Episode 2: Lena's surprise! New enemies

Authors Note: There's going to be one of these at the beginning of every chapter. I've decided that and nothing is going to make me change my mind, so deal with it! ^_^
I'd love to thank Sephie(EK) especially. She was the first person to give me a nice, solid compliment on my story so far. You're a sweetheart Sephie and this chapter goes out to you! You guys have no idea how much compliments fuel an author. So keep 'em coming! I've decided that I'm going to make an edited and unedited English version. I want everyone to enjoy this story including a younger audience. This is the edited version. Somethings have been changed but like the japanese version it isn't going to affect the story too much. A little change in dialogue but the story is the same. Enjoy!
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      "Aiyee! YOU IDIOT!!" the young figure of the four squealed, jumping back. The girl was small, and she only looked to be about fourteen years old. She was dainty with her hair held up in neat pigtails with curls at the ends. Cute flower pins held them neatly in place. Her eyes were a mischievous shade of bluish green and her hair was an odd hue of pink.

      "Your first in line to go, but I'm having doubts we should send such an immature child" the second figure shot at the girl. The second was a male with hair of gold and gentle green eyes. His face held a firm power to it.

      "Autumn, I'm not a child!!!!!" the girl screamed, with much annoyance.

      "Eh? Well, then perhaps you should prove it Spring..." he added before turning to the other two girls. "Summer, Winter...do you wish to go in place of Spring?" Autumn asked, crossing his arms and eyeing them coolly, with a gaze less intent than the one he used on Spring.

      One of the girls turned to him, eyeing him quite innocently, then she smiled. She lightly brushed her soft, long, auburn hair behind her shoulders and shook her head. "No. Let her go. It'll be good practice for the first time" she said and opened her eyes.

      The other gazed into a mirror, appearing to hold no interest in the conversation, or just simply ignoring the others.

      "Winter? What about you?" Autumn asked, his eyes narrowing. There was a solid defiance in his eyes as he glanced to the last of the four.

      Winter said nothing, her hand only moving to slightly adjust her crown, which was ontop of her sandy white hair.

      Autmn sighed, irritated. "Spring you're up then" He said and turned away from the others. Summer watched him, her gaze softening. She felt bad for Autumn. Since day one he had been trying to take control and lead the group to victory. However Winter had been bound and determined not to cooperate, and despite against better judgment, Summer herself and Spring had accepted Winter as the real leader. Winter had power that Autumn had, but she also drove fear into their hearts.

      Beyond a doubt Winter was no one to be messed with.

      "Fine! You lazy idiots!!!" Spring spat. She ran her small fingers over the smooth, grass green jewel embedded in the skin of her throat. "but I'm only going so I can stay alive..." she said and with that, indignantly looked away. Spring walked to the corner of the room and pulled back a black, satin curtain to reveal a crest etched into the floor, glowing white. The crest was in the shape of a circle with a square in the middle and another circle inside the square which looked like planet earth with a star over it. Four stars were at each point of the square.

      Spring stepped within the crest and glared at the other three. Spring aimed for an icy glare, perhaps like the one Winter had, but she knew it only wound off as more cute.


      "Crest of the four seasons, transport me to earth. Take me now to the power of the savior!" she chanted, closing her eyes. Inside Spring really DID want to go to look for the savior in a sense. She wanted to prove to the others she wasn't a child as they took her for.

      Spring felt her body tingle as the light surrounded her, turning pink. It enveloped her body and seemed to filter through it, making her feel as though she were a feather. Spring knew she had to make some progress. She may have been young but she knew too much was at stake. However still...she couldn't shake the feeling that welled up deep inside of her.

      She was afraid.

***

      "Lena!"

      Lena turned over her shoulder, and immediately a big smile shot across her face as though she had just won the lottery.

      "Hello, Lena" Malik greeted, running up beside her. Lena looked over, and nodded curtly. "Hello yourself Malik" she replied, teasing him. They were juniors at their school and Malik hated it. He'd stated many times before that getting older and growing up wasn't his idea of fun. Malik loved to act immature, especially towards Lena. He loved to try and tick her off. Lena would never admit it, but while she pretended to be irritated, his attention towards her was certainly welcome.

      "So are we still up for that date?" he said grinning like a little boy. Lena blinked and slapped his shoulder hard. "Of course not!" she said smiling then added with a saucy grin "Besides...we wouldn't want Hannah mad, now would we?"

      "So?" Malik shot, grabbing her hands. Lena laughed and looked into his eyes. "Well, you know it's true..."
"Who cares about her?" Malik countered. Lena shook her head. "So what are you doing after school?"
"I've got to go buy groceries" Malik said flatly, looking away. The idea obviously didn't thrill him. Lena watched him closely, studying the figures of his face. Sometimes Malik reminded her of a little boy trapped in a seventeen year old's body. He was very handsome with his light brownish red hair and intense hazel eyes.

      "Why are you staring Lena?" he grinned and added "Cause I'm so hot?"
"Please...not at all..." she said with a brief eyeroll, even though she doubted the truth behind that answer.

      "Ah well for that, you can walk home alone. Later Lena"

      Lena sighed and waved weakly, always a bit sad to see him go. Lena glanced at the sky for a moment. "An end to another day..."

***

      Lena stepped off the bus slowly, glancing around the street. It was about five now.

      Lena lived in a small house, with her father who was rarely ever home. She'd lived happy with both of her parents for a while, but her mother had died when she was young, about four. She vaguely remembered her mother and what she did remember was that she was very beautiful. However one day her mother had simply never returned. Her father never talked about it, only saying that 'mommy was gone.' That was about the time he'd start leaving for big business trips. He use to leave her with money and a sitter to watch over her, but as she got older he'd leave her alone with enough money to get by with while he was gone. She might as well lived alone anyway. The walk home was long and it was the worst. It always gave Lena time to reflect on her thoughts. That alone could be dangerous. It'd either result in severe depression for the rest of the day or she would somehow feel enlightened.

      Which brought her to the thought of her life as a whole, for some reason. She thought of all the factors. Her parents, Malik, Hannah and her little groupies, school, everything. One thought seemed to stick...Malik...

      "Hi there!" someone called out.

      "Huh?" Lena looked over. She saw a small girl standing there. The girl was incredibly cute and Lena tried to determine what age she was. She looked about thirteen or fourteen but her demeanor and features made her seem about eight. She wore a white button up tank top and blue jean shorts.

      "You're going to help me" she said matter of factly, giggling sweetly. Lena couldn't help but smile. "Oh really?" she asked amused.

      The girl then glared, but Lena wanted to run over and squeeze her cheeks. She looked too adorable.
"I sense a great energy coming from you and so you're coming with me" she stated as if she were the superior in their situation.

      "Is that so?" Lena asked, on the verge of laughing. The girl glared as if able to read Lena's expression. "That's it...time to come with me savior!" she screamed and snapped her fingers. A whirlwind seemed to surround Lena as if from the sky. Lena stumbled back and jumped, shocked. The wind become more fierce and felt like a tightening grip around. Lena struggled fiercely as a first instinct. Her muscles burning to break free.

      "Ah so you wish to struggle! That's not very niiiice of you" she said with a childlike giggle, as if playing a game, and held out her hand. Small petals seemed to float about in the wind, lightly nicking Lena's skin. Lena cried out.

      "Gotcha now!! Wee! I did good!!" Spring gloated and felt her cheeks flush red in excitement. Now she'd show them all she was very capable indeed.

***

      Lena felt her strength giving out as she struggled. Her fight had weakened and the wind seemed to be coursing through her body, sucking out any of her remaining energy. She was going to die.
That was her first thought.
"Looks can be deceiving, eh Lena?" her mind scolded her. Ira winced as the petals made small nicks, the size of paper cuts, in her skin. No one could save her now. She felt blackness begin to take over her.
"Malik..."


Episode 3: The Real Savior? Mystery Revealed?