Chapter 7
That night, Kiona had a terrible dream of her past.. When she was cast from heaven.. It was just brief flashes but she saw her family betraying her, her dark magic hurting everyone it touched, being criticized for a part of her she couldn't control.. her demon side.. She woke up in a cold sweat, but when she did, her eyes weren't blue.. they were red. Nicolas heard her struggle in their sleep and when they went to check on her, Kiona's halo had shifted into horns and her wings had became black and torn. Nicolas shuddered with sudden panic, "Kiona??" They asked. Without warning, she burst shadows all around her. "No.. Kiona!" Nicolas cried out. She stood up and began attacking them, who tried to use their starlight without changing into the goddess within, though it was hard, not just trying not to hurt themselves, but trying not to hurt Kiona. Except, she was hurting them. The light wasn't strong enough against the darkness, and at one point, she reached out and dug across Nicolas's shoulder with her claws, giving them a very bad scar. Kiona growled at them, yet before she could do something worse to them, they reached out, raising their hand to stop her. She froze, seeing the blood trickling down, realizing what she had done to her friend.
"Please.." Nicolas whispered tearfully, "I know you're still in there.." Her eyes turned blue again and she ran off into the night. "Wait! I-It's okay, you.." Nicolas stammered as she ran away. They waited for a moment before silently following her. They found her behind a tree buried in her arms, softly trembling. Nicolas quietly sat beside Kiona. "Why are you still here? You should go, before you get hurt again.." She warned. "I'll be okay if you do.. Trust me." They assured. With that, they formed a soft light from their palm and covered their scar with their hand, chanting, "Sana Quod Laesum Est, Fatorum Consilium Muta.." After they removed the light when finishing the incantation, it was revealed that the wound had completely healed without a scratch. Kiona stared in awe, surprised of their abilities. "You can really do that? You can also heal yourself?" She asked. Nicolas nodded, saying, "I don't do it a lot, because it takes a bunch of energy from me, but sometimes when I need to, yeah." "What does the incantation translate into?" Kiona asked. "It means, 'Heal what is injured, change the plan of fate.' It's in the language of the Gods." They answered. "I'm sorry.. About that.." Kiona apologized. "It's okay, you didn't realize you were doing it." Nicolas told her, "Let's go back, before Sabian thinks we were abducted by someone." They both laughed before they got up. Suddenly, Nicolas turned into Noxalyn once more. "Welp, I tried to stop it.." They said. "Why would you want to?" Kiona asked, "You're beautiful, Noxalyn." Both of them froze and held hands, fingers intertwining. They looked up at each other and kissed under the light of thousands of stars. "I was trying to say it at the dance before the whole thing with the Darklings happened but.. I'm kinda lesbian.." She confessed, "And.. I just.." "Kiona." Noxalyn interrupted, "I.. I love you too.. I'm bi, so.." They kissed again, it was a beautiful sight.. TO BE CONTINUED..