"希望" The word brighten on his skin and daisy squint knowing the pains he must be feeling "Xiwang, it means hope"
Daisy could only inhale and exhale to keep her rapid breathing in check, she had the same mark infact they all do when may zhiang came, it was the dragon scale choosing who's going to be the protector of the magic guardian.
It'd all come as a surprise to them then because such thing as never happened before and may zhiang at that time wasn't pregnant or chosen one, so how come?.
The mark had stopped when May zhiang died and not in her wildest dreams had she expect to see this same mark on someone else, someone much younger, she'd scent him, his intentions before he came in, she'd known he was here and that could only sum up to the fact that it's because of the scale.
But now she didn't know how to explain to the innocent young man, No! she didn't want to be the one to explain so as usual she hope Albert would arrive soon.
"That's why I'm here....for answers" As soon as the words escape his lips his hand began to melt, daisy curse in panic "What's happening to my hand?" Akira yelped,Daisy rush to the kitchen but came back in a second with a bottled filled to the bring with water mixed with black substances,she sprinkle it on it.
"Eeew,Awful" Akira squeeze his face.
"Yes it is,but it helped"She cover the bottle as soon as she saw his hand her forming back to normal "
"What just happened?my precious arms were going mental"Daisy laugh at the choice of his words,she lift his arm on her palm checking if it's okay but her eyes widen utterly bewildered.
Noticing her change of expression,Akira ask her what's wrong and she point at his arm,the words were gone all gone with only the scales making a long line to his elbow now sea blue in colour with a raging light.
"Oh my God, what's wrong daisy?my hand are...damn grandpa is gonna kill me"he screamed.
Daisy sigh regretting she used the water on him,that had made the scales to stretch,he was going through the cleansing and she'd ruined it because of worry because even she'd gone through the same thing and it was excruciating.
"Okay daisy, what's going on?My skins is turning blue"
" C'mon it won't stretch than that 18 yr old CEO, It's just that spot"she rub her chin " You came here with a message"
"And we didn't even know what it mea...wait what message?"
"It's noon" Daisy pick up the cardboard,her expression grave "Stay for the night or come back tomorrow morning"
" Is it serious?"He point at his arm.
" A life changing situation"
" But I'm scared"He whine.
" I'll video call your friends right now, it'll be fun to watch to acting like a kid you know"She shrug,Akira throw daggers before resuming his gaze back at the mark "It can be erased"
"Are you sure?will it be erased properly because I don't want my skin to suffer one little bit"
Daisy swallowed before saying " No,till the person it was for dies,it can never be erased"
" You mean me?"
" Hope"
Though Astounded Akira decided to leave the lingering name at that,not that he wasn't curious but he knows asking daisy for clarification will only make her uncomfortable.
"Um...I won't be staying, I've some files to work on for the night and please do find some clues about what the language means"he strap his backpack,standing up.
" Thanks for coming,and I'm happy you're finally staying, I'm proud of you Akira....always"She hug him.
Albert stop in his tracks,his brow furrowed,he bring out his gun and cock it,opening the door of the house a little.
He scented something dangerous and the wift won't let him be, he'd smelt this before and a Protector guardian of the blue ice cave had appeared though with pure intention but when the training had started hope was badly injured and left to heal herself.
As a father he was angry he let his guard down,he was upset he let the guy in, he was a human blessed with magics,not like daisy or joe wang but like a novice blessed with a share of national cake.
"I'm proud of you Akira... Always" Albert heard daisy speak,he kick the door open,growling at them,the two look up in surprise.
"You guys hugging while I almost went crazy with panic,Why can I smell everything?".
Akira chortle embracing Albert " How are you boy?Your friends missed you a lot"Albert said softly.
"Do you think? how're you doing?"
" Great,you should stay"
" No, I'm about to leave but I'll be here tomorrow, don't forget to make something from your pickles"The three laugh,Albert see him off,making sure his car was out of the gate safely before going back inside,his gaze flew to the cardboard.
"Akira as changed,his Aura is different"
" Yes,because he as become the protector of the guardian"
" But he's young"
" He's but I was too when I was chosen to become a protector of the guardian,he came here to tell us something important something about the old man,old master ren might be nice but I believe he isn't after hope to protect, he's after hope to create a storm"
" Should we summon him?"Daisy nod, Albert sigh taking the cardboard and walking to the room to take the candles.
Hope toss and turn on the bed,they already got to the island and immediately they got registered,she retired to bed as soon as they were shown their rooms, luckily with Si jie sister influence they were but assigned to the same room.
The college trip involves five college,Amenthyst college which is theirs,Taiwan college,West high college,Taipei all girls college and U of HK National college committee,hope couldn't believe her eyes when she'd a peak of the registry book,they were up to 3millions of students.
"A lot" She mumble drowsily and slept almost immediately,she found herself in a dark room with only a candle and a golden scroll in front of her.
She felt someone breath beside her,she ignore the feeling and proceed to open the scroll but the person beside her kept breathing breaking her concentration,still she focused on the scroll.
Back in a large room Stuart toss and turn groaning from irritation,he smile when he fell asleep suddenly he saw himself in a dark room only a candle lit and a large golden scroll in front of him.
He proceed to open the scroll but like always a powerful fragrance hit his nose,Stuart knows that this is the girl...that girl....he slowly turn to see her but all of a sudden she vanished including the scroll and he found himself on the bed his friend Jason sleeping soundly beside him.
He glance at the window and gasp,he saw a half Moon moving,he got up and stride to the window towards the west side.
Back at the room hope smile when she see she's going to open the scroll in a minute,the person keeps breathing beside her and by now she recognize the breath as that of the other gender.
She was almost done,when she felt herself dragged away,she grunt hitting the bed in anger,she open her eyes and immediately glance at the window her eyes wide when she saw a half Moon moving away towards the east side.
She stumble out of bed and walk to the window,she gulp in awe when she saw another Moon moving to the other,she close her eyes to bring in the scene and to her dismay she saw herself back in the room with the golden scroll but this time instead of her attention to be on the scroll.
It was on the dark haired boy from the side,she could see he's in a white good and green pants,she place her hand on the shoulder and turn him slowly towards her.
Stuart close his eyes at impulse trying to take in the breathtaking scene of the two moons moving towards each other in awe he found himself in a dark room,the room he he got the present of the girl as always,he was attracted to her no doubt.
And just like Everytime he tried to touch her, stupefied his hand didn't went through her like it always does and it stayed on her shoulder,he note she's in a blue pj...why blue again?Stuart thought.
He slowly turn her towards him smiling as he did,his breath more louder even to his own ears,the connection much stronger,he was almost there...to see her face ,he knows she's going to be a beauty,her long dark hair,milky looking skin and he can't wait to worship it.
"Stuart" A voice called him and instantly he felt himself pulled out and he open his eyes "Stuart, what're you doing?" He f
glance at his friend,shake his head then turn back to the window.
Hope smile when she almost had a glimpse of the face,she didn't know why but she felt happy,she felt the strong connection,the strong energy pulling them together, suddenly an alarm blared in the room and she ft herself pushed back and forcibly open her eyes.
"Oh I'm sorry hope" Si jie apologized standing up to turn off the alarm "I sleepily set it to 3am....hold on what're you doing there?" hope turn to her friend " Why are you glaring?" "Because you just..." She stop herself"Just go to sleep and please don't make this kind of mistake again"She turn back to the window and to add to her dejection there was no longer the Moon in sight,Sir jie crane her head to see what got hope attention but quickly lower it when she saw hope turn to walk to the bed and drop on it like a pillow. "Babe are you sleep walking?" Sir jie ask worriedly. " I'm not"Hope yell " Go back to sleep please" Si jie wondered what she could have done to make her friend angry "I'm sorry" Hope groan in reply. Stuart stood in daze when he saw there was no Moon in sight again,he pull his hair. "Darn,I was close...too close" he mumble to himself. "Close to ejaculation?"Jason piped in, Stuart roll his eyes "You should have slept with mich...." "Wi
"See those ferns, pineapple bushes..." "I love the sunset here, see how glowing everywhere is and the sand"Si jie sit on the ground playing like a kid, hope turn akimbo, taking some sand into her palm"Those tall palm trees are beautiful" Si jie and hope sleep on the sun gleam on them and the abundance of sand surrounded them,excited them. "Wow the sand is rough on my skin" Hope half smiled "It's stinging"She chortle, Si jie turn to furrow her brow at hope. " What's happening hope?" Si jie,belly knitted, her fear making her breath come out ragged. She saw hope surrounded by circles of light like in trance hope stood up and came face to face with an old man in a white robe, bald head with a big smile on his face. **** Daisy raise her finger to lift the candle but it remained where it was, she palm her face, she's used to this trying out the techniques hope taught her. She was a human, Albert was a human but from the first time they cradled hope their lives
Michelle and Natalie crept behind her scouting the vast island "There's no one there,is this some kind of a sick joke?" Natalie chirped. "Shoo, quiet down, the girl is a crazy kind" Michelle warned. Si jie ignored the two girls and ran with all her might back to the their guest house,open the door with her shaky hand and lock it behind her. "Where is it?"She rampage through hope bag and start to wail when she didn't find anything, depressed she check a small pocket opening at the backpack then felt something drop into her palm,she bring it out,herself and the talisman radiating. "Si jie,there are times when I don't feel like using this thing" Si jie recall hope telling her,she do what hope usually does and delved back into the memories. "Why?" "You're always up for why?"hope pout "I feel too confident sometimes,it kills but I do become over confident I won't lie" "That's unreasonable and reasonable in some ways"Si jie shrug. " I'm just trying to tell you this bland brain diet
"First it was the amphithere whatever and now the moon Goddess, oh I hate you dad" She mumbled, stepping back. " Hail the pure precious stone of hope" Hope couldn't help rolling her eyes heavenward, 'stone of what?!'She thought 'are this animals nut? okay rephrase that are this things nut?' "We're sorry goddess"She almost went deaf from the noise in her ears "We're sorry queen" The ground began to shake underneath their feets, spinning around, hope guards went up. "The draco's are coming allow us to protect you goddess" " Protect yourself because I'm leaving"Hope scream and dash to the entrance of the cave. " Please forgive us deity" 'oh c'mon'Hope lost her balance and roll out of the cave,Her body succumb to weakness and acheness as she stood up,she limp through the valley and half when she saw some student. She hid behind a tree, puffing hard,she squeeze her eyes shut and open it,her eyes swollen with tears she noticed the mist around her,strong but comforting the ur shie
"What?"Stuart mutter in surprise. "How?did you guys say anything to her?" " I wouldn't want her gone for anything else, she as been of great help to our family but we looked for her everywhere, she's no where to be found" " Her room,she could be hiding" "We checked,she was conducting a spell when she disappeared into thin air,her candles are still lit same as the blue daggers and it won't off no matter how hard we try"Liu Zhixin sigh dejectedly. "Ned said we can't find her" " Brother is home?"Stuart heart flutter in excitement. " No,I called" "Oh" 'hope isn't here anymore'Natalie and Michelle story session resurfaced "Dad um...can I ask you about something?" "Go ahead" "Who's hope?I mean the girl who's she exactly?why and how does she have the power to help me recover?"Liu Zhixin got strucked like lightning by the question,Jang Lau never told them anything except the girl as some kind of power to save stuart. "My nightmares....I see her in my dreams" "What? Stua
As usual Stuart found it difficult to sleep, it doesn't bother him anymore but the fact that by the time they went back to the cave the animal wasn't there but a shaped Ash of the creature. His friend were surprised they didn't see anything, no traces of the beast but Stuart did see the ashes, his heart race thinking he's slowly starting to become a patient.... a patient of madness. He told his friend the beast must have escaped to sound sane, they must have doubted him because Jason frown... his face wrinkled like an old man before he nod. 'How did the animal or whatever the thing is burnt to ashes without anyone noticing in the island? no one at all knew... only he, Stuart sigh he really need to start his therapy again. Jang Lau thought... he curse her, she's the reason he couldn't even dose of , the thought about her kept creeping in his heart 'She escaped, how? 'This is the twenty first century, modernized days so how could she just vanish? maybe someone
"This isn't fair" Si jie shout, hope purse her lips regretting she'd said all that and looking for a way or method to apologise to Si jie, She walk to the toilet and snap her teeth together. A method she learned to use to stop herself from laughing at the most sensitive of situation, Head bent down face towards the water closet Si jie wipe her face, hope glance at the towels pitying them for been a victim of her friend assault. Si jie hurried to the shower, taking off her dress with groans "This is unfair" She cry out, scratching her face. "You're hurting yourself, Sorry I didn't know..." " You sucks at apologizing, what the hell you knew,I told you no I warned you gizzard" "I'm not in control..." "Shut up,just shut up gizzard" She scream,hope snap her teeth together again,she scold herself for finding the situation funny. "Sorry" She tried to be as sympathetic as possible but Si jie huffed getting she's just a display for ridi
Stuart think of what he would say if the situation goes south but Natalie remark made Stuart glance at his iPad. "Oh my goodness!, this people are gorgeous, oh heavens! This is eye catching, Stuart did you do this? " " Yes? Um.. yes "He stutter. "This is one of a kind, romantically beautiful"Stuart and Jason gaze at each other in confusion then it turned into bowels of compassion."They're so angel like...No God like pretty" " Since when is God pretty and stop adding him in your sentence"Stuart snap his fingers for his iPad. "Since I was born,I need this sketches,you promised to give me the ones on your tablet" " I can't and I won't"Stuart take his iPad away from her with force "I created the app myself,my tablet is mine and so is this"He click on the screen of his iPad. "So?" "So it's my private app and private sketch,bye" He amble away,Natalie held him back "I'm Jason girlfriend big letter you