Found by Cruxis

Prologue

"Anna!" The auburn haired man named Kratos descended the cliff, frantically searching for his lost wife and son. Countless trees and shrubbery flashed quickly past him as he darted in and out of almost every different patch of the dense woods. Troubling thoughts overtook his mind, making his once cold and solitary heart ache as he desperately called out for the ones he was now bound to.

"Kratos. She's here." The man ran to the source of the voice, zigzagging past the trees until he came to a small clearing. A brunette woman was lying almost deathly still amongst the rocks and bushes, while someone stood literally hovering above the body, his lengthy blonde hair whipping slightly around his figure as the feathery appendages on his back beat at the air rhythmically, keeping him suspended.

"Yggdrasgil! Leave her alone!" Kratos' eyes flashed angrily as he directed his gaze at the angel before him. As he unsheathed his sword and got into his fighting stance, Yggdrasgil began to speak again.

"Is that any way to treat me after I just saved her life? And I gave her a key crest for that exsphere of hers. Don't you want to thank me?" Yggdrasgil smirked at his former teacher as the latter's face became the perfect picture of confusion.

He glanced at his wife's seemingly healed body. She looked perfectly fine and unharmed; the wound in her chest where he himself had stabbed her had disappeared entirely. As he glanced at her hand, he saw that she did indeed have a key crest for her exsphere. He looked back warily at Yggdrasgil.

"…Hmph. Thank you. But why did you do this?" He walked over to Anna as she slowly opened her eyes. After gently helping her to sit up, he eyed the man suspiciously. As he did so, he could see that Yggdrasgil was holding something behind his back, but what it was was anyone's guess.

The angel's icy gaze fixed on the strange couple as he spoke. "Because I want you two to work for me again. Help Cruxis."

The woman laughed, completely against the idea. "Why the hell would we help you monsters after everything you've done to us?" she eyed him venomously as her husband's arms tightened around her.

"I thought you might ask." He smirked as he took his arm out from behind his back. He was holding a small distressed boy of around two or three years of age who was crying quietly. Anna and Kratos gasped in shock.

"Lloyd!" Anna got to her knees instanly and stretched out her arm for her little one. Kratos did the classic "..." then clenched his fists as he pulled his wife back.

"Mommy! Daddy! Hewp me! Pease!" Little Lloyd increased the volue of his cries as he saw his mother and father.

Yggdrasgil spoke again. "Now if you want him to live, then I suggest you do as I say. So, will you help us... or let him suffer?"

"Mommy! Daddy!" Lloyd flailed arond helplessly, desperately trying to reach out for his parents.

"...If we do decide to work for you, then what will happen to my baby?" Anna looked down at her feet dejectedly as a lone tear trickled down her cheek.

The blonde angel smiled as he answered the woman. "You have a choice. He can also work for me, or he can stay here."

"On his own? Are you mad?" Kratos shouted.

"There is a dwarf that lives near here. I would leave him in his care."

"A dw-"

"Kratos!" Anna cut him off. "This could be best for him. I don't want him to grow into a lifeless angel that can't feel anything... I'd rather him live happily, here... even if it is without us..." Tears flowed freely down her face as she whispered to her husband.

Kratos sighed in defeat. "…Yggdrasgil. Leave him in the care of that dwarf. But I swear, if he gets harmed-"

"He won't be harmed Kratos, I swear. Now. I will take him to the dwarf then you will come back to Dherris Kharlan with me. Any last words before he leaves?" Yggdrasgil smirked.

Anna rose slowly as she walked over and kissed Lloyd gently on the forehead. "Lloyd, I promise you- we will see each other again when you're older. Please grow strong and live happily for us." She had taken her exsphere off when no one was looking and now swiftly placed it in Lloyd's little pocket of his red suit. "Remember. We love you."

She turned and walked back to Kratos, hugging him tightly.

"It's okay..." He comforted her, but not truly believing what he said himself.

Yggdrasgil put his wings away and walked over to a little wooden house, still holding the crying child. He spoke to a dwarf for some time, then came back to the couple, with Lloyd nowhere in sight.

Hope that's okay but we shall see, R&R ! ^.^