7.
Sunrises in Diadem are always the most beautiful. Since the ocean returned, the sun reflects off the waters, which correspond with the orange-purple clouds of Diadem. It's not possible to wake up without a smile, and have a feeling of a good day ahead of you.
Gibari wakes up before Savyna, he sees her laying on his shoulder, still fast asleep. He couldn't help but sit up on his bed and stare at her. He never noticed how beautiful Savyna really was, especially now that he sees "The real her". The way the sun was gleaming off her creamy white skin, and her dark hair looked perfect. She had sheets over her chest with one leg outside. She was a silent sleeper, and a beautiful one. Gibari was in awe.
Gibari take a shower and puts on his gear, to look in the mirror, wiping the condensation off the mirror to make some stupid faces, as we all might do, flexing and saying some random comments to your reflection
Making his way back to the room to see Savyna out of sight. The bed was left rippled and the outline where she was laying was still visible.
"Where could he have gone?" He thinks, "I was gone for 10 minutes!" He says to himself.
Gibari went around his place looking for her. It's not that big, so she should either be in the bedroom, front room or bathroom. She was in neither.
"This is crazy, she just disappeared without a trace." Gibari gets paddle and goes outside. He suspects the only place she could be is outside.
He runs outside, "Savyna!" He yells, with her no where in sight. Shorty's grandmother hears and comes outside, "Gibari, what seems to be the matter?" She asks being concern.
"Oh… It's nothing really miss… I'm just looking for Savyna. Have you seen her by chance?" He looks around, "I… Kind of lost her." he mutters under his breath.
She pauses, then it looks like a light bulb went off on top of her head. "Yes I did see her, she went down to the dock!" she says in her old lady voice.
Gibari sighs in relief, wiping fear off his forehead. "Whew… That's great to hear. Thanks ma'am."
"Women are always running from you, Gibari!" A voice swifts by Gibari, thinking to himself where that came from. He looks and see Reblys running the opposite direction. Gibari laughs and walks to the deck towards Savyna. She is sitting on the dock with her feet dangled in the water and her hair tie-free, with a long casual dress. Gibari preferred it like that. He had a big grin on his face while approaching the dock.
"That's how you fish?" Gibari Comments. He sits up against her, her back is against his chest as he sits down on the dock parallel to her. He grabs her hands and guides her how to work the fishing rod.
"That's it…" Gibari smiles, "You've got it now."
Savyna smirks and looks back at him, "I knew that..". Savyna leans her head back on his chest, and he leans in to kiss her passionately. Savyna has a smile on her face he's never seen before. It make him smile just as big.
"Hey, Savyna.. You worried me. Why'd you come here?" Gibari asks, while stroking small fingers.
She turns cherry red, "I… wanted to experiment… for when you aren't here to fish.. I just thought I'd try."
"Ha Ha, If you want to learn more, ask one of the fishermen.. Like Reblys." He gets up, "I'm glad I found you, I have to go to Pherkad to meet with Kalas and Lyude, so I just wanted to tell you.."
Savyna gets up from the dock, pushing her hair out of her face. "All right. I'm going to stay here." She nods and steps aside for him to move. He pulls her closer for a kiss, She blushes again."
"I'll be back soon.. And is it me or have you been turning red lately." he smirks at her.
Savyna gives him a quick glare as her skin turns reluctantly back to a creamy paste. "What was that?" she demands.
He smiles back at her like nothing was wrong as he walks over to Shorty and rubs his head saying goodbye, and leaves Naishra. Savyna watches him leave, shaking her head, trying to hold back a smile.
"Bye Gibari!" the little village kid Shorty yells.
8.
Entering Xelha's house, I was astonished! It looked better than her home in Wazn, more the fact it isn't giving me chills looking at it; literally. The foyer had a fountain with pristine water gushing out, two curved stairs leading up to the second floor, a tall intimidating man in a black suit and many statues and pictures of all the party members. If this is just the entrance, I wonder how the rest of the house looked; There was not a singe thing out of place.
"Wow….. I have to admit, this is breath-taking." I comment while scoping the room.
"Thank you, Elysa!" She smiles cheerfully, "Since I was not returning to Wazn, The witches in Wazn made me this amazing manor for me and my friends, with assistance from Duce Calbren, Queen Corellia and King Ladekhan. I must admit, I love this one better… It suits my personality, and I don't have to wear thick layers to sleep." she chuckles to herself.
My eye twitches, I think to myself, Fuck, I've been gone too long. They better not be more than friends. "Mhm… Show me around?" I demand.
I don't usually act like a total bitch but when I do, its serious. I take my socks off because my socks are filthy with mud. Good think my feet don't smell, from what I know.
"I have 2 kitchens, 8 bed chambers, a basement, and 6 bathrooms. This tour might just take all night." the blonde says calmly in her innocent voice.
"Never mind," I quickly say, "Show me where I'll be staying?" I
"Okay, follow me! I picked one of my nicest rooms for you." She takes my hand and leads me upstairs. I quickly slip my hand away. I look up and see 30 stairs ahead of me, it felt like endless stairs, but I was curious to see how my room looked like.
"Umm, my hands get sweaty fast." Lie; I don't want to touch her.
I come upstairs to see my room. Reasonably large room with a giant bed with veils and candles lit. it smelt like candy, from the Confectionary Village. It was very roomy, just like how I liked it. I had a bathroom with the water already drawn. The room's theme was blue with classic designs, similar to the designs on the ice column in Wazn. It looked amazing.
"Oh, My, Fuck!" I curse, I didn't mean to, It honestly slipped out. I didn't know if people from this world swear like our would, but now they'll be introduced to our dark mean worlds language.
Xelha just giggles, she isn't fond of swearing, I can tell.
"Nothing." I laugh to myself. That's for another discussion.
"Do you like it, Elysa?" her face lights up like my opinion matters appose to anybody else's. "I can't lie, its amazing." I admit.
Damn, It sounds like I'm playing the game again and Kalas is asking if I want to do something. "I love it Xelha. You can give me time?"
"Oh, of course. I'll be downstairs. I'll come back up and check on you soon!" Xelha leaves and closes the door softly. I am left alone with my thoughts, I have a lot to process. What is my mom thinking right now?
Back at Elysa's Room
"Elysa! You didn't hear me calling your name for the- where the hell did she go?" She looks around the room, and sprays air freshener. "She stunk this room up. Its about time she came out her room. I don't care where she went and how long she's gone." She is about to close the door, but when glancing at it, she just turns around and walks out.
How am I to know if she's worried, filed for missing report, or really doesn't give a damn. I guess I'll find out later.
I sit on the bed and I sink in slowly, I laid my whole body down embracing the feel, my room wasn't like this.
I look in my pocket of my tights and see I still have my cell phone. But the screen is cracked, my face; priceless. It was probably from that nasty fall on my ass when I came here.
"You're kidding." Evidently not, but it's a shame.
I can call my mom from this world? I'm going to get a nasty bill for roaming charges. Just before I dial, I feel someone coming. I put my phone away.
"Elysa, how's everything coming along? I was wondering…. Could we talk…?"
I look at her and pause. She looked serious, but worried. I don't like it.
"Umm, Yeah, what's up?"
9.
Kalas and Lyude sit in the bar at Pherkad waiting for Gibari, he's 30 minutes late. The bar is packed, people at every table. It's been busy since the SuperWing is this weekend. SuperWing is many sport activities done in the sky, it's a big deal especially to the villagers in Pherkad.
"Man.. This place really is crowded. These people go nuts over the SuperWing." Kalas comments, looking around at the little room. "I say we get a drink and head out for someplace else.. I hate stuffy rooms!" he complains.
"I second that." Lyude adds, "I must say, I haven't seen this place packed in a very long time." Kalas and Lyude wait for Gibari, but still no sign of him.
"Ugh, That's it! I say we go to Trills parents restaurant, and see if we see this lug nut on the way." Kalas and Lyude step foot outside the bar and see Gibari running their direction.
"You two!" Gibari runs out of breath and sweating panting like a dog who was left in the heat too long, "Man, I didn't mean to take this long."
Kalas laughs it off, "Sheesh, Gibari, what took ya so long." he asks, analyzing Gibari up and down. He seems like he's about to pass out.
Gibari throws his hand behind his head scratching and looking around, "Well, haha, you know.. Savyna." he mutters.
Kalas and Lyude laugh, "You two sure have gotten close. Who would have thought you and Savyna would be a couple." Lyude chuckles.
"To tell ya the truth, I didn't think so either. But after getting to know her more…it just happened.. And I'm glad it did." Gibari smirks, "You'd be surprised what Savyna was really like. Anyway, where were you guys headin'?"
Kalas looks in the bar and makes this face of disgust, "Its just too crowded in there. We were thinking of going to Mira, to trill's parents bar, or even the confectionary village to shove sweets down Lyude's throat.." Kalas cracks up laughing, "I'd love to see what your reaction would be to sweets."
"I wouldn't advise you to do that!" Lyude cries out, "Remember, I told you all back in Parnasse, I wasn't allowed to eat-"
"Great, I'm down." Gibari grabs Kalas and Lyude's neck dragging them out Pherkad before Lyude could finish his sentence, and Kalas complaining at the uncomfortable state he's in.
10.
Xelha wants to talk to me, what on earth could this be about. I have a million and two thoughts in my mind.. Not really. Just two. Anything that has to do with me and anything that has to do with Kalas. She's staring at me like she's worried to tell me. She's fiddling with her fingers, this has something to do with me, I just know it. Why am I asking so many questions like I'm about to be interrogated by the police? Why do Greythorne's squeak? I wonder if they have cheesecake here-
"I wanted to talk to you about a few things that have gone on since you left a year ago." Xelha confesses.
Well, I should have expected that.. Great, this could be a number of things, I'm ready for fireworks. "I'm ready to listen!"
"Ok, where do I start? Probably the very beginning. Right after you left, Kalas acted very strange. He looked as if he had lost a part of him, which he kind of did."
"Oh?" I had a huge grin on my face, "I'm actually glad to hear-"
"and on top of that, he confessed his love to Trill, but she's so busy with her pastry cooking.. I have to admit I am glad they aren't together, because…."
Bitch cuts me off one more time.. "Yeah? I was there when you died… after the ocean came back… and told Kalas you loved him. I didn't forget.." I don't really care if I sounded rude.
"I know.. Ever since I met Kalas, I trusted him, and I didn't know why. Even when I knew what his intentions were with Melodia, I wanted to change that. Anyway, I'm getting off topic" She giggles.
My eye twitches. "I was there. Xelha, what's your point to all this any way?"
"…I'm sorry, I'll try and sum this up faster. But we really aren't in any rush, Kalas, Lyude and Gibari shouldn't be back till later tonight."
"Yeah, continue." I must admit, I'm so bored. One thing she doesn't understand is I know everything, I was there the whole time.
"Kalas and I are still friends, but he's the one I want to be with.. Not sure if I have a chance but I feel like I'm not his first choice, he'd rather…. Just read this."
She hands me her journal, and I skim through it. I had a blank look on my face quickly scrolling through it. It explains how she's Jealous of me and Trill, and she shouldn't be because I'm a spirit from another world and it could never work.
"I see…" I close the Journal. "Well being Jealous of me is totally ridiculous. I think what should make him feel better is probably re-uniting with me. Then its possible he can return to his former self." I'm being so polite to her when she doesn't even know.
"Aww, Elysa! I'm so happy to hear that, then we can carry out future together!" She puts her hands out to hug me, I hug her back, "If all works well maybe you can stay in our world rather than your world!"
I bite my lip at the thought, "Honestly, I wouldn't mind it, but it's a lot to give up. If there's a way to transfer worlds at my own will, I'd gladly do that!"
"I'm so glad, I can't wait until Kalas comes back. Do you want to go to the Confectionary Village to get a sweet tooth?" the exalted blonde asks me sitting tall in her seat.
I can never turn down candy, "Hell yeah." I look down at my clothes, "Xelha, I don't like your pants, but I need some proper clothes to walk around in public." I think to myself, I actually said that? Ah, who cares.
Xelha looks down at her pants and frowns, "You don't? I guess they aren't everybody's style!" She smiles, "I have clothes you can wear, Elysa, that's no worry."
"Cool, lets hurry so we can get some candy." I rush.
"Squeak Squeeeeeak!" "Squeeeeeeeeeaaaak!"
"Meemai seems to remember you, Elysa!" Xelha smiles, she puts Meemai on the bed with us.
"Aww Meemai, I missed you too!" the cute blue and green Greythorne comes on my lap, I hug him and laugh, "Meemai!" I am laughing and having a great time. Xelha laughs along too, then I remember something.
"Hey, didn't Meemai and all the other Graythornes on the islands return into the whale? When the great whale returned to the ocean?" I ask.
"Yeah, they did, they just put the form of the whale back. Then next thing you know, all the Greythornes come back to us, which was great because each Greythorne was loved by a family here."
"Oh, I see!" I smile, not knowing how or why that happened or worked while petting Meemai's small squishy head. Now that I know for sure she likes Kalas, I have a choice to make. To make my good friend happy and not interfere, or put all my emotions aside and just Nike… do it. I don't know if I can like Kalas, We both are from two different worlds, maybe its best if I don't interfere.
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