~ i n c a n t a t i o n s ~

***IN a phone booth by the street KUROI lifts up the phone and takes a deep breath and dials a phone number.***
KUROI Okay….you can do this… umm… HI!… *ahem* Hey! It’s me… umm… … Oh! What do I say, what do I say… … I don’t know what to say!
***FROM a window of a bookshop SHIROI peeks through and looks at her friend’s gesture.***
SHIROI Now don’t get cold feet… you can do this! I know you can, Kuroi… Speak with your heart… or else you’ll get it from me… **giggles**
VOICE Speak with your heart…
SHIROI What???
***SHIROI hears a man’s voice whispering and looks around the shop only to find nothing but a lady customer and the owner of the shop…she gets puzzled by the sound of his whispers as it repeats and overlaps the phrases. The voice sends a message to her.***
VOICE Speak with your heart…with your heart…heart… the heart… speak with your heart…the heart of Infinia… your heart… the rock…rock… the rock of Infinia speaks… speaks… to you… your heart… Speak with your heart… hear me… I summon you… child of Apollus… Apollus… Luna… I summon you…. child of Luna… Speak… speak with… speak… your hearts......
***SHIROI looks through each aisle of the bookshop and peeks through some bookshelves. She finds no one but still hears the voice as it fades away slowly. Then she spots an old, almost destroyed looking book, a size of a small notebook; that seemed familiar to her. A symbol was engraved on it…a symbol, which seem to be what the voice told her. OUTSIDE the shop, the phone rings…thrice already.***
YOICHI Hello???
KUROI Hey… it’s me… umm… ***IT was an answering machine***
YOICHI Yoichi is not home right now… he-he… I’m not home right now…so, leave a message and I’ll get back to you… take care… ***BEEEP***
KUROI ***SIGH*** So much for courage… ***AS she hangs up***
YOICHI Kuroi?! ***BUSY dial tone***
***KUROI steps out of the booth to find Shiroi just walking out from the bookshop carrying a book by her arm.***
SHIROI Thank you, mister! Hey!
KUROI Hey… W-What is that you’re carrying? It’s old…
SHIROI An old book that the owner gave to me. He said that someone must’ve lost it for they didn’t sell such book. So, he didn’t mind that I took it.
KUROI For free???
SHIROI Ten gees…
KUROI You bought it?! You’ve been ripped off, it doesn’t look the price. What’s in it anyway?
SHIROI I don’t know… It even has a lock. But I’ll find a way to open it. THIS is the reason why I spent money on it. ***SHIROI pointed at the front cover of the book… a symbol…***
KUROI You bought it because of a lame symbol?
SHIROI It’s not lame! I think I’ve seen this symbol before… somewhere… I think in my dream, sometime long ago…
KUROI A past life? Must be in your dream… The symbol does look somewhat familiar.
SHIROI AAAAhhhhh!!!!! ***MAD pointing at Kuroi***
KUROI Whaaat?!
SHIROI You think you can just slip through my fingers and not tell me what happened?
KUROI About?--- Oh… nothing happened.
SHIROI AHA! LIAR!
KUROI He wasn’t home. I only got to talk to his voice in the machine. He must be busy or something. He’s been avoiding me for days… I think I should just give up and forget him.
SHIROI Why do you always make yourself feel bad?! Its pathetic! Have pity on yourself!
KUROI But it’s true… He’s hiding something and can’t even tell me about it. I can understand if he loves someone else.
SHIROI Ay! You should’ve left a message that you want to talk to him or somethin’. I bet he was home; lyin’ around and thinking about you.
KUROI How do you know? … ***SIGH*** I really don’t think so. It was as good as it lasted. I will never have someone like him in my life, Shiroi. I ruined my chances of having a life with him.
SHIROI You don’t even know what he’s up to and you’re assuming so many things! Don’t tell me anymore, please… I don’t want to hear your speech again. Come! Let’s go home and cook something yummy!
***THE two walked down the street as the Sun sets for the day. AT night, the two were at Shiroi’s house. They just had their dinner and Shiroi was washing the dishes as Kuroi relaxed at the couch.***
KUROI That was nice dinner, Shiroi!
SHIROI Look who’s heart broken? Don’t fall asleep on the couch again, okay? Your father will be here soon to pick you up and I don’t want to have to wake you up!
KUROI Hee-hee. ***KUROI took the book on the end table near the couch and started browsing.*** Hey! How are you going to open this book of yours?
SHIROI I dunno… Maybe I’ll rip it apart.
KUROI It's pretty beautiful for a very old boo--Wait a minute… Hey! There’s a piece of paper stuck beneath this sign… I got it.
SHIROI Let me see…
***TOGETHER they started to read the lines***
I summon thee, summon thee. Hear my call.
Open the gates of my true home.
Light and dark. Dark and light. Grant me wings.
My heart. My soul. Awake me from this dream.
***THERE was a rumble of thunder***
SHIROI Oooooooooohhhh….
KUROI Stop it! You’re scaring me! ***GASPS***
***KUROI’S cell-phone rings… She looks at it.***
KUROI Oh, my… it’s Yoichi…
SHIROI Yoichi HAS kept you to dream… Well???~ Aren’t you gonna answer it?
KUROI Hello?
YOICHI Where are you? Can we talk?
KUROI I’m at Shiroi’s---
YOICHI I’ll pick you up. Meet me by the bus stop up the alley in three minutes.
SHIROI What did he say?
KUROI He’ll meet me by the bus stop in three minutes. He wants to talk.
SHIROI And?! What are you still doing here?! SHOO!!! Get going! Tell your father Yoichi’s picking you up.
KUROI But what do I say to Yoichi?
SHIROI It might be your last chance so, always make the best of things, my dear Kuroi.
***KUROI walks up the alley and up ahead she sees Yoichi waiting. The sky looked like it was going to rain as thunder would rumble unusually often, but no lightning. AT Shiroi’s, the girl herself, is at the roof top (barefooted) where she could see the bus stop plain and clear; spying on her friend. Then... the same voice calls again. This time, Kuroi hears it as well. ***
VOICE I summon thee, summon thee. Hear my call. Open the gates of my true home. Light and dark. Dark and light. Grant me wings. My heart. My soul. Awake me from this dream.
SHIROI That voice… I know that voice.
KUROI The Book…. What did you just said??
YOICHI I haven’t said anything yet.
KUROI Oh… I thought I heard something.--- I
YOICHI I love you, Kuroi…
KUROI What?
YOICHI I love you… I love our lives together… … … I pray to have it for all eternity but--- I don’t want to ruin what we have now…I’m sorry to have done you wrong… please don’t put me away no matter what???
KUROI Yoichi… I could never put you away… ***EMBRACES Yoichi***
***ALL of a sudden the earth began to shake…the night clouds stirred up and turned red and bolts of lightning started to strike the ground.***
SHIROI What is happening???
KUROI Yoichi!!!
YOICHI An earthquake… it has---Kuroi, no matter what happens, I’ll always love you!
***AT the rooftop, Shiroi turns to go back inside the house but then she sees a shape of a man right in front of her.***
MAN Child of Apollus? *** SHE couldn’t see his face since it was covered with a hood.***
SHIROI Child of what? Who---
MAN Shiroi! I have come to take you back to Rhea… Come… Where is your fri---
SHIROI WHAT!?! That voice--- you’re the voice! Who are you?! Stay away!
***THE man took Shiroi by the hand and led her closer to the entrance inside the house. But in just a second…***
MAN Have you forgotten? Please… Infinia is waiting…--- huh?! ***SHIROI started to vanish***
SHIROI What are you---?! Let go of---***GASPS***
***THE man could not take hold of her anymore that she went out of balance.***
MAN SHIROI!!!
***SHIROI tried to grab him and took hold of a pendant in a necklace that flashed for a second. It snapped and Shiroi rolls off the roof and fell then vanished completely. AND soon, in the arms of Yoichi, Kuroi slowly disappears.***
KUROI What is happening to me?! YOICHI?!
YOICHI Kuroi!!! NO!!!! NO!
KUROI YOICHI!!!!!!
~I SUMMON THEE~