☽ Living on the ship of Crystalli was something that the queen of the crystal realm had longed for in remembrance- it was one of the wonders of the world that she had missed the most during her exile, along with seeing the joy in the faces of those that were dedicated to the swan.. she missed it so much, she missed all of her old friends. It was a beautiful thing that Desirée had the chance to establish her guild at such a young age, the age of 18, and have it be successful. Crystal Swan was one of the best things that ever happened to the demon slayer, it was something that was absolutely breathtaking to witness succeed. Her dreams were something that blossomed into that called reality, and it was something that she never saw being able to succeed. However, with this, it proved to her that the things you work hard on can prevail easily. Her plans for the guild were something that sat in a notebook for years upon years on end, so much so that they were coated in dust before they were revisited. After all, Desirée did not look upon them much as they brought her sadness and nostalgia of the girl of angels, the one that helped her conceptualize and build Crystal Swan's blueprints. Just thinking of her made her heart flutter, just as the wings of her celestial angels did in the skies above; it was truly magnificent. Sometimes she would fly with Lele upon the backs of her strongest angels, watching the trees flutter beneath; it was powerful as well as beautiful, it almost brought her back to the day she saved her life and brought her to Summoner's Stone. She could feel the pain of the scars on her back slowly get glossed over just thinking of her as she did when she was younger; when she was saved. Now, Desirée had finally fulfilled the wishes of Lele Stone, and knew that she would most definitely be proud.
"Now, all I must do is wait." she thought to herself as she sat upon the crystal piano inside the guild hall, gently playing it as she watched the silver magical circle twirl upon the ceiling. Desirée had sung the Chrysalis Song, the song that allowed her to summon any Crystal that lived in Chrysalis that she desired. It was something she was only taught weeks ago, something that allowed her to experience that of what she lost in the starfall; her summoning magic. The magical circle pulsed slowly as she played a beautiful and classic song on the crystal piano, slowly watching the koi fish and flowers float under the keys as her fingers quickly shifted. As she witnessed from the few other times she attempted to summon a Crystal by the method of song, it was apparent that this newer method took somewhat longer than it did summoning with a golden hoop. It was most likely because the hoop was designed for combat, unlike the song of Chrysalis kind. It was a beautiful song that only previous and present Queens knew, and as Desirée was the current reigning, she now had access. It was saddening that the starfall ruined her ability to summon, but it replaced it with a much powerful magic of multiple dimensions. It blessed her with light, which was always present around her body. Her radiance was extremely bright, almost as bright as the silver magical circle looked as it erupted into a ball of multi-colored light. The song had worked, which was something that Desirée did not think would occur due to the Crystal she was summoning. It was someone who was not seen much in the public eye in Chrysalis, but someone that was greatly recognized and known.
As the orb shattered into that of a Crystal, Desirée halted her fingers from hitting the keys of her piano and looked towards the woman which was called upon. "Platinum." Desirée and the Crystal said in unison, as their eyes met and swirled the exact same color. Prism eyes, a sign that they were both Queens of Chrysalis at one point. The woman was sitting upon the lid of the crystal piano while Desirée stood from her location, sliding the large bag that sat beside her on the bench over her shoulder and placing the white and blue sun-hat upon the top of her head. "I apologize for the lack of haste that I expressed after I was called upon. However, I was still in the middle of getting dressed for this occasion, and I did not want to look unacceptable for where we are going. I also appreciate that you look well dressed now as well, especially with that pop of pink provided on your white and blue bag by that flower. I think it is beautiful that you still have that keepsake from Lele, it makes me very happy that you can stick onto the little things." Platinum told Desirée as she hopped off the lid of the piano and landed on a small stone on the pool of water, a similar stone that Desirée was now standing on. "That is perfectly fine, Platinum. I am just as ready as you are, I just got ready a bit early!" Desirée told her with a smile as she tipped her hat forward, symbolizing that she was ready to embark.
Out of her bag came Kiwi and Strawberry, holding hands as Kiwi held a spoon that looked to have a small remnant of cookie dough stuck to its side. "Desi! That cookie dough was very yummy! When are we going?" Kiwi asked Desirée as he licked the excess dough off the spoon. "We are just about to leave, you guys! Now, I know both of you are not well-rested due to the amount of playing you two were doing last night, so I want you to go sleep in the bag. You can use the soft change of clothes I have in there as blankets." she told them as Kiwi's eyes began to sparkle. "Soft blankets! Yes, yes, yes! Strawberry, come with me!" he exclaimed as Strawberry sighed, passing through the top of the bag in order to sleep. After all, it was about four in the morning, therefore the majority of the guild and people staying upon Chrysalis were asleep or out on jobs. Only some members stood in the central guildhall at this time, the ones that were either eating early breakfast, preparing to leave in order to go on missions, or to wave the Guild Master off as she was to leave for a small yet long amount of time. She only planned a week or two at most, but she had no idea how long she would be in Terasu training with the dragon that produced one of the two lacrimas that resonates within her body. It was why she was leaving one of her pets behind at the guild, Pitaya, as she was the most well-behaved beings under the rule of Desirée. As she peered across the large room to the other side, she could see Pitaya sitting on the edge of a pool in her human form, a red cloak covering her entire body as she scrolled through an iLac. It was a spare that Desirée received weeks before when she was to embark on her trip, a spare that she bought specifically for her and Pitaya to speak back and forth from in order to give each other updates, especially if the guild were to get out of hand. It was unlikely that it would but anything was able to happen in the span of a week, which is why Desirée felt it would be better to be safe rather than sorry.
Hopping from stone to stone with her white and blue boots, she began to make her way to the doors of the guild hall in order to finally embark on what she woke up so early to do; pass through a Wakusei portal. After she had got away from the pool and onto the lower ground of the hall, Desirée walked toward Pitaya to give her a pet on the forehead before leaving. "If anything happens that I would want to or need to know, message or call me. Understand?" the Guild master told Pitaya as she followed with a nod, her bangs bobbing with the motion of her head followed with a smile. "Thank you. I will see you soon, Pitaya!" Desirée told the mire wolf as she began to walk out the guild, her hair fluttering due to the wind hitting as the doors opened. Platinum followed the slayer and shut the doors behind her, walking directly east from the hall and through the silent streets of Crystalli. Some of the shops were setting up at this time, but not that many; some lights upon the skyscrapers were still slightly illuminated from the windows, others were not. The fresh scent of flowers filled the air from the bushes and trees sprouting on the sides of the streets, it was truly magnificent that a technological feat like this was able to be established in only a week. As the ship flew through the sky birds flew behind it, it was constantly moving across the world. Today was special however, and the schedules of Platinum and Queen Diamond were planned just around the route in which Crystalli was taking on this day; at 4:23 AM, the ship was to pass directly above the Wakusei Portals. It was something the ship did not typically pass by, which was why they decided that now would be the time to embark to Terasu in order to train with Sirius. It was something that Queens did not typically get to accomplish, Desirée being the second after Platinum, the first Queen of Chrysalis. It was to be an honor in order to try and locate Sirius in order to train, and they wished he was to be willing to do such a thing. After all, it had been an extremely long time since a Crystal even grazed the land of Terasu, Platinum was not even sure that he would recognize her despite her appearance not changing in the slightest.
As they walked toward the edge of the ship and looked over, it had appeared that they were approaching the portals rather quickly. "Well Platinum, have you ever free-dived before? The ship is not scheduled to stop and land for the portals, therefore that is the only option." Desirée told the older Queen as her eyes widened. "...Are you crazy? How are we going to do that without shattering?" Platinum asked the slayer as she locked her hand with hers, reaching the edge of the rail before climbing over and standing on the edge. "I can fly, remember?" Desirée said as she hopped off the edge, freely falling through the sky just as she did when she appeared in Chrysalis before being crowned Queen. Locking another hand with Platinum's as they faced each-other face to face, Platinum looked at her worryingly as they flew toward the surface of one of the portals at an extremely fast rate. "Well, did you forget!? Why aren't we slowly descending?!" the first Queen exclaimed as she looked downward, the ground inching closer and closer to their bodies. Desirée smiled as they fell, her eyes glancing toward one of the higher-up portals sitting upon a small island and glistening with light. Freeing one of her hands, Desirée shot a large beam of light out one and caused it to stick onto said island, resulting in them swinging through the wind at a rapid speed toward one of the higher islands because of momentum. As they flung into the air quickly, Platinum screamed as she held onto the guild master's chest tightly, not realizing that the portal they landed right in-front of was actually the portal they were due to go into.
"For... for the love of the Great Chrysalis Dragons... please let us land." Platinum said as she shook, not even realizing that they had stopped flying through the air and stood on secure ground. "Open your eyes, Platinum!" Desirée exclaimed as the older Queen gasped, leaning down and shaking her head in embarrassment. "Well, we are here.." she told the slayer as Desirée secured her bag on her shoulder, standing in-front of the portal that shone a beautiful blue with golden fragments of light shining across. The pink flower upon her bag produced a scent of lilies as they stood there and peered into the endless void that the glaze appeared as, a flower that was enchanted by Lele in order to never die. It was one of two that she received from her, but she typically left the one sitting on her dresser in her current residence. The flower was not nearly as pink as the color of Platinum's hair and heart on her cheek, it was much brighter. "Let's," Desirée told the other Queen followed with a nod back, symbolizing that she was also ready to dimension travel. With a gentle walk into the glaze, a bright flash of light developed their bodies and shone gold in their minds, reminiscent of the stars that shone upon the night sky.
After a few brief moments, they stood where they stood seconds before but in a different dimension, one that appeared to stretch as far as the sky could see with small yet beautiful golden stars across its dark sky. With the conversation they had days before about the realm known as Terasu, it was known to always be at this state of darkness. It was extremely beautiful, it made Desirée look in awe just peering onto those beautiful stars. Her body radiated large amounts of light at this current moment, which appeared more vibrant as usual due to said darkness. "Queen Diamond, look over there. Do you see that? We must go there."Platinum pointed across the horizon to an extremely bright star, the brightest looking star to be on this planet. "It is where I found Sirius the last time I was here, thousands upon thousands upon thousands of years ago. I believe he is still there." Platinum told the guild master as she nodded, tightening the strength of her hat as it sat on her head. She looked at the brightest star and felt above where the lacrima sat inside of her body. 'Could that really be where the lacrima that was passed down from Queen to Queen have come from? The brightest star, Sirius?' Desirée thought to herself as she watched it twinkle in the distance, holding onto her bag as she saw the pink and green light being produced by a small slit in the top. "Very well." Desirée told Platinum as she grabbed her hand and blasted into the skies, flying nearly twenty meters off the ground below. Secured in her hands was the older Queen, and secured in the older Queen's hands was the bag that carried Kiwi and Strawberry along with the rest of her possessions she brought with her. As the dust of auroran lights and rainbows blasted around her body as she shot across the sky, the flower upon her bag twinkled along with the stars in the sky. As she flew, Desirée did not keep her eyes off the star that twinkled in the distance. She was determined to get there, she was determined to grow stronger.
The feeling of the soft grass and delicate flowers lining Desirée's body made her feel relaxed, something her body needed after flying through the air for so long. Before landing for a break, Desirée flew with the party she was bringing on this expedition for twelve hours straight, not keeping an eye off of the bright star that sat upon the horizon. Her body was tired after flying for that long, as one would be for basically running nonstop for the same amount of time; it was physically exhausting, but she pushed through for a very large amount of time. Now she could feel the ground once again, the flowers hydrated with dew upon the darkened field in which they rested upon. It was a large clearing and island that lie surrounded in clear waters, but was completely flat and covered in pink tulips. They were extremely vibrant despite the darkness that was cast upon them from the sky, they looked to be the most vibrant tulips Desirée had ever seen. The light that shone from the body of the guild master was most likely the first light the flowers ever saw besides the stars that reigned above, but they still grew perfectly. They had adjusted to the terrain that surrounded them, which was how they grew in the first place and maintained their beauty. Sometimes the world was filled with things that made sense and some that did not, just like how it was filled with beauty. Flowers were just like that, which was one of the reasons Desirée and Lele chose the ponds of the guild hall to be filled with white lilies. They were beautiful and intricate, and were definitely a constant reminder that the world produced beautiful things.
"We should be able to get there in one to two hours if we fly fast enough. The star is much closer to us than it was before." Platinum told Desirée as she looked toward the star, sitting upon the field of flowers right next to the slayer. While the older Queen kept looking at the star Desirée was stretched out upon the flowers, curled up slightly in a blanket that was stuffed toward the bottom of her bag. The blanket was that of a quilt, one side being entirely a blue-black color while the other was in a patchwork-style pattern of white and red. Over the top of her was the blanket while on the bottom she was laying on the cold flowers themselves, cooling her body as it prepared to finish the expedition. She tried to fly faster than she ever did before and it did apparently work, but it also took a toll on her body- Desirée was very tired. The short white and light blue sundress that she wore felt extremely soft on her body as it was made of silk and fine cotton, it made her feel relaxed, but tired. When they first landed she had ate a blueberry muffin that she packed in advance, that of which she picked up from her local bakery the night before she had left. She also brought a few other dishes of food, as she did not know what she would eat there, but she did not know how long they would last. Things like macaroni and cheese, a bag of chicken sandwiches- she hoped they would last as long as she was going to be here in Terasu, but she was entirely aware of how long that would be. It would all come down to what Sirius asked her to do, if he were to even accept training with her or even be there in the first place. She thought about this as she slowly dozed off, the warm quilt feeling as if it were sheltering her body from everything that could ever wish to harm her. As Desirée began to sleep, Kiwi and Strawberry began to run throughout the flower-field while carrying larger tulips and their stems that spanned nearly double the size of their body. "No! Please... please don't smack me with it!" Strawberry ran away from Kiwi as he chased her with a large tulip, holding what appeared to be a large bouquet of pink flowers that she had picked from the edges of the island. "I'm going to get you!" Kiwi exclaimed as they ran around where Platinum was sitting and where Desirée was sleeping, causing Platinum to sigh as she watched.
As Desirée slept she dreamed of dragons, fleets upon fleets of them flying throughout the sky. Large and small dragons, white and pink dragons, sharp and dull scales. They were all beautiful to her, she had seen artist renditions of them but never one in person- besides those that worshiped her, but they weren't exactly full on dragons. Before long she was riding upon the back of a pink dragon, the hard yet secure scales providing a saddle-like seat for her to ride upon. The wings of this being were huge, met with white splashes of color along with bright pinks and sakura ribbons. As they flew through the sky she felt like she was in a state of pure bliss, holding onto the dragon as more followed in-front and behind. Upon the backs of each dragon that flew in-front of her looked to be figures of her, each one representing a different year in her life. All different sizes yet all looking extremely similar, it was a fleet of blue haired Desirées flying upon the backs of multi-colored dragons. However, there looked to be a different dragon flying toward the front and leading the brigade. An angelic dragon with angel wings instead of dragon wings and a halo around its head, it looked to have an angelic being standing upon its back. "Lele.." Desirée thought to herself in her dream, standing upon the back of her dragon as they faced each-other. The face of the angelic summoner looked to be expressionless, staring directly into Desirée's eyes as the tears began to flow. The dragon that flew beneath her disintegrated into light and left Desirée standing there in the sky for a brief moment before releasing her into the wind, free falling through the clouds as the brigade of dragons advanced without her. "No... Lele... Lele!" Desirée screamed, falling through the clouds and toward the sea beneath them at a quick rate. She was falling head first, and could not stop herself as she fell. Her body was about to slam against the water and shatter, as one would when hitting concrete. Inches before her head met the surface of the water, the sea turned into doves and flew into the sky; her eyes opened.
"Had a good rest? You were drooling, and were asleep for approximately eleven hours and twenty-six minutes. Six-hundred and eighty-six minutes, to be exact. While you were sleeping Strawberry made you this, go on." Platinum told Desirée and Strawberry after she had shot upward from her slumber in fear, realizing it was just a dream, while Strawberry floating over to the slayer's face holding a large bouquet of pink flowers secured together with a string of delicately ripped and tied petals. "I... I- I thought these flowers were super pretty! And um... I- I wanted to make you a bouquet!" Strawberry exclaimed as tears began to roll down her face, quickly placing the bouquet of flowers on a part of Desirée's blanket before running off into the flowers that surrounded the area. "Thank you so much!" the guild master tried to tell the bio-luminescent organism before she began to run, although she knew it would have been no use. Strawberry was always like this, and it pained Desirée to watch. She wanted to fulfill Nova's presence in her heart, but it was so difficult to do so. "Well, I guess I am ready to begin flying again. You two can fly aside me while I hold Platinum, or stay in the bag. It is your choice." she told the BLOs as she began to fold the blanket she was sleeping with, slipping it into the bag along with a plush version of a pale pink teddy bear. It was a byproduct of the necklace she was wearing then, which allowed her to create endless stuffed animals and ribbons. Zipping up the bag and handing it to Platinum, Desirée locked her hands around the older Queen's waist and shot back into the sky, with Strawberry and Kiwi following directly on each side of her. Emitting the same rainbow-based aura as before, she flew rather quickly as she was ready to get to her destination. The stars overhead not changing as they flew, Desirée's eyes met the brightest star once again, functioning as a guide for where she was to go.
Nearly three hours of flight later, Desirée along with the rest of the party finally arrived at what appeared to be the destination. It was very dark there, even with the brightest star shining directly above. Standing right on the outskirts of a large mountain range, Desirée's presence began to shine greatly and illuminate the area in which she was standing in by a great amount. Floating beside her were two orbs of pink and green light, while on the other side was a pink haired girl that had been here once before. "I'm still not entirely sure if he is still here, let alone if he will recognize me after so many years have passed. However, I hope he is here more than I hope anything else. Your training with him is much more important than recognition." Platinum told Desirée softly as she faced downward, her head meeting the formations of the mountain below her feet in which they stood upon. Desirée was definitely not as tired as she was before, if anything she was energized. Her heart was beating fast, almost as much as the first time she performed on-stage. She was as nervous as she was excited, the butterflies flowing throughout her stomach like the koi fish back at Crystal Swan throughout the white lilies that coated the clear, blue ponds. Desirée was unaware as to what would come out of coming here, she was unaware if Sirius was even here in the first place. Taking a deep breath as she stepped a few feet forward from the rest of her peers that had accompanied her here, she set her bag at the feet of Platinum as her mind began to reflect upon the lights of the Aurora.
"I was told to follow the brightest star in order to get here, and so I did." she spoke quietly, her words slightly bouncing off the formation of the mountain that stretched upwards as her verbiage spoke downwards. "I am here to see the dragon known as Sirius." she said a bit louder, her voice twirling through the wind and up the mountain like bright yet invisible colors. Reaching her hand upward, it began to glow the colors of aurora before shooting a beam of light upwards into the sky from where she was standing, like a beacon of sorts. The mountain was extremely dark from the level she was standing, therefore she could not see anything above her besides the beacon she had created, not even the cavern that had an opening meters upon meters above her. As the beacon shot upward it pulsed the colors of the northern lights, reflecting small waves of light that swirled together to showcase her current location. She wished that this could get Sirius to notice her if he was really there, but she was unaware if he was or not. All she could do was wait for a response, big or little, before she could decide what to do next. Desirée stood in silence as she watched the beacon of light stand there, shooting directly out of her hand in a perfectly vertical position. In her heart and mind she wished that he would be there, as she desired to become stronger under his guidance. She hoped he would be willing, but was unknowing as to what would come out of her desire.
The beacon that flew out of her hand shimmered greatly, the northern lights sparkling with small crystals on the inside as they flew. Desirée's white and blue boots stood firm on the ground as she shot this beam upward, her hat fluttering slightly with the power and lights that bent through the winds. As the light flew it pulsed similarly as her heart did inside her body, holding close two lacrimas in which sat securely inside. It was a strange concept to think that two materialistic things could grant something so much magical power, especially since they were produced by another being of the sorts. It was different to think that they could allow the wielder to do different things from the normal mage as well, being that they allowed the holder to consume the element in which corresponds to the lacrima's type. Desirée never expected herself to hold one let alone two lacrimas inside of her body; she expected to stay a summoner forever. It was disheartening yet empowering to witness the falling star liberate the restriction of summoning on her body, as it was something that she had done for so long. Despite the event only occurring months ago, she still felt like it only happened yesterday; the colors exploding on the beach of Rose Garden, the crater forming wit her body lying in the center, the red and blue blood combining to make a deep purple with golden flakes swirling about. It all felt like it had just happened, when in reality it was months upon months ago. It felt the same way about her establishment of Crystal Swan, it felt like it was just yesterday when it was truly established nearly three months before then. As she stood there and channeled her magic through her hands in the form of a beacon, her guild mark just under where the beacon illuminated greatly; blues upon blues, blues upon swans.
The mountain and ground began to slightly shake, throwing the beacon off of vertical balance and causing it to fade into the dark sky around Terasu. Out of the cavern system seemed to come a flying mass in the shadows, that of which circled the mountain rather quickly. "Is that.. him?" Desirée and Platinum both said quietly in unison as they held their ground as it shook, the presence of the dragon being nearly too much to be able to hold on with. After a few moments he began to descend to the location in which the party stood, clanking down onto the ground in-front of them with a large thud and extremely bright presence. As he landed, his presence swept Desirée off of her feet and caused her to fling backwards through the air, her hair and dress flowing greatly like white, yellow, and blue colors of the sky that was not above. Doing nearly a back-flip in the air as she was flung, not on purpose but by physics, her skin began to glow in fear due to the landing that was about to commence. As she landed, she landed on her stomach and face directly onto a rock, sliding nearly one-meter backwards due to the amount of force exerted onto her body to fly backwards. Skidding part of her face, light-blue and thick liquid began to slowly pour from her cheek and part of her forehead, golden sparks shimmering as they made their way down her face onto the rocks below. Desirée breathed heavily after the impact and caused her hand to glow immensely, shooting a wave of northern lights toward her forehead in order to heal her wounds. As the wave hit her head her pain felt relieved, and her cuts began to gloss over rather quickly. As she slowly pushed herself back up from the ground and onto her feet, she picked up her hat that had flown off in the process and placed it back upon her head, pushing back her blue hair behind her shoulders and wiping off a bit of blood that had dripped onto her left under-eye.
As Desirée listened to Sirius speak, his words suddenly hit her- she had disturbed him with the beacon. "Fuck." she thought to herself as she slowly walked closer to him alone, Platinum and the bio-luminescent organisms standing to the side after they got up from the blast that had affected them slightly as well. Although the force did not push them as much as it did Desirée, Platinum still held a few drops of blue blood on her clothing and scarf. The guild master walked toward Sirius and proceeded to look him directly in the eyes, her presence illuminating the area around her greatly with multi-colored lights. "I am Desirée Blooms, I have come to Terasu in order to see the elder white dragon Sirius." the slayer said rather loudly in order to answer his question, her eyes switching to a vibrant golden color as she spoke. Her eyes began to glimmer as her verbiage slowly poured out, the golden color shifting around with darker and lighter versions of itself like liquid gold; it was truly magical, it was full of light. Her hand covered the center of her chest as she looked at him dead on, producing a large array of multi-colored lights as if she was creating a small portal to go inside of her own body. As the lights formed into a circular shape, her hand seemed to sink into said portal and grab hold of a materialistic object, but what was it? It was the lacrima itself, tied to a beautiful pendant that branched designs of crystals and symbols off the sides with silver and golden plates. The chain that was connected to the lacrima was a beautiful silver with golden fragments embedded into its sides, and swung rather long. Tied around the fingers of Desirée while holding various elements of white light around it, the pendant glowed significantly around the illuminated presence of the slayer and the white dragon.
"I currently wield a lacrima that was produced by Sirius thousands upon thousands of years ago. It has been passed down from Queen to Queen of The Chrysalis Realm, and now I possess ownership of it due to my status of being the current Queen." the slayer told the dragon as she spoke, resulting in Platinum walking up behind her while carrying the bag of the belongings Desirée had brought with her on this expedition. As platinum walked to the side of Desirée, her eyes began to shine the same color that Desirée's did, symbolizing that she was indeed the same as the guild master was in a sense of being. "It has been a while, Sirius. I am the first Queen of Chrysalis, Platinum, the one you gave the lacrima to so long ago. I'm not sure if you remember me entirely, but I definitely remember you." the Crystal spoke, her heart on her cheek beginning to emit a bright pink glow in response to her verbiage. "I led Desirée to this location because she is different than all the other past Queens of Chrysalis. She was not born Crystal, she was born human, but became a Crystal due to a rare event that happens once in a universe. She is rather significant in Earthland, being that she is a Guild Master and Idol, and possesses great power from your lacrima in addition to another that resonates inside of her body. I brought her here to possibly train under you, so she can reach her full potential." the older Queen spoke and slung Desirée's bag over her shoulder, Kiwi and Strawberry joining their presence and floating on each side of the two Queens as they stood. Kiwi stood strong on the side of Desirée while Strawberry hid behind Platinum's neck, being afraid of the giant dragon that stood in-front of them. To prove their authenticity Desirée held the pendant with the lacrima in-front of her, it slowly swinging back and forth in the wind that flew gently through the land that they stood upon. The weapon sitting on her back in addition to the presence she emitted, the two beings floating on either side of the party as her eyes shone, she was coated in various colors of light, which radiated almost as beautiful as the northern lights that stretched across the skies. Platinum wished that Sirius would accept their request, but all they could do was respect whatever he had to say.
The swinging pendant that swung back and forth in the air in-front of her body pulsed greatly with white light, as one would expect a lacrima of the white elder dragon to do so. It swung like a pendulum, meeting its equilibrium every five seconds as it ticked back and forth like a grandfather clock. As it swung and she looked toward the dragon that was much bigger than her, the blue hair that stretched downward to where her legs began gusted ever so gently like the waves back in Fiore; Terasu felt much more different, but still also felt the same. It felt magical and beautiful, its darkness coating the skies with the stars illuminating the shadows that bounced around in the skies like dancers of ballet. It was a place that Desirée did not expect to be as beautiful as it was, but why would Sirius want to be located in somewhere that was not magnificent? A slight chill crept up the idol's spine as Sirius had spoke to Platinum, telling her that he indeed recognized her from long ago. The last time Desirée had heard about the war was quite a bit ago, being when she learned about the production of this lacrima itself. It was just as powerful as it was terrifying to think about; the concept of all the demons fighting the gods was a lot to take in. However, it was also very fascinating to learn about in the eyes of Desirée; although, she probably did not learn even a large portion about what had happened in reality. Everything was told to her by Platinum herself, therefore there were most likely many more perspectives that were immensely different than what she had experienced.
As Desirée looked over at Platinum as he expressed his recognition, she could see that the heart on her cheek began to shine slightly; it was symbolic of her heart fluttering in the process. Platinum was smiling just as much as she was blushing, something that Desirée had not seen her do much; this Crystal was much more of a classical and serious type, and it took a lot to make her express joy. Perhaps this was what she needed to break, because her hands quickly gripped her heart as she gazed upon him, her eyes fluttering with adoration. They must had been good friends or had some sort of bond, Desirée was unsure of what it could have been; she had never looked at anyone the same before besides her first Guild Master. Maybe their bond was as strong as Desirée's was with Lele? It was unknown to the luminescent idol, but it was certainly a feeling that she had missed. Desirée looked back toward the pendulum swinging back and forth quickly and then up to Sirius once again as he spoke, his verbiage stating that his training definitely was not something that he did on a whim- it was exclusive, just as Desirée had expected. She was to prove her worth, which was something that she felt as though she could do very well; a slight feeling of nervousness resonated deep within her soul, but she was also confident with what he had to say. As he spoke, she held the lacrima toward the center of her body and pushed it inward, the glowing formation quickly passing through and sitting directly where it was before she had pulled it out. Along with the chain it sat snugly, right next to the other lacrima inside. They twirled together beautifully after it had entered back into her body, and she could feel her magical energy increase once again.
As he spoke about the wisdom needed to come under his guidance and train, his verbiage seemed to have came to a stop as a sound began to come from the crumbled rocks that coated part of the side of the mountain. The sound of rocks being applied pressure to and a very quiet sound of singing, that of which did not sound to be in Desirée's native language. While the idol was bilingual, being able to speak in English, Latin, and Korean, she did not recognize this language the song was being sung in. The voice sounded very soft and delicate, as if it were being sung with no care in the world. Desirée's eyes glanced toward the direction the sound was coming from and it appeared that there was a girl skipping in the direction; or at least, that is what it looked like from afar. As she had skipped down the mountain, the girl appeared to be missing an eye and had silver-white hair. Were Desirée's eyes deceiving her? The guild master watched the girl in great detail as she neared closer and closer, and the features of the girl began to get more and more clear. Her ears were pointed and she was missing an eye, her hair was nearly the same as it was three months ago; it was her. "Miki," her own voice blasted through her head in an echo, a luminescent tear beginning to form on her waterline. As it fell down, the girl singing appeared to have her other eye closed; she was sleepwalking. It was the girl that had helped save her many months ago, the same girl that she had ran into in the cursed lands. The girl that had loved muffins. As Desirée's mouth appeared widened as the trail of a single tear began to fade into her cheek, the sleeping girl neared closer and closer to the guild master and hugged her extremely tightly. All she could do was stand there in shock and gently hug her back; when Desirée left after being rescued, so did Miki, and she had never heard from her again. How did they run into each-other at this place? How did Desirée of all people obtain a lacrima produced by the same dragon that Miki learned her magic from? It had to have been fate, what else? Desirée was angled to where her face was facing Sirius'; he looked apologetic.
post wc: 7,047
freeform i wc (a rank freeform): 7,047/5,000 ✓
leftover wc: 2,047
"Now, all I must do is wait." she thought to herself as she sat upon the crystal piano inside the guild hall, gently playing it as she watched the silver magical circle twirl upon the ceiling. Desirée had sung the Chrysalis Song, the song that allowed her to summon any Crystal that lived in Chrysalis that she desired. It was something she was only taught weeks ago, something that allowed her to experience that of what she lost in the starfall; her summoning magic. The magical circle pulsed slowly as she played a beautiful and classic song on the crystal piano, slowly watching the koi fish and flowers float under the keys as her fingers quickly shifted. As she witnessed from the few other times she attempted to summon a Crystal by the method of song, it was apparent that this newer method took somewhat longer than it did summoning with a golden hoop. It was most likely because the hoop was designed for combat, unlike the song of Chrysalis kind. It was a beautiful song that only previous and present Queens knew, and as Desirée was the current reigning, she now had access. It was saddening that the starfall ruined her ability to summon, but it replaced it with a much powerful magic of multiple dimensions. It blessed her with light, which was always present around her body. Her radiance was extremely bright, almost as bright as the silver magical circle looked as it erupted into a ball of multi-colored light. The song had worked, which was something that Desirée did not think would occur due to the Crystal she was summoning. It was someone who was not seen much in the public eye in Chrysalis, but someone that was greatly recognized and known.
As the orb shattered into that of a Crystal, Desirée halted her fingers from hitting the keys of her piano and looked towards the woman which was called upon. "Platinum." Desirée and the Crystal said in unison, as their eyes met and swirled the exact same color. Prism eyes, a sign that they were both Queens of Chrysalis at one point. The woman was sitting upon the lid of the crystal piano while Desirée stood from her location, sliding the large bag that sat beside her on the bench over her shoulder and placing the white and blue sun-hat upon the top of her head. "I apologize for the lack of haste that I expressed after I was called upon. However, I was still in the middle of getting dressed for this occasion, and I did not want to look unacceptable for where we are going. I also appreciate that you look well dressed now as well, especially with that pop of pink provided on your white and blue bag by that flower. I think it is beautiful that you still have that keepsake from Lele, it makes me very happy that you can stick onto the little things." Platinum told Desirée as she hopped off the lid of the piano and landed on a small stone on the pool of water, a similar stone that Desirée was now standing on. "That is perfectly fine, Platinum. I am just as ready as you are, I just got ready a bit early!" Desirée told her with a smile as she tipped her hat forward, symbolizing that she was ready to embark.
Out of her bag came Kiwi and Strawberry, holding hands as Kiwi held a spoon that looked to have a small remnant of cookie dough stuck to its side. "Desi! That cookie dough was very yummy! When are we going?" Kiwi asked Desirée as he licked the excess dough off the spoon. "We are just about to leave, you guys! Now, I know both of you are not well-rested due to the amount of playing you two were doing last night, so I want you to go sleep in the bag. You can use the soft change of clothes I have in there as blankets." she told them as Kiwi's eyes began to sparkle. "Soft blankets! Yes, yes, yes! Strawberry, come with me!" he exclaimed as Strawberry sighed, passing through the top of the bag in order to sleep. After all, it was about four in the morning, therefore the majority of the guild and people staying upon Chrysalis were asleep or out on jobs. Only some members stood in the central guildhall at this time, the ones that were either eating early breakfast, preparing to leave in order to go on missions, or to wave the Guild Master off as she was to leave for a small yet long amount of time. She only planned a week or two at most, but she had no idea how long she would be in Terasu training with the dragon that produced one of the two lacrimas that resonates within her body. It was why she was leaving one of her pets behind at the guild, Pitaya, as she was the most well-behaved beings under the rule of Desirée. As she peered across the large room to the other side, she could see Pitaya sitting on the edge of a pool in her human form, a red cloak covering her entire body as she scrolled through an iLac. It was a spare that Desirée received weeks before when she was to embark on her trip, a spare that she bought specifically for her and Pitaya to speak back and forth from in order to give each other updates, especially if the guild were to get out of hand. It was unlikely that it would but anything was able to happen in the span of a week, which is why Desirée felt it would be better to be safe rather than sorry.
Hopping from stone to stone with her white and blue boots, she began to make her way to the doors of the guild hall in order to finally embark on what she woke up so early to do; pass through a Wakusei portal. After she had got away from the pool and onto the lower ground of the hall, Desirée walked toward Pitaya to give her a pet on the forehead before leaving. "If anything happens that I would want to or need to know, message or call me. Understand?" the Guild master told Pitaya as she followed with a nod, her bangs bobbing with the motion of her head followed with a smile. "Thank you. I will see you soon, Pitaya!" Desirée told the mire wolf as she began to walk out the guild, her hair fluttering due to the wind hitting as the doors opened. Platinum followed the slayer and shut the doors behind her, walking directly east from the hall and through the silent streets of Crystalli. Some of the shops were setting up at this time, but not that many; some lights upon the skyscrapers were still slightly illuminated from the windows, others were not. The fresh scent of flowers filled the air from the bushes and trees sprouting on the sides of the streets, it was truly magnificent that a technological feat like this was able to be established in only a week. As the ship flew through the sky birds flew behind it, it was constantly moving across the world. Today was special however, and the schedules of Platinum and Queen Diamond were planned just around the route in which Crystalli was taking on this day; at 4:23 AM, the ship was to pass directly above the Wakusei Portals. It was something the ship did not typically pass by, which was why they decided that now would be the time to embark to Terasu in order to train with Sirius. It was something that Queens did not typically get to accomplish, Desirée being the second after Platinum, the first Queen of Chrysalis. It was to be an honor in order to try and locate Sirius in order to train, and they wished he was to be willing to do such a thing. After all, it had been an extremely long time since a Crystal even grazed the land of Terasu, Platinum was not even sure that he would recognize her despite her appearance not changing in the slightest.
As they walked toward the edge of the ship and looked over, it had appeared that they were approaching the portals rather quickly. "Well Platinum, have you ever free-dived before? The ship is not scheduled to stop and land for the portals, therefore that is the only option." Desirée told the older Queen as her eyes widened. "...Are you crazy? How are we going to do that without shattering?" Platinum asked the slayer as she locked her hand with hers, reaching the edge of the rail before climbing over and standing on the edge. "I can fly, remember?" Desirée said as she hopped off the edge, freely falling through the sky just as she did when she appeared in Chrysalis before being crowned Queen. Locking another hand with Platinum's as they faced each-other face to face, Platinum looked at her worryingly as they flew toward the surface of one of the portals at an extremely fast rate. "Well, did you forget!? Why aren't we slowly descending?!" the first Queen exclaimed as she looked downward, the ground inching closer and closer to their bodies. Desirée smiled as they fell, her eyes glancing toward one of the higher-up portals sitting upon a small island and glistening with light. Freeing one of her hands, Desirée shot a large beam of light out one and caused it to stick onto said island, resulting in them swinging through the wind at a rapid speed toward one of the higher islands because of momentum. As they flung into the air quickly, Platinum screamed as she held onto the guild master's chest tightly, not realizing that the portal they landed right in-front of was actually the portal they were due to go into.
"For... for the love of the Great Chrysalis Dragons... please let us land." Platinum said as she shook, not even realizing that they had stopped flying through the air and stood on secure ground. "Open your eyes, Platinum!" Desirée exclaimed as the older Queen gasped, leaning down and shaking her head in embarrassment. "Well, we are here.." she told the slayer as Desirée secured her bag on her shoulder, standing in-front of the portal that shone a beautiful blue with golden fragments of light shining across. The pink flower upon her bag produced a scent of lilies as they stood there and peered into the endless void that the glaze appeared as, a flower that was enchanted by Lele in order to never die. It was one of two that she received from her, but she typically left the one sitting on her dresser in her current residence. The flower was not nearly as pink as the color of Platinum's hair and heart on her cheek, it was much brighter. "Let's," Desirée told the other Queen followed with a nod back, symbolizing that she was also ready to dimension travel. With a gentle walk into the glaze, a bright flash of light developed their bodies and shone gold in their minds, reminiscent of the stars that shone upon the night sky.
After a few brief moments, they stood where they stood seconds before but in a different dimension, one that appeared to stretch as far as the sky could see with small yet beautiful golden stars across its dark sky. With the conversation they had days before about the realm known as Terasu, it was known to always be at this state of darkness. It was extremely beautiful, it made Desirée look in awe just peering onto those beautiful stars. Her body radiated large amounts of light at this current moment, which appeared more vibrant as usual due to said darkness. "Queen Diamond, look over there. Do you see that? We must go there."Platinum pointed across the horizon to an extremely bright star, the brightest looking star to be on this planet. "It is where I found Sirius the last time I was here, thousands upon thousands upon thousands of years ago. I believe he is still there." Platinum told the guild master as she nodded, tightening the strength of her hat as it sat on her head. She looked at the brightest star and felt above where the lacrima sat inside of her body. 'Could that really be where the lacrima that was passed down from Queen to Queen have come from? The brightest star, Sirius?' Desirée thought to herself as she watched it twinkle in the distance, holding onto her bag as she saw the pink and green light being produced by a small slit in the top. "Very well." Desirée told Platinum as she grabbed her hand and blasted into the skies, flying nearly twenty meters off the ground below. Secured in her hands was the older Queen, and secured in the older Queen's hands was the bag that carried Kiwi and Strawberry along with the rest of her possessions she brought with her. As the dust of auroran lights and rainbows blasted around her body as she shot across the sky, the flower upon her bag twinkled along with the stars in the sky. As she flew, Desirée did not keep her eyes off the star that twinkled in the distance. She was determined to get there, she was determined to grow stronger.
The feeling of the soft grass and delicate flowers lining Desirée's body made her feel relaxed, something her body needed after flying through the air for so long. Before landing for a break, Desirée flew with the party she was bringing on this expedition for twelve hours straight, not keeping an eye off of the bright star that sat upon the horizon. Her body was tired after flying for that long, as one would be for basically running nonstop for the same amount of time; it was physically exhausting, but she pushed through for a very large amount of time. Now she could feel the ground once again, the flowers hydrated with dew upon the darkened field in which they rested upon. It was a large clearing and island that lie surrounded in clear waters, but was completely flat and covered in pink tulips. They were extremely vibrant despite the darkness that was cast upon them from the sky, they looked to be the most vibrant tulips Desirée had ever seen. The light that shone from the body of the guild master was most likely the first light the flowers ever saw besides the stars that reigned above, but they still grew perfectly. They had adjusted to the terrain that surrounded them, which was how they grew in the first place and maintained their beauty. Sometimes the world was filled with things that made sense and some that did not, just like how it was filled with beauty. Flowers were just like that, which was one of the reasons Desirée and Lele chose the ponds of the guild hall to be filled with white lilies. They were beautiful and intricate, and were definitely a constant reminder that the world produced beautiful things.
"We should be able to get there in one to two hours if we fly fast enough. The star is much closer to us than it was before." Platinum told Desirée as she looked toward the star, sitting upon the field of flowers right next to the slayer. While the older Queen kept looking at the star Desirée was stretched out upon the flowers, curled up slightly in a blanket that was stuffed toward the bottom of her bag. The blanket was that of a quilt, one side being entirely a blue-black color while the other was in a patchwork-style pattern of white and red. Over the top of her was the blanket while on the bottom she was laying on the cold flowers themselves, cooling her body as it prepared to finish the expedition. She tried to fly faster than she ever did before and it did apparently work, but it also took a toll on her body- Desirée was very tired. The short white and light blue sundress that she wore felt extremely soft on her body as it was made of silk and fine cotton, it made her feel relaxed, but tired. When they first landed she had ate a blueberry muffin that she packed in advance, that of which she picked up from her local bakery the night before she had left. She also brought a few other dishes of food, as she did not know what she would eat there, but she did not know how long they would last. Things like macaroni and cheese, a bag of chicken sandwiches- she hoped they would last as long as she was going to be here in Terasu, but she was entirely aware of how long that would be. It would all come down to what Sirius asked her to do, if he were to even accept training with her or even be there in the first place. She thought about this as she slowly dozed off, the warm quilt feeling as if it were sheltering her body from everything that could ever wish to harm her. As Desirée began to sleep, Kiwi and Strawberry began to run throughout the flower-field while carrying larger tulips and their stems that spanned nearly double the size of their body. "No! Please... please don't smack me with it!" Strawberry ran away from Kiwi as he chased her with a large tulip, holding what appeared to be a large bouquet of pink flowers that she had picked from the edges of the island. "I'm going to get you!" Kiwi exclaimed as they ran around where Platinum was sitting and where Desirée was sleeping, causing Platinum to sigh as she watched.
As Desirée slept she dreamed of dragons, fleets upon fleets of them flying throughout the sky. Large and small dragons, white and pink dragons, sharp and dull scales. They were all beautiful to her, she had seen artist renditions of them but never one in person- besides those that worshiped her, but they weren't exactly full on dragons. Before long she was riding upon the back of a pink dragon, the hard yet secure scales providing a saddle-like seat for her to ride upon. The wings of this being were huge, met with white splashes of color along with bright pinks and sakura ribbons. As they flew through the sky she felt like she was in a state of pure bliss, holding onto the dragon as more followed in-front and behind. Upon the backs of each dragon that flew in-front of her looked to be figures of her, each one representing a different year in her life. All different sizes yet all looking extremely similar, it was a fleet of blue haired Desirées flying upon the backs of multi-colored dragons. However, there looked to be a different dragon flying toward the front and leading the brigade. An angelic dragon with angel wings instead of dragon wings and a halo around its head, it looked to have an angelic being standing upon its back. "Lele.." Desirée thought to herself in her dream, standing upon the back of her dragon as they faced each-other. The face of the angelic summoner looked to be expressionless, staring directly into Desirée's eyes as the tears began to flow. The dragon that flew beneath her disintegrated into light and left Desirée standing there in the sky for a brief moment before releasing her into the wind, free falling through the clouds as the brigade of dragons advanced without her. "No... Lele... Lele!" Desirée screamed, falling through the clouds and toward the sea beneath them at a quick rate. She was falling head first, and could not stop herself as she fell. Her body was about to slam against the water and shatter, as one would when hitting concrete. Inches before her head met the surface of the water, the sea turned into doves and flew into the sky; her eyes opened.
"Had a good rest? You were drooling, and were asleep for approximately eleven hours and twenty-six minutes. Six-hundred and eighty-six minutes, to be exact. While you were sleeping Strawberry made you this, go on." Platinum told Desirée and Strawberry after she had shot upward from her slumber in fear, realizing it was just a dream, while Strawberry floating over to the slayer's face holding a large bouquet of pink flowers secured together with a string of delicately ripped and tied petals. "I... I- I thought these flowers were super pretty! And um... I- I wanted to make you a bouquet!" Strawberry exclaimed as tears began to roll down her face, quickly placing the bouquet of flowers on a part of Desirée's blanket before running off into the flowers that surrounded the area. "Thank you so much!" the guild master tried to tell the bio-luminescent organism before she began to run, although she knew it would have been no use. Strawberry was always like this, and it pained Desirée to watch. She wanted to fulfill Nova's presence in her heart, but it was so difficult to do so. "Well, I guess I am ready to begin flying again. You two can fly aside me while I hold Platinum, or stay in the bag. It is your choice." she told the BLOs as she began to fold the blanket she was sleeping with, slipping it into the bag along with a plush version of a pale pink teddy bear. It was a byproduct of the necklace she was wearing then, which allowed her to create endless stuffed animals and ribbons. Zipping up the bag and handing it to Platinum, Desirée locked her hands around the older Queen's waist and shot back into the sky, with Strawberry and Kiwi following directly on each side of her. Emitting the same rainbow-based aura as before, she flew rather quickly as she was ready to get to her destination. The stars overhead not changing as they flew, Desirée's eyes met the brightest star once again, functioning as a guide for where she was to go.
Nearly three hours of flight later, Desirée along with the rest of the party finally arrived at what appeared to be the destination. It was very dark there, even with the brightest star shining directly above. Standing right on the outskirts of a large mountain range, Desirée's presence began to shine greatly and illuminate the area in which she was standing in by a great amount. Floating beside her were two orbs of pink and green light, while on the other side was a pink haired girl that had been here once before. "I'm still not entirely sure if he is still here, let alone if he will recognize me after so many years have passed. However, I hope he is here more than I hope anything else. Your training with him is much more important than recognition." Platinum told Desirée softly as she faced downward, her head meeting the formations of the mountain below her feet in which they stood upon. Desirée was definitely not as tired as she was before, if anything she was energized. Her heart was beating fast, almost as much as the first time she performed on-stage. She was as nervous as she was excited, the butterflies flowing throughout her stomach like the koi fish back at Crystal Swan throughout the white lilies that coated the clear, blue ponds. Desirée was unaware as to what would come out of coming here, she was unaware if Sirius was even here in the first place. Taking a deep breath as she stepped a few feet forward from the rest of her peers that had accompanied her here, she set her bag at the feet of Platinum as her mind began to reflect upon the lights of the Aurora.
"I was told to follow the brightest star in order to get here, and so I did." she spoke quietly, her words slightly bouncing off the formation of the mountain that stretched upwards as her verbiage spoke downwards. "I am here to see the dragon known as Sirius." she said a bit louder, her voice twirling through the wind and up the mountain like bright yet invisible colors. Reaching her hand upward, it began to glow the colors of aurora before shooting a beam of light upwards into the sky from where she was standing, like a beacon of sorts. The mountain was extremely dark from the level she was standing, therefore she could not see anything above her besides the beacon she had created, not even the cavern that had an opening meters upon meters above her. As the beacon shot upward it pulsed the colors of the northern lights, reflecting small waves of light that swirled together to showcase her current location. She wished that this could get Sirius to notice her if he was really there, but she was unaware if he was or not. All she could do was wait for a response, big or little, before she could decide what to do next. Desirée stood in silence as she watched the beacon of light stand there, shooting directly out of her hand in a perfectly vertical position. In her heart and mind she wished that he would be there, as she desired to become stronger under his guidance. She hoped he would be willing, but was unknowing as to what would come out of her desire.
The beacon that flew out of her hand shimmered greatly, the northern lights sparkling with small crystals on the inside as they flew. Desirée's white and blue boots stood firm on the ground as she shot this beam upward, her hat fluttering slightly with the power and lights that bent through the winds. As the light flew it pulsed similarly as her heart did inside her body, holding close two lacrimas in which sat securely inside. It was a strange concept to think that two materialistic things could grant something so much magical power, especially since they were produced by another being of the sorts. It was different to think that they could allow the wielder to do different things from the normal mage as well, being that they allowed the holder to consume the element in which corresponds to the lacrima's type. Desirée never expected herself to hold one let alone two lacrimas inside of her body; she expected to stay a summoner forever. It was disheartening yet empowering to witness the falling star liberate the restriction of summoning on her body, as it was something that she had done for so long. Despite the event only occurring months ago, she still felt like it only happened yesterday; the colors exploding on the beach of Rose Garden, the crater forming wit her body lying in the center, the red and blue blood combining to make a deep purple with golden flakes swirling about. It all felt like it had just happened, when in reality it was months upon months ago. It felt the same way about her establishment of Crystal Swan, it felt like it was just yesterday when it was truly established nearly three months before then. As she stood there and channeled her magic through her hands in the form of a beacon, her guild mark just under where the beacon illuminated greatly; blues upon blues, blues upon swans.
The mountain and ground began to slightly shake, throwing the beacon off of vertical balance and causing it to fade into the dark sky around Terasu. Out of the cavern system seemed to come a flying mass in the shadows, that of which circled the mountain rather quickly. "Is that.. him?" Desirée and Platinum both said quietly in unison as they held their ground as it shook, the presence of the dragon being nearly too much to be able to hold on with. After a few moments he began to descend to the location in which the party stood, clanking down onto the ground in-front of them with a large thud and extremely bright presence. As he landed, his presence swept Desirée off of her feet and caused her to fling backwards through the air, her hair and dress flowing greatly like white, yellow, and blue colors of the sky that was not above. Doing nearly a back-flip in the air as she was flung, not on purpose but by physics, her skin began to glow in fear due to the landing that was about to commence. As she landed, she landed on her stomach and face directly onto a rock, sliding nearly one-meter backwards due to the amount of force exerted onto her body to fly backwards. Skidding part of her face, light-blue and thick liquid began to slowly pour from her cheek and part of her forehead, golden sparks shimmering as they made their way down her face onto the rocks below. Desirée breathed heavily after the impact and caused her hand to glow immensely, shooting a wave of northern lights toward her forehead in order to heal her wounds. As the wave hit her head her pain felt relieved, and her cuts began to gloss over rather quickly. As she slowly pushed herself back up from the ground and onto her feet, she picked up her hat that had flown off in the process and placed it back upon her head, pushing back her blue hair behind her shoulders and wiping off a bit of blood that had dripped onto her left under-eye.
As Desirée listened to Sirius speak, his words suddenly hit her- she had disturbed him with the beacon. "Fuck." she thought to herself as she slowly walked closer to him alone, Platinum and the bio-luminescent organisms standing to the side after they got up from the blast that had affected them slightly as well. Although the force did not push them as much as it did Desirée, Platinum still held a few drops of blue blood on her clothing and scarf. The guild master walked toward Sirius and proceeded to look him directly in the eyes, her presence illuminating the area around her greatly with multi-colored lights. "I am Desirée Blooms, I have come to Terasu in order to see the elder white dragon Sirius." the slayer said rather loudly in order to answer his question, her eyes switching to a vibrant golden color as she spoke. Her eyes began to glimmer as her verbiage slowly poured out, the golden color shifting around with darker and lighter versions of itself like liquid gold; it was truly magical, it was full of light. Her hand covered the center of her chest as she looked at him dead on, producing a large array of multi-colored lights as if she was creating a small portal to go inside of her own body. As the lights formed into a circular shape, her hand seemed to sink into said portal and grab hold of a materialistic object, but what was it? It was the lacrima itself, tied to a beautiful pendant that branched designs of crystals and symbols off the sides with silver and golden plates. The chain that was connected to the lacrima was a beautiful silver with golden fragments embedded into its sides, and swung rather long. Tied around the fingers of Desirée while holding various elements of white light around it, the pendant glowed significantly around the illuminated presence of the slayer and the white dragon.
"I currently wield a lacrima that was produced by Sirius thousands upon thousands of years ago. It has been passed down from Queen to Queen of The Chrysalis Realm, and now I possess ownership of it due to my status of being the current Queen." the slayer told the dragon as she spoke, resulting in Platinum walking up behind her while carrying the bag of the belongings Desirée had brought with her on this expedition. As platinum walked to the side of Desirée, her eyes began to shine the same color that Desirée's did, symbolizing that she was indeed the same as the guild master was in a sense of being. "It has been a while, Sirius. I am the first Queen of Chrysalis, Platinum, the one you gave the lacrima to so long ago. I'm not sure if you remember me entirely, but I definitely remember you." the Crystal spoke, her heart on her cheek beginning to emit a bright pink glow in response to her verbiage. "I led Desirée to this location because she is different than all the other past Queens of Chrysalis. She was not born Crystal, she was born human, but became a Crystal due to a rare event that happens once in a universe. She is rather significant in Earthland, being that she is a Guild Master and Idol, and possesses great power from your lacrima in addition to another that resonates inside of her body. I brought her here to possibly train under you, so she can reach her full potential." the older Queen spoke and slung Desirée's bag over her shoulder, Kiwi and Strawberry joining their presence and floating on each side of the two Queens as they stood. Kiwi stood strong on the side of Desirée while Strawberry hid behind Platinum's neck, being afraid of the giant dragon that stood in-front of them. To prove their authenticity Desirée held the pendant with the lacrima in-front of her, it slowly swinging back and forth in the wind that flew gently through the land that they stood upon. The weapon sitting on her back in addition to the presence she emitted, the two beings floating on either side of the party as her eyes shone, she was coated in various colors of light, which radiated almost as beautiful as the northern lights that stretched across the skies. Platinum wished that Sirius would accept their request, but all they could do was respect whatever he had to say.
The swinging pendant that swung back and forth in the air in-front of her body pulsed greatly with white light, as one would expect a lacrima of the white elder dragon to do so. It swung like a pendulum, meeting its equilibrium every five seconds as it ticked back and forth like a grandfather clock. As it swung and she looked toward the dragon that was much bigger than her, the blue hair that stretched downward to where her legs began gusted ever so gently like the waves back in Fiore; Terasu felt much more different, but still also felt the same. It felt magical and beautiful, its darkness coating the skies with the stars illuminating the shadows that bounced around in the skies like dancers of ballet. It was a place that Desirée did not expect to be as beautiful as it was, but why would Sirius want to be located in somewhere that was not magnificent? A slight chill crept up the idol's spine as Sirius had spoke to Platinum, telling her that he indeed recognized her from long ago. The last time Desirée had heard about the war was quite a bit ago, being when she learned about the production of this lacrima itself. It was just as powerful as it was terrifying to think about; the concept of all the demons fighting the gods was a lot to take in. However, it was also very fascinating to learn about in the eyes of Desirée; although, she probably did not learn even a large portion about what had happened in reality. Everything was told to her by Platinum herself, therefore there were most likely many more perspectives that were immensely different than what she had experienced.
As Desirée looked over at Platinum as he expressed his recognition, she could see that the heart on her cheek began to shine slightly; it was symbolic of her heart fluttering in the process. Platinum was smiling just as much as she was blushing, something that Desirée had not seen her do much; this Crystal was much more of a classical and serious type, and it took a lot to make her express joy. Perhaps this was what she needed to break, because her hands quickly gripped her heart as she gazed upon him, her eyes fluttering with adoration. They must had been good friends or had some sort of bond, Desirée was unsure of what it could have been; she had never looked at anyone the same before besides her first Guild Master. Maybe their bond was as strong as Desirée's was with Lele? It was unknown to the luminescent idol, but it was certainly a feeling that she had missed. Desirée looked back toward the pendulum swinging back and forth quickly and then up to Sirius once again as he spoke, his verbiage stating that his training definitely was not something that he did on a whim- it was exclusive, just as Desirée had expected. She was to prove her worth, which was something that she felt as though she could do very well; a slight feeling of nervousness resonated deep within her soul, but she was also confident with what he had to say. As he spoke, she held the lacrima toward the center of her body and pushed it inward, the glowing formation quickly passing through and sitting directly where it was before she had pulled it out. Along with the chain it sat snugly, right next to the other lacrima inside. They twirled together beautifully after it had entered back into her body, and she could feel her magical energy increase once again.
As he spoke about the wisdom needed to come under his guidance and train, his verbiage seemed to have came to a stop as a sound began to come from the crumbled rocks that coated part of the side of the mountain. The sound of rocks being applied pressure to and a very quiet sound of singing, that of which did not sound to be in Desirée's native language. While the idol was bilingual, being able to speak in English, Latin, and Korean, she did not recognize this language the song was being sung in. The voice sounded very soft and delicate, as if it were being sung with no care in the world. Desirée's eyes glanced toward the direction the sound was coming from and it appeared that there was a girl skipping in the direction; or at least, that is what it looked like from afar. As she had skipped down the mountain, the girl appeared to be missing an eye and had silver-white hair. Were Desirée's eyes deceiving her? The guild master watched the girl in great detail as she neared closer and closer, and the features of the girl began to get more and more clear. Her ears were pointed and she was missing an eye, her hair was nearly the same as it was three months ago; it was her. "Miki," her own voice blasted through her head in an echo, a luminescent tear beginning to form on her waterline. As it fell down, the girl singing appeared to have her other eye closed; she was sleepwalking. It was the girl that had helped save her many months ago, the same girl that she had ran into in the cursed lands. The girl that had loved muffins. As Desirée's mouth appeared widened as the trail of a single tear began to fade into her cheek, the sleeping girl neared closer and closer to the guild master and hugged her extremely tightly. All she could do was stand there in shock and gently hug her back; when Desirée left after being rescued, so did Miki, and she had never heard from her again. How did they run into each-other at this place? How did Desirée of all people obtain a lacrima produced by the same dragon that Miki learned her magic from? It had to have been fate, what else? Desirée was angled to where her face was facing Sirius'; he looked apologetic.
post wc: 7,047
freeform i wc (a rank freeform): 7,047/5,000 ✓
leftover wc: 2,047
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