Magic Knight Rayearth Fan Fiction ❯ Spirit of Cephiro, Heart of Cephiro ❯ Act 5: Logs of the NSX Crew ( Chapter 5 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Author: Sparkling Moon Phoenix.

Genre: Anime, Adventure, Fantasy.

Rating: T just to be safe/ M rated in later chapters.

Status: Work In Progress.

Chapter: Act 5.

Standard disclaimers apply. Clamp, Sunrise Television owns the rights to MKR. I am just using the characters for a fiction of my own devising and the enjoyment of Rayearth fans everywhere. Any original characters, spells etc are © Sparkling Moon Phoenix 2012.

Author’s Note: Bold italic speech indicates radio conversations. *Starred Italic script like this indicates telepathic speech.*

Summary: This new MKR fiction begins just after Hikaru Shidou is kidnapped by Eagle Vision. The once mystical realm of Cephiro is falling apart far faster than anyone could ever have imagined. But the meeting of two people could save Cephiro, and possibly more than one world.

Spirit of Cephiro Heart of Cephiro

Logs of the Crew

~O~

Private Journal of Chief Medical Officer Sheran Duranis:

The High Commander brought back a young girl with him yesterday; one with the bright radiance of magic shining through her very skin. No doubt she is the one I was ordered to watch for. My heart sang with joy when I saw her in the Mecha Bay, but roared with fury at her injuries. I wish I could have used my own talents to heal her; ultimately such an action would have aroused suspicion. I have to rely on scientific methods instead.

These magic-blind fools from Autozam don’t realise who they have in their custody. One of the Four mentioned in the Codex who shall save them from the soul destroying disease running amok through what could possibly be the last generation of their civilization.

I write their civilization down in this journal. I am half Autozamian, half something else. Half Antarran to be precise; a mixture of magical and mundane. To me Autozam is cold, devoid of magical forces. Antarra is brimming with life, the pathways of magic prevalent in every living being. Autozam has none of this, well not yet. I don’t consider myself to be a child of Autozam any longer. Not after learning what they plan to do.

Still . . . the planet of Autozam has created a gaping void, an imbalance. One that must be rectified.

As I have pledged the Council of Elders I will watch over the last daughter of the Da’Fei bloodline until her true Cephiran heritage awakens. It won’t be long. The first signs are readily apparent. I have cast a minor glamour enchantment to hide this. Already her latent abilities begin to push through the ancient barriers SHE cast within the Matrix of Life of her familial line. An EVENT foretold by the Oracle Tian will be the trigger.

I only hope the Magic Knight of Spirit will arrive soon. Much needs to be explained. The young Fire Knight will not as yet trust me. To her I will appear to be an enemy, until I gain her trust. For now, I can only assist in minor ways. I have secreted under her clothing a Cephiran style communicator and crystalline power source.

As such I cannot teach her to use it. That must come from someone else. The hour grows late, I must check on her before my duty shift ends.

May the Light drive back the Shadow and bless our endeavours.

~O~

Personal Log of First Officer Geo Metro:

This has been a rather uneventful mission so far; but not in the past few days. We finally reached the borders of Cephiro, a world formerly a mystery to us. All us of Autozam could see of this unknown planet was the Mind Barrier protecting it from any outside detection or intrusion. When the High Council heard of the death of the ruling Pillar, Commander Eagle Vision proposed an invasion to procure the limitless powers of the Pillar System.

We know this because of the information Lantis imparted to Eagle and myself. Lantis has returned home. For all our sakes, I hope we don’t encounter him. I don’t wish to fight someone I once considered to be a friend. But I will if I have to, in order to achieve the goal of this mission.

Without it, Autozam will die. My loyalty to my country is absolute. I believe we are following the correct course of action. I trust my Commander absolutely. Recent events have made this invasion more interesting. We knew Cephiro was once peaceful, never did we expect the legendary Magic Knights or the Rune Gods to defend Cephiro.

Capturing one of them was rather lucky for us. She appears to be very young, but her powers and fighting strength are real. The damage caused to the FTO by the magic and swordsmanship of the young Knight is evidence of this. From the recordings pulled from the FTO’s databanks the battle between her and the Commander was impressive to see. If the other Magic Knights are as gifted with the sword as this one seems to be, claiming the Pillar System for Autozam will be difficult.

Only once before has the Commander’s FTO sustained major damage.

Eagle admitted he underestimated her due to her youth. A mistake we can’t afford to make with the other two Magic Knights. Their presence is an unexpected variable we didn’t really factor into the invasion mission, but is one we can overcome. We must, in order to save our world.

I wonder what the Commander plans to do with our young guest. She won’t be harmed. Having her in our custody is an advantage, one Eagle will use. So far she has been unconscious for an entire day. The Energy Barrier must have affected her more than we realized. All we can do is wait for her to awaken on her own without medical intervention. Forcing one gifted with magic out of an unconscious state would be unwise. The medical staff managed to talk the Commander out of forcibly waking her.

One fact is certain; her presence will cause a lot of disruption around here.

Something intriguing popped up on the scanners about the same time the Magic Knight was brought aboard the NSX. Upon orders received from Eagle a few hours after he returned with the unconscious Magic Knight, the navigator has altered the flight path of the ship. We are taking a slight detour. The offense on Cephiro will be initiated once that strange structure the long distance sensors detected is investigated.

There is something peculiar about that building. It bears a striking resemblance to the castle we saw within Cephiro itself. There could be a connection. No there isn’t one. This structure appears to be a remnant of an advanced civilization. Cephiro from what Lantis told us concerning his homeland doesn’t have much in the way of technology. There is no possible way anyone from Cephiro could have erected such an edifice, let alone shield it.

Still the energy source could possibly be something Autozam could use.

On another note, Eagle has a bad habit of forgetting to take a communicator with him on those scouting forays of his. I’ll ram one down his throat the next time he goes out if I have to. He hasn’t been captured yet when he goes out alone in the FTO, but that could always change.

First Officer Geo Metro logging off.