"Anastasia Ersa, 17 years old. 4 years younger than me. Scaredy cat, Empathetic, well, not as much Eiser but she is. Aaand... Compassionate! A Woman, Truly! No matter, i am going along only because he told me to. But what is she up to? Should i get to know her?"
Driving through the forest, as the horse galloped forward. Riley thought to himself.
"Hey Anastasia?"
He called her.
"Hmmm..."
A voice came from inside.
"Aren't you bored in there? Now that the little girl and her mother is gone?"
He asked.
"Not really! I am reading a book"
She replied.
"Ohh... A reader huh.. I didn't quiet picture that..."
He thought to himself as they traversed onto their journey.
"Eight days onto this boring field trip... How far is this country, anyway!"
He thought to himself as he had frowning face.
"Wait.. Is she reading the same book again? What was that book?"
He talked to himself as to not get bored by watching the same peaceful scenery over and over.
Later that night. Lying on their respective futons, Riley couldn't sleep a wink. He couldn't have for the past eight days.
"So uh... What is this book you are reading all the time?"
He asked as he turned his attention towards Anastasia.
"Oh.. Its just something i got from Maria!"
She replied.
"Well you could stop reading it now! Its night!"
He said in an annoyed way.
"Just a few more minutes. Then I'll blow out the candle."
She replied.
"It's about the religion she follows, right? That Crescent Diadem or whatever it was..."
He asked trying to keep up a conversation.
"The Moon Crown. Its called that! And yes it is about that religion".
She replied as she read through the page.
"So then are you considering reverting to this religion?"
"I will decide that when I've read it entirely."
She replied.
"What is this religion even about?"
He asked in abit more intriguing way.
"Its called The Serenity. It preaches about the life of The First Water Queen; The Moon Goddess, people reffered to her as. This religion, i think it resonates with me deeply."
She said, As Riley looked at her, she had faint smile at her face. As the golden light of moon chandeliered ontop of her. Riley could finally see her shiny blue eyes and her long lack hair. The warm gaze she had as she read throigh the pages, made Riley's heart skip a beat.
"Anastasia Ersa, 17 years old, 4 years younger than me, charismatic, bright and provoking?"
He thought.
His widened eyes as he looked her, Her fragrance that filled the carriage made his heart flutter. After talking to her, he felt swooned. For after a long time of eight days, Riley's eyes were tired, yet he didn't eant to sleep. He wanted to look at her, more and feel those emotions that had been long abandoned by him. As he stared at her reading, his eyes finally closed thmselves.
As Ana blew out the candle. Riley was already sound asleep.
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As the dust cleared, The short red haired woman smirked as Ana was nowhere to be seen. She slowly walked, cautious of an attack. Suddenly she heard some mumbling.
"I carry the night so you may dream; I hold the sky so you do not fade."
She heard.
"Moon Goddess's Rebellion!!"
Ana suddenly shouted as a light from the skies fell at her.
For the first time in there encounter, Guillia felt baffled.
Anastasia charged at her, covered in a golden armor as all her injuries had been healed.
"Magma Beam!"
She shouted as she shot it.
As Ana saw that, she crossed her wrists and blocked it.
"She absorbed it?"
The woman thought to herself.
She hopped back but Ana recklessly chased her down.
"Ice Age!!"
Anastasia shouted as the surroundings started to freeze.
The woman couldn't keep her balance on that on the thick slippery ice and fell down. As she did, Anastasia froze her feet.
Feeling heself at a disadvantage for the first time;
"Ignition: MAXIMUS!"
She shouted.
As a giant explosion threw her off guard.
The woman freed herself from the ice, as this time, it was her who was charging at Anastasia.
"Spiral Firepool!"
She loudly shouted, as she threw a giant fire whirilpool at her. Anastasia bowed her head as she saw that yet let that fiery tornado hit herself.
The woman was shocked yet this time she was confirmed, That golden armor around Anastasia absorbed her attacks.
She quickly the distance and landed a fiery blow directly at Anastasia's face.
Ana rolled backwards hitting her head and back multiple times on the ground.
"30 more seconds!"
Ana thought to herself as she endured that pain.
Meanwhile, not so far away from them.
Bowen and Sadem sat on the grass guarding Riley who had benn frozen inside that ice block.
"Riley Lamar, Why would he be here?"
Sadem blurted.
"Wouldn't it had been better to get along with him. He is strong!"
Bowen said.
"Huh! Its not our fault! It was all beacuse Guillia couldn't keep her mouth shut. Lets just wait for her to come back then we can decide."
Sadem replied.
Yet suddenly both got prepared and ready as the ice started to crack.
A gaint tornado flew them away as the ice finally shattered.
Between that giant Cyclone, Riley flew in the air.
Both managed to hold thier ground. Frowning, as they saw a greyish aura around Riley.
"Bad News, Bowen! Looks like he evolved!"
Sadem said.
"What was he at first. He just maybe at our level now!"
Bowen replied.
Riley landed on the gang and smirked.
All three stood ready, waiting for the first one to blink.
Bowen then equipped with fire spirals engaged Riley in combat as Sadem started to flank from behind.
Bowen threw a giant spiral at him.
Riley stood still.
"Air Blade."
He calmly said.
The blade that he created that was so fast that it cut through the spiral and reached Bowen in an instant,who jumped st his right to dodge it.
The intensity of that blade surprised Riley aswell as he smirked and charged at Bowen so fast, even he himself was caught off guard.
"Warp? Is that it?"
Bowen thought to himself as Riley was above him in a split second.
"Krustallos Gigante!"
Sadem shouted as a giant block of ice saperated Bowen and Riley.
Riley greased back as he did Bowen iginited a maximum explosion.
Yet to his surprise Riley charged through the space itself and was behind him in an instant.
"Warping Blade!"
He calmly said as he swinged his sharp sword that he had created mid air. Bowen bent down to dodge as he shot a concentrated magma beam at him that he couldn't dodge.
Riley quickly got back yet as he did, his brows dilated for behind him was Sadem, ready to out an end to it with a charging ice pistol.
"Prehster Lapilus!!"
He shouted, created a Tornado.
"Krustallos!"
Sadem instantly retaliated and froze Riley inside his coned Tornado.
Yet not giving a moments breath, that ice shattered immediately.
"Cold Plunge"
Bowen screamed as soon Rikey got free again. As a spiral of blue freezing flames charged at him.
Rikey instinctively moved his arm,
"Vaccum Blade"
He fiercely said.
As another space cutting wind blade, rreleased from his hand, cutting that spiral from between.
Bowen dodged that spiral yet was ready for another ambush.
Yet this time, Riley didn't go after him. He suddenly blitzed infront of Sadem, compressed sound energy into a ball.
"Sonic Blast!"
He shouted as he shoved that beam into his gut.
With a scorching sound and ridiculous speed, Sadem was thrown way back, destroying trees as he slowly slowed down and hit his back against a boulder, cracking it and laying unconscious. For surely his spine as well as his neck was broken, as his face was covered in blood with bruises all over his body.
Bowen was frowning and growling intensively for a man who was always calm and cheerful. As the fight reduced to a fair 1v1 between him and Riley.
"Space Cutting blades and Sonic speed? How has this man learned so much about his awakening in such a short time?"
Bowen thought to himself.
"So you've reached a speed greater than Sound itself huh?"
Bowen said.
Riley smirked.
"Its over! Surrender!"
He said.
"Oh you attempt a murder on my comrade and suggest me to run away huh?"
Bowen replied as fire engulfed his arms.
"Be prepared, you wont survive this next attack of mine!"
He added.
Bowen charged forward at him burning away his fear as Riley stood stationary.
"Gateway To Hell!!"
He shouted as he threw ginormous magma balls at him as Riley tried to move his surroundings exploded.
Riley's confidence was hurt abit. He locked inn as he hopped back watched Bowen create a pointy magma spear with all his might. Those fireballs around Rikey spread the fire so fast that in a spectale of seconds Riley had found himself surrounded in a ring of fire. Absorbed by sweat, Riley found his options to be limited. For if he threw an Air attack, it would ultimately help to destroy him and his surroundings.
Riley maneuvered himself and flew in the air, to dodge yet suddenly he sae a smirk on Bowen's face.
"IGNITION: MAXIMUS!!!"
Bowen shouted at the top of his lungs.
A gaint explsoion, putting Guillia's explosion to shame was ignited it hit Riley as he tried to dogde Bowen's spear that he threw at him, the final second.
Fire erupted and spread across the trees. Bowen watched it all burn completely, infront of his eyes,as he exhaled heavily, covered in scrapes and bruises and sweat.
"It is truly a spectacle of Hell!"
Riley, sitting beside him, in a similar condition said to him as he huffed.
"You bastard!
Bowen said as he moved his neck.
"He is a water mage right? That friend of yours!"
Riley said to him.
As Sadem lingered onto the both and sat beside them.
"Sadem! You're alive!"
Bowen relievingly said.
"Hell yeah I am. My spine was broken but i healed it!"
He replied.
"What about the girls? Are they still at it?"
Sadem asked.
"Nahh... I think they might be finished by now aswell".
Bowen replied to him.
Some time ago, As Ana rolled down, scratches started to appear on her golden armor.
"Oopsiee. Looks like your amour can't handle my heat!"
Guillia said as she charged onto Anastasia with her magma fists.
As she shoved those fists into her, Ana blocked instead of using her armor.
"Heh.. Not so confident in the armor now?". She said, walking slowly around her.
"10 more seconds!"
Ana thought to herself.
Guillia then charged onto her as she threw a magma ball onto her, as it splashed on the ground fire spread around there. Ana hopped back to dodge it yet as she did, Guillia with an evil smirk curled across her face, shoved a magmafied ounch into her gut, As she did, the golden armour finally broke down. Anastasia coughed out blood as she was sent back flying.
Yet as that armor broke, Guillia started to scream in agony. Her bones fractured and scrapes appeared on her bodies.
"ITS HOT!! AHHHHH!!! ITS HOOTT!!"
She screamed as it was the first time, Guillia had experienced the wrath of her own fire.
She fell down on the ground coughing out blood.
"What did you do??"
She ravaged at Ana. Who sat infront of her with her hand at her belly, all bruised herself.
Yet even in that moment, experiencing all that pain and bruises, Guillia still tried to stand up.
With contempt fueled eyes she dragged her body to a tree. She got ahold of it and tried to get up.
As Anastasia saw that, she got stunned. So she stood up herself. As she walked infront of Guillia.
Guillia staggered along with her broken leg as she prepared a punch. Anastasia grabbed her fist as she threw it. Guillia's eyes filled with hate, met those of Anastasia's. The eyes that overflowed with compassion.
"Have you no regard for yourself??"
Anastasia lashed out at her as she shook her bare shoulders wildly.
She hit Guillia's forehead with hers with as much force she could apply.
"The fight is over!! You have no reason to fight me now!"
Anastasia said in utter diebilief.
Guillia was shocked herself aswell. As her body suddenly crumbled and she fell down, with her dozing off in space.
Yet even in that moment she tried to get up. As Ana saw her she tore of a Piece from ber clothes.
" I am sorry Eiser!"
She thought to herself as she did and patched Guillia's broken knee.
"Whay are you helping me??"
Guillia said in rebellious state as she tried to get free.
"Heyy! You are injured. I promise you, just let me treat you then you can fight me all you want!"
She said as she applied healing magic onto her broken knee.
As Guillia still tried to get free, Anastasia tied her arms.
"Hey What are you doing?? I lost!! So just kill me imstead of embarrassing me like that!!"
Guillia shouted at Anastasia.
As Anastasia heard that, she got annoyed.
"You complain too much!"
She said as she got back to healing herself.
Guillia watched the woman whom she had just beaten, heal her and save her life over her own.
All her life, Guillia was treated and trained to be a warrior. Defeat was a shame worse than death. She had firmly survived through the world with that belief.
As Anastasia continued to heal her, She suddenly saw tears dropping down at Guillia's thigh.
As she looked up, she saw Guillia's eyes filled with shame as she started to wine and cry like a small baby.
Anastasia lent her, her chest to cry, patting her hair with her hands.
As she wet her face, Guillia remembered when she drew a picture of her with her brother and father for the first time and showed it her father.
Sitting on a squared table, she scribbled down some stickman. She showed it to her father who sat next to her.
"Father look ehat i made! Its you and older brother and Guillia!"
She said as she had a bright smile on her face. As her father looked at it. He slapped Guillia so hard that drops of blood fell down from her nose.
"Father?"
She said as she got frightened.
Her father tore that drawing apart in rage.
"If you have time to draw, then go and train!!"
He shouted at her.
Occasionally, her father would test her ruthlessly and beat her. Yet whenever he would, her older brother would comfort her and give her chocloate to calm her down.
As one day, at the dojo of her father, Guillia and her older brother were practicing Kendo there when her father opened the sliding door and came inside.
"Genta, step aside, its time to test Guillia".
He said to his son.
"Father, We have been practicing for hours and she surely is tired. Won't you delay the test to tomorrow?"
Genta said to his father, Genzo.
"Huh? Are you talking back at me?"
He said in an annoying tone as he slapoed him and got into position of fighting her.
Genta, shocked and filled with contempt for his father. Finally lashed out at him.
Guillia screamed as he begged her brother and father to calm down. Fire erupted in the Dojo as Genta took Guillia and hurried outside.
"Listen, Guillia! I have to end that man's tyranny today!"
Genta said as he held Guillia's cheecks.
"You are going to run! As Fast as you can!"
He added as Guillia shook her head in refusal.
"No! If leave! Father is going to kill you!"
She said as she held the hand of her older brother.
"Genta!"
Suddnely a voice came from behind as her father had come out of the Dojo.
Genta frowned as he saw him.
"Run! Guilla dont come ever look back!! You will surely find kind people!! Now RUN!!"
His tone intensified and ravaged as he pushed Guillia.
Watching her dad and dear older brother ruthlessly fight. Guillia ran as fast as she could with tears running down from her eyes.
In Anastasia's arms, She finally calmed down.
As Anastasia sat beside her, Guillia finally laughed.
"Thank you". She said to her as Anastasia chuckled aswell.
"I am Guillia!"
She finally introduced herself.
"I am Anastasia Ersa!"
She replied.
Guillia got surprised as she heard that name.
"Anastasia? Are you the same Anastasia that Steve mentioned?"
Guillia said.
As Ana heard that, Her eyes widened in shock. As she stared at Guillia.
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Tips:
Guillia's is from Zometa Country.