I looked at my first attempt of making the fic and thought 'This is crap' so I decided to rewrite the whole plot 'cause it seemed kind of boring. So here I hope you'll enjoy.
Disclaimer: Grand Chase is not mine.
Elesis Sieghart gazed around her surroundings before ending it on the ravine nearby, no gorge was more fitting. With contempt, she looked at the rocks looming over their group that, thankfully, kept them out of the sun but did nothing to prevent the sand and dust from buffeting their faces. It seemed as though they were always in weird places filled with weird monsters and weird events. But it was fitting for them, she supposed, weird happenstances for a weird bunch. She sighed to herself before walking forward along with her three companions.
One of her companions was an annoying little violet-haired mage named Arme Glenstid, who never failed to annoy her at every turn. In fact, the purple dwarf was actually doing just that by nagging at her for charging in recklessly when they fought the troll at the Elven Forest.
Speaking of the Elven Forest, there was the new addition to their team. A druid by the name of Ryan went along with them after they encountered him in the forest all battered up and bruised. She didn't fully trust the orange, spiky-haired elf just yet, despite his enthusiastic and carefree demeanor, and there had also been a peculiar tension between him and Lire.
"ELESIS!" Arme shouted, breaking her from her train of thoughts. "Are you even listening to me?! There's a certain time and place for doing…"
Elesis blocked out the sound of the mage's voice as she glared at Arme hatefully. Her hand slowly grabbed her sword, and she really wanted to unsheathe it, but unfortunately, a hand of a blonde, pony-tailed elf stopped her from doing just that. She looked at her first elven teammate, Lire, and cringed at the scolding glare that she gave her.
Lire. Lire Eryuell. She was a noble and kind individual who served to be the voice of reason in their little group. She also didn't speak about her personal life that much, unlike some purple-headed chatterbox she knew, which was fine. Elesis herself had some skeletons on her closet so she wouldn't judge the elf. Although it seemed as if one of the elf's skeletons were peeking out of the closet in the form of Ryan. Ever since he arrived, she had stared at him so intensely as if trying to solve a puzzle while the victim had been trying to avoid the girl. Elesis didn't really care though. What the two elves did in the past was none of her concern.
She sighed for what seemed to be the fifth time that day then reluctantly released her sword and continued walking.
Nearing the exit, she found it weird that there were no monsters that came out; usually everywhere they go nowadays has monsters. She tried to disregard it, until she heard the sound of clashing steel forcing her to stop in her tracks.
"You hear that?" Elesis asked her teammates. Arme stopped her rant and tried to hear what she had heard, and so did the others. At first they looked confused, then their eyes widened. They took out their weapons and rushed towards the source of all the noise.
They stopped to a halt and looked in awe at the sight they witnessed. A blue-haired knight, with clothes that screamed out royalty, was holding back a huge horde of Drillmons on his own. He threw sharp violet bolts towards them and if one was dumb enough to get close, he'd slice them up. She looked at the stubborn expression on his face that clearly stated that he was not going down without a fight.
"Damn, these Drillmons just can't take a hint." She heard him say with a slightly comical annoyed expression. She giggled silently, but it was short-lived as she saw a drillmon sneak up behind the blue-haired knight.
"Look out!" He raised his head in alarm, giving all the drillmons openings. Elesis growled before dashing towards the commotion. She jumped when she was near the rabble and sliced her sword through the air with a swift and powerful horizontal slice, making a red wave appear that struck through the waves of drillmons. She saw the knight, closing his eyes, waiting for the attack that will never come. He opened his eyes in confusion, then saw that the wave of drillmons disappeared. "Are you a fucking idiot?" She yelled as she got closer to him.
The blue-haired youth widened his eyes in surprise at the vulgarity. His expression then turned into recognition and then he laughed silently. He probably identified her as the one who shouted the warning, and the one who saved her, as she was the only one close to him to save him, her companions though were just watching the scene unfold.
"Never let yourself be surprised in battle, or it will be your downfall!" She yelled, poking him with every word that she said. The blue-haired knight just rubbed at the place that she poked him then smiled at her.
"Regardless of your uncouth attitude, I must give you thanks for saving me there." He said with a sincere smile. Elesis blushed a little, but after a while, his words registered to her ears. She scowled at him.
"I'm not uncouth!" He looked at her with disbelief, and then flashed an arrogant smirk.
"Oh the monkey knows the meaning of big words. On a side note, what makes you think that you're not uncouth?" Elesis growled once more then pushed him.
"Well I'm!" She started, but she left her mouth hanging open, not thinking of anything to say. Seeing the knight smirk and shake his head pissed her off. "Who do you think you are that you can just insult me?" She yelled indignantly.
The smirk never leaving the Knight's face, he stood proudly and announced, "I'm Ronan Erudon the Royal Guard Master of Kanavan." Elesis opened her mouth to speak, but a boisterous laughter prevented her from doing so.
"Oh, that is rich!" All of the people present turned to look at the laughing druid. All of them were surprised, most especially Ronan who looked at him with joyful surprise.
"Ryan!" Ronan shouted out as the laughing druid stopped laughing and looked at him with a grin. They both got close and gave each other a big friendly hug, as if they were old friends. "How've you been?"
"Apparently not as good as you've been, I mean RGM?" They both laughed, not noticing the angry Elesis behind Ronan.
"HEY!" Elesis shouted. Ronan winced at the volume and looked at her with a withering expression. She looked at him with her hands folded and her face with a scolding expression. "Don't ignore me!"
"So you want me to focus all my attention... to you?" He said in a husky voice as he walked closer to the now sputtering and blushing red-headed knight. Ronan laughed and put his hands on his hips. "I'm just messing with you Red. Ease up!"
Elesis growled as he remembered the same nickname coming from the black-haired gladiator that they mate in the outer walls of Serdin, the same black-haired gladiator who dared to use her ancestor's name.
"Don't call me that!" She shouted, bur Ronan just chuckled and shook his head, making her more enraged. "And back to the earlier topic, why the heck did you let yourself be caught off guard? And you call yourself Royal Guard Master!" Ronan just smirked.
"Oh, so you think you can take on hordes of Drillmons for 2 whole days, only getting a few moments of rest?" Ronan asked confidently. Elesis was about to answer, but the look that was implanted on his face made her hesitate to answer. She opted to give up, but her competitiveness didn't allow her to back down on such a challenge.
"If a greenhorn like you can, then I can too!" Ronan grinned again in response to her declaration and got closer to her.
"Then why don't you do it?" Elesis edged closer too.
"Then maybe I will!" Ronan edged closer until they were nose to nose.
"Then maybe you should!" They held each other's stares for a while until Ronan broke off laughing with mirth. "You're interesting Princess." Elesis growled once more and attempted to punch him. Ronan caught the fist with ease, before putting it down with a kind smile, not anymore the arrogant one. "So what is the Grand Chase's reason of coming here?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. Elesis rubbed the hand that he caught and stared at wonder on how he caught such a fast punch.
"How did you know that we were the Grand Chase?" Arme asked with an impressed look. Ronan laughed heartily and looked at them with a leveled stare.
"I'm the Royal Guard Master, and I make it my business to know, and as for how I knew it," Ronan motioned them to come closer. All of them edge closer as they saw Ronan look left and right suspiciously, building up the suspense. "It's a secret!" The Chase face-vaulted.
"The hell Ronan?" Ryan yelled as he stood up. The knight just shrugged and had a playful grin adorned on his face.
"Back to my question earlier." Ronan looked at them expectantly.
"We were hoping to go to Ellia continent." Arme said with a hopeful gaze. Ronan looked like a bulb went on in his head.
"Oh to fight Kaze'aaze!" They all nodded. Ronan gave them an apologizing look and looked at the distance. "If there won't be any problems, Kanavan would gladly let you pass, but." Ronan turned to them with a grim expression. "Gaikoz was resurrected and his cronies blocked all piers, making it impossible to leave from this island for the moment." All of them looked at the ground with a disappointed expression. Ronan gave them a comforting smile. "Tell you what, you see I was ordered to lead an attack on Gaikoz's castle, but I delayed it for a moment to ask you what the Grand Chase wanted, and then as you can see." He motioned to the dead Drillmons. "I was attacked by these stupid Drillmons, and the rest is history, so what say you to me joining after Gaikoz is defeated?"
Lire, Arme, and Ryan's eyes brightened at the prospect, but Elesis' face was scrunched up in a frown.
"We-" Ryan started.
"Disagree!" Elesis interrupted. The three looked at her with shocked eyes.
"What?" Arme asked/yelled. Elesis turned to glare at the violet-haired mage, making her cringe.
"You mean you want to travel with this pompous guy?" Elesis asked with a raised eyebrow, motioning to an amused Ronan.
"If you hadn't notice Miss Elesis." Lire started with a chiding voice. "You're the only one he shows arrogance, which, might I add, was your fault." Elesis opened and closed her mouth like a fish in disbelief, but after a while she stopped and waved her hands exasperatedly.
"ME? HE WAS THE ONE WHO SAID THAT I WAS UNCOUTH!" She explained. All four of them looked at her with a deadpan expression.
"Was he wrong? After all, you did swear at him." Elesis opened her mouth to answer, but Lire cut her off. "My point exactly."
"Well, I'm sorry Princess, but it looks like you're outvoted! After all, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one!" Ronan chirped. It was kind of weird coming from a high and royal official. Elesis grumbled, but nonetheless kept her thoughts to herself. "Well then, I'd better go now." Ronan whistled sharply to the distance.
"What did you do that for?" Ryan asked curiosly. Ronan just grinned in response.
"Just calling my ride." Just then, a humongous red foot dropped at the cheerful Ronan's back. The Chase gaped and stared wide-eyed at the red dragon that just landed. It was easily 10 feet high, and 20 feet long. "Guys meet my pet Selion." He introduced with a smile, while said dragon showed off by breathing flame at the sky.
Elesis rolled her eyes at the cockiness of the dragon, even if it was cool. "Like master like pet I guess, with cockiness as big as 300 mountains piled together." Elesis chuckled at her thought.
"Is something funny princess?" Ronan asked with a questioning gaze. Elesis looked like a deer caught by the headlights, but she managed to gather her composure.
"I just thought how dumb you are for not letting us come with you to Gaikoz's castle with your dragon." Elesis lied smugly. Somehow she had a feeling that Ronan knew that she was lying but just let it slip. Ronan just shook his head and laughing darkly and sardonically while mounting up his dragon.
"We live in mysterious and dark times Elesis. If you couldn't see it, weird events are happening all around us." Elesis hear him say sadly. Somehow, hearing him say her name made her shiver in anticipation, which made her why she did shiver. "If you think that you could go to Gaikoz's castle directly, then you're wrong."
"Why?" She asked softly. The softness of her voice surprised everyone including her. Instead of mocking her, Ronan just smiled at her.
"There's an invisible barrier in every place that only allows you through if the people who want to enter have already gone through the places before it." Ronan started as he sat in his dragon. "If you try to force yourself in, it will only push you out, and when I say push I mean really push you very, very hard." The Chase widened their eyes in surprise as Ronan went back to his 'arrogant' face. "I see you understand. If all of you want to go to Gaikoz's castle through this dragon, then all of you will go KERSPLAT!" Ronan finished with a manic laugh. The dragon started flapping his wings.
"So how do we go to Gaikoz's castle?" Lire asked over the noise of the flapping dragon.
"It's simple!" Ronan responded. "Because of the mountains, you can't go directly to the castle, so first go through Marsh of Oblivion, The Forsaken Barrows, then Forgotten City, after that you're there!" Elesis grumbled at the long miles that they'd have to walk to go to Gaikoz's castle, but nevertheless nodded.
Elesis started walking, but as she was about to take another step, one thought crossed her mind. "How did he know my name?" She turned abruptly at the rising Ronan and voiced out her thoughts. Ronan just shrugged and smiled playfully.
"I'm the Royal Guard Master, and I make it my business to know!" Ronan laughed as the dragon gave one final powerful flap, which pushed the Chase down to the ground, and flew away. Elesis growled lowly and looked at the shrinking figure in the distance with disdain.
"Next time, Ronan, next time." Elesis swore darkly then laughed evilly as she walked to the direction of the Marsh of Oblivion. The other three just edged away from the nearly insane person, praying silently for the blue knight.
Again this is my second attempt, so hope you'll enjoy. Constructive criticisms are extremely welcomed and flames with no reasons are frowned upon.
R&R please!