Chapter 16

No One's Point of View

After the group came back to Raina's home, then it was not too long until Cupid did too. For the most part, things ran smoothly. Although, as soon as Adam and Henry saw her, the former Titans began to fight. Of course it was different from their usual fights, because they started to really like Cupid, but the others couldn't tell if it was real love or just her nature influencing them.

"You look lovely today." Adam said, walking with Cupid, while Henry was on the other side of her.

"Absolutely stunning." Henry commented, receiving a glare from Adam.

"Thank you my dears!" Cupid replied, happy for some attention.

Nick almost gagged from seeing this display. It was not the kind of affection he wanted to see, especially when someone like Adam is acting like a lovesick puppy. Instead of watching the two older men traipsing after Cupid, Nick decided to go find Raina. Ever since Cupid arrived, Raina has had everyone train for any attack Razan and Pitch would throw at them. They've been lucky with small attacks in places like Moscow, Tokyo, and Budapest. By the end of these attacks, they would come back to Raina's and train some more. It was obviously clear how nervous Raina got when ever there was an attack, because it was by the hands of her brother and the person who turned him to the dark side. At some points Nick couldn't figure out if he was angry or sad for Raina. Then again, after Jack, with Raina's permission, told him about her story it made him admire her for her willingness to keep fighting for sake of everything that lives and breathes.

"Raina?" Nick asked, poking his head through Raina's bedroom door, only to find it empty.

Nick wanted to talk to Raina before the Guardians had their meeting with Cupid, because they had no time and wanted to know everything Cupid knows about Razan. Hearing no answer, he was about to close the door until he saw flash of light. Looking in again, he saw it was the sun reflecting off of Raina's sword. Looking out at the hallways to find nobody there, Nick walked and shut the door. Daisy told him Raina's sword was magical and he always wanted to see it for himself, now was his chance. Walking to the ancient and supposedly powerful sword, he noticed strange markings on it. It looked like some sort of ancient writing, but it was something he didn't recognize. Picking it up, his vision went dark and when he could see again, something was strange.

He was in a forest, but something about it seemed old, really old. He walked around to only find a deer up ahead. Then he heard footsteps and saw somebody crouch into the bushes. The arrow missed the deer and it took off, while somebody groaned in frustration. Finally he saw the persons face, it was Raina.

"Your never going to get one if you keep missing." A voice said, which belonged to a boy hair of a mixture of blonde and brown, sea green eyes, wore a brown tunic, a green cloak and anything a medieval hunter would need.

"Shut up James." The Raina Nick knew replied, expect she had brown hair and brown eyes and was wearing a long sleeved white shirt with a green tunic over it, a grey cloak and had just as much gear as the boy she called James.

"He's right, you need to stop trying so hard if you want to hit the target." An older boy than the both of them approached, black hair, grey eyes, and was wearing the same thing as James, except his tunic was grey and his cloak was black.

"Yes Peter." Raina replied, using a sarcastic childlike voice.

Then it hit Nick. Raina, James, and Peter all together, this was their past or more like Raina's past. The only confusing thing is, how did he get here? The sword! Of course it was Raina's sword, because it was really the only explanation. Nick looked down to see he was still holding it and for some reason he didn't want to let it go. Looking back up, he saw what it appears to be a modern day version of James who was shouting at him.

"Wake up!" James shouted and that is what Nick did.

Nick's Point of View

My eyes went open and at first all I could see is a blur, then my sight started to come back and I saw that I was still holding Raina's sword. Then I felt a hand on my shoulder and almost screamed like a little girl, which would not have been pretty. Turning around, I was face to face with none other than Raina.

"Are you ok?" She asked me, which caught me off guard because I thought she would yell at me for holding something that was hers.

"What just happened to me?" I asked her, feeling a little dizzy from my experience.

"If your inexperienced with Valdran, then you can see the memories of those who wielded the sword. What did you see exactly?" Raina answered, I knew that I couldn't hide anything from her, so I told her.

"I was in a woods and you were hunting a deer, but you didn't kill it and you had a conversation with James and Pitch, I mean Peter, about your bow skills." I state, watching what her reaction would be for invading her past.

"I remember that conversation, at the time I wasn't happy about what they said, but now I am grateful. Because it has allowed me to improve in fighting." She replied, almost looking a little sad.

I replayed the conversation she had and began to feel how real it was. It felt as if I was right there, with her when she was wild and free. It was kind of depressing to see her now as a strong warrior who could easily break any moment.

"When I was looking at your past, it felt like I was really there. Not like in a dream, but like I was a part of what was going on." I blurted out, if anyone was going to know what this was like, it would be Raina.

"I have to go to the meeting, but we'll talk about this as soon as I can." She replied, taking the sword from me and setting it in it's rightful place, then we walked out of the room and parted ways.

Author's Note: Hi readers, sorry its been a while since I updated, but I've been very busy so it's been hard to write. I hope you can forgive me for the delay and enjoy this chapter. Love you all and I should update as soon as I can!