Magic Knight Rayearth Fan Fiction ❯ Cross ❯ Chapter VI Part II ( Chapter 7 )

Chapter VI: Part II

"How's he doing? Will he be all right?" the young prince asked as the female Autozam doctor stepped out of the Master Mages bedroom and into the hall. She wore a long white coat, medical equipment threatened to fall from her deep pockets as she moved about. Her eyes were emerald coloured and her hair, a dark caramel brown, which flowed down her back. She reminded Ferio slightly of his beloved Fuu… Since the signing of the peace treaty between Cephiro and Autozam, a few of their citizens had come to the magical land. By chance, the young doctor who had only just recently come to Cephiro, decided to take up residence in a nearby town not all that far from the castle and so Ferio had Ascot summon one of his creatures so that they could go ask the doctor for help. She in turn was overjoyed at the prospect of being able to actually enter the crystal palace and was even more thrilled to be asked to examine one of the currently, most oldest Cephirian's alive.

"Well prince Ferio," she began as she typed something into the small computer-like band wrapped around her arm. "Mr. Clef appears to be completely fine. His mental energy has dropped down surprisingly though."

"Is that bad?" Ascot inquired.

She smiled gently. "Only if he doesn't rest. You said that he was using a lot of energy earlier right? Well in my experience, the patient is usually just suffering from exhaustion. Now, so long as he drinks plenty of fluids, and restrains his activities, he should be back to normal within a few days-probably. I've never treated a magic user before, so I'm not exactly sure if he'll be fine in just a few days. It may take a little longer than that for him to recuperate. But if he gets worse then, well, you know where I am. If you'll excuse me, I really must get back…"

"Thanks." Ferio said, then directed his attention towards Ascot, "hey Ascot? Would you mind giving the lovely lady a ride back to her house?"

"Uh, I guess not. Sure. Follow me Ms. -er I mean doctor." He said as he motioned her to follow him.

"Great! I wanted to ask you about that flying beast from before; I noticed that its coat of fur was fairly shinny. It looked rather healthy, what kind of foods do you feed it?" she questioned as the two headed off down the hallway.

"LaFarga?" Ferio began, looking up at him.

"What is it?"

"Can ya just check on Clef every so often? I would but I've got…" he closed his eyes and sighed. "Prince duties to attend to." He wrinkled his nose in distaste. "Right now I have to go and attend a meeting with the stupid council… But at any rate, if Clef's condition worsens, I want you to inform me right away. Regardless of whether I'm still in the meeting or not okay?"

LaFarga bowed slightly, "Understood."

Lafarga watched as the heir to the Cephirian throne hastily speed down the hallway in a rather improper fashion. His prince had atrocious manors, was quick to make decisions without thinking things over and continuously found one reason or another as to why he could not be crowned "King" and constantly took off on his own without notifying anyone. However, despite all of that, he was a very compassionate and fair ruler and he'd easily won the hearts of the residents of Cephiro. He put the well being of his people above himself and showed promise as a great king. In some ways, he was much like his dear elder sister Princess Emeraude, and his carefree attitude made it hard for even the most uptight of people to get bogged down with political matters…

The Captain of the Guard let out a sigh and took a step back as the heavy doors to Clef's room slowly opened. Taking the invitation he headed into the large room and kneeled at the elder man's side. "Master Mage…"

"Lantis is on Earth, safe for the time being… But I am not sure if having him stay in the other world is such a good idea at this time…" the mage said as he slowly sat up in his bed.

Confusion was etched across the Sword Master's face. "What do you mean by that?"

"I'd really rather not say… I feel an ill omen approaching. I'm afraid I cannot tell you anything other than that…" he coughed and shook violently, and Lafarga instantly stood up and helped Clef lye down again.

"Master Mage Clef, please relax. You must rest and regain your strength…" Lafarga urged but Clef seemed to disregard what he said.

"Lantis must return…" Clef said. He wasn't even exactly sure himself why he so desperately desired for the mahou kenshin to return. But something in the pit of his stomach demanded it to be so.

"But there is no way for him to-"

"Not necessarily…Lafarga, I wish to send you on an errand. One which for the moment, I'd prefer that you not make mention of to anyone." He stated as Lafarga listened intently. He sat up slightly and grabbed his staff; he swung it horizontally in the air and a world map of Cephiro appeared. "There is a scroll that I would like you to retrieve for me. It lies with in one of the far northwestern villages. To which village, I am not precisely sure. However, the scroll will be hidden with in one of the village elder's hut. Come later and I will give you a seal that you will present to the elder-" he broke into a set of violent coughs, his staff clattering to the ground in the process.

The sword master waited patiently until the coughs subsided, "If you do not mind my asking, what significance is this scroll?"

The older man smiled, "it may give reference as to how to cross over into another world. I would like you to leave as soon as possible."

LaFarga stood shocked. Had he herd right? "That- But that is not possible. I thought-"

"That only the Pillar could grant passage from one world to another? Yes. I too thought that. For the longest of time actually, I had never given much thought about it until the day Lantis left us and wound up in the magic knight's dimension… When Mokona told us of the one who had created a portal…" Clef closed his eyes and organized his thoughts. The sedatives the doctor had administered to him, to help him rest were starting to kick in.

"What makes you think we can travel from one world to another?" LaFarga questioned, his curiosity was beginning to grow.

"Something our young prince said. How was it possible for the young man Sakuya to generate a portal? I've been doing some research and I may have a lead however, this particular book is in old Cephirian and I am having a hard time understanding it. The scroll should be able to help me translate the passages in the book…" He yawned and relaxed in his bed.

"I understand, but why must this information be kept in secret from even the prince?"

"If Ferio were to discover that there was a remote chance to bring Lantis back, he would do everything within his power to do so, but if it proves that we can not do this, I do not want to get his highness' hopes up-As soon as possible, I want you to retrieve for me the old scroll..." with that the Mage reluctantly nodded off.

"A way to another world…"

<Authors notes: Hey, wow did it take me a while to update or what? I've decided to make this a short second part to chapter six because originally when I wrote up chapter six and seven, I didn't elaborate on the whole Clef passing out thing. So I sort of tried to do that will this second part of the chapter. And it was short and didn't want to try to fit it into Chapter six or seven so I put it here. There may be a third part to the chapter but probably not unless I remember what I wanted to write. I'd like people to know that there is more to this fic than it seems and that will become apparent later on…