Chapter 1 - The Cavern

Hey People! This is the first time I've put up anything in forever.

Writer's block on New Era Scouts sorry! If anyone has any ideas I'd be

delighted to try a story together. Well here's my newest story. It's a

AU. My first ever! Couples......Meesha/Roy, Cleo/Ed! Meesha, and some

other charchters are based on some of the best friends anyone could

have... and I am so lucky to have them by my side. This story is

dedicated to them and all we have gone through. So please comment!

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Slavery. Some are born into it. I wasn't. I grew up in

the Regal. An area spelled off long ago by the gods. I knew nothing of

the troubles of the world outside. But when I was 15, a young, blonde,

alchemist broke through the barrier into Regal. Knowing not what laid

ahead the military attacked. Leaving some villages to die off, seeing

our powers as a threat. They took some as slaves, experiments....pets.

My best friend, Meesha and I thought this was hillarious. Meanwhile,

the army was planning, learning, getting closer. Two Alchemists were

looking for new "pets." And two certain firebrands were what they got.







"Meesha?! Meesha!? Come here NOW!!!!" I said between peals



of laughter. I lay on the ground, soaking wet. Meesha walked up and

offered a hand.

"Oops! Slipped, sorry Cleo. I swear...I never meant to dump



that whole bucket of water on you." Her voice dripping with sarcasm. I

rolled my eyes and stood up trying to wring my hair dry.

"I know Meesha....just half of it. Father is going to go

mental when he sees me like this!" I said laughing a bit.. Meesha

shrugged.

"You have to lighten up kid. I mean worse things could

happen!"

"He is gonna murder me Meesha!" I said more seriously.

"AND we have a circle tonight."

"Like I said...worse could happen." She picked up the

bucket and started for home. I followed and threw my hands up in the

air.

"What could be worse than dead?" I asked. " I mean when

you're dead you really can't be any worse off." Meesha laughed again as

I caught up to her.

"You could be a pet!" I stopped mid-step and turned on her.

"That's not funny!" Meesha just walked by. "I heard Father



tell the elders that there was another attack to the north of us! And

they took even more pets this time! We could be next!" Meesha stopped

still. Everything was quiet.

"Wanna go to the cavern?" She asked. "No one can trace us

there." I nodded. In quiet we travled the path both of us knew by

heart. We could go to that secret path in dark...which we've done more

than once before.

"Come on! Let's hurry up! Let's go!" She said taking off

at full sprint. Laughing I followed after her laughing and yelling her

name. As we ran threw the darkening woods my mind strayed to the

cavern. It was peculiar, not just the the place, but the way we found

it. When we were young we found a small cavern close to the boundry

line of our village....



*flashback*



"Meesha! Meesha! Meesha! Can I come? Please????!!!! I wanna



go!!!" I asked, pulling on the back of her kimono. She turned around

and held a finger to her mouth.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Be quiet! You can come as long as

you be quiet. Okay?" She whispered, sounding just the teenyist bit

annoyed. I nodded. She turned away. I tiptoed passed her... I went

about ten feet in front of her 'till I remembered. I had no clue where

I was going.

"Meesha? Where are we going?" She shrugged.

"Woods, probably."

"Really? Father won't approve.... let's go!!" She gave me

a questionable look. Being only six years old I was eager to go

anywhere or do anything. Especially if my Father didn't approve. Father

was the village cheif and the forest was completely off limits. No one

knew why. But when Father says 'no' people listened. You had to, unless

you were his daughter, of course. Being the little brat that I was, I

followed Meesha into the depths of the forest. The darkness of the

woods did little to scare me. I had been in the dark for a long time

before Meesha came along.... But with the darkness came the feeling of

solitude. And even at the age of six the lonsome, feeling of solitude

scared me.

"Meesha, why are we comin' out here?" The only response was,

"Why? Cleo, are you scared? If you're scared then I'll take



you home and I'll come back alone." I shook my head vigorously.

"Are you sure? I'll take you home...." I stomped ahead of

her.

"I'm not a baby! I'm almost seven years old! And I'm not

afriad of the dark anyways!" Meesha laughed.

"You know you have more guts than any of the guys in

village?" I straightened up to my full height which was still a good

inch or two shorter than her. We continued in quiet, each of us lost in

the wonders in of our minds. The opening we soon came upon was small

and yet shadowing. We both had a glint in our eyes that night. And

dared venture into the cavern.



"Meesha! It's so big!!!!!!!" I said jumping up and down. I'd



never seen anything so big in my life. It was true the cavern was huge

and it was also full of magic. Old and powerful. Soon to be unlocked by

two children.

"Yeah it is... but there's nothing in here. Just a bunch of



rocks." She said walking around, examining every rock and every vine.

"Do you think it echos?" I asked quietly.

"Yeah, probably." She said ignoring me. "Look at the

markings. They're little stick people... with lightning coming out of

their fingers." She laughed. I saw a rock that was about the size of

two of me, sitting between two big trees growing out of the rock. I

jumped up, trying to get on top.

"Ouch!" I fell to the ground skinning my knee. "Stupid

rock!" Meesha turned around and cocked her head. She was only seven

and full of more spunk than I'd ever seen. Everyone in Regal was pretty

quiet, and softspoken. I wasn't. I had always showed off everything I

could do. I was always ahead in my classes.

"What did you do now, clutz?" I wasn't friends with her

then. Well, I thought I was.... But all I had succeded into doing was

getting on her nerves.

'I didn't do anything! I just fell off the stupid rock!"

She gave me a weary look. "It's so big and I wanted to sit on it. And

I kinda fell...." I explained. Without recieving any reply I turned

around and tried to jump again. I heard Meesha's faint laughing and

looked up to see her sitting on the top.

"How'd you get up there?" I asked.

"There's footsteps in the back. Like they're meant to be

there. Weird, huh?" I ventured around the back and sure enough there

were chunks out of the stone. Almost like steps. And they were just my

size too. "Wow! Look at the writing." She said as I sat down beside

her. I leaned forward to look at what she was pointing at. What she had

called 'writing' I would have described as chickenscratch.

"You can read that?! It looks like a bunch of scratches." I

said looking back down at the writing. Staring at the writings they

didn't look so unfamilier. Almost like I had remembered them from a

long time ago. My mouth opened and the words spilled out.



Can you see the light?

Can you hear the fight?

Can you feel the fire?





Can you take it higher?





Call upon the Gods on high.

Or watch your people cry and

die.



Chills went up my spine as I watched Meesha's eyes grow

wide, as wide as mine had become. The cavern had been filled with

bright lights, and gorgeous colors. Warmth filled the brittle night and

the cavern was replaced by the soft setting of a shimmering waterfall

under the glistening summer sun.



*End Flashback*



Neither of us could explain where we were or why we were

there. But not even our adventurous minds had convinced us to go far

beyond the small oasis. For as far as we could see was sand and hot,

hot sun. Since finding the cavern Meesha and I had grown closer.

Without actually saying anything.... we had made a pact never to tell

anyone about the cavern. When things were bad with my Father....or we

just needed time alone. The cavern was our escape. Sometimes, the

cavern would remain the cavern. We could never figure out what brought

us to the waterfall or why we were there. But weird things always

happened.



Upon entering the cavern we both climbed onto the rock.

Meesha got up before me always. Meesha was taller than me still. By

about three inches. She had dark brown hair and deep brown eyes. She

was spunky, tall, willowy and full of humor. Most of the guys in the

village had the biggest crushes on her. Other than that 75% the other

guys hated her. She could show them up at any sport and would intrude

on their wrestling just to beat the best without breaking a sweat.

While I on the other hand had short,strawberry blonde hair and muddy

brown eyes. I was cocky, shorter, and had the chest most girls would

kill to have.

I had friends, but mostly they were stuck ups who wanted to get on my

Father's good side or wanted to suck up to me to get to my brother,

Liam. Still sitting on the rock we both were quiet. Reliveing countless

memories and secret desires.

"Cleo....there's something I want to tell you."

"Yeah?" Meesha sat looking at the ground or her feet.

"Well.................." The cavern began to feel hotter

than usual. I was calmly waiting for a response and trying to stop

wondering why I was sweating so badly. That is when I heard a scream. A

scream and a voice I knew well. Father.



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