I'm so happy that I got this chapter up! At first I was skeptical about releasing it so early. But now, I think this chapter came out pretty well. It's mostly dialouge between the characters. I don't own Shugo Chara, or their characters. But the plot, summary, and title are owned by me. Enjoy! :)

Solar Amulet

Chapter 3: Wish Granted...

…But I did not want for him to steal what was rightfully mine…

Amu started to tremble with fear. She stuttered to answer the being before her. "W-what do you mean? What do I have that you want?"

"Don't act dumb" he responded coldly. "You're holding it right now…"

I'm holding it? Amu thought in her head. It did not take her long at all to figure out what he had meant. He wants the scythe?!

Amu, with all her might, freed her weapon from the grasp of the young man. She took a few steps back, and held the scythe tight in her hands, prepared for the next time he might take a hold of it.

"I don't know who you are, but I'm not letting you take this. You'll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands!" snapped Amu

What she did not realize was that the mysterious being disappeared right in front of her. She looked around to see where he had vanished off to. She then felt an arm grab her waist, preventing her form defending herself, nor attack.

He caught me off guard!

Amu felt another hand take a hold of her scythe. She felt a whisper in her ear

"Pry it from your cold, dead hands?" he said in a low tone of voice. "…With pleasure"

He violently ripped the scythe from Amu's hands, as if he had done so before. He then pushed her onto the ground. Still, even if consumed by terror, Amu had stood right back up, attempting to retrieve her stolen weapon; but it was useless, he held her weapon towards her face.

"Don't come any closer, if you don't want to get hurt"

Amu was officially paralyzed with dread. She did not know what to do. Then, right at that moment, she remembered her grandfather. Amu stood there, with the dangerous weapon in front of her.

"…He gave that scythe, just for me…" she said quietly.

The boy holding the scythe looked at her with a confused face, even though it could not be seen in the dark "What did you say?"

"My grandfather gave me that scythe…" she continued. She slowly raised her hand to clutch the sharp blade in front of her. Even though her hand started to bleed, she did not care. "…He gave it to me, while he was lying on his death bed,"

The young man holding the scythe looked at her, amazed by what he was hearing. "…Your…grandfather?"

"Yes" replied Amu. She held the blade even tighter, inflicting more pain onto her hand "He gave it to me, and only me. But you…"

This time, she grabbed the scythe's blade with both hands, and started to pull it back towards herself. The boy did not even try to fight back, for he was still bewildered by what Amu was just now telling him.

"…You have the very nerve to try and steal the only thing I can remember of him…so, don't you ever…"

Amu used all the strength she had to take back the scythe. Yet the more forced she put in, the more her hands started to bleed. Despite this, Amu had successfully freed the scythe yet again from the hands of the villain.

"…try to take anything away from me!" she snapped. Amu held the weapon tight on its stem. Her hands were stained with the color red. She charged towards the boy, nearly attempting to slice his head off. The boy did not move. As a matter of fact, it seemed as if he was waiting for her to get close enough.

All of sudden, right in the middle of her attack, Amu collapsed onto the ground. "I…can't…move"

The boy scoffed "All of that energy for nothing, you must really be a lost cause."

"What did you just say?!" growled Amu, who was struggling to get up off the ground.

He just snickered at her. "Well, I have to admit, you got some guts to try and take back what I stole from you; this is the first time anyone ever tried to do so."

The young man walked over to Amu who was still forcing herself up off the ground. He then put his hand under her chin to bring his face close to hers. "Now that my work here is done, what should I do with you?"

Amu just stood there, completely paralyzed. She wanted to scream, but her body was numb with fear. She was afraid of what he might attempt to do to her.

W-will, will he try to kill me?! She shouted in her head. But I'm not ready to die yet! What should I do?!

Amu stood the way she was for a long while. Pretty soon, the boy removed his fingers away from Amu's chin.

"Well, I suppose I've done enough here" he said, sounding satisfied. He then went to go pick up the object on the floor and started to walk away, leaving Amu on the ground.

Amu started to silently cry in the darkness.

Why? Why is it that I can never do anything for myself?! All I ever wanted was to do something that my grandfather would be proud of me doing. He gave me that scythe for a reason…am I actually going to let this person take it from me?

Amu wiped her tears.

…no, I will not. I'm tired of doing this. I need to learn to grow up, and take my own responsibility for my actions!

Amu slowly started to stand up off the ground. Her hands were stinging with pain. The devious villain then turned around, amazed by the fact that Amu was trying again.

"…you…must truly be a stupid child, do ave any idea what you are getting yourself in-"

"Shut-up!" Amu furiously shouted.

The boy stood there, eyeing the injured child.

"...No, I don't know what I'm getting myself into..." she said. She started to look down at her hands. They were covered in scratches and scars. She squeezed them tight and looked back at the person. "But I believe…I believe that I can unlock the secret to Zaritheus!"

The young man took a step back, and started to look at the scythe. "Zaritheus?!"

"Yes, that is the scythes name," said Amu. She was looking dead at him with arousing eyes. "..And I made a wish…I wished to find out more about the scythe…"

"Then why not try?!" echoed a strange voice.

Amu then started to look around, to see if what she just heard was true. All of a sudden, another figure appeared right before Amu's eyes. It was about half of Amu's height, and appeared it had the shape of a human. The figure looked at Amu, yet she could not see the person's face.

"Who…who are you?" she asked the being.

The mysterious figure in front of her just giggled with delight. "Amu-chan, you have the power do to it!"

Amu was bewildered "…The power to do what?"

"The power to grant your wish!" said the person in a cheerful tone. "You just got to believe!"

"B-believe?" asked Amu still confused.

"Yes, believing shall unlock the secret to Zaritheus!"

Amu realized what the person was saying. She looked at the scythe that was being held by the thief. He just stood back watching her with an emotionless expression.

…Zaritheus, I want to know more!

Suddenly, the scythe reacted. It started to glow a bright red. It started to wobble, trying to release itself from the thief that was holding onto it. It successfully did so, and headed towards Amu.

W-what is this? It's as if it is calling me, and it wants me tor espond, Amuthought subconsciously.

Amu opened her hand, and grabbed the scythe hovering in front of her. It stopped glowing. The scythe completely changed its appearance. The stem, which had a rough outer exterior of sunstones, was now smooth. The blade, now took the color of a vibrant crimson red. Amu looked at the blade astonished of what she was now holding.

"What happened?!" asked Amu.

"Alright, you did it Amu-chan!" cheered the little person. "You unlocked the power, now the scythe has done alteration!"

"Alteration?" asked Amu, who was still staring dead at the unusual scythe.

No, this can't be real Amu thought in her head in disbelief What is this power all of a sudden?

Suddenly, the scythe started to wobble once more. Its blade took color of a normal blade. The stem's sunstones have also appeared back, giving it a rough texture yet again. Amu looked at the scythe, with eyes beaming with amazement.

"The scythe, it reverted back to normal" she uttered out.

Just at that moment, another boy started to call Amu's name.

"Hinamori-san!" shouted the boy who was running up to her.

Amu immediately then became aware of who was calling her name. "Tadase?! What are you doing he-"

Before Amu could finish, Tadase stood in front of Amu, as if protecting her from something…or someone. Out of the blue, the same person who attempted to steal the scythe was opposing Tadase.

"I see that you tried to take the scythe from Amu, Tsukiyomi Ikuto" implied Tadase angrily.

The young man sneered at Tadase, as if expecting for him to say such things like that.

"I was just toying with her. If I wanted to really hurt her then I would've along time ago," taunted Ikuto "but I'm not the type of person to do that."

Tadase looked back Ikuto, furious.

"I will not let you get close to her, nor the scythe" he pledged.

Ikuto just glanced at Tadase, seeming uninterested in what he was saying. He then started to stare at Amu. A smirk made its way across his face.

"Don't worry; I'll be back for you, Hinamori Amu"

Then, in a flash, he disappeared into the midnight blue sky. Seeming relieved, Tadase made his attention towards the injured Amu.

"Are you alright? Did he hurt you?"

Amu waved her hands "No, no I'm fine"

Tadase looked at Amu's hands. He took one of them, and started to hold them gently in his. "Your hands, they looked as if they were badly injured"

Blush crept its way to Amu's cheek "Really, it's not that big of a deal" she said in a low tone.

"Still…" he said, in a worried voice. "I'm worried about you, Hinamori-san"

Amu's eyes widened, He cares! She thought happily.

Tadase gave Amu a sweet smile "Now, I'd think it'd be best for you to go back to your room. I can talk to you about this some other time." Tadase then left, waving his hand in the air in the far distance.

Amu could not do anything else but weakly smile at the already gone boy. Soon, her smile faded. She looked down to the weapon in her hands.

…I never knew that the power of Zarithues was this unique…

End of Chapter

Star: …Oh! Zaritheus sure has some strange power! :D And I wonder who that bubbly character was…Anyways, chapter 4 should be pretty long, since a whole bunch of characters should appear (I wonder what the chapter title should be…) Plus, my beta reader has some tasks to do, so I'll need everone's help on creative writing, until she has occupied time to do so. See you again! :D