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Red Skys and Royal Cards
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Chanyeol’s POV

  “What’s taking Tao and Lay so long?  It’s be a half hour since they vanished.”  Chen muttered as he looked towards the door.  “You think they’re alright?”

  “If either of them was hurt in any way Lay would take care of it, you know how he is when someone’s hurt.  He’ll heal them without needing to be asked, it’s just who he is.”  Suho reassured him before going back to Sky’s cheek affectionately.

  “Ember?”  I called softly as I lit a flame over my palm.

  “Yes Master?”  Came the phoenix’s reply as he emerged from the burning flame.  Ruffling his feathers he trailed his eyes on me looking rather unimpressed.  “Can I assist you with something, because if not I have things I have to do.”

  “What do you have to do that is more important than assisting me?”  I questioned him as I set him on the headboard of Sky’s bed to I could run my fingers through her hair as I spoke with the creature.

  “Keeping your Dealer alive seems rather important, and I would assume you would rather have me doing that than running errands for you.”  Ember deadpanned gaining our attention.

  “What are you talking about Ember?”  I hissed at him, wanting answers about what was happening to Sky as much as all the others.

  His eyes snapped with fire as he seemed to glare at me.  “You are all idiots, every last one of you!  Do you understand how reckless you were transferring energy to your Dealer when it contained a piece of your Specialty?  Did you even think about what it could do to her already fragile state?”

  I could see the younger boys shrink back at Ember’s condescending tone.  Sehun, Kai and D.O flinched the most visibly with the harsh words thrown at us.  But Ember didn’t end there, no he still has more to spit at us.  “Not to mention what it was going to do to the twelve of you, but of course none of you would think of that when she’s like this.”

  His feathers lit back to flames as his anger mounted, blue and white flames the tips of his body.  “I don’t think all of you understand just what exactly you have with this Dealer and how special it is.  And you are messing with a very fine line that should not be toyed with.  The double bonds you have with her are strong, unbreakable and timeless.  But you fools have just manipulated it in a way that I’ve never seen.  Those bonds now aren’t just connections that won’t let you separate but are something more and I can’t figure out exactly what it means, but it isn’t the best.”

  “She’s dying Ember, we had to try something.”  Xiumin told my pet when he paused in his ranting.

  “And what you did very well could have killed her instantly.”  The phoenix squawked back murderously.  “What you did was foolish and irresponsible.  You’ve put all of you at risk because you’ve tampered with places within yourselves you didn’t want to get close with again.  I can already feel it burning inside you Chanyeol so don’t even try to refute it.”

  His red flame covered body became a bright white as his anger mounted.  “One of you has already lost himself once to his past, be sure it doesn’t happen again.”

  With the final hiss he vanished into ash back to wherever he previously was before I summoned him.  “Does anyone know what the deranged bird was raving about?”  Chen asked.

  Glaring at him for insulting Ember I shrugged my shoulders.  Ember has a tendency to complicate everything he says and never speak things straight, so figuring him out still slips me.

  “Something is wrong with Lay!”  Tao exclaimed as he burst through the doors of Sky’s room causing us all to jump in out places.  His eyes were wide in panic, his breathing hitched.  “Something is seriously wrong with Lay.”

  Be fore any of us had time to react Lay came sauntering through the door behind Tao with a sheepish slime.  “Nothing is wrong with me.” He pointed said to Tao making him shrink away from him nervously.  “Sorry we took so long.”

  “What happened to keep you away so long?  Are you alright?”  Kris asked as he got off them bed and made his way over to the two boys.

  “A little on edge after the transfer is all.”  Lay responded as he moved towards the bed.  “Sky’s doing fine though, still fighting as always.”

  I kept my eyes on Lay as he moved towards the bed.  His voice and words are like they always are, but his last comment had me questioning him.  He wasn’t in the room, he had no connection with Sky, so just how does he know she’s fine.

  “Luhan, keep Lay away from Sky.”  Kris growled as he held Tao beside him.

  Lay hissed as he was stopped in motion just as he reached the bed.  “Let me go Luhan, I need to make sure she’s doing alright.”

  “You aren’t getting anywhere close to her until I’m certain you aren’t going to hurt her.”  Kris growled.  “You think after hurting one of your own I’m going to let you close to the girl holding our hearts.  Not a chance.”

  “What’s going on?”  Baekhyun questioned as he looked away from Sky to find out what the commotion going on was about like the rest of us had.

  “I’m in control damn it!”  Lay growled.

  Clearly you aren’t if your acting like this.  what happened to him.  I asked myself as I watched the way he was acting.  He was acting the same way he used to act, before all of this started. 

  “You’ve put all of you at risk because you’ve tampered with places within yourselves you didn’t want to get close with again.  I can already feel it burning inside you Chanyeol so don’t even try to refute it.”  “One of you has already lost himself once to his past, be sure it doesn’t happen again.”  Embers words echoed in my head and I cursed aloud.  He already knew this happened to Lay.  He already knew this was happening.

  “ you Ember.”  I growled darkly before leashing my temper so I wouldn’t lose control as Lay already had.  Controlling my heat I pulled away from Sky to be sure I wouldn’t hurt her.  “We all need to leash our emotions.  Good, bad, indifferent don’t let them out of control.  Lay you need to

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With how crazy the world is right now, my updates are slower. I will not abandon this, please have patience and I promise to update again soon. Stay safe everyone please. Many Blessings, Wynter (8.20.20)

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ShawolBlinger4life
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Chapter 176: Still reading this in 2024! Hope you are doing well
YEOLLIEZEL
#2
Chapter 176: I am an avid fan of this great story. I am still waiting for an update even after almosr 3 years which means this is a very very great story 😊
poprocksgum
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Chapter 176: it’s probably my 10th time or something reading this. Been missing sky and her warriors 🥹 i hope you are well!
soshi16
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Chapter 176: I re reas this nth time 🥺🥺🥺🥺
PunkRock123 #5
Chapter 11: Heyy, i dont know if you know already but fhere is a fic that practically plagiarized your entire writing. The only difference is the mc background and the card appearance order. But the timeline and many sentences are the exact same. Here is the link https://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/1331812/descended-fromthe-stars
PunkRock123 #6
Chapter 174: oh my goshhh, a long time ago i remember i would always check for updates everytime i go on aff. I really appreciate you to update after 2 years and me reading this again after 5 years O.o its crazy!!!
YehetOhorat1994 #7
Chapter 176: hey wynter! ive started reading this fic years ago, as an early teen and now my teen years are almost ending. this story had brought me so much joy and strength, and is honestly one of the best ive read ever!! keep doing what you do, being a nurse definitely isnt easy at this time, so dont rush to put out updates, though we’ll all definitely be waiting eagerly for the upcoming content!! love what youve been doing so far, keep it up ♡ thank you for the hard work you put in as a nurse too, im sure everyone sppreciated it
iorifae #8
Chapter 2: omg this fanfic brought back so many memories 😭 the last time i read this was like when i was 12 (?) , i still remembered this fanfic cause man i was so in love with exo back then even noww~~ , im glad you still keep this story <3
PuffyBunnyIsLazy
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Chapter 23: Hi Wynter~!
It’s been awhile and I hope that you’re doing well. I’ve noticed since all of the craziness that’s been happening that lots of people are reverting back to the things that brought them comfort when they were younger. This chapter reminded me of that and I wanted to say that this fic of yours is definitely something I truly hold near and dear to my heart.

It reminds me of simpler times in middle school and high school and all the times I’ve read this to escape reality. Your story brings me comfort and joy each and every time. Throughout college I’ve been trying to re-read this from the beginning whenever I can (I’m probably on attempt three or four now? Lol), but I never really had enough time to due to school. As I’m trying to read every single chapter again, I just wanted to say how thankful and grateful I am to you for creating this story. I and many others have thoroughly enjoyed it over the years, and will continue to for many more.

You are truly an amazing and talented writer, and it’s admirable how you can create worlds and bring this much happiness to so many people with your words. It’s crazy to see how much things have changed (for EXO) since the beginning chapters, but that’s just part of life haha. I sincerely wish and hope you’re doing well and that you’re taking care of yourself. Much love <3