Disclaimer: all the following character and places is not mine except for the story.

Chapter one:

~Rain Prelude~

it was called Ivalice, it was peace at the first time this world was reborn. Human, other creatures and nature lived side by side. But then, like our world, occured a time where they were separated with their own greedy. The human fought among them to get power, while the other race losing their hope for them, because they don't why but human are always be the one who united them, but when they saw that their soul wasn't pure anymore, they prefer to leaved them alone and exile them self to the place where they're supposed to be. Elfs back to the woods and the mountains, dwarfs back to their deepest mine, and etc. Now, there are so many kingdom among the human, from the small one, until the huge one.

Ivalice itself divided by two, the middle earth in south (which consist of some human kingdom, elfs kingdom, dwarf, etc), and the distant earth in north (which all of them are human kingdom). Recently, there's a big incident in middle earth, Sauron the eye has comeback. Fortunately, middle earth (altough with a half death situation) manage to get rid Sauron without asking for help from distant earth. This incident even create a new ruler among the middle earth, they finally united again. They were hoping distant earth can do the same, because one of the elf's leader predict that another enemies will occur among them, and at that time, they have to become one if they want to win. The problem is, the middle earth still working on their reconstructure after Sauron's death, while distant earth still don't care about anything or anyone else except their kingdom.

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"What's the matter Sue? You dont look so well?" Lucy asked the princess of Dalmasca with a bit worried. "It's your engagement party. You should be happy!" she tried to cheer her up.

A girl in a beautiful white dress with silver ribbon was sitting on a huge and puffy bed. She's actually really beautiful, a real beauty. She has a brown red wavy hair which fall until her waist which is very smooth and shine, her skin was white like a snow, her eyes were very pretty with long eyelashes and a blue ice coloured eyed ball, her lips are full, orange and very sensual, it'll make any guy who kiss her there very satisfy. She's Susan, 19 years old, the Royal Princess of Dalmasca, a small kingdom in distant earth. She was very clever, gorgeous, soft, and well mannered as a princess, and in battle field she was a very good archer and quite a fighter. Though she actually hated blood and scene where people sliced each other, that's why if it's not very necessary she prefer to stay hidden and plan the strategy. She was also great with politics.

"I am happy.." Susan protested.

"You can't fool me," Lucy shooked her head. As for her, she's a girl with a very bright personality, she's friendly and always give smile even for people she doesn't know about. She's not very beautiful, but she's pretty and very cute with honey coloured straight hair which fall until her back of arm pit, she has a yellow skin, her eyes were big with a rounded bright green eye ball, her pink lips are soft and thin. Lucy are 17 years old, and she was Susan best friend, and even though she was not a blue blood, but King Lune (Susan's father) let her played with his daughter and love her like she was his own child. Lucy also not well mannered as Susan, but she knows what people like and don't like, so she always behaved by that taught, so people don't have any problem when she's around, contrary, they were happy when she's around. Lucy also not a very good fighter, but she always get helped from place she never imagine to.

"What do you expected? You want me to jump happily?" Susan mumble with a bit upset. She stand and walk to the balcony.

"At least they give us a very pretty dress," Lucy tried to calm her and happily look at her own pink satyn dress. "And you were so stand out with your outfit and make up. I bet all boys out there feel to kill Caspian when you both on parade earlier," she mock her.

Susan exhale. "I don't know Lu, it wasn't the Caspian who made me feel like this. It's something else," she finally confessed and sadly looked below the balcony.

"Fell what Su?" asked Lucy carefully.

"Feel—Hey, are my ceremony still continue? Or dad still have a guest?" Susan are trying to explain at first, but then she realized that down there, a lot of people seems busy to assamble in the hall.

"Um.. I already check your schedule, and it seems.. No," Lucy answered confusedly while standing from one of the Sofa in Susan's room. Her part time job are being Susan assistant or secretary.

Suddenly, Susan room doors are open. A 21 years old handsome guy with a brown shine hair which falls neatly until his shoulder, a big green coloured eyes and a broad shoulder suddenly come in. He usually looked calm and gentle, but now he seems a bit panic. He also still in his royal outfit which has the same color and pattern like Susan.

"I need you to give announcement, calm, and give evacuate order to our people," he said with a calm tone while walking towards Susan. But his face can't lie.

"Caspian? What's wrong?" Susan was also walked towards him.

"My lady, I'm going to collect information you need out side," Lucy asked for permit while that two couple meets near the balcony. Susan nod, and Caspian give her a thank look. Lucy gets out from that room as soon as that.

"Archadia Empire are attacking us," Caspian said in a small voice.

"What!? Why!? What have we done wrong!?" asked Susan shockly.

"We have done nothing, it just one of their attemps to wider their lands and territory. We only have two territory, while they have so many, that's why they want our land and ask us to surrender, but our parents denied that. Still, Empire said that they will take Nabradia by force this evening if we still deny them. We want a diplomacy route but they rejected all of them. So there's no option except banished them too by force," answered Caspian seriously.

"That mean's wars! How could they!? Do they know how much our people and unarmed they are!? And do you realiaze? It's Archadia we will fighting to! We were out numbered!" Susan yelled.

"Hey, calm down.. Uncle Lune, my father and I, and the Olacion order also know and understand about what you think. But whatever you or we want now are not going to work," Caspian grabed her upper arm and shake it a little to calm her down.

"So this is the truth about my bad feelings were.." Susan whispered and looked to the other way.

"Now listen carefully, go to public, announce this and asked them not to panic. Uncle Lune and I still have some work to do, we have to make the strategy and discuss about the reinforcement amount. I know you can do it. They believe you and they always feel comfort when you around," Caspian touched her cheek and softly pull her face to look at him again.

"But it's better if father give extra announcement after you were all finished so they can feel safer," said Susan. Caspian noded. "And your father?" Susan touched Caspian palm on her cheek.

"He already goes there with his troops," Caspian eye suddennly look a bit worried. "Look Sue, I know before this we were only best friend, cousin.." he looked to the other side, his grab power on Susan upper arms gets a bit stronger. Susan look at him with no expression. "But now, after that announcement, I need you to stay beside me," then Caspian looked at her again, bow a little, closed his eyes, and put his forehead on her forehead.

"Caspian.." Susan call his name. She actually feel quite shock when Caspian do that. He is her fiance now, but what he said before was not mistaken. They were grown up together in almost every single way they know, like play, study, and fighting. They were know each other toughts and act. Susan care about him like he is her own brother, the same thing happen to Caspian. But one year ago, their parents finally told them their plan since they were a child, that they were make to be together. To stronger Dalmasca.

"Change your clothes, and dont forget to put a thin armor before it just in case."

"I found you.." a boy whispered happily, his eyes spying his prey carefully. He was actually Prince Peter from Narnia kingdom, it's one of the largest kingdom in distant earth beside Archadia. The diferent were, they were huge from the begining while Archadia keep growing, Narnia's king (who is Peter father) doesn't wanna do an expand because he thinks that his people had enough fertile land and life, so he doesn't want to find a conflict which will cause suffer to his beloved people, while the ruler of Archadia in the other hand wouldn't stop to conquer all land in distant earth, and fortunately his ambition was having a full suport from his greedy people.

Peter himself are actually a good prince among his people. His people know that he fought well in battle field, he was fierce, and have guts, also a quite good strategiest, and as a prince he was well mannered, care to his people and embrace them. But what his people dont know is he actually can be pretty bald and spoiled when he only around his parents and his guards. Just like this time. He's having his hunting time, but he start to feel bored because his guards always following him around. So he fooled them and get away. He made it. And after fourty five minutes searching, he finally found a prey. A big wot hog, it's as tall as he is and very fat. Peter's mouth are now watery, he imagine how delicious that juicy meat when he fry them. He actually good looking when he as a prince, and fierce as a warior with his golden short messy hair, his sharped blue eyes and his thick, red, full lip. He have a rounded face but that's what makes him cute. He's on the same age like Caspian.

"May I know what are you trying to do my prince," a lady with an anger voice suddenly asked from his back. Peter looked to her side, at first he tought that she was her maid and he about to mad at her because she's disturbing him. But then he realize that it wasn't a human, not a human at all. But it's a giant wot hog with size as big as a standard house in Narnia town. "With my boy?" the wot hog female continue her question. Her eyes gets sharper and red.

"Ehh.. your boy?" while Peter gets pale and stupid, he point to the cute (compare to her) wot hog. "I'm going to hunt him," he answered honestly.

The female wot hog suddenly gets mad. She lifts her front legs, makes a very scary sounds, and started aftering Peter. Peter yelled as he start running, he jumped out from the bushes where he hide, and went past the cute little wot hog which now seems a bit confused because it's mother were aftering a human.

"I'm not going to kill him!"

"Do you think I dont know what hunt is!?"
"I imagine how delicious he's going to be, but I dont meant to kill him! My arrow point even not sharp at all, it was replace by a puffy ball cover in red powder! And I dont know it was your boy, so I'm sorry!"

"How could you! I even know who you were!" I think Peter's explanation should be quite to calm the wot hog female down, but instead, she gets more mad because Peter didn't recognize her.

Luckily, suddenly someone pulled Peter from above the tree.

"Whoa!!" Peter cry as he float in the air and bump his ass on the tree bark.

"Hhh.. I just slept for a moment and you already in a trouble," a boy stand in front of him while scratching his hair. A very handsome boy actually, he has a dark short hair, a serious expression, a black and deep black eyes, a full red lip, and a tall body. Compared to Peter, you can call him a bit skinny. And he's younger than Peter, he is 18 years old.

"I get it sorted!" moaned Peter, he try to stand.

"Your welcome," that boy rounded his eyes.

"It's not my fault that you fall aslepp Ed," Peter defend his self.

"I wonder if that pig is gonna be alright? It keeps running even when it dont have a target anymore. Luckily I save you first, if one of our man see what's going on before, they probably really killed those pig and we will have a great party," the boy who actually named Edmund changed their talking topic. It was tiring to argue with Peter, he tought.

"Hmm.." Peter looked far away where that female wot hog seems to still running. "By the way, I know that you are a sleppy head and used to sleep about five minutes in one job. But today you take a lot more time than that. Does this means my mighty guard Edmund finally feel exhausted?" then he realized that Edmund tries to change their topic, he like to make Edmund get's upset, so he tease him now.

"I'm not exhausted. It's just a bit tiring to prepare your route to the east. There are so many sea monsters. And because I remembered what your father said to keeping care of the ecology, instead of killing them I try with all my might to distract them from our route until one month!" Edmund try to explain calmly.

"What makes those diferent..?" mumble Peter in purpose. "You just get rid all the fun," he tease him again.

"What ever! Just for your information, I wont help you if one of that monstrous escape from my sight and hunt you down at our sail," Edmund now upset and felt like his going to punch Peter's mouth.

Peter smile, it's enough now, he think. He actually always appreciated Edmund attempted to protected and assisted him, not as his guardian, but as his best friend. "So, how long will we get there? What's the island name again? And what will we going to do there?" he asked. He actually really dont know, but his question actually make Edmund gets hotter.

"Two weeks, go and home journey consume one month traveling. And it's star island not a star trunk. You will assemble and attend the holy ceremony of a new star, it's Princess Ramandu who finally selected. After the ceremony she will fly to the sky and do her job, so we can go home," however, Edmund always tried to be profesional and calmed his self. His considering Peter's sucks as his patient trials.

"Aww.. That's a very long journey! But how could you get here so fast?"

"Previous, I check the route with only three man, so it is fast. While next I will carry a lot of man and a precious Prince in Dawn Treader."

"Hhh.. Dad and mom goes what ever they want again. I always loved adventure, but they dont even asking my opinion when they want to sent me as a delegation from Narnia.."

Edmund felt a bit sorry for him and try to cheer him a little when a group of war machine fly above the woods. Distract they attention straight to it.

"What the—Is father announce something before this? Some war alert or anything?" Peter was climbed the tree higher to get a better look.

"No he didn't my Prince. You better come down. And dont worry, what ever it wants to have a war with, it's not with us. It's heading out from Narnia," Edmund shooked his head and also climbed another bark to watch Peter. He whistle, and a black strong eagle come to him, it landed on his shoulder.

"This wood is the out side border of Narnia, so who ever it is, they try to make themself invinsible so the other kingdom wont know they attack something," Peter covered his head from the sun light and looked up the sky.

"So it's better if we stay hidden! Because they dont want to be seen!" Edmund warned from the other bark. He look around them sharpedly, a bit worry someone or something try to attack his prince.

"Tell my father to secure all area! We wont interfere these people who went to war, but just incase. And send a spy to know where they were heading and their purpose! It's Archadia, we shouldn't underustimate their move..." Peter finally gives his order. He looked sharply to one of the war machine with empire emblem on it.

"Roger! Now, can we come down?" Edmund look like he already finished writing Peter's order in a small perkament, he rolled it and tied it up on one of the eagle foot. "Fly to king Diggory," he said with a lower voice to the eagle. The eagle flies as soon as Edmund give his own order. Then he look to Peter again. His Prince haven't come down from his place before.

It's a very large amount of war machine. With whom Archadia is going to fought? It's a less possibility that a small kingdom could survive from that amount. Because what I know, there are none a big kingdom in distant earth beside us both.. Peter ask to himself.

A man in a hurry ride his horse as fast as he can to the gates of Dalmasca castle. His head was bleeding and he was covered in his own sweat.

While Lucy and Susan were at the center of the kingdom, Rabanastre town park. It's almost sunset. Lucy sits near the fish pool, she's looking at the large amount of army (for dalmasca size) whose march towards the castle, Susan in the other hand having a little conversation with one of her people, an old lady who usually sell a kitty candy for Rabanastran children.

"My lady," a man on a flying machine heading towards Lucy. He almost look a like the previous man on horse, actually they were twins. The difference between them are their hair. Cor, or this man having a blonde long hair which always neatly tied on his back or neck, sometimes he braids it or ponytail it. While his younger brother, Corin, has a short blonde hair. Both of them are the main general of Dalmasca, Corin are the head of troops which always lead Dalmascan army to battle, while Cor are the head of the Royal family guardian. Both of them are still young, they're in same age as Susan. But Corin was a fierce warrior, and the army respect him so much, and although Cor almost always went with Susan to protect her, he always keep his manner as he remember that the lady is a Princess.

"Cor.." Lucy mumbled his name and stand up. "Any news?"

"Yes," Cor answered as soon as possible while he came down from his chocobo. "A bad one actually."

"Please Mrs., I need you and I with another people evacuate from here, now," Susan tried to convince the old lady.

"It's ok my dear. Believe it or not, we'll feel safer if we stay here. We can also help our brother and sister who evacuate here from Nabradia. Besides, we dont know where we want to go when we out there. Other kingdom wouldn't probably care to us like what they did twelve years ago.." the old lady slowly shooked her head. Susan suddenly feel sorry, she feel hopeless, like she cant do anything to help her people. Her expression became cloudly, and she slowly tingled her head. "Dont blame yourself my Royal Princeses.. it's not you, your father or anyone in this kingdom have to blame. We were all, especially the one who lived out there, almost lost our humanity.. You were all, already do what you can do," the old lady touched Susan's cheek softly and smile.

"We'll do our best for all of you," Susan smiled forcedly while she takes those hand and kisses it palms.

"May Alambil always be with you.." the old lady whispered, shrug Susan's face, let her hand off from the princess, and go. Susan look at her back pleadingly.

"Susan!" Lucy called her while she's running towards her with Cor.

Susan turned and look at them both confusedly. "What's the matter?" she asked.

"Nabradia has fallen," Cor reported when he and Lucy stoped infront of Susan.

"So soon!?" Susan eyes bulged out. In the distant, she can hear her father voice to assamble the people on the city hall courtyard from the speaker.

"Yes, Archadia brought all modern war machine they got to make us down. If there are no reinforcement right now, Nabradia wont survive until night fall. That's why King assamble and gathered all people in city courtyard to explain the situation, plus send Rabanastre troops to Nabradia," Cor explain.

"Those bastard! Fighting someone whose not their size!" Susan feel her anger burn her from the inside. "What about Caspian father..?" then she suddenly remembered and lowered her voice.

"King Caspian the ninth has also fallen.." Cor sight fall to the ground. "Prince Caspian itself will no go to defend Nabradia with general Corin," he added.

"Doesn't he know as a future king he have to stay put in where he belongs now, and not try to get himself kill!?" Susan asked angrily. She start running to her chocobo. Luckily, theDalmascan women are usually wear a ballon long or short pants which usually cuts a couple cm on the side and unite by a small, soft, comfy, thin and colorful rope , or baloon skirt, so she doesn't have any difficulty to move, unlike the other Princess. their torso were also wrap in a thin clothes with long, short, or no sleeves which falls until their upper or middle belly, while their expose the rest of the belly, some of them let it falls until their hip. The one who wear sleeves are usually exposed their shoulder, but those who doesn't just have a thin clothes which cover only their shoulder. Though, as a loyal, Susan's and Lucy outfit are a bit diferent, while the common woman side pants are united with only one colour rope, they have one until three diferent colours. There usually an Opal with medium size in Susan's chest, while her shoulder cover with some thin and beautiful laces, and she likes to wear the long sleeves, while Lucy have a complex bordir on her chest, she prefers no sleve and let her clothes fall to her hip, if Susan have Opal, she have a colourful bangle on her left hand.

Susan started riding to city hall courtyard. There are some trafic because the line of the troops and peoples crowed. War and flying machine pasted one by one above her. It was so busy and crowded right now. "Excuse me," said Susan, try not to make anyone steped by her chocobo. She couldn't moved because she's trap in the middle of trafic.

"Princess Susan!" suddenly, Cor and Lucy in his previous flying machine floated above and near her. "Give me your hand!" asked Cor with a bigger voice, it's so noisy around them. He reached out one of his hands.

"What about Cookie?" Susan looked at her chocobo.

"My Man will take care of her!" Cor calmed her down. Susan finally grabed his hands, and with the help of Lucy, she manage to sit properly in the middle of them.

"What are you planning to do?" asked Lucy slowly on Susan's ear.

"I'm going to. Caspian always careless when he's on fire. I cant let him go by himself. Besides, I am a princess, so I must protect my kingdom!" Susan answered unpatient. "Can you go any faster general?"

"Dont you realize that you're also careless when you're panic. Like you said before, as a future King and as for you a Queen, you must stay safe here!" Lucy try to reminded her.

Susan say nothing, then she closed her eyes for a few moment. "He wont listen to me like I listened to you.." she mumble sadly. They finally arrived at the city courtyard. King Lune are making his speech while they were running to the line of the Olacion Order.

"Wait! Fix your hair and clothes! We'll go public now," Lucy suddenly pulled her hand when they still behind the line. She help Susan clean and straight her clothes, plus neat her hair. Cor waited for them unpatiently.

"Lucy, what are you doing? Get the Princess out here!" Corin know their coming, he looked back and asked Lucy to hurry. His head in bandage.

"A second general, it's the matter of our moral force," Cor try to explained the situation.

"Dont forget to maintain that simple smile and calming expression!" finally, Lucy pushed Susan back. They get in the line now.

Susan could see her army faces. They look a bit nervous, and of course they were, especially after hearing about Nabradia army. But they're also fierce because they were angry of Archadia who invaded their homeland. And when she gets on the line, King Lune were handing Dalmasca ancient broad sword to Caspian.

"May the Galthea always be with you.." the king lifted the swords from the level, then handed it over to Caspian.

"Then I shall bring peace back to our land," said Caspian with a deep voice. He already wear his white armor, he received the sword with a sharp expression. Before he turned to Dalmasca army, he looked the Olacion order to have bless. His heart suddenly pounded when he realize that Susan are already stand there. They were look each other with no expression. After five seconds seing each other, Caspian finally turned to the army while pulling the sword from it's place. He saw them and maintain their eye contact for three seconds. "Yaaaaahh!!" then he lifted the sword with one hand and yelled. The army and the people responded to his battle cry with full of energy.

"You cant send him father," Susan stoped King Lune from his walk while all of them get ready to their battle station.

"So you finally care about your future husband safety," King lune still have a time to teased her.

"I care about the future of our land if he dead out there!" Susan higher her tone.

King Lune not saying anything. "I know that to my dear.. But you cant stop a man to go to war. Especially after all his pride was taken.."

"Papa.." Susan looked at her father in disapointment. She finally left him and run after Caspian before he departed with his troops.

"Sue? Are you okay?" Caspian asked shockly when Susan bumped onto him at the gate of the city castle. He was about to ride his war chocobo.

"I beg you.. Dont go.." Susan held his hands and please. Caspian looked at her with cold expression. "It's not the matter of pride. You were just mad because your father was also fallen with his city."

"That's why I have to go. To regain his honor, and to get our city back," caspian shooked.

"You said you need me besides you! So here am I! Try to remind you because you were now the part of me!" Susan yelled in frustation. Some of their troops now look at them because of her voice. "I have a really bad feelings about this one battle Caspian. If you go, I'm afraid you cant comeback.. Please rethink, rethink about our people destiny if something happen to you.." Susan lowered her voice again. Her eyes started watery.

"What kind of royal who didn't have any bad feelings if this battle include all their kingdoms and great enemies?" Caspian softed his tone, try to calmed her down. "It's very kind of you to worry about our people destiny if I'm dead, I dont know what to say.." he caress her cheek. Susan feel cold when his chain mail set touched her, but Caspian feel her warm. "Even if I'm dead, I was about to dead in bravery, and I will go with all my strength to claim back the city. You just made my guts down.. but that's ok. I understand.." Caspian suddenly huged her. Susan could feel anger inside his body. "Next time, you have to believe more to your allies," Caspian kissed her forehead, let her go, and gets to his war chocobo.

Susan stayed at her place. She cant believe her attempted to stop Caspian was failed. It is true that she worried about her people. But deep inside her, she mostly scared of Caspian faith in this battle, because what she feels right now is really a big of frightness abyss. Her sight getting empty, and she almost cried. Caspian who realized about that feel very sorry and sympathy, so he gave Lucy (who from the first looking at them from a distant) a signal to secure his fiance.

"Come my lady.." Lucy understand. She pull Susan softly from behind so they wont stand in Caspian and his army's way. Before she took her princess in, she gave a meaningful look to Caspian.

"Take care of her," Caspian said without a voice, but Lucy could understand him. "March!" he shouted and finally led his army outside the castle. Lucy watched over them, while Susan who stayed still and looked the ground only see the dust fly over under the chocobo's feet.

"Let's get inside. It's getting cold. If Archadia also attack here, you have to fight with your full strength," Lucy finally guided Susan to walk slowly to the castle.

A girl with a golden hair which falls until her shoulder are wearing her black armor, but the truth is, she's not wearing it. Some sort of black liquid are floating around her, and when ever it attached and covered her body, it changed into her armor. She looked like a twelve years old normal girl.

"Hmm.." she thinks while she looked her reflection in the mirror with her red eye. Suddenly, her hair gets long and fall until her feet. A few amount of the black liquid shape themself onto a powerful plastic ribbon which pig tails her hair. "Now, this is better," the girl smiled.

"Captain Jill!" a man suddenly broke in. He was also covered in black armor. For now, I cant describe him more because he already put his helmet.

"Agh! Eustace! How many times I have to tell you to knock!?" that girl who named Jill covered her body with her hand as if she doesn't wear anything.

"I already knocked for five times but you dont answered!" Eustace replied with a bit upset.

"What if I haven't done and put on my armor yet?" Jill mocked him. "Oh well, what news? We already have Nabradach?" she lifts her shoulder and turned to her miror again.

"It's Nabradia," Eustace corrected tiredly. "Well, kind of almost.. But then their king sent reinforcement which I think a big loss of attempt. Then I heard, one of the reinforcement are the Prince Caspian, their future king. Would you like to capture him alive? We can make a deal if we dont want anymore blood shed, he worth to," then he reported to Jill and suggested a new strategy.

"See? I know I were pretty with my hair like these!" Jill doesn't replied him, instead she just happily smiling at the mirror.

"Dont you listen!?" Eustace yelled angrily.

"Aww Eustace, you cant never joke didn't you?" Jill laughed. She suddenly turned to him and smiled in evil. "Our orders are clear. We have to get Nabradach tonight. And if someone interfere, who ever that be, just kill them all. Why you make it so difficult?" then her smiled suddenly turned into very innocent.

Eustace say nothing. Why you little, but he actually said that in his heart while smile forcedly.

The sun almost rise now, but it still dark out side. The heavy cloud are covering Rabanastre, and the rain is pouring. Lucy are walking out side the castle, she likes rain, get wet, and play with the rhytm. But now she has another purpose. The smell of blood has coming to her nose. She stoped walking and stayed in her place for a moment, listened to the wind. Then she hurried back to the castle.

"Miss Lucy, you were wet. You have to take off your clothes and change it, if not you'll catch a cold," eventough there are so many guards out side and inside the castle, none of them try to reminded her, not because they didn't care, but because they know Lucy acts in battlefield, they think that those girl must have a reason to walk under the rain. But when Lucy gets into the castle hall, a maid care about her and hurriedly give her a towel.

"I will after I meet Lord Cor, where is he?" Lucy took the towel and dry herself.

"I'm here. What's wrong?" Cor suddenly appeared from the above staircase.

"Tell the king to prepare white ceremony. And get ready to open the gate, our army will come home soon," Lucy said coldly.

"What?" asked Cor while walking to her.

"One more thing, Archadia army are preparing to surround us, they almost get to every border. At least send a scout and see what we can do," Lucy handed the towel back to the maid.

"Who told you this?" Cor looked at her suspiciously.

Lucy still for a few seconds. "The wind.."

Cor doesn't say anything. He and everybody who gets involved knows about Lucy magical power. "You said white ceremony..?" then he reminded of something.

"You go tell the king. I'll tell the princess. She doesn't want anyone disturb her beside of me, except if it's really urgent," Lucy touched his arm. Then without wasting any more time, she walked to Susan's room.

Susan were lying in her bed. Covered in her blue sleep dress, and in her white blanket. There's a pair of bow and quiver full of arrows near her. She looked outside through the window, to the balcony, to the rain. Watching the water falls. Her room was dark, she didn't turn on the lights. It was cold, and she actually haven't sleep at all. Suddenly, someone knocked her door.

"Come in," she mumbled.

Lucy walked to the room after she close the door. Then she stand next to Susan's bed. "Our army are coming back. Prepare yourself to go and see them," she reported in a small voice.

Susan pushed her blanket and sat on her bed, she moved a little to the edge of the bed and down her foot. Her foot palms almost touching the carpet. "Has we reclaim Nabradia?" her voice even smaller than Lucy. But Lucy still heard her.

"No. It's still fallen. They've failed," Lucy answered.

Susan coughed a little. She knew that this was hard. And as a princess she can't continue to act like this. But there is something that she still should asked. A question which scared her most. "Anything else you like to report?" she asked again while touching her braid.

Lucy are quite for a few seconds. "There will be a white ceremony. It's better if you wear a white dress."

Half an hour later, Susan were already walked in castle corridor with her white dress and black laces hood which covering her hair until her hip. Some member of Olacion order looked at her with sympathy as she gets closer to the hall. She's not looking at them, but keep walking with a cold sighted in her eyes.

"General Corin did his best to safe him. But he was to late. The Archadia general get him first. And when they fought, one of the building collapsed and crushed them both..." Cor explained to her as soon she gets in the hall. "On behalf of my brother, we were deeply apologize.. if you want to punished us my lady, please do.." then he suddenly knees infront of her.

Lucy feel a bit shocked. She looked at Susan who looked at Cor with no expression. Does she's going to mad?

"How is he? Your brother?" but instead, Susan are asking with a very calm voice.

"He was faint until now and have some serious wound," Cor answered in confusenes.

"Thank lord, he's safe," Susan smiled a little. "Make sure the medication are complete until he fully recover," she seems relief. "Now, stand up Cor. The ceremony almost begun," then she helped Cor to stand. After Cor managed to stand (he feel weak because of the guilt) with the help also from Lucy, Susan leaved them and walked towards the coffin. The coffin was made of gold, it was open and full of daisy flowers. A figure was layed inside it. It face in purpose were covered with a small white handkerchief, but Susan still recognize his white armor, and the sword his embraced on his chest.

Susan looked to the priest and noded, gave him a signal to started the ceremony. The priest began to read the prayer. All hall are now quiet, the only sounds are the priest voice, the rain and the thunder outside. Susan said to herself not to lifted up the handkerchief. But then, with slowly she began to pulled it, from he's chin to his head. Susan eyes gets red and watery.

Caspian face appeared. Although it was crushed and half parted, the healer can sew it well until it become his full face again. It's also pale and full with a lot of bruise. Susan replaced the handkerchief back to it's place. She's trembled. She closed her eyes and she shed a tear. Her foot are geting weak, she couldn't stand again. She fall in her kness. To prevented from all falling and sobber on the floor, she grabed the coffins border and layed her head there. She cries in silent.

"May the God forgive, bless, and receive him on his side.. Faram.." the priest finished to read his prayer and close his bible.

Although the ceremony done, none of them leaved this hall. King Lune who standed across the room finally come forward. He's walking towards her daughter. She helped Susan stand. That girl still cried in sadness, so her father embraced her with full of his heart. "I'm very sorry my dear.." he sadly whispered. He can hear Susan's cry gets louder, but she managed to hold it by pushed her face on King Lune's shoulder.

Mean while, out there, the crows has landed on the dead body's which lies in all Nabradia. And the rain, it's still continue..

-To be continued-

Fuuh.. it's a very long story. I imagined the characters here are the same as the one in the movie. Thanks for reading! Review and feedback please!^^