A Lost Love

[Phae]

((This is going to be a slight story making thread for Phae. Anyone can join just beware by the end I intend to have her going to a hospital wing. So just to let you know. But I want her to meet new people))

Phae sat outside in the courtyard. It was a chilly day but she was dressed for it. A soft lavender sweater on her small toned frame her red hair hung down it's back. Blue jeans on her feet were tucked into fuzzy snow boots that were white which matched the coat that went over the whole ensemble. She sat watching the snow fall it was a stark contrast to her natural deep red hair but she loved the snow. She leaned back on the bench her sword was on her side as it always was she rarely left her room without it. It was a family heir loom, a katzbalger that had been handed down in her family for generations and she being the oldest sister got to have it.

It was just a nice wintery day. Christmas was tomorrow and she had presents for her close friends and her boyfriend. She was excited. A new leaf had turned in her life and she was more than happy to accept it. Her fiance' of six months had left after knocking her up so to speak and she still carried the child within her but fate had destined her to be with the child and she would keep it. She wasn't one to back down no matter how young she was. And so with one hand on her stomach that wasn't showing at all unless you could read the mana flow in her body, she smiled softly as she watched the snow fall and coat the academy in it's wintery blanket.

"It's so pretty. Makes me homesick." she said to herself her thick German accent was indeed easily placed to anyone that had heard one before. To her it was normal everyone else had accents but she didn't.

She hadn't met anyone knew here in sometime being wrapped up in her own drama. But now that she was on the path to recovery and was even taking care of herself she was on the road to happiness once more. She was getting out more, to meet the students that she hadnt. Where once she had met and tried to meet every new student she had seen recent events had kept her inside and away from people. But with the help of her own healer she was doing much much better and even smiled a lot more now. Her life was back on track and everything was going well.

[Wolf, the Joker]

"Miss, you shouldn't be out here in the cold by yourself. you might get a cold."

Wolf wasn't the person to just walk up to a random person without a good reason. But to him, being a lone in the cold snow isn't the best thing. But then again, that is how he viewed thing. His long red cloak kept him warm enough out in his cold. But like always, his lower mouth was covered up by the strapping of his cloak. His long black hair covered almost the rest of his upper face. All but the right said where it was clear that he had red eyes. Some would find this look scary but in Arcane, his look is viewed as everyday wear.

But none the less, his made sure to keep his left arm under his cloak. As Wolf looked at the girl, his left armed started to pulse a bit. This would only happen when it feels a new born. Looking around a bit, there was no one else out. But then he looked at the girl again and put the pieces together. The girl would give birth to a new life.

"I'm sorry miss. This may be odd, but are you bearing a child?"

ooc: Sorry, it's 6 am with no sleep XP. I will post a better one.

[Raiden Matsutani]

Raiden walked down the hallways silently the whole time, but what could he say, it was all in his personality. So far the only people he's come into contact with have been on the rather hostile side, except for Keiko. He still questioned whether anyone could accept a demon being among them. His appearance always gave that away, red eye, fangs, and pointed finger nails. To some who could see his aura pointed that out with ease. It was kind of annoying; almost made him feel he wouldn't be able to carry on in this would anymore. Especially after causing the death of his mom so many years back. The fact that it seemed his mother sealed him away with hatred made him almost fear women like that...mothers that is...

These kinds of thoughts were stressing though. Maybe something could take his mind off of his thoughts. With that Raiden's attention turned to a window that looked out into a courtyard. Raiden didn't see anyone in there so he decided to go out there. He opened the door and a frosty wind hit his face, but the cold didn't bother him for the most parts. His attention was focused on the falling snow as he felt some hit his bare shoulders.

He walked around for awhile and then placed a hand on a tree, just then his sensitive hearing picked voices. His head turned in that direction and noticed a woman sitting on the bench and then a man talking to her. He moved behind the tree so that no one would have seen him and watched. "I'm sorry miss. This may be odd, but are you bearing a child?" "She's a mother...." he said as his eyes looked over to the woman with her hand on her stomach. It wasn't that she seemed creepy or anything, but she gave him the shivers. The fact is that Raiden doesn't even know he's grown a fear of mothers now, no matter how strange it is in the first place. A demon, being fearful of a human mother. Its just prosperous.....

[Phae]

((Don't worry about it, really I'm just glad people replied so soon!))


Phaedra sat small little snowflakes falling on her soft red lashes and into her hip length hair. She sighed softly and ran her thumb over her stomach softly. She smiled at the beautiful winter wonderland. It was beautiful here she loved it. The Academy was beautiful covered in the fresh blanket of snow that was falling down around the buildings and courtyards around the school. It was here she had found so much in life and here she had found what true pain was. How you could find so much and lose it all in a moment. How a heart could crumble and make a body fail. How nothing in the world would ever mend a broken heart and soul but time, and finding that person that fit your new life. Because with every broken heart you are different. Change a little. Become someone knew and become someone that is just slightly different. Maybe a little jaded but indeed it was something that could be mended.

Humans were miraculous in that sense. They seemed to be abel to bounce back from anything given enough time. Phaedra was an example to this really she was good at bouncing back but this time it had been the ultimate. Instead of letting her fiance's desertion tear her apart .. again. She had moved on, and she was living her life once more. She was trying to be a teenager, which she was at 17, again. But suddenly she heard a voice and she turned seeing a man with red eyes and a red cloak saying she shouldn't be out in the cold. She smiled softly at the kindness that a stranger had for her. And then soon he asked if she was with child and she blushed.

"I am with child. It is a girl. I"m not sure what I'm going to name her but she won't be born til July." she said softly with a smile. She looked up at the man and moved over on the bench patting it gently so he could sit down beside her. She didn't notice the other man that was out there. Didn't notice how he ducked behind the tree or that he was afraid of her for any reason.

"I don't believe I've had the pleasure of meeting you. Perhaps seen you around campus somewhere but never met. My name is Phae." she said holding out one of her pale cold hands for him to shake if he liked. "It's a pleasure. Why are you out and about today?"

[Wolf, the Joker]

Hearing what the girl had to say about her unborn child. She was indeed having a child in July and it was a girl. This made Wolf smile a little. But it was blocked off from view by the straps of his cloak. Look at the girl, she made room for Wolf to sit down. After she moved her hand away, Wolf sat next to her. But as soon as he sat, he could feel that some one was wataching like a hawk. He didn't act on this feeling as he didn't want to do anything crazy right now. Looking at the stomach, he wondered how he was able to know that she was having a child.

But then he heared the girl talking again, about not meeting and giving out her name. Phae was the name she gave out to him and he saw her hand for a shake. Using his right hand, he shaked it. He could feel her cold hand and lets go easly. It was rude of him not to give out his name as his mother told him to be kinder to females. She then asked him what he was doing outside. That he doesn't know to much himself.

"I'm Wolf. Nice to meet you Phae. As for what I'm doing out here. I guess you can say that with the snow, I can remember my mother's face."

He looked at the snow that was falling on the ground and he could recall the day that he was banished out of his family and the gift that his mother gave him. That gift was the Seal Deck that he uses. He then looked over at Phae's stomach and at her face.

"May I try something Phae?May I place my hand on your stomach?"

He wondered, after the golden claw was placed on his left arm, he didn't have any feeling in it. He can't even feel the cold or pain. But when he was near Phae, his arm plused. That never happened before. So he wanted to know what would happen if he placed his hand on her stomach.

[Phae]

He did indeed sit down next to her and she smiled up at him. It was the first time in a long time she had been without burdens weighting down her mind. In fact she was happy because she had someone that was taking care of her and enabling her to truly heal from things that had happened recently since she came to the academy. Things that had burdened the small thin girl to not eat and never sleep several visits to the recovery wing and a lot of lectures from her now personal healer she was getting back on track.

The man did indeed shake her hand and she have him a happy smile and a soft giggle as he told her that his name was Wolf. An interesting name of sorts but nice. She liked it. Very rugged and manly. When you thought of the name Wolf your mind instantly went MALE!! So then he let go of her hand and said he could see his mother in the snow and she smiled nodding she could understand a little bit. Or so she thought anyway.

"I can always see my best friend in it. He died recently, and it is in the snow I still feel close to him." she said softly with a smile as she looked up at him and nodded. Probably nothing remotely close to what he had going on but she could still relate even remotely.

He then asked her if he could touch her stomach and immediatly alarms seemed to go off in her body. She hadn't been feeling too well today but she was allright enough. She looked up at him and thought about if she could trust him. He didn't seem like he was out to cause her harm and she had to trust right? Right, she had to start somewhere.

"Ummm sure." she said softly. She gently moved her own hand away from her stomach and looked up at him as she waited for him to touch her stomach wondering what was going to happen and why he wanted to touch it. It was sort of an odd request.

[Wolf, the Joker]

After he told her why he was outside in the snow. Phae told her story why she was out in the snow. She said about a friend that dead recently and Wolf kinda jumped that he might have been the father. But who would know. But when Wolf asked about the odd request, Phae seemed shocked. But that was not shock to him. Asking something that weird would shock someone. But he needed to know why he had feeling back in his arm for a short time. Phae saying yes. He raised his left arm up out under his red cloak. It shown itself to be a golden claw. He then looked at Phae eyes, he needed her trust.

"Don't worry, I won't harm you or the child. Trust me."

Slowing placing his hand on Phae's stomach. Making sure that he didn't poke Phae with the tip of the claws. The claw was cold from the weather and the snow. Closing his eyes, his could get feeling back in his left arm. But he could feel sharp pains of shock in his left arm. But he endured it an could almost feel the other life in Phae. He just smiled a bit and lifted his hand off of Phae and looked right at her.

"Thank you. I found out what I needed to know. And I seems like your baby will be fine."

After he lifted his hand off of Phae's stomach, all the shocking pain was gone. There was nothing left, like always. Looking at his left hand. He balled it up into a fist and his hand went under his red cloak.

"So, you came out here because of him do you?"

[Phae]

Phae looked at the claw and her eyes grew wide as it came from inside the cloak. She had never seen anything like that before. She wasn't really all that scared seeing as she could easily handle herself if she needed to hence the sword at her side. But still again it was a claw and something told her that it was scary. She looked into his eyes and her own softened as she nodded softly. She didn't know why he wanted to do this but she let him anyway and watched his eyes.

He seemed to feel or be figuring out something. She looked into those red eyes her own blue ones shinning back at him. She smiled softly and blushed when he finally pulled his hand away and then back under his cloak. She wondered what that had all been about and fully intended to ask when he popped his own question. She smirked softly as she pulled the cross out from underneath her sweater and ran her hand over the smoothe metal.

"He is. He was my best friend, I met him once and then didn't see him for a long time. But I went through a very hard time in my life and he was there for me, since then we had been there for each other no matter what. I helped his girlfriend plan their wedding, and we were close. But he died back in November and .. it's so lonely without him. He had white hair, the color of snow and his last name was even Winters. He was always so curious and I was the first person in a long time that heard him speak and didn't mind he was a stutter. Didn't notice really. He was a sweet man and he took care of me when I needed him and even stood by my side when I was in the hospital soon after." she said softly. "I know that I don't miss him as much as his wife does but it's at certain times when I need that confidant and realize his is gone that it hurts the most." she said softly.

She smirked and placed her hand back on her stomach. Again it wasn't showing at all but she could easily feel the mana flowing though it seemed different today and she couldn't understand why. She sighed softly.

"I hope you're right about my baby. That she is alright. I'm worried. The mana flow in my body.. is different today." she said with a soft smile. "What was it you did with your hand? I was curious as to what it does." she said softly looking back up at him.

[Wolf, the Joker]

Wolf heard what Phae had to say about her friend. He now understood why the snow reminded her of him. The man named Winter seemed to be a nice man. Loving and care, but this made Wolf wondered a little if he could have been someone like that if he wasn't placed in the curse. But then again, this was his fate to be the new Joker. But when Phae asked about his hand. He wasn't to sure to tell her the true or a lie. Wolf lifted his left hand once again and looked right at it. He wondered when it would fully take over him. But for now, Wolf should tell Phae the truth behind the hand.

"If you wish to know about my arm, then you should know a few things about my family's past. Ages ago there was a powerful warrior of both magic and steel. My family was intrusted to stop him. And so they did, one of them was one of the most powerful wizards and sealed that warrior away into two playing cards. One hold his body and the other his power. After sealing that warrior away, the wizard went on seach of 52 powerful monsters and demons. He did the same, one held their body and the other thier power. The two deck of cards are called the Seal Decks. I hold one of them."

Telling his family past of the decks, with his right hand he grabbed his deck holder and shown it to Phae. It wasn't like him to show someone his Seal Deck but it was need for the story. Putting it away, he went on.

"The Seal Decks gave the user powers for someone like me that has little magic uses. But there is one card in the deck that is called the Joker. The funny this is, is that the warrior was called The Joker. Anywho, there was a back fire when I used the Joker card. My left arm and a few parts of my body was covered in this golden armor. This is the Joker's Curse. This is fated to me to be the new Joker. Someday, this will take over me."

Balling his left hand into a fist, he lowered it back into his cloak. His eyes was fouced on the fact that he is unable to change his fate. He knew that and he was ready for that day when it takes over.

"Anywho, this curse on my arm left my arm with no feeling. But for some reason, when I am near some kind of life. I get feeling back. Now, that is my story."

[Phae]

Phae listened. Not only did she like to meet new people but she loved to hear their stories. She had heard many. And had so many of her very own. Her fiance' the love of her life had left again and she had not really dealt with it. More that she was so mad and in a sense of denial it was all somewhat unreal. But she was moving on the best she could. No she wasn't moping or crying or anything you might expect. In fact she was the opposite and in many ways it was scaring her sister who was waiting for the hammer to fall the one when Phae realized that he had left again and this time for good.

He showed her the deck and she reached out touching it but something reacted with her hand and she drew back quickly. Thing was her mana was drawn to her hands it was why she was a sword mage. She could manipulate the properties of her sword by flowing mana through it. And it had just reacted to her cards and so she pulled back not really wanting anything to happen. She put her hands in her lap again not wanting that to happen.

"So does it only happen when you use the Joker card? Or does it grow around your body time by time?" she asked looking up at him. "What happens when you become Joker? Will they make a new deck with you.. or will you go crazy?" she asked softly looking up at him again.

[Wolf, the Joker]

Wolf knew what would happen if he was to become the Joker. His own family would have to hunt him down and make a new Seal Decks. But he still didn't know if he would go crazy or not when he become the Joker. He wondered at times if he did became the Joker, would he have control over his own body or would he hunt down and kill the ones he knows. This always raced in his mind and this was the reason why he kept to himself. He was never the type to be around people. Wolf would just work with him in some mission and that would be the end of it. Having some kind of link with a person might put them in danger. But he should tell her what she wanted to know.

"More armor is placed on me when I use the Joker card. It could be little amount of take over a whole body part like my arm. As for if they would make me into a deck if I became the Joker, yea. My family would have to hunt me down and seal me away. Forever... This is the fate that was fallen on to me. I'm not even sure if I would be out of control or in control."

Sighing, he looked over to Phae and wondered to himself. Would he kill her and the new born if he was to become the Joker. Would he be good or evil like the real Joker? So many things in his head that need to be answered. But there was little time. 25% of his body was already covered in the armor. Only time would tell if it would take over fully.

[Phae]

Phaedra listened as he told her that he would one day be hunted by his own family. Because of the Joker curse she was going to call it. She nodded softly and looked up at the snow as it fell a bit heavier now but she didn't mind. She was dressed warmly enough both hands now lay on her stomach as if protecting the unborn from the weather as well. She smiled softly for a moment at some far off memory it was just one of those things that sometimes happened when you sat out just thinking in a certain environment.

"Perhaps they can find a cure. Perhaps you can. I always carry hope you know. Or well.. I try at any rate. It's hard sometimes. When someone continually lets you down. There's a point where you just don't care any more. No matter how much you love them you know that they will never feel that same way about you. Even if they do they never stick around long enough to make it concrete." she said almost voicing her inner thoughts out loud as she looked back over to Wolf.

"I think you should live the life you have to your fullest. Make friends. Fall in love. Leave a legacy of memories in your wake. So that if, in the fact that armor consumes you, there will be people who remember what that boy was like. The one named Wolf." she said as she nodded.

"Academy life is not as easy on me, as normal life was. Back groundside I was just Phae. A redheaded high school girl that loved to swordsfight and enjoyed so many normal girly things. Shopping, sleep overs, movies. Things like that. But here I fell in love. My heart has been broken so many times I can feel the crack that runs down the center. But recently I've met a new love. One that is by my side unless I make him stay away and even then he is always there when I turn around and need him. My heart is mending you see. But in the same way I'm not sure it will ever mend completely. My daughter will never know her father. He might try to meet her one day but then.. he won't be a dad. Just a man that couldn't stick it out."

She chuckled softly and sighed.

"I'm sorry, kinda went off on my own long drawn out rant huh? Forgive me. I suppose when I'm out here.. things just kinda come out. Snow does that to me. Makes me more reflective on my past than other times." she said with a small smirk.