The next morning I woke up and decided to take a shower. I went in the bathroom and locked it. When I took off my shirt, I noticed a mark. 'I can probably tell Saber about it when I get out I thought.' Then I got in the shower and cleaned myself off.
I got out of the shower and got dressed headed out to the living room to chill until work. I got up an hour earlier than I usually did. "Hey Saber. I have a mark on my side. Do you know what its all about?" "I have to use my human form to see it clearly hang on." Saber turned human and I took off my shirt. "Yep. Its just as I thought. Don't worry its nothing to worry about. Once someone owns a sword that is half of their life a mark shows. All marks are different they show which sword belongs to who." "What about you Saber? Do you or your sword form have any marks?" "I have it on the back of my neck. As for the sword, look on the back of the blade when I am in my sword form." "Thanks Saber." Then she transformed back to a sword. I looked on the back of the blade and saw the same mark I had on me.
After awhile it was time for me to go to work. Zonan just came out as I was leaving. "Hey Lucia. Leaving for work?" "Yeah see you later uncle. I'm taking Saber with me." "OK be careful you two." "Thanks uncle see ya." So I went off to work.
"Hey everyone." I said. They were all looking at me strangely. "What did I do? What happened? If its about the snow and ice I'm sorry. I'm working on that." Jax came up to help me. "Lucia come here a second." "What' is going on?" "The snow is not what's shocking here. We assumed it came from your family and that you will clear it up. Its that you went to bosses house that was a shocker." "Why? What's so strange about boss's house?" "So you never heard the story then? OK here it is. Its just a rumor for my taste. Have you been inside his shop with his blacksmithing tools?" "Well we waited outside while he got his tools why?" "It figures. That's why theres a rumor. The rumor is he never lets anyone in there because he's hiding a rare animal in there. It could kill you with just looking you in the eye." " Then why isn't boss dead if that were true." "My thoughts exactly." "Ok I have an idea. I have a dagger I never leave the house without. Now I can't leave this sword I have. I'll take it to boss and ask him about the animal." "If you do that be careful. Also let us know ok?" "Yeah of course." Then we went to work.
After awhile work was over and I headed to uncles to take a shower and waited to see what uncle wanted me to do. "Ok Lucia. We aren't going to do training today. We are going to finish trying to get the snow out of this village until its done. Then we will work on the power situation." "Yes uncle. Ready Saber?" "Sure am. This time when I glow stop don't wait till it cracks ok?" "I'll do my best." I went outside to see where there was still snow and stopped at those places and sucked the snow up with the sword. This time when I sucked the snow up it was going faster and more was coming in. "Woah holy crap. What's going on saber?" "Its ok Lucia calm down. Just keep going. Your getting stronger Lucia. Which means either today or tomorrow you will be done cleaning up this mess." "Ok then. I'm going to give it everything I got right now until the sword glows." I went a little faster and pushed myself until Saber said, "OK Lucia stop the sword is glowing. Lucia can you hear me Stop!" "I can't stop! I don't know what's wrong?" "Dammit! Hang on Lucia!" Saber pushed herself hard to be human and eventually did. Lucia instantly fell and Saber caught him. Zonan came rushing over. "Is he going to be ok?" said Uncle. "Just barely. Yes he will be fine. Any longer and the sword wouldn't just crack he wouldn't be alive." "That bad huh?" "I'm going to stay human until he wakes up. I'm afraid to know what would happen if I turn into a sword right now." "OK that's fine."
Camilla came for a visit with the baby. "Hello everyone." Camilla looked around and saw a woman sitting next to Lucia. "Hello who are you?" said Camilla. "Oh that's right you were in the guest room with the baby. I am Lucia's sword Saber. Nice to meet you Camilla." "Likewise. How is he?" "Oh he will be fine nothing to worry about." Lucia started waking up. "Hmm." He sat up really fast like he was having a nightmare. "Lucia are you ok?!" said Camilla. "Yeah I think so. Saber was it a dream?" "Sorry Lucia it wasn't a dream I'm afraid." "Dammit! Oh Camilla sorry. Hey little guy. Daddy misses you. Daddy will be home in a few days. How are the boys doing Camilla?" "They are doing fine. They keep asking for you though. I have to keep telling them its part of his training that he has to be gone." "Oh Yeah I have to go to Boss's house again. I need a favor from him. I can go alone this time. Well alone as in me and Saber. Saber as a sword." "Ok then. Now that you are awake I will turn into a sword." So she did just that.
"Ok I'm off to Boss's. See you guys in a bit." So I left with Saber. I finally got to boss's house and knocked on the door. (knock knock) The boss opened the door and saw me again. "What did you break this time?" "Oh I didn't break anything I need you too look at a dagger for me." "OK follow me to my shop." So I followed him.
When we got to the shop he said, "You must have heard the rumors and made an excuse to come over didn't you?" "Well that's partly true. The other part is that my dagger could use a touch up." I took out my dagger and boss was shocked. "You got that dagger from Smoker didn't you?" "Yeah when I was kidnapped and escaped he ended up finding me and trained me. Once I was old enough he gave me this." "I see. Smoker is a good man. You know Lucia. There is just something about you that I can trust. Maybe I can tell you or better yet show you my secret when I am done touching up your dagger." "Thanks boss." So When he was done touching up my dagger, he did as he promised and showed me his secret.
"OK before we go into the shop I have to tell you to never tell a soul understand? If someone asks tell them its nothing. Tell them its just old swords I'm embarrassed to show anyone." "Got it." "Oh also be very quiet and don't make sudden movements. Ok?" I agreed. "Ok then follow me." I went into his shop with him and stayed quiet with no sudden moves. Then Boss called something. "Come here Violet. Its ok we can trust him." The animal came out and I recognized her. "I know this creature. I remember her from when I was on my journey with my sister. I was 6 years old then. Hey Violet. Its me Lucia." "Lucia is it really you? Oh thank God your alive." Violet ran up to me and gave me a hug. I gave her one back. "Hey can you give us a minute or five?" "Yeah as much time as you need I will be back later."
"What happened Violet? Where's your husband and kids?" "They are here too. Hang on. Its ok everyone. Its Lucia." Then the husband and kids ran out. "So its true you are alive!" The kids and husband gave me a hug too. "I've missed you guys too. Wait a minute? How did you get out of the territory how did you get here?" "Your boss as you called him saved us. Someone or something was after us." "Can you get back home?" "That is the plan. He is hiding us at the moment to be sure he can find someone who can. That territory wasn't our home. We just got stuck there." "So where are the other flying foxes?" "Honey do you want to tell him?" "Sure. I will. We live in the forest of the Raiju village. That is if any of our kind is still alive." "Got it. I have an idea. You all still trust Neve right?" "Is your sister here?" "Yeah she's at Zonan's right now." "Oh I'm glad he decided to go back home. Yes we trust her." "Will it be alright if she took you?" "Yes of course. That would be fine too." "OK well I have to go. I have a mess to clean up in the village. It was nice seeing you guys again." "It was nice seeing you alive and well." "Thanks." Boss came by to check on us. "Is everything ok in there?" "Yeah its good we are done. Boss I have something to tell you. My sister Neve knows these guys as well. They want to know if Neve would take them home. So I was thinking about bringing her over if that's ok." "Yeah that's fine. You can bring her here today if you want." "Oh even better. Thanks. Be right back with her." So I left back to uncle's.
"Hey Uncle. Is Neve here?" "Yes I'm here what's up Lucia?" "Zonan Neve follow me. I can't say its a secret." "Ok you guys be careful." said Mom So we walked back to Boss's house.
"Hey Boss. We're back. I brought Zonan because they knew him too." "Ok follow me." So we followed him to the shop and the flying foxes came out of hiding. "Good to see you again Zonan and Neve." "Oh Violet and I forget your husbands name. Kids. My have you two grown." said Neve. "So Lucia pulled me over here. Do you need something?" "Yes. We were hoping you can take us to our original home in the forest of the Raiju village." "I see. Of course I will be able too. First we have to stop by uncles and get our old friends. You should be safer at our village anyway. Its dangerous here for you." "Yeah we know. Boss here saved us that's how we ended up here." "Now I understand. Ok I have to leave tomorrow. I will have my mom with me." "Oh that's good. She is alive after all." "Ok I will come get you when I am ready to leave. Just hide in my pack ok?" "Agreed." "Well If I don't see you guys tomorrow it was good seeing you again." I said. "What he said" Said Zonan. "How was leader when you left?" "Oh that old man is fine. He almost died there when Neve escaped but he survived." "Oh that's good. Maybe I'll see him sometime in the future." "Oh actually he wanted me to give you a message. He will plan on being back in the village in a month. He said you would know what he means by that." "Yeah I do. Thanks guys. Good to see you again." Then we left back home.
We finally made it back, it was finally time to suck up snow again. "Ok Lucia remember if it happens again stay calm and fight against it if you can't stop." "I can only do my best Saber." "I know Lucia. Lets just hope its good enough" "This seems to be the last place that has snow." I put up my sword like always and sucked up the snow.
As I was sucking up snow I was starting to feel weird. Not in a good way. "Saber something is wrong." "I know I feel it too. Just keep going until its done. Then we can deal with it." So I pushed through until it was completely done and the sword barely turned blue. "Finally done." I collapsed to the ground. Uncle was the first one there. "I'm fine uncle. I'm finally done. There is something else wrong with me now. Saber do you have any idea what it is?" "Not at the moment. I will talk to the master and get back to you."
It was finally dinner time. I didn't feel like eating so I layed down covered up and went to sleep. Neve went over to check on Lucia. He didn't look so good. "Well he doesn't have a fever. Maybe he is just tired." said Neve. "That's a plus." Said Camilla. "Last time he was like this he had a fever. He went for a walk and made it worse so I had to drag him home and had Zack help me put him to bed." "That stubborn brother of mine. Jeeze."
"Sorry about the wait Lucia. How are you feeling?" said Saber. "As good as I'll ever get at the moment." " I talked to the old man. You will be fine. Its good that your feeling strange. Its a power surge. It means your getting stronger." "That's good to hear. Ok now I'm really going to sleep."
The next morning I was able to skip work because my sister was leaving and I wanted to say goodbye. We all waited at the gate for mom and Neve. After a few minutes they showed up. "OK this is where we leave you Lucia. Don't give the Evans a hard time ok?" "Just a little." We both said. "Haha. yeah I know sis." I gave her a hug and secretly said goodbye to the flying foxes. "Bye guys hope to see you again someday." "You too Lucia." Then I gave mom a hug. They waved and were off.
I went back to uncle's and saw Zaylen and Camilla. Then I said, " Saber you can turn human for a few minutes if you want." She did just that. I was thinking then I said, "I always thought that strength was just fighting to make yourself stronger. Then I learned when you have something or someone to protect that makes you stronger. My friends and family make me stronger." Then we all smiled and talked.