Chapter 7: Damaged heart.
"I..."
Before Veloria made her choice, a strange atacker starts firing at both armies.
"What?!" Ryoma yelled.
AmyCamila saw that a fireball was headed to Xander.
"XANDER! LOOK OUT!" She yelled. She got in Xander's way, protecting him and taking the attack in the spot near the heart is. "AH!"
"SISTER!" Takumi saw his sister's action and he and Piko rushed to her to see if she was fine.
"Are you ok?!" Piko asked.
"I'm fine. Don't worry." AmyCamila said, but she didn't know that a purple fire was seen in her chest for 4 seconds.
"Father must be proud of his goals. Let us defeat these vermins." Xander said.
"How unusual of us to fight together, but We have no other choice." Ryoma added.
"I have to do something..." AmyCamila thought to herself.
Before the battle started, Jakob, who was missing since the incident of the Bottomless Canyon, appeared.
"Lady Veloria. I have been looking all over for you ever since the inccident of the Bottomless Canyon. Is everything ok?" he was panting.
"Jakob? Everything is far from ok. We're starting a battle." Veloria said.
"A battle? Do not worry. The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
It took 33 minutes, thanks to a lot of reinforcements, but the battle has ended. And AmyCamila, Takumi and Piko stand by the lake.
"Are you sure you will heal?" Piko asked.
"Of course I'll heal." AmyCamila said. "You may throw the towel anytime you want just because I'll be lying, but that won't stop me from healing."
"I may agree with you for that, Sister, but you need to be careful next time." Takumi answered.
"You worry a lot about me..." AmyCamila sighed. "Even though it's because we're family."
"Does this have to do with Veloria's choice?" Piko said worriedly.
"You even know what will happen. It won't matter which side Veloria chooses, she may or may not be by our side." Takumi explained.
Piko felt relief upon hearing that.
"Thank you, Takumi." he said, and he went back to Hoshido.
"What will happen if I'm no longer myself?"
"Don't worry about it, sister. We will always be with you, no matter what happens. After all, like you said, we are a family." Takumi commented, with a smile.
"Takumi... I..." AmyCamila felt silent, leaving the young archer silent. "Takumi... I guess I have no choice but to believe in you. Let's go back to Hoshido."
"Right. Ryoma or Luka might be worried sick if we're gone for to long." Takumi added.
And Takumi and AmyCamila left the plains.
Meanwhille with Veloria and Jakob, Lilith arrives.
"Lilith. Just in time." Veloria greets Lilith.
"Wait, Lady Veloria! That's not Lilith, is it?!" Jakob was surprised.
"I'll explain later." Veloria said.
Then a bright green light appears between them.
"What is that light?!" Jakob was even more surprised.
"I'll explain that later as well." Veloria said.
And so, the two, and Lilith, were sent to the Astral Realm.
"Um, lady Veloria. What is exacly this place?" Jakob asked.
"I'll explain for you, Jakob." Lilith answered.
One explination later...
"So we're in a place called the Astral Realms, right?" Jakob asked Lilith.
"Yes." Lilith nodded. "This will be your home during your journey, Lady Veloria. The path you chose may be hard, but I will stay by your side."
"Thank you, Lilith." Veloria added.
And so, Veloria's journey to find a way to heal her cousin starts.
To be continued...
