7 Avon Harmony

"One of the Founders?!" asked Nova, shocked at what the being had said.

"The name's Z, and I'm in charge in these two kids here," said Z, gently shaking the two Mages. He steadily made his way up the flight of stairs and plopped them down onto a huge bed in a particular room. Unlike the others, this room was vibrant, filled with ice sculptures or objects. The ceiling and walls were dark blue, somewhat mimicking a night sky all around.

"These two should be fine, no major injuries..."

"Raiyen got kicked in the face though," replied Nova, skeptical on whether she should trust this huge man.

"Believe me, he has gotten worse for stealing Mavislin's lunch and messing with Baldwin's cooking," explained Z, shaking his head. Mavislin was the first to stir in her rest.

"Z?" she said, weakly.

"Hey, Bright Eyes. Your heart received quite the punishment from your anger, so take it easy," intrusted Z, placing a hand on Mavislin's head. She craned her neck slightly to find the guilty princess.

"You are lucky that my Magecraft surpasses your level, or else I would have accidentally deflected the spell back at you once more," said Mavislin, sitting up.

"Sorry, Lady Roydon. I had to calm you down, didn't expect to work," explained Nova, twiddling her fingers in nervousness.

"It didn't," murmured the young male Mage, who was awoken by his partner. It was Raiyen's turn to join in the conversation.

"Did you really think the third strongest would get affected by a pint-sized spell of yours? Don't make me laugh,' said Raiyen, darkly.

"She took the last ounce of her strength to contain your spell, that's why she collapsed. If the Mage defending from the attacking spell has a higher Elemental Aura that the attacker, you can bet that the defending Mage is able to crush the spell in an instant," said Z, looking towards the terrified princess. Mavislin stood deathly silent throughout the conversation. Nova shyly placed the star toy on Mavislin's lap.

"I won't be able to locate her anymore, no matter how hard I try. Perhaps I could change what had occurred if I had the ability to control Time." Mavislin smiled bitterly.

"Where's Gillian and Ysabeau?" asked Raiyen, glancing at the huge man at the bedside.

"They're out looking for you," answered Mavislin, gently stroking the stuffed toy.

"What was your baby girl's name?" asked Nova, sitting by the female Mage. Raiyen had hopped out and was discussing some stuff with Z in the hallway.

"I named her after the event that had caused the downfall my planet. Avon Harmony, she was quite the bouncy one," said Mavislin, bouncing the stuffed toy star about. Nova giggled as the stuffed toy 'bounced' on top of her head, ruffling her hair. The princess pouted.

"I'm not a child!" protested the Memory Princess.

"Compare to the rest of us, you're merely a baby," said Mavislin. Raiyen returned to her side, along with Z.

"Ysabeau should be returning any moment now. Gillian is trying to fix the aftermath of the Thirty Years War, so he would be taking a bit longer to arrive back here. In the meantime, you two can work things out without fighting," commanded Z, swiftly turning his back on the young couple.

"You don't get to stay." With that last statement, Z dragged the Princess out of the awkward situation in the room. After moments of eerie silence has passed, Mavislin was the first to spoke up.

"Forget it. I am not going to bother you anymore. No point apologizing or crying. It won't bring her back. No matter how much I hate you or wish you to be gone, it would never bring my baby girl back," said Mavislin, turning around to hide her tears. Raiyen gently embraced the broken girl from the back, placing his chin on her shoulder.

"I know you are not the Raiyen of this era. The one that I know, the one who left me. You are the future version, the one holding memories of the days yet to come. It must be painful to recollect the memories of the past, my future."

"It's not as painful to know that the one I vowed to protect was broken because what I've failed to do."

"You must feel like God in the end. The power to go back and forwards time, to meet others, to undo the mistakes that you've done. You run around, doing all those Time Hops of yours, leaving those that care for you behind. The power of Time Element," said Mavislin, bitterly.

"You know what would happen if I actually did so. Even if I could, I would not choose that method. I've already made you lost enough, the next thing to do is to go back to you at my own Time and take care of you. I'm no God, if I was, I would be holding our baby girl with these hands with yours," replied Raiyen, gingerly touching the stuffed toy. Something was bothering him and the answer was lying right in front of him.

"You can't rewrite Time, but that doesn't mean you can't warn others about it," said Nova. Raiyen's ears perked up. Mavislin glanced at the girl at the doorway.

"What do you mean?"