When Two Worlds Collide

Ice Maiden 

Chapter 1:� Worldly Passions

 

��������� �Ferio�� The name escaped Fuu Hououji�s mouth as a mellow whisper, but the feeling she had when she said it was much more extreme.� She felt as if she were being embraced and then stabbed a hundred times afterward.

��������� She stared at her bedroom ceiling from her bed in which she laid.� �They say absence makes the heart grow fonder,� she sighed to no one, �and what and absence it has been.�� Nearly a year had passed since she had last gazed upon her beloved in the magical land of Cephiro.� She so did long to see his smiling face and to be embraced in his strong arms.� She grabbed her stuffed panda and hugged it tightly, and closed her emerald green eyes to hold back the salty tears that had begun to graze her soft face.� It was getting harder for her now.

��������� Fuu sat up.� �If only Tokyo was the land of the will rather than Cephiro� then I would wish Ferio here with all my heart.�

��������� She sighed once more and got up off her bed, and walked over to her dresser.� Looking into the mirror, she began to brush loose strands of blond hair into place with her fingers.� �A walk would be nice to calm my nerves,� Fuu decided as she finished fixing her hair and left her bedroom to go downstairs.�

Once she got downstairs, she grabbed her light jacket and went outside.� She breathed in the cool air suburban air and found she was quite right.� The outside was making her feel better already.� She would have quite a pleasant walk.

A small park was a few blocks from her house and she quickly set forth toward it.� She often went there to think, for it was a very quiet park.� It didn�t have the large playing fields and bright lights that modern parks did.� This one was rather old fashioned with a lot of wooded areas and a more natural setting.� The funny thing was, however, that Fuu never visited this park until after she had returned from Cephiro on the first occasion.� Maybe it was all the time she had spent in the woods there that made her feel more comfortable here.� Or perhaps it was the fact that sometimes she would come here and pretend that it was indeed the forests of Cephiro and that she was only a heartbeat away from Ferio.

Ferio.� She had to think about him again, but she just couldn�t help it.

She smiled fondly when she reached her favorite place in the park.� It was a small little den made by the branches of a large pine tree far into the woods.

Fuu took of her jacket and wrapped it around her waist so she could sit on it under the massive pine.� However, when she finally made her way under the tree, she was not able to sit as she had planned, for her spot was already occupied.

�Oh!� I�m sorry!� Fuu apologized as she began to leave.� �I didn�t know anyone knew of this place besides me.�

A small teary face looked up at her.� �No!� Please don�t go!� I�m lost.�

Fuu looked at the little girl sympathetically.� �Oh, I�ll help you find your parents.� My name is Fuu Hououji.�

The girl�s face brightened at the sound of Fuu�s name.� �Magic Knight!� A Magic Knight is here to save me!� she exclaimed as she jumped out from underneath the pine tree.

�How do you know that?� asked a startled Fuu.

The girl smiled at her.� �Everyone in Cephiro knows the names of the Magic Knights!� Oops!� My name�s Ally.� I�m pleased to meet ya�!�

�I�m pleased to meet you as well, Ally.�� Fuu offered her hand to her.� �But how did you get here?�

The girl looked at her sideways.� �What do you mean?� I�m just lost.� It must have been when I was running from that monster, but it�s gone now.� So can you take me back to my mommy and daddy now?�

�Do you mean in Cephiro?�

�Well, of course!�

Fuu looked at Ally both sadly and strangely.� ��but we�re on earth� my world� however did you get here��