[@BurningDaisies][@Stern Algorithm][@IceHeart]

It all happened so fast.

It was just as December asking us to accompany her to a magical guild or something when I blinked and suddenly I was floating in the sky. A sea of endless clouds floats beneath me and the sky was filled with the colors of the rising sun, or was it setting? I couldn't tell back then. That's when I heard a voice.

[i][b]"Beyonce?"[/b][/i]

I looked to my right and was surprised to see someone standing, well, floating next to me. It was like it just appeared out of thin air.

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It's voice had a mix of masculinity and femininity to it, and it reverberates maybe due to the mask it's wearing. Only now did I realize that it wasn't even wearing a mask: it just had no face at all. 

Still, even if I don't recall meeting it before, it seems to be like someone I've known deep down in my heart.

One thing I do notice is the huge amount of magical energy from it. An energy so pure and powerful, I've never felt it before during my time at this world.

[color=c4df9b]"Hi, um, I'm sorry but do we know each other? Have we met before?"[/color]

It paused for a second, then faced me again. [i][b]"I am quite hurt, but I do not really blame you. After all, it is very seldom that I appear before my believers."[/b][/i] It bowed before saying, [i][b]"I am the Sky God and I am very pleased to meet you, Himitsu."[/b][/i]

Believers... oh. Oh. OOOOOOOOOOOH. Now this was the part where I was mentally screaming and freaking out in my head. You know that episode in Spongebob when a bunch of little Spongebobs inside his brain were panicking and throwing papers everywhere and everything was on fire? My mind is pretty much like that, because I am having a very hard time processing the fact that I was talking to my GOD. Like, the god that I'm supposed to be serving is TALKING TO ME AND IS JUST AT ARM'S LENGTH.

[i][b]"Himitsu. Himitsu, are you all right?"[/b][/i]

[color=c4df9b]"Hm?"[/color] I must've looked stupid because my mouth was open the entire time and my eyes just glazed over. I wiped the saliva with my kimono. [color=c4df9b]"I-I hum- I mean I-"[/color]

[i][b]"At ease, dear one. I only have a few moments with you. This is something very important that I must discuss personally with you."[/b][/i]

[color=c4df9b]"My- my lord, what do you need?"[/color]

It crossed its arms at its back while looking to the horizon. [i][b]"I am afraid that I must confirm your fears. Darkness is coming, and it is benevolent storm that will destroy everything in its path. I do not know when it will come nor the other gods would know as well, but it WILL come, and it will be the most devastating storm that ever existed in a thousand years. It is a storm of chaos and death."[/b][/i]

I looked at the direction it was looking. Even though I can still see clouds going on and on, I getting the feeling that it is already looking at this "storm", watching it brewing and becoming stronger every minute. 

[color=c4df9b]"Forgive me for my seemingly disrespectful question, but are you... afraid of it?"[/color]

It went silent for a few minutes. When it spoke, it's voice was filled with melancholy. [i][b]"It is not as much that I fear it for me, I fear it for the destruction that it might- no, would cause. The skies will be as black as a starless night, and the air will be filled with the sound of despair and sadness from those who are unfortunate enough to be caught within its unholy grasp."[/b][/i]

[color=c4df9b]"But the gods can defend us from this evil, right? Surely powerful and sentient beings such as yourself can put stop this storm and deafet it."[/color]

It faced me before answering. [b][i]"It might be the most challenging foe the gods have ever encountered yet. Something as powerful as this requires not only the power of the gods but the aid of the world's inhabitants as well. And you, Himitsu, are one of the chosen who can help us defeat it."[/i][/b]

I remembered the people behind us when we were trying to enter the city. The young and old, sick and healthy, human and demi-human, all smiling and having a great time from my silly antics despite the pain and loss they've endured before arriving where they are now. To picture them all experiencing grief a thousand times worse is very heartbreaking.

[color=c4df9b]"No matter hard the task is or how powerful the enemy is, I swear as your priestess that I would fulfill my duty of purging the land of evil and protect the innocent at all costs. You will always have me at your beck and call, my lord. I would do my duty with pride and honor to the best of my abilities"[/color]. Dang girl, I was feeling fierce! 

But seriously, I meant what I said before. There is no way I'm letting that "storm" or whatever that is take away the smiles of the innocent. 

The god seemed proud of me. [i][b]"Well done, Himitsu. I knew you would not let me down. I made the right choice in approaching you. When the time will come that you would face this evil, you have my word that I will aid you with all my might and power."[/b][/i]

[color=c4df9b]"Thank you, my l-"[/color] I was buffeted by strong winds. The winds seemed to blow me away from the god. Despite my best efforts, I couldn't fly fast enough against it. [color=c4df9b]"My lord! What's happening?!"[/color]

[b][i]"It is all right, dear Himitsu. My time with you has come to an end and it is now time for you to return to your comrades. There will come a time that we would meet again, hopefully it would not be about the end of the world."[/i][/b]

I fought hard against the winds. [color=c4df9b]"P-please my lord! Just one more question: what do I call you?"[/color]

It chuckled. [b][i]"I have been called many things during the past millennia. You can call me Abares. Until we meet again, my priestess."[/i][/b]

I still don't understand what he meant, but before I can process what we were talking about, the winds finally had the best of me. They flew me away from the god, becoming smaller and smaller as the winds blow me away from him.

I blinked, and suddenly I was back at Brightwing with the gang. I don't know if they noticed something strange or different had happened about me. The experience seems surreal to me, but that's something to comprehend with later. Right now, my stomach is in command of my body.

I decide to tell the group about my meeting with the god Abares some other time. [color=c4df9b]"Look if it was about the thing I did a while ago, I'm sorry and it won't happen again. You guys could've even danced with us, you party poopers. Right now I'm fine going anywhere with you guys as long as it has food and as much as I want to explore the place on my own, I'll definitely be eye candy thanks to how I look though I can't compete with your level, Danielle. Anyways, you guys lead the way."[/color]