Abyss of Time By Youkiyra Solar alias Krystal Fox

I do not own anything of Rayearth and I don't get anything from writing these stories it is from my own pleasure that I do this. All characters of Esperanza, Alexandria and Elizabeth are MINE! These are based off of real people so you must ask permission before you take these characters.

Chapter 8 Explainations

Esper smiled at this man waking up, "So you're Clef. Perhaps you can tell us why we are here and perhaps why you took us in the middle of my sword match?"

Clef looked amused and slowly tried to sit up only to wince. Noticing at this girl's waist was a dangerous weapon a sword and a whip, a cat-o-nine-tails whip.

Esper pushed him back down and said, "Your head must feel like a truck with a thousand pounds of treasure just ran over it so if you don't want to see stars then blackness you should stay in that prone position." She said motioning the others to sit also. Alex and Liz sat down shrugging.

"I brought you all here to help save our countries livelihood and world."

"WE WHAT!" Alex said yelling. "I can't save a world much less my hamster that died." (Sorry Alex.)

Clef suddenly looked ill as she yelled and his eyes clouded over, he groaned and cried out in pain. The room went deathly silent.

"What is wrong with him?" Liz asked motioning to poor Clef on the floor. "What can be done to help him?"

Lantis sighed, "He is keeping our country from falling into chaos and destruction. By his will power our country is still together. And he is keeping Eagle out. The only thing to be done is to wait and see. "

"Who is Eagle?" Alex asked now resigned to what was going on for the moment.

They heard a voice slowly rising from the floor. Clef stood and leaning on his staff said, "Eagle is our opponent who used to be one of us. But now is against us, like a civil war in one man. He is out to make every citizen become slaves and all the animals to be killed." Clef said

"And so, what has that to do with us?" Esper asked carefully, stepping away from the Master Mage.

Clef saw a wariness in Esper's eyes like a wolf becoming cornered.

"Girls a long time ago there were three other girls who came into our country at the will of our pillar and saved our country by killing the pillar and her lover. Then one of them became the new pillar and once they left returned to earth and lived though a little over 2 years ago they died. Strange enough the energies that emanated in their souls went to different people and well…" He was interrupted by Esper.

"You mean to say that we are those three girls?"

"WHAT!" Alex screamed, Liz stood there looking rather shocked. Ferio sighed this was going to go worse than they thought so was it?

Clef sighed and walked over to them he was taller than he was before when the knights 1st showed up. He in fact was almost as tall as Lantis he had grown so much.

"Girls," he knelt before them, "You are our last hope, if you can not save us then we will be forced to become slaves to a master none of us wants." Clef gave a sign of fealty to the girls and Esper took a step back then turning looked at her new friends.

Speaking in pig latin to them asked, "What do you think?"

"I think we should do it. NO ONE should have to resort to becoming a slave even if they are strangers that we have no idea who they are." Liz replied in pig Latin.

"I agree, with no chance of survival no way to turn around…WHY not!We can try or die trying." Alex cheerfully added.

"That is what I am afraid of." Esper said softly.

Turning back to the kneeling Clef gave him the sign of touching his shoulder that she received his loyalty. "We shall help you. Just tell us what we must do." Esper said, with Alex and Liz nodding behind her.

Clef smiled and said, "First we must outfit you in armor, and weapons to your liking." Rose and motioned them to follow him. His purple robes swishing at the force of his quick movement. Ferio looked at Lantis and shrugged who would have thought that Clef could convince these girls by a simple act of loyalty.

What these incompetent men did not know was that these girls came from High authority governments and two from countries that still took such loyalties not lightly. While another's honesty and loyalty was highly favored among her people. So little they knew about these three but soon would know and like so much about them.

Krystal Fox: The action the drama Boy do I suck. This chapter was making me yawn! Please tell me it was more exciting reading it then it was (boringly) writing it. Please Ideas need Ideas give as many and as wild as you can think about. Please Hurry!