The Shadow of the HAwk
chapter 2
by Setsuna Meioh
Chapter 2:Darkwind
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He woke up in a small forest clearing.A nude girl knelt in front of him, her forehead glowing brightly.He looked around in confusion, in his distraction letting his shields slip ever-so-slightly.In a split second,Images flooded his mind......
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"He's awake!""Mars, have you found anything?"
"Yes,Majesty!"
"What?"
"This appears to be the inside of what is commonly known as the 'Pelagirs Forest', Majesty."
"Well, if you'd just free me, I can tell you what this is."
Everybody's heads snapped around to glare at the man on the ground.He shrank back from the long, penetrating gazes.A large raptor swooped into the clearing and bit the ropes off the man's wrists. "Where did that come from?"Sailormoon demanded.Travis came forward and held up his wrist. Apollo landed on his wrist and Travis said that he had met the other bird and had been chatting with it, and said that the bird's name was Vree.A surprised voice came from across the clearing."What? He has a bondbird too?"The man was honestly amazed.His mouth hung open and Apollo took the chance to speak to him telepathically.
*Well, you certainly seem amazed.*the voice said in his mind.The 'voice' had a warm, amused tone in it.The man threw up his arms in a gesture of defeat and said"My name is Darkwind, and I would be appreciative if you would tell me who you are."
Everybody looked at each other, and Sailormoon said in a reassuring tone,"Do it.He has no evil intent."
"Sailormars,"
"Sailormercury,"
"Sailorvenus,"
"Sailorjupiter,"
"Sailorneptune,"
"Uranus,"
"Pluto,"
"Saturn,"
"Haeth,"
And so on.When the fairly long list , which included all the Dragonkin,was finished,Darkwind's eyes threatened to jump right off his face."Wait," he said, glancing at the raptor, which bobbed its head and crouched down on his wrist, its wings half spread.Darkwind tossed it up into the air ,and it soared above the foilage to vanish above the treetops.
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Less than an hour later,some more people came to the clearing,and all of them had raptors of some sort with them. "What is this,Darkwind?"One of them demanded.Then Darkwind started to recite the long list of names again.After the introductions,all of the Scouts detransformed and everybody introduced themselves all over again, just that Neo-Queen Serenity and Neo-princess Serenity were just plain old Usagi and Chibi-usa.The strangers stared at them for so long that everybody except Darkwind and (of course)the strangers started to feel uncomfortable.
Galen finally broke the silence when he blurted out "What the...You're all mages!"Haeth, who had been busy scanning their auras,suddenly blanched and nearly fainted.Pointing at Darkwind,she said weakly,"He..has..a... soul injury..........so terrible that..."
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