon discovered hatred. I despised this world. I cursed the day I was born into it. It wasn't long before I felt jealousy as well. That lovely castle and the people who must dwell within it...how happy they must be. Why couldn't I have been born in that place?
A flickering memory in the dark. Something familiar. Three girls' voices. Three colors: red, blue, and green...or was it...yellow? I vaguely recalled names associated with these voices and brief blurs of color. Light. Water. Wind. The red light...there was an unfamiliar feeling conveyed in the voice of that red light. Happiness? The blue water...conveyed tranquilty and even a hint of selfishness perhaps? The yellow-green wind...she had a logical sounding voice, which at times became annoying for some reason.
However, these voices, these colors, those names, and those feelings, they were no different than that castle mirage. It was something I didn't really know. Something I had only imagined. Oh, but it hurt! The pain in my chest was real! It grew stronger when I thought of these things! I hated it! I wanted to destroy them all! I wanted to rid myself of these thoughts...these feelings and flickering fantasies I couldn't comprehend! I wanted to shatter them like glass in my hands!
Alas, how can I? How can my hatred hope to reach that which does not truly exist? How can I make my sufferings known when I am alone, all alone? All I could do was wander the eternal abyss of endless nothingness.
Then I felt it. A sharp, cold, piercing feeling against my right arm. Blood trickled from it. Right after that, a heated wind blew fiercely into my face. My skin dried and began to crack. Now I knew...I knew I was no longer alone. There was someone else there...no, not just one someone, two someones. They were attacking me...they were trying to kill me!
I became filled with a fiery rage! A black and purple fire began to surround my body! I could feel the power of my hatred and sorrow take form in the flames! I heard a voice deep within me...my own voice! It told me what to say!
"ONYX LIGHTNING!"
An explosion of flames came down from the dark sky like red lightning and struck those whom had first struck me. This allowed me to finally see my attackers. I was shocked by what I saw. Their likeness...was like the Blue Water...and the Yellow-Green Wind, but they were different.
"Who are you," I called out to them, "why are you attacking me?!"
"Who are you? Aren't you that Red Light I keep seeing in my dreams," the blue shadow demanded.
"It would appear that we have all made a mistake. Neither of you appear to be the Red Light or the Blue Water."
So, I realized, that they too, knew of the three figures.
"I believe that it would only be proper for us to introduce ourselves, seeing that we all seek the same three images," the yellow-green shadow elaborated.
"I'll go first," I cried out immediately raising my hand.
I don't understand what made me do that. I didn't want to have anything to do with these people. I just wanted to destroy those three girls...that palace I could not reach. However, I had no choice, I had spoken the words and was obligated to reply.
"I call myself Yami. I've been wandering this endless darkness for awhile now. I've been wandering in search of a way to reach a crystal palace and to crush three girls I've had visions of, particulary, one portrayed with a red light."
"I would prefer to be called Mizu. I too have been in search of a shimmering palace, and I desire to crush the heart of one represented by blue water."
"Then that leaves myself, Kaze. I merely desire to experiment with those three girls, especially the one with blonde hair who possess the aura of a green wind."
"Then might I suggest," an idea having entered my thoughts, "that we work together, to break the barriers of this abyss and seek out these three girls...and crush them!"
We all nodded in unison. Together, we could eliminate the ones responsible for our suffering.