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The wind howled deafeningly…

“Close the Sails!”

Torrents of cold salty rain pounded on the deck…

“Hard to starboard!”

The mountainous waves crashed and sprayed at the sides of the ship…

“Secure the rigging!!!”

Voices were heard in snippets as the wind and rain plucked the words from the air…

“Move it you scallywags! This ain’t no time to dillydally! That water ain’t gonna pump itself off board!”

She closed her eyes and held onto the railing beside her, wishing it would just all stop.

“Lenalee!”

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She heard Lavi call her name but was too afraid to look up. Her grip tightened on the railing…

“Lenalee!!!”

She finally glanced at him… only to discover the railing she was holding on to was cracking further up. Her eyes widened and she knew she had to let go but she couldn’t bring herself to do it.

“Don’t worry,” A strong, deep voice rumbled from behind, “I’ve got you.” And she felt a strong arm wrap itself tightly around her torso as another warm, tense body pushed against her back.

“Kanda, thank heavens… get her inside, we need t-” But he was suddenly cut off as a large mast, broken by the battering earlier, swung down and knocked both it and Lavi over board.

“LAVI!” A few seconds later the railing came loose and knocked the other two into the raging sea aswell…

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Lenalee woke suddenly and shivered. It was bright and warm but she was damp and itchy. She turned to her side and found Kanda laid on his back out cold next to her, looking a little worse for wear but there was no immediate damage that she could see. She turned to the other side and squinted down the beach… a little way down she could see a black lump being rocked by the small waves lapping at the shore.

Carefully and a little uneasily, she managed to stand on shaky legs and head toward the lump. She was positive it was Lavi, it just had to be. She couldn’t bring herself to think about what life would be like without her dear friend.

The lump spluttered when she neared it and then rolled uneasily over to face the world…

“Lenalee?” He asked feeling a little disorientated. She quickly sat next to him and peered into his only visible eye.

“Hai, Lavi. Are you ok? You were hit pretty hard.” She asked inspecting what little she could see. He tried to sit up but quickly hissed in pain before crashing back onto the sand.

His ribs…

When three Exorcists are stranded on an unchartered cluster of Islands, they must head for the Middle Island where the villagers believe a ship resides…

“A ship? Maybe it can take us home?” Lenalee wondered. Lavi nodded too, making sure to keep his torso as still as possible.

“How do we get there?” Kanda asked but the villager suddenly looked mortified.

“Oh no. You do not go there. No one goes there. They say a demon witch lives there and she will take you prisoner. She will never allow you to leave this place. No one is allowed to leave this place…” Kanda frowned, his patience was wearing thin. Slowly he drew Mugen from its sheath and stepped forward menacingly.

“I don’t care for such fantasies or stories. You will take us there now or you will not live long enough to regret it.”

But they find something much more interesting than a superstitious tale of a demon witch…

“It’s a castle…” Lenalee wondered aloud. But the people were fast asleep. The butler had fallen in his stride while carrying a tray of tea and napkins. The maid had slumped against the wall with her feather duster curled in her hand. The cook had even taken to the floor on her way to the kitchen with a bag of flour that had obviously spilled and exploded in her fall.

“Everyone’s asleep…” Lavi commented, leaning heavily on Kanda and staring in awe at the mess of bodies and spilt errands. “But its not even noon…”

Lenalee scooted around the butler who snorted but continued slumbering, and moved to try and wake the cook. She shook her shoulder and clapped loudly but to no avail.

“How is this possible?” She asked rhetorically, “It looks like they’ve fallen asleep where they were stood… do they even know they’re sleeping?” She wondered.

“Oi baka,” Kanda started, trying to support himself and Lavi’s growing weight, “Don’t lean so… O-oi!” Lenalee turned at her friend’s sudden call only to find Lavi sweating and breathing hard as Kanda tried to lower him to the floor carefully.

“Lavi!”

The power of Innocence is active, but its purpose is a mystery…

“Help me put him on the bed.” Kanda said staggering a little under the other boy’s weight.

Lenalee rushed forward to open up the covers. Kanda grunted under the other boy’s weight but knew it was crucial not to knock Lavi too much. If one or more of his ribs were broken, it could end up puncturing a lung.

“What about her?” She asked as he moved to ward the bed slowly. She was referring to the small plump little lady on the floor next to a set of long velvet red curtains that he assumed were hiding the windows.

“Well she’s not using it right now is she?” Kanda replied as he gently placed their friend on the soft mattress.

“I hope they don’t mind…” She still worried.

“They’re asleep.” Kanda deadpanned, “Who knows how long for?” Lenalee gave him a worried look. Something was unnerving her. “What is it?”

“Tell me you’ve been feeling Innocence too…” She asked, not meeting his eyes. He closed his eyes briefly. He had felt it earlier. It was strong and constantly humming throughout the castle but he hadn’t said anything because Lenalee would worry; if Innocence was active, then whatever ‘curse’ the villagers were afraid of would certainly be a real possibility.

“Hai.” He said and left it at that, leaving Lenalee to care for Lavi.

Uncomfortable with the sudden awkward silence, he proceeded to investigate the room. It was big and had a lot of old toys and clothing lying around, like a child’s room. It was decorated in bright creamy colours with a deep red pattern of linen and carpentry to add a tasteful depth. It was ornately decorated with carvings and high wall paintings too… It was also quite dark.

Deciding that the room needed some light – that Lenalee might also be appreciative of – he pulled open the thick set of curtains… and was unable to hold back the surprised gasp that escaped him. Lenalee didn’t fail to hear it and when she came over, she too gasped loudly…

Behind the curtains wasn’t a window at all… but whole other room. It was as vast as the welcoming hall and brightly lit from above; the sun shining brightly through the high, glass-arched ceilings. Long windows decorated the walls all the way around and opposite the curtains was a large set of balcony glass doors leading out to a vast balcony decorated with flowering vines and flowers of many colours.

But what seized their attention was the object set in the middle of the room, directly in the sun’s light…

And it seems to centre around one silver-haired little boy…

A gold-encased, glass coffin stood proudly in the centre of the vast room. It was ornately decorated with engravings and carvings of leaves and a strange unknown script. The crystal like glass seemed to glow in the sunlight; clear as the sky in the middle but frosting toward the gold edging. It reflected the light fantastically, sending it dazzling around the room in an amazing array of rainbow patterns.

Lenalee stepped forward and after a beat she heard Kanda following her. She stopped a few feet from the spectacular display and almost gasped again… Inside, was a young boy.

And he was an amazing sight himself; his face was a delicate shade of white that was framed beautifully by long silver tresses that spread outward onto the white silk cushion beneath his head. He looked to be in his teens; possibly 15 or 17 perhaps?... But what was more intriguing was the unusual mark over his left eye and the weird colour of his left hand. He looked strangely beautiful in an enchanted way.

“Is he…” Dead? Can dead people look this beautiful?

“No, he’s breathing.” Kanda replied, walking round to the other side, inspecting the coffin as he went.

“What’s wrong with him then?” She asked studying his sleeping face. She felt like she was intruding but she couldn’t seem to look away.

“He’s enchanted.” Kanda said softly, his expression changing as he knelt down to study the coffin base. Lenalee noticed this and moved round to see what he was doing.

“Enchanted?...”

“Yes, enchanted… by Innocence.”

But something is amiss…

“It seems there’s something special about you three. That’s why the barriers let you in but won’t let you back out; you’re obviously needed here for something. This is both good and bad news.” The plump maid explained as she properly strapped Lavi’s rib cage.

“Ok the bad side is clear enough, but how is it good?” The injured teen asked. The maid looked up then; a flicker of excitement sparkling behind her fiery stare.

“Well it’s all part of the prophecy made by Miss Rhode… The scripture says that the boy will sleep for eternity in the glass coffin, awaiting the day he will awaken again.” She said, looking over her shoulder to where the boy lay peacefully in the coffin. “It also says that a person will unlock one of the coffins and awaken one of the occupants.”

“Wait, one of the occupants?” Kanda asked scowling at the old maid.

”You don’t know the legend of Prince Allen?” She asked incredulously. Both Lavi and Lenalee looked completely lost but something seemed to spark in Kanda’s mind; the name rang several bells but he just couldn’t put his finger on it.

“No…” They chimed together. The maid huffed at that,

”Well, I supposed being strangers an’ all you might not know it… so I’ll tell you.” She cooed, then settled down on a stool near Lavi’s commandeered bed then began her story;

“…Legend has it that the Prince was battling an evil sorcerer who had attacked the Islands with an army of demons… “

And when one enchanted sleeper awakens, so too does the other… Then the entire Island Cluster is doomed.

“Listen boy, this castle was under attack by a powerful Sorcerer... If you wake the Prince you wake that evil up too! And if he awakens he will target the boy.” She explained, “The Prince is our only hope, and he has been asleep for almost 200 years! If the Sorcerer wakes up you must help protect the Prince at all costs!”

“And if the Prince is killed?” Lenalee asked with a little trepidation. The maid slowly shook her head…

“If he dies… we all do.”

Can they save the Island Cluster… or will the boy’s sacrifice be for nothing?

“Kanda, you can’t just ignore this!” Lenalee’s voice yelled from across the hall. He paused midstep; images of the young, silver-haired boy plaguing his mind as Lenalee’s words halted him. “That poor boy is under a spell. The entire cluster is under a spell! And any minute now millions of Akuma are going to attack these people. You can’t just walk away from this!”

She was right, he knew it; he had a responsibility as an Exorcist here after all.

“If you don’t try to help, you don’t deserve to leave this cursed place.”

He closed his eyes guiltily. He knew he couldn’t leave him… He couldn’t leave the boy like this. But why? It felt as though there was a deeper reason beyond the obvious as to why he couldn’t leave the kid so helpless. It was like he had a spirited connection to him and being in this place, so close to the boy, was pulling back a shaded veil in his mind; revealing snippets of a past life that he couldn’t remember… It was like he’d been here before…

“Kanda… you can’t just leave him like this.” Lenalee begged, falling to her knees in quiet sobs.

He squeezed his eye’s shut, clenching his fist around Mugen’s hilt. Why was he so upset about this? Why was he so affected? It was like his heart was remembering a grief that his mind couldn’t…

“Please Kanda… You’ve got to help him.”

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