On the
last arc, Rowen had taken advantage of Matt and Alex and was able to retrieve
both the Bird’s Tear and the Rainbow Mist. This caused Nix’s life, however.
Going back to Tigre Village, the Telsi Potion was made to revive his three old
friends: Droan, Anietta, and Narisa! At a close pinch, the main group of El
Monte was able to stop him with teamwork. Now that the potion has been used,
how will the students return to Earth? Telgei appears and tells them that there
is a possibility, but it would mean attending the Sunlit Mayhem – also known as
a battle to the end!
Episode 198 – Drumming Hardships of Wisteria, the New
Elsiyan Spirit
It was the month of January, year
2009. It has been about over four months since the El Monte students had
arrived at the World of Elsiya. At the moment, only two more students from El
Monte remain missing before the big return to Earth – if that is even possible.
There was also one major issue that the World of Elsiya is currently facing – a
spiritless woman. That, however, is how being taken care of.
~~~
“Are you sure you want to do this,
Narisa?” Lagi and Taiger were walking with her. Narisa knelt down and then she
touched the water from the Greyton Oasis.
“I can still feel its rumbling. The
Mother of Elsiya is definitely angry.”
Lagi looked over at Taiger,
wondering if it was okay to let her go. “Narisa, you do realize you’re going to
give up your life, right?”
“Yes. I have already died once, so
there is no need to come back. Everyone on Earth has already accepted my
goings.”
Taiger headed against the cavernous
walls and then he waited for them. Lagi grinned. “That doesn’t mean you should
just throw it away. It also means you have another chance to live.”
“I returned as somebody who listens
to Rowen. If he ever regains more of his senses again, we might become
uncontrollable to his needs like before in the hideout. It’s safer to become
binded with the spirit so he is unable to control us.”
Lagi noticed the large pond of water
in front of them. “Ah, you’re right. The Mother of Elsiya protects the spirit
of this oasis from harm, just like she protects the ocean of Elsiya. I just
want to let you decide carefully on this before you start making quick
closure.”
“Thank you, Lagi. You are a very
kind tigerman, even though you’re a woman.” Narisa giggled. “I’m sure you’ll
find great love someday.” Narisa hugged Lagi goodbye.
Lagi blushed. “L-L-LOVE!?!?!” Her
heart beat was fast and her ears honked like a train’s horn.
Narisa closed her eyes with a smile,
and then she turned around. “I guess this is goodbye to the whole world. It’s
not the end, Lagi. You can always drop by and visit me any time, okay?!” She
waved her arm at Lagi as she walked into the pond, becoming one with the
spirit.
Lagi wiped her short tears away.
“Thank you, Narisa. Now Elsiya will be calm again.” She said to Taiger, “I want
to go to Aielle.”
“What? What for?”
“There is something I want to show
you there.”
“Er… Okay.”
~~~
Back in Tigre Village, Omar wiped his forehead. “Ah, being a ship repairman is annoying.” He suddenly changed
clothes into his original outfit.
Shirley scratched her head. “It’s
amazing how you can do a lot of things.”
“I learn from my household. We tend
to do a lot of things to help each other out. It’s not as simple as it sounds,
really.”
“Like anybody cares.” Peter said
with his human appearance which returned. “Anybody could repair a ship with
only an hour worth of learning.”
Omar clenched his teeth. “Wow, even
as a human, you’re still annoying. It doesn’t take just any kind of learning to
know how to repair a damn ship.”
“Hah. Let’s see about that.” Peter
ran towards the Terris ship with a hammer.
Shirley pouted. “Hmph. You two are
always so competitive.” While heading back, she could see Droan and Anietta
crying together. “Those two are so worthless without a third companion. Sure
hope Narisa’s okay.”
~~~
Rowen is seen in handcuffs by
Jennifer’s group with Lupe and Brandon. Jennifer said to Telgei, “Sir, are you
sure we should bring him along? We can’t we leave him in this village’s
prison?”
“Our prison is not strongly secured
for the likes of this man. Aielle is known to have the largest prison in the
world.”
Lupe was surprised. “Goodness. I
thought Aielle was a great place to have a vacation?”
“Oh it is. Aielle is known for all
sorts of things. It’s a really huge place for a village. It might as well be
considered a town, really. I’m sure you’ll all have some fun. Just hopefully,
you won’t get chosen as the ten students to participate in the challenge.
Ohohoho.” Telgei slowly walked away.
Brandon said to the two girls, “What
challenge?”
“Something you don’t want to get
involved in, but if we’re lucky, we won’t get chosen.” Lupe answered him.
“And how do we get chosen?”
Jennifer spoke, “It’s by random.
But! I heard it’s also chosen by some guy over there. Who knows what it’s based
on? Whatever it is, just don’t look interested.”
“No, I want to join.” Brandon took
out his palette. “I want to see how fast I can draw some decoys!” Jennifer and
Lupe began laughing together.
~~~
Telgei stood on a large pedestal in
the village center where most of the students rested at. “Children of El
Monte!! May I have your attention for a moment?” Everyone became silent for
him. “Oho, how loyal. Now, I know this may be a dire time to rest up after what
happened to our village and all the battles that you have been through, but I
must tell you that we only have a few days to proceed if you want to go back to
El Monte.”
“A FEW DAYS?!” Matt stood up in
anger.
Yessenia kicked him on the legs
without any effort. “Calm down.”
Alex sighed. “That idiot…” he said
in shame. Venus giggled next to him.
“As I was saying, you have about
three-ish days, but it is not certain yet. First, I must ask if there are other
students not present here that you want to bring along?”
Huy answered him, “Oh yeah. There
are a few in Wisteria. We need to bring them over.”
“The Sunlit Mayhem challenge may not
start until everybody is present. So, our first destination is to get to
Wisteria as soon as possible.” Taiger commanded. Many of the students began to
make way for the Terris ship.
Yessenia was the only one who stayed
behind besides Matt and Jen. “Why do we need to get everybody first if we are
in a hurry to start the challenge?”
“There is an important person in
Aielle village who is in charge of the challenges. His name is Spokesman Gerald
and his command is to bring everybody who wants to go home all at once. It
would be considered leeching and cheating to have others join in on your group after he chooses ten of you students to
participate.”
Matt whispered to Jen, “This sounds
annoying, doesn’t it?”
“Mhm. But it’s okay. You guys are
strong, huh?”
“Ehe… Maybe.” Matt blushed.
~~~
As all of the El Monte students
boarded the Terris ship, Ghoul, Johan, and Rowen also joined along, but in
prison cages. Shirley could see everybody prancing around on the Terris deck as
if there was some kind of party. Of the many students, Shirley noticed that
Joey was standing against the steel rails on the edge of the deck.
“Hey, are you okay?”
Joey tried to smile. “YEAH.” Shirley
covered her ears as Joey continued, “Um… It’s just, Sharon is still missing.”
“Since when did you care about her?”
“Well, we’re all from Madrid, our old
middle school, right? We Madrid students must stick together. Seeing one of us
missing would just suck.”
“But Mariel…”
“Oh yeah, what exactly happened to
her?”
Shirley looked away with a frown.
“It’s… a long story.”
“I won’t ask. Welp, it’s no use thinking
about what happened to Sharon and Mariel. TIME TO GO BACK DOWNSTAIRS.” He
yelled.
Yessenia passed by him and said to
Shirley, “What was that all about?”
“He’s just worrying about Sharon.
She’s one of the two students still missing according to Jaime’s memory on
which students were brought over to Elsiya.”
“Oh… And the other is Jon.”
Shirley became curious. “Yessenia?
What is your connection with Jon anyway?”
“He’s a childhood friend of mine,
aside from Brandon.”
“Really?!”
“I thought I told you this before?”
Yessenia questioned. Shirley only shrugged and then Yessenia went on, “Hm, oh
well. But anyway, it was a strange coincidence that all three of us loved to
draw. It was funny, because they looked up to me instead because they loved the
way I drew.”
“You’re an artist too?”
Yessenia shook her head. “Of course.
I will show you some of my drawings when we go back. There was a fourth guy in
our group too, but… something happened.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“He just disappeared one time. Before
he left for good, he said some rude things to us back in middle school. He must
have been driven by hate and evil, just like Jon early of last year.”
“Yeah, I remember back when he used
to be evil. I hope he’s okay though.”
“I hope so too. It must be kind of
weird for you, huh.” She chuckled.
“What do you mean by that?”
“I don’t normally show this side
around people. It is a sign of weakness. Deep down, I do miss friends like him
but I have to stay strong in order to survive. It has gotten me very far which
is good, but sometimes I just cannot be myself around people. They would not
take me as seriously as before.”
“Oh, so people used to treat you
like a joke because you were always messing around…”
“That is one reason why I have
changed into this. But really, I do like my friends. That is why I am going to
try my best and get Jon back, and also Sharon for you too.”
Shirley hugged her. “Thank you so
much, Yessenia! We can work together! Hehe!” They began laughing together.
~~~
Unlike before, Wisteria looks a lot
better now. New tenants began living in homes that were either built or
returned thanks to Shirl’s Chrono powers. However, she was on constant duty
which easily made her the most exhausted student in this city yet.
Shirl knelt down, feeling her
forehead. “Oh…” She said to herself.
Amy grabbed onto Shirl’s shoulders.
“You mustn’t overdo yourself, Shirl. We’re all in this together, okay?”
“Thanks… but I’m going to repay back
this city with all my might. It’s only right.” She stood up again. They were
about 90 percent done with the city. “Just a little more-…” She suddenly
fainted.
“S-Shirl! Hang in there!”
From afar, Amy could hear Van
screaming from the top of her lings, “A SHIP IS HERE!!!!”
“Hey! That looks like the Terris
ship, only a lot bigger.” Michael commented. He remembered back when it was
first being used by Yessenia’s group before heading to Crestwood. “Are they
back?” The whole El Monte group that was left in Wisteria arrived at the dock
except for Amy and Shirl.
Van and Maggie jumped several times
for William. “Our brother is here, our brother is here!” Van called excitedly.
“He’s not our brother.” Maggie
pinched Van’s arm.
Van pushed her. “He’s a brother to
me. He’s that close of a friend to us, right?”
Jenny agreed with them. “I do miss
him most.”
Maggie pointed at him, “There he is!
And he looks kind of different!” The trio-sisters hugged him as he got off the
ship.
Christine glared at them. “Mr.
Popular.”
As Matt got off, he could not find
Amy. “Hey, where’s Amy?”
Jen gasped. “Amy was here?”
“Amy and Shirl, actually.”
Alice grabbed Matt’s arm, “Matty!
I’ll take you to her. She’s helping Shirl stand up because Shirl used too much
energy!”
Jen rolled her eyes. “Oh thanks for
running off without me.”
Lupe said to her friends, “Did you
hear that? Amy and Shirl are here.”
“We’ve talked to them a few times
last year. They’re awesome.” Brandon said. “And to think they’re in trouble
right now. Poor girls.” They followed Matt towards Amy.
Maggie grabbed William’s Grimoire book.
“Hey, where did you get this thing? Don’t tell me you’ve been reading! Yuck!”
William swiped it back. “D-Don’t
touch it. It’s a dangerous book that only I can use. It gives strong powers
only to me but I haven’t been able to use it since I last got it. Not much
trouble has been going on lately.”
Matt and Jen arrive at Amy and
Shirl’s whereabouts. Michael and Alice follow along, followed by Jennifer’s
group. Jen hugged Amy, “OH MY GOSH! You’re okay!!”
Amy cried, “I haven’t seen you in
several months. I’ve missed you so much, Jen.”
“Aww.” Lupe said from the back of
the group.
Matt explained the situation, “We
kind of don’t have much time. We need to take you guys with us to Aielle
Village, one of the last places we need to go to in this world.”
“Wow, you guys went through so
much.” Amy imagined the world compared to the Marconian Continent.
“Yeah, and there is a challenge we
have to do within three days and if we don’t, then we might not make it back to
El Monte.”
Matt said to them, “We can explain
it in detail later. Right now, we need to hurry into the ship.”
“No…” Shirl stopped them.
The whole group paused for a moment.
Amy knelt down, “But you’ve done so much for us already, please take a rest.”
“I… can’t!!” Shirl refused. “I want
to save Wisteria!!”
Matt became shocked. He remembered
the promise he could not make for himself. “Wisteria…”
~~~
-NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW-
Matt:
On the next episode of Fires of the Sky…
Shirley:
Wow! What a beautiful place!
Venus:
They don’t call it the most tropical place in the world for nothing.
Matt: What’s
this capsule thingy for anyway?
Jen:
M-Matt! Don’t touch everything you see here.
Telgei:
Even I do not have any insight on what it does.
Yessenia: I do not know about you guys, but I sense some strange
presences on this island. Some familiar, some new.
Jaime:
You’re thinking too much. Must be your imagination.
Yessenia: Hm, could be.
Matt:
Hey! Who cares. We get to find out who the ten students are for the mayhem!
Next time on episode 199, Ten Graceful Students, the Sunlit Mayhem Commences!!
Shirley:
I don’t want to fight again!
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