//------------------------------// // Calm // Story: Foretellers // by Fear Ripper //------------------------------// “What the hell were you thinking?!” Crow shouted towards Dark Ava. “What are you talking about?” Ava said with disinterest. “The Master said I would be the one to take care of those damn Foretellers. Why were YOU there!? I’m supposed to be the only one to mess with them!” “I wanted to see how strong the ghosts of the former Foretellers were, and Core sent one of the Josh clones with me just incase.” “Why would the Master say that? He promised me that I would be the one to end them. And what was that you did with Kira’s eye?!” “Why are you so angry?” She said suspiciously. “Don’t tell me you actually still care about them.” Crow faltered for a second, before regaining his heated composure. “Hell no! I just wanted to be the one to take the brats eye.” With that, he stomped away. As he did, Ava eyed him suspiciously through her mask. “I’m gonna have to keep an eye on him.” (Canterlot High) (Lan’s P.O.V) Report 4: It’s been a few days after the incident with Josh Ventral and Ava. It’s been rough since then. For all those who were killed by Josh Ventral, we had a funeral for all of them. Even for those whose bodies were taken by him. The five of us had to go to each of their families to explain what happen, it was agonizing to see them devastated that one of their family was killed. Some of the families were understanding, saying that it wasn’t our fault that some maniac came around and started killing. But most of them responded negatively. Their judgment wasn’t clouded enough by their anger to fully blame us for their deaths, but they did resent us for not being strong enough to protect them. But regardless, all we could do was apologize for their loss. Our Unions were affected as well. A lot of them were scared, but that's a given. For now we have postponed training until further notice, for their sake and for ours. But that didn’t mean that we stopped training. The five of us were more determined than ever to get stronger, to get justice for the Union Members we had lost. But for now, we decided to take this day for some R&R, before our next big mission. At the moment, I’m spending some time with my girlfriends. (End Report) “You done yet Lan?” Sunset said. At the moment, the two of us were in the mansion’s kitchen packing a picnic basket. While Sunset was putting her own touch on the food, I decided to write a quick report. Hey, I need to record our adventures, plus Sunset was taking her time. “Yeah, just got finished.” I closed my laptop. “We should hurry, we shouldn’t keep the other girls waiting.” (Jenny’s P.O.V) Hm, well nothing around here. Damn, the one time when I actually want an enemy to appear. I was walking through the city for most of the day. Looking out for any Unversed, Heartless, anything really. I know we agreed to take it easy for today, but that’s a little hard to do at the moment. Just too many things going on. And it doesn’t help that the damn sun is irritating me now! Mom did say it would take awhile for us to get used to the sun again. The five of us are part vampire now, but since we are mom’s kids we have a resistant to the sun most vampires don’t. But we are still sensitive to sunlight, thank god we aren’t pale AF like those Twilight posers. It’s been days since we got our asses handed to us by Dark Ava and Josh. Still can’t believe how much stronger than us they were. Usually I would be excited about a new stronger enemy, to test my limits against. But this time, the outcome was less than ideal. Members of our Unions lost their lives, and we have to deal with that. We failed to protect them. All the more reason we have to get stronger, to avenge our Unions. But for now, I guess I should take the others leads and unwind before our next mission. “Jenny!” I heard someone call out from behind. I turn to see one of my Advanced students. He was a boy around my age, he had short blue hair that was spiked up. He wore a black jacked with a red and white stripe running horizontally, a t-shirt with a navy shield with a lightning bolt in the middle, blue jeans, and sneakers. This was Flash Sentry, and he was part of my Union. “Hey Flash, hows it goin?” I asked. “H-hey, doing good. How about you?” He stuttered. Hm, weird. “Just patrolling around town. Everythings clear for now. What about you?” “O-oh, just uh...just...walking.” He says sheepishly. “Oh! A-actually...do you...want to go out and...get some coffee?” He asks nervously, the normally calm teen acting like a nervous child. I smirked. “You asking me out, Pretty Boy?” “Wh-wh-wh-what!?” He stutters, his face turning beat red at hearing that. “N-n-n-no, just uh...two friends going out...and getting coffee. It’s n-not that out there r-right?” He asks, trying to calm himself down and failing horribly. I laughed a bit, “Calm down dude. I’m just messing with you. So, coffee right? Let’s go, and since you invited me, you’re paying.” I wrapped my arm around his shoulder and dragged him along. “S-sure.” He says, trying to keep up with Jenny and not be dragged along. I’m not Lan, I can tell that Flash has a crush on me. Which I don’t mind. Sure he is a member of my Union, but outside training we’re still teenagers. And it’s kind of refreshing, he knows I’m much stronger than him and he’s still into me. Plus he’s kind of cute. I would ask him out, but right now isn’t the time. I’m fine with moments like this, for now. (Dan’s P.O.V) *Sigh* FInally, a chance to relax. The last few days have been tough for us. Between dealing with the deaths of our Unions and figuring out how to calm the rest of them, we haven't had any time to ourselves. But at least we have a chance to recollect ourselves. Now I get to do what I do best, research. Mother came back to visit a few days ago, and gave me books that detailed our new vampire origin. How to use our powers, how the powers affect our bodies, etc. I hard to believe that we’re part equin, part vampire now. Good thing I found an illusion spell so we can still appear human in public. At the moment, I was at the library. Which is about the only place I can ever get things done. When I’m at home my siblings are always dragging me around in their own shenanigans. I’m reading one of the books Mother gave to us about our vampire powers. It’s rather interesting, even though we’re vampires we don’t particularly need to drink blood. We are still able to eat normal food, but can substitute our cravings for blood with things like tomato juice. Blood is only used if we want to use our vampire powers to their fullest. Without it, we can only use them at their most basic form. Before I could read any further, my book suddenly tilted forward. I was suddenly staring into the dark magenta eyes of my girlfriend, Rainbow Dash. She was leaning on the table in front of me giving a nice view of her generous cleavage, and smiled alluringly at me. “Hey babe. How’s it going?” She said in a hushed tone, clearly cause we were in a library. “Nothing much, just doing some research. How did you know I was here?” I asked. She rolled her eyes. “You’re always here.You’re either here, at home, or spending time with me. So, it wasn’t hard to find you.” She spin around the table and landed on my lap. “So, what is it this time?” *Sigh* I sighed in content. I’m still surprised that we actually started dating. A few months ago the two of us were still just friends, challenging each other, calling each other names. But after certain events, we ended up confessing to each other. Back then I didn’t understand the feelings I had for Rainbow. Even though how we acted towards each other back them, i didn’t know that strange feeling I had around her was love. The event that sparked this was technically our first day. There was some sort of lottery going on in local mall and the winner got two tickets to the up and coming Daring Doo movie, which had been sold out the second tickets went on sale. Because the actor for Daring Doo was going to be there in person for the premier. I had just been there by chance and bought a lottery ticket just because I was curious. There I ran into Rainbow who had just about a dozen tickets in her hands. Apparently she was a very big fan of the books and the movies. I’ve read the books, which were pretty interesting. So, like some fanfiction coincidence, I had the ticket they had called out. Then and there, Rainbow had practically begged me to take her with me to the movie so she could meet the actor. So I accepted. One thing lead to another, and here we are. I’ll probably tell the full story later, but there is a summary. Together as a couple. As smart as I an, I could have never predicted our relationship to turn out like this. (With Alex) (Third Person P.O.V) Outside Alex’s room in the Foreteller Mansion. *BANG! BANG!* *BOING! BOING!* “Ohh~” … enough said. (Kira’s P.O.V) It had been a long day and I finally got to my last student, a young guy named Pipsqueak who had his true Keyblade finally. As for how he finally got it I had no clue, he had been busting his butt for days now just trying to get up to the higher class. He stood across from me his new Keyblade ready. I know the others said we should take some R&R, but some of our Union members used the incident to drive them to become stronger. So they could protect each other from the likes of Josh Ventral. I knew I had to get stronger as well, this eye is a blaring reminder of that. “Well Pip. Let’s begin. I’ve heard you’ve been training hard for a while now, let’s see if it shows.” I said. I pulled out mine and we bowed to each other. It was a bit of a rapport we worked whenever we faced each other. I calmly kept my keyblade to my side while he charged at me. As he got within three steps I let a circle of fire spring up causing him to veer off before he could be hit. While I never fully got to fight like this because Unversed were a bit cheap, against human opponents it was a bit easier to control their movements. I raised my blade and fired off a volley of ice taking strides to circle Pipsqueak, always keeping him on his toes. He countered with a volley of lighting forcing me to roll out at the last second. I took a chance on a feint pretending to fall over. I did know people sometimes treat me as an overly cute mascot so I would take that into my advantage. As he stepped forward to stop me from falling I spun around and hit him with a stop spell. “You shouldn’t worry about your opponent. Right now I am not your friend or teacher. I’m your enemy. And a real enemy would take any chance to end your life.” “I-I’m sorry...you were falling over and…” He says worriedly. “I...didn’t want to see that happen…” His face turned a bit red. Hm, he must be hot. I smiled a bit before turning serious again. “That’s very sweet of you, but we’re sparring now. I thought you were going to show me the fruits of your hard work. Was all of that just talk?” “Y-yes ma’am.” He nods, getting up quickly and getting back into his fighting position. “I won’t let you down...not now or ever.” He says. I took a couple steps back. I didn’t really finish him off for the round because it was only a sparring round. When he decided to strike I instantly let a sphere of gravity fly from the tip of the keyblade to the spot he was standing on. He dived out of the way while I released another volley alternating between lightning and gravity spheres. He was determined at least since only a few stray bolts had hit him. He regained his footing appearing a bit…overcharged from the strikes making me chuckle a bit. He looked a bit goofy with his hair spiked up like that. Determined as he was I kept up my assault firing off fire spells to counter his which surprisingly were of comparable strength. Whenever he used the explosions as cover we would end up locking blades with each other. Then I would bring up an aero spell which knocked him away and kept giving him the windswept looks I usually saw on certain mother’s shelves… you know the one where the guy looks like they’ve been to the gym too much. Anyways, I kept up the barrage of spells eventually catching him in a gravity spell and watching him hit the ground… not hard… but the indent he left in the ground would tell a different story. He still managed to get up and charged at me again but we had been going for a long time already. So it was time to bring the spar to an end. As he stepped in closer I locked keyblades with him and with a few new applications of my new strength I swept him to the floor and pinned him down. “I’m impressed Pip, you really have gotten stronger.” I smiled. “All for you.” He says, before he blushes brightly at saying that. “S-sorry…” I got up and held out a hand to him, and pulled him up with me. “Of course. I am your Keyblade Master after all. Your actions reflect my teachings, so I wouldn’t want you to suck.” I said jokingly. “You don’t suck!” Pipsqueak said sternly. “Even if I was terrible, you would still be the most amazing person I’ve ever known. Strong and smart, pretty yet tough, and all those things make sure you do not ‘suck’ in anyway shape or form.” He explains with a frown. I recoiled a bit, and a slight blush covered my cheeks. Wow, he really has a high opinion of me. I must be a really great Master! I smiled brightly and patted his head. “Thanks for saying that! I really appreciate it.” I said sincerely. “O-oh! Th-thank you.” He stutters a little with a smile, his face still completely red as he scratched the back of his head. Suddenly… *Growl!* My stomach growled very loud. …That’s embarrassing. “Well, looks like I’m hungry.” I said scratching the back of my head. “How about we head to the Cake’s shop? To congratulate you in doing well in our spar?” “S-sure!” He says with a warm smile...only to have his stomach growl very loud as well. “U-uh...sorry…” He says sheepishly. With that, the two of us left for the Cake’s shop. (Third Person P.O.V) All five Foretellers had gathered in the courtyard of the Mansion, all donned in their masks and robes. “Alright everyone.” Ira started. “This is it, we’re entering the dreamscape.” “Well, we had to do this sooner or later. Just wish it didn’t take Josh Ventral attacking to push us this far.” Gula said with a sigh. “Why do you think we’re doing this dumb ass? We need our full powers so we have a chance of standing up to a guy like that.” Aced said sarcastically. “C’mon guys. Let’s not fight. This is our first time in the Dreamscape, so let’s all try and get through it together.” Ava calmed them. Invi clapped to get their attention. “Everyone focus. From the tomes Master Luxu gave us, we need to use our Keyblades in sync to open the portal. Our keyblades will lead us to the sleeping form of the World That Never Was. We only have one shot at the trial, so we can’t fool around.” The others nodded, understanding the circumstances of their mission. Ira summoned his Keyblade. “Ready?” They said nothing and just summoned their Keyblades. Raising them all slowly in the air, the beams of light shot out of the tips. The beams met and cracked the sky, making a rift open. Without hesitation, they summoned their keybeasts, mounted them, and rode off into the rift.