Dark Queen Saga Chapter 3

A week had passed since Lillian had seen the strange man in white, or the mysterious woman.  She also hadn’t seen the strange blue light that ushered in the equally strange people.  She also couldn’t figure out what exactly happened the week before.  Was she dreaming when she went to speak with Yan Lin, or was she awake?  She had all the memories of speaking with them, but yet it felt as though it never happened.
She closed the locker door and began to leave the building.  At least she would be finished with being grounded.  Definitely not fun, but it just goes that her mom wouldn’t believe the story that little rock monkeys attacked her.  She sighed as a gust of wind blew across her body.  She stood on the stone steps of Sheffield institute and let the cool breeze caress her for a while before continuing onward.
Lillian was sure now that something was up.  Something that was unexplainable.  Something that someone had to keep a secret, but a secret from whom would be what Lillian needed to find out.  She knew that the girl mentioned something about a Society.  She could always start with them, or this Prince Phobos.  He was another lead.  So was the guy in white now that she thought about it.
There were just too many mysteries, and not enough answers.  There were also too many leads to go about finding out what is going on.  It was enough to make someone’s head spin.  She needed something more solid than just the vague things she had.  Maybe that large key the boy carried.  Then again that thing being around made her queasy and caused her a lot of discomfort.
Flashes started appearing in her head.  A boy, of battle, they were jumbled.  It was a big mess.  She rubbed the sides of her head and soon the strange visions went away.  She looked up and took a deep breath.
“You okay.”  A voice from behind made Lillian hop a bit.  The blonde turned to see Hay Lin’s apathetic look and she caught the breath that fled from her chest.
“I’m fine.  Just had some kind of vision.”  Lillian said calmly.  “I don’t know if I can tell things to others at the moment.”
“Mind if I walk you home then.”  Hay Lin said as she placed a hand on Lillian’s shoulder.  Her chocolate colored eyes locking with Lillian’s blue eyes.  If the blonde didn’t know better she could have sworn a grin formed on Hay Lin’s face.  
“Why, don’t you have work?”  Lillian asked as the two began walking.  She looked at the Asian girl and wanted to ask about the events that had happened last week.
“Something doesn’t feel right.” Hay Lin stuffed her hands in her pockets and looked ahead at the trees.  “Like someone messed with time itself.”
“I’m not even that powerful.  Am I.”  Lillian asked.  She didn’t want to make Hay Lin any more paranoid than the girl seemed to already be.
“I don’t know.  Supposedly the heart’s power is limitless.” Hay Lin said as she continued to look ahead.  At least Lillian wasn’t alone with the feelings that something odd was going on.
“Should you really be relaxing,” the whisper entered Lillian’s ear and made her spine shudder.  Lillian stopped moving and felt her chest clench.  That could only mean.  She looked and sure enough he was standing there.  His key at his side.
Hay Lin seemed to notice Lillian’s distress and placed herself in between the boy in white and Lillian.  “Who might you be?”
“The name’s Mokichi.”  The boy reached up and removed his hood to reveal a head of spiky read hair.  “But you can call me Moki.”
“Why are you here?” Hay Lin said in an annoyed tone.  She looked as though she was about to run up and smack the poor guy.
“I only wish to help the heart.”  Moki responded.  Thankfully, the three were in a park at the time that this confrontation began.  The wind though blew fiercer as Hay Lin spoke.
“Help the heart with what?  Lillian has no need to get involved with anything.”  Hay Lin growled.  A torrent blew across the grass, but both parties seemed unaffected.
“Behind you.”  Moki pointed which caused Lillian to look and see nothing.  Hey Lin’s eyes stood on the boy before he rushed the two.  He swung his key down toward the Air Guardian only for the blade to be held in the air.
“I’m not out of practice.” Hay Lin flicked her hand through the air and it looked as if three huge claws dug into the ground to her right.  The boy barrel rolled out of the way.  He launched from his landed position and with strong thrust attacked Hay Lin again.  She countered by generating a sword of wind and knocked the attack to the side.
He saw the opening.  Pointed the blade at his target, the tip of the blade glowing.  The beam of light didn’t get a chance to go off as the invisible claws dug through the ground and knocked the sword up.  He escaped the follow up attack and landed ready to fight again.  

Through the fighting was when a new blue fold opened.  The whisper warned Lillian that danger was near, and the pink jewel glowed ferociously as footsteps echoed on the grass.  Lillian turned to see a man dressed in black robes.  Cold grey eyes looked outward from short platinum blond hair while a small goatee fashioned itself on his chin.  His robes were accented with purple and gold.  What looked to be armor with the same color pattern was underneath those robes.
This newcomer gazed over the surroundings and smiled a wicked smile.  His target was right before him and so he would not have to search long.  The only down side was the two fighting behind her, but neither of them seemed to notice him.  So he marched forward towards his prize.
“Um,” Lillian said as she backed away from the figure.  It was as if his aura itself was forcing her back.  Lillian pointed at the man as he approached them.  The young heart didn’t care whose attention she got.  She just needed someone’s.  “Who’s that?”
The two fighters turned their heads to look at the figure.  Hay Lin’s eyes widened in fright as she stumbled back and landed on her butt.  Moki didn’t know why this person’s mere appearance would cause a skilled fighter like the one he was battling to act so frightened.
“P...Prince Phobos,” Hay Lin clutched her head as the man continued to walk forward.  Moki would have questioned for a more reasonable answer, but the man lunged at Lillian.  Moki was there in a flash.  His blade blocked the fist.  He knocked it aside and readied himself.  It was his job to protect the heart.
The prince reacted quickly and stuck again.  Moki blocked.  He was forced back by the power of the strike.  The second strike slammed into his gut and dropped him to a knee.  This prince was an impressive fighter.  Moki was then kicked to the ground and the prince’s foot slammed onto his back.
Lillian watched as Moki was knocked down with ease.  He needed help.  Lillian turned to look at Hay Lin.  The Asian girl was paralyzed with fright.  Her eyes were wide.  She was breathing heavily.  It would have to be Lillian that helped him.  The prince scared Lillian though.  She was trying to be brave, but she couldn’t.  She was too afraid of this one being.  She clenched her eyes shut as Moki’s pained screams echoed in her head.

Then those screams vanished.  Lillian found herself standing on a bright grey piece of stained glass.  A silhouette of a girl with a pair of green wings was the main piece of the glass surface.  Four strange shapes were in circles around the silhouette. One was and equal sign, one was like a tidal wave, one was a triangle with a corner missing, and the last one was a circle with a dot in the center.    A strong light illuminated below the glass.
Footsteps from behind entered her hearing.  Lillian turned but found no one. “Is someone there?”
No response came from the blank space around the glass platform.  She had no idea what was going on.  She crossed her arms in front of her chest and tapped her foot on the glass.  Where she was and how she had gotten there where the only questions that swirled in her head.  Lillian side and spun for no particular reason.  There was a golden orb in front of her.
“Take it.”  A voice echoed around her.  “It will give you strength.”
“It’s not like I know how to fight.  What good would strength do me?” Lillian asked the voice as she surveyed the surroundings.
“You worry too much.  Don’t think about it.  Just do it.” The voice once again announced its presence.  Lillian sighed and faced the orb.  It might be the only way out of this place.  She reached forward and grabbed the orb tightly in her hand.  It vanished and filled the girl with warmth.  Lillian closed her eyes while a tickle flew up her arm.

She opened them again to find herself back in the park.  Moki was standing, but wounded.  Phobos was continuing to pound the boy.
“Don’t think about it.  Just do it.”  Lillian whispered to herself as she reached up as if to clutch something.  “Air.”
Phobos covered his eyes as a bright flash left from Lillian’s location.  The Heart of Candracar had flown into the sky and cut a circle into the cloud cover.  Wind whipped around the girl before a grey beam of energy shot from the heart and slammed into Lillian.  Phobos growled and ran at the girl’s position.  Moki stood in the way. Phobos punched forward.  His fist glowing with energy.  Moki raised his sword to block.  The wind died and Phobos’ fist hit nothing but the air before him.
Lillian had scooped Moki up and put him down to Phobos’ right.  Her outfit had changed to a pair of grey cargo pants and a grey windbreaker jacket.  On the jacket’s back was a silver swirl.  Her feet were adorned with a pair of two wheeled roller-skates, and attached to her waist were two large Chinese fans.  
“Drive,” Moki said in awe at Lillian’s sudden change in appearance, and in the fact that her clothing fluttered, though no wind was blowing.
Phobos just once again rushed the girl.  Sending the same kind of glowing punch at her.  Lillian effortlessly hopped into the air and landed on the armored arm.  The wheels of her skates grinding on the metal and ripping through the fabric of Phobos’ robes.  Her hand unlatched one of the large fans and turn she swung it.  Hitting the prince’s head.  She hopped from the arm and with an open fan created a large gust of air that threw the prince back and across the ground.
As the prince stood his form changed into a humanoid winged creature and snarled at Lillian.  Its large wings spread and it took of with a gust flowing beneath it.  Lillian stood her ground as the beast quickly circled around behind her.  Soon, the taloned hands grabbed onto Lillian.  The beast was told not to severely wound the girl.  
Lillian took a deep breath before slamming the heels of the skates into the flying beast.  The wheels spun rapidly to this and dug into the monster’s skin.  It let the girl go.  Lillian grabbed the two fans and rolled in the air.  She slammed in sequential order the two fans into the beast’s neck and body.  Then as she rolled again she opened the fans and unleashed a gale of wind that cratered the beast into the ground.  Lillian hopped on air and landed on the ground shortly after that.
The beast shakily rose.  It was between the heart and the fold now.  Both its wings were broken.  Its head was pounding.  It watched as the heart placed the two closed fans close together.  She then swung them through the air while opening them and used the powerful gale to force the beast back through the fold.  
Moki took the opportunity and pointed his key at the fold and with a turn closed it instantly.  He turned to congratulate Lillian to see her passed out in Hay Lin’s arms.  Hay Lin had started to remove her jacket but Moki didn’t know why until he turned to see that Lillian had returned to her former state.  His face turned red as he noticed some very important things were missing and quickly removed his jacket and handed it to Hay Lin.
“I’m I guy so I can handle the cold.”  He said as Hay Lin threw the coat over the unconscious Lillian.  Hay Lin then picked up Lillian and shoved her into Moki’s arms.
“Since, you’re the chivalrous type.  You wont mind carrying her.”  Hay Lin said as she turned to walk home.  “I have some old clothes that might fit her at my house.  That and it’s closer than her own.  You’ll have some explaining to do after that.”
“Understood,” Moki gulped seeing the glare from the air user.
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      “She beat your Mogriff.” Phobos’ soon to be queen playfully said as she wrapped her arms around his shoulders.  Part of her long golden blonde hair dropped into the visible light in the room.
“What a strange ability she possesses.”  Phobos shrugged the woman off and walked over to the dying creature.  He vaporized it instantly and then looked into his watching pool.  “Did you know of this.”
“I only knew about the whole glamour thing.” The woman crossed her legs and looked to summon a pillar of earth to sit on.
“It took me a week to find that Mogriff.”  Phobos placed his hands behind his back.  “She is far stronger than I surmised.”
“I guess.”  The woman tilted her head to the side.  “Maybe you should actually go this time.”  Phobos just glared at her for this comment.
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On Candracar, a world bathed in eternal light, the Oracle too watched the events that unfolded.  Both the events on Earth and the events on another world.  That world, Seberio, was home to powerful warriors, but all the Oracle could see was those who survived being forced into chains.  The planet was on fire.  Its beauty destroyed by a powerful force.  Bodies of those who fought the shadow like beings during the conquest remained strewn upon the ground.  He saw her as well, upon the throne of the Seberian king.  Her face covered by a white mask.  Her hair a pattern of red with black highlights.  Her clothes of all black with an emerald trim.  And her constant psychotic laughter.  She could tell he was watching.  She was more of a threat than Phobos ever could be.  The one known as the Dark Queen.