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RITA I stared at the roof of my hut. It was three in the morning, and I knew we had a big battle to fight that day, but I couldnt sleep. I sat up in bed, put my head in my hands, elbows on my knees and sighed. I had this unexplainable anxiety building up inside of me. I knew the following day would bring about a ton of emotions. My father would be apart of this huge battle, and I would have to face him at one point. I groaned in angst and threw my head back into the pillow with another sigh. I tossed and turned within my blankets, just trying to get myself to sleep. I tried, but I couldnt. Sleep was impossible. Therefore, I sat up threw my legs over the side of the bed, and went outside for a walk. I sighed as I breathed in the night air, taking in the sight of the dimly shining crystals everywhere. I walked past the line of huts everyone was sleeping in, and continued on to a crystal shard that overlooked a valley of shimerring gems and coral. I sat on the crystal and stared at the waterfall that was positioned on the otherside of the valley. Clear, sparkling water fell from a large crystal spraying mist all around it. Towards the left was a wall of coral and gems, intertwined together in a beautiful, weaved pattern. I sighed at the sight and leaned back on my arms, trying to relax my mind from all the anxiety circulating through me. "Hey," a voice behind me said. Startled, I jumped and turned, but sighed when I realized who it was. "Good grief, you scared me Vix," I chuckled. He smiled and came to sit beside me on the ledge. I scooted closer to him as he put an arm around me. I felt him stroke my hair, it being down as I just got out of bed. I layed my head on his shoulder and fiddled with my fingers as we just sat there in a peacful silence. When Aud wasnt around, we had really grown to the point where we were comfortable with each other. "Couldn't sleep?" Vix asked, breaking the silence. "No," I replied. "But what are you doing up?" "I was just up late working on something when I heard you walk by, so of course I followed." I chuckled, "Okay. What are you working on?" "Its a secret." "Nuuu I dont like secrets." "Too bad for you then," he chuckled. I folded my arms in a pout as he laughed and kissed my forhead. "You'll find out eventually," he promised. "Okayyyyy, I guess I can wait," I relented. He pulled me into a hug and then asked me, "So why cant you sleep?" "Its a secret," I replied saucily. "Hey!" I laughed, "What? Fair is fair you know!" "Hmph," he mumbled. I laughed in reply, "Fiiiine, I'll be nice and tell you my secret." I then went on to explain to him the worry I had about tomorrow's battle, and how I didnt want to face my dad. He listened through the whole thing, continuing to hold me in his arms as I vented. When I finished, he hugged me tightly and said, "I cant say I understand the pressure of fighting your own dad, but I do encourage you to try and sleep. You certainly wont be able to fight him tomorrow with no energy. And if your worried about the battle, just remember that your gonna do your best, and thats all you can really do." I nodded and turned to face him, "I know. I just dont know how to fall asleep. Its like my whole body is physically against it." He grabbed my fidgeting hands out of my lap and looked me in the eye with a smile, "Practice makes perfect y'know." I smiled back at him, "Yea, okay. " He smiled and put his hand on my cheek, leaned forward and briefly kissed my lips. When he pulled away, I wrapped my arms around his neck, hugging him. I sighed contendly onto his good shoulder saying, "Thanks." "Mhmm," he mumbled into my hair, his arms draped securely around me. We sat comfortably like that for at least a minute before he pulled away. He ran his hand along the side of my face, through my hair and down my arm as he said, "Now get some rest okay?" "Alright," I smiled, standing up. I started walking away when I heard him call, "Rita?" I turned toward him, "Yea?" He smiled a goofy grin before saying, "Love you." I blushed and smiled back, "Love you too Vix." I turned and giddily smiled before walking away, finally feeling peaceful enough to sleep. -- I shot up in bed at the sound of a loud horn. A warning horn. I immediately flew out of bed, changed into my uniform, and ran out the door of my hut. While running to the stables to grab Nebbie, I pulled my hair back into a messy bun, and ran straight for the door. Just as I reached it, Aud flew out as well and we slammed into each other. I flew backwards onto the ground and got the wind knocked out of me. "Rita! Oh my Thor are you okay?!" Aud knelt down near me, concern on her face. I tried to breath and answer, but ended up just nodding my head with a thumbs up. "Yep...I'll be...okay," I wheezed. She smiled and patted my back, which only served to aggravate my attemts to breathe. She hoisted me up and then said, "Well, whenever your ready, we have a battle to fight." I nodded, my hands on my knees as I was still bent over, trying to breathe. "Hey, y'know if you have that much trouble breathing, I'm pretty sure Vix knows CPR." It was precisely at that moment that I got my breath back and was able to scream, "AUD!" She snickered and then ran away. I glared at her as she did so, my face slowly turning red. I groaned in annoyance while tring to re-enter the stables, but Kate also came running out and we crashed. "Oof, sorry Rita! Didnt see you there!" Kate said. I nodded silently and faked a smile from the ground, "All...good," I trailed. "Great. Good luck today. See you on the field later." "Yep! Good luck to you too!" I stood again, and walked to the stable door with caution. When I reached the door, I paused, tensing up, ready to jump out of the way if someone came again. The coast was clear, so I pulled open the door, but a force behind also happened to be pushing at the same time, and I was slammed back onto the floor...again. "AGH!" I yelled in exasperation. "Oh my gosh Im so sorry Rita I didnt see you there!" Isla helped me up with a hand as I grasped my ribs with my arm. "Its fine...Just the third time that's happened in the last few minutes." "Oof, bad luck today eh?" I nodded sullenly and she patted my back. "Well, sorry again. I gotta run now! See ya!" For the last time, I walked toward the stable doors and slowly crept up toward it, I grabbed the handle, lightly pushed it, and jumped back in precaution. Then I inched forward again and used my axe to shove it open a little more. I saw something move behind the door and I jumped back, clenched my eyes shut and said, "Ah please dont open on me!" The door slowly opened to reveal Vix, an amused smile stretched across his face. "I never knew you were afraid of opening doors," he teased. "Well you would be too if it flew open on you three times in a row," I huffed. "Awh, poor Rita," he snickered. I glared at him intensly, but he countered it with a cute goofy smile, which just made me sigh and role my eyes in a slight grin. Then he stepped aside and opened the door for me saying, "Be tormented no longer." I chuckled and then entered calling, "Thanks. See you later!" "Mhmm." And with that, I headed inside to wake up sleeping Nebbie. Oh joy. -- Sitting in a room, full of psyched out, sort of trained warriors was pretty annoying, to say the least. We guardians had a heck of a time calming them down. I mean, who can blame them? They were naive citizens excited about kicking butt on an epic field of battle. Sounds fun right? Of course, if you've never fought that big of a battle before and have no idea what your up against. Its every kid's dream. These people, still had that dream apparently. However the rest of us, including Michael, were scared out of our minds about the unforseeable future that was hours away from us. When Aidan dismissed us to go to our stations, Vix pulled me aside into a corner around the outside of the clubhouse. "Hey, just wanted to let you know, that whatever happens out there, I know you'll do great," he assured me. I lightly smiled and nodded my head, looking down at the ground, "Yea, okay." He gently put his hand under my chin and pulled my head up so I could look at him. "So whats wrong then?" I tried to speak, but choked, tears forming in my eyes. He pulled me into a hug, "Hey, hey. Shh. Its okay...Whats wrong?" "What if...What if something goes wrong Vix? What if one of us gets hurt again? What if we loose the battle? What if we loose someone? What if," I paused and then whispered, "What if I loose you?" He pulled me closer and sighed into my hair, "Rita, you cant think like that..." "I know I know, but that dosent mean the thoughts arent looming around still." "Look, its gonna be okay. But it'll make the situation worse if you think like that. I cant promise those things wont happen, but I do know, that worrying about things you cant control worsens the situation. You taught me that Rita. When I was all caught up in the deaths of my family, thinking about all the 'What-if's?' you taught me to look beyond the past, or in this case the future, and to focus on the present. We'll cross those bridges when and if they happen, but in the meantime, I want you to promise me that you'll focus on the here and now, okay?" I nodded, still in his arms, as he hugged me tighter and kissed my forhead. "We'll be fine...we'll be fine," he sighed. I hugged him tightly as well, and let a few more tears fall before pulling away, wiping the tears off my face and saying, "Okay...Yea...Okay." He smiled and we hugged one last time before parting. He grabbed my hand and looked at me, "You ready?" I smiled confidently, "Yea, lets go." And with that we both walked our separate ways, to our stations, both feeling more prepared for whatever was to come