The Silver Dragon Chronicles by GlassSuicune
Note: Phantasy Star belongs to SEGA, okay? I do own Elpizo, Zelda, Harpuia, and Zero. Anyways, this is a request from my best friend on the Internet. He wanted to see his Dragons in a fanfiction, so I started writing this ( he also happens to own Eclipse, BTW). In all honesty...it worked out perfectly, IMO. I wanted to write a more fantasy-focused Phantasy Star story anyways. ^^ The world this story takes place in...is a magical little kingdom which has no name at the moment, but is not related to any other areas in the games. It does have characters from some of the games ( particularly Zero and Universe/Portable), though.
Chapter 1: Books, Thieves, and Bounty Hunters.
"Good grief! They can't even get my ears right? How insulting!"
The blonde-haired Newman continued staring at the wanted poster depicting her face in absolute horror, appalled that whoever drew it dared to make her ears point out to the sides instead of upward. The poster itself quite clearly read 'Wanted: Dead or Alive' and offered a ginormous reward for either outcome, but the elf really didn't seem to care that there would very likely be many mercenaries and other people after her head. She was instead focused on being angry at the artist for drawing her ears wrong. I can't help but think she needs to get her priorities straight... Especially since her dark pink robe-like coat ( her trademark), along with her light pink shirt and pants, and always-scheming emerald green eyes made her stick out like an apple amongst oranges. But I don't feel like making any comparisons at the moment. Though that isn't really the point...
"THERE SHE IS! DON'T LET HER ESCAPE!"
The young woman was torn from her complaining when a blast of energy burst through the wanted poster, effectively destroying the picture's head. It was then that the Newman noticed the 'Dead or Alive' business, and the reward for her capture. "...I'm worth twenty-thousand Meseta?" she inquired, looking ticked off and seemingly oblivious to the fact that someone had tried to blast her head off, "Are they seriously...serious? I'm worth way more than that, and whoever came up with the reward knows it! Cheapskates..." Another shot tore through the tree she was standing near, and she finally noticed the people that were surrounding her. They were obviously from the castle, judging by the way they were dressed. The craftsmanship of their steel armour was oh-so expensive these days.
"Freeze!" the leader, a white-haired, crimson-eyed male Newman ordered, pointing the gun at the woman, "You're not getting away this time, Elpizo!" Elpizo stared at him long and hard, ignoring the CASTs and other Newmans that were with him. "Reve..." she said in a sickeningly sweet voice that women like her used to tell someone they were going to get their way, "Why do you expect me to freeze when you fill me with joy and warmth every time I see you, huh?"
"Enough! Now, hand over the book and come quietly, or else your days end here."
"So you're basically telling me to surrender or die?"
"How surprising. You can display some amount of intelligence..."
"...I'll take that as a compliment... But anyway, let me think about this whole surrendering thing... No can do. Oh, by the way, I think there's a leprechaun running off with the queen's crown over there."
The other soldiers promptly ran in the direction Elpizo was pointing at, looking for the non-existent leprechaun. I kid you not.
"Incompetent fools!" Reve shouted, as Elpizo grabbed the book and bolted in the opposite direction, "GET OVER HERE! SHE'S GETTING AWAY AGAIN!" Unwilling to waste anymore time, Reve sprinted after Elpizo, firing his gun like mad at her, determined to catch her and put her in jail where she belonged. She had run from the law long enough!
Perhaps Reve was getting too focused on chasing Elpizo to notice the world around him, or maybe she really was out-smarting him again. Either way, she somehow managed to get them both stuck on a tree branch that was attached to the edge of a cliff, and as it lowered itself under their weight, it began to resemble a catapult, barely touching the ground below ( it wasn't a high cliff, quite clearly). "...This is my stop," Elpizo said bluntly, "I enjoyed our time together, and see you next time!" With that, she jumped off the branch and walked away, hearing Reve let out a blood-curdling scream as he was catapulted across the forest. Smirking, Elpizo reached into the bag and pulled out the book she had -ahem- 'borrowed' from the castle. "I wonder what the deal with this thing is, anyway?" she inquired, opening it up and flipping through its pages as she walked off to her 'hide-out', which was a well-hidden cave in the mountains.
To be perfectly honest...I think she's going to regret ever reading that book, as well as stealing it. Why, you may ask? That just so happens to be the queen's diary.
A blonde-haired, crimson-eyed Beast stared at the wanted poster of the female Newman with what appeared to be an 'If looks could kill' expression, then casually bit the top of the poster, and promptly shredded the darn thing with her teeth in five seconds flat, then spit out any pieces that ended up in her mouth. A male Human, a male CAST, and a female Newman were all hiding behind a desk, staring at her. To say they all looked scared would be an understatement.
"Sheriff Kai," the pink-and-black-armoured woman practically snarled at the black-haired, brown-eyed Human, "Tell me about this woman whose picture I just shredded." The CAST and Newman both shoved Kai forward, much to his dismay. "...That's Elpizo..." he said, choosing his words carefully, as the Beast looked like she would bite his head off if he so much as looked at her funny, "She has this nasty habit of making things go missing around these parts... No one's been able to catch her. Come to think of it, the only person crazy enough to chase her so far is Reve, Captain of the Royal Guard. He's been...slowly losing his mind ever since he started hunting her down... And I would like to keep my mind, thank you very much."
"Is that so? You're both that incompetent?"
"More like Elpizo knows what she's doing..."
"Well, you can add another person crazy enough to pursue her. Because I'm bored, and in search of a challenge."
"Oh, you'll get a challenge alright..."
With that, the Beast slammed a knife into the table and left the sheriff's office. Kai and the other two looked at the piece of paper attached to the knife. "'Zelda was here.' Well... I'm glad she left." the red-haired, red-eyed Newman said bluntly after reading the message. "Agreed, Sarisa." the blue-eyed, white-and-red armoured CAST, Ogi, said afterwards.
Later...
"Captain Reve..." the queen, a purple-haired, blue-eyed Newman sighed, "I understand your dedication to catching that petty thief..." she examined the captain of the Royal Guard more closely, mentally cringing at how much he looked like a wreck, "...But aren't you getting a little...I don't know...obsessed, maybe?" Reve stared at her, absolutely appalled. "Me?" he shrieked, his eyes looking crazed, "Obsessed? How ludicrous! I am merely doing what I was tasked with. Which happens to be catching that little demon..."
"...Captain... I hear you talk about seeing Elpizo rot in a cell every single day... If that's not obsession... I have no clue what is..."
"Queen Ana, I..."
"Face it; you're obsessed. There's no getting around it. And personally, I'd rather not see you lose your mind any more than you already have, so... I am forbidding you from continuing this currently useless pursuit, and will send -no offense- much more capable people to finish the job."
"B-but Your Majesty! I can handle this! I promise you I'll-"
"...You've been going at this for an entire year... You need a break. Don't question me."
Reve said nothing else, choosing to not press the matter further. "Now... I have hand-picked your replacements," Ana said with no sympathy, "Would you like to meet them?" The currently distraught elf slowly nodded, fighting the turmoil within him. How could the queen be so heartless? Nonetheless, he turned around, seeing a Newman and two CASTs walk into the throne room. The red-and-black-armoured CAST walked away from the other two, apparently wanting nothing to do with them at the moment. The green-armoured CAST paid her no heed, instead focusing on polishing her gun. The blonde-haired, blue-eyed Newman was holding onto a saber very tightly, looking like she wanted to smash something. Her all red attire seemed to go well with whatever destructive tendency she was housing, but using the colour red in such a way is so cliché...
But I have to ask... What's with these crazy blonds? Elpizo's a clever maniac, Zelda's a blatant psychopath, and I have my doubts about this one's sanity...
"Reve, meet Eclipse, Harpuia, and Zero," Ana said as elegantly as possible, "They're highly skilled bounty hunters, and I have a decent amount of faith they'll get the job done." Reve blinked, examining the three carefully, then his eyes rested on Zero, who was looking even more crazed. "...Why is she called Zero?" he dared to ask, knowing he'd probably regret such a question.
"She has the ability to reduce the enemy population of a given area to zero. Every time. Just watch... Zero, could you destroy those scarecrows outside in the courtyard?"
The clearly demented elf immediately jumped out the window, and everyone ran to it to see her work her 'magic'. She viciously pounced on the unsuspecting scarecrows and they soon became engulfed in a cloud of dust and flames, and when all it was over, there was no trace of the scarecrows ever existing in the first place. Zero grinned maniacally, looking quite pleased with her handiwork. Eclipse looked unimpressed, Harpuia was smirking slightly, Ana seemed to be emotionless, and Reve flat-out looked terrified, wondering if he and Zero really belonged to the same species.
"And that, my friends, is what I have to deal with twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week." Harpuia said bluntly, as Zero climbed upward by jamming some daggers into the castle wall, looking hungry for more destruction. Everyone walked away from the window so she could get back inside. She climbed back into the throne room, hissed at Eclipse, Ana, and Reve, then walked back over to Harpuia. The android shook her head at everyone's questioning glances. "I have reason to believe she was raised by Dragons, or some other not-so-tame creature." she said bluntly, answering the unasked question.
"Well, I think we've eaten up enough of your valuable time, Your Majesty," Eclipse suddenly said, "We'll be off searching for that thief that has obviously turned this puny kingdom into a pack of loonies now." With that, she walked off, her Mag following whilst snickering. "...Regrettably, she means every word she said." Harpuia spoke up, before leaving herself while pulling Zero along ( she looked like she wanted to tear the room apart).
"Reve..." Ana said in a worried tone after the trio left. Reve suddenly felt very sick and quietly responded, "Yes?"
"Please... Forget about Elpizo. Can you do that at least for one day?"
"O-of course I can! How many times must I tell you I'm not obsessed?"
And with that, Reve ran out of the throne room, leaving Ana very disturbed. "That man is dangerously obsessed..." she groaned, "I don't care if he says otherwise. Perhaps I should lock him up for awhile..."
Later...
"I swear..." Sarisa started, as she and the other two watched an all-out brawl go on in some random bar, "Every day... It gets more...chaotic. And no one ever leaves, either... It's almost like there's a demon in there or something." Kai and Ogi both nodded in agreement. "Well, demon or not, this brawl has got to stop!" Kai cried, "Come on everyone... We can do this!" The three readied their weapons, let out battle cries, and ran into the bar...
...only to be kicked out five seconds later.
"THAT DID NOT JUST HAPPEN!" Kai screamed, running back into the bar, and was promptly kicked out literally half a second later, and don't ask me how that's possible. The doors were also closed shut and locked. "...That's a new record." Ogi said bluntly.
"Be quiet, will ya?"
"I do not see how stating the obvious can possibly be annoying you."
"Well, it is."
"Hmph."
"Maybe we should take a different approach..." Sarisa spoke up, unaware Reve was watching the three carefully ( he didn't want to be seen by them; he would never hear the end of it). Reve was unable to hear what they were now whispering about, but decided it wasn't any of his business to know. The three suddenly ran off, and returned with a battering ram. "Whoever started this brawl, TODAY IS THE DAY THIS ENDS!" Kai shouted, and then he and his teammates proceeded to slam the battering ram against the doors. Reve had at this point run off from the area, unwilling to see how much disaster would result from this not-carefully-thought-out plan.
"How am I obsessed?" Reve shouted as he walked out of the town, coming across a tree with a wanted poster of Elpizo on it ( her ears were again drawn wrong), "That's simply ridiculous!" he promptly tore the poster off the tree "Honestly... Me? OBSESSED? There's no way I'm obsessed with catching her! If I were obsessed, I'd be thinking about catching her every single second, which I most certainly am not!" The crazed elf then glared at the poster, before letting out a scream and tearing it to shreds, then running off into the forest, yelling very loudly, "I WILL GET YOU ELPIZO!"
Elpizo, who was busy taking a nap in a nearby tree, opened her eyes at the scream, and a smirk crept upon her face. "So soon?" she inquired, stretching and then jumping out of the tree. Reve hadn't noticed her yet; he was busy screaming about how he was not obsessed with catching her or anything of that sort. She shook her head at him and casually leaned against the tree, waiting for him to finally notice her existence. He was far too obsessed to even realize she was going to trick him, most likely. But that made things more fun.
"One of these days I'll-AGH! IT'S YOU!" Reve suddenly screamed, finally noticing Elpizo, "STOP WHERE YOU ARE!" Elpizo gasped in mock fear, then promptly ran off, Reve pursuing while screaming that she should hold still so he could catch her, which made her think that either she had finally made his intelligence drop completely, or he was really desperate to catch her. Nonetheless, she continued running, making it a mission to shove every single tree branch she could out of her way, so said branch would fly back and hit Reve in the face. He cried out in distress each time it happened, but otherwise seemed undaunted.
The chase went on for what seemed like an eternity, and Elpizo was shocked that Reve had lasted this long. She had hit him with tree branches, tricked him into running into caves inhabited by all sorts of nasty creatures, catapulted him across the forest with big tree branches, sent him flying into random lakes and rivers ( she even managed to pull off sending him falling down a small waterfall), and he was still pursuing her. He was quite clearly very focused, and probably even insane by this point. Which both entertained and frightened her. On one hand, she was enjoying the futile chase, but his determination was starting to make her worry. This chase needed to end, and fast.
Her solution? Run into some abandoned ruins a couple miles from where the chase had started, and hopefully lose Reve there.
These ruins were far from the castle, and hidden deep within the mountains. No one ever came to them, purely because they feared the ruins were housing an unspeakable evil, as the few who dared to come here spoke of whispering voices and a sealed door which somehow instilled fear in all who approached. Elpizo, however, didn't believe these ruins could possibly house anything other than dust and random animals, so she went into them anyway. As expected, Reve followed almost mindlessly, though she did notice he hesitated for a moment. Surely he didn't believe these ruins were anything but run-down ruins?
As Elpizo ran throughout the ruins in hopes of Reve getting himself lost ( he was too focused to remember which way went where), an odd chill went through her body, and an eerie silence seemed to be enveloping the ruins. She thought she heard voices in her head, but she shrugged them off and continued running. It was just her imagination. Nothing more.
It didn't take long for Elpizo to run into the largest building, Reve actually catching up to her. She ignored practically every single painting on the walls, which depicted plenty of unpleasant things, instead choosing to run as deep into the temple-like structure as possible. Reve followed closely, but did take the time to notice the paintings, looking disturbed.
"Oh dear..." Elpizo grimaced as she ran into a dead-end. Well, technically, there was a door at the end of the room, but it was shielded, and some kind of warning picture was painted on it. And she wasn't crazy enough to unlock the door and hide; that seemed unwise. So, she was more or less trapped, and that thought didn't exactly make her feel happy.
"I've got you now!" Elpizo heard Reve shout, and she turned to face him. "W-wait!" she pleaded, frantically trying to find a way to escape, "Can't we talk this over?"
"Silence!"
With that said, Reve promptly dashed towards Elpizo, somehow tripping over a strategically placed brick, and he went flying smack into the door, Elpizo watching this stupefied. "What just happened?" she inquired as Reve slid down the door, accidentally gripping the wheel-shaped locking mechanism, "Eh, whatever. Now's my chance, anyway." She promptly bolted from the area, Reve not noticing right away. When he was no longer dazed and finally noticed she had fled, he screamed in rage and scrambled to get back on his feet, using the locking mechanism to help himself stand up, thus causing the lock to become undone, and the door to slowly open. He ignored the fact that it was opening and ran out of the room in pursuit of Elpizo.
"GET BACK HERE YOU COWARD!"
And with that, the two left the ruins, completely unaware of the monster slowly awakening.
Somewhere, in a place enveloped by shadows, a pair of piercing red eyes slowly opened, tearing through the darkness quite handily, as the silver Dragon took notice of the door to his prison being opened at long last. Hatred and malice filled him, and he growled deeply within his throat. "This world..." he said darkly, as he began to climb out of his prison, "...will suffer..."
Note: And cut! Likey or no likey? ...Am I the only one who thinks this kingdom's in for it? And Reve...LOOK WHAT YOU WENT AND DID! D: Anyways, just 'cause I wanna make this author's note longer than it is...
SUBJECT 1 ELPIZO: One of my PSZ characters who was based on a MegaMan Zero character ( who was actually a guy, but I went with a female character because I didn't wanna play as a guy). However, other than their name, hair colour, haughtiness, and apparent liking for pink, they aren't very similar. Come to think of it, their haughtiness is different... This Elpizo's more...'playful' about it... MMZ Elpizo wasn't. And she isn't really a thief; at least, in my other stories she isn't/won't be... When I started using this character in my stories, I was going to change her name, but in the end couldn't because Elpizo just felt right. Plus, girls in pink are more awesome than most people give 'em credit for. Age: 18.
SUBJECT 2 ZELDA: A tough girl who hates anything and everything. Except for dolls/stuffed animals. But please don't tell her I said that. Anyways, she's kind of an anti-hero in a lot of ways. She doesn't really care whether the world is saved or not by her actions; she just wants to clobber bad guys and then walk away with no thanks. Though I said she was inspired by Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda in my other fanfic The Sky is Falling! she wasn't exactly. I thought the name sounded nice, and I'll admit, I felt it was befitting someone like this character over a princess who gets kidnapped a lot. No offense to Princess Zelda, but she needs to get a machine gun or something and scare the bad guys away. This Zelda would definitely do that. Actually, no she wouldn't. She'd get a bazooka instead. Age: 25.
SUBJECT 3 ECLIPSE: My friend's character which he used on PSO ( I have no idea if he used her on other games). For some reason, she always seemed like an epic character to me, and I tend to enjoy portraying her as a no-nonsense, witty character who knows exactly what she's doing and can pull it off with little trouble. You could throw all kinds of monsters and supposedly unbeatable odds in her face, and she'd respond with some kind of remark ( condescending, most likely), and plow right through whatever it was you threw at her. She also gets greatly annoyed by openly-haughty people who can't back up the splendor they shower themselves with, and crazy people ( like Zero, for example). Oh, and apparently, monsters are out to get her, as she gets attacked by them a lot. They never win. Age: I has no idea. D:
SUBJECT 4 HARPUIA: Another character of mine that was inspired by a MegaMan Zero character ( and that one was a guy, too. ._. I must be some kind of freak.). However, the name and armour colour is the only thing they share, as this Harpuia is much too calm and collected, taking great care in everything she does, regardless of its 'value'. She can joke around occasionally, but these moments are few and far between. She's a workaholic at their absolute worst most of the time, prone to random bursts of insanity if there's nothing for her to do. Thankfully, keeping Zero under control is more or less a tiring job, so she never is stuck with free time. It's seriously scary when she goes insane: She spray-paints un-smiley faces everywhere. But no one ever suspects her, because she's much too calm for that stuff. Further research is needed... Age: 17.
SUBJECT 5 ZERO: Yes...she was inspired by the MegaMan Zero series' namesake. So sue me. Unless you're Capcom, because then I really don't want to go to court. Actually, I don't want to go to court, period. Anyways, Zero is a destructive girl who will gladly tear down a skyscraper in ten seconds flat if you told her to. And she would leave absolutely no evidence a skyscraper existed. Nor would she tell you what happened to it. Further research on this subject is needed... Oh, and her real name is Lily, but don't tell her I said that, or I might disappear and- *is suddenly pulled into a shadowy area before I can finish my sentence* Age: 21.