"Hey Sparkle" sometimes I wonder how this man jumps from a "fuck you" guy to a "cuddle" boyfriend in a split second. As he walked towards us he was so serious, almost frightening, and here he was, sitting astride the bench, placing me between his legs, mine on one of his knees, his arms around my waist and sniffing my hair like a puppy. "So YOU?" Alina, she is a shapeshifter, as far as I know, this ability appears very rarely, her knight and her boyfriend, Taehyung, was sitting next to her, more or less in the same position that Jungkook sat.

"Jungkook?" I looked at Taehyung, he and Alina had arrived a little over a year ago, after forming a chain in a campus without Guardians, I didn't know Jungkook knew him. "Bro!" Jungkook jumped up, almost knocking me over and the two hugged brotherly, laughing and talking over each other."How come I didn't see you!" god i missed this boy, we met about two years ago, wow, what things we used to do together. "How will you see me when you don't stop gaping your girl" he made a funny face, Taehyung is always like that, he can only make me laugh with a twisted mouth and then that weird look, like they pulled the turkey's jocks and her eyes threaten to jump out of their orbits.

"What can I say and you were the same, by the way, I'm glad to see you Alina, when did you come?" I didn't know they would be here, the last time I talked to Taehyung I hadn't moved to Seoul and hadn't discovered Athena yet. "Actually, a few hours ago" answered Alina and sulked at Taehyung, she's probably more jealous than me, so we both went back to our girls, but continued to talk.

"When did you become a Guardian?" Alina looked at me curiously and I raised my hands, showing her my tattoos. "Two months ago" she looked at them curiously, smiling. "Cool, what's your power?" i smiled looking at jungkook who was chatting with taehyung laughing i love his laugh. "Fire" I replied and my attention was drawn to my sister and Hoseok and Tenari with Namjoon. Hoseok walked between the two, holding Tenari's hand, looking at her lovingly, but at the same time supporting Taira's back.

Honestly, sometimes I wonder how he manages to do both. When Tenari and Hoseok became a couple, the four of them moved into a shared apartment, I suspect that my sister has a crush on Namjoon, but I have no proof, and she denies it. It will be a precedent if the two best friends take each other's knight as a boyfriend, it's time for my sister.

To explain, once a year, Miss Panaria and Mr. Kosari gathered us to see the progress in our forces, usually at such times the field is off limits to others, just for safety. Which means we still expected shield girl Kira and her knight and boyfriend Yoongi, Mykena and Jimin, as well as Zika who was teleporter, super strong if you ask me, her knight is Jin, the funniest man I've ever met and her fiance, he's Handsome, at least according to his words.

"Where are you going?" man, for god's sake. "I'm going to the bathroom, Jungkook" I whispered in his ear, but he hesitated again. "Let me go before I piss my pants!" I hissed so only he could hear me and he grinned raising his hands but surprised me by pecking my lips. Sometimes I feel like hitting him but it's so cute when he caresses me and steals kisses. My big baby. You know when someone makes you feel at the peak of happiness, when you think about them, how unconsciously that expression appears on your face, as if you are no longer stepping on the ground with happiness.

When Athena came back, everyone was already gathered, talking and laughing, everyone except Jungkook, who was mainly talking to Taehyung, a little to the sides, and answered the others as if they were the teachers who punished him. "This boy, sometimes I wonder why he doesn't want to show others what he shows me" Athena thought and pulled him closer, sliding her palm into his and intertwining their fingers. Jungkook looked at her in surprise, but calmed down when he saw her smile , and went back to talking to Taehyung, pulling her in front of him and hugging her from behind.

An hour later, the demonstrations began. It's actually fun most of the time, I watched the others do all sorts of tricks. Alina turned into a dinosaur roaring at us which was a bit scary actually, Tenari found some parts from somewhere, I don't know how she does it, but she put together a mixer, Tyra grabbed some fruit, which Tenari quickly mixed in the mixer, but both forgot about the lid and the mixture splashed all over us. Tyra used her power to clean our clothes, collecting the liquid back into the blender.

It's definitely fun, more like a fair of stupidity than a show of strength. Kira created a shield and Tyra used her powers to try to sharpen it by hitting her with chunks of earth, I don't know why but my sister put in a lot of malice but she couldn't crack Kira's shield before Miss Panaria stopped her, yeah wouldn't the two have had a fight?Zika, on the other hand, used "Jump" going around the field and us, trying to startle us with "Boo", well, she succeeded with me and I jumped in horror into Jungkook's arms, who burst out laughing. Ah, I'll make him pay when we're alone.

Athena was nervous, her turn was coming and she didn't know what to do. What could she show? "You can do it spark, you can do it, so go out there and show them that their powers are nothing compared to yours" Jungkook looked at her with confidence, his eyes shining, as if Athena was some kind of deity who would teach mortals where they belong. "I don't know, Jungkook.." he cut her off with a light kiss. "Just show them how beautiful fire can be, baby" he shook his head and pushed her towards the field.

"How beautiful can fire be?" Athena repeated in her mind as she walked towards the middle of the field, head down, wondering what Jungkook meant. She stood in front of the two tutors, biting her lip, wondering how to show the beauty of the fire. Lifting her head, Athena looked at Jungkook for support, he stood proudly with his head held high, hands on his chest, slightly legged, with an arrogant smirk.

He looked like the man from her memories, Mars, standing proudly by his Venus as she burned, making the heavens red with flames. "That's it!" Athena smiled at him and he gave her a short nod, as if he had caught her thoughts.

Her eyes flared, Athena took a few steps back to protect the two tutors and her hands flared. Her gaze returned to Jungkook, who was watching her with a proud smile. She spread her fingers and formed two balls of fire, then used the warm air to raise them high. Taming the flames of her imagination, Athena began to paint pictures from her dreams. The little fire spirits, dancing on the burning earth, singing the primordial story through the crackling flames of their bodies.

The sprites gathered in two groups, forming the bodies of the fire fairy and the fire king kneeling before her, who took her hand and kissed it, then stood up and towered over her, pulling her into his arms before kissing her. She leaned back head on his burning chest and both of them looked somewhere in the horizon, whispering words of love, dooming their hearts to each other and to fate.

Their bodies blurred, turning into fiery phoenixes that flew into the burning heavens, circling each other, stopping, looking into each other's eyes, and then attacking each other, entwining their flames and wings, separating to attack again or to they swooped, sending fiery orange sparks all around as their flaming wings hid the sun.

Athena held back the phoenixes' dance for a moment, then rushed them down. They crashed to the ground and their bodies scattered in an ethereal firework curtain of exploding fire spirits and fading "stars" that filled the skies above the field, then slowly melted and disappeared.

She turned, breathing slightly faster, the play of the flames having drained most of her energy, and looked uncertainly at her audience, before her eyes and hands were also completely extinguished, and was met with stunned looks, drooping jaws, and absolute silence. No one didn't move, didn't say or do anything, they just stood and looked at her.Even Jungkook looked at her in disbelief.

"When did you manage to..." Athena looked at Miss Panaria, who was struggling to form a sentence, opening and closing her mouth. Athena tried to answer but the words wouldn't come out, her body refusing to obey her, her tattoos throbbing again and her vision blurring. "What....is going on?" but the question remained only in her mind.

Why can't I move? I'm not that tired? "Kill him!" what, who are you, who should I kill? "Kill Mars!" get out of my head Mars has been dead for ages! "Kill Mars, fiery Guardian, return to your roots!" my body turned on its own, it felt like I was moving on an unlubricated platform, like some kind of toy that didn't have its own legs. I could feel my body on fire but I had no control over the flames, they weren't mine, even my body wasn't mine anymore as I walked straight towards Junkook."Kill Mars,guardian!" no, no, it's Junkook, Mars is dead!

Jungkook snapped out of the shock of Athena's demonstration the moment her blazing gaze turned to him and she walked stiffly in his direction. He felt that something was wrong with her, his tattoo was throbbing painfully and his energy was quickly draining. His throat went dry and he gritted his teeth, moving towards her. If Athena had lost control again, then the group behind him was in danger.

"This is not Mars, get out of my head!" Athena struggled desperately against the power that was trying to control her. Despite her blurred vision, she could see Jungkook approaching her and strained all her remaining willpower to stop her body. "Kill him!" the voice rang out like a cathedral bell, Athena felt like a bomb went off in her head and the pain of her resistance ran down her spine.

No, no, Jungkook, don't come any closer! Why can't I speak, who are you? Get the hell out of my head! Come on Athena, these are your flames, you control them, not the other way around! If this continues, soon I won't have the strength to stand up straight! That's right, if I don't have strength, there's no fire! I was moving slowly, uncertainly, so whoever was controlling me was far away, he is strong, but he is far away. The firewall, it should be able to break the connection, like I isolated the fireproof room, only I have to isolate myself.

Mykena, listen to me, please, I need Kira's shield! Please! Mykena! Someone stop Jungkook, he's too close, it's not my power, he's not protected! "Kill him, Fire, kill Mars!" I am not Fire, I am Athena and he is not Mars! I bumped into something, Mycenae! She heard me, Kira's shield, now! I tensed as much as I could, trying to stop squeezing Jungkook's power and fanning my own flames.

"Jungkook, back, stop, this is not Athena!" the roar behind me made me freeze. How come it's not Athena? I could hear someone running behind me and approaching me, but I can't take my eyes off Athena, my energy has stopped flowing, why is she rejecting my power? "I can't hold it much longer!" Kira, Mikena, Jimin, and Yoongi stood in front of me, blocking my path. I could see Athena increasing her flames, forming a ball of fire around her, was Kira keeping her under control?

"I have to get to her!" I tried to make my way, but Mykena turned and looked at me, her gaze pierced me and I froze, fuck you, let me go! "Jungkook, stay there please!" this is Athena's voice, why are you linking my mind to hers, what's going on?"Kill him, Fire, kill Mars!" whose voice is this? "Never! Get out of my head or I'll burn myself and your mind!" who was she talking to, who was in Athena's head, what's going on?!

"I can't hold the shield any longer!" Kira slowly dropped to her knees, breathing heavily, Yoongi crouched down next to her, wrapping his arms around her shoulders but not taking his eyes off Athena. "Kira's on the edge!" he turned his gaze to Mykena and then to Jungkook. "If you know how to stop her, now is the time!" he growled, but Jungkook just shook his head. "I have no idea what's going on, I hear her voice but she doesn't answer mine, it's like someone is controlling her and wants her to kill... me?" the realization of his own words sent him into shock.

"Die!"Athena's scream sounded cruel, desperate, painful and pierced right into Jungkook's heart as she threw her head back and stretched out her arms, tightening her body as her flames shattered Kira's shield, sending guards, knights and the two instructors back, swept away by the heat of her flames. Tongues of fire shot upward, engulfing and engulfing Athena's body. "She did it, she got over it!" Mykena jumped to her feet and ran in the direction of Athena, but Junkook was much faster.

Athena collapsed weakly and Jungkook slid to his knees beside her, wrapping his arms around her body. "Mykena?" Athena's voice was only a whisper, she looked for the other girl. "He's gone, whoever he was, he's gone" Mykena also crouched down, grabbing Athena's hand. "Athena?" Miss Panaria crouched next to Mykena with a worried expression, Mr. Kosari remained standing behind her, looking pitifully at Athena. 

Athena looked at them. "We're all fine" Mikena assured her and Jungkook gritted his teeth."Jungkook?" he looked at her, her eyes darkening and Athena seemed to be focusing all her remaining energy to keep them open. "I'm here, I'll take you to rest, use me Athena, stay awake a little longer" his deep voice sounded cold, his face didn't flinch, but Athena smiled, he couldn't lie to her, from her he couldn't hide his anxiety.