The Story of a Star! [Completed]

Book 10 - The Fourth Key

"Hey! Come back here!" I shout, chasing after a mutated bull. It's too early in the morning to be chasing after this rabid beast. It's been days since I went batsy and almost destroyed Sunny Bay, and I'm getting angsty over the fourth key.

It turned a corner over a tree, running right into the lovely forest near the park. Just my luck. Pursuing the beast on foot, my veil gets caught in a bush. Darn these things!

My struggling must've let the bull know I was vulnerable, because it came right back full circle. Right. At. Me.

Lena doesnt know about this because, well, I didn't tell her. When I snuck outside to get some air over the last few days I caught sight of this creature running around. I still have absolutely no idea what it's purpose is though.

It's pretty much pitch black outside, with the exception of street lights to illuminate part of the surrounding forest. Maybe if I could knock down a light to stop the bull from bodying me completely.

Giving up on freeing myself, I shoot a crystal at one of the lamps closest to me. It comes down with a crash, deterring the bull, but I still can't get this stupid veil out of the bush.
I let out a loud sigh of frustration and created a shield dome around me. The lamp stunt won't last for long, and the bull will be comming for me any minute.

I take a proper look at my veil and it's entanglement to get a better understanding of what I should do to get it out.

After a while, I realize that it's stuck in there real bad. Really, really, bad. I hear rumbling again and I know it's the beast...or I think I do. I peek through the translucent crystal and see that monster has increased in size. HOW?!

Panic rises and I'm pretty much yanking at my veil. I start hearing tears in it and it hurts my soul to see something so pretty be ruined, but I gotta do what needs to be done. I finally pull myself free and disintegrate the dome I built.

I launch myself into the air and come down with a punch. "Crystem-pactus!" The impact knocks the bull off its balance, tossing it to the side, snapping a tree in its path.

Goodness, do I not know my own strength? It gets up back again with a little struggle and once again charges for me. If it was gonna take me head on, then so was I. Bolted, running towards the bull then it opened its mouth and fire came out of it. That certainly was unexpected.

Yelling a big "NOPE!" I turned away from the open fire that was catching onto the trees. If I could put it out it would be great, but I only know crystal magic not water magic!

I hid behind a big rock thinking about what on earth I'm going to do to stop this crazy beast from destroying everything in its path.

I could let it follow me all the way to the beach, I could envelop it in crystal, but it would probably break right through it...or I can make a giant hole for it to fall into!

I get on my knees and place my palm on the face of the ground. "Crystal-olius." Ive never heard of a hole making spell before, so I had to improvise. Slowly things were glowing, and to my surprise, it actually worked.

The ground began to part, creating the hole I desired. Pleased with myself, I begun to place branches big enough for the cavity. I also spread some out to make it a little less obvious, you can never underestimate an animals intelligence.

I peeked over the rock to see that the bull was looking for me. Lifting the rock out of the way with my magic, I called it. "Hey!" it's attention turned to me. "You want it? Come and get it."

It huffed and surely came zooming into my direction.

Closer...

A little more...

Aha! I ascended into the air and the monster couldn't stop itself in time before falling into my trap. I couldn't help but smile and cheer that I did it. I called upon my bow to purify they savage beast. "Crystal purifica!"

When it was over, something came floating my way. It looked like a key! I Wat about to tap it, but then I heard clapping and a deep chuckle from atop the trees. "W-who's there?"

"Has the Princess already forgotten about me? Well, I can't blame you. I did make you forget...many things."

"What are you talking about?" I questioned, still unsure of this person's identity untill the came out through the shadows, long white hair and minty green skin, completed with glowing amber eyes. He was beautiful, honestly, but that wasn't important right now.

"I just came to stop by and say hello." He kneeled down and kissed the top of my hand, eliciting heat to rise to my cheeks and I pull away. "Ahem, well you've said hello, but who are you?"

"You'll find out soon Kira."

"How do you know my name?" I gasped "Are you working for Ceria?!" I readied myself to fight, but he only smiled in amusement. Do I look like a bird soaked in water or something? What is with people finding something funny with my seriousness?

Out of nowhere he grabbed me by the waist and pulled me towards him. I knew waking up at midnight would be a stupid idea, you begin to hallucinate because I know he did not just do that. "Get away from me, night creep!"

"Haha... you are amazing like I thought." He leaned down and kissed my forehead "Untill next time, ñuia bñeia.

And that's all I heard before the darkness swallowed me.

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"Good morning sweetie pie! How's your neck feeling?" Lena asked me while making pancakes. "Its doing better...actually I don't even feel the pain anymore?" I ran a finger over where the spot was, and I didn't even feel a single thing - not even a difference in skin texture like a scar would have.

Did he do this?

"Really? That's odd. Let me see." She came over to me and tilted my head to the side. "Wow it's like it was never there."

"Maybe I have a fast healing system? It could be because I am a reincarnation of an extremely powerful force."

"Could be..." She squinted her eyes for a bit and I could tell she was thinking. She must have brushed it off as a lucky thing for me to have because she went on to finish making her pancakes.

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After breakfast, I head up to my room to take a little nap due to the crazy events at night which I still haven told Lena about. I will tell her, I'm just feeling a litte lazy right now.

I drift into my much desired nap, unable to stop thinking about that mysterious person in my dreams.

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I see him, walking into my room through my window.
He stops at my bed, looking down at me with longing in his eyes.
He then raises his hand to place something shiny in my own and whispers "Ñuiea bñeia" just before he kisses me on my nose, and I giggle.

He's said it before, but what does it mean?

He turns to leave and I hear him mumble something under his breath that kind of sounded like 'I'm sorry'

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When I awoke, I felt something in my hand. I looked at it, waiting for my mind to focus on the object I held and realized that it was a key in the shape of Earth's symbol. This is the key from last night!

Does this mean, that my dream wasn't really a dream?

I got up and walked over to my window which was being pelted by pebbles. I looked down to see a familiar face and asked what he was doing harassing my window.

Half yelling, he asked something I'd never thought I would hear.

"Will you go out with me?"