Title:Wild Magic.Part 8 Author:Tapestry Email:Shaddow_Cat@hotmail.com Standard Disclaimer Apply *denotes thought @@@@ denotes change in flashback Lita and Nephlite Lita pushed through the dense growth of plants.The land had become muddy and slippery.She had been avoiding Nephlite's glare since yesterday morning. He had asked her about the nightmare.... "Lita,slow down."called Nephlite. "We have to hurry if we are going to find the item and get back to Avalon. Now is no time for talk." "I think it is.....How am I suppose to trust YOU,if you won't trust,ME?" asked Nephlite."I think it's time we cleared things up around here." "This is NOT the time."contradicted Lita. "Yes it is!!I'm sick of this.I want to know what is going on!!!How can I HELP,if I'm in the dark of what in Merlin's name is happening!!???"spat Nephlite. Lita stared at him guiltily."I-I....."began Lita. "Go on....."urged Nephlite tapping his foot impatiently. "I can't....I don't want you to get hurt..."whispered Lita. "I'm a big boy...I can take care of myself."replied Nephlite sarcastically. "Just....let me think about it..okay???"asked Lita turning away. Nephlite knew Lita was stubborn and independent...he also knew what type of stress she was going through....if only she would share the burden... "Okay...."agreed Nephlite hesitantly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lita sighed.....burying her head into her knees....Nephlite was off somewhere....as much as she had denied it...she had fallen for the man who was called Nephlite.....he didn't know how many nights she'd laid awake,just looking at him... ~FLASHBACKS~ Nephlite lay asleep....the fire crackling softly.Lita had volunteered to take the first watch....they had a quarrel earlier today....Lita was now regretting it.... She watched as the glow from the flames cast a orange hue on Nephlite's face. "I'm sorry Nephlite..."whispered Lita. @@@@ "You're being impossible!"shouted Lita. "I'M being impossible?????YOU'RE the one who's being impossible!!!" exclaimed Nephlite. "You DON'T understand!!"shouted Lita. @@@@ "Nephlite....don't you ever cut that hair????"asked Lita softly to the sleeping Nephlite as she brushed his hair out of his eyes. ~END FLASHBACKS~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nephlite kicked some dirt with his shoe.*Why does she have to be so secretive????I don't care....one way or another...I'm going to get her to tell me.*vowed Nephlite. Kayala smiled....dangling the ice medallion from her fingers... "Well well....weather wielder and the Avalonian don't seem to be on good terms.....how convenient."laughed Kayala."Such a perfect opportunity."she cackled. "Time,to set the plan.....in motion."smiled Kayala evilly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lita sighed.The nightmare...always the nightmare.Always coming back to haunt her.A memory when she was a little girl. Suddenly,the ground began to shake. Lita gave a scream. Tentacle-like hands of soil reached up and grasped her hands and legs, holding her steady in place.Lita screamed....it was the last thing she remembered before falling into the black abyss that was a part of her soul, she had locked away....a long long time ago. A figure made out of mud and rock appeared. "Good work Terra.Mistress will be pleased."smiled another figure. "Hrrmph...No need to butter me up,psi-witch.You just do your mind-thingy." growled Terra. The woman smirked."No need to be so hostile,Terry...by the time I'm finished with this beauty,she'll be singing in boo-boo land."laughed the woman. "Boo-boo land??" "Nightmares you stupid mud brain." Terra sniffed slightly."You're just jealous you can't tamper with my mind, Pylon."replied Terra with an arrogant smile. "That's because there's nothing there to tamper with."mocked Pylon. "Just do your stuff already,mind-witch."retorted Terra. Pylon smiled and touched Lita's forehead slightly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nephlite looked up...he thought he'd heard Lita scream.Vaguely...but it couldn't be her.Could it??? Nephlite ran back towards the direction he'd left Lita. Reaching the clearing...he found the emerald eyed elemental sitting on the ground,her eyes a faraway look in them. "Lita,are you all right???"asked Nephlite moving towards her. No response.... "Lita???" In the deep recesses of Lita's mind.... "Lita???" "Yes mommy??" "You should be practising your magic,darling.Come along."smiled a woman. Her face was hazy.... "Yes momma."giggled the young green-eyed child,skipping towards her mother. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Lita??"said Nephlite again. Slowly,Lita looked up.But her emerald eyes were blank and dead.Like a woman possessed. Suddenly,her eyes narrowed."DIE!!!"she shouted pointing the lightning jewel at Nephlite. "Winds of fury, Blowing trees Whirlwinds rise, I command you now,Obey me!!!"shouted Lita. Instantly,a strond wind rose around the area.Lita stood there,her eyes glowing green. Nephlite clutched at a tree. "Lita!!What are you doing!!!"shouted Nephlite over the roar of the winds. But Lita couldn't hear him as she was deep inside her mind,seperated from the physical world as well as reality. Her body merely laughed insanely. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~Lita's mind~ "Lita,listen to Mommy.Run,run far far away.Find daddy."whispered the woman sadly. "Mommy???Why??I want to stay with you."sniffled Lita. "I'm sorry little angel.Mommy can't take care of you anymore."sobbed the woman. "Momma???"shouted Lita as the figure ran away and hands grabbed her away from the running figure that was her mother. "Mommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"screamed Lita. "Mommmmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyy!!!!"cried Lita as tears spilled from her eyes...she had been wrenched away from her mother. @@@@ "Papa!!!"shouted Lita...tears running down her face. The woman fighting her father cackled insanely.Then,blinding light.... blinding light,causing her to look away. After that,she saw her father on the ground. "Poppa!!!!!!"shouted Lita as her father turned into a green light, turning into a small wildflower..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nephlite griped on the tree,hanging for his dear life.What could he do?? The wind was so strong.A gale force wind.Why was Lita acting like this?? Her eyes were...glowing??? "What the hell-??" Pylon and Terra watched from a nearby cliff,as the whirlwind Lita had conjured up,swallowed a small area of the forest. "Hey,your spell seems to have worked!!"laughed Terra. "Hee hee,those two aren't getting out of this alive."giggled Pylon girlishly. Both looked at each other and broke into evil laughter. "Truly.Your mind manipulation is excellent,Pylon."came a voice. "Lady Kayala!!"exclaimed both of them. "However...I WANT those jewels they have around their necks!!"screeched Kayala angrily. "But-" "No buts!!!I want it,and I want it now!!!"screamed Kayala.Her blood red harp materializing in her hands. Pylon and Terra stared fearfully at the harp. "Well???"sneered Kayala. Silence.. Kayala's fingernails plucked at the strings.Pain pierced their minds. "Well???!!"repeated Kayala angrily. "Forgive us Lady!!We do your bidding!!"shouted the two,dropping to their knees. "Good..."smiled Kayala as the harp turned into a ball of magic and disappeared."What are you waiting for???My mistress doesn't like to be kept waiting."hissed Kayala threatheningly. "Yes,pardon us,Lady Kayala!!!"exclaimed Pylon as she grabbed Terra and backed away. Kayala smirked."Why am I,always stuck with idiots for underlings??"asked Kayala aloud. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Suddenly the wind stopped,Nephlite and Lita were still floating in the air due to the strong current of air that carried them. Nephlite stared at Lita.Her eyes though still glowing green,seemed.... dead.A shell without a soul in it. Suddenly,Lita fell back,collapsing...her head thrown back.Nephlite caught her.Then,the wind was gone. *What happened??*wondered Nephlite as he stared at the chestnut haired woman he held for answers. "Why don't you ask me??"came a coy voice. "Who-??"began Nephlite.*Did I say that out loud??*wonder Nephlite. "Haha,you don't need to.I can hear your thoughts just fine."laughed the woman. "You're psychic?"breathed Nephlite. Pylon smiled."Bright boy....I control dear elemental's mind now."laughed Pylon."My name is Pylon." Suddenly a burst of crackling stinging magic,shot at Nephlite. Pylon laughed."That's a no-no...don't even think it,because whatever you think off,I can react faster than you do."smiled Pylon evilly."Terra!!" shouted Pylon. Nephlite felt hard ground replaced with mud.... "Wha-" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lita wandered around,the shimmering dimension.(Her mind) *Where am I???I've been walking for so long...this place feels endless.* thought Lita to herself. Suddenly she heard a shouting voice and two others.One distinctly a woman. Another more mumbled than spoken. "Nephlite??"called Lita. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I'm not giving you my jewel!!"shouted Nephlite as he sank. "You won't huh...guess I'll have to take it from your dead body later.Or even better...now.Your little elemental can do all the dirty work."smiled Pylon evilly. "Little Weather-wielder.If you please."smiled Pylon,her eyes glowing. "Thought Manipulation...." Lita suddenly saw through her own eyes once more. *Nephlite?* However,she couldn't control her body. "A weather's touch, An icy wrath, Hailstones and icy wind bring forth, A suffering death."chanted her lips. *What??* "I command by the lightning jewel,"continued her voice. Lita forced herself to fight Pylon's control.All of a sudden,out of nowhere,she was standing a top a high mountain,with a werewolf closing in on her.Werewolves were her greatest fears since a child. She screamed.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nephlite stared at Lita.Or,she was't Lita anymore.Whoever it was,she had control of the twin Lightning Jewel.He had to think of a countering spell, or else,he was going to be a frozen popsicle!! "What has been said, Will not be done, Icy spell,be gone I command it done!"exclaimed Nephlite,pointing his jewel to reflect it's twin's magic. Pylon gasped,as the bolt of magic was deflected. It struck Terra...freezing him.... "Terry,are okay??"asked Pylon. "I canmf moth!!!"exclaimed Terra. "What???!!"asked Pylon confused. "I CANMF MOTH!!!" Lita stood there staring blankly. *Have to free Lita somehow..*thought Nephlite to himself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~Lita's Mindscape~ "Leave me alone!!!"shouted Lita. "Oh Liiitaaa...."came a sing song voice. "Who are you??" "Do you love this man??"laughed the woman. An image of Nephlite appeared in front of her... "Nephlite..." "I'll take that as a yes...." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pylon frowned and shouted out another command to Lita."Destroy him!!" Lita's eyes glowed an eerie green once more....magic crackled in the air... Nephlite stared at the ground...it was starting to rumble. "Wha-What's happening??"shouted Nephlite. "The jewel...is amplifying her magic drawn from Avalon.She is by instinct, pulling out all the plants from the ground."laughed Pylon. Before Nephlite could reply,suddenly,the plants around him shot out,their roots wraping themselves aroound him...crushing him,squeezing him...killing him. The sky was growing dark,clouds overhead rumbled. "Ah,she's calling in the weather."smiled Pylon. ~Mindscape~ "Watch the final moments of your little love's life.And it's all thanks to you...and soon,Avalon will fall!!!"laughed the woman. "Pylon."whispered Lita.Her eyes were wide as she watched her body use it's magic to kill Nephlite. "Stop it!!Get out from my head!!"screamed Lita. "Too late,I'm in control now,sweetie."laughed Pylon. Lita tried to hit her. Pylon merely laughed."Oh,I'm sorry...you see,I'm not really here.Pathetic. Thanks to you,Lady Kayala will be PLEASED with ME!!"cackled Pylon. "You're nothing but a pawn...a-a marionet!!"shouted Lita. "Silence!I'm begining to like being in control of your mind,don't make me kill you,after I'm done with your boyfriend."spat Pylon. "You'll never be in control of me!!I'll fight you!!!"shouted Lita. "Dream on darling."smiled Pylon."Dream on....." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Suddenly,the roots around Nephlite loosened.However Lita still stood there,her eyes glowing. Pylon's eyes widened.She was beginning to break out. *Curse the elemental.She's trying to break free.*thought Pylon to herself. The roots tightened once more. Loosened again... ~Mindscape~ "What do you think you're doing!!!??"screamed Pylon. "Stopping you.."mumbled Lita. ~Reality~ Nephlite's eyes widened as Pylon's eyes went into trance.As if,her soul was not in her body. The wind was starting to pick up.... "What th-"gasped Nephlite. ~Mindscape~ "I'll destroy you!!Then you won't bother me anymore...I don't need your consciousness."spat Pylon. "I won't let you destroy Avalon."shouted Lita. "You can't win me...you don't have mental powers." "But we're in MY mind..."reminded Lita. "Hahahaha....no use,watch as I summon the winds of a hurricane!"laughed Pylon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nephlite watched as the strong winds picked up...it was...a hurricane!! Lita or Lita's body was moving towards him. "Goodbye,Nephlite.."hissed Lita.It was her voice,but not her mind. Suddenly,the winds died down... Lita clutched her head. "Lita!" "Stay away!!"she shouted her eyes glowing an even brighter green. ~Mindscape~ "What are you doing???!!!"screeched Pylon. "My mind,my body...I'm not letting you use it anymore..."grunted Lita. "You're going to kill us both!!You cannot contain that magic!!"shouted Pylon in fear. "I know....tell me,what happens if I die,while YOU'RE in my mind??"asked Lita."Humor me." "You're insane!!"screamed Pylon."I'm leaving!" ~Reality~ Nephlite saw Pylon blink..then the fear in her eyes....then,she began to run.... Lita's eyes returned to normal. "Lita?!" "Nephlite!Get away from here!!"shouted Lita.The air around her was begining to crackle again. "What's happening???"shouted Nephlite. "Get away from here....Magic...my magic,can't hold it anymore.Out of control.."whispered Lita,tears trickling down her face. "Lita??" "I'm sorry Nephlite...for everything." "No!I'm not letting you quit.You can contain this magic Lita...you've always been able to do it!!You can do it now!!"exclaimed Nephlite. "Too weak...exhausted."groaned Lita,as her eyelids began to droop. "Go...before it's t-too late." "Never...I'm helping you pull through,whether you want to or not."said Nephlite determined."I love you..." Lita's emerald eyes widened..."Neph?" "Take my hand...I don't care if we're going to die now..."whispered Nephlite. "Nephlite..."smiled Lita,tears falling from her eyes. "I love you.." Then,there was blinding white light...the pure beautiful light.Burning everything... *Goodbye...*thought Lita to herself.Everything was so hot...burning her. Blinding her...but at least...she wasn't alone anymore. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pylon was standing beside her mistress,watching the white magic shoot up into the sky. Pylon was silent and fearful. "L-Lady Kay-Kayala??"stammered Pylon. Silence... Her blood red harp materialized...using one finger,she strummed the harp. Pylon disappeared with a scream. The harp disappeared. "Imcompetent fool."muttered Kayala. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lita opened her eyes....*Where...am I??*she wondered. "Hello Lita..."came a voice. "Setsuna..."gasped Lita. "You finally are able to trust again.You're free from the nightmares that plague you.You've made peace with your past..."smiled Setsuna. "I-I have haven't I??I can finally forget....everything."whispered Lita. "Oh no...not forget...never forget.To forget would mean your parents are dead."said Setsuna. "But they are dead."sobbed Lita. "No,Lita...they live within YOU...you can forget the past,forget the present,forget the future...but never the people you love."said Setsuna. "Go now....and live..."whispered Setsuna as bright light engulfed her. Lita opened her eyes....Nephlite was beside her...and-what was that!!?? A Lightning Bolt meadallion sat on the ground,twinkling in the sunlight. Reaching for it,Lita held her breath. However....the medallion was suddenly snatched off the ground. Nephlite awoke with a jolt. "Well...you're alive...and here I was thinking they didn't make elementals like they use to.."laughed the woman."Thanks for the present deary."laughed Kayala jumping into a black portal. "Stop!!"shouted Lita. However...it was too late.She was gone.And with it,the jewel. "Lita...don't be hard on yourself." "Setsuna?Where are you?" "Here and not here.But that is not important.It's time to go home,Lita, Nephlite....Avalon awaits." A portal appeared in front of them. "I'll be seeing you..."said Setsuna's voice. With that,Lita and Nephlite nodded and jumped into the portal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To be continued... Watch for Raye and Jadeite's adventure.What did Raye's vision mean?Who shall obtain the next medallion??And what is Morgana up to on Avalon??? "Well...I don't know." See ya in Part 9!