When I open my eyes I'm infront of someone. It's strange, like I'm here but not. A sensation like being present but not.
A masked figure stands infront of a young man who looks hazy and I can't make out his figure. The masked figure seems to giving some kind of order but I can't make out their words. I continue to watch till the hazy man turns around and as he heads for what appears to be doors is slashed in the chest. I'm not sure why but the pain of the slashing hits me and I jump awake screaming.
"Arata?! What's wrong?!" William who was up and stretching his muscles with everyone else ran towards me.
"Are you alright?!" The others soon surrounded me.
"Y-yeah. I'll be fine." I answered but my voice was trembling and I'm shaking from the nightmare.
"Gentle soul, whenever the darkness threatens you, know that there is always light beside you." William sang a gentle lullaby that Mom used to sing when ever I had nightmares thanks to fevers. "I'm right here by your side, so there's nothing to be scared of any more. Through the darkness I'll be right here."
"I'll hold your hand and be by your side till the end." We sang the last notes together.
"All better now?" He asked and I nodded. "Then let's get you ready for a bath."
"Okay." I answered.
After my bath we all sat down for breakfast. Mom and Dad still aren't back yet. We head to school together in the same car. The car pulls over the drive way and Alistar opens the door and offers me his hand.
"Thanks." I smiled and got off the car.
"Let's all meet up for lunch later." Liam said and I nodded.
Alistar, Zhen and me head to our class with Reinhardt and Ethan. We have the same lecture
today. After class during lunch, Karin tries to join our table. We don't say anything and she uses this as a chance to join us and then call over more people but most of us just ignore her and the others who join us since we know they're all just the same as Karin.
"I've been meaning to ask. Reinhardt what is your Title?" I asked.
"Brave of Heroism." He said. "It's like a knight."
"Strange Title." Zhen said.
"Not as strange as mine at least." I said and suddenly my vision began to turn hazy again but there's no vision. "Ugh..."
"You okay?" Alistar asked.
"Yeah. Just a little dizzy." I answered and suddenly the world goes dark and I hear a strange song. I snap back into reality when Zhen shakes me.
"You okay?" He asked.
"Alexis, quick! A barrier that blocks of sound!!" I exclaimed.
"Silence!" He said and a barriier was erected. "Why did you ask me to put up one?"
"It's a Virgo." I said and then the windows shattered.
We all turned to see a Virgo, a giant human apparently singing a song that puts all who hear it to sleep.
"Clear Shot." In an instant, William pierced the head of the Virgo with a bullet silencing it.
"It's not over yet." I said. "Reinhardt, no matter what, don't you dare go into the battlefield."
"Okay then." He answered and Karin argued saying who am I to stop him from going.
"I have trust in Arata's discisions." He said. "The vision you saw, it was about me this time right?"
I nodded my head and then the ground began to quake. Then, a giant Scorpio appeared from deep under ground.
"Let's go." They said and I nodded.
We all headed for the battlefield. Reinhardt this time helped with the Medic Tent but he was soon ordered by the teachers to the battlefield and he couldn't object. I have a bad feeling about the battle so I follow him in secret.
The battlefield is a mess. The already smoldering area now covered in large chunks of rock from deep below.
As I try to focus my attention, I feel a strange sensation. Then, my mind goes black and when I open my eyes I see Reinhardt being decapitated by the Scorpio. I snap back into consciousness and frantically search for Reinhardt in the chaos and see him a good distance from me.
I run for him immediately the moment my eyes see him. The rubble that litters the ground makes it difficult to move fast but I reach him in time to push him out of the way but take the full whip of the tail of the Scorpio in my back. One look at the blood that's dripping tells me the wound is deep and when I realize that I can't move I know my wound isn't going to be healed easily but, at least Reinhardt is fine. I can feel my body grow cold and my strength fading but I managed to say his name in a hushed voice.
"Rein... hardt..." I realize that my voice isn't hushed, it's weak.
"Arata!!" He exclaimed, his voice full of pain when he saw me. "I-I... I won't forgive... you!!"
Reinhardt's chestnut brown hair turns black and his eyes become dark. His spear glowed an ominous black before he throws it at the Scorpio which pierces it and burns everything around it.
"Arata!!" The others gather around me. "Hang in there!!"
"W-why on earth... would you do something... so reckless?!" Liam exclaimed.
"Give Arata to me." Reinhardt said.
The others made way and Reinhardt placed his hand on my face.
"Rien... hardt." My voice was starting to fail me.
"The life you have saved, I shall devote to you." He said and suddenly we were engulfed in a golden light. "So, don't die, please."
The look on his face at that moment was burned into my memory. A face filled with rage, regret and disappointment. When the light faded, my wound was healed but before I can say anything my consciousness fails me and I black out.