11.
Kalas, Lyude and Gibari arrive at Trills parents restaurant; Kalas' childhood best friend. The bar has improved since some time, its getting more customers than usual. Trills parents always are ecstatic to see Kalas, seeing as they think Kalas is going to marry their daughter.
"Kalas! Good to see you boy," Trills dad shouts across the restaurant, "You and your friends can have a meal, on the house!"
Kalas laughs and waves, "Thanks, you guys are the best."
"Ah, now I see why you wanted to come here." Lyude laughs and they all take a seat. They sit at the seat closest to the window to stare at the ocean view. It's surely a breath taking sight any view it can get, seeing its been generations without the ocean.
"Now we all can finally chat!" Lyude cheers.
"Yeah, and there's less people here compared to Pherkad." Kalas looks at the menu, "So Gibari…"
Gibari raises his eyebrow, "Hmm? What's up, kid?"
Kalas smirks, "You really thinking about getting serious with Savyna..?"
"Well.. Yeah. I wouldn't mind spending' the rest of my days with her, it was kind of hard leaving her this morning."
Kalas and Lyude look at each other, giving each other a unpromising look.
"She's not what I expected her to be, I can tell ya that much"Gibari continued.
"Well, she's got one hell of a fighting style, I can tell ya that much." Kalas comments.
Trills mother casually creeps up to the three of them from behind the counter.
"What can I get the both of you, its on the house!" Trills mother says in a cheerful voice, interrupting their conversation.
"You can get us the usual." Gibari says.
The 'usual' consists of a sea bream fillet sandwich with a mountain apple and mountain apple wine Kalas, a beer with a club illusion sandwich for Gibari, and mountain ash tea with wheat crackers and cheese and a apple pie for Lyude.
"Comin' right up!" She walks back to the kitchen to prepare.
Lyude looks down at the table, "No one in my life has come along." His tone changes drastically, "I think I just need time to myself.. Plus, with Alfard being under mass construction from the damage of Malpercio's minions, I cannot worry about love." Lyude smiles, "In other cases, Alfard is looking much better now."
"That's understandable, Lyude." Gibari adds, "The towns have been looking much better since Malpercio has been sealed away." he turns to Kalas, "hat about you Kalas?" He laughs, "I know you're a ladies man and all, but, I thought you'd be with Xelha or something? Or Trill?" he drowns in laughter, slapping his hand down on the table.
Kalas glares at Gibari and waits for him to stop laughing, but it doesn't work.
"Cut it out! I don't actually wanna be with either of them, Sheesh give me a break!" he says annoyed.
"Kid, Didn't you tell Trill you dig her?" Gibari asks, still chuckling under his breath.
"Oh man." Kalas slaps his hand on his forehead, "I thought that's what was missing, clearly it wasn't.." he sighs, "I'll know what it is when it comes my way."
"I second that!" Lyude cheers. Coming their way Trills father comes with their orders.
"Here you go, boys! Enjoy and feel free to spread the word about our wonderful restaurant." Trills father pleads.
Kalas laughs, "Any time." Trills father walks away with a big smile on his face. Lyude Kalas and Gibari start eating.
"You see now boys," Gibari starts, "This right here is probably when the going gets tough." he sighs, "Sooner or later, Corellia is gonna ask us to seal Malpercio's remains back in the islands. We had our fun in share, but now it's back to reality… so treasure these last few tender moments of going out to get a bite."
Kalas groans, "A year off fighting monsters wasn't enough, so it seems." he complains, "Where's Elysa when ya need her." Kalas puts his head down into his hands.
Lyude and Gibari nod and chuckle, "You are always talking about Elysa, wither you know it or not." Lyude comments.
"I-I do?" Kalas looks shocked, but the others aren't fooled.
"Yo Kalas, I wonder about how she's doing too, if it wasn't for her we'd be goners for sure." Gibari laughs, "If there was a way to bring her back to visit, I'm sure we would."
Kalas looks down with a changed face expression, "I don't think I said thank you enough to her." he looks back up, "Lets go to the shrine of spirits, I wanna see something. Then we can go to the Confectionery village just like we planned."
"All right, I'm down." Gibari puts down his drink and pulls away from the table, "What are ya waiting for, lets go!"
Lyude makes a mild groaning sound of fear; so it sounds. "Do we have to?" Lyude asks rapidly fidgeting with his fingers.
"Okay, lets get movin'" Kalas agrees and waves at Trills parents as they walk out, "Don't worry Lyude, we won't be long."
12.
We finally arrive in the Confectionery village and its way more beautiful and tastier than I thought. Because I was Kalas' guardian spirit looking at it though a screen, I never got to taste, smell and feel what it was really like to them, Its way better than I imagined. When I breathe in I can taste candy canes, wherever I step I hear I mild crunching sound, I taste my breath a little every time I breathe in, it was like heaven to me.
I didn't feel right knowing I had to completely change my style in clothes. I had picked a white tank top, and high socks with a skirt that came up to my thighs. My hair is still long with front bangs, and black flats. I have a ring for my equipment wear in battle if I'm ever encountered (Platinum ring), and magic as my attack. I was basically like Xelha, and The Great Mizuti. Kalas had his sword style, Gibari had is power paddle, Savyna had her fighting, Xelha and Mizuti had their magic, and Lyude had his gun.
"Why can't I be different!" I complain, pouting my bottom lip, "I don't want magic, I should have a different fighting style."
"...I guess we can go to buy Magnus' for you, if you'd like." She pauses, "You look beautiful, Elysa! I absolutely love everything about your outfit."
Xelha isn't as bad as I thought. She may be annoying but she has a kind heart; it makes me feel bad.
I smile and spin once in my skirt as it flows with me, "Thanks! I do love it too." I cheerfully chant.
"Anytime! Of you are ever encountered in battle, you have magic attack, so take some of my cards."
Xelha goes in her backpack and hands me about 20 cards. I recognize these cards from her deck when I sorted them, I had some of each: light flare, aqua burst, dark flare, chronos blow, fire burst, wind blow and a couple of shields with healing salves. Holding the cards in my hand, the card recognized my power.
"Thanks. Lets not think about battle now, lets get some sweets!"
I start jumping up and down, I'm excited to actually try sweets from this infamous village.
"We should go to Trill's pastry place, I bet she'd give us some sweets!" I suggest.
Xelha looks the opposite way looking kind of sheepish. I was aware she didn't like Trill, (or wasn't comfortable around her) but I'm sure she wouldn't mind.
"Xelha, come, lets go together. It won't be long I promise."
I put a smile on my face and hold her hand. We walk into the shop together and Xelha doesn't look up once. Upon walking in I spot a green-haired woman; she's pretty. It must be Trill.
"Hey Trill!" I say excited, then I realize she might not know who I am.
Trill looks up from her work, she seems to be buried into another large cake she's making, wearing another weird outfit, but this time but in a yellow dress and a duck suit.
"Uhh, Hello I don't believe we've met…?"she says confused.
"I'm sorry," I apologize, "I am a friend of Kalas'.."
Trill's eyes light up, as she swings around the large table to walk up to me and greet me.
"Oh! well a friend of Kalas' is a friend of mine! Nice to meet you…?" she pauses for me to say my name I presume.
"Elysa."
"I'm Trill.. That you may already know. Welcome to Parnasse, also known as the Confectionery Village, but I like to call it; Heaven on Earth!" she gestures her hand around the room, "This is master Tisocco's bakery, I work as a pastry chef for him."
"Amazing!" We laugh, I glance over at Xelha over my shoulder, "Hey Xelha, you all right over there?" Trill asks.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Hey Trill." Xelha looks back around the room awkwardly moving her feet around in her little space.
From her body language, it's obvious she doesn't want to be here.
"Was there anything you two wanted?" Trill asks.
I nod, "Yes, we were wondering if we could get some sweets you may have?" I ask.
She gets an excited look, "Yes and I'm glad you asked! I have a bunch of sweets here I didn't know what to do with them.. I've been trying to get Kalas here to try some, but here; please take them!"
Trill grabs two clear bags and puts some candy and cakes in. they are stuffed with sweets, what could be better?
"There you ladies go!" Trill hands both of us the bags. The smell quickly whips in my nose as my nose hairs dance; awkward!
"Thanks Trill, I'll see you around. Nice meeting you!" I say while waving back walking towards the exit.
"You too Elysa, and nice seeing you too Xelha." Trill says.
Xelha smiles and walks out so fast I didn't catch her. I walk behind her and catch up with her, waving back one last time.
I catch up with her outside and grab her shoulder, "I'm sorry, I didn't want to make you uncomfortable," I lift up the bag, "but now we have sweets!" I smile, and we both chuckle.
"No, its not your fault! I shouldn't have made it so awkward! I'm sorry too!"
We hug and laugh it out. I didn't think I'd have such a good time with Xelha today. The day has also just started.
"Shall we?" I say while putting a mini cake in my mouth.
"We shall!" she does the same.
We walk to a nice spot were we can just sit down by the entrance of Paranesse village and laugh, while eating some sweets.
"You know Elysa, I wish you had come down here in human form earlier." She hugs me again.
its kind of like we are best friends, and knowing I might hurt her questions If my good spirit will let me.
"Thank you Xelha, for everything. This is the best day I've had in my entire few years of living, and its all thanks to you." I give her my sob story.
"Elysa!" She blushes, "it's the least I can do. I know I originally brought you to bring Kalas back to normal, but I'm glad you came. I knew you were amazing, but I didn't know you'd be this fun to be around with!"
I don't know to be offended or thank her, but my reason here is probably worse, so I might as well thank her.
"Thanks, that means a lot."
She smiles.
"Hey, can we go to the Shrine or Spirits and take a walk down memory lane?" I ask.
There's something about the shrine of spirits that makes me drawn to it; maybe because that's were all spirits from other dimensions are waiting… waiting to be called.
"Sure, why not." We get up and head out the Confectionery Village. It's only 2pm since I landed here, I still have much of the day left. Time moves more slowly here than in my world, and I like that better. The sky in Mira is dark but its always bright, this world is so much better than mine.
I wouldn't mind staying here.
13.
Kalas, Gibari and Lyude enter the Shrine of Spirits, it looks the same with the red lights on dark trees and trail of dirt with the reasonable monster here and there in the forest, which was nothing compared to their strength.
"Wow, this place hasn't changed. I still sense the spirits in this place, but none like the one I sensed from her that night." Kalas turned back to Gibari and Lyude with a look of fascination on his face, "Guys, she saved us from the end of the world, and no one seems to know it."
"You know, you got a point there kid." Gibari points out, "No one but a few of us even knew you had a guardian spirit with you."
Lyude looks up for the sound of the spirits, "Point taken. We should tell all the island leaders to make a dedication for Elysa."
They all hear a noise approaching and turn back. They hear laughing, and talking.
"Shh… Do you hear that?" Lyude whispers.
"Don't run, We can take em!" Kalas shouts while taking out his wings and sword out. "Time to par-OUCH!" He is quickly pulled behind a tree by Gibari to see who's approaching.
They all go behind a tree and look in the direction of the sound, to see Xelha and another girl they can't recognize.
"Who's that, with Xelha?" Lyude whispers in curiosity.
14.
I'm laughing with Xelha and can't help but feel at home when I'm in the Shrine of Spirits. Then I sense other presences near by. I guess that guardian gift hasn't been taken away from me. I hear the groaning of other spirits wanting to be bonded. It can get annoying after awhile. I cannot lie, I find Xelha annoying, and I bet every person did at one point, but there's no doubt she's a good person... at times, she's still annoying, though.
It's a love-hate thing.
It's completely normal.
I stop and gut Xelha with my arm to stop her from proceeding forward.
"Xelha, someone else is here…" I caution her and be alert. Xelha takes out her want in case we proceed in battle.
With the Magnus' at my fingertips, I have the edge of the cards ready to be drawn, I already know this place is animal infested.
"Xelha.." a blue haired boy comes out from behind the tree, my heart skips a beat and I freeze. I don't think he knows its me.
"What are you doing here?" He walks up to her.
Xelha tenses. "Kalas… I….I wanted to tell you something" Xelha starts blushing and grips her wand, I was as stiff as a board. "I didn't expect to see you here."
Lyude and Gibari come out from behind the tree too curious to see what was going on as they looked at me funny, Kalas had a weird look on his face, I didn't know why.
"I feel uneasy," Kalas looks around, "But I don't know what it is."
Then he stares at me, and I stare back at him. I almost started to tear up, I haven't seen him in so long, or at all in person. I've been waiting so long to see him. Something comes over me and I rush to hold him. I think to myself, 'what am I doing?!' He doesn't know who I am!' but I continue holding him. He holds me back surprisingly, and I start to cry.. My tears run down on his shoulder.
"Hey, what's goin' on here?" Gibari walks over with Lyude in shock, but Kalas and I don't let go of each other.
Xelha stands awkwardly, looking in any direction other than where we were. "Kalas.. I would like to introduce you to Elysa, your guardian spir- well, human." Xelha steps back.
"What?! You gotta be kiddin', It can't be!" Gibari is shocked, and in doubt.
I don't blame him.
"E-Elysa?!" Lyude too. "How could that be possible? It can't be…. What?!"
Kalas pulls his face out from my shoulder so he can face my face."I knew it had to be you, I felt it, as soon as I saw you."
He holds me tighter, and at the back of my mind I know its wrong having Xelha watch me, but I can't stop holding him. He wipes the tears off my face with his gloves, they had a soft fabric that slid across my face, he smiles at me, I smile back.
"Erm… I don't know what to say right now." I chuckle to myself.. my mind is totally blank.
"I know. I have a bunch of questions for you, like how did you come back, and how are you in human form now?" he asks.
About to speak, Xelha cuts me off. "I did it. I-I brought her back so that you could be happy again, I know how close FRIENDS both of you are."
Typical. I know she's probably steaming hot right now watching the love of her life on the girl who he's bonded with for over a year.
Kalas looks over at Xelha and hugs her. "You're amazing, Xelha. I can't thank you enough."
He lets go but she tries holding on longer, and left in disappointment flustering with the air. He comes back over to me and holds my hand. I have enormous butterflies and words cannot describe how I'm feeling right now, I'm on cloud nine-hundred right now.
"Come," He says to me, "We have a lot to catch up on."
He pulls me to walk deeper in the forest, but before It didn't feel right before I got approval from Xelha. I looked over at her to see her eyes pulsing red.
I couldn't do this.
"Hold on Kalas," I let go of his hand and walk over to Xelha, "Is it okay if I go?"
She forces a smile, "Um...yes, go! I'm sure you want to catch up with him."
her voice cracks and she starts crying but holds it in. It hurts me to do it, but I didn't do anything so I was confused why she was crying. I hug her and tell her not to cry, I try to hide it so Kalas doesn't see her upset.
"Xelha, please. Be strong, for me. You have to trust. Can you do that for me?" I hold her by her shoulders and raise her head up smiling. She looks like a mess, I couldn't understand why she's acting like she witnessed a murder.
"It's not that, because I trust Kalas…."
At first I felt confused, then I got a bit angry.
Hold on, Pause. I let go of her shoulders instantly and put my hands on my hips.
"Are you saying you don't trust me Xelha?" I had my 'bitchy' tone on her, I did not care the least, that was a bitchy thing to say.
"You're not serious, are you?"
"Elysa, I don't really know." she looks down as if she's all innocent, boy I want to hit her with a rotten apple magnus. I know they can all feel my emotions sturring up, especially Kalas, he looks so confused, so do Lyude and Gibari.
"H-Hey, what's going on?"Kalas rushes up to us in curiosity.
Gibari walks behind me, but I don't pay him much attention. I start breathing harder, with constant exhales.
Lyude tries to come between us. "Ladies, Ladies! We don't want that thing from the other dimension coming here from the hatred!" he says.
Gibari whispers, "Don't worry Lyude I got this." to him, reassuring him.
Xelha steps to my face, "It's not what you think!" Her face turned tomato red, she was getting a bit heated. And so was I.
"Yeah well, it is like that because you wouldn't be so worried about that if you didn't trust me!" Start walking away from her, I start calming myself down, "Gibari, its ok, I'm not going to
"Phew, well, that's a relief.'' Gibari steps back, "Anyway Elysa, Its good seein' you again!" He has a big smile on his face and he hugs me.
"Aww Gibari! I missed you too." I smile a long with him, he's such great company. "I haven't forgot about that fishing offer!" I smile and walk towards Lyude.
"I-I," Lyude pauses. I see that he's nervous or has something else on his mind. I put my finger on his lip.
"Shh, it's ok. I'm glad to see you too, Lyude!" I hug him. I had a mini crush on Lyude, I always thought he was cute.. Nothing major. I all of a sudden felt really happy, and forgot about what Xelha said to me. Xelha was standing by a tree with a confused look on her face. I start walking up to her, then Kalas intercepts.
"Xelha, what's got into you?'' He stands looking serious and tall, I love the way he looks when he looks furious.
"This isn't like you. We'll talk about it later."
I walk up to her shaking my head. "Xelha, you have some issues you need to deal with. I'm sure you didn't mean what you said, but think over words more carefully before addressing them out like that, understood?"
"I-I, I'm so sorry. I do have issues to work on, I didn't mean I didn't trust you, and I'm even more sorry I made you mad. I'd gladly appreciate It if you accepted my apology."
"Yeah."
I didn't want any problems between us, and I was starting to question some stuff. I mean, it's not entirely her fault for feeling threatened by me. I was kind of being a bitch.
"Thank you, Elysa, so much." Xelha gets up from leaning on the tree, I see in her eyes she was crying earlier.
"Kalas, everything's ok now, you two can go catch up. I'll be at home." she tells us walking the opposite direction. She draws her fairy wings and fly.
Kalas looks at her as she's flying, "….I'll see you soon." I grabs his hand and we walk into the forest. "Later Gibari, see ya, Lyude!"
"Later, kid." Gibari says, "Bye Kalas, my most utter Farwell, Elysa!" Lyude shouts.
I blow a kiss to Lyude, but it looks like I was blowing a kiss in general. He's so sweet, I don't know why he hasn't found someone special.
I grip Kalas' hand tighter as our fingers interlock, I'm so excited for this walk, I would have never thought I'd be touching Kalas, ever.
There are so many things I want to do right now.
So many feelings!