A.N:I guess the last chapter was too short for my taste but I'll try to make it up with this yeah,what do you readers think about Efreet,the fire elemental. I have a forum on my profile page for anybody who wants to put in their suggestions for other names for the other elementals and the names of their weapons,or you could do it in your reviews.(your choice)
Disclaimer:I don't own anything in the story that's related to Winx Club and Star Ocean:Till the End of Time.I only own the Ocs and the plotline
(Red Fountain,Argus' Room)
"Whoa....." was all Argus could answer plus drooling a bit as he laid his eyes on Reina in her new outfit,a purple satin top with ruffles which showed her middle and a black cotton skirt which became longer at the back,since the skirt was a tad too large for her petite waistline and it was kept up by two leather belts which crisscrossed and the belts themselvesselfves had a few pouches for keeping who-knows-whatever items it contained,and to finish the ensemble,a pair of elegant knee-high boots. Reina was blushing as she saw Argus ogling her, "My my....someone looks ravishing.."Sera was awake from her nap and had a mischievous glint in her eyes and gave a kiss on Argus' cheek which had the desired effect,Reina's face was bright red...not from blushing but from embarrassment,anger and jealously while Argus just gawked at his friend who just got up and went over to his closet and took out a package and threw it over to him and said, "Better get dressed,it's your new Instructor uniform...oh yeah I think a summon for battle should come after a while,so get suited up quick..."
Sera winked at Argus before exiting the room,leaving the two to their thoughts, 'What was Sera thinking....planting a kiss on my cheek,who is she...my girlfriend ?' Argus unwrapped the package and saw a uniform similar to Sera's but it was for boys and had a something extra,a pair of armbands and his face lit up with delight. It had a note attached to it:
'Hope you like it,the battle-band 1000 has every equipment that a Specialist needs,just think it and you'll have it. Your friend and instructor,Rylon.'
Reina eyed Argus' new accessory curiously and thought. I wonder if it has a sword in it or something and just as she touched the edge of the armband,it projected an image of an energy sword and materialized which fell into Reina's open hand. Reina dropped the sword which turned off and the handle which was a bit heavy by the way fell onto Argus' toes that were unfortunately unprotected causing Argus to wince,trying to hold in the pain.
Reina looked worried,"I'm sorry,is there any way I can help,get you some healing salve,fetch your boots ?" Argus was massaging his toes which were now purple. "No thanks,it's ok.....oww,that hurts!"Argus yelped as his toes started bleeding slightly but Reina chanted a healing spell, before a warm light covered the cut which simply closed up and disappeared as if it was never there,"Thanks...."Argus looked at Reina and saw her looking straight at him,right into his eyes and he into her's.
Argus unconsciously moved his hand and tipped Reina's head closer to his own. Reina's heart was racing and her mind was panicking 'Oh my god!Argus' going to kiss me and this time it's on purpose.' Reina closed her eyes,hoping for a real kiss this time but a loud call came into their minds All Specialists,prepare for battle!I repeat,prepare for battle!Trevor Pyris is now engaging the enemy on the outskirts of King's Cross! Argus quickly grabbed his new uniform and got behind the screen and began changing as fast as possible. Reina looked disappointed as she never got her kiss. 'I was so close too....I guess it wasn't suppose to be a kiss after all....'
(Battlefield,outskirts of King's Cross)
Trevor was cleaving his way through the masses of enemy,the hostile troopers shot several times at Trevor but he just performed feats of acrobatics to avoid them and fired his own blasters in rapid succession at nearby enemies. The only problem was that he was immediately surrounded,but Trevor's eyes had a glint of rage in them as Trevor just jumped into the air just as they opened fire and shot down their own 'men',Trevor put his sword and blaster away and pulled out two powerful-looking rifles and started shooting. With each shot,Trevor was propelled into the air until the rifles started overheating. Trevor just threw them away as if they were bombs at the clusters of soldiers and exploded,taking a good chunk out of the force.
He then took out several boomerangs and threw them expertly while he was still airborne,each projectile took down at least two to four soldiers but their wounds just healed up when they unexpectedly stood up again. "What the!"Trevor suddenly realized as he saw that the soldiers he 'killed' were actually larvae reforming into more soldiers. Army of Decay... Trevor nonetheless pulled out a broadsword and prepared to fight but when he landed,his sword was knocked out of his hands and saw a man clad in battered armor with a lethal-looking blade in his hand and he smiled which showed a pair of fangs. Altough the odds of Trevor's survival had decreased,he quickly made a grab for his sword and turned it back on,ready in a battle stance. "You want a duel eh....very well....The rest of you,carry out the mission. I'll deal with this whelp!"Trevor's eyes bugged out when the man sprouted bat-like wings and his skin became dark and rough,he grew claw-like nails,horns grew on his head,he grew a snout complete with fangs and a long tail lashed out at Trevor who fortunately,saw it coming and tried blocking it but all it did was earn him a broken sword. Demon... Trevor knew that he wouldn't be able to defeat such a powerful being alone but he could stall until backup gets here. "Flame Sword!" Trevor yelled as he conjured up a ball of fire and it took on the shape of a sword. "Alright!Let's rumble!" Trevor smirked as he once again jumped into the air for the initiative to deliver the first blow.
(Alfea,Headmistress' Office)
Shara Faragonda was having a meeting with some of the teachers and faculty,they included Barbetea,the libraian,Ms Du Four,the one who teaches students manner,Prof. Wizgiz,the Metamorphosimbiosis teacher,Avalon the Magiphilosophy teacher and of course Griselda,the self-defence magic teacher and 'assistant' to Shara. "Alright everybody,listen up the Specialists had given me their report of what's going on at Red Fountain...from what I could figure out-"Shara was interrupted when the door slammed open and Rosa rushed into the room "Headmistress,I have...a message...from Palladium...." Rosa gasped for air before regaining her composure and continuing her words. "Palladium asked me to tell you this,a night elf had appeared a while ago,trying to kill Lusiz.."
Shara along with everyone else gasped at the information and bombarded Rosa with questions, "Is she alright ?" "How did a night elf get past the specialists ?" "What did the night elf look like ?" "Stop!" Avalon shouted,causing every person in the room to be quiet. "Now..please continue Miss Rosa." Rosa blushed as any girl would blush at the 'handsome' Avalon before starting again "As I was saying before,the night elf had escape,Lusiz now has Prof. Palladium guarding her along with a round the clock-shift from the specialists,they believe that Lusiz might hold important information....I think...that's all..." Rosa finished as a pixie bunny flew into the room,and into her arms. "Oh Kiko,what am I suppose to do with you(yep,Kiko is alive and kicking,and yes he's a pixie animal,check the series)..."Rosa tickled the cute pixie bunny and exited the office,leaving the school staff to their thoughts.
(Adquistes,Guard Post)
"Heal!....Alright,that should close the wound."Fayt wiped off the sweat from his face,his mind was strained from the healing spells he casted on the wounded guards. "Thank you kind sir...but can your friends handle the remaining monsters..."the guard flinched as he irritated a wound that hasn't completely healed yet. "Don't worry,me and my friends have dealt with worst before." Fayt turned his attention a few yards outside to see the android cut down the last monster.
"By the way,what are your names. After all,we need to know the names of our rescuers of course..."the other guard who had the least injuries asked Fayt as he 'produced' a bag from a cabinet. "My name's Fayt Leingod,the big guy is Cliff Fitter,the scary-looking one is Albel Nox and the guy in the red jacket is..uhh...I mean Izak Lastelle...." Fayt quickly made up a name for the android and he earned curious looks from the guard who held out the bag to Fayt and said "Here...take it...it's a way of saying thanks for the rescue....it has about 2000 Magix-Credits inside...I also noticed that your money is different from ours so this should help you out. Fayt took the bag gratefully as he bowed to show his gratitude, "There's no need to bow,my brother and I are simple guardsmen,we earn more than that amount each month due to the obvious risks." Fayt saw that the two guards had similarities and thus must've been brothers. "I thank you but can you tell me where we are,we're kind of lost..." the brothers laughed and began the procedure to open the gate as they help out the palm of their hands as beams of light went towards the gate as it automatically opened. "Welcome to the shopping city,Adquistes!"Fayt and company minus 'Izak' gawked at the brilliance that was Adquistes. Hover-cars and Hover-cycles zoomed over their heads and several people of different races and species mingled around the beautiful city.
"I think we have time for a little shopping." Fayt muttered but just enough for his group to hear. "Izak frowned and informed Fayt, "But sir,what about the mission." Fayt replied, "Izak,I believe we could secure a transport around here so be patient." Cliff looked at Fayt as if he had a screw loose, "Izak ?Why you give the robot a name for ?" "The guards asked some questions,I had to do something...Hey,where's Albel ?" they turned to see him checking out some katanas that were for sale and a group of girls were trying to flirt with him but Albel just shrugged them off and continued examining the swords that were on display. Fayt smacked himself on the forehead as he noticed that Cliff had went into something that resembled a pub and Izak was going around asking people questions about transportation."Ughh..Nothing ventured,nothing gained ...."Fayt walked towards the nearest shop to start his 'shopping'.
(Pixie Village)
Ninfea was playing a card game with a pixie little bear in the town square where the flower of life was,and she was losing to the pixie animal, "I guess I win this round..." the bear said in a sleepy manner as it put down his cards, "Royal Flush..." Ninfea frowned a bit but smiled as she handed the pixie bear a cookie as he took it and ate his winnings. Suddenly both of them shuddered as if a cold breeze blew by. "Did you feel that ?" the furry pixie looked up into the sky and saw a strange sight,
"Dragons,Great Dragons(1),I thought they're hibernating....only something big could cause them to abandon their hibernation cycles..." Ninfea nodded as she saw the Great Dragons flying towards the forest regions of the Wildlands,the only other place on Magix that could suit their needs. "Wonder what's going on.....Livy..Livy..Li-ahhhh!"Ninfea dropped her cards as Livy,the messenger pixie was right in front of her with a look of excitement on her face with a look of excitement on her face "Whatwhatwhat!Tellmetellmetellme!" Livy spoke her words so fast that it was close to gibberish so Ninfea had no choice but to splash her with her cup of tea. "....Sorry...it's just that it has been a while since my last delivery assignment...So what is it you want me for....oooo dragons,big dragons..."Livy admired the dragons as she had completely forgotten about Ninfea.
"Uhh...Livy ?" the minifairy nudged the messenger pixie slightly, "I've got a letter for you to deliver...to the other Codex Keepers.."Livy's eyes lit up with excitement and instantly grabbed the three letters that Ninfea had somehow finished during her moment of admiring the dragons,before pulling out her staff and conjured up her hover-board and sped off towards the closest location,Cloud Tower...
(Red Fountain,Hanger gate)
Several specialists were rushing about,some were boarding aircrafts from the standard fighter to the enormous aircraft carrier which carried four spare fighters and two jet-stormers(2)while a few others were getting their dragons and the rest who were merely mages helped prepare the one who were heading out to battle and among them was Rylon Ortedus.
"Alright people...Hustle!Hustle!Hustle!Intelligence says that the enemy is radiating high energy signatures,we can't be too careful. Let's move out!"Rylon jumped into the cockpit of his fighter,ready to launch at the command of an unknown specialists but Rylon was guessing who it was going to be.
(Red Fountain,Courtyard)
A large number of WindRiders were revving up as their riders were tense for battle and Sera Slifer was at the second behind an empty Space-Binder(3)but a young man in the instructors uniform jumped into it just as the Space-Binder's program activated and started covering the man in armor but it left the man's head without a helmet,he turned around and smiled at Sera as he put on something like a headphone, "You know you'd kissed me on the cheek back at my room right.."
Sera just giggled and replied "So,...did you kiss her yet." "Not yet but I was so clo-Hey!How did you know.....never mind..All riders ready!Let's ride!All assigned air support squadrons!Launch!"from the 'headphones' a helmet was formed as his new Battle-bands shined as he sped off with several other specialists behind him as well as a small fleet of airborne units.
Reina just stood at the gate and saw Argus just as he passed the gate,even with his helmet on,she held her sights on Argus as he sped of on his Hover-cycle. Please come back safely.... Reina's hair was swept sideways by the wind,giving her a look of forlorn.
(Dream-Dimension)
Bloom was standing before the knights who except for Efreet decided to keep their true forms hidden. "Your highness,are you sure that giving him the power of fire at such an early time is wise....after all,fire is like the embodiment anger,hatred,malice,desire,passion..."
Bloom continued the knight's words "..and love...even undiscovered love can be so close to you,there's a chance you'll deny yourself that feeling....unfortunately,Argus is such a case...let's hope that it's just a phase...or else he'll never be able to access the full potential of the catalyst....."Bloom returned to Skye's open arms as they returned to the portrait and to 'heaven' to rest.
The knights just stood there thinking,then one of them,a knight in aqua-blue armor that looked quite feminine which showed that the knight was a female. "I wonder if we could give the young protector hints of the future-" Efreet slammed his fists together and yelled "That's impossible!It would disrupt the trust Lady Bloom has in us....then again...if we do this subtly...we could pull it off,Thank you Milady."Efreet bowed towards the female knight before signaling for the others to return to their dwellings..
(Diplo II,Outside at the site of the Battle)
Everyone was dressed in spacesuits two lines of ten carried rifles while the rest of the crew were in one large group and each one of them carried multicolored flowers folded from paper. Jake was wearing a unique suit,it was like a standard suit but more form-fitting for an officer of high rank,through the helmet's radio he spoke these words, "We have come here to do our duties,we came here with more than 1000 men and women...In the last battle,we've lost more than half the number,they lost their lives in the line of duty....we offer a memorial to them."
Jake gestured to the crew as the riflemen fired their rounds into space as the others released the flowers from their arms,the flowers drifted off towards the wrecks that were the ships that had been destroyed earlier. The same thing occurred at the other remaining ships,hundreds of paper flowers floated from them as they also performed the ceremony under Jake's request,he saluted at a nearby wreck that was the Starlight which had its hull punctured by the enemy's laser blasts and it literally sucked the air out of the ship before parts of it started exploding for unknown reasons.
Jake maneuvered his way towards the wreck and found oddly enough,the captain's seat that his uncle had sat in when he last saw him alive and not far off was an escape pod. Could it be... Jake quickly activated his jet-packsand flew to the escape pod,Jake activated the controls outside and saw through a monitor screen his uncle and a few others from the Starlight. "Thank goodness..."Jake sighed in relief that his remaining relative was still alive...injured..but alive.
Author's note:Well this should make up for the short chapter I last made,and here's the explanation in detail:
1.)Great Dragons:Larger than the regular dragons that the specialists train,only specially talented specialists could make a pact(4) with these magnificent beings,also some have known to have lived for thousands of years and have gained the intelligence that could be compared to a scholar.(Imagine the dragons from the European paintings or better yet,the dragons from the game Star Ocean:Till the End of Time)
2.)Jet-Stormers:A more compact version of the Red Fountain fighters,outfitted with small laser turrets for fast of the little jets you see in the series but smaller and with more guns(hehe...bang bang)
3.)Space-Binder:Another of the Hover-cycle series,unlike the standard WindRider,the Space-Binder is far more advanced as it has an internal program that gives it's riders protective armor as the speeds that it can reach would cause the riders to either black-out from the G-Force or if it exceeds it's limit,the riders might become victims of second-degree burns through friction unless protected by the armor.
4.)Pact:The ritual where the person who wants to make the pact,in this case a specialist. There are two main ways of obtaining a Great Dragon's trust,one is to challenge it in combat and win but only a few successful pacts were obtained this way and all of these were made by the Templar Knights of the Fortress of Light,which of course Orwen Cordatorta had succeeded when he took the trial to become the Lord Templar. The other way is rare as the process itself,although simple...the dragon choses the right person to make the pact with but the Great Dragons are quite picky and been known to either examine the person and leave him alone or if the person was corrupt,he would either scorch that person to death or just swallow him whole,if the dragon seeks a pact with a human,it would usually be a person with a pure soul and it is hard to come by as the Dimension of Magix is diverse..but if a person of such qualities should show up,a Great Dragon would show itself and ask the person if he or she would want a pact with them,most usually accept,as it shows the Dragon that the person respects his offer...but should one decline,the dragon would either leave you alone and asks of you to never reveal his location...or he'll just erase your memory of the encounter.(pretty much the same thing)
Author's note:Well...that was a long explanation but it'll save me some space in the next few chapters.
Now this is Argus456 signing off.