Author's Notes:I've noticed that I've been getting more hits on my story lately which means people are still reading my 'crazy idea' of a story. Altough a review or two would've been nice but who cares....right?Oh yeah almost forgot about the fic.
Disclaimer:I do not own anything that's inside the story that's related in any way to Winx Club and Star Ocean:Till the End of Time.I only own the plotline and the 'Ocs'.
(DiploII,Launch-Bay area)
Jake had just changed into a pilot's suit,the suit itself was a light-blue jumpsuit with the insignia of the Federation on the left side of his chest. Jake walked through the entire room,ignoring the other fighter-ships. He stopped walking when he reached a panel on the 'wall' and pressed a sequence of commands into it,after a while the panel responded by sliding into the wall which wasn't a wall at all but a large door which was used to house a hanger which the 'Prototype Fighter' was kept at. The fighter itself was easily twice the size of the others,despite it's mass,it still looked sleek and compact with its space-black paint-job making it an excellent fighter,in theory at least.
Jake would've continued admiring the fighter but the ship trembled again from enemy fire which was unfortunately the damage caused by the blast damaged the device which created the gravity for the hangar thus Jake started to float around. "Damn!Got to get to the cockpit." Jake put his helmet on and somehow maneuvered his way through floating tools,almost getting hit by a tool box before getting to the fighter and gotten into the pilot's seat and started activating the Fighter. "Now if I remember the designs correctly,the Operating System uses Symbology to operate,alright here goes everything...."all of a sudden the Fighter began to glow a bright blue then the aura faded away as if it never happened before a monitor turned on.
"Welcome to the Striker. Please state your name and official rank." an electronic voice came from the built-in speaker in Jake's helmet. "Huh?....'I see,the Fighter has Artificial intelligence' My name is Jacob Cain and my rank is Commander." the computer beeped a response. "Acknowledged .Now converting all system control to Commander Jacob Cain and self-deactivation of A.I." Jake immediately started the Striker's engine and opened the hangar door remotely and blasted off to battle.
(Alfea,Argus' Dorm Room)
"Alright,my old uniform still fits."Argus was admiring his uniform when all he heard a rustling sound in his closet. Being cautious,Argus pulled out his energy sword and activate it. "Just in case..." Argus assured himself as he silently walked towards his closet. He prepared to open the door,the sound increased. "Here goes nothing." Argus flung open the door and just as he was about to bring down his sword.
"Aaahhhh!" a scream from inside made him think twice about his actions as the person who screamed was.. "Reina!What are you doing in my closet!" Argus was confused as how Reina had gotten here. Reina was covered in a pile of Argus' clothes and the occasional un-mentionable. "Well......umm..er..hehe. Let's see...I wanted to use a teleportation spell to get to Rosa's room faster but I messed up....when..." Reina blushed a bit before she could continue. "When...when what?" Argus pulled Reina out of the pile so that she could explain better. "Well,...the spell needed me to imagine myself at the location but somehow.....the image in my mind got changed from Rosa's room to you...."Reina became embarrassed and blushed a deeper shade of red,fortunately Argus didn't see it as he was busy clearing up his clothes.
"I see...but how come I showed up in your mind when you wanted to go to my sister's room." Argus was curious about Reina's mishap with her spell. "Umm...Wait a minute,why are you in that suit?" "Well..I'm going to check up on Red Fountain." Reina's eyes widened at Argus' casual response. "So....wanna go with me?" Argus grinned at her and held out his hand while his other hand opened up a portal to Red Fountain,Reina smiled happily and grabbed his offered hand and they went into the portal.
(Cloud Tower,Courtyard)
The witches were a bit tense since they saw the explosion from Red Fountain,a portal appeared with their headmaster coming out made them feel relieved and a bit surprised as ten Red Fountain students followed behind walked up to the Headmistress.
"Ms Griffin,what happened at Red Fountain.....and why are they doing here?" but when she pointed at the spot where the specialists were but they were gone. "Huh?Where did they ?" as soon as she said that a specialist approached them and gave them a report, "Ms Griffin,my squad has just completed the check-up on the security system,and I'm pleased to say that everything is up to our standards. We will now patrol the vicinity for trouble." the hero bowed down before he ran off to his fellow heroes and heroines in training to begin their duties,to protect the Magic Dimension.
(Skies over the Wildland,aboard the Eagle)
"Cliff,are you sure that this place is deserted."Fayt had a worried look on his face,to his left,Cliff,was a muscular man wearing skin-tight black combat suit,he also had blond hair which was graying a bit in a few places, "Yeah I'm sure,my instinct tells me that. Why?" before Fayt could answer another man entered the cockpit,it was a 'scary-looking' man as he had blood-red eyes,unruly black hair which ends in a pale-blond tips and to top it off,his left arm where an arm is suppose to be,a metallic gauntlet outfitted with lethal-looking claws for fingers,his name,Albel Nox a.k.a Albel the Wicked, "Hmph!Your so-called instincts always lands us in danger you fool."
"Hey!Whatcha had say that for,my hunches always got us out of trouble!Geez..why couldn't someone praise me like,"What a great plan Cliff"or"You're a genius Cliff!" or something like that." Fayt frowned at Cliff. "If memory serves right,wasn't that your 'instinct' that almost got the Diplo blown up when your 'instinct' told you that going through an asteroid field would be fun,or how about the time your 'instinct' got us lost when we were visiting Nel on Elicoor and you just had to insist on setting the teleporter's coordinates and sent us to the middle of a dragon's nest or how about the time.." Cliff quickly put up his hand in front Fayt and his face was a bit green, "Alright,alright I get it already,man there sure were a hell lot of those critters....my skin still crawls from that experience."
Cliff wanted to drop the subject but Albel grinned but in a maniacal way, "Yes,there were a lot of those 'maggots' around weren't there...it was fun wasn't it,you know....killing them,slicing off their little heads,ripping apart their wings and the best part was when we practically disemboweled their parents,and their guts poured out just like that." Albel was having fun reminding Cliff. "Then the smell they emitted,mhmm,the smell of victory...or the rotting carcass of our victims." Albel's 'smile' was getting so wide that even Fayt was getting freaked out.
"That's it,I'm gonna puke!" Cliff sprinted off to the back off the ship. Fayt quickly took over the controls, "Well that was amusing." Fayt tried to ignore Albel's comment but he seemed intent on annoying Fayt, "My,my..that he sure couldn't handle the thrill of that victory...I'd wager my good arm that even your 'wench' could handle better than that maggot. Don't you agree?" Albel smirked when Fayt reacted by twitching slightly and..,
"Don't you dare insult my wife!" he was about to slam a fist into Albel's face,the ship began a nose-dive towards the ground which cause Albel to fall down,Fayt didn't as he was secure in his seat trying to control the ship, "Computer what's going on!" but nothing except static came out of the computer's speakers. "Damn,we're going to crash,brace yourselves!" Albel immediately strapped himself into his seat while Fayt struggled to control the ship.
(Red Fountain)
The battlefield was empty except for the heroes and heroines who participated in the battle, a lot of them were injured but not too severe as to be fatal. Saladin was having a conversation with Cordatorta, "So...old friend,what brings you here. Shouldn't you be back at the Fortress of Light?" Cordatorta smiled, "Hah!The knights I brought with me were graduates from here and they wanted to get out of that 'happy&peaceful' place." Cordatorta made gestures like fluttering his hands like wings which made Saladin laugh, "I see what you mean.....so do you have any idea who our so-called 'attackers' are?" "I don't know,my knights are now searching the area for any clues that could lead us to the answer we seek."
Saladin nodded in agreement and turned his sights to the field before them,the area was charred black where the Fire Knight fought,speaking of the Knight,he's back to being Trevor and is currently caring for the wounded,still unaware that he's the Fire Knight at all. "Excuse me sirs." a knight from Cordatorta's group came up to the two men. "What is it soldier?"the knight gave Cordatorta a piece of charred metal, "This was a weapon of the enemies but it does not contain any trace of the enemies aura but it does contain the remnants of Dark magic that originated from the UnderRealm..." Cordatorta was speechless so Saladin walked up to the knight,
"UnderRealm..any idea who could be using such forbidden magic?" The knight bowed down slightly in respect, "We don't know for sure...but we're trying our best but it seems that nothing remains of our enemy only this thing was found." the knight turned his attention to his Lord,(a.k.a) Cordatorta, "Milord,what are your orders now?" Cordatorta thought for a moment and he smiled and replied, "Half of our group will stay behind to care for the wounded while the rest goes back to the Fortress and inform the others about the situation....oh,and I'll be among the ones staying behind."the knight seemed a bit surprised at his lord's command but regained his composure quickly, "Of course,I'll inform the others." the man walked away just as a portal appeared out of nowhere and just at that moment something fell out of the sky towards the direction of the Wildlands.
"Whoa!What the heck was that!" everyone within an earshot turned their attention back to the spot where the portal appeared and in it's place were a Red Fountain student and a young girl by his side,both staring off into the distance where the 'object' fell,both of them seemed to be oblivious to the fact that a lot of people were staring at them....
(Unknown Location,?Chamber?)
The chamber was old and musty with the centuries of being unused but if anyone looks carefully enough,they'll see that the chamber walls are decorated with faded tapestries,each one featuring the symbol of the elements of the universe but at the back of the room holds a larger tapestry...one that hasn't yet faded,the particular 'cloth' featured a mural of Dragon's Fire and it's previous and current protectors including Bloom and a spot currently constructing a portrait of Argus through an unknown magical source and in the center of the chamber,a pedestal was there and on it rests a ruby-red crystal.
Suddenly,three figures appeared,then the crystal started to glow, "The time has come....for the keeper of the Flame...to carry out his duties." a voice that was female came from one of the figures,only the outlines of the figures could be seen,then another of the figure stepped forward and from the figure's silhouette,it was obviously a man, "But will the keeper...be ready for the intense power..of the gem ?" then the tapestries in the glowed and seemed to have become sentient and spoke in perfect unison 'The keeper of the Flame shall be ready,in times of need the keeper's hidden powers shall reveal themselves' then just as the 'voices' came they disappeared.
As fast the three figures started to fade away but as they faded away, one of them spoke, "I hope he can handle this..." but before the other female voice could finish her words,she faded away and became a sphere of light and all three spheres floated toward the Dragon's Fire tapestry and each one disappeared into a portrait, one of Daphne the Nymph and the other two entered the portrait of Bloom but if a person looks even closer,they'll notice that Skye is also in the portrait embracing Bloom,then the glow of the 'crystal' dimmed but still retaining a faint glow.
A.N:Well,well,the plot thickens...(or maybe the secrets I already gave out ruined the moment...oh well)anyway,I think this is the longest chapter I ever did(for now),so....flame me,criticize me,or just whatever you please,just remain civil.
Well this is Argus456,signing off