Chapter 4: New Faces, & Well, Stuff That's New! Okay, Not Entirely New…
Raziel's P.O.V
We heard a deafening crash, then the flames on the doors disappeared. When Melissa & I entered we saw why we heard the noise. Zephyren had failed to stop the 4 story spire from collapsing. Rubble was everywhere, & in front of Zephyren was about 5 feet of molten rock, ash, & charred earth. He was on his knees in his human form, his head bowed.
"Zephy?" I heard Melissa call. Zephyren looked up at her, confusion in his eyes, as if he didn't know what or who he was.
"Yeah…" He said it more like a confirmation. He got up & walked past the people piling in the room. "Are you two okay?" He asked, the look not disappearing from his eyes.
"Yes" I answered, then I glanced back to the burnt soil. "What happened?" He didn't seem to understand the question altogether.
"What do you mean?" He turned & pointed to where Jesse was buried. "Isn't it obvious?! I couldn't stop it!" He was practically shouting now, Melissa started to look afraid, she looked at me, I nodded. Neither of us, in all the years we had known Zephyren had seen him like this.
"Calm down for a second, that's not what I meant…" I took a breath, smelling the blood coming from Jesse's body, what I wouldn't give to drink that……I shook my head. Regardless, I pointed to the charred & melted earth. "What I meant was how did you do that?" He didn't need to follow my finger to know what I meant, everyone was glaring at him, Kratos & a purple haired female entered at this point, astonished looks on their faces.
"I don't know how I did it…" He shook his head. "I just remember trying to tell everyone to leave & then the next thing I knew there was a melted pile of dirt in front of me…" He looked at his hands, which were completely black. "I don't think I could have raised the temperature that high…I couldn't have could I?" He asked himself.
"Well, that depends…" The new voice made me jump & as I turned around I saw a man in multi coloured armor appear. His hair was green, though not dyed it wasn't like it was hair either, it seemed more like vines, the torso piece of his armor was made entirely of water, I was able to see his chest underneath & hear his heartbeat, my mouth watered. His shoulder plates were made out flames, his gauntlets were a mix between light & darkness, alternating between the two as if they were vying for power. The leg pieces were made out of earth from what I could tell but my enhanced hearing told me that there was a strong wind around them. Electricity crackled around his body at times. He wore a headband made entirely out of metal.
"Reikourin…" Kratos said. "Can you tell us what happened?"
"I'm sure I could, but" He moved his hand over the crowd. "what I tell you would be the same as anyone else. What really interests me is…" He pointed at Zephyren. "The Prince over here." I looked at Zephyren, he was shocked.
"Why? What's so special about me?" He questioned, I could tell he was afraid, not of Reikourin.
"Could you come with me for a moment Zephyren?" He held out his hand. "I'd rather speak to you alone…" He had a sincere look on his face, no, not sincere, more like pity. Like he pitied Zephyren, for being around us.
"Wow, the almighty creator of Eternia wants an audience with me? A teenager?" I saw Zephyren hold a hand on his chest & fake a gasp, I smirked. "Should I be honoured?"
"I don't care if you are or not," He stepped forward till he was about a metre or two away from us. "I need to talk to you alone."
"Fine." Zephyren grabbed Reikourin's hand & vanished.
Keira's P.O.V
After I saw Zephyren vanish I left. I don't know why but I felt I needed to go back to my room. I ran until I was out of breath, then panting, I started to walk the rest of the way when I heard someone behind me...
Melissa's P.O.V
I left the sparring arena shortly after they discovered Jesse buried under the rubble, he was pronounced dead, not really surprised by that. I headed down to the theatre part of the school. After reaching there I headed up onto the stage & went behind where there was a room full of instruments. This place was generally for band practice or people who wanted to learn to play or just enjoyed playing for fun. There was a lot of room so I grabbed my violin from it's casing underneath the loose floorboard where I kept it in case my room got raided & started playing, not really wondering if what I was playing was a song or not. I moved over to the far right corner of the room & played on while taking a seat on the edge of the piano.
Shadow's P.O.V
I eventually caught up to Sonic & right before I was about to punish the faker I was stopped by James. Damn! A metal sheet had stopped my hand about 2 centimetres from Sonic's face.
"Leave him alone Shadow" His hands were up, a bit of strain of his face. "It was a harmless joke." Another hedgehog appeared behind him skipping over towards where I was & pulled Sonic out of my reach.
"Yeah, Shadow leave Sonic alone" She wagged a finger at me. "It's not his fault you started to stutter like crazy when Amy kissed you!" She giggled as I blushed, then I took off. Damn those two, Jenn & James always got in my way when I was getting my revenge on something!
Zephyren's P.O.V
After I had finished talking to Reikourin I headed to the instrumental room where I heard Melissa playing her violin. As I entered she stopped playing & gave me a hug.
"You know" I said as she released me. "I have never played with you have I?" She shook her head.
"Nope!" She said smiling. "Wait, I never knew you played violin!"
"I don't" I laughed & gestured to the piano. "Wanna do a duet? I'll play piano, you play the violin" I sat down in front of the piano.
"Sure, okay" She started tapping her foot. "A one, a two, a one, two, three!" She started playing a melancholy theme, I followed. A girl with black hair hanging down past her shoulders walked in. she was wearing a white t-shirt with a black vest over top zipped up, She wore shorts & a black skirt type bottom with it.
"That sounds beautiful" She said. "Aerith, you were right it's coming from in here" Another girl wearing a pink gown came in.
"I told you that already Tifa" She wagged her finger at her. "But you didn't listen" She looked at us & even though we hadn't stopped playing we were looking at them. We finished the song & they waited listening as the last note lingered in the air. "My name's Aerith Gainsborough & this is my friend Tifa Lockheart." We shook hands. "It's a pleasure to meet you Zephyren"
CHAPTER 4 END
