Title:Wild Magic.Part 4 Author:Tapestry Email:Shaddow_Cat@hotmail.com Rating:G Standard Disclaimer Apply In Part 3....The 5 Elementals defeated Morgan and met the enigmatic keeper of the Wild Magic Gateway.....who told them,more perils lay ahead, and it was imperative they found the items soon....With that....the woman sent them back to their previous places before their kidnap.... Now...on to the story.... Endymion.. Endymion stared as the air in front of him began to sparkle brilliantly. "What in Avalon's name...?" The light then became so bright,even the chosen had to shield his eyes from the light that stabbed painfully at his eyes.. When the light disappeared..in front of him stood the missing Elemental, Serenity... He gaped...where had she come from??? "Serenity???" Serenity opened her eyes to find Endymion gaping at her.She giggled slightly."Endy!"she exclaimed hugging him suddenly. Endymion was struck speechless.... Serenity pulled away,a flush staining her cheeks."Sorry..." "Don't fret...what happened??"asked Endymion. "I'm not sure..I only know that..Morgan's dead...and I feel terribly tired.."yawned Serenity leaning on Endymion's shoulder. Endymion looked down at her.She was already fast asleep... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kunzite... Kunzite gasped as a flash of light blinded him...after the light was gone,Mina,stood in front of him.She looked tired. "Kunzite..."she whispered tiredly. "Mina...I thought that...Morgan.." "He did..." "What happened??"asked Kunzite curiously. "Nothing I ever want to repeat..."groaned Mina as she stumbled into Kunzite's arms and fell asleep... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jadeite... "Raye!!You're back!!!I thought you were gone forever!!"exclaimed Jadeite. "I thought so too..."said Raye. "What happened??Who was that Morgan??" "A servant of hers...but he's dead and gone...the rest is history."said Raye as she sat down to close her eyes... Jadeite smirked as his partner fell asleep under the shade of the tree. *Let it go...she's probably had a rough time,by the looks of her whatever that happened...* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zoiscite... "Amy..Amy...wake up.."said Zoiscite,shaking her shoulders slightly. "Wha-??I'm back..."whispered Amy,looking around. "You're back alright...you fell out of the sky into my arms all of a sudden!!Plus you were unconscious!!What happened??" "Ugh...please don't shout...I feel so..tired...so sleepy..." "I guess an explanation can wait..."said Zoiscite as Amy leaned on the coconut tree and fell back to sleep. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nephlite... "Nephlite!"said Lita as she saw him sitting under a giant oak tree. "Lita??" "Nephlite..!"began Lita but being so tired from using her magic.Especially now that she was not at the center of the wild magic...she felt drained,and collapsed on the ground. "Lita..you alright??"asked Nephlite worried. "I'm fine...just tired...nothing a little sleep...'yawn' won't cure." said Lita as she forced herself to walk towards the oak tree and plop down. "What happened??" "A fight for our lives..."said Lita firmly.A shadow crossed over her features.It was clear,she took the war between,whatever that was happening in the wild magic and themselves,seriously. "Want to tell me??" "I'll take a rain check...I have to take a nap..."yawned Lita,closing her eyes...She relaxed slightly...it was all over for now...just for the moment...she was safe... Lita pretended to sleep as she thought about the day's events... *Today was very dangerous...Serenity and Mina could have died,if they weren't in the center of the wild magic...the Twin Lights spell had actually dropped their energy level.Then the Elemental spell had almost drained their energies to non-existant...out of all the Elementals...Serenity and Mina needed the most rest...they shouldn't have done it....they could have died!! And that's how....the older Elementals had died...*with that..Lita fell into a dreamless slumber... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Avalon... Destiny and Fate stared at Lita's sleeping form from the magic pool.... "Father...what did Lita,mean when she was thinking..she said the older Elementals,died that way???"asked Destiny curious. Avalon stared at them and sighed. "There is actually a lot,the young Elementals do not know..."sighed Avalon sadly. "Father??"asked Fate. "Once...when I was but a young boy...and the land of Avalon was young,the Elementals had already existed.I never granted them magic...the Elementals, just....had them.. As I said...I was but a young boy...I found out,the Elementals were actually a small group of people which had broken away from the normal people of Avalon.In fact...the Elementals existed before I ever did.I was born out of the magic of the land.... I met the Elementals and they said,their ancestors had been granted great magic by each element.And they had told of a prophecy that the land would give birth to a person that would control all it's magic.Which is me..and I in turn,would choose an Avalonian to be my heir...for I am not long here." "You mean...-your chosen??" Avalon nodded."In a way...he is my son." "But..I thought you couldn't die??"asked Fate. Avalon smiled slightly.."I have existed for over 1000 years...I have no regrets.I am not immortal,like your mother,Providence."said Avalon as he remembered of her,fondly. "As I was saying about the Elementals...they were a small colony.They had protected Avalon for more than the 1000 years,I have been alive. Each decendent had elemental powers.But one day...came the birth of an elemental,who was corrupted by his magic...he wanted to be the greatest Elemental ever.Soon...a war broke out between the Elementals...causing chaos throughout the land. The elemental was called Chronus.Many Elementals died....the ones that survived still fought.In the end....Each element of Avalon worked together to give birth to the greatest elemental of all...Selene..she is the ancestor of Serenity. Selene brought peace to the surviving elementals.Very few survived.Then of course....Avalonians feared the Elementals and killed anyone who was suspected to be an elemental.Hunts for elementals... More were killed.Soon...they went into seclusion.Everybody later thought, Elementals were but a myth. Plagues swept the population of elementals...all their hardships...Until, when one elemental,finally decided to help,Avalon which was suffering due to wild magicks and magical beasts. Only then,did Avalonians begin to accept them back into society.Many of the last surviving elementals died due to age or the magical beasts they faced. Until only 10 Elementals were left...5 of them...are the only ones left now...the other 5,were their mothers or fathers.... They died defending the current generation from HER....or...they died from exhaustion...it was then,I banished her into the wild magic.Now...she's after the remaining elementals..they are the keys to her freedom...and back to Avalon,where she wants to rule."finished Avalon. Destiny and Fate gaped...."Oh by a unicorn's horn...that can't be true, Father!!"exclaimed Fate. Avalon shook his head sadly..."I'm afraid not...that is why they have been in hiding for so long..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Serenity awoke to the sound of chirping birds and sunlight. She yawned slightly.Looking around for Endymion.She didin't find him anywhere.... *Where could he have-* "I see you're finally awake."said Endymion's voice startling her. Turning...she still didn't see him."Endymion??"asked Serenity turning to look around. "Up here!!"came Endymion's voice again. "Endy???"asked Serenity staring up at the branch where a dark figure sat. "I hope you're ready to tell me what happened Serenity...."said Endymion grinning boyishly. Serenity sighed and shook her head. "I think I'll go back to sleep..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mina awoke.She let out a strangled cry.She didn't take nighmares very well as she always had the fear of being swallowed alive. "Mina??"came a soothing voice. "Kunzite...."whispered Mina. Kunzite stared at her in confusion."What's wrong??" "Nothing....just a bad dream...."whispered Mina staring down at her hands. "So....what happened to Morgan???"asked Kunzite slowly. "H-He's dead..." "How?" "We killed him...."said Mina simply. "We??You mean you and the others??You saw the others??" "Only the elementals."whispered Mina."I suppose they're all back where their respective partners are,like me..." "Where were you...??" Mina stared at Kunzite's ice blue eyes..."The center of the wild magic..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Raye awoke suddenly....her eyes wandered around nervously...she was bathed in sweat.She had just had a dream.The rest of the elemental's were dead...only she was alive...she had been on Avalon. Except in the dream....Avalon was not in it's natural splendid beauty.But it was desolate and dark...the sky which had been blue was blood red.... Only devastation and death shrouded the world of Avalon...three women stood in the shadows laughing at her and the dead elementals.... Raye wiped her brow...was this a premonition of the future???Where was Jadeite???Looking around...she didn't see him anywhere...and the sun was beginning to set.... A chill,ran through her bones. Night slowly set in....Jadeite was still missing...rubbing her arms.... Raye couldn't dismiss the chill she felt....something was watching her... The real battle had yet to come....a battle for Avalon's survival... She remembered she was no longer in the center and was far from Avalon's magic. Casting a simple spell with her jewel.....a small flame lept up... "I see...you're awake."said Jadeite coming out of the dark shadows. Raye had nearly jumped out of her skin. "You scared me...where were you??" "Sorry...I went to look for something to eat."replied Jadeite,sitting down next to Raye. Raye shivered slightly. "Cold??" "No...just cold inside..."whispered Raye as she felt the chill disappear. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nephlite watched Lita's sleeping form....from the look on her face...it was clear she was exhausted. He brushed a lock of her hair,away from her face.It was no doubt she was a beauty.A powerful one at that. Suddenly...Lita began to toss in her sleep...mumbling incoherently. Naphlite caught only one word...."Mother..." *Lita's dreaming of her past...should I wake her???* "No!!!Mother!!"scremaed Lita waking up with a bolt.Her breathing ragged. "Lita??What's wrong??"asked Nephlite comfortingly. "N-nothing.."breathed Lita. Nephlite's eyes narrowed.*Yeah...nothing alright...* He watched as Lita clutched her throat slowly...sweating trickling down her brow. *She had been having a nightmare...* Lita gulped some water down...her throat felt as if it was being constricted....the exhaustion had lowered her defenses against the trauma that had been inflicted on her psych when she was young...causing her to have her nightmares. Nephlite eyed Lita's hands..they were shaking. *Why is she so scared...why the hell are all the elementals so mysterious??Lita wouldn't tell me about the enemy...I more I know of her... the less I actually know.* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Endymion jumped down from the tree... "Oh no you're not,Serenity...I waited patiently for you to get up... You're not going to sleep on me now!!"said Endymion clutching her arms. Serenity frowned.Perhaps it had been the exhaustion and frustration... Serenity didn't know.... "No...let go...you're hurting me." "What happened in the center of the wild magic,Sere...??"demanded Endymion. "I don't feel like talking now....let go!!" "Sere....please..." "LET GO!!!"screamed Serenity,her hands flying up to clutch her head. A burst of magic,threw Endymion back...this surprised him....how did this Elemental have powers when they weren't even on Avalon???And so powerful at that.... But the magic...powerful as it had been,had not hurt him much except throwing him back.His body had actually taken most of the magic force. But before,the white magical light had subsided...Serenity collapsed onto the ground.Her legs giving way. "Sere!!"exclaimed Endymion. "Sorry.."she whispered. "It's okay...." It was clear..Serenity had had no control over her magic, due to fatigue and her condition.She was very small in size. Her face was pale.Her were eyelids beginning to droop...falling asleep once more....leaving Endymion to contemplate over exactly how much magic and power the small young elemental held in her body.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zoiscite was trying to start up a small fire while Amy slept. "Flame burn!!!"he said. A small flame appeared,however the wind blew it out before he had a chance to light a small fire to keep warm. Zoiscite shivered slightly...it was so cold....however Amy was still sleeping soundly.. *Isn't she COLD????What am I thinking??She's an ice nymph...she's used to cold worse than this....*scolded Zoiscite's mind. "Zoiscite???"came Amy's soft voice. "Amy??You're awake??"asked Zoiscite turning to a sleepy Amy. Amy rubbed her eyes slightly."Emmm...that nap sure did a lot for my energy level...speaking of which....don't you mortals need a fire going to keep warm??"asked Amy curiously. "Cause I think you're turning a slight shade of blue." "I would if I could....the dratted wind keeps blowing the flame I make out."mumbled Zoiscite annoyed that Amy had called him mortal. Amy was silent."Are you angry...??" "Huh???" "Angry I refered to you as a mortal...." Zoiscite stared at her."Kind of...just because you elementals were born with magic out of the elements,doesn't give you the right to call us... well...mere normal people."said Zoiscite. "Sorry...but your Prince is not a...'mere mortal' as you put it."said Amy."The four of you are not really too..." Zoiscite was puzzled at Amy's words....NOT normal???Unthinkable.... they were not just normal Avalonians unlike the elementals. Amy smiled slightly at Zoiscite's puzzled expression. "The Prince is the heir to the magic of Avalon.You four have been chosen to be his guardians.So it has been said in Elemental history,1000 years ago...."said Amy. "Hold it!!The prince...heir to Avalon's magic???Impossible.Avalon himself is the master of Avalon's magic.And 1000 years ago???You weren't born... neither were the Elementals....for Avalon himself was but a child!!!" reasoned Zoiscite. Amy merely smiled."Water is knowledge.....and excuse me...the Elementals, EXISTED...BEFORE Avalon himself.And Yes....Prince Endymion of Avalon IS the heir to the magic of Avalon...for Avalon is dying...."said Amy sadly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Destiny and Fate gaped at the reflection of Amy...the nymph... "You go girl!!"said Fate smiling. "That girl knows more than she lets on...."said Destiny in awe. Avalon smiled."Yes....Amy is the decendent of the thinkers in the Elemental group.Like her ancestors before her....Amy is intelligent and wise....that is why she doesn't let on all that she knows.... Destiny and Fate stared at their Father.Was it possible the nymph knew what they knew.....they were the keys to HER escape from the wild magic. Avalon looked into the pool worried.... With a wave of his hand...the image changed.... "Setsuna...." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To be Continued.... Whoopee!!Another chapter done!!!So....how much magic DOES Serenity have?? And c'mon...no guesses as to who the evil is?????I'm sure you guys should know!!!What was that creepy chill that spooked Raye???The significance of the nightmare??Doesn't anybody have any guesses????