There were new fears; the unfamiliar landscape held hidden, unknown perils.
The young girl laid there surrounded in a heavy haze; alone in the dark. She cringed a bit when she took a view of her surroundings. The chill, cold air gave her relentless new fears. It took a moment for her to realize- she had seen this view, somewhere.
She felt pain. The agony that surrounds her-she wouldn't bear it. She'd recall- it's similar- that time. Reminiscence of memories collected up into her mind. She shook her head in disbelief.
"No," she had said in her whisper, as she had her remembrance in the déjà vu. "I refuse to believe this,"
She pushed herself upon the ground to stand up. Her own anatomy felt weak; even her insides are trembling. She then raised her foot; strengthening her body. She began to lay some steps with her feet at a slow pace.
Stepping on the muck, not knowing where to go, she had to rely on her instincts. Walking endlessly, she then heard something crackle. It seems near from her, although, it seems so obscure.
As she walked through the night, through the isolated landscape now, with her instincts left and supplies far behind, she was constantly vigilant, looking for a way out from the unknown harms. She then felt a warm sensation; she started to saw a light. These are the things that had shaken away the lethargy- and restored her will to survive.
The light emerges into a bigger form, which made her remember about those days. She did remember about that day. She fell onto the ground and sat there numb with horror. Her heart seems to be sliced deeply, leaving a never-ceasing incision. She had remembered, that day..
And she did perceive the word well:
Flame, fire.
-xx-
She seemed to know it was a long time ago. Now here she was, lying upon the bed- inside the infirmary after the incident.
"Ah! You're awake," the young woman standing beside a desk said in a surprise. A brown haired woman in a lab coat stood up. "It's familiar to see you here," she chuckled.
The young girl glanced at the woman's name tag: HELEN. "What happened?" she said weakly, as she felt that her energy is drained from herself.
"Er, Ai, was it?" Helen had asked in surprise, almost chuckling as she thought she got the right name. "Ai, right?"
"Well it's not actually Ai," the young girl corrected Helen, as she seated herself. "It's Aisha." she was laughing a bit. Aren't teacher supposed to know its students?
"Ah, well, pardon me," Helen said jokingly as she took a review upon her list. "Ah, yes. Aisha. I'm Helen, the infirmary teacher. Well, not that kind of a teacher, but at least you can call me one," she said to the girl.
"Well aside of that, Ms. Helen, what happened?" Aisha asked out of the blue, remembering the skill she used in the sparring session. "Uh oh. I think I should go back to the classroom, Miss. Pardon me," she continues as she gets out of the bed.
"Well, maybe you should look at the clock now," the woman replied, pointing at the clock that sticks onto the wall.
"It's already five o'clock, afternoon." she giggled.
Aisha glanced at the clock and stood there in a shock; just how many hours did she have slept?
"How many hours did I stay here?" Aisha asked cautiously, trying not to make her words seem rude. "Uh," Helen checked her list. "Approximately, eight hours or less."
"Ah! I have to get going, Miss." the girl, remembering her own chores, since se live all by herself. "Thank you for everything!" she then bowed. "You're welcome. Just don't make sure to exaggerate your fatigue- and you're free to go, then!" Helen said as she waved to the young girl. She then dashed out of the room, following the hallways and corridors.
-xx-
The girl hadn't recovered fully. She knew there was something missing from her. She was sprinting among the corridors, even though one of the rules said; do not run in the corridor. Breathing rapidly in short gasps, she was panting as if something was there to catch her. As if she had nowhere to go.
It was quiet in the afternoon; usually, students go straight to their dwellings. Aisha finally arrives at her own classroom- only her bag left there. Where did her friends go?
She walks up to her desk, in which she found thousands of letters in her tray. Several of letters such simple as, "Get well soon!" or even letters that has goodies included in it. She chuckled and manages to set a small smile, looking through each note. She then decides to treasure each memo-she puts it all inside her bag. Aisha then looks at the clock on the classroom's wall- signed 5.30. It was, probably her call to go home.
Walking outside gleefully, she passed her classroom door only to be greeted, "What's interesting that makes you smile like that?" sarcastically by a red-haired boy, leaning against the walls of the corridor.
"None of your business, really." Aisha replied coldly-she knew she was being greeted sarcastically. She then managed to pass the boy pride fully- signing she was not someone he would like to mess with.
"But is this one of your business?" the boy asked, handing out a pendant. Aisha turns to see, only to be so shocked; it was her pendant. She gave a grim glare to the boy, and said, "Give it back," she whispers. She couldn't meet the boy's stare shortly, giving her the only option to stare to the ground like a coward.
The boy shook his head, having himself a slight smile. He leans closer to Aisha- almost hugging her, which make the girl blush rapidly. "W-what are you.." the girl murmurs softly, consumed by the boy's sudden act.
"Here you go," the boy said as he touched the pendant- set in Aisha's neck. "I've offered you this necklace, but you won't take it," he said as he leans backwards, away from Aisha. "So I guess I'll take it as a sign for me to put it."
"Well, I don't even ask you to," she retorts.
The boy sighed. "I did it only as a gentleman- nothing else."
"You have nothing else to discuss do you? I need to go." the twin-tailed girl said, obviously making a way for her to get out of the building. "It's dark already," the boy had checked it from the windows across the corridors. "Guess I'll accompany you home."
Aisha ignored that. "No thanks" is all what she said.
"Sure, if you want to be out in the danger, mugged, assaulted, or even-"
"Alright, geez. Fine." she rolled her eyes.
-xx-
It was awkward during the afternoon walk the rest of the day. "It'll be my house a little bit more," Aisha pointed to a certain house. "You can leave here if you want to."
"Nah. I'll pass- let's continue," the boy said shortly.
Aisha snorted.
"Ah, by anyways, I haven't introduced to you. Kinda rude, I guess," the girl realized.
"You're already rude," he retorted.
She rolled her eyes. "Well, I'm Aisha. I guess you've known me since our seating is next to each other." the boy laughed. "Obviously," he chuckled.
And there they arrived, across Aisha's dwelling. "It's here," she said. "Mind to get in? As my thanks"
"Oh. No thanks. I've gotta go and do something else," he said. "Then, I'll go," he continued as he turns his body against Aisha, starting to walk further.
"Wait!" the girl said, out of the blue.
"Huh?" the boy asked.
"It's your turn," Aisha said, chasing back the red-haired boy. "Introduction, please?"
"Oh. About that. Elsword, yeah, just call me Elsword," he shrugged. "I guess." the girl then laughed a bit, and said, "I see. Anyways, I'm going first, see ya!" as she ran to her house, waving goodbye at Elsword.
"Yeah. See ya." he murmured, waving back at the girl.
-xx-
"So.. What did that elsboy guy thingie did to you?" a sound peered through the phone.
"For Angkor's sake, Rena. Where where you when I was awake?" Aisha said as her body collided with the sofa. "I thought it wasn't for my sake," Angkor said. The bat flew through the room to be closer to Aisha, only to receive few kicks from its moody master. "Shh. It's only as an idiom, I guess."
"Oh! I was about to wait for you at school- and my boss started to call my phone," the voice said. "I guess it's a warning for slacking off too much."
"Geez, really?" Aisha sighed. "I thought you're diligent." She rolled her eyes. Angkor brought some snacks to eat from the cupboards, in which Aisha took before it could eat any of it. The voice at the phone started to speak again, "Not really."
"And hey, Rena." the girl had one thing to ask. "What happened after I pass out?"
"To tell the truth, your Hyper Active can kill anyone!" Rena anxiously uttered. "Just continue," Aisha knocked it while she took another bit of the snack. "At least, that elsguy managed to realize about you going crazy, so he had time to pull Chung aside, reducing your damage," Rena continued along with her sigh. "And about that Chloe thingie, I suppose she fainted, too, since in the monitor, I couldn't see it well."
It's a relief to hear that she had knocked Chloe-the dark Elf down. "And then?" the girl said, playing with her own pigtails while munching another type of snack. She did realize it's almost midnight; though it's still Eleven-past-thirty.
"The final was when you guys teleported back, I guess. You fainted along with Chloe- Ara and Eve were kinda injured, but they're still in shape. Your team won because of that technique of yours, grats!" Rena laughed a bit.
"So anyways Rena, see you tomm-" Aisha yawned. Goddangit. "-oops. Tommorrow," the girl giggled. "Yup! See you tomorrow, Aisha! Sweet dreams," the Elf laughed a bit and finally hungs up the phone.
The young girl stood up and cleaned the mess she had caused. "I guess we'll call it a day, right?" Aisha smiled. "Yes, princess," her bat flew through the room, leading its princess towards the bedroom.
She entered the room- and glomps at the bed, fast asleep. She looked like a little child in its dream. "Good night, " the bat said, as it landed aside of Aisha.
uh oh Hi there!
Anyways thanks for reading. Special thanks to HyperNeo, Hayrehn and friends c: