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"We need to find a town, or something. We need a good place to rest, good food, and something to take our minds of things." Erika suggested, starting off after Josh and Kara. "I'm fine Josh, are you ok?" She was pretty frightened, but she knew she could handle it.

Erika took a few deep breaths before standing up again, picking up the rope. Carefully, she ran the back of her hand across where his blade had been on her, and shuddered. It didn't hurt, but heaven help her, he had done a good job of scaring her. "Yeah, he's gone." She agreed.

Erika gasped and fell backwards, using all her might to hold back the dagger. Oh yeah, sure. Just point your sword and yell at him. She thought sarcastically. Think, think. She remembered the rope she had tied into a lasso, and used one of her hands to reach it. Keep your hands at the level of your eyes. Her father's advice echoing in her mind. She slipped it over his head, and tightened it quickly, suffocating him.

Erika was thankful that the two could protect themselves, what about herself? She didn't know magic, she didn't have wings, or any special power of sorts. Everything she knew that would've been 'special' she learned from her human father. She chose not to think about how she come to live with her parents if she'd been sent by a goddess... If I have any powers, now would be a good time for me to get them!! Erika thought, glancing at the heavens.

"Josh..!" Erika warned. Everywhere we go, at every turn, someone tries to kill us. He has a point, I can't stand by idly, but I don't know any magic. She stood by Kira, steadying her so she, hopefully, wouldn't pass out again. "Try not focus on being dizzy, it will pass quicker." She advised

"Enough!" Erika snapped,stepping between Josh and Kira. Then calmer, "Let's not forget ourselves. Kira, what happened has happened, there's nothing we can do about the past," she paused, forlorn for a moment, "but there is something we can do about the future. But we mustn't be hasty. And Josh, calling each other simple-minded children will get us no where. I thought you would've figured that out from your last incident." she added.

Erika nodded back, and ran over to Josh, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Josh, pull it together! We got to do something!" I said, but not too forcefully, knowing what an emotional wreck we'd been for a while.

Erika followed after Kara and Josh, almost ready to tell them both to be quiet. But there were more important matters at hand. She joined Kara by Kyle, her focus drifting back to Psyche and Hades. Do I assist Psyche, or help Kyle, who's dieing? Again... "You got this?" she asked Kara.

"Kingdom Hearts..." Anya stood almost in a trance staring at it. It's not just a silly children's tale. If it's real, then... From the expression on Rexon's face, he'd figured it out, too. She looked at him, and said in disbelief. "It's real!"

Erika nodded, the after-effects of the soul-catching passed. Sent from a goddess, Athena herself! She thought excitedly. One part of her said she shouldn't get her hopes up, but another, the one that spoke louder, was excited and giddy. "So, how are we going to find the other loose souls? Just wander around?"

Erika saw the soul just floating there, vurnerable but not for long. Time to see how bad absorbing a soul is. She thought grimly. She ran up to it, her shard reacting and abosrbing the soul. Erika immediately fell onto her knees, her breath stuck in her throat. You're fine, Erika, you're fine. She chanted over and over. It was just the shock of the whole thing, it sent tiny, piercing, cold shivers over her body. Take a deep breath. Commanded that one part of her mind that was reasonable. Taking in a shaky breath, she realized she could stand, and walked over to Josh and Kara. "Is she going to be alright?" she said, finding her voice.

Erika looked down at her shard, her hand coming swiftly to it. It sent the oddest and most uncomfortable sensation up and down her spine, but it didn't hurt. "There's defininty three of them." I said, guessing by the three tremors I recieved. Erika looked around for something, seeing only a rope. A memory sparked in the back of her mind, and she picked it up.

Erika blinked in suprise. "Wow. That is a variety. Hm." She thought about for a second. "The shields of air. I could easily fight if I had weapon, but it's probably best to learn some defence."

"I'm not that tired. I'll stay up with you in case you doze off, Josh." Erika offered. She really wasn't that tired, and needed some time to think, any way. From what she was hearing, most them had lost their parents. But she hadn't, she still had a life to go back to.

Erika followed the group quietly. When they'd been attacked, the man had given her look that had paralyzed to the spot. Well, it's not going to happen again. She thought, determined. She looked sadly at Kara. Words couldn't describe what the poor girl might've gone through. "How can we convince her that her life is worth living?" She asked Ayumi. Strange that she knows so much.

Erika raised an eyebrow slightly. "Uh, okay." Geez, what happened while I was gone? She looked around, nothing was here. "Do you, sense something, I guess?"

Anya stared open-mouthed at the beast of darkness. Focus. Deep breaths, fight in a rhythm. Focus. She calmed down, and ran to the beast, summoning her shield. SHe drove her keyblade into it, ignoring the beast's infuriated yells. She kept fighting, almost in a trance. Block, swing, roll. Anya chanted over and over. At last seeing a weak point, she took the opprintunity the strike it down, at least for now. She looked around her, seeing Saez, now corrupt with the dark, Juno and Sekai were nowhere to be seen, Nathan was fighting...Master Sage? "How..? Well, of the things, why does this surprise me?" she muttered.

(sorry, school. ugh.) Erika woke up in her room in her small house, guessing she'd walked home last night half asleep. Jolting out of bed, she rushed out, stopping to pull a brush through her hair. "I gotta go!" She yelled, heading to the door. "Erika-" She cut him off. "I just gotta go!" Running out the door, she sprinted to the garden. Erika stopped to catch her breath as she arrived. "Don't ask."

Anya immediatly drew her keyblade, and began fighting the dark wielders with everything she had. She summoned a ball flame, imbuing her keyblade with it. Her strong determination powered her attacks, and she showed her true fighting skills, slicing through the dark wielders. Are we evenly matched? Are the tides turning? Anya wondered, almost outside of her body, in a different world.

Erika sighed, and looked at the strangers she knew would probably become her closest friends. "Hey, Josh, and...Kira, right? I think I'm going home now. Where do you want to meet tomorrow?"

Anya watched emotionlessly as Saez left, to the battlegrounds, inviting those to oppose. A small tear trickled down her face, but she wiped it away furiously. "Master Lexia, we have to go. We can't let the worlds fall." She looked at her master, face solemn. "I'm going, even if you won't. I will fight for the Light, even..." she paused. "Even if I die trying. I owe to them." She walked to the portal, waiting to see if she would follow.

( O_o What just happened? I went to go eat and this happened..)

"I guess." Erika replied, shrugging. Her fingers wandered up to the shard around her neck, twisting it around. "Magic? Yeah, we will have to teach each other that." she agreed.

My school is such a maze...im never going to find classes

School starts tomorrow. Less time to get on kh13!