Pichu Luver
23rd July 2003, 09:18 PM
Hey people some of you might know as the sometimes reply to your fics person ^^''' Uh yeah well at least I'm not totally silent right? Heh well I'be written my own decided to post it here. I'm pretty knew at this whole writing a fan-fic thing so don't totally kill me k? ^^''' It's a in-progress fic so I post as I type lol well here it goes.
Crossing Paths
Prologue: Aurora’s Promise
The water washed against rocks that were once a grand mountain. But as always water and winds breaks a mountain and now it is reduced to a few humble rock formations. Dotting which is now known as the Canadian Shield. Perhaps in a few hundred years these rocks would be gone as well but for now they were a seat. For a woman clad in a turquoise dress sat watching the sun fall behind the trees that surround this whole lake, and many many miles around it. The waters were slowly growing black but for now they were purple, pink, and red reflecting the sky above.
The woman sighed and held a sorrowful look in her indigo eyes. She looked around her at the cottages on the lake and behind her, listening to the occasional boat flying past getting to the docks before dark. She could hear laughter from one of the campfires behind her “Silly beings, they don’t even realize what is happening. Perhaps they can laugh now but . . .” she murmured to herself and turned to look at the rock on which she was seated. “Soon they might be as worn as this rock-once a grand mountain now a small insignificant rocky mass. It’s a good seat though.” and a smiled played on her lips. Hope filtered into her eyes and they almost seemed to change . . . Now a light sky blue. “Well all is not lost I suppose, the Guardians may be able to
fix what was wronged.” She turned from the rock and back to the lake, which was now all black, and the sky was now a dark blue to purple the Milky Way starting to show in the heavens above.
She got up from her seat and turned to the people seated around the fire that was situated in front of a cottage. Now they were trying to sing Christmas carols and failing miserably. She walked up to them and jumped down from the rocks to the grass. She leaned against a tree on the outskirts of the group and listened in on the song-
“On the 7th day of Christmas my true love gave to me uh . . . anyone know?” asked a rather plump man with black hair. He was sitting in a chair that seemed dangerously close to tipping.
“Uh . . . 7 swans a swimming isn’t it dad?” asked a slightly skinny girl from a chair across from the plump man. She had blue eyes though hard to tell in the firelight and chin length blond hair.
“Sounds right.” said the man to her left with light brown hair.
“Ok then on the 7th day of Christmas my true love gave to me seven sw-whoa!” the plump man’s chair had tipped and he was about to fall over the small incline that led to some grass then rocks below. The lady in the turquoise dress disappeared in a flash reappearing next to the man and righted his chair.
The man chuckled lightly and said, “Well got lucky there didn’t I? Guess I know how to right a chair.” He chuckled some more and the people around joined in. The blond girl however was staring to a spot next to him, right at the turquoise lady, eyes very wide. She blinked and then seemed confused, rubbing her eyes.
“Yeah you saved yourself from a right banging on the head.” replied a woman on his right with slightly wavy hair. “I suggest you move that chair to a more safe spot.”
“Yeah maybe I should.” he moved to a more safe area that wasn’t about to tip his chair over the edge.
“I think I’m gonna head in, I’m quite tired.” said the blond and looking back at the area where the plump man had been before. She shook her head but then smiled, “Night everyone.”
A round of good nights came from the crowd around the campfire as she turned and headed in the small cottage. The turquoise dressed woman just shook her head causing her shoulder length white hair to dance around. If you hadn’t realized yet no one can see her, well almost no one. The blond girl had seen her, if only for a few seconds. “Yes the Guardians are almost ready. Soon very soon, though I wish I didn’t have to take them, it’s necessary.” Her eyes went a little darker again and she went back to the rocks sitting on them again. “Why it’s me that has to take them is puzzling.” her eyes changed to a dark green as if to reflect her confusion.
A small white light appeared next to her and she turned to it, a smile forming her lips. “Aurora, how good of you to come, beautiful night isn’t it?”
The light grew and formed a human, which sat down on the rocks next to her. She also had white hair, waist length though, and her eyes were for now light blue. She had a royal blue dress on, “Yes it is beautiful, and the air is so pure up here to. How humans live in those cities is beyond me, so polluted.”
“Yes well, perhaps they get used to it. How is a wonder though.” said the first woman. “Can you tell me why I have to be the one to take the Four from their holiday? As far as I know I will have no further involvement with them.”
“Well Eventide it’s better if they have no involvement with me until near the end of the journey.” she replied.
“Yes well would you mind reciting that to me? You know the whole Promise you made up a while ago.” said Eventide her eyes going an excited pink.
“A while ago? Wasn’t more like 500 years? Now that’s quite a while isn’t it?” said Aurora an amused look on her face her eyes going a light green.
“Well I didn’t want to imply you were old or anything so uh . . . You made it when you were what, 1568?” said Eventide stammering and looking a little worried.
Aurora laughed and said, “Now no need to get frantic or anything, I know my age and I’d say I’m still quite young.”
Eventide looked at her skeptically but seemed to relax and said, “No offence but you are the oldest one out of us. Anyway would you mind reciting it? I’ve never heard and the others wouldn’t say it.”
“They wouldn’t say it huh? Well I’m going to need to talk to them, we were all 300 once. Anyway, yes it would be a pleasure to say it now how did it go?” she seemed to ask herself closing her eyes and said,
“The Guardian Three shall be chosen,
When Mother Nature has been crying,
For Humans have been abusing Earth,
And so now is it slowly dying.
As to mark them as the Guardian Three,
There shall be a brown fleck on the left ring,
Their early life is really a sad tale,
Now though kind respect makes them want to sing.
Unfair though as life has always been,
They will be taken from holiday,
To a lake that is not as so far,
As the quest to where they dare not say
First they all will go to a new school,
Where they all shall learn to battle hard,
Not with themselves but with sleek creatures,
Hope to win is in the hearts who sparred.
Who which means Lovely Goddess of War,
Journeys alone in another’s path,
Learning how to swing through grey canyons,
On lines so thin please don’t do the math.
Few in good beasts and only newly trained,
Now they venture through the strange moving hoop,
To find that friends are few in testing grounds,
Those you have hang in there through each mad loop.
Once trust has been gained adventure starts,
Saving the teams is their goal for now,
Until when the time is right for change,
Kittens and fairies fit for a bow.
Finally back to a land of battles,
Now they’re ready to fight for a token,
And maybe just maybe catch some new friends,
Now home they go for she has spoken.
Unfortunately she is not done,
A short break then time to save nature,
Combined they will save the humble Earth,
Man learns and they say catch ya later.”
She opened her eyes and they seemed a solemn navy. Eventide noticed this and said, “I’m sorry Aurora if I upset you in any way I was just curious. Perhaps to much . . .”
Aurora turned to her and replied, “No we all have a right to know, the others should have told you but perhaps it was best if I did. Anyway it is said, though I wish I hadn’t made it . . .”
“Well someone had to, maybe it was all the better you did. If Matin had made it imagine what he’d of done. At least you were calm about it.” said Eventide trying to cheer up her mentor and friend.
Aurora seemed to lighten up at this and smiled at Eventide, “Yes well if he had made it all the poor children would be very confused right now wouldn’t they? Always such a worrywart wasn’t he? Prophecies always seem to come to those who want them the least. Remember what he was like when it happened? So jealous.”
“Yes very funny.” remarked Eventide, “ you knew it would be a long time until the Four would arrive. May I ask how?”
The skies were now very dark and the Milky Way almost fully visible. Aurora looked up at them and stared for a while simply looking or something more Eventide couldn’t tell until she spoke. “The stars tell a lot you know.”
Eventide simply nodded, it was said the Ancient could read the stars (Aurora didn’t like to be called that but it was the formal term for the eldest Naki). How she read them Eventide did not know but she guessed she would know when she was older. “The starts are beautiful, if not readable right now.”
“Yes well be happy that you cannot read them yet, I look at them and all I see is dates and information. It can be useful yes but . . . I’d rather just look at them and be blissfully unaware, like you. Remember that we will all be an Ancient one day.” remarked Aurora. “Why they came up with Ancient as the name is beyond me makes us sound so old.”
“Yes well . . . us Naki’s were always strange in our ways weren’t we? The Elves despised us for that.” Eventide and Aurora chuckled a little. Eventide looked away from the stars and back at the rock, “Though I can’t imagine myself as an ancient. I’m simply to . . . what’s the word? Chancy I’d say, taking risks and perhaps hanging around humans too much. They’re quite strange but interesting creatures to I’d have to say. Perhaps that’s why the Guardians have to save them . . .” said Eventide looking back at the stars.
“Yes that may be why, many inventions they’ve made, but they always seem to have a bad side effect. Well not all.” said Aurora as she looked out across the lake and heard the hearty chuckling in the background.
“They are trying to repair the damage they’ve done you know, those um hydro-electric cars and the just plain electric cars look promising. It’s to little to late isn’t it though . . .” Eventide looked sadly across the lake. “How long?”
“If the Guardians are unable to fix the damage then a year. It’ll start to really fall apart after that. I wonder if they’ve noticed it yet?”
“Slightly, not really though. Life still goes on as usual.”
Aurora nodded and sighed. “It’s really not fair for those four, having to fix something they didn’t mess up in the first place, well at least not directly.”
“Well hopefully humans will learn and not do it again? I wonder what will happen when they fix it . . . I’d like to see that.” Eventide grinned and turned to Aurora hoping for an answer,
“That not even I know. It could be subtle or outstanding. I personally hope for the later, make them really remember who saved their butts, and how they better make sure they do it right from now on.” Aurora looked up at the stars again and smiled, “And if I’m reading this right it will be the later.”
“Well bada boom bada bing!” Eventide said a big grin on her face. Aurora looked over at her and raised an eyebrow. “Uh . . . heard a human say and it sounded right for the moment . . .”
Aurora gave a hearty laugh and wiped some tears from her eyes, “well perhaps your right on one thing . . . You hang around humans a little too much.” Aurora laughed some more and Eventide looked a little sheepish. “You’ve certainly entertained me tonight Eventide and I have to thank you for that.”
“No problem Ancient.” said Eventide good-naturally and got up ready to spring off.
“Now I’ll have to punish you for that.” said Aurora also getting up.
“Eek help me!” cried Eventide and took off across the rocks, Aurora giving chase. As she reached the water she glowed white and changed into a little bright light. Aurora followed suit and they chased each other around in the air before diving into the water. They reappeared again and disappeared.
“Hey what was that?” asked the plump man looking out to the lake.
“Who knows it was probably just a fish eating some bug,” said the brown haired man.
“Yeah; well what day were we on?”
“The 12th.”
“Ok on the 12th day of Christmas . . .”
"When ideas fail, words come in very handy."~Goethe
So there it is! I hope you well at least sorta like it heh. I'll be adding little quotes at the end of each chapter just cause I feel like it :P Hehe well seeya!
~Pichu
Crossing Paths
Prologue: Aurora’s Promise
The water washed against rocks that were once a grand mountain. But as always water and winds breaks a mountain and now it is reduced to a few humble rock formations. Dotting which is now known as the Canadian Shield. Perhaps in a few hundred years these rocks would be gone as well but for now they were a seat. For a woman clad in a turquoise dress sat watching the sun fall behind the trees that surround this whole lake, and many many miles around it. The waters were slowly growing black but for now they were purple, pink, and red reflecting the sky above.
The woman sighed and held a sorrowful look in her indigo eyes. She looked around her at the cottages on the lake and behind her, listening to the occasional boat flying past getting to the docks before dark. She could hear laughter from one of the campfires behind her “Silly beings, they don’t even realize what is happening. Perhaps they can laugh now but . . .” she murmured to herself and turned to look at the rock on which she was seated. “Soon they might be as worn as this rock-once a grand mountain now a small insignificant rocky mass. It’s a good seat though.” and a smiled played on her lips. Hope filtered into her eyes and they almost seemed to change . . . Now a light sky blue. “Well all is not lost I suppose, the Guardians may be able to
fix what was wronged.” She turned from the rock and back to the lake, which was now all black, and the sky was now a dark blue to purple the Milky Way starting to show in the heavens above.
She got up from her seat and turned to the people seated around the fire that was situated in front of a cottage. Now they were trying to sing Christmas carols and failing miserably. She walked up to them and jumped down from the rocks to the grass. She leaned against a tree on the outskirts of the group and listened in on the song-
“On the 7th day of Christmas my true love gave to me uh . . . anyone know?” asked a rather plump man with black hair. He was sitting in a chair that seemed dangerously close to tipping.
“Uh . . . 7 swans a swimming isn’t it dad?” asked a slightly skinny girl from a chair across from the plump man. She had blue eyes though hard to tell in the firelight and chin length blond hair.
“Sounds right.” said the man to her left with light brown hair.
“Ok then on the 7th day of Christmas my true love gave to me seven sw-whoa!” the plump man’s chair had tipped and he was about to fall over the small incline that led to some grass then rocks below. The lady in the turquoise dress disappeared in a flash reappearing next to the man and righted his chair.
The man chuckled lightly and said, “Well got lucky there didn’t I? Guess I know how to right a chair.” He chuckled some more and the people around joined in. The blond girl however was staring to a spot next to him, right at the turquoise lady, eyes very wide. She blinked and then seemed confused, rubbing her eyes.
“Yeah you saved yourself from a right banging on the head.” replied a woman on his right with slightly wavy hair. “I suggest you move that chair to a more safe spot.”
“Yeah maybe I should.” he moved to a more safe area that wasn’t about to tip his chair over the edge.
“I think I’m gonna head in, I’m quite tired.” said the blond and looking back at the area where the plump man had been before. She shook her head but then smiled, “Night everyone.”
A round of good nights came from the crowd around the campfire as she turned and headed in the small cottage. The turquoise dressed woman just shook her head causing her shoulder length white hair to dance around. If you hadn’t realized yet no one can see her, well almost no one. The blond girl had seen her, if only for a few seconds. “Yes the Guardians are almost ready. Soon very soon, though I wish I didn’t have to take them, it’s necessary.” Her eyes went a little darker again and she went back to the rocks sitting on them again. “Why it’s me that has to take them is puzzling.” her eyes changed to a dark green as if to reflect her confusion.
A small white light appeared next to her and she turned to it, a smile forming her lips. “Aurora, how good of you to come, beautiful night isn’t it?”
The light grew and formed a human, which sat down on the rocks next to her. She also had white hair, waist length though, and her eyes were for now light blue. She had a royal blue dress on, “Yes it is beautiful, and the air is so pure up here to. How humans live in those cities is beyond me, so polluted.”
“Yes well, perhaps they get used to it. How is a wonder though.” said the first woman. “Can you tell me why I have to be the one to take the Four from their holiday? As far as I know I will have no further involvement with them.”
“Well Eventide it’s better if they have no involvement with me until near the end of the journey.” she replied.
“Yes well would you mind reciting that to me? You know the whole Promise you made up a while ago.” said Eventide her eyes going an excited pink.
“A while ago? Wasn’t more like 500 years? Now that’s quite a while isn’t it?” said Aurora an amused look on her face her eyes going a light green.
“Well I didn’t want to imply you were old or anything so uh . . . You made it when you were what, 1568?” said Eventide stammering and looking a little worried.
Aurora laughed and said, “Now no need to get frantic or anything, I know my age and I’d say I’m still quite young.”
Eventide looked at her skeptically but seemed to relax and said, “No offence but you are the oldest one out of us. Anyway would you mind reciting it? I’ve never heard and the others wouldn’t say it.”
“They wouldn’t say it huh? Well I’m going to need to talk to them, we were all 300 once. Anyway, yes it would be a pleasure to say it now how did it go?” she seemed to ask herself closing her eyes and said,
“The Guardian Three shall be chosen,
When Mother Nature has been crying,
For Humans have been abusing Earth,
And so now is it slowly dying.
As to mark them as the Guardian Three,
There shall be a brown fleck on the left ring,
Their early life is really a sad tale,
Now though kind respect makes them want to sing.
Unfair though as life has always been,
They will be taken from holiday,
To a lake that is not as so far,
As the quest to where they dare not say
First they all will go to a new school,
Where they all shall learn to battle hard,
Not with themselves but with sleek creatures,
Hope to win is in the hearts who sparred.
Who which means Lovely Goddess of War,
Journeys alone in another’s path,
Learning how to swing through grey canyons,
On lines so thin please don’t do the math.
Few in good beasts and only newly trained,
Now they venture through the strange moving hoop,
To find that friends are few in testing grounds,
Those you have hang in there through each mad loop.
Once trust has been gained adventure starts,
Saving the teams is their goal for now,
Until when the time is right for change,
Kittens and fairies fit for a bow.
Finally back to a land of battles,
Now they’re ready to fight for a token,
And maybe just maybe catch some new friends,
Now home they go for she has spoken.
Unfortunately she is not done,
A short break then time to save nature,
Combined they will save the humble Earth,
Man learns and they say catch ya later.”
She opened her eyes and they seemed a solemn navy. Eventide noticed this and said, “I’m sorry Aurora if I upset you in any way I was just curious. Perhaps to much . . .”
Aurora turned to her and replied, “No we all have a right to know, the others should have told you but perhaps it was best if I did. Anyway it is said, though I wish I hadn’t made it . . .”
“Well someone had to, maybe it was all the better you did. If Matin had made it imagine what he’d of done. At least you were calm about it.” said Eventide trying to cheer up her mentor and friend.
Aurora seemed to lighten up at this and smiled at Eventide, “Yes well if he had made it all the poor children would be very confused right now wouldn’t they? Always such a worrywart wasn’t he? Prophecies always seem to come to those who want them the least. Remember what he was like when it happened? So jealous.”
“Yes very funny.” remarked Eventide, “ you knew it would be a long time until the Four would arrive. May I ask how?”
The skies were now very dark and the Milky Way almost fully visible. Aurora looked up at them and stared for a while simply looking or something more Eventide couldn’t tell until she spoke. “The stars tell a lot you know.”
Eventide simply nodded, it was said the Ancient could read the stars (Aurora didn’t like to be called that but it was the formal term for the eldest Naki). How she read them Eventide did not know but she guessed she would know when she was older. “The starts are beautiful, if not readable right now.”
“Yes well be happy that you cannot read them yet, I look at them and all I see is dates and information. It can be useful yes but . . . I’d rather just look at them and be blissfully unaware, like you. Remember that we will all be an Ancient one day.” remarked Aurora. “Why they came up with Ancient as the name is beyond me makes us sound so old.”
“Yes well . . . us Naki’s were always strange in our ways weren’t we? The Elves despised us for that.” Eventide and Aurora chuckled a little. Eventide looked away from the stars and back at the rock, “Though I can’t imagine myself as an ancient. I’m simply to . . . what’s the word? Chancy I’d say, taking risks and perhaps hanging around humans too much. They’re quite strange but interesting creatures to I’d have to say. Perhaps that’s why the Guardians have to save them . . .” said Eventide looking back at the stars.
“Yes that may be why, many inventions they’ve made, but they always seem to have a bad side effect. Well not all.” said Aurora as she looked out across the lake and heard the hearty chuckling in the background.
“They are trying to repair the damage they’ve done you know, those um hydro-electric cars and the just plain electric cars look promising. It’s to little to late isn’t it though . . .” Eventide looked sadly across the lake. “How long?”
“If the Guardians are unable to fix the damage then a year. It’ll start to really fall apart after that. I wonder if they’ve noticed it yet?”
“Slightly, not really though. Life still goes on as usual.”
Aurora nodded and sighed. “It’s really not fair for those four, having to fix something they didn’t mess up in the first place, well at least not directly.”
“Well hopefully humans will learn and not do it again? I wonder what will happen when they fix it . . . I’d like to see that.” Eventide grinned and turned to Aurora hoping for an answer,
“That not even I know. It could be subtle or outstanding. I personally hope for the later, make them really remember who saved their butts, and how they better make sure they do it right from now on.” Aurora looked up at the stars again and smiled, “And if I’m reading this right it will be the later.”
“Well bada boom bada bing!” Eventide said a big grin on her face. Aurora looked over at her and raised an eyebrow. “Uh . . . heard a human say and it sounded right for the moment . . .”
Aurora gave a hearty laugh and wiped some tears from her eyes, “well perhaps your right on one thing . . . You hang around humans a little too much.” Aurora laughed some more and Eventide looked a little sheepish. “You’ve certainly entertained me tonight Eventide and I have to thank you for that.”
“No problem Ancient.” said Eventide good-naturally and got up ready to spring off.
“Now I’ll have to punish you for that.” said Aurora also getting up.
“Eek help me!” cried Eventide and took off across the rocks, Aurora giving chase. As she reached the water she glowed white and changed into a little bright light. Aurora followed suit and they chased each other around in the air before diving into the water. They reappeared again and disappeared.
“Hey what was that?” asked the plump man looking out to the lake.
“Who knows it was probably just a fish eating some bug,” said the brown haired man.
“Yeah; well what day were we on?”
“The 12th.”
“Ok on the 12th day of Christmas . . .”
"When ideas fail, words come in very handy."~Goethe
So there it is! I hope you well at least sorta like it heh. I'll be adding little quotes at the end of each chapter just cause I feel like it :P Hehe well seeya!
~Pichu