Summary: This is an alternative Tales of Legendia story. Rated T for language and descriptive violence. There will also be some SenelxChloe.
A/N: There will be both minor and major character deaths in this story.
I don't own Tales of Legendia.
Chapter 1
Even though it was only morning, Senel was already tired. He and Will had
just gone through the Misty Mountains and were heading towards the Bandit's Lair. He still couldn't believe that all of this was on a moving ship. Will had told him that much of the Legacy has still been unexplored.
This place is huge! I hope I find Shirley in time before that Bandit does something to her.
"Hey come on!" Senel looked up to see that Will was already at least one hundred yards ahead of him.
"Coming!"
By the time he got to him, Will was already starting to go on ahead. Senel was surprised to see how strong Will was. He could easily take most monsters down in under five minutes. Which Senel was surprised at considering Will was a natural historian.
"Must be his eres that makes him so strong," Senel muttered.
Will stopped and turned around.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing."
Will stared at him for a moment and turned around.
"You better watch yourself, boy."
Senel looked down at the ground and muttered to himself, "The sooner we leave here the better."
He looked up at Will. He was obviously someone not to mess around with. He stood at least six feet tall and had a well-built body. And on top of all that he could use crystal eres. Then he looked down at himself. He was well muscled, but also very scrawny.
I wonder if I could beat him in a fight?"What the hell are you doing now?"
Senel looked up to see Will staring at him. The sunlight was reflecting off of his glass and he had a cold expression on his face.
"Come on! Do you want to save your sister or not?" Will said. This time Senel could tell by his voice that he was getting angry.
While Senel was running over to Will he heard Will muttering about how he ended up having to do this.
When he caught up with him, Will he pointed towards smoke in the distance. "You see where the smoke is? That is where Moses' camp is at."
After hearing that Senel started sprinting towards the smoke.
"Hey, wait up!"
But Senel didn't wait, he ran until he got to the entrance of the Bandit's Lair.
Senel looked around the camp entrance. There was stuff everywhere but there didn't look like there were any guards.
So this is where they're keeping Shirley. There doesn't seem to be any guards around. Maybe I can rescue her without Will's help?
Just as he was about to enter Will came running up behind him.
"Were you listening to me? I told you to wait up!"
"Well you were to slow, and besides, the quicker I find Shirley the sooner we can get out of here."
Will stared at him for a moment, it looked like he was about to say something but instead he turned and entered the Bandit's Lair.
Senel followed him in.
The lair had a very strong earthy smell to it. The hallways were large but were dimly lit. The walls were a maroon kind of a color with symbols on them.
"We better be careful, we don't know what Moses is capable of."
Senel didn't say anything; he was looking for a room or some place that they might be keeping Shirley.
What do they want with Shirley? Why couldn't thy just leave Shirley alone? As soon as I find that bandit I'm going to make him tell me.
"Well, y'all finally made it!"
Senel looked towards were the voice sounded from. There in front of him was tanned skin man who was a little taller then he was. He had no shirt on; instead he had a strap that connected to a pack, which carried spears. He also wore baggy pants and he an eye patch.
"Y'all most not care fer the Merines that much since it took you so long to get here."
Senel eyes shot instantly towards Moses, he could feel the anger starting to rise inside him. He lifted his arm and pointed towards Moses and was able to say "Why You!" before going after him in a blind rage.
Senel started to charge towards Moses. He was about half way there when he felt something give way form under his feet. Senel looked down to see he was standing on a trap door, but it malfunctioned so it didn't fully open. He then looked up at Moses and gave a roar of anger.
"Ah, crap!" Moses cried and he began to run away, but was not fast enough.
Senel soon caught up to him and punch him in the back of the head. Moses hit the ground with a solid thud; he turned his head to see that Senel was standing next to him, and that he was about to kick him in the face. He wasn't able to get out of the way in time, and Senel's foot hit Moses' nose with a cracking sound.
Blood gushed out of the bandit's noise. Moses' one good eye stung with pain as his own blood went into it. He could keep his eye open just long enough to see that Senel was going to kick him again. But instead Senel decided not to kick him again he bent down and lifted up Moses' head by his hair and asked, "Why did you kidnap Shirley?"
Moses looked at him and said weakly "Sacred Eres."
"What?!"
"Sacred Eares gives you unbelievable power, but the only way to get them is if someone who is powerful grants it to you."
"So you thought Shirley was going to give these "Sacred Eres"?"
"But she is the Merines, right?"
After hearing that Senel filled with rage and kicked Moses in the face. There was another cracking sound but this time it was Moses' jaw that cracked.
"Hey, stop that!"
Senel turned around to see Will behind him.
"Don't you think you should stop kicking him and ask him where Shirley is?"
Senel looked down at Moses, whose face was covered with blood.
"Where's Shirley?"
Moses looked up it was easy to see that Moses' jaw was broken, but he managed to say "S...She's on the top floor…"
"Okay. Come on Senel, we'll deal with him latter."
Senel just stood there and look down at Moses while Will walked past him and started to go down the hallway. Moses' nose and jaw were broken; blood was on every single spot on his face. Senel could even see some blood coming out of the bandit's head, but he wasn't sure though due to the bandit's red hair. Deciding he had enough of looking at the suffering bandit, Senel started down the hallway too. It didn't take him long to catch up to Will. They were almost to the stairs when Will suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
"Someone's coming."
"Do you think Moses sent reinforcements?"
"I don't know."
It was just then someone turned the corner. Senel was about to attack but then that someone suddenly screamed. Senel jumped back in surprise, and soon realized who this person was.
Chloe! What's she doing here? Don't tell me she was trying to rescue Shirley!He looked at her with disgust; she was smaller then he was. She wore a cape and a beret. She had a sword at her side that looked like something a knight would wear. But by the look on her face, which was bewildered and frustrated, it was hard to believe that she was a knight at all.
"What are you doing here?" Will said with some shock.
"I...I came here to rescue Shirley."
"Did you see her?"
"Uh….no. I fell into a trap…"
"Some knight."
"Hey, at least I tried!"
"Yeah, whatever."
Will turned to Senel and bonked him on the head.
"That's enough out of you."
He than turned to Chole and said "Listen, I don't want you running off in a place
like this, so I want you to come with us."
"What?!" Senel said with a mixture of disbelief and anger.
"Listen Senel, she's after the same thing we are, so we might as well work together."
Senel looked down and mumbled, "Yeah, okay."
"Chloe, do you know where the steps that lead upstairs are?"
"Yes, I just passed them."
"Okay then, Chloe led the way."
I really hope we find Shirley soon. I can't wait to get out of this place.
She led them around the corner to a flight of stairs that led them to a single poorly lit hallway that looked just like the others. There were two doors, one that was in front of them and one at the end of the hallway.
"Senel, Chloe and I will check the one at the end of the hallway; you check the one here."
"Right."
Senel walked up to the door and put his ear against it.
Doesn't sound like any thing is going on, and I don't hear any thing from the other end of the hall… did Moses lie to us?
Just then there was a sound of something being knocked over in the room. He listened carefully for any- "Senel!"
Senel jumped back and then put his ear to the door again. This time the voices were louder there was a man speaking and the other voice sounded like….
"Shirley!'
"Senel!"
"Quiet! You!'
"Shirley, who's in there with you?"
"One of the bandit's m-"
There was a sudden scream.
"Shirley!?"
"Okay, whoever's out there, don't come in, or I will kill this girl!"
"Who are you? And why are you doing this?"
"I'm Csaba; I saw what you did to Moses…. How could you do that to him? He was my friend."
Would this guy kill Shirley if I came in? Probably not, I doubt that Shirley gave Moses his "Sacred Eres" yet so he probably won't kill her.
After a little more thought Senel decided what he will do.
"I'm coming in!'
"What? Didn't I just tell you I'll kill her if you come in?"
"Yeah, but I won't give you any time to kill her."
Senel broke through the door and saw a man with green hair. He had a sword and was standing right next to Shirley…. she looked unconscious.
He then looked around the rest of the room. There was a large open window behind the two of them. To the left of him there was a bed that was surrounded by treasure (probably stolen). Besides that there were four large stone support beams, one at each corner of the room.
Senel started to move towards the man.
"Stay back."
Csaba picked up Shirley and but the blade next to her throat.
Senel saw that Csaba's eyes were full of tears, but they also showed hate towards him for what he did to Moses.
He's seems weak, I somehow doubt he would actually even consider killing her. Looks like he would prefer to drop that sword and run away.
"Okay, I know you're no-"
At that moment, the ground started to shake. Senel lost his balance and fell to his knees. He looked up and a mask of horror spread across his face. Csaba was trying to stay on his feet, but it was hard to do while holding Shirley. He had a look of worry on his face as he tried desperately to hold the sword and Shirley and to keep his balance at the same time. Suddenly, Csaba fell forward and his hand that had held Shirley let go of her, but the other hand that had the sword lowered. As Shirley fell, the sword impaled her through the stomach.
It went all the way through her body, and when the sword came out through the other side blood was dripping down the blade. She landed on Csaba, who screamed when he realized what had happened to Shirley. In his panic he got up quickly, and while doing so flipped Shirley's body around. This caused a pool of blood to form around her body quickly. Senel looked into the blood to see his own reflection. His face had a look of indescribable pain on it; not willing to look at himself with an expression like that he returned his gaze to Shirley.
Sh...Sh…Shirley…oh…no…
Since Csaba got up so fast he stumbled a little. When was able to keep his balance he turned around and looked at Shirley. His face began to turn white. He looked down at the sword that was still in her, and at the pool of blood around her body. But the one thing that horrified him the most was the expression on Shirley's face. Even though she was unconscious her faced still showed pain.
"This is horrible…the pain…. I can't imagine..." He then looked at Senel, who didn't bother to get off of his knees; he just sat there looking at Shirley.
After a moment of just looking at her, Senel turned his head toward Csaba. His expression wasn't hatred or rage, no, it was helplessness. Senel started talking but Csaba couldn't hear anything he was saying.
Csaba realized he needed to get out of the lair, and started walking towards the door, but stopped; he looked at Senel and Shirley one last time and said in a sad voice, "I'm sorry.'
He walked out onto the hallway.
I better go help Moses…. I hope he is okay. I guess when I am downstairs helping him I could round up the men an-
"Hey, you!"
Csaba turned to see a man and a women standing on the upper end of the hallway. They both had worried looks on their faces. So they started towards him. Csaba, not knowing what to do, ran down the stairs.
"Hey, wait!"
And Will and Chloe started to run after him, but Chloe stopped at the room he came out of.
"Chloe, what's wrong?" Will asked her in a worried voice.
Chloe said nothing instead she pointed her finger to the open room. Will reared back in disgust at what he saw. In the room Senel was leaning over Shirley's body. He saw the pool of blood that had collected under Shirley, but what he couldn't stop looking at was the sword that she was impaled on.
Chloe screamed at this. Even though she was trained to see this kind of thing, it was her first time actually seeing it.
She started to shake, and feeling like she was about to vomit headed towards the upper end of the hallway. All Will could do was try to calm her down while sometimes looking into the room.
But Senel didn't notice Csaba leave or Chloe's cry; he just stood there. Then, he bent down and picked her up. He looked down at Shirley's face; she was still in pain. He didn't know what to do though. He looked around helplessly for someone, but he never took notice of Chloe or Will. Then Shirley started to stir, Senel looked in surprise, Shirley started talking but Senel could only hear….
"Senel…I…"
Then her mouth moved but no words came out. It must have pained her to talk and Senel was about to tell her to stop, but then her eyes shot open and she made a deep moaning sound. In surprise Senel dropped her, and she landed on the floor with a hollow kind of sound.
After realizing that she was dead, Senel looked down at her and began to cry.
Meanwhile, outside of the room Will had finally managed to get Chloe under control.
"Are you sure you will be able to handle yourself?"
"Ye…yeah, I'm pretty sure I can handle it…"
"You're a knight, aren't you? You're supposed to be able to handle this kind of thing." Will said this with little emotion causing Chloe to start to cry.
"Stop crying! Get a hold of yourself!"
Chloe sniffled a little but then stopped.
"Are you sure you're ready?"
Chloe didn't say anything she just nodded her head.
They both entered in the room, but neither of them did anything but stand there quietly. And then after a while Chloe said in a sorrowful voice "Coolidge….what….what…happened?"
Senel, just realizing that Will and Chloe were there, turned around and looked at them. He started to talk but the words just didn't come out right. So he just turned around and kept looking at Shirley. Then, a minute later he managed to say in a whisper, "She….she…is…dead….the…only….person…I…had…left…is…dead…"
"Coolidge…"
Chloe started to come over and start to comfort him "Coolidge I-"
"WHAT THE HELL!"
Surprised, everyone looked towards to whoever said that, and there, standing in front of the open window was the man they saw at Lumen Springs. He had a look of pure rage, hatred, and disgust on his face. His eyes were set on the sword that was still impaled into Shirley. Then his eyes moved up to Senel, and he then looked at Chole and Will.
"You…you killed her!"
Senel had a look of anger and helplessness on his face.
He then started in a meek and quiet voice "It...it wasn't-"
"Shut Up! You Orerines bastard!"
He then started to look around, and while doing so he started breathing heavily. Then he began to move towards were Senel was. Senel didn't move; all he did was stare down at Shirley. The man stopped in front of her body and bent down. He put his hand on the sword handle and pulled the sword out of her. The sword came out with ease, blood still dripping off of it. The man held it up and inspected the blade.
"I will kill you now, with the blade with which you killed the Merines."
After hearing this Will and Chloe looked at each other and Chloe in a weak voice said "W...What?"
"You heard me; I said I will kill you!"
He then looked at Senel who was still looking down at Shirley. "You will be first."
"Senel!" "Coolidge!" Chloe and Will both shouted at the same time.
But Senel didn't move, he just kept looking down.
Coolidge, why won't you move! Can't you see he's about to…wait, he isn't thinking to… !
"Cooli-"
Then, the earth began to shake again, but this time it was stronger. There was a loud cracking sound that caused Will, Chloe, and the man to look at one of the support beams. The one nearest to the door looked like it was beginning to fracture, and the wall around it was beginning to crack.
Realizing what was going to happen, Will shouted frantically, "Senel, Chloe, we have to get out of here, this place is going to collapse!'
Realizing this too the man muttered, "Damn."
He then turned towards the window and suddenly he had a black pair of wings. He lifted himself up and flew out the window.
Louder cracks were heard. This time they started forming over the whole wall.
Seeing this Will turned to Chloe and said "We have to get out of here, now!"
He then turned to Senel who was still looking down at Shirley and he shouted "Senel, come on!"
Senel still didn't move; his eyes were in a transfixed gaze looking at Shirley.
A piece of the roof cam crashing down into the room and landed on the bed, which it crushed. Now a rumbling sound could be heard, and the floor began to give way.
Chloe with a look of intense fear looked at Senel and began shouting at him to come on.
But Senel didn't hear what she said over the rumbling; he just kept looking down at Shirley.
How could Shirley be dead? I worked so hard to keep her safe…. I did anything to protect her… and now this has happened…what went wrong…why…..why….
A piece of the roof fell down hitting Senel in the head, knocking him unconscious.
Well, thank you for reading my story!
Next Chapter coming soon!
A/N: I'm not a Shirley hater, but I don't like her. Her death was for plot advancement.