Chapter Eighteen: Sunset
Frost's POV
"Highpoint, huh", I sighed, lost inside of a trance that held me captive as I stared up into the early dusk, watching the stars slowly fade away as the sun crept up from behind the trees and snow tipped mountains with everlasting beauty. I just love space and everything related to it. It's full of wonders, mysteries, secrets and bends time in a whole different way.
I sat alone, far away from the camp site to enjoy the hurricane-like breeze that pelted at my body from the left, but I didn't mind it one bit. My attire and her black, messy, spiky hair fluttered to the right like the flickering flames of a blazing inferno. The sun felt warm on my skin, but was t enough to counteract the coldness of the air. Perfect. The weather I love and the weather I can properly relax and think in... But it bothers me today for some reason.
I smiled softly, continuing to stare up into the glorious sun as I sat down on a patch of light green, slightly damp grass that irritated my skin greatly, but I did my best to ignore it's tempting itch. My legs were crossed and somehow, when I changed back to my male form, my attire suddenly regenerated like muscles. I'm supposed to find it strange but... In a world like this, with the most strangest logic and the most impossibly powerful beings, I don't think it's any different from ordinary. After all, I have so many things that aren't even supposed to exist in the human world... But in reality, it does. But it just nonexistent. I sighed, blinking once before letting my eyes stare once again into the beautiful, cloudless sky that really had me wondering if this was just a dream or not.
But one thing bothered me more than anything else. It made me uneasy and at the same time, gave me a few chills that would increase my heart rate a tenfold. It's a sword. A sword similar to mine but with a catchy name. 'Night's Melody'. It weighs about ten kilos, just like my Ezarca... But... I can't go around carrying twenty kilos worth of weaponry all day and somehow manage without breaking my spinal chord. Especially when I'm in a battle. But I haven't complained up till now which is more than just bizarre... Gah, this is really damn irritating!
I sighed, blinking once and continued to gaze up into the glorious dusk sky that reminded me of so many things. About the light red eyes that belonged to Her and the amazing orange ball of fire that hinted the name of her blade... Mindy. I miss her so much... I don't even remember why I can't remember her disappearance... But if later find out that it has something to do with Drago or the others, then I'm going my OWN path whether they like it or not. Tho I highly doubt that. He would NEVER try to use me as a puppet...
"What are you doing over there alone!?", A familiar, heart warming voice called from behind me, instantly giving me the epic feeling of Deja Vu... A voice that gave me hope and boosted my immune system a tenfold as I smiled warmly into the sunset sky... Nova. Although I can't remember how I met her, I have a whole file of memories about her and her amazing sense of humour. "Is something wrong?", She asked from far behind, echoing twice gracefully and sounding like an angel.
"Nothing", I sighed as my cat-like ears both twitched vividly for a split second, reacting to the crunching of the light green grass that I sat on quietly, enjoying the amazing scenery.
"Frost. Is something wrong?", She asked again, approaching me very slowly which made my grey, sensitive ears twitch once again.
"No", I replied, almost laughing for an unknown reason.
"Then why are you alone?", She asked.
"Because I like being alone sometimes", I sighed warmly, smiling more vividly as it became funny to me.
The crunching got louder and louder progressively before it climaxed to my right, causing me to turn my head towards the right and stare up at her white, adorable face that circulated my blood twice as efficiently like she cast an adrenaline spell on me... But at the same time, I bet a hundred bucks that she cast some sort of spell that doesn't even LET me look further down as her... Erm, 'Treasure', was COMPLETELY visible from down where I was.
"And silence?", She asked, making me blink blankly as I felt a surge of nostalgia invade my body and soul like an electric shock, making my eyes widen and pupils contract to how much this reminded me of the first time I properly talked to Mindy... Haha... Except in that time, I accidentally looked up her skirt and nearly died of embarrassment... Heck... And that was only a few months ago... I have her a firm nod, making her sigh warmly before she collapsed down fluidly beside me, crunching the grass loudly before taking in a deep breath of the cold, calming air, still keeping her light blue eyes on me with a slightly red face. Her hair colour matched both Jace's and Pure's perfectly but her style was a twin tail which in my opinion looks great on someone who uses magic. She sat on her knees and tilted her entire body towards me the slightest before she opened her mouth to say something. "You really are Black Heart, huh".
"What does that mean?", I asked weirdly and averted my look from her towards the endless horizon that was filled with an orange, amazing hue that relaxed and put my mind to ease.
"It means that you enjoy the same things that someone filled with darkness would", She sighed.
"Hmm", I hummed, sniffing the cold air silently.
"But... Despite you having the traits of an Evil Overlord", She began, almost laughing to herself. Since when did I have traits like that? "You shine a bright light that forgives you and guides you through the darkness deep inside of your Black Heart"...
"A bright light...", I repeated as it implanted itself into my mind like it was being inscribed into the back of my skull with the tip of a sharp, blood stained dagger... I wonder if that's true or not.
"Mhm. Your light is hope and willpower. Melody told me that you used to bare the Heart of Whiteness. But back then, it was mistaken as Light Heart who is Star right now", She explained to me in a soothing, motherly tone that rung in my ears like heart warming chimes... Heart of Whiteness...
"But what if those two factors of mine were to suddenly break... What do you think would happen to me?", I asked from out of the blue, introducing a darkened mood into the conversation as I continued to watched the blazing sun rise over the ragged, snowcapped mountains... My question wasn't the type that I'd usually say but seeing how things are now... I don't think it's a bad question.
"That's... I can't really say. I know deep down inside of you, even if you're consumed with even the darkest darkness, you'll always be Frost no matter what. And by Frost, I mean the guy who we all love and enjoy to be around with", She said in a low, happy tone that made my cheeks burn a slight red to how much she flattered me...
"You think so?", I asked, letting out a long, quiet sigh.
"I know so", She instantly replied before a cold silence quickly swooped down at us like an eagle darting down to it's prey, leaving me slightly disturbed. "Can I ask you something serious?", She asked all of a sudden, instantly making me turn to my right swiftly to stare into her amazing, glowing light blue eyes that reflected the sun's amazing orange hue almost perfectly like a mirror. She returned the stare with a tiny smile that looked like she was unsure about what she was about to say...
"Anything", I said with a smile, making her smile broaden vividly as she tilted her head to the right, making her amazing light pink hair bounce amazingly once. She's almost like a child. But I don't blame her. She's been on the run from her home continent for some time according to what she told me a while ago.
"Well...", She began, stopping very briefly before looking straight ahead into the sunset as it shone it's warm, soft rays of light onto her face beautifully before she continued. "Do you... B...B...Believe... I can't say it". "Believe in what?", I asked her curiously, wanting her to relieve herself from whatever she struggled to say to me.
"I'm only going to say it once so listen carefully. Do you believe that we where created by something else... By something other than-".
"I don't know", I immediately said, cutting her off as what she asked really pulled a few strings inside of my soul.
"But... Do you think that someone who can create lives and souls exists?", She asked me, making me sigh warmly before looking back at the sunset that strained my eyes a little, causing my jet black pupils to contract to as small as a pin hole. What she asked was something I hated to hear... Not that I don't believe it. It just that... I don't know how to put it.
"Yes. I believe that there is someone atop of everything who created everything", I said with honesty, not wanting to go further in depth than that for personal reasons...
"Really... I find it hard sometimes...", Nova sighed, sounding weak and on the verge to tears, making me blink blankly before she continued in a soft, pitiful tone. "Because from what I've heard, nearly all beliefs are based on what happens here on Earth... And how life doesn't exist anywhere else except for the other realms and dimensions that they call Heaven and Hell"... That's true... But in my perspective and the fact that my race didn't originate from Earth... I have a grasp of what she's saying. "So I was thinking... Maybe someone or something else made us. You, me, White... Our races and families... We all originated from beings that came from a different planet. But why?".
"Nova... It doesn't matter...", I sighed, wanting her to feel better and snap out of her depressing mood that passed onto me due to the way she projected her words towards me in a fascinating manner... But I have troubles of my own... About my darkness... "Besides. Everything was made for a reason. And just to let you know, everything, didn't come from nothing. There had to be a cause to produce the effect", I stated...
"Yeah. Yeah! Thanks Frost! You really cheered me up!", She exclaimed right before a pair of warm, soft hands wrapped themselves around my upper body as her face collided with my right cheek, instantly making me blush as red as redstone as my blood boiled like lava... "I'm in your debt now! And if you ever think that you're not a good person, then use the people who you love and helped as your clear and solid evidence! I'll always be by your side forever with White!", she announced loudly, echoing three times and made my ears forcefully fold themselves flat on top of my jet black, messy, spiky hair as I cringed to how painful it truly was...
"Too close Nova", I said humbly with a vivid smile, not wanting to snap it at someone like Nova... Haha! She reminds me a lot of Ruby!... Ruby... I miss her a lot. And I bet she's mad at me for disappearing for a long time from her... And how she lost her future mom... I promise to one day make it all up for her... I hope she's doing well. "N...Nova!".
Me, Nova, White and Melody all walked in an orderly fashion. Nova directly in front of me, to the left of Melody and White to my right, behind Melody. Nova and Melody argued ruthlessly and threw insults at one another as me and White just tried to keep calm and collected in this massively open meadow filled with countless of colourful flowers along with the blazing ball of fire shining down on us from behind, casting a long, slender shadow of ourselves before us.
"You can't shoot an arrow with a normal bow even if your life depended on it!", Nova snapped childishly at the furiously annoyed melody who tensed herself like a brick as they gazed into each other's eyes like lifelong rivals. "That's why you use THAT bow!".
"What can YOU do other than shocking people with electric bolts and boosting others so called 'Pink Heart!'", Melody exclaimed in a furious tone of voice, leaving me feeling wary whether if the two will fight or not. I'd REALLY hate to see Nova's bad side... She can get chaotic sometimes.
"I don't have any fetish-fantasies like you!"... Haha! I crackled, trying to hold in a burst of laughter as much as possible, not wanting to make Melody kill me again... But maybe she didn't ACTUALLY kill me back then.
"Shut it Frost! One littly iddy biddy sound from you and I'm going to fucking strap you on a bed and fuck you until you become addicted in your female form!", Melody screamed at me, staring at me from over her shoulder as my blood instantly cooled down to negative zero, forcing my body to become stiff as my mind shut down for a brief three seconds flat... S...She's not kidding! I better keep my mouth shut!
"See what I mean! Frost, laugh as much as you want! I won't let her even touch you the slightest! Melody! Why don't you turn yourself into a man and see just how annoying it is to be in an opposite body!", Nova yelled... My eyes widened in pure terror the moment she said that as Melody's face became as frightening as ever... She narrowed her eyes and gave me a smug smile that stabbed my heart with many daggers point blank...
"Not a bad idea...", Melody chuckled evilly, blinking once before I took a step back, gritting my teeth as hard as vices and clenching my fists as tight as clams. "Frost, I guess I'll be your first".
"Like hell I would let you! I can't tell if you're joking or not but if you aren't, then I will take the liberty of taking an eye from you!", I exclaimed, obviously bluffing as I would NEVER do such a thing to someone who I get along with well...ish...
"Y...You wouldn't, would you?", Nova stuttered in pure shock and horror as her eyes widened vividly... For some reason, I felt air pass by my legs like I had nothing on from underneath me. Odd... "I mean... F...Frost!?", Nova exclaimed the moment she turned her head towards me, broadening her eyes in pure shock and terror for a reason that even I didn't know. I blinked blankly, slowly glancing to my right to see White who too, stared at me with a flushed face and widened, light red eyes.
"White?", I asked in curiosity and confusion, giving her a neutral look before a soft gentle breeze blew from my left, causing my ATTIRE and my HAIR to flutter to the right gracefully in my vision... Long hair... L...LONG HAIR!? I...It can't be!... It can't... be...
"Black? Are you feeling well?", Nova asked me in worry, sounding drowned and distorted as my vision blanked out a couple of times due to how much of a shock it was to me... I... Impossible!... Argh! Last time I didn't properly react due to the given situation... But now... I can cry and scream as much as I want...
But I couldn't...
Melody's POV
Geez! How much of a drag is she!? She collapsed due to a panic attack caused by Nova of course and White has to carry her bridal style towards Coal Town which is just a good kilometre away from us. Haha! I can't wait to see her again! Vortex, the Maiden of Truth...
"Um... Melody?", White asked me curiously as we all stared and stood on the stop as still as stone with a blank, confused look across out faces...
"I know", I replied, flushing a slight red in embarrassment.
"Coal Town is a single house?", White asked in a sigh, looking to the right of us at a wooden, brown sign that read 'Coal Town' in black paint, written in bold italics.
"I guess so... But this is my friends house no doubt", I sighed...