Author's note:Since there's nothing to say except,Thank you very much my dear ,now that's out of the way,let the story continue.
Disclaimer:I don't own anything in this story that is related in any way to Winx Club and Star Ocean:Till the End of Time.I only own the Ocs and the plotline
(Red Fountain,Argus' Room)
"Glad I'd kept my old outfits around,....now if I remember correctly,Argus had left some of his in the closet..." Sera dumped a small bundle of her clothes on the bed and looked at the two people sleeping in each other's arms since they moved around in their sleep. "Aww,how adorable they look together. Reina must've sipped a drop of it from Argus' lips...didn't know she was that forward." Sera pulled out another vial of a pink liquid and poured some of it into Reina's mouth and tipped her head up to make her swallow the liquid,the potion had its desired effect when Reina woke up groggily "'Yawns'..I feel so refreshed...what happened..."Reina instantly jumped out of bed when she saw Argus' face an inch from her face.
Her face was flushed red from embarrassment,especially when she saw Sera giggling with delight and she handed her some clothes and pointed to a changing screen(A.N:you know,the screen where people change clothes) "I hope my clothes can fit you cause their the only ones I don't want anymore....oh yeah please be quick,Argus should be wide awake in half an hour or so....if you know what I mean."Sera winked at Reina before lying down beside Argus and began snoring softly showing that she was asleep which Reina didn't notice as she was changing behind the screen but she did get mad for no reason whatsoever and she didn't know why, 'Am I jealous of Sera ?' Reina shook her head to get rid of the notion before continuing changing. 'Am I ?'
(Gates of Adquistes)
Fayt and company had arrived at the scene earlier had been watching two men who appeared to be guards standing there chatting but suddenly a golem-like beast approach the guards with it's fist raised and slammed it down on the guards but they managed to jump out of the way with their spears out,ready to fight. "What is it!" one guard called out to the other one who responded "I think its one of those Army of Decay Juggernaut..."both guards were evading the Juggernaut with difficulty.
While Fayt and his friends were watching the battle a distance away, "Sir,should we intervene."the android asked Fayt,expecting orders from his current superior. "Yeah Fayt,those guys won't last long against that thing." Fayt pulled out his sword and that was a good enough answer for the group as the group readied themselves for battle but Fayt pulled out a small cylinder and a gave it to the android and said "We shouldn't reveal that your an android,this is a laser weapon,just set it for any weapon you want and it will be that weapon." the android grabbed the weapon without hesitation and set it for a large broadsword(similar to the one Brandon used) and waited for Fayt's signal to attack.
Meanwhile to the guards surprise,more creatures similar to the first one came and overwhelmed them,just as the Juggernaut was about to deliver the finishing blow,it was unexpectedly surrounded by a sphere of symbols and exploded,leaving nothing but a small scorch mark on the ground and th smell of burning rot. The guards turn to see their rescuers charging towards the creatures. "Thank god..." the guard said before he passed out from his injuries.
(Location Revealed:Dreamworld)
"Take this!" Argus swung his sword at the knight in a vertical slash but his opponent just deflected the attack with his sword. "Is that all you can do,O Weilder of the Flame." the knight taunted Argus as he shot out a large fireball at the young prince,Argus put his hand up and absorbed the ball of fire and released a blizzard spell against the knight who staggered after being hit by it.
"So your basically fire-based ehh. Glad I took Professor Avalon's lessons seriously. Alright,here goes nothing......Ice Blade!"instantly Argus' hand emitted a cold aura and it enveloped his sword before solidifying into a sword made of pure ice. "Yes!..,only one chance before the spell wears off." Argus had a bit of trouble wielding the sword as the ice tripled the weight but he just ran forward,charging towards the knight who just stood there with his sword at the ready.
"I shall not be defeated so easily!" the knight tried to deny the fact that the balance of victory has shifted in Argus' favor but the knight stood his ground. As Argus swung the massive sword of ice,his opponent tried smashing the ice but all it did was breaking his own sword and expected a quick end....but he didn't get it,he opened his eyes and saw through the slits of his helmet,the icy blade just inches away from decapitating him,the knight just uttered these words, "You passed."
(DiploII,Sickbay)
"Ughh....where am I ?..." Jake's vision blurred before slowly focusing and saw that he was inside the sickbay,his forehead covered in a bandage and saw a medical officer,monitoring his condition. Jake took his time check out the officer's feature,she was a young girl,a cadet probably,she had chestnut-brown hair with unusual eye color of gold,she wore a pair of laser lenses(A.N:a pair of glasses projected from a tiny device on the bridge(nose)holder,if you played Xenosaga before,you'll know what it means,now on with the story),her facial features showed that she was nervous and the fact she was blushing whenever she took a peek at him...or rather his shirtless body. She looks familiar...better ask for her name. "Uh um,what's your name miss?"
The girl was startled but after setting herself upright. "M..My..name.....is...Cecille...Cecille Sanders..." the young medical officer stuttered. "Gagh!..." suddenly it hit him,his head was pounding,the same went for his heart as he grabbed his head,covering his ear trying to cut off the sounds of torment he's hearing in his head. Cecille! Where are you,sister!Father!Mother!Anybody! Suddenly,horrible visions of a child covered in blood crying sadly over three bodies,a man,a woman and a young girl all three were dead with pools of blood pouring out and hovering over the child was a looming shadow with a bloody dagger,ready to kill the boy and when the dagger come down....the boy's cries ended when he suddenly ducked out of the way and grabbed the gun in the dead man's hand and shot it several times until the battery charges ran out.
A fire ignited and exploded,engulfing the boy and the now four corpses and out walked a man,he had an icy glare that could render anybody terrified and mentally paralyzed,his face had a scowl that showed he meant business and to Jake's discovery,the man was himself carrying a bloody sword and his clothes were soaked in blood. The mirror image of Jake was crying constantly calling out the same name over and over,Cecille "'Cecille'...my sister....Nooooo!" the real Jake screamed and the horrible images simply dissolved and Jake found himself again in the sickbay with Cecille(the medical officer)along with Zeak,(his childhood friend)and Kevin Stromwell,along with half the bridge crew watching him in concern, "Hey pal,what's with the screaming back there...did you hit your head harder than we thought?" Zeak nudged Jake in a friendly way,indicating his comment was a joke but instead of shrugging it off as usual,he chuckled a bit which surprised his friend but he quickly 'closed' himself in again and thus returned to his former state of a loner.
Jake asked Cecille what had happened after he had the seizure earlier "Well...um..you fainted and started to call out my name and something about your father and mother...before you began screaming,....you were...glowing.." Jake went wide-eyed at the mention of glowing. "What do you mean by glowing ?" Kevin stepped up and continued the explanation, "When the entire crew heard you screaming,half of us got here to investigate and found you covered in Symbology Runes which Coporal Sanders told us,were glowing..that's all we know." Jake took the time to soak the information in while also putting on his shirt, "I see...what about the Striker..." "Well,besides the power-pack that needs to be replaced,the Strikers still in good condition,man you had us worried when we got you out,bleeding from your head...thought your brain had exploded or something."
Zeak cowered away when several of the crew members gave him death-glares but he ran out of the room when Cecille threatened to cut off his 'roots'.Everyone laughed without restraint,with the exception of Jake. When Cecille turned back to her good-natured and shy self again. "Alright....current business.....funeral detail..." at these words,everybody in the room became solemn as they remembered that they had lost several hundreds of lives in the battle. Jake somewhat pitied them and spoke up. "I'll be doing it,everyone else....please make some paper flowers for the wreaths...its the least we can do for them...."Jake now fully clothed,gestured for everyone to exit the room,leaving only Cecille as this was her workstation.
"Cecille Sanders was it ?....Well...when I called out your name....it actually was my sister's name..." Cecille tried to pick up the conversation, "So...how is your sister now ? Is she beautiful ?" Jake shut his eyes tightly,trying hard not to cry and answered, "Yes....she was....." "Was ?What do you mean........you mean..."Cecille gasped as the reality of Jake's answer, "Yes,...she's dead...along with my parents...don't worry,you're the first person that I'd ever told....would you please listen to my past ?...I need someone....someone to confide in." Cecille nodded and unknowingly,blushed at the same time. "Thank you,now...let's prepare the ceremony."
(20 minutes earlier,Dreamworld)
"What do you mean by You passed." Argus said as he released his hold on the spell as the ice blade cracked and fell to pieces,leaving the longsword as he put it away into it's sheath. The knight he had just defeated began laughing at Argus' clueless face and his armor began changing,it gained more defined markings of the element of fire...flames engulfed the entire knight and it died away just as fast leaving his armor resembling that of a crimson sun. "I said,you've passed the trial of the Flame Elemental,Efreet...my powers are now yours." Efreet declared as he removed some items from himself and threw them into the air and there they remained,a small red shield with the symbol of fire in the center,good attacks rather than defends due to it's size,a long staff which was outlined with a red dragon curling around it,and last but not least Efeet's own sword but it became smaller to fit Argus' needs and in the middle of these items was a small crystal that had a fiery aura surrounding it,
"This shard contains my essence of fire,this hard holds immense power on its own,not even the Codex can compare.....but hear this,the shard is but a piece of the Red Star and with great power,comes great responsibility." with that,the three items converged on the shard and seemed to be absorbed into the shard and it floated down to Argus who let the shard create a string to make a pendant. Argus immediately felt a flood of knowledge on the arts of fire magic pour into his mind,but none of them showed any information on the Red Star only mentioning about a catalyst of sorts,Bloom walked up to Argus and placed a motherly kiss on his head and told him, "Sleep.....the time is not right for you to learn about the Red Star....not yet...now....sleep..." with her comforting words of wisdom,Argus fell asleep,only to wake up in his bed with Sera sleeping by his side and someone changing behind the screen, 'Must be Reina.....was that a dream ?' But Argus found a pendant around his neck and stared at it, With great powers,comes great responsibility..... the words that Efreet told him kept repeating themselves in his mind....at least until "So..how do I look ?" Argus saw Reina in her new outfit and just well, "Whoa...."
Author's note:So,my dear readers....what would you give this chapter from 1 to be honest.
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I guess things are picking up after all. Well...this is Argus456 signing off.