Chapter 9
Pov: Lily
As the bell rang signaling the end of the day I stood up and packed my bag.
" So when will we begin training", Ichabod asked me after everyone but the seven of us remained.
" After school on Friday, but I don't know where would be an ideal spot for training," I said.
" How about the Masonic Cell, there's plenty of space in there", Ichabod suggested.
" That'll work", I said.
The Following Friday
" Alright who wants to transform first", I ask looking at Lucy, Kyla, Luna, and Yuki.
Theres no response as everyone but Luna takes a step back.
" Crap", I hear Luna say quietly.
I chuckle softly, before saying, " When you transform your outfit will change, also your weapons will appear on your belt. So to transform all you have to do is say that you are the archer of, whatever you are. Does that make sense?"
Luna nodded in understanding before shouting,
" I AM THE ARCHER OF HARVEST"!
We all watch as a glowing dark purple lily appears around Luna, when it disappears Luna is wearing a forest green shirt that's longer in the back, with purple sleeves and pants underneath the shirt, with black cuffs and boots.
" Wicked", I say before continuing, " Now while Lucy and Kyla are transforming I want you to look at this". I hold up three pages of paper.
" This contains spells that pertain to your power, this will show you how to pronounce the spell, what it does, and how long it lasts. Luckily last night I translated these from Latin to English so you guys can read them. So the spells will work in both English and Latin it's just that some are easier to say than other depending on the language. Also you can only use your spells when you have transformed otherwise the spells won't work.
" Can I go next", I heard Kyla ask.
" Sure", I said.
" I AM THE ARCHER OF PEACE", Kyla shouted.
Again we all watched as her symbol appeared glowing in front of her, it resembled a circle with a crescent moon floating above of what looked like an ocean.
" Um okay why do I look like Katara from Avatar", I heard Kyla ask.
" Um well your transformation tries to be as modern to the time period as possible, and since your Peace and Water you look like a water bender.
" So why doesn't Luna look hopeful or something", Kyla asked.
" Hey", I heard Luna reply.
" It's different for every archer", I answered trying not to giggle.
" So I guess it's my turn now", I heard Lucy ask.
I nodded looking at Lucy.
" I AM THE ARCHER OF LIFE", I heard Lucy yell.
I watched as Lucy's symbol, an eight pointed star glowed in front of her. Lucy stood there wearing, in what resembled a yellow corset. She wore a yellow skirt with a light green, almost transparent skirt over it with a train in the back. Her yellow sandals had green and yellow ribbons intertwining up her legs to resemble a boot.
" Cool", I hear Kyla say.
" My hair has green highlights, is that suppose to happen", I heard Lucy ask.
" Like I said it depends", I answered with a shrug.
" Also you guys don't have to yell to transform, remember at certain times you guys have to be subtle at transforming otherwise you'll just attract the horsemen", I added.
" Should we have code names so the horsemen don't know our true identities", Abbie asked me.
" Well I mean the horsemen already know you three", I said looking at Abbie, Ichabod, and Jenny before continuing,
" I think we should probably call each other by our element, and for me you can call me Cho or something."
" Alright now let's move on to fighting", I say before casting a spell to make three figures that resembled ninjas.
" Alright so since I already trained Yuki, I decided the best way to train you guys would be to have you fight live enemies. So Lucy I need you to bring these magic dummies to life. They are actually made out of wood so if any of you guys somehow light them on fire, I brought a fire extinguisher. Are you ready Lucy?"
Lucy nodded at me before saying,
" Breath of life make these dummies come to life".
I watched as the dummies slowly started to get up on their feet, as they all looked at Lucy.
" Well I'm surprised that was an actual spell", I heard Lucy say.
" Alright now for future reference you could just say Anima which is the same thing as breath of life its just shorter if you're in a hurry. Okay now tell them to follow my orders," I tell Lucy hoping to not sound too harsh.
" Follow Lily's orders", I hear Lucy say as she points at the dummies and then at me.
POV: Kyla
" Alright now you guys will try to destroy these either by fighting or using your spells. These dummies won't attack you until I tell them so for now they'll just try to defend themselves," Lily told us.
" Okay quick question how are they gonna fight us once we destroy them", I ask looking at Lily.
" Me and Lucy can always make more with our powers", Lily answers holding up a box of pencils.
" Wait a second you mean to tell me we're gonna be fighting pencils", I ask.
" For practice yes and it tooks me years to master this spell that transforms them into dummies", Lily answered with a smile.
" So are you guys ready," Lily then asked.
" Well I guess I'm ready as I'll ever be", I answer shrugging.
" Alright then attack", Lily says looking at us before turning to the ninja dummies.
" Defend yourselves," she tells them before turning back to us.
" Remember though this training is more so each of you can learn to fight don't forget teamwork".
I nodded in reply before taking out my bo staff as one of the dummies walked up to me. As it approached I twirled my staff before aiming for its head. Right as I was about to hit it, it blocked my staff quickly pushing it aside. Next I go for its arm as it blocks me again.
" Ugh," I groan loudly.
" Don't go for an obvious spot when someone's on guard remember use the element of surprise," Lily told me.
I nod as I again go to hit the dummy in the head with my staff, as it moves its arms up to defend its head. I send a swift kick to its ankle knocking it down.
POV: Lucy
" Good job Kyla, " I say as I circle my dummy, with my nunchucks out.
I release one of the handles and swing the nunchuck above my head as I go to hit the dummy's arm. As one of the handles hits the dummy's arm, I scream in surprise as the dummy quickly grabs the handle and flips me over in the process.
" Shit is it supposed to be able to do that", I ask Lily trying to slow down my racing heart.
" Well it is suppose to defend itself", Lily answered with a shrug.
POV: Shadow
" Stop calling me that", I say angrily.
" Well it's what your father wants us to call you", Jeremy replied.
" Ugh", I growl in response.
" You could call him Ichabod Jr. to piss him off", Cobra suggested with a smirk.
I saw Jeremy stiffen as he yelled,
" I heard that, you tattooed freak".
I chuckled softly before getting up, just as I was about to walk through the door I heard everyone say,
" Where are you going"?
I turned around to see that everyone was standing up looking at me.
" What the hell, I'm just going to my room," I say angrily.
As soon as I got into my room, I started to play my electric guitar. Slowly strumming the tune of yankee doodle as I waited for something to happen, shortly afterward I heard the heavy sound of footsteps followed by a knock at my door.
" Come in", I shouted still playing the tune.
Abraham walked in, I could tell he was trying to hide his annoyance.
" Shadow could you please not play that infernal song," Abraham asked me.
" Okay only because you said please", I answered before changing the tune to, its a small world after all.
" No not this shit again", I heard Cobra say from downstairs.
I chucked softly as Abraham left the room leaving the door open. I stopped playing for a minute to plug in my guitar.
" Finally he stopped", I heard Cobra say, breaking the silence downstairs.
" Cobra calm down it's not like he's gonna play that song for an hour," I heard Jedite tell him.
" Oh but maybe I will", I called out before resuming the song, turning my speakers all the way up.
" You gotta be fucking kidding me", I heard Cobra say angrily, before I heard a door slam.
I stopped playing for a second, waiting for the sound of Cobra's door to open. I smiled as I heard his door slowly creak open. I counted down from five in my head before, I started playing the song again.
" Dammit", I heard Cobra shout before, I heard him stomping up the stairs.
I raised my eyebrows in surprise wondering what he was gonna do, I saw him glance at me before he slammed my door shut.
" You do realize, I can open my door right", I asked sarcastically waiting for a response.
I heard nothing but a growl in response, followed by the sound of him stomping down the stairs. Bored I stopped playing, looking out my window. I smiled as I saw six figures walking up towards the house.
" Well it looks like we have some company".
Somewhere outside of Frederick's Manor
POV: Yuki
" Are we sure this is a good idea", I heard Kyla ask.
" Well there's no turning back now," I heard Abbie answer.
" Remember the goal right now is to get the garnet and get out of here. If you need to defend yourself then fight otherwise, just try and find the garnet as quickly as possible. Alright let's go," I said before running up towards the house. As I opened the door, I looked around to see if anyone was in the room. I realized the coast was clear and motioned for the others to follow me.
" Okay so who's gonna make sure the horsemen aren't in the next room", Kyla asked.
" Not me", I said almost immediately.
" Not me", I heard Abbie and Jenny say at the same time.
" Rock, paper, scissors, for it", Lucy asked Luna.
" Or I could just say not it like everybody else', Luna answered.
" Crap so I have to check," Lucy asked.
POV: Lucy
I looked as everyone nodded at me.
" This is a dangerous thing Lucy to do, do you want to say any last words," Abbie asked me.
" Well um when you put it like that, you make it sound like I'm going to die", I answered looking at her.
" Well there is that risk, and we all know that, we are here to stop the apocalypse we're not going to walk away from this when this is all over with cuts and bruises. No we'll wake up each morning with scars. We'll wake up in the middle of the night because of nightmares that will haunt us for the rest of our lives. We all know there is the risk of us dying, and we all take that risk because nobody else will. Nobody else is supposed to, we were all chosen for this task. We will try our best to move on, to forget, but we never will. There is a chance that one of us will die, maybe not today but we don't know that for sure. Each day we fight this war, could be our last, yet we take our chance because if we don't, then evil will win," Abbie finished.
Unsure of what to say, I was silent for a minute.
" Lucy is there anything you want to say", Yuki asked me quietly.
" Yes, Kyla..Luna I am so glad that you guys are my friends. After a few months of knowing you guys, I stopped thinking of you guys as friends and started thinking of you guys as sisters. I know this sounds cheesy but it's true you guys are the best friends a person could ask for. And I'm so happy to call you guys my friends," I say before turning around.
" Well here I go", I whisper quietly, walking towards the doorway.
" Lucy", I hear Luna call me.
I turn around to face everyone in the room.
" Be careful.. okay", Kyla said looking at me.
" Okay", I say before turning around and pulling out my sword.
I quietly tiptoed towards the doorway that stood on my left side. Slowly I looked through the doorway and saw nothing. I peeked my head through looking left to right and again found nothing.
" All clear", I whispered.
Now walking fully into the room I see that there is one room on my left and one on my right.
"Shit", I whisper.
" Whats wrong", I heard Jenny whisper.
" There's two doors on opposite sides, if they're in one of the rooms I'll be spotted when I look into one of the rooms," I whisper back.
" We'll take the room on the left, Jenny, Harvest, and Healing will take the door on the right. That way we can look for the Garnet faster," Abbie said before walking into the room.
I watched as the rest of the group walked into the room. Luna and Yuki following closely behind Jenny who had her gun out. I waited as Abbie and Kyla walked towards me.
" Ready", Jenny asked me.
I nodded before going through the doorway. I looked all around the room and saw nothing.
" Okay so far so good, theres nobody in the room just two more doors but they're closed," I whispered.
" There's more hallways over here, we're gonna go check them out," Jenny said pointing at herself and Luna and Yuki.
" Should we have a signal, if were spotted," I ask.
" Just scream the name of whoever spotted you, so we know who knows were here", Luna answered.
" Won't that let everybody know that we're here though", I ask.
" Well yeah but once we're spotted it doesn't matter, since they would already know we're here," Luna responded.
"Okie dokie then", I say before walking to the farthest door.
" Let's see what's behind door number one", I say pulling the door open.
I looked down as I saw a dark stairway leading downstairs in front of me. I switched the light on and glared at the lightbulb which immediately started flickering.
"I'm gonna check out what's down here", I told Abbie and Kyla.
Abbie nodded as Kyla opened the other door and went through. I watched as Abbie followed her, before heading down the stairs.
" I'm walking into a trap I just know it", I think to myself as I continue down the stairs.
"Shit", I whisper as the lights go off.
" Stupid old light bulb…", I begin to mutter. I stop talking as soon as I hear the stairs creak loudly.
I scream loudly as I feel the stairs underneath me fall.
POV: Luna
After splitting up with Jenny and Yuki, I immediately found myself in a long hallway.
" I really hope these floorboards don't creak", I though to myself as I walked across the hallway. Just as I reached a staircase, I heard the floorboard underneath me creak very loudly.
" Shit", I whisper.
" What was that", I heard a voice that sounded exactly like Jedite ask.
I turn to the staircase to see a door that was partly closed. I took a deep breath before running up the stairs as fast as I could. I turned the corner right as I heard the door open. I breathed a sigh of relief waiting to hear the sound of the door close.
" That was close", I whispered under my breath as I heard the door close.
I jumped in surprise as I felt a pair of hands grab my shoulders. I turned around to see Shadow.
" Don't scare me like that", I hissed under my breath, smacking him in the arm.
" You should've seen the look on your face", he chuckled.
I hissed at him in reply.
" So what are you doing here", he asked me.
" Well what are you doing here, are they keeping you prisoner", I asked instead of answering his question.
" It certainly feels that way," Shadow answered with a shrug.
" Are you looking for the garnet", Shadow then asked me.
I nodded in reply. He says nothing as he walks over to a table with a lamp on it. He looks at the lamp before grabbing a part of the lamp and tearing a part off it. Shadow then hands it to me and I see that its the garnet with the cobra symbol on it.
"Wait what", I say confused.
" They didn't hide it very well," Shadow answered with a smirk.
" Thanks", I said with a smile.
POV: Lucy
"Ow... that hurt", I say out loud.
I slowly try to get out of what was left of the stairs that had collapsed underneath me. I groaned slighting in pain as I got up.
" How am I supposed to get back upstairs", I said quietly.
I kicked one of the stairs before jumping back in pain.
" Stupid old house", I mutter under my breath.
I turned around slowly as I felt the barrel of a gun on the back of my head.
" Shit", I whispered as I saw Headless standing in front of me.
" Wait, woah before you kill me think about it. We're trapped down here because those stairs fell. If you lift me up I could then pull you up, and then you can try to kill me because otherwise you'll just be stuck down here. If you decide to kill me now", I say hoping he would agree to the plan. I watched in silence of course because he couldn't really talk and if he was talking I couldn't understand a word he was saying.
" So is that a yes", I ask.
Headless slowly puts his rifle back over his shoulder, before taking a step closer to me.
" Okay so uh if you could just cup your hands like this," I say cupping my hands together to show him.
" And then I step on your hands and then you lift me uppp…." I say as he picks me up.
" Could you of waited for me to stop talking", I ask loudly looking at him.
" Life", I hear someone say from upstairs.
" I'm down here, kind of", I call out.
I grab what's left of the staircase and try to pull myself up.
" Could you lift me up a little higher," I ask Headless.
" What do you mean by kind of," I hear Ichabod ask as he appears in the doorway.
" What're you doing here", I ask starting to panic as I feel Headless let go of me.
" Help me", I say starting to lose my grip on the stair that I was currently hanging on to.
" Oh dear", I heard Ichabod say as he walks down the stairs.
" Careful the stairs are broken", I say.
" Well yes I can see that", Ichabod says in a sarcastic tone.
I try to grab his hand as he reaches out to me. I feel Ichabod try and pull me up shortly before I feel Headless grab my leg.
" Ahh", I scream as I feel myself fall with Ichabod landing on top of me.
" Ow", I say as Ichabod gets off of me.
" Sorry about that", I hear Ichabod say as he grabs my arm pulling me onto my feet.
" Where is he", I ask.
"Who are you talking about, I don't see anybody else down here," Ichabod asks.
"Abraham", I answer before continuing," Now all we need is a little light, suae lucis orbem".
I watch as a orb of light appears from my hand before floating to the center of the room. I look and see Abraham standing in a corner his axe in hand. I jump back in surprise as I heard Ichabod fire at him.
" Get behind me", I say taking out my chakrams.
" Are you sure you can fight him", I hear Ichabod ask me.
" Nope", I say.
Author's note: Okay so first off I'm kinda sorry for leaving it off at a cliffhanger, but I really want to do a Halloween chapter that I'll post of Halloween but I don't know how busy I'll be so I might not be able to post it on Halloween. Also I might post a smaller chapter in between today and Halloween so I guess we'll see what happens. Okay so since I can't really do my coauthor Nightshade2917's drawing of the Sisters of the Light drawing justice with my description, check out Nightshade2917's Deviantart page, there you will find Nightshade's drawing of the transformed Sisters of the Light. Anyway please review and tell me what you thinl. Is Shadow to be trusted? Who exactly is he? And what will happen next. Also sorry for any bad grammar.