2nd chapter

Silence in August

It was going to be a long, sweaty day, Yuri was aware of that when she got up early. She didn't have to go out to work like everyone else, but for this luxury she had struggled hard for a long time and her work was not as easy as it sometimes seems. Yuri Tenai was a writer with heart and soul, nothing could disturb her, except her favorite ice cream, Caramel Candy Cream, especially when it was all over again. She had come a long way in her 22 years, countless best sellers, and even children knew her name. Everyone wanted to be friends with her, to belong to her. She should have been happy, but she wasn't.
Every night she had these nightmares again, so cruel and brutal. She had long tried to process them by writing the dreams down as stories, but it was no use. Once Yuri had also tried to forget them, simply to wipe them out of her thoughts, but the more she tried, the more terrifying and terrible they came back, like an echo that echoes back with threefold strength.Her only consolation in the long nights was a brooch made of the finest silver adorned with rock crystal, an heirloom from her family that looked like a lily, as white as snow, as if all life was out of it. The family had no interest in this brooch, they thought it was unfashionable and cheap, but it was Yuri's greatest treasure and she secretly called it Still Heaven. Her Still Heaven encouraged her when she didn't know what to do next, consoled her when she was heartbroken and helped her stay on the ground. Yuri had known since she was born that this brooch was a part of her, as vital as the air we breathe every day.
That's why she decided to wear the brooch today, because she felt that something was in the air, that she would need it. And no sooner was she out of the house to run a few more errands than the first accident happened. A tree far in front of her on the street and would have buried her smoothly under its collosal branches, had she not stepped on the brakes sharply at the last second because her brooch had slipped and she wanted to straighten it.For Yuri it was clear that the brooch had saved her from harm, saved her. “That was close, it almost happened to me!” She took a deep breath, then again, finally got out to see if her car had been damaged, because despite the fact that she was not hit, her car had been striped.
“So, now let's see!” She looked critically at the front, which was covered with foliage and small trees. After she had opened the front hood with the greatest effort, the shock. "Oh no, that can't be true, it looks like cabbage and beets here. I definitely can't drive that anymore. And my cell phone ..." She rummaged in her handbag, rummaged around for a while, until she got that Found wanted. Smiling, she nestled her cell phone against her cheek, excitedly began to type the number, but then stopped suddenly and looked at the cell phone in astonishment. "That can't be ... Just bad luck today, oh crap!"Angry, she kicked the car, but immediately regretted it when she noticed her aching foot." Ouch! "Howling, she looked at the cell phone, where the battery was empty." Why me? "She continued to moan.
At that moment a strangely dressed girl came around the bend in the road, in one hand a sword, which radiated a soothing sheen, in the other a piece of paper. No, rather a wrinkled, worn photo. Yuri thought to herself that this person was totally weird, with whom she would rather not have anything to do, but since no one else was there to help her, she had to bite the bullet. "Um ... Hello, you there!" She gave a start when the girl stopped in front of her and said: "Good afternoon, Ms. Tenai. Or should I say better to see you again, Angu Somata, Guardian of August!" "What kind of crap are you talking about, little one? And why do you know me?" Yuri didn't feel comfortable with this girl, she even got really scared of her."Denial is pointless, I saw you in the photo, guardian, with your talisman, the Still Heaven!" "No, no, no, you are definitely one of those crazy fans who have been talked about so often lately. Let ... leave me alone! Do you hear? You should leave me alone! "She became downright hysterical, for the first time in her life. "You screwed it up, Kaori, really, just taking her off guard like that. How are you going to get her to believe us, let alone even listen?"
The sword ... it can speak! Where am I in a bad horror movie? Mom, get me out of here!
“She'll be listening, don't worry, Xenovia.” A confident smile crossed her face. "I did it too! Well ..." "But you have never been normal and your sister didn’t like mass murderers either!" “Xenovia! Can’t you even leave me alone? You’ve been annoying me for three weeks now already, it's enough!"" What, who is always going on the laces with his manga and the oh-so-great guys in there. Who always listens to music until they drop? Who? "" That ... I don't have to accept that, who has to keep cleaning you until you shine? Who has to sing you to sleep all the time because otherwise you can't? Who? "" You witch, why did I come across such a guard? "" You dragon, why did I get hold of such a talisman! "While the two of them continued to fuss, Yuri took the chance and disappeared into the forest, just far away from this madman and her sword. A speaking sword, pah, she could only think about.
But, somehow, I would have liked to know what this girl wanted. She's probably not a murderer, but it's still scary!
Yuri was so absorbed in her thoughts that she didn't even notice where she was going or what was happening around her. She also did not realize that there was a dead silence, that no bird was twittering anywhere.Least of all she registered the mist that was coming in, pitch black as the night, in which a strange being was hiding.
Uhu, so that's the brat from August, how careless she is. It would have been better to stay with April, at least she already knows about her past, but this one ... huhu! However, it is much more interesting and fun that way. But what is the best way to do it? How do I steal Still Heaven and her power from her? Sweet Flowerchen didn't say anything about it, just find her and blah blah blah ...!
The creature settled on the soft forest floor, but this began to rot when she stepped on it. She came closer and closer to her victim, closer and closer. It became like a shadow that followed Yuri quietly, still, softly, eerie and ... quite smelly, through the rotten earth.
"Uähhhh! What stinks so badly here that everything comes up?" Curious, she turned around and saw a trail of devastation where she had gone."Oh no, it wasn't me, was it?"
“No, no, sweetheart, don't worry, that was me!” Then she discovered the being that had followed her. "Ahhhhh, ..." "Yes, just squirm in your fear, then it will be even more beautiful!"
He smelled it like a dog. "Kaori, it is beginning, it has appeared! Luckily Yuri is with us." "Hm, luckily ..." She turned to where she suspected it, but: "Away, just like that can she dare? We want to help her, and she's piling up! What a cheek! "" Shut up, we don't have time for your injured pride! We have to go to Angu and the creature, go April! "" Argghhh, you have yes as always right, you scoundrel! "But she had recognized the seriousness and sprinted off as hard as she could.
In the meantime. "No, I didn't mean that, ahhhh, ... how cute, a Dark Soul in elf format, how cute that I can still experience that in my old days? You are soooo cute, I hardly believe it. You are such a dark soul, in the form of an elf, I know everything about you!But that also means that the little girl from earlier is right. And I am the guardian of August, I am Angu Somata! "
“Shut up, you don't know anything!” She lunged at Yuri so that she lost her brooch, her connection to the past. "So, you little snake, it'll be over for you in a minute, then it's hasta la vista, darling!"
Yuri couldn't breathe anymore, she hadn't imagined it like that! She didn't want to end like this, not like this.
“Hey, no sooner do you get out of your sight than you fall into a trap of your opponent. What should you do with you?” April lolled like a proud heroine, but as always Xenovia was already there: “That's why No time now, we have to help her, you vain chick! "" Whaaa ... whaaas? Vain chick? You stupid lacquer monkey, why are you always so mean to me? "Tears welled up in her eyes. The sword immediately felt sorry for it and wanted to apologize, because: "Oh, what's the point? You're just a stupid, old sword, dependent on me, so be nice, okay?"Now she quickly jumped to Yuri, but at first didn't know what to do until she remembered the brooch.
Yes, it could go like that. Don't let me down Yuri!
She hurried forward, grabbed the brooch, and tossed it to her. “I rely on you!” Those were the last words she spoke before she and the Dark Soul disappeared into the dense forest. She left behind a confused Yuri who picked up her brooch as if in a trance and thought about what April had said.
I trust you! What was that supposed to mean? What can i do? ... stop, my brooch, if everything is really right? Oh nonsense with sauce! ...
and if so? Quietly she had to pull her brooch, the Still Heaven. I have to try ... but ... what do I have to do now that this realization hits me?
"Very simple, Yuri, go to April. And woe to you lose me again, then there will be sour, you can know that!" "It speaks, my Still Heaven speaks!" Without wanting to, she passed out."Well, so what, I fight the beast and Madam here is sleeping! What kind of guard is that?" "Hey, don't insult my Angu, she just passed out when she noticed that I was speaking. It's just the way it is! "Kaori and Xenovia looked at the brooch and Yuri, who had just woken up again. Then she and Xenovia said in unison: "Welcome to the team, Angu and Still Heaven!"