Entry:
Me, Out of the Seven Billion Out There Searching for… Something
…My name is Jaclyn. Jaclyn Joy Megumi. I… am a friend of Yukanna Hito. Well, I don’t think I can call myself a friend of hers after looking back to what I said to her in the past and not knowing how it felt like to be her… She’s probably hurt inside, and I don’t blame her for being so… After all, I am to blame.
I never knew this was real. It never crossed my mind and I still have no idea how this came to be. All the stuff Yukanna-chan has raved on during lunchtimes about fate and destiny and all that crap… It was all real!
Nowadays, I remember what I used to say to her whenever Yuka-chan gazed out into space. “Seriously,” I’d sneer, “You are acting like some anime character like Shana or Homura Akemi (I’m an anime nerd)! You might be the perfect main character for a suspenseful anime show!”
I regret it. I really do wish I could travel back in time, hold Yukanna’s hand, and say that I was sorry…
But that was before. Now, I am Jaclyn Joy Megumi, ally and friend of Yukanna Hito, Guardian of Opal, and the girl of radiance and color. My sworn duty is to save the world from certain disaster. But the question is, why is this world in danger? Why have we been called to take on such a dangerous task? I am only fourteen. The only thing I am capable of is folding masterpieces in paper. And I’m sure the six other “Chosen Ones” he always rants about are also my age, if not older.
But nevertheless, I know one thing for sure: Magic is a burden.
Now in my form, I can’t imagine the fact that one day, fate will come and a lifetime’s bliss would dissolve in a blurring flash before me.
I can’t help but feel that my life would be taken away from my body. All of it, gone, just being…lifeless to the whole world. And this will be before I even know it.
And it’s all because I took that challenge on. I thought that it would be okay, I won’t lose anything. But I never realized that committing to the task would put my life at risk. I hope that I will never tell anyone about my awakening. But something, something has to interfere and make me think about it all over again from root one!
I don’t know if I can view life the same anymore. I can’t get over the fact that it was I, I who was chosen out of the over seven billion people in the world to take on this task. Why me? Why me, out of everyone else? There are far more talented people out there. What did I have that stood out?
I can’t…I don’t know… but I have to pace on. For Yuka’s sakes for everyone around me, I will keep going…
And this is all because I became a Guardian Keyper.
Lenn:
A Liar Inside
Okay. What the heck’s the big deal about all of this?! I’m not at school, but in my bed. I’m not having fun, but I’m sulking and trying to make it seem GOOD. Argh, I should be out there playing that game with Ryou and everyone else! Seriously, this is totally messed up.
Why would I be sick?! WHY?! I am Lenn Minoru, and I don’t remember in my whole stupid life being all-of-a-sudden-and-just-instantly bedridden and SICK! Man, I swear that my room dropped to chill factor in the night…
It seriously feels like a stalker’s ghost is watching me. I swear it.
Oh well. At least I don’t have to suffer from staying up so late at night just to finish our daily pile of homework. Yes! But the makeup load would be much bigger. Dang it.
Remember when I said that I keep secrets from Ryou? Well, it appears like he is the one keeping secrets from me! But who can blame him? After all, it is fair that he does, because ultimately it’s my fault that I’m doing this…
But then, Yuka is the one telling me all of this…So is the blame meant for her?!
I lazily check my bedside clock. The red bars read 3 P.M... I began groaning defiantly on my bed. Man, this was the least entertaining Friday I’ve ever had. If only my room wasn’t so cold, I would’ve been out there, ticking all the girls off. It’s cute seeing their little freaked out faces. I would’ve been out there, causing trouble, being the little rascal I am.
The
sudden ring of a phone makes me jolt up from my bed. I reach over to my bedside
and feel around blindly for my cell phone
. I gaze at the screen and stare at
the unknown number. I punch the Answer button with my thumb. Groggily, I
mutter, “Yellow?”
“WAKE
UP, LENN!” Ryou’s scowling voice blasts into my ears. I swear I literally fell
off my bed! It takes me a long while to be assured Ryou didn’t burst my
eardrums off.
“Man, like, seriously dude!” I sputter, “Give my wake-up call a rest!” Rubbing my ear painfully, I murmur, “How can you talk on the phone?! Your mom’s gonna-”
I
am hastily interrupted. “HISS! Shut up, don’t expose it!” Ryou had very strict
limitations, and talking on the phone was one of them. “Don’t you freaking
dare! My mom will blow, sure, but keep it down, will ya?!” His voice was
panicked, and shaking. “But that’s not why I called. Listen, if you were at
school, you’d call me crazy, but Yukanna…” Ryou zones out mid-sentence and soon
continues, “She-she…her eyes… they turned green in my very face…”
Okay. That does not surprise me one bit. Yukanna always told me that zoning out was a constant habit of hers (with specific “side effects”), and I’ve learned even now not to deal with it. But with the color of her eyes changing very distinct hues is out of question and a way different story! Who is this girl?!
I try to force a surprised reaction. “What?! Really?! How?!” I hope the awestruck tone of my voice would throw Ryou off-guard and make him not suspect anything.
After a heck of awhile, Ryou shuddered, “I-I don’t know…it’s hard to believe, but Lenn. Listen to me, please understand and believe. I think what he said is true. I think we should step up and seal our names.”
Great. What now?! I wanted to forget that moment! This voice ranting on that we were chosen for some mission impossible or something?! I mean, give me a break! But very few people had this opportunity, and I could also gain some super-cool super special awesome powers. It got my mind racking. We have time to think about it… and as I thought about what Ryou said, I realized that it was true. Was it time to be a Guardian Keyper-a magical being who were told that they were destined to protect humans- and protect that strange item he was always talking about?
Then I consider Yukanna’s situations. She looked like she would be chosen to be a Keyper. If what Ryou told me in the past was true, then-
It crossed my mind that Yukanna Hito would become a very powerful Keyper. I mean, it makes so much sense! No one, not one trances out like how Yuka does. No one else’s eyes can change color in human life! If Yukanna accepted her destiny, her power could skyrocket off charts!
And to tell you honestly, I didn’t want that. The only way to avoid it is to conceal our destinies.
“Don’t,” I replied, “Not yet. It… it might be all just a dream. Or…or maybe it’s just a foolish hoax, Ryou. You might be seeing or hearing things. Please…”
AGH!
I can’t take this anymore! Every feeling that fills my greed releases the most
conflicting of emotion. I spit out a curse and slam my cell phone down,
cracking the fragile glass. But why should I care if I break that cell phone?!
My dirty lying overtakes my body.
A horrifying and eerie voice echoes in my room. “You will regret giving your thoughts to your desire, Lenn Minoru.”
The only thing I remember after that is seeing that ghostly white orb or figure looming on me.
I begin to faint, pale, and unconscious.
Entry:
I Accept the Challenge
I absolutely love spending time with my friends. I have Yuka-chan and her bubbly, unique, and distinctive perspectives, Jaclyn with her spunk and her down-to-earth and honest personality, but Katrina Akumi is the one with the big question mark on her head. She is mysterious and almost impossible to interpret. I sense a very sinister edge about her personality…or was it a totally dirty side? The way she spoke and reacted to Yukanna after she zoned out…Katrina appeared to have no sympathy to her. It felt like the mysterious trance was no surprise to her. But wait…
Could that mean Katrina knows more about that trance?! Did she have certain knowledge about Yukanna that we had no idea about?
And most importantly, could Katrina Akumi be our enemy?!
How am I supposed to know? I don’t, obviously. I’ve only met Yukanna last year. But I somehow got this message saying I was a special person destined for dangerous tasks; and he asked if I was willing to do it. I remember telling him I’d think about it.
As I ponder on it now, I realize that this promise will help my friends immensely. I’ve got to become a Keyper.
I go to my room and look at the necklace with the spade-shaped ruby pendant on it on my bedside. I got it after that voice talked to me…Mysterious how that got in my hands…
But nevertheless, I curl my hands on the pendant. I scrunch my face, trying to remember the spell to find that voice.
I began to remember it. I lock my bedroom door and quietly chant:
“With this pendant, shining bright,
Take me to the Keyper’s light!”
The
world seemed to spin around me. I close my eyes and imagine a world in a
different dimension. Moments later, I open them and find myself staring at the
gaping mouth of a rocky cave.
I am now in Keyper’s Cavern.
~Akane
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