Astro and Wonderman: (The Adventures of Team Pixie) Book 9: The Book of Secrets

An ultimate sacerfice

(Lex's point of view)

Loki now spent almost all his time drinking away. Normally I would say something but when he wasn't a little drunk to soothe the pain I couldn't bare to look at his eyes. None of us could since, it was the darkest mood Loki had ever been in.

I was just glad he could still manage somewhat of a smile. Even if it wasn't all there it was better than the alternative.

Jason and Jake spent there time trying to find a safe place and going on the run when needed. We called sometimes to see how they were doing.

Jessie had been running the kingdom with Kevin and living her dream life with him.

We were all training when we had time too of course. Me and Plete had been concentrated on spells to bring Pixie back though. After all, she was the leader of our team and it just wasn't the same without her.

For now though Plete read through his book and I just sat in my chair. I thought of old memories and how Astro and Wonderman might be wherever they were.

Suddenly the door opened to a girl with medium length black hair. She also wore a black tank top with a skull on it, with black pants and a brown belt. Along with black high heels.

"I know this place and you guys. I just don't know how" she stated.

"What connection do you believe to have with us" I asked her calmly.

"I think your my sister" she stated.

"What? How? Both of our parents are dead" I asked.

"Unless this is the time warps way of fixing things. Astro and Wonderman did have an extra child in the past" Plete suggested.

"You think?" I smiled but that smile had a bit of a laugh to it. I was happy to have another sister. She would never replace Pixie though.

"Time warp?" The girl asked confused. So we sat down for what seemed like years as we explained the situation to the girl.

"Wow. Your parents have went through a lot together" the girl replied when we were finished.

"Yeah. And now we're trying to figure out how to save Pixie. She died by Darkness's hand" I told her.

"Did she die sooner than she was supposed to? It's slow but some memories are coming to me now" The girl asked.

"I think so" me and Plete both answered.

"Where is her body?" The girl asked again.

So me and Plete lead her to where Pixie was. She lay there in a pink coffin.

Then the girl grabbed Pixie's hand and a black and white magic power surrounded her. She began chanting things that didn't seem to be in any particular language. Rather it was all of the languages in the world combined into one.

After she finished the chat her eyes glowed a white color and her hair sparkled and flowed.

"You may have Pixie brought back into this world. However there's a price that one of you must pay. One of you have to give up a price of the future" the girl said.

"A price of the future? Like what?" Plete asked.

"It could be a number of things. A shortage of your life span, forgetting things a day after they happen for the rest of your life, your life. No one knows" The girl spoke.

"I'll do it. I'm Pixie's best friend after all" I bravely stated.

"Absolutely not. Being Pixie's friend is exactly the reason you need to stay. How do you think Pixie would react if her best friend was suddenly gone?" Plete asked.

"She needs you just as much as she needs the rest of us"  I argued back.

"She's family though. We have to do whatever it takes" Plete asked.

"I'll step in and do it. I may not be the strongest girl in the world but trust me I can do it" I smiled at Plete.

It kinda brought to mind how when me and Pixie were kids if I was ever scared I would hide behind Pixie and now it was my turn to be brave.

"Okay. If anything happens I love you though. As well as everyone else" Plete told me.

So I stood in front of the girl and she used her powers on me and Pixie.

I saw Pixie wake up and I smiled. Then I yawned and ended up passing out. Once I did it took me a while to wake back up.

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(Pixie's point of view)

I woke up suddenly and I was greeted by this other random girl.

"Jess that's my name and you all are my brothers and sisters. I'm so glad your okay Pixie" the girl said hugging me tightly. I didn't know why but I returned the hug. Something about her felt familiar and safe.

"So what all has happened since I've been asleep?" Pixie asked.

Plete explained everything to me and after he was done I ran to where Lex was. Plete had taken her to a specific room after she passed out.

"Please tell me your okay Lex! Tell me you didn't sacrifice your life. Not for me!" I protested as I started to cry.

Lex slowly woke up then and smiled when she saw me.

"Don't ever do that again, you hear me! I'm supposed to be the one protecting you" I stated.

"Okay, bunny ears" Lex smiled after the shook wore off.

"Now I hear we have some training to do" I smiled.

"That we must do. After all we have a family to protect" Lex smiled.

"That's the spirit. What do you say we all practice against Plete. He is pretty smart after all" I suggested.

"Let's do it" Lex agreed. So we began training. It went really well during those two weeks. Lex even spent some quality time with Luke. However, soon evil would be coming our way yet again.