Chapter 3
Three weeks after Chapter 2
"The time has come!"- Sora said, approaching Julie. The past few weeks Julie has learned a lot; how to sneak, how to climb, and how to fight with a sword. During that time, Julie was a bit more relaxed, and called Sora by his name.
"What is it, Sora?"- Julie asked. Sora had a shadow of worry on his face, while intense rivers of curiosity and excitement where flowing beneath.
"I have taught you how to fight, and before you truly join me, I must put you to one, single test. You must venture to the shadows of your heart, for every has one, to defeat the Dark and unleash the light."-, Sora said, raising his sword "Are you ready?" Juliet was thinking for a moment or two, and then nodded.
"In order to fight the Dark, I must kill you by a stab to the abdomen. You will have 3 minutes and 29 seconds to destroy It, before it consumes you. Do you still want to go through this? If you do not fail, you shall open your eyes for a second and I will heal the wound." Sora finished, looking at Julie, who looked scared, though she nodded again.
"Here goes nothing."- Sora whispered, when his sword was crimson red from Julie's blood. Julie's body was lying on the floor of the Sanctuary, but her spirit was in timeless, infinite, white space. And as she looked up, she saw herself; only in white robes, with black hair. She lifted her sword, and so did Julie. The other Julie was fast; doing a roll getting to the side of Julie, then slashing her in the leg. Julie jumped back fast, yelping, and then kicked the other Julie off, who quickly recovered and threw her sword at Julie, only to miss. Julie was glad her opponent had no weapon, but then the other Julie raised her hand and in it was an another sword. Surprised by that, Julie stopped for a second to move, only to be pierced with the sword in the left shoulder. Panting, she was kneeling, and the Dark Julie was coming near. "Get up! Get up!"- A voice was chanting in Julie's head, as Dark Julie raised her sword. The slash of the sword was coming, but Julie grabbed the sword by her both hands and ripped it from her enemy's grasp. Then, with a wild battle cry and superhuman effort, the sword was lying in Dark Julie's chest. And as blood filled the blade, Dark Julie started to disappear, and conjoin with the sword itself, which started to melt and was now in a black scabbard. As she unsheathed her sword, it's now curved blade shining with dark light and "Julie" was written on the handle. Then she opened her physical eyes, and saw Sora kneeling beside her. The wound Sora had to make was slowly healing.
"That was frightening."- Julie said, looking at Sora tending the wound carefully with healing magic.
"Same here. I was worried you would die, but that story is for later; what happened in there?"- Sora said, thinking the wound he made was too deep.
"I saw my dark self, and I was able to defeat it, and it also changed my sword. What does it all mean?"- Julie asked.
"First of all, you did not defeat your darkness. You can never defeat it. For now it is smaller than the light, but there will come a time when it all will be one. As for your sword, let me have a look."- Sora said, taking the sword. He touched it's blade gently, sliding down to the hilt. There was carved a flaming red stone. Sora then said to Julie:
"Your darkness, as I thought, is not defeated. Yet it does not have control over you. I suppose you could use the darkness, but only in times of need. For know, I must teach you to use other weapons, for I am not as sure is it safe to use that sword. There will come a time when you will be unarmed, and for that you will be ready. You shall learn how to fight, but for now, sleep!"- Sora finished, closing Julie's eyes, who instantly fell asleep, from exhaustion. When she woke up, she felt wonderfull, fully healed and did not feel nor hunger, nor the need to rest.
"How are you feeling today?"- Sora asked.
"Good, thank y.."- Julie was about to say, but Sora lunged at her with a wooden sword in his right, and lightning in his left hand. She dodged Sora's sword slash to the face with a roll to the left, but not quite his lightning bolt, which hit her foot, causing her to fall face down on the floor.
A.N.
So, gonna leave you at a cliffhanger. I will try to update more. Thanks to Gr4yr4in, Infinite Eyes, The Fort That Never Was and SoraIsMyHomeboy for their feedback and support.
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