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Disclaimer: I do not own ToS. Nope. Or Tales of
Phantasia (you’ll see a mention of this later). Or Commander in Chief (I sort of
stole a line from there in here, but it’s not with government presidents and
such.)
A/N: We’re finally at The Court Case! The thing
that was supposed to be nine chapters is on its thirty-fourth! Happy! Wow, so
many people made it in. Scorch and Embre were supposed to be a reference, and
Singe wasn’t supposed to be a LaHeart. Also, Scorch was never supposed to
develop a relationship with Saphfyre; originally, they were supposed to have a
little talk to show interaction between characters. Oh well, things turn out
good this way. And the other side of Crimsonia, don’t even get me started. She
definitely felt like going off the notch. She used apostrophes! Also, Lapisa
wasn’t supposed to sing, or get her current role now. Same with Rubyi and
Crimsonia. And Rubyi! Man! She was supposed to be a thief! Tsk, tsk, characters!
What else, what else…oh yeah, Astra. That Plains of Hope thing was supposed to
be for the Summon Spirit Diary, which by the way, I will try to work on soon. I
don’t know, the Plains of Hope fit for that scene. And originally--this could
have killed off more than half the story--the Secluded Lands? Never were
supposed to exist. I need to stop using supposed. But anyway! They really
randomly came into view when I had to make up where Crimsonia came from, and so
the Lands were born. And Cali Flion was also supposed to be a mention, but I
knew she’d probably come in. And boy, her scenes were fun to write, even if she
is a horrid person. And Singe wasn’t supposed to be a writer. Cresenta and
Flaren? Not supposed to be an item? LaHearts Weapons? Came along. Raphel, the
old swordsmith? Not very important, but he wasn’t supposed to be there either.
Raise? Wasn’t supposed to be there. She came along nicely, though. And
Universa’s relationship with her? Shouldn’t have been there. Also, Embre
becoming their sort of “child” fitted in nicely, so that became good. There’s a
lot of other things too, like weapon riding, which was really not supposed to be
there, but I needed a way that wasn’t a Rheiard fro Crimsonia to travel. It
helped on later, like for Lapisa and such. Speaking of Crimsonia, she crosses
over with Raine: Tales of Healing Left Undone. She must have not wanted to
reveal her secret--that she was a human who used magic and other such things
about the Secluded Lands--but they were figured out soon enough. And Singe
having the child? Well, it didn’t fit Crimsonia, and I think it’s beautiful for
the general to go through everything she’s done (the Guard doesn’t seem that
good when you’re in there. There might be details later, but it’d probably be
gruesome…) she found love in the end. What else is there? Oh yeah, Efil. I knew
he’d appear, but his name was from another sort of summoned creature (still
called Summon Spirits, though) that I was writing about in some other story.
It’s a nice name--I got it from spelling “Life” backwards. The past thing with
Raise and all them was meant to be, though, once they all came together. I knew
there’s be a fight between them all. There’s probably more, but I will go over
some things that were good, too…
Even though this was originally supposed to be
nine chapters, maybe one more or less, give or take, but it really began to
flourish as more people came into view. The Secluded Lands were amazingly fun to
write, and they turned out beautifully. The whole shadow of Zelos’ death and the
other shadow that is love really worked out well for this. And Universa’s
relationship was really going good; even some scenes with Cali were fun to
write. I love seeing her keep calm while Saphfyre practically kills her. I’m
thinking she’ll appear at the case. I think I will make everyone mentioned so
far in the story appear. Besides the Dilvin Elder, because he has all his crap
and needs to do a bad job on it because he can’t do anything right. But Goldes
was very nice to write about. Though, the whole light thing was meant to be. But
I really wanted it to be all casino-like and off the hook, but that didn’t
really work. So it was just very lively, but there were casinos! So Flaren got
the money she adored and a refueled addiction to slots and other gambling
things. So much spread through my mind when writing Lapisa’s journey to find
herself. Those places--the Manauille River, The Lake of Crystal Dreams, and the
Sea of Light--they came out much more gorgeous than I expected. That diary
Lapisa read was also good to have in. Okay, this Zeal music is getting annoying.
I think I’ll change it to the Piano Remix. (Zeal from Chrono Trigger, by the
way. Jeez, this A/N sure is long.) Okay, Piano Remix on now. So, anyway, I
really enjoyed the scenes with Scorch and Saphfyre, and adding the humor of
Rubyi overhearing something and getting hurt because of shock. Hmm…their scenes
compare to Lloyd and Dialmond’s, although I think Scorch is a bit smarter, but
still like Lloyd’s intelligence. Although, with Lloyd and Dialmond, it’s much
more…passionate, that fit’s a bit. But also “forbidden”…that’s a word I’d use.
Lloyd really needs to stop wasting my time and make a decision. I think he’s
leaning towards Dialmond; he needs to quit being dirty, because Colette will
find out soon enough. Though those scenes really show the inner Lloyd and a
much more inner Dialmond. She’s usually not the kind of person to thwack a
person older than her and wiser than her over the head. Poor Kratos. Maybe Raine
will give you a hug. At least she’s not here to hear that. Here to hear? Wow.
Bad wording! But anyways, Dialmond also usually doesn’t beat the tar out of
someone then pay for a stolen sword. Though I guess that’s not really stealing,
I guess. It seems like her guard is down whenever Lloyd is around. Speaking of
which, he needs different ways of wording things! Like when he first saw
Dialmond and spoke with her, everyone though he was talking about something
else! Though now they’d be almost right. Wow…a lot of my characters have gotten
close to…well, that but have never gone through with it. That’s good. I’m
not making this M. Unless it raises to that, but hopefully it won’t .At least
they can wait. I’m proud of Scorch, with Cali’s demands and all that. And I’m
glad Lloyd hasn’t struck the candle on that mater, too. They’re all good people.
Okay, maybe I should stop writing this very long A/N now. Oh crap…I typed more
than 1,000 words on this! Okay, story now!
Chapter 34: The Court Case
Dialmond got up out of her bed and looked out
her clean, polished window, “Morning…”
“Good morning!” Lloyd said energetically next to
her on the mattress.
“Ahhhhhhh! What are you doing here?!” was the
girl’s shocked reply.
“Well, we got into talking when we were both
sitting on the bed and I kind of…fell asleep?”
“Ugh. Um…Uh…Well…just get out!” She pushed the
man out, causing his loosened pants to go down with him. Than Martel he was
wearing boxers.
“Um…” Lloyd hoisted up the fallen garments and
tightened them.
“Is there something you’re not telling me?”
“What?”
“I am just saying, is there something you do not
want me to know, something about last night?”
“Uh…no.”
Relief! Dialmond knew Lloyd never had the effort
to do anything in the morning, much less lie! She breathed a sigh of relief and
saw him taking off his pants--which he had just gotten back on--shirt, and
everything else he was about to lower his last garment, which covered something
Dialmond did NOT want to see in the morning, when the girl
stopped him.
“Just what do you think you are doing?!?!”
“I’m taking my clothes off. I’m going to get in
the shower, so we can go to the case. I just though I’d change here!”
Oh Martel, the case! Dialmond knew she’d have to get ready, but threw that aside
for the moment, and yelled at him, “Do you think you can take…take…take THAT
off while I am right here?!? Go to the shower and do that!”
And so Lloyd did, after a shoe, a picture with
it frame, and other random objects--some blunt, some not--careened towards Lloyd
after Dialmond threw them. The girl sighed and was glad she had showered last
night; now all she had to do was change into some extra--
“Oh no! I have no other clothes! What am I going
to do! Oh no! Not now, out of all times!” Dialmond stopped herself and looked at
the door. The door, now shut, had a nice dark maroon dress with a note on it
that said, “To wear. Love Lloyd.” Dialmond took out the picture frame she had
thrown in it; thank Martel it hadn’t ripped, as Dialmond was a strong pitcher.
She smiled and loosened it from the door. The case was soon to come…
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“Please, Martel, let this work out for the best.
Please forgive everyone, and I know Miss Seles would not like it…but please let
Sheena be al--” Lapisa’s prayer was interrupted by the very awake Sardnyox,
already dressed in what she was wearing to the case.
“What are you doing?” she asked the
silver-haired dual swordswoman.
“N-Nothing!” Lapisa blushed, “I was praying to
Martel…”
“About what?” Sardnyox asked, a hint of
touchiness in her voice.
“About the case. I was praying that--” Lapisa
was cut off by her sister.
“That’d we’d win, right?” Sardnyox gave a
scolding look at her sister, “Sheena’s nice, but we’re trying to win this. So,
you know…”
“Oh, yes. I was praying that we would win. Of
course.” Lapisa crossed her fingers behind her back.
“Okay, then good.” Sardnyox began to walk away.
“Actually, Sardnyox…” Lapisa stood up.
“Hm?” the purple-haired woman turned.
“Why do you not shut up sometimes!? I can pray
for what I want!? I was praying for Sheena to be all right!?! We do not
need people to suffer over an accident!”
“Do you really believe it was one!?” Sardnyox
suddenly retorted, “Sheena didn’t seem too fond of Zelos the way Seles
described!”
“I do not care! That Sheena…she has kind eyes!
She would not kill anyone on purpose unless she needed to!”
“You think eyes will set a person free from
their sins!?”
“You think that based on tings you heard
someone deserves to die!?”
“Shut up all of you.” Flaren walked out,
also in her court garb. Using one of her high-heels, she delivered a swift blow
between the two fighting siblings, causing them to move back a bit. Flaren was
in a dark red dress, and she pointed at Sardnyox, who flattened out part of her
sardonic purple dress, which was a very light white at the top. Flaren continued
to make peace, “Fighting will not solve anything. Or has war not taught anyone
anything? Jeez…you both calm down! And say you’re sorry, too.”
“Fine. I apologize.” Sardnyox gave a stony look
to Lapisa…
…who returned it, with her apology as, “I am
sorry. But--” she was cut off by Flaren again.
“No ‘but’s’. I don’t care what happens today. We
have a case to get to soon. And I’m in jury! I’m surprised Singe is there, too,
with how she describes the Guard and all…”
“You’re on jury! That’s no fair!” Rubyi burst
in, her dress imprinted with a sun at the center. This part of the dress was
pink, but as it reached the outer extents of the cloth, it turned to a dark
rose. The doctor/thief/knife wielder/Divine Light continued, “You’ll just say
Sheena was not guilty! I mean, I’m not all for her death but…”
“Actually, me and Singe discussed this.” Flaren
said, brushing some hair away from her eyes, “We were going to vote for Sheena,
but after a while, we’ll see which side actually has the better points and such.
Raphel even came, too. He’s doing the same thing.”
“That old guy?” Rubyi asked, “He’s on jury?”
“For your information, ‘that old guy’ could kick
your--” Flaren began but was cut off.
“Do you think I look okay? I usually don’t care
but…” Emereld walked into the room, blushing. She was wearing a light green
dress, which at the top-right was a nice emerald colour, that slowly changed to
white as it traveled to the bottom-left of the garment. The green-haired woman
also wore a sparkling emerald necklace, which tinkled lightly as she moved.
Everyone was pretty much stunned. The shoes were nice as well; a light green
with white ribbons on the top of the toe.
“You look fine.” Sardnyox said.
“Oh, were you in the middle of something?”
Emereld asked, “I don’t want to interrupt…”
“No, nothing major.” Flaren smiled at Rubyi, and
the red-haired woman smiled back.
“Look at me!” Saphfyre jumped in the room,
through a glass window, which, thankfully, was open. The leader of the Redjewels
wore a nice lavender dress, her hair a bit light for the occasion. She wore a
necklace with white jewels (with just a hint of purple in them) in that were
embedded in metal star frames. But the alloy wasn’t a dull silver, it was a nice
sparkling white. The dress Saphfyre wore was also lightly printed with star
outlines, as well. The woman also wore some lilacs in her hair because of the
occasion, a suggestion Scorch had while talking. And to top it off, Saphfyre
still had her scythe, although apparently she had painted its holder the same
color as the star frames: a nice white, hint of purple here, and there too…There
were also some sparkling borders of stars on the sheath, making it look even
more beautiful. The woman was gorgeous, and everyone pondered the reason.
“Why the reason?” Sardnyox then asked.
“I just felt like lighting up my character. I
play a fairly big role in this.”
“…Or just a featurette.” Rubyi suddenly said,
giving her a sideways glance.
“I think I look nice, anyway.” Saphfyre
scoffed at her sister, smirking just a bit.
“You look beautiful.” Scorch said as he
walked in through the window, which looked odd, but it was better than a
screaming banshee that was formally dressed up with a scythe on her back going
through it. The male LaHeart kissed her ear as she laughed.
“And I ask, when’s the wedding?” Rubyi held up
her hands.
“Oh, shut up.” Saphfyre gave her a teasing-nyaa-nyaa
look as she returned Scorch’s flirting.
Rubyi then returned with a
well-I’m-still-better-than-you look and stretched.
“You two seem happy.” Topaz commented. It seemed
like there was something going on in the room, so the girl was curious.
“Yes, you do.” Dialmond said the same as she
walked in, “We heard some crazy woman screaming in here, so I thought it might
have been Rubyi doing something strange. But, what’s going on here?” The crowd
took a bit t look at both girls. Topazen was dressed in a gold, flowing robe,
with silver streaks here and there. Ribbons flowed down from the shoulders of
it, also of golden color, but a bit lighter. Dialmond wore a dress as well,
silver with a strange imprint of gold on the lower left. She wore two bracelets,
one on each wrist, whose gems were clear and shimmering. The sword was still
there, adorning a silver sheath instead of its original dull wood one. Both
girls wore heels matching to their color of dress, and they both look quite
elegant.
“Someone’s at the door for you, Scorch.” Topazen
said, “I just remembered to tell you.”
“Oh, I wonder who.” Scorch said as he walked
off.
“Dialmond!” Rubyi tackled her sister, “How’d you
get here!”
“Lloyd took me.” Dialmond explained, “He is going to the case, as well, you
know.”
“So?” the red-haired woman elbowed Dialmond,
“Are you two an item now? Huh? I see the way you to look at each other…”
“N-No!” Dialmond denied everything, “Although,
Lloyd did make me two dresses. One was a nice maroon, but he said to look behind
it and I had this. He even got this rose for me, too. It is amazing! It is a
very nice silver…” Dialmond slid it under her neck, “He is a very nice person…”
she stumbled for a bit; the leg still needed to heal.
“Why are you limping?” Sardnyox interrogated,
“You and Lloyd didn’t have too much fun…? What were you doing, were you being
rough in a house? Or can I just be blunt and use the term ‘roughhousing’ and be
done with it? Well?”
“NO!” Dialmond screamed, “I-I fell down the
stairs. It was not fun.” She then mumbled under her breath, “But it was handsome
enough.”
“What was that?” Topazen asked.
“Nothing!” Dialmond replied, “Just clearing my
throat. Ahem and such!”
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Scorch opened the door with a smile on his face.
He expected to see a family or friend but was greeted by…
“Well, hello, Scorch.”
“Cali!? Why are you here!?”
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Crimsonia finished stacking some papers, “There.
All finished! Sheena, I am done!”
Astra moved out of the way, in a dark black
dress, with the same color ribbon trailing from the back. Sheena came through, a
sight to see. Dressed in a lavender dress, with two ribbons flowing from the
wrist, and just the right amount of collar furred with a nice light purple
sheen, the “female ninja” title wouldn’t fit someone so glamorous. The garment
she was wearing shined and glowed as she walked, like a summer violet in wind.
The same type of fur the collar was covered by also adorned the shoulders,
except much lighter in weight and thinner in material. She blushed as she saw
the amazed looks of Astra, Crimsonia and Sola. The red-haired woman blushed, she
didn’t seem to be wearing anything special compared to Sheena, but that just
wasn’t the case. Dressed in a sky kimono, with clouds sinking into the center,
Crimsonia looked very elegant. She also had some sapphire-blue shoes as well,
and a necklace with a single jewel at the center. Sola smiled, shifting his
tuxedo a little bit as he came closer to her. It was fairly normal, except for
the gold (and blue, as Crimsonia requested) on the borders of it and the
azure-gold flower with rested on the top right, below the said side’s shoulder.
“I think we should talk with the Redjewels and
such. Just so we are on even ground.” Crimsonia blushed and looked at the floor,
sure that Sheena would decline.
“Okay.”
Crimsonia smiled as they headed to Zelos’
mansion.
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“Why are you here?” scorch asked, sitting on a
bench with his former love.
“I snuck myself into jury. Don’t worry, I’ll
judge fairly, even if that girl is on one side.” Cali loosened herself a bit,
the dress she wore sparkling a bit as she moved. Scorch had to admit, she didn’t
look half bad; the dress seemed to hide how horrid of a girl she was. Cali’s
clothing was blue and it seemed to rippled in the wind, like a calm pristine
lake or something of the sort. Her platinum hair seemed more thick, yet more
smooth as well. She had tiny azure-colored earrings that dangled a bit, as
though a rival to Saphfyre’s amazing ones (which were the same color as the gems
on the necklace she wore). Cali also wore heels identical to that of her dress,
except they were adorned with a thick gems to cover the foot instead of a
regular material. She explained if she needed to “kick ass” she would.
Literally.
“Why, though?” Scorch asked, taking his eyes off
her.
“I know this is a big part for everyone, and I
wanted to get involved.” Cali did her classic run-hand-through-hair routine.
“That’s all?”
“I’m sure you’re not that dense, Scorch.
I’m interested in you, but I’ve met someone else, too. Powerful. And nice long,
black hair. He even rivals me in spells.”
“What’s his name?” Scorch said, as a familiar
feeling seemed to cross him.
“He said I shouldn’t get involved with you, so
I’m not telling. Don’t worry, I’m still free.” She put a hand on his upper leg.
“Cali. Don’t.”
“Come on. I want you back. And I know you still
want me. I want to make you moan.” She moved her hand closer…Scorch took
it off.
“No. I don’t and you won’t. Leave me alone.”
“So are you married now? Or is that tux for the
case? You look--” Scorch mentally blocked out Cali’s seduction and returned to
his house.
“Ugh. I can’t stand her.”
“Fine. I’ll play with you later. Oshitm, we’ll get this world again soon. It’s
gotta be ruled by something, and everyone knows I’m fit to rule. Heh…”
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“Hmm…” Universa went to the mirror, trying to
fix his tie. He wore a a sort of cold-blue suit, but the tie wasn’t working.
“Well, hey, you.” Raise gave him a look. She was
dressed in a elegant, ribbon-filled dress.
“Raise…why are you here?”
“I was just getting ready to leave. Sheena and
the others have already departed to Seles’ home.”
“You’re using apostrophes!”
“And you just did.” Raise shifted some of her
hair, coming closer and also looking at the mirror, “I decided to go for a
change.”
“Why are you here, now, though?” Universa asked.
“I still miss you. And I don’t want Embre to go
through another heartbreak. Se told me a bit about it…she trusts us. I know you
may love Sheena, but I will still love you. That’s they way…that’ is the way I
shall always feel.” Raise put a dark flower black flower in her hair and left
the man to think. You know, she really didn’t get him. He seems jealous
of Efil, but now e loves Sheena. What is that about? Will love turn out right…
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Astra, Sheena, Sola, and Crimsonia arrived at
Seles’ house where many people were still gathered. The Mistress of Stars was
caught off when she saw Saphfyre, who looked astoundingly like a young Astra.
Everything was perfect, except…
Astra slid the lilac from the Plains of Hope in
Saphfyre’s beautiful, well-combed, smooth hair. The Mistress of Stars slid it in
gently and said, “Now it looks perfect.”
“Astra…” Saphfyre looked at the Star Summon
Spirit lovingly, “It really does. Thank you.” Scorch surprised the girl by then
picking her up.
“We can’t have the beauty get dirty from the
floor.” He said, as Saphfyre positioned herself into a more comfortable pose.
“Hey!” Rubyi then yelled, “I cleaned this place
very well, thank you!”
This was followed by a nice bit of laughter, and
Astra just smiled at Saphfyre, memories still coming to her. Although, one thing
was different. Saphfyre had found love. But she, Astra, had not. Efil…needed
to come back. Out of all things, he needed to come back. And soon. Singe came
in, dressed in black, and brushing some hair out of her eyes. A white rose was
on a part of the dress, and some opal-colored ribbon flowed down from it. The
general had a notebook in hand, and was, again, scribbling insanely on the new
notebook she had been given. She looked up and gave a greeting, and then shut
the book, beginning to strike up some conversation.
“Today is the day.” The writer said, “The Court
Case…”
“Yes.” Flaren looked at the ground, shifting her
dress a bit.
“Yes, but…we shouldn’t be acting all depressed!”
Rubyi suddenly broke the sad mood, jumping around. Singe took this distraction
to draw Sheena away from the crowd, into a separate room.
“What do you want?” Sheena asked.
“This case…” Singe looked at the floor.
“Yeah, what about it?” Sheena questioned again.
Singe was acting strange.
“Today could very well be your last day. Aren’t
you worried?”
“I’ve been thinking about that ever since this
whole thing began.” Sheena replied, suddenly turning to the big glass window in
the room, “But, yeah, I am sort of worried.”
“Only sort of?” the general asked, a bit confused.
“Well, yes.” the female ninja replied, trying to
hold back tears, “Ever since Kuchinawa…” she paused for a minute. She hadn’t
used his name in such a long time…she continued, “…Ever since Kuchinawa killed
Zelos, I kind of wanted to die. To be with him. But I can’t yet. Too many people
are counting on me.”
“That’s your…only reason for living?” Singe
asked.
“Yeah…I can’t have my burdens being let on other
people. I’ll die when everything is alright.”
“Sheena…”
The female ninja cut the general off, “Singe,
why did you ask me this?”
“Because. I know a bit of what you might be
going through. You need to live. Even if you can only ove once, cling to
them. There is a way. Live for them, Sheena. For Zelos…”
“Singe…”
“We better be getting back now.” the general
blushed, “Let’s hurry it up.” Singe usually wasn’t the person to get emotional,
but she remembered when Crimsonia almost died trying to save her…Sheena couldn’t
die.
The two went back in the room, finding out
Dialmond had left.
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“Lloyd…” Dialmond said to the man, in her own
now-built room.
“Yeah, Dialmond?” Lloyd stretched a bit, close
to the girl.
“Do you think Sheena will be alright? She…today
may be her last day. They are giving her the death penalty.”
“Yeah, but it’s Sheena. Even if they try to kill
her, we’ll just bust her out!”
“That is not right and you know it. They would
try to kill you, too. And if they did, I…I would be gone soon as well…”
“What so you mean. Like, gone from Meltokio or
what?” Lloyd gave her a confused look.
“From this world. From life, Lloyd. If you were
dead, I…I could not make it.”
“You do something like that just to be with
me…?” Lloyd gave her a shocked look.
“My life is in your hands. I do not wish to be
with anyone else. I do not need to be with anyone else. I NEED to be with
you!” She embraced him, and he returned. He began to kiss her neck, and she
stopped him.
“Why?” Lloyd asked.
“And this…this is killing me, too!” was
Dialmond’s reply, “You need to make a choice, Lloyd! Please!”
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“YO!” Lanztblu suddenly jumped through
the--thank Martel!--still-open window, giving a greeting.
“Lanztblu!” Crimsonia yelled in awe, “How did
you get here!?!”
“I’m sort of skilled in weapon riding, and I’m
great with water magic, so it was easy! I’m just here to watch, but I decided I
should come! Don’t worry; Oshitm hasn’t come or anything. It’s okay.”
“That is good to hear.” the red-haired fencer
returned, “So? How is the dojo?”
“It’s fine, but it’s much more fun when a
good teacher is there. You’re the best, Crimsonia!”
“Now, now. The other teachers are good too,
Lanztblu.” Crimsonia shook her head, denying what was true.
“But I beat them all the time! I’m already signing up to be a teacher there.”
“That should be…” Rubyi started.
“Interesting.” Sardnyox finished.
“What do ya mean by that?” the hyper blue-haired student asked.
“Oh, nothing.” Rubyi rolled her eyes and
laughed.
“Anyways, when is the case?” Lanztblu asked, her
attention shifting back to her former teacher.
“It should start in a couple of hours. I am sort
of nervous. After all, I am a lawyer, so I have to speak in front of many
people...” Crimsonia blushed a bit after saying this.
“You’ll do fine.” Rubyi shook her head.
“After all, we’re all lawyers, too.” Saphfyre
suddenly said, getting down from her human perch also known as Scorch.
“It’ll turn out alright. Everything usually
does…” Lanztblu tried to ease her teacher.
“Yes. I hope…” Crimsonia looked to the sky, and
smiled faintly.
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Embre was bored. And annoyed, too. Raise
kept fixing her up so she looked better, but due to the girl’s energy, Embre was
forced to be stopped by Raise and be repaired to formal looks. As the Summon
Spirit of the Skies was fixing her hair, Embre asked a question.
“I’m sorry if you don’t want to talk about it,
but--”
“Universa?” Raise cut her off.
“Yeah. I’m sorry.” Embre sighed.
“No, it’s not your fault. He’s…”
“You used an apostrophe! Wow!” Embre suddenly
burst out, screwing up her hair.
“You really mustn’t fidget so much. I might put
a hair clip in your ear if you keep doing so. But anyways…we’re trying to work
something out. I’m sure it will be for the best.”
“When people say that, it’s usually not. You’ve
got to keep him Raise. It’s not like I don’t like Sheena, but she’ll hurt him
badly if this keeps up.”
“I know. But he won’t listen…”
“Yeah, he won’t if you slap him and push him
away. It’s not his fault he loves someone. But it will be yours if you don’t try
to get him.”
“I will try. Thank you Embre.”
“Aww, you’re welcome!” Embre hugged Raise, who
blushed. The youngest LaHeart settled back into her chair.
“Now sit still, your whole head is messed up!”
“Ahahahah!”
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Flaren and Cresenta had also left the room,
where they walked the streets, recalling upon old memories.
“I still don’t get why you went away.” the girl
shrugged, “You left without even saying goodbye.”
“I know, and I am sorry for that.” Cresenta
looked at the ground, ashamed.
“It’s fine. I knew you might leave soon, but I
never told you how I felt, did I?”
“No, you did not.”
“Heh. But…you left because your family did,
right?”
“Yes. It was what your people would call a
‘vacation’, I think.”
“And what would you call it?” Flaren asked,
laughing.
“A ‘trip’, yes, a trip.”
“But aren’t they remotely the same thing.”
‘You could put it that way, but you are more relaxed on a vacation.”
“So then why’d you say I’d call it one.”
“We were relaxed, but not as much as normal
humans would be.”
“Ohhhhhhhh, okay. I get it.”
“Once I came back, I immediately recognized you.
You had become much more beautiful. And more likea leader as well.”
“What so you mean?”
“When I saw you with your siblings, you were the
one who ordered commands, and decided what to do. I also heard that if anyone
insulted anyone in your family, you were the first to bash their head in.”
“That’s very strange dialogue, coming from you.”
“I picked it up from a very lovely, active girl.
Although, many people would use hyper to describe it.”
“Hey don’t be mean!” Flaren hit him over the
head playfully.
“Hah!” Cresenta let out a laugh, and continued
to walk with the girl.
“But I guess I became that way, because I was
starting to adapt.” Flaren suddenly said, becoming serious.
“Hm?”
“I mean when Singe left. I had to become the
leader. I saw how hard she had it. I still don’t get the full reason why she
left. She has a dark path with Kahlijdima and Tahjra, and it also doesn’t help
that they used to war.”
“Oh, yes. I recall seeing that some time ago.”
“I really hate it, war. Nothing good ever comes
out of it in the long run.”
“It is because of differences. People cannot
seem to accept each other.”
“Yeah, but that’s not fair.”
“I know.”
“Promise me.”
“Hm?”
“Promise me…” the girl held his hand, “That
we’ll end this. All these wars and such. And Oshitm. And everything bad. Promise
me we’ll try our hardest.”
“Of course.” he brought up the hand that was
holding his own and kissed it.
“Thank you…”
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Lapisa had also left by now, the room’s
occupancy getting smaller and smaller. Perched on the top of a house’s roof, she
unleashed her wings. Smiling, she said to herself, “And such a hassle it was to
find my true self…However, I think Mother would be proud. And my ancestor,
Lapise Redjuwel, if she is my ancestor…hopefully she is proud of me, as well.”
Sitting back and recalling the woman’s words,
Lapisa recollected herself…the words flowed back…
*Flashback*
“I will dead in a few hours. I have no food, and
I can’t live on water. I will try to swim using my will. Through that stupid
lake, I am not deemed of even living anymore, lest calling myself an
explorer…But I want the reader of this diary to know something: Leave while you
can. If you are still sane, and probably young, live out your dreams. Do not try
to cross, I beg of you. There may be more than you expected, and since the coast
is above that one part of the cave, you probably won’t have the strength to get
out there anyway. I am not saying to give up your dreams, if you are an
explorer, or trying to get to the coast, but I am saying…don’t do anything
stupid. And don’t leave your family like I did.”
“Diary of Lapise Redjuwel”
“End”
*End Flashback*
And the words Lapisa herself said afterwards…
*Flashback*
“What!?!” Lapisa screamed, throwing the book
against the stone wall, “This cannot be! How could that woman, a figment of
me, not make it?! Ahhhhhhh!”
Slamming her fist into a wall, Lapisa’s tears
freely made an artificial waterfall out of her face. Being told to give up--but
oh, not really!-- was one of the few things that sent her off the deep end.
Kicking the wall evem more, cracks began to form.
“It is foolish to tell me to give up in a
disguised form. I will go on. I will continue, and I will find what I must!”
*End Flashback*
“In the end…she was not telling me not to give
up, but to live…and I foolishly rejected to. But now I see the truth behind her
words. Living…is not such a bad thing,”
Smiling and putting a hand on her head, the
woman let the wind loosen some feathers and make her hair whip around aimlessly.
She looked down to see a man in red and her sister, Dialmond conversing on a
bench. Strange, Meltokio didn’t use to have a park area…never mind, it was just
a bench shaded by some trees, which by the way were in much more quantity than
before. Anyway, Lapisa left, a few feathers dropping down as she departed,
leaving the two to be alone undisturbed…
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“How long has it been?” Dialmond turned to the
man she loved.
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