Phantom's Spark (Book Two of the Phantom series)

What happens after the end

Pixal's POV-
I hummed a small tune as I swept the floor.
"I thought I might find you here." I heard an all- too-familiar human female voice.
"Nya!" I turned around to face the black haired girl. I walked to her. "How have you been."
"I've been ok, I guess." She said, looking to the side. "It's been tough, without Skylor."
It had only been a year since Skylor died. Nya wasn't weeping anymore, but it would be nice to see her smile again.
"So did you hear?" Nya said. "Harumi proposed to the government to protect droid rights.
I nodded. It hurt to know that the world was watching.
"So how's Seliel doing?" I asked Nya.
Nya sighed. "I don't think she's been doing very well. Last I heard, she was hospitalized. I don't know. I've been trying to reach her, but-"
"It's been hard, for all of us."
I saw Nya gaze up at the statue of Maya. We all remember clearly when the Goddess descended from the stars to side us.
Nya was forever under Maya's watchful eye. Maya, being her guardian, gifted her with the power of water.
My guardian god was Cyrus, who ruled over technology and machinery. Harumi's was Hutchins, the god of Protection of Royalty.
Skylor's guardian was Sora, the goddess of amber.
Now she belonged in the realm of the departed, and her spirit belonged to Morro.
"Pixal." Nya said, her voice clear. "Do you... do you think we'll ever see her again?"
I shook my head. "Skylor is gone, Nya."
Nya still didn't meet my eyes. "I meant Maya. There's so much I want to ask her."
I looked down. "No. Probability suggests that the possibility of meeting the same god twice is very unlikely."
"Do you think...you'll ever meet Cyrus?" Nya said, her gaze traveling to Cyrus' pedestal.
"I don't think so. Not many people have specific Guardians. We're lucky enough to be endowed with these powers."
Nya, her gaze fixed on the statues, asked me another question. "Do you even have powers? You and Harumi have never-"
"No, not exactly." I explained. "Cyrus guards me because I'm an android, Hutchins protects Harumi because she is a politician. They don't nessisarily give us cool powers, but it is nice to know someone is watching over you."
After a few moments of peaceful silence in the empty temple, Nya's phone buzzed.
"Oh, it's Harumi." She said. "I should take this."
With that, the master of Water left me to my work.

Nya's POV-
I wish I could have stayed in the temple with Pixal. I lifted my phone to my ear as I stood on the temple steps, looking out onto the city.
"Hey, Harumi. What's up?"
/just a news update, Nya. Where are you?\
"I was visiting with Pixal in her temple. She explained a bit to me about Guardians."
/hmm. Interesting. But this is important. Seliel's in the hospital.\
So the rumors were true.
"What for?" I asked.
/I don't know. The doctors won't say a thing.\
"That's strange. How's political life treating you?"
/eehhhhhh... it's not as bad as possession, I can tell you that.\
I stood in silence as Harumi laughed.
"Harumi, I'm gonna hang up now. Give me updates on Seliel, 'k?"
/ok. Bye!\
I hung up.
"Pixal, I'm going home, if that's okay." I called to the priestess sweeping the temple.
"That sounds good. Make sure to get some rest!"
I nodded as I walked down the temple steps. It was a long way back to the city, but that was what I liked about this temple. It had that natural aura to it. There was a peace here I couldn't find anywhere else.
It distracted me from Skylor.
At times like these I thought it best not to dwell on what I had lost.
But even though I lost it, the memory of her keeps coming back.

A/N: nice way to kickstart this new book!!! Update on where everyone is, what everyone's doing, a little AU magic explained.