The Rebellion (Sky: Children of the Light)

~Chapter Eleven~

SUNNY'S POV

Sunny could barely keep a hold on her Elder Power. She was sure no one knew about it quite yet. Why did she not want anyone to know anyway? Would they think she was a monster? What if her other Elder Powers turned out like this? Would they-

"Sunny, stop." Zaira called over from her bed. Looking up, Sunny saw that she had been absentmindedly making shapes out of light magic and sending them floating around the cavern room. Zaira was the only one who knew about Sunny's power, mostly because Sunny kept breaking things around the cavern room. "Just let them figure it out on their own." Zaira insisted.

Sunny decided that was her plan.

Rolling out of her bed, she peeked over the side of the cavern. There in the distance was the island, though all she could make out was the bell tower used to warn of attacks.

Not that there really were any.

Unless, were those shadows crawling over the edge of the island? She was probably being paranoid. Needing fresh air, she waved goodbye to Zaira and dove off the edge, swooping down towards the water. Looking down, she spotted glimmering silver fish splashing in the waves. Swooping and twisting, she ignored when Zonas called for training some time later. The others could train, but she didn't care at that moment. Then something jolted her from her reverie. The warning bell. Something was attacking. Which was a coincidence.

Speeding towards the island, she raced up the cliff and landed on the bell. Something cold wrapped around her wrist. Shadow magic! Ripping her arm out of it's grip, more shadows slithered over the grass toward her. Gripping her arms, legs, ankles, they tried to restrain her.

Sunny fought against them, trying too fly away while they plucked her from the sky. Then a surge of that Elder Power came. It was much too distracting this time for her to do much else then just stand there.

All she could see was a swirling vortex of color. Now she would definitely be captured by whoever was controlling the shadows. Unless....

Sunny pulled her arm up with enough force to set herself spinning, ripping out of all the other shadow bonds along the way. Through the colors, she could see the shadows clearly, sticking out against the brightness. Time slowing down, she whipped forward, cutting them down with her staff before they could grasp any part of her.

She prayed no one was looking. She was pretty sure she was moving faster than she should be. And a normal sky child could totally could rip through shadow magic. Sarcasm intended.

Running blindly away from the shadows, she crashed into something. No- someone.

"Sunny?" Edna's voice asked.

Sunny angled her head towards the sound, sure she looked terrifying with the glowing eyes and all, "Not a word."

"Only me and Rayem know now, we managed to get up to the cliff. Whether you explain or not is entirely up to you," She paused, "Also, your fists are smoking."

Sunny waved them around. Sure enough, they were.

Stupid Elders.

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By the time Sunny and Edna made it to the top of the island, the surge had passed and Sunny could see again. Rayem stood at the edge, watching the shadows prowl the island below. Right as he turned around, another surge began. Rayem crumpled forwards and Sunny froze up. Edna caught Rayem, but Sunny was still frozen. Her head started craning to the side of it's own accord, looking at Rayem, and she felt something like warm honey in her mind, inching into each memory and secret. Scanning for something. The honey feeling subsided, and Rayem jolted awake.

"Nice Elder Power you've got there," He grinned.

"How-"

"You're not the only one with secrets."

Sunny guessed that if she punched Rayem now that she'd break a few bones.

She let Edna help Rayem up.

"Do you have any idea where everyone disappeared off to?" Sunny asked them.

"Taken by the shadows somewhere, I presume," Edna said, "We'll have to look for them. Carefully."

The three glided down the island on silent wings, landing on the soft white sand of a sheltered cove. "Down!" Edna hissed, right as a shadow slithered overhead. Looking closer, they formed white-eyed snakes. Closing her eyes, Edna stuck her hands out in front of her. Opening them again, they glowed white. She drew a bubble of light out of the air, and it settled around them.

"For protection. Also makes us invisible." She said as way of explanation.

They decided to follow the snakes to see where they were coming from. After following one for about a minute, they arrived at the island waterfall. Slithering behind it, the snake turned back to shadow. Creeping after, the bubble parted the water. There was nothing except an empty cave behind it, glowing with-

And that was a portal.

"Uh, you guys are seeing this, right?" Sunny whispered.

Nods all around. Sunny could tell they were all pondering whether to go into the vortex.

Edna made the decision, running forward and trowing herself into the white-hot portal.

"EDN-" Rayem ran a hand down his face.

"You okay?"

"Just remembering when this happened the first time."

"Oh yeah!"

That had been the day they met Edna actually, by Eclipse charging headlong into the Home Space.

Sunny and Rayem both charged in after Edna.

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Since I'm not entirely evil, I won't make this a cliffhanger. (Or maybe because I want 1,000+ words)

ECLIPSE'S POV

Blue tinged. Everything. Yet the one moment not blue was when shadows had stolen her away. To this place. A grassy field surrounded by glowing petals.

The petal stream condensed into a shape roughly that of a Sky Child, but smaller, with pointed ears and big eyes. Eclipse remembered to call, and the flowers spoke.

"I am Lily, guardian of all that thrives here in Flower. Now who are you, and why are you in my kingdom?"

Eclipse didn't need the blue tinge to tell that Lily wouldn't believe her if she told her the truth. That is, being kidnapped by little shadow snakes, ripped away from everyone else, flung into the air without a cape, landing in a tree, using the blue tinge to avoid breaking all her bones, and the whole thing about being from a different kingdom.

So she simply said, "I have been taken from the Sky Kingdoms."

Lily nodded, "I assume you're Ereven's heir. In that case, we can't have you out here. I will take you to Floare." She floated forward, and put her palm on Eclipse's forehead. "Sleep, little one, for we can't have you sharing all of our secrets."

Suddenly exhausted, Eclipse swooned and crumpled forwards, the world slipping into blackness.