Friday, June 29, 2007

Angel Protector Chapter 23: Comfort

As Ayumi kneeled down and wept, Sakura walked over and put her hands around her, hugging her. Sera and princess Evie also walked to her and knelt beside her, comforting her as she continued sobbing into her hands. After a while she looked up and saw the face of Sakura smiling at her, she hugged her tightly and stood up.

"I'm alright now. Thanks everyone."
"Now that you're feeling better, do you think you can explain what happened?" asked Christine seriously.
"Yes, let's go over to her place and we will explain everything." Sakura answered for Ayumi.
"Sister are you done fixing up the damage?"
"I'm just about done." said Christy as she put the last tree back in place.
"Well then, lead the way Sera."

Sera nodded his head and spread his wings, held Ayumi in his hands and took to the sky. Christine took Princess Evie while Christy took Sakura. They flew high into the sky and saw the view of the town which had just been fixed. Ayumi stared at the bright lights until finally Sera broke her out of her daydream.

"Are you still thinking of it?" whispered Sera as they flew further from the town.
"I almost took innocent lives Sera..."
"If you're worried about that, then continue your training and learn to control your power."
"What if something goes wrong again?"
"Then we'll just have to save you again don't we?" smiled Sera as he looked at Ayumi who was still in his arms.

Ayumi smiled a little and held on more tightly to Sera as he continued to fly over many houses.

"Here we are." announced Sera as he landed at her doorstep.

As they walked in, they didn't notice that they were being watched by something. A beetle from a tree opposite the road flew and went into the kitchen through the windows, its eyes glowing red.
Everyone walked into the living room and sat on the chairs.
"Tea anyone?" asked the princess while they settled down.
"Yes please." answered Christine.
"Christine, we're not here for tea."
"Oh give yourself a break sister."
"I'll be back in a moment." said the princess as she went into the kitchen.
"Well, are you ready to explain?"
"I'll do the explaining." said Sakura.
"I'll go help the Princess." said Ayumi as she ran into the kitchen.

Princess Evie was opening the cupboards trying to find the tea set.
"It's in here Princess." Said Ayumi as she opened one of the cupboards.
"Ah Ayumi, thanks."
As they poured the tea and turned around, the beetle secreted something from its mouth and flew away before the two girls turned back. The liquid it secreted landed in one of the cups.

After a short pause she started telling them the story.
"You see, we just wanted to help Ayumi train up her skills."
"If it was just normal training, how did it end up like that."
"I was teaching her how to control her element of wind but she lost control of it and.."
"It created a tornado?"
"Yes, and the whole time the tornado spun, she was inside of it."
"Yes I saw that."

The princess walked in carrying a tray of teacups and a teapot and set it on the table.
"Thank you princess." said Ayumi.
"It's not a big deal." smiled the princess.
"You make nice tea Princess Evie." said Sakura
"Well I learn from the palace maids, I'm glad it turned out alright."
"Ayumi, if you need help with your training, all of us can help." said Christy suddenly

Ayumi looked at her in surprise and opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out.

"But first let me explain how you should train."
"First, you need to learn how to do close combat."
"But my weapon is a bow."
"I'm sure your weapon has a secondary form for close combat, it's just up to you to release it."
"Ok I understand."
"Second, you need to learn how to control your element."
"After that you learn how to combine your weapon and element to do magic."
"I understand all of that but how am I going to do all that training."
"Sera can train you in combat, Sakura can continue training on your elemental control." said Christy
"And after that, you come look for us and we will train you in magic." said Christine
"When do we start?"

After thinking for a while, they finally decided to train every day after school.
"We'll start tomorrow then."
"Have a good rest everyone, we'll meet at that hill tomorrow again."
"I might not be able to come tomorrow." said the princess sadly.
"It's ok Princess, you can just come whenever you're free."

Christine and Christy flew back into the night sky, Sakura walked back to her house, and Princess Evie took the car back to the palace. The only two people left were Sera and Ayumi.

As everyone went to sleep, the beetle that was watching them had followed the one who drank the liquid it had secreted. He flew in though a window and stared at the figure lying on the bed. The moonlight shone through the window and revealed who it was, it was Princess Evie...

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