Zeke looked up at Pisces and nodded.
****
Skipper and Raven started to walk outside but was stopped by large amounts of energy that riddled all around. Massive amounts of energy flew around Zeke as they watched them. Zeke turned around swiftly to look at the people who he hated.
“You took him from me. You took him and everything has changed because of what you did, Raven,” Zeke roared.
“Zeke, Raven is my friend too. What has changed in you? We have been friends since we were children. Come back. We are homies.” Skipper said extending his hand out to him.
Zeke looked at Skipper with hate then a spiral of orange and red energy flared from him. He began to push them back. Raven and Skipper pulled their energy around them as a barrier against Zeke. Raven shielded her eyes with her arm as Zeke’s energy continued to roar around them. His eyes glowed red and the symbol of Pisces appeared on his head. Skipper sighed and summoned the power within him. The energy of blue-green matched that of orange-red. An embodiment of their powers flared to life forming dragons attacking one another.
Skipper and Zeke pushed out their energies to one another. Skipper continued to push back with his energy and power. Zeke was gaining the upper hand as the ground around Skipper began to crackle. The ground underneath him started to shift deeper. Skipper began to kneel as the impact of the power was all too much. Raven moved herself in front of Skipper taking the impact then fell to the floor. Skipper cried out as Zeke moved forward with his new-found energy and continued to push against them. Raven tried to stand up but was pushed down to the ground. She formed a barrier around Skipper as Zeke moved closer to them.
Raven raised her hand up at Zeke and wrapping Skipper into a barrier, “I have to protect you at all costs.”
The color of power began to dim with her lifeforce. Skipper cried out as Zeke advanced on them and pushed his burning power onto them. The crackling of the dragons continued to fight one another. The Pisces dragon began to overtake the Aquarian dragon. Zeke’s eyes began to become devoid of emotion as he continued his onslaught.
A lightning of purple and white energy emerged between both dragons. A spiraling portal appeared behind Zeke and pulled him. Zeke cried out as he was sucked in. The dragons continued to clash with one another then faded.
Skipper looked over to see an Asian teenager with a wild haircut. He wore a white shirt, purple pants and had violet eyes. A white and purple energy surrounded him. He smiled at them both then moved over toward Raven to help her up.
“Aki? What are you doing here?” she asked as he helped her up.
“Healing Muse sent me. I sensed your lifeforce fading.” Aki said.
“We tried to take on the champion of Pisces,” Raven muttered as she stood finally.
“You could have been killed if I didn’t show up,” Aki warningly said.
“Thanks for the save,” she regarded then glanced at Skipper who looked confused. “Skipper, this is Aki and he is one of the Aquarius children. He is my friend. He came to help us,” Raven happily said.
Skipper peered at where the portal was and looked back at Aki, “thanks.”
“No problem. You’ve got get strong, Skipper. The champion of Pisces is powerful and you only know the basics, but you’ll need more training,” Aki said impassively.
“Where is he?” Skipper asked worried.
“He’s safe, but I only relocated him. We will need to leave,” Aki said gloomily.
Skipper looked at where the portal was once before and sighed. He couldn’t believe that Zeke was now the other champion. He needed to do something to bring him but it was all too much. He looked at his hands and felt helpless.
****
Paul and Gladys stood outside and saw the energies moving around the school. They held each other as they looked on.
“Will Skipper be all right?” Gladys asked.
“He will. We need to have faith in him. Remember what was said to us before?” Paul told her.
“That if we want to stay where we are at or go with him?” she expressed.
“Yes,” he said looking at her.
“We should be with our boy anywhere,” Gladys said smiling.
He leaned forward and kissed her lips, for she had made the right choice.
A lone figure smiled at their decision and faded in the darkness.
****
Raven, Aki and Skipper glanced at one another as they saw the energies of a new bend in the sky.
“We will need to leave soon,” Aki said.
Raven turned to him and sighed, “Healing Muse will be coming for us.”
Skipper turned to them and arched an eyebrow, “Healing Muse?”
“Yes. She will be becoming before the night is up. It’s dangerous to be here and I told you that we would need to leave soon,” Raven indicated.
Skipper glanced up at the sky and knew she was right. It was time to realize that destiny and fate would come knocking for him. Aki and Raven peeked at one another with a hidden glance.
Aki strolled over to her in a whisper, “we were ordered to do what is necessary. Remember, we have to do what is best for him as well. You can’t forget that Raven.”
She down casted her eyes, “I know and I wish I didn’t have to.”
****
The clouds roared around the town as the energies of lightning and thunder clashed at their heels. Vans drove down the street harshly trying to get to the destination. Hans and other Celic Group members looked at the supernatural energy. Hans looked back at his team and frowned.
“Be ready and at all costs be careful. We are here to collect our champion of Pisces. If we see the other boy of legend, kill him,” he ordered.
They nodded to him, for his word was absolute.
****
Fate and Destiny grinned as they weaved new threads. A new line of thread began to flow around Zeke’s and Skipper’s life line. They grinned at one another as the matching red to blue glowed against the strings as the weavers glanced at it.
“The champions have awakened,” Fate lightly said.
“The battle for earth between the Aquarian and Pisces age has come,” Destiny beckoned.
Gaia appeared and looked at Fate and Destiny with worried eyes, “will the world survive from what they will do to it?”
Fate and Destiny peered over at her and sighed. “The choices of the champions and guardians will be tied to them. Each champion and guardian are a reflection of their power. Aquarian as to Pisces. Skipper as to Zeke. The tides will be unknown.”
“Both boys and the guardians are battling under what will the fate of the celestial and spiritual plane on my world. The fates of them are tied to me as well,” Gaia exclaimed.
Fate wagged her finger and laughed, “it will be the saving or death of humanity that will rain down upon which side.”
“The connection to earth and to the galaxy rests within the champions as it is written according to the timeline. Not even you will know as it is to play out, Gaia,” Destiny remarked.
Gaia sighed then moved back into the darkness of the void as she would be at the mercy of the champions moving into her world.
****
Hans looked at the roaring energy and saw Zeke kneeling. He saw the image of Pisces then bowed before him. The image of Pisces soon vanished as Zeke looked over at Hans bowing.
Zeke got up and sauntered over to Hans. He placed a hand on his shoulder.
“Are you Hans?” Zeke asked.
Hans raised up his head and smiled at Zeke, “yes.”
“Pisces told me that you are loyal to him and can help teach me with my powers,” Zeke indicated.
Hans leisurely got up and smiled at the young man, “I can do that, but you will have to come with me.”
Zeke nodded then looked back at his once called friend who saw him in the distance. He grinned as Skipper was reaching for him from the distance. Zeke followed Hans to the car. They get in and drive off.
****
Jenny ran out to the blacktop and saw Skipper, Raven and another kid she didn’t recognize, all glowing with energy. She gasped as she took a step back. Raven, Aki and Skipper looked back at her. Raven and Aki’s energy disappeared around them. Skipper turned around and tried to each out to Jenny but she took another step back.
“Jenny…” Skipper started, but stopped where he stood.
He could see the fear in Jenny’s eyes. “What are you, Skipper?”
Skipper glanced at himself and sighed. The energy around him began to fade, “I’m a child of the Aquarian Age. I have powers and a destiny.”
With each word as Skipper empathized, he felt himself carrying his burden even more so. Skipper could see that she didn’t understand. He looked down at his glowing hands. Skipper distinguished he couldn’t fit into her world anymore. He was different.
“I don’t understand, Skipper,” she said casually as she looked at him with new eyes.
“Jenny, I know I’m different and you were a part of my reason as to why I wanted to take on this destiny. I wanted to protect the people who matter to me,” he looked at her and smiled.
Raven strode behind and placed a hand on his shoulder. He peered back at Raven realizing the full impact of his destiny and what she had said earlier. Aki turned to run. Raven followed after him. Skipper marched up to Jenny and kissed her fully on the lips.
After a few seconds, she responded and they kissed a few more moments. They pulled apart and Skipper grinned at her.
“I’ll promise, I will come back and see you once more,” Skipper said wretchedly.
He stepped back and ran into the darkness. The winds shifted around the trio and Jenny touched her lips believing that he would return one day. She sighed for it would be the last time she would see him.
****
Orange and red energy collided as the darkness swirled the darkness under the Pisces mark. Pisces smiled as the rows of energy spiraled around him. His eyes burned as he felt the connection to his champion. Pisces gritted his teeth as the energy overflowed within him as he connected to Zeke who had awakened.
At the same time, Zeke sensed his connection to Pisces as the two connected to one another. The energies roared around the two combining the powers together. Zeke heard Pisces in his mind and Pisces as well. Both of their eyes flamed with the orange and red energy that filtered through them at the same time.
****
Raven and Aki watched as Skipper slumped to the ground. He was lost in many ways. He had lost Zeke to a group that he couldn’t defend on his own.
“He’s gone…” Skipper repeated under his breath.
Raven glanced down at Skipper and sighed. She recognized it was going to be hard for him to escape his fate now.
“There could be a way to save him in the future, Skipper but right now we need to leave. We can’t stay here. The Circle Group has him and their champion. We can get him back in time, but it could be a slight chance.” Raven rounded.
Aki crossed his arms for he knew she was giving Skipper false hope, “is it true?”
Skipper looked up and exhaled at Raven to give him a small smile, “yes.”
He stood up with some renewed hope for he wanted to get Zeke back to where he was before.
****
The energy moved over the town like a ballet as Zeke looked back at the once called home. He glanced down at his hands to feel the flow of Pisces inside of him. He looked out the window to see the lightning of blue and green energy flowing then formed into a wave of a dragon reaching over the town. The embodiment of energy flooded outward. An orange and red ball of energy formed into his hand. He peered back at Hans who sat in the front seat with the other driver. Zeke was now with The Celic Group and he couldn’t go back. His enemy was Skipper. He felt the voice of Pisces enter within him. The symbol of Pisces appeared on his head and blazed.
The Celic Group was his family now. He would be trained and enter his destiny of becoming a champion of Pisces. He grinned for Pisces had come to him and shifted the role of becoming a champion. He beamed as his life would change forever.
****
Skipper, Raven, and Aki strolled to Skipper’s house. Skipper stood there unconfident of himself. He had scratched his head as to what to say to his parents. He wanted to know how to tell them what he had to do next. Raven placed her hand on his shoulder for support.
“Skipper, it’s time to go. You made a promise. You saw what Zeke can do. I know you think there is a way to get him back and I want to believe that, but he sided with the other side. He is revealed to be the champion of Pisces. We are on opposite ends.” Raven mentioned.
Aki glanced at them both and sighed, “we have to think of the future of humanity. We need to stand together.”
Skipper nodded to Raven for she was right. He didn’t really know Aki as he saved them but was a friend of Raven’s. Skipper sauntered up to the door then about to open it but it opened right in front of him. Skipper looked up to see Paul and Gladys glancing at him.
“Mom, Dad, I have something to tell you…” he started but paused.
Both of his parents hugged him and sighed holding him. “We know, Skipper. We don’t think you should make this journey alone. We love you. We want to support you and your destiny. We have known for a long time.”
Paul and Gladys pulled back and caressed his face. “We knew you were special from the beginning and how your powers evolved. We wanted you to be normal as possible and experience that.”
“I understand that you wanted to do that, but why did you make me believe that it was all in my head?” Skipper asked hesitantly.
Gladys and Paul glanced at one another then sighed. “Because we wanted to give you a normal childhood as much as possible. We made you think that so that you could forget what would be. We received a letter on the day you were delivered to us, that this day would come and we had to prepare. We wanted to love you so much and thought it was best to handle it this way.”
Skipper looked at both his parents and grinned wretchedly. They took in a child not of their blood and raised him. They wanted to give him a choice, for they knew of his destiny. They had protected him until it was time. Skipper hugged both of them instantly knowing within his heart that he had already forgiven them no matter what.
Raven and Aki strolled up to him them with their hands glowing. They glanced at one another for it had to be done.
“Skipper…” Raven instructed, “please move away now as we need to do this.”
Skipper looked back at them curiously and stepped back trusting Raven. Aki and Raven raised their hands turning to them.
“It’s for the best if they are not to know about you anymore,” Raven stated.
Skipper gasped then his energy blazed to life and stood in front of them, “you can’t make them forget me, Raven.”
“Raven, you no longer need to take that option.” A mysterious voice called out to them.
Aki, Skipper, Raven, Gladys, and Paul turned to the mysterious figure coming out of the shadows with a hood over their head. The figure removed the hood over their face and stood before them.
Raven gasped and ceased the energy within her hand, “Healing Muse?”
She smiled at them. “Yes, I have come to them beforehand and told them that could come. They have shown to me that they will need him as much as he will need them. Paul and Gladys have done well as to take care of Skipper. There is no need to take the next step.”
Aki ceased the energy in his hand and looked at Skipper with a far-off look. “Healing Muse is the one who protected you, Skipper. She placed you with them.”
Skipper glanced up at her with curiosity, “thank you.”
“I sent Raven and Aki to come and protect you. You are the child of the prophesy. You are destined to protect this world along with others. I knew of a child once who had to sacrifice everything with their great visions of what was to come and lead a fo
rce against the groups. I don’t want you to meet the same fate. Paul and Gladys will come with us.” Healing Muse gestured.
Paul and Gladys nodded to Healing Muse with a silent thank you. She waved her hand and a small portal opened up. Aki marched through and disappeared.
Raven turned to Skipper and sighed, “I’m sorry. I was just following what was instructed of me to do so.”
Skipper glanced at her hard then smiled. He couldn’t be mad at her for she was following orders. He could understand from her point of view, yet he questioned if she wouldn’t follow orders all the time. Skipper would want to test this later on. Raven ambled through the portal and disappeared. Skipper strolled forward with Paul and Gladys.
He turned to look up at her for the first time. He didn’t know much about her, but felt a strange pull around her. Skipper felt as if he had always known her. Healing Muse beamed at him as he walked through the portal. There was nothing left for him in the town as things were no longer safe. He had a destiny to protect the people he loved. Paul and Gladys trailed after him. Healing Muse exhaled as she peeked around remembering that she had to cast a forgetting spell on her own parents. She didn’t want Skipper to suffer the same fate of missing his parents. She sacrificed so much for her destiny and didn’t want that on him. As Healing Muse stepped through the portal, she looked at him longingly as it had been so many years since she had seen him. In her eyes, she had to protect him beyond than just destiny itself.
****
The darkness landed around the void. Pisces stood on a winding platform and kneeled down on the ground as he studied the sign of himself growing on earth. He smiled darkly as the clashing powers of Aquarius and Pisces were conflicting. The light of blue and green energy was fighting against the orange and red. Pisces stood up and looked onto the earth as it was going to go through an internal battle once and for all. Mist spilled in and Aquarian came out looking at Pisces.
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