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Chapter 11:
Battle with the Mistress of Stars
Sheena opened the door and what lay before was… a truly beautiful room. Almost
pure white, but only not really; every thing was tinted with a light shade of
lavender. The ceiling had many engravements on it; similar to the other rooms.
So, the room would change during battle!?! This was Derris-Kharlan, so normal
battle wasn’t so normal up here. The room was just almost to beautiful to
describe-- crystalline diamonds hanging off a warmly lit chandelier, the floor
with opal melded into it; it almost looked like the tide came in on a beach.
Very bumpy, yet full of rivets and curves. (A/N: a very weird comparison, but if
you do look at the wet sand close to shore it is like that from the tide.) And
star shapes almost dancing off the top of the walls. And then, Astra.
She was dressed in a purple gown, with faint white stars billowing on it. Her
white hair was also tinted lavender, and her eyes had one of the most
distinguished colours of purple. A very calm yellow aura surrounded her, it
seemed to flow into everything among the room. Yes, she did love the color of
purple; once, a very long time ago, when Astra was still small, she remembered
standing in a field of lilacs, watching the worlds of Sylvarant and Tethe’alla
orbit each other. But that was an old memory, but it was one she remembered.
(A/N: Sorry for another one of these, but I think after this, I think I will
continue to write the “character journeys”, but also another story consisting of
the history of Summon Spirits, including these ones.) It didn’t matter now, the
Mistress of Stars had to defeat this Summoner, as she didn’t take likely to
strangers.
Sheena almost felt shamed to fight in the room, but offered her pact anyway.
“I vow to save the two worlds, and two find the owner of the mysterious voice.”
“Fine, then but prove yourself.” the Mistress of Stars replied.
Sheena knew this was a battle, and started off with a new Technique, Waterfall
Impalement. A huge geyser blasted her upwards to the ceiling of the room. Then,
rain began to fall on Astra, every drop stabbing into her like small needles
pinpricking into her skin. After this, a waterfall crashed onto the Summon
Spirit os Stars, along with Sheena and her katana. Atsra took out her damage on
Zelos, attacking him with her scythe. She used a series of cuts in a such an
old style, that only masters probably knew of. She did the same to Sheena, who
was too slow to react.
“It seems you’ve underestimated a girl’s power.” Astra said to Zelos, who looked
at his near dead companion.
“Starfall!” the Mistress of Stars yelled. A huge torrent of stars came to rain
upon Sheena….. And then Zelos came and yelled, “Gaurdianic Wing!” obviously a
new spell. A white wing, with evergreen tips , protected Sheena and Zelos form
harm. This took up a lot of mana, however, Zelos wasn’t depleted yet. Sheena
took Astra’s hesitation to her advantage; she struck her twice and began to cast
Curing Seal. Then Zelos began to cast Healing Stream. However, the spell was
interrupted by Astra’s attacks. But, since Sheena just got done with her spell,
Zelos was healed. The Mistress of Stars went to go attack Sheena, but then Zelos
used his Whitehot Pyre technique. He jumped up in the air, twirled once, then
shot a flaming white sphere at his enemy.
“Circle Crush! Astra yelled. A Magic circle appeared below her, knocking the
nearby Sheena and Zelos away from her. Sheena quickly dove for Zelos’ bag, out
of mana. She quickly sed a Miracle Gel on herself, then one on Zelos.
The Magic Swordsman then dived upon Astra, and stabbed her many times. Sheena
got ready for a Unison Attack, and Zelos saw her signal, a hand with two finger
sticking out, the index and middle. This time however, Zelos used Super
Lightning Blade, and Sheena used Waterfall Impalement. This created the Special
attack of Conducted Water, a attack consisting of a huge typhoon striking Astra,
then the geyser getting shocked by three lightning bolts. Astra could take no
more, and fell over submitting herself to defeat.
“Well, now there are only two more Spirits to go, Sheena” Zelos said happily.
“Yeah…Astra, I hope we come friends.” the woman ninja said.
“I’m sure we will” Astra predicted, “and we shall.”
Sheena grinned as Astra thought, “It’s been a long time, to be able to relax for
once.”
“Well, we should hurry,” she said after this thought, “If we do not hurry, this
world will crash into yours.”
Sheena had a look of surprise on her face, however Zelos did not.
“I kind of figured, seeing as how this would be the top way to destroy our new
world. I saw it from the very beginning, when we first heard the names of you
Summon Spirits. Cresenta, sprit of the moon, being a crescent at times. Astra,
whose powers relied on the stars, and was able to use great astral power. Sola,
Spirit of the Sun, solar power must be his strong suit. And finally, Universa,
whose powers have most likely held together this world, as well as ours. I makes
a lot of sense.”
Sheena was appalled by Zelos being smart at something; this was a first! But,
people should suppose there is a first time for many things, such as events that
would take place at the Shrine of the Sun, where Sola rested. By and by, much of
this adventure was still to come, and Sheena was ready for it.
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