Beginning of a journeys end
Part 1: Help appears
The city of Falconia, once a safe place from the demons that now lived beyond the kingdoms walls. But now the streets were filled with the dead body's of the soldiers that followed Griffith into battle as his new band of the hawk. Citizens were trying to leave the kingdom to get away from the monster that had suddenly appeared in the kingdom, 3 people were now trying to escape, but they then fell to the ground when something landed on the ground behind them. The 3 people, a man with his wife and daughter looked to see an apostle, its armour cover its monster body.
"Where do you think your going, this place is safe and our king will protect you" said the apostle reaching out its giant hand towards the 3 people when suddenly it was cut off making the apostle scream and looked to see someone in black armor. The person was holding a giant sword and its helmet was in the shape of a wolf.
"It's you, how dare you attack this city" said the apostle grabbing the axe that was on its left side, but the person in armour quickly cut off his other hand making the apostle scream again before the persons sword was stabbed into its head making it fall back dead.
The person in armor landed in front of the 3 people, "Well what are you waiting for, this city's gone to hell" said the man in armour looking at the 3 people.
The man looked behind the man in armour to see a big winged creature about to attack him, "Look out" he said but the man in armour didn't need a warning as the wing creature suddenly stopped moving and blood came out of its middle. Someone in armor smililar to the man landed next to him as they put their sword back into its holder.
"You heard him get out of here" a female voice spoke from the armour, the 3 people nodded and the little girl looked back to the two people.
"Thank you" she said and the woman in amour nodded at her. The woman's helmet went back into her armor revealing Casca, her hair cut back to the way it used to be.
"You should be more careful" she said looking at the man in amour as his helmet went into the back of his amour, he smiled looking at Casa revealing it was Guts. But his hair color was all the same and had both of his eyes.
"Why would I need to do that when I knew you would be watching out for me" he said.
"Yeah I guesss your right, I met Farnese when I was on my way here, apparently almost everyone in the lower city has been evacuated and we should leave soon" said Casca.
"Your right, but I haven't heard from him yet" said Guts talking about the person that had given his eye back.
"He should be fine, after we seen what he's capable of he should take care of himself" said Casca and the two of them had their helmets back on as they started moving again.
Next to the steps that lead up to the castle, Zodd in his apostle form layed down on the ground dead as blood continued to come out of the giant teeth mark wounds on his body. Inside of the main area in the castle, Griffiths commanders layed dead on the ground with deep cuts in their body's, given to them by a large sword. The other members of the god hand were after them, they were also on the ground with looks of complete fear on their faces and similar wounds to that of Griffiths commanders.
There were also chairs in the room and sittting in front of them at the front row was a much older Charlotte with a complete look of utter shock on her face, "How could you do that, they were your comrades" she said looking at Griffith who was in his apostle form.
His body covered with multiple stab wounds, this was to be the day he and Charlotte were to get a married, he would be named king and would finally have achieved his dream. But he now looked at the person in front of him who had given him his wounds and killed many of his allies.
The person he looked at had the body of a human, but he was also something else. His body was surrounded by a bright blue light that shined like a star in the night sky. He held a large sword, its handle black, a lightening strike symbol on it and under the handle was trigger. There was a switch on it and there were 3 letters above it, S,K,R, the switch was under K. The blade was wide with a sharp end on the right side, the blade was bright blue like its wielder who's face was hidden by the light, but the man felt nothing but hatred towards Griffith.
"Tell me why would you do this, I gave people peace, who are you to interfere" said Griffith trying to shout his words but couldn't because of the pain.
"I'm here to make you pay for what you've done, you betrayed your comrades and you took away something precious to Guts and Casca" the man said pointing his sword at Griffith, "For that I'm going to kill you" he said then grabbing the handle of his sword with both of his hands, digging his feet into the ground making it crack, he then jumped towards Griffith yelling, "YOU DAMN TRAITOR" as he swung his sword he remembered when a few days ago when he met Guts group on Elfhelm.
A few days ago back on Elfhelm when Casca went back to her normal self:
"Casca" said Guts as he watched the woman he loves scream with her hands on her head. He quickly rushed over to her.
"Be careful" said Shiricke as she rushed over to her as well, "Seeing you might have triggered something" she said as Casca continued to scream with tears now coming out of her eyes.
"Why would be do such a thing to us" said Casca.
"There's gotta be something you can do" said Guts looking urgently at Shiricke who just shook her head.
There was then a sound coming from the next them, the two of them including Farnese and the elf Queen looked to see a portal surrounded by blue light. Someone then stopped out of the portal, the person was covered by a dark cloak covering its body and bright blue lines went around the openings of the cloak for its wearer arms and middle of its body.
"Who are you" said Guts standing up reaching for his sword but he suddenly froze as he felt fear, but it wasn't from him, it was coming from the brand on his neck, "Is it possible that the brand, is afraid of him" he thought looking at the person in the cloak.
"Well it looks like appeared at a good time isn't it, Shiricke right" he said looking at the young witch.
"Yes, but how do you know my name" she asked as the man in the cloak got closer to her and kneeled on the ground.
"I will explain, if you don't mind I'd like to help her" he said looking at Casca .
"You can help her" said Guts and the man nodded.
"Seeing you has triggered her memory's of what happenned after you rescued Griffith, obviously what happned horrified her, but what I'm about to do should help her recover from them better" said the man removing his arms from the cloak surprising the people around him and Ivalera who was behind Shirickes hat. The mans arms were bright blue shining like a star and he placed both of his hands on each side of Cascas head making her stop screaming.
"Casca, I know what you've seen must be horrible, but know there's nothing anyone can do to change what happened to you" said the man and Casca began to look more calm but the tears continued to become out of her eyes, "I'm sorry for your loss, but there's someone still here for you, ever since then he's kept on fighting" he said and Casca began to see the memory's of Guys fighting after she got stuck in the state she used to be in and she looked up at Guts to see him looking worried at her. "You need to keep on fighting and living for him, so be strong" said the man removing his hands from Cascas head and his arms back into their sleeves.
Casca then slowly stood up approaching Guts, "Cas" he began to say but suddenly Casca hugged him as she continued to cry.
"Thank you, I'm sorry, you've had to go through everything while I went completely mad" said Casca.
Guts out his one good arm around her, "I'm the one that should be sorry, I wasn't strong enough" said Guts.
Casca then immediately looked him in the eyes, "Don't you dare blame yourself for what happened" she said looking annoyed at him, "Its, its" her look then turned to anger, Guts recognized the look that she used to give him when they first met. "It's Griffiths, after what he's done he's no longer the man I knew, he needs to pay" she said and her look then turned to shock as she remembered something else and she put her hand over her mouth as she cried kneeling on the ground as she cried and Guts kneeled down next to her still having his one good arm around her, "It's because of him our child" she said as she cried hugging Guts.
"It's alright, I'm here and I'm not leaving" he said smiling at her.
"Thank you" she said looking at him, but she then put a hand over her chest where her brand was.
"You feel it as well" said Guts.
"Yeah, it feels afraid and it's coming from him" said Casca looking at the man in the cloak but she couldn't see his face.
"Is something wrong" said the man looking at the two of them.
"Uh who are you, our brands seem to feel afraid of you" said Guts touching the brand on his neck.
"Brand" said the man walking over to Guts and immediately stopped walking seeing the brand on his neck. "You said they feel afraid of me right" he said sounding sirious.
"Yeah, I feel it aswell" said Casca.
"Well they should be" said the man taking out his right hand and in quick motion slashed it past Guts neck making him looking surprised.
"What did you do to him" said Casca quickly standing back up and looking at the man.
"Hold on I'm alright" said Guts when a small mirror was put in front of him.
"Hold onto this alright" said the man handing Guts the mirror. Guts grabbed the mirror, he looked into it seeing the man was holding a second mirror and pointing at his now blank neck.
"The brand it's gone" said Guts looking completely shocked as he handed the mirror back to the man.
"That's why it was afraid, it knew I can get read of it " said the man putting the mirror in his sleeves.
"That's good, now we don't have to put up with the demons at night" said Farnese looking relieved.
"But Casca still has her brand" said Shiricke.
"Well I'm sure your new friend can help with than can't you" said the elf queen looking at the man in the cloak smiling.
"Oh right" said the man removing a glove that had the symbol of a red x over the brand on it, he handed the glove over to Guts, "I know where her brand is, but something tells me she would be more comfortable with you touching her there" he said. When Guts grabbed the glove the man noticed Guts eye and thought of something. "Would you mind standing up" he asked?
"Uh sure but for what" said Guts standing up from the ground.
"Just giving you another reason to trust me, now close your eye" he said. Guts closed his one good eye and the man placed his right hand over the eye Guts lost. His hand started to shine bright and when he moved his hand away the scar was gone. "Okay that should do it, Casca walk over here please" he said. Casca looked confused but walked over as the man moved away making her stand in front of Guts.
"Okay Guts open both your eyes now" said the man sounding happy.
"What but" said Guts looking confused.
"Just do it, trust me" said the man.
Guts looked surprised that he was able to open both of his eyes, the one he lost during the eclipse was back and the first thing he saw was Casca smiling at him, he looked at the man smiling, "Thanks, but now why are you here" he asked now looking sirious.
"Let's go meet up with the rest of your group, there's some things you need to know about" said the man and he started walking to the forest.
"Thank you for your help" said Shiricke looking at the elf queen.
"Your welcome, be safe everyone, if you don't trust that man you should" said the elf looking at the man in the cloak.
"Have you heard of him" asked Farnese?
"No but he seems like a nice person if he was willing to do all that, but that power coming from him is beyond anything I've heard of" said the elf queen.
Back with the remaining members of the ground, Roderick, Serpico, Isidoro, Isma and Puck. "Hey look everyone their back" said Isidoro.
"Hey guts who's that, oh my Guts what happened to your eye" said Puck flying over to them but then noticed Guts eye.
"Not now we have something else to discuss" said Guts.
"Lady Farnese are you alright" asked Serpico?
"Yes don't worry I'm alright" said Farnese as the two of them sat down.
"Hi I'm Isma, I like your dress" said Isma as she sat beside Casca.
"Oh thank you" said Casca.
"It seems there's more of you, do you have a name" said Roderick looking at the man in the cloak.
"You can call me Star for now" said the man showing his shining right arm making the others look at him surprised, "Before we discuss anything I'll tell you about myself" he said as he went to go sit down on a fallen tree.
"So this is you back to normal" said Puck flying near Casca.
"Yes, while we're talking about this I would like to thank you all for watching out for me" said Casca.
"It's alright, it was the right thing to do" said Farnese.
"So what does our shining friend have to say" said Roderick.
"Alright, a long time ago when the world was created, I was born along with it as a star, but I was somehow different then the others because I was able to think for myself, I travelled until I reached one planet" said Star.
"Just how big is the world" said Isidoro looking surprised.
"I'm sure I didn't even scratch the surface, the thing is though I wasn't able to interfere so I had to watch thousands of people die" he said putting a hand over his face.
"If you don't mind me asking how long did you have to watch" said Casca.
"Don't worry it's alright, it must have been thousands of years" he said putting his hand back down, "But one day I found this couple, eventually they were about to have their first child, but the child was born early and was close to death" he said. "So I fused with the child, the two of us became one and that's why I have these ability's, in fact I'll show you some of it now" he said standing up and walking over to Guts.
"I'm going to need you to remove your prohstetic arm" he asked and Guts just nodded removing his metal arm. Star placed his right hand near the stump moving down and everyone looked surprised to see the arm regrow. Even Guts looked surprised as he looked at his regrown arm.
"That's cool" said Isidoro standing up.
"No its amazing" said Puck as Star went to sit back down.
"So you are both the star and the child" said Serpico.
"One mind, of course the couple gave me a name and when this body got older I was given a second name" he said.
"Do you have a face under that cloak" asked Guts?
Star pulled down the hood of his cloak, like his arms it was covered in a bright blue light, "Don't worry I have a face under this, like the first part of my name I'll will eventually reveal it" he said.
"So Star is the second part of your name" asked Roderick and he nodded.
"So now that Casca is back to normal what do we do now" said Serpico making everyone besides Star look at Guts and Casca.
"There's somebody we need to take care of" said Casca.
"You mean that Griffith guy, we never asked what your history was with that guy" said Isidoro.
"Sorry I know you all deserve a reason after traveling with us for so long" said Casca.
"But were not ready to tell you" said Guts holding Cascas hand.
"It's okay, it's probably painful for you to talk about, but why are you here" said Roderick looking at Star.
"One of my abilitys is called all knowing, I almost know everything that happens in every world and Griffith needs to pay for what he has done" he said looking at the fire. "He has an army of both apostles and humans, he's brought a whole kingdom into Midland and its named Flaconia" he said.
"What's he planning on doing" said Guts.
"He intends to marry princess Charlotte, he will be named king and he will finally have his kingdom" he said.
"Charlotte can't marry him she doesn't know what he's done or what he is now" said Casca.
"Don't worry she will find out, I'll be using a similar ability that I used to help you to help her find out what happened" he said and Casca sat back down.
"One of your comrades Rickert escaped form there with a girl, if were lucky will meet up with them when were on our way there" said he said.
"Good we shall leave tommorrow and while we are on our way back maybe we can discuss our wedding" said Roderick looking at Farnese who looked embarrassed from him bringing it up.
"Wait, Farnese you agreed to marry him so we could use his ship to get here" said Casca.
"Casca it's alright" said Farnese.
"No it's not alright, you shouldn't have to marry someone you don't love" said Casca standing up.
"Farnese did what she had to do to help the others" said Serpico.
"No you know what, Casca does have a point it's not right" said Star.
"You've got something to say" said Roderick.
"Yeah I do have something to say" he said standing up, "You should be glad for helping them, you should let her marry someone she actually does love and not be put into an arranged marriage".
"Okay everyone it's beeen a long day why don't we all get some rest" said Shiricke trying to keep the mood calm.
"Alright, I'll return to the ship to let them know will be returning to Midland tomorrow" said Roderick leaving the area and heading back to the ship.
"Thank you, but you didn't have to say that" said Farnese.
"No it needed to be said, don't follow your duty Farnese, instead follow your heart" said Star looking at Farnese.
"He's right Farnese" said Casca making Farnese looking at her to see she was smiling.
"It looks like its going to be night soon, Guts there's a lake not far from here, you should take care of Cascas brand" said Star.
Guts and Casca left the area heading deep into the forest where they found a small lake, "It's really nice here" said Casca putting her hand in the water.
"Yeah it really is, but we have to leave soon" said Guts putting the glove that was given to him by Star on his right hand.
"Yeah I know, but at least after everything will be finally at peace after Griffiths taken care of" said Casca as she sat down on the rock and pulled down her dress all the way to her stomach revealing her chest.
Guts walked over to Casca, "You know it's nothing you haven't see before" said Casca smiling.
"Yeah I know" said Guts placing his right hand on the brand, it glowed for a few seconds before stopping.
"I think it's done" said Casca looking at Guts.
"Yeah it is" said Guts moving his right hand away and sure enough the brand was no longer there. He then noticed Casca looking at him, he removed the glove putting his hand on the left side of her face. the two of them got closer and kissed. Casca wrapped his arms around his neck, she stood up removing the rest of her dress and helped Guts remove the armour. The two of them continued to kiss, they ended up lying against a tree with nothing on them and watching the night sky.
"Sorry its just gonna be a while before we" said Casca.
"Don't worry about it, being like this with you is enough" said Guts smiling at her, she noticed him and the two of them kissed again. Casca then looked at where the berserker armor was left.
"That armour has been causing you pain ever since you started wearing it, there's gotta be something we can do about that" said Casca looking worried.
"Maybe our new friend can help us with that" said Guts.
"Yeah, maybe he can make me some armor aswell, also I need to do something about this hair" said Casca holding a piece of her long hair.
"Farnese actually cut off her hair herself, maybe she can help you" said Guts.
"Yeah but let's leave that till tomorrow" she said resting her head on his chest and closing her eyes.
"Alright then" said Guts giving her a kiss on the forehead before closing his eyes and holding her close.
Serpico found an area that had a view of the ocean, "It's a nice view isn't it" came a male voice from behind him and he looked to see it was Star who had the hood of his cloak back up.
"I've seen a lot of things traveling with them, some of them bad, but this is one of the good things" said Serpico, "You know how I feel about her don't you" he's asked?
"Yeah I could sense it from you, but it surprised me even after everything she's done to you" said Star.
"Well thank you for what you said to Roderick, but I don't know what I should say to her" said Serpico opening his eyes.
"You should be honest with her, you'll feel better if you do and you never know she might feel the same way towards you" said Star about to head back before serpico spoke again.
"You had someone you loved didn't you" he said making Star stop walking and just stood there not saying a word. "Forgive me I shouldn't have asked" he said feeling as he might have brightened up something bad about his past.
"It's alright, it's okay to ask questions about someone you'll be traveling with and needing to know if you can trust them" said Star sounding calm, "I'm calling it a night, will be leaving tomorrow" he said as he started to walk back to the group.
"Wait I'll come along with you" said Serpico catching up with him. The two of them reached the open area.
"Guts and Casca aren't back yet should we go send someone to find them" said Shiricke.
"No they're alright, the two of them deserve the time for themselves after everything they've been through" said Star as he sat down in front of a tree with his back against it.
"I guess Roderick is staying at the ship tonight" said Farnese as she lyed down on the ground and she then felt a blanket being put over her. She looked to see it was Serpico.
"It could be cold tonight" said Serpico.
"Thank you Serpico" she said holding the blanket close.
The rest of them then lyed down on the ground. Star watched as the others fall asleep before him, he then closed his eyes resting against the tree and falling asleep himself.