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Death if Apart

Chapter 4

(Nuri's P.O.V)

I'm breathing hard, wishing badly for a drink of water. Never before had I felt so tired. Then again, I just climbed one not so sturdy cliff made of unstable rocks and did that… How I did it was the question that kept pondering. Also the one about how I'm still alive, too.

When that commander butthead left me to die from falling off the edge, I actually did fall down with the air pushing at my face. I was getting nearer and nearer towards the death giving rocks that I even prayed that it wouldn't be so painful.

Then get this, I stopped. Seriously, one second I was falling and the next I'm floating up in midair. Plus I was glowing. Could this day not be any weirder? At first when I stopped I felt like I was hit splat against a wall and I felt queasy. Oh, come on, you would be too, if the same thing happened to you.

The longer I was up, the longer I felt weaker so I stopped floating and scrambled up on the cracks and edges of the rocks.

So, let's go with the good and bad things that happened today.

The island was attacked and left in utter disaster along with many deaths - bad.

There are still some Faeries alive- good.

I was beaten up- bad.

I got thrown off a freaking cliff- bad.

I survived- good.

My own blood sister, the only one else left in my family, was kidnapped by some dude- major, total devastation of ultimate badness.

So far there's more bad than good, but the last kept on making me feel even worse. My sister is gone and was taken without me being able to do anything useful. This is the best first day of being fourteen (note the sarcasm).

I've walked away by the cliff some distance and was now nearing my house, or maybe I should put land I live on. There was nothing left, but ashes. I was paralyzed. Can anything else get worse?

"Nuri! Are you all right? You're not injured, right?" called out Grodel.

I didn't answer, I was still not moving. In fact, I didn't move until Grodel shook me.

"What?" I yelled.

"You're not hurt, so that means…- where's your sister?" asked Grodel.

My face instantly turned sober as I told him the news. His did too, the more he heard.

"Listen Nuri, not trying to make things worse or anything, but this is urgent. Come with me," he gestured me to follow him. Soon, we were in the village square, or at least what left on it. Many homes of many Faeries were destroyed or half destroyed, but that wasn't what bothered me.

So many of the Faeries were on the ground, shivering, which made it seem unusual, given that now the blazing sun was giving off some intense heat. Some of the Faeries were wounded, but others weren't hurt and yet they were doing the same thing.

"What's happening to them?" I wondered out loud.

Grodel with his sober face just said, "They're dying."

I give him a look that tells him to explain more and why.

He continues, "You and your sister are the main power source of this island. If one of you is gone, the power is decreased to half, but because your powers can only work together and not by being separated, we all die. Already, the changes are starting to take effect. At first, you feel it, and then slowly by slowly, the life of this island is gone. And when I mean all life that includes you and Luna, Nuri."

It takes awhile before it comes in. Yep, things just got worse.

"So what am I supposed to do?" I questioned.

He gives me a look that means- are you seriously that stupid, but then speaks after he sees me still in the dark, "You're going to have to take back your sister and come back here."

I shot him a glance of- you're kidding me right?

"Nuri, you're the only one who can do it," Grodel commented.

"But won't you all die, if I leave? Luna's gone and look at what happens, so imagine me gone, and I have a feeling that it will turn out worse." I claimed.

"Nuri, even if you're here, everything will die. Do you really want to know that their deaths would be your entire fault because you didn't even try to help your sister? Plus I know that you want to help her," chided Grodel.

I sighed because he was right, "How much time do I have?"

"About a month."

"What?" I yelled. That's too short. Trying to find someone in their house is too much time, but trying to find your sister in a world you never explored can take a lot of time.

"I know it sounds short, but let me tell you something, a month in that world is longer than what you think." He must have seen my confused face with eyebrows raised because he continued, "Time is altered, here, Nuri. Our island has time go by faster. We don't know why, but the reason might be because of your powers. "

I thought comes to me and so I say it aloud, "So that means I'm not really fourteen, right? I'm still thirteen or maybe even less than that since I'm not sure how much faster time is. And that means the same goes for Luna."

"You're wrong there," Grodel disagreed. "You're actually fourteen in that world. We did your birthdays the same day they would be in that world. Even if we weren't sure how much faster time is here than other's we still know when they happen."

"How?" I was curious.

"Ever wondered why you and your sister were called Nuri and Luna?" he grunted.

I shook my head, "No. Why does this matter?"

"When we rescued you, a strange thing happened. You glowed and then some light shot out of you towards your sister. Then light came out of her and shot toward the sky. Next thing we knew, the moon appeared glowing like it had never had before. It was a full moon which was odd because today wasn't the day the moon should have appeared and much less it showing it as a full moon." Grodel continued, "We named you Nuri and Luna because of that. Your light reached Luna and she was the moon. When light touches the moon, that's when the moon shows itself, glowing and beautiful. This explains why you two must be together. Without the light, the moon can't show itself and without the moon, light won't being able to show anything of its true power. Now do you understand why we need your sister so badly? The reason why only you can go is because us Faeries won't live a full day leaving this island. We live on your magic. When we found you, there were barely any of us and now the whole island is almost filled with us. In truth, we're weak. We're depending on you, Nuri. Everyone on this island, including your sister, is depending on you. You cannot fail. Understood?"

I nodded and spoke, "I understand. I'll go." This journey will likely not be a piece of cake, but I'm willing to do it for my rescuers, the other ones living on this island, and for my sister.

I quickly thought one thing, I'm coming Luna. I'll bring you back. I won't let you die.

There it is! Sorry, if I didn't go into Luna's P.O.V. I'm thinking about doing it in the next chapter, though. Oh, and one more thing,

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

(Hey, I even wrote more than usual as a gift. ;)