Prologue: Near the End of the Immortal's War

Raoul of Goldenlake and Malorie's Peak commander of the King's Own got separated from his squad. The centaur he was fighting ran into the forest. Raoul, without thinking of the dangers ran in after it. He was in the middle of the forest, when the centaur jumped out of his hiding place and slashed Raoul on the leg. Raoul went down on one knee. The centaur sneered and raised his broadsword for the final blow. Raoul grimaced and prepared himself for the pain. The centaur brought down his sword. A black-green flash of light and instead of metal connecting with flesh metal connected with metal. The centaur, startled looks up into a pair of ruby red eyes which seem to have fire inside it. The centaur scared by the girl's sudden appearance and eyes dropped his weapon and fled. The girl knelt down and Raoul saw her clearly. She had ruby red eyes which seem to be returning to its normal color of aquamarine. Her hair was raven-black streaked with something blue and shiny.

"Medium Topaz," the girl said softly.

The girl voice was like music and crystal tinkling. The girl put her hand on Raoul's leg, her hand glowed black-green and the slash on Raoul's leg healed. When she was done she looked up and smiled, showing a row of perfect pearly white teeth.

"I was born with medium topaz gems in my hair. Many men have tried to capture me or kill me to get my hair," she said. The girl stood up and helped Raoul to his feet. She came up to his shoulder and he had a feeling she hadn't stop growing.

"My name is Elizabeth," she told him.

"But I'm more known as Z to my friends." Raoul guessed she was around twelve or thirteen. She was dressed in a white tank top with white long flowing pants, that when she put her leg together it seemed she was wearing a skirt. He was also wearing a white cape with a hood. The white brought her eyes. Her black hair was pulled back into a ponytail with a white hair tie.

"Why are you dressed all in white?" Raoul asked. Z grinned and answered;

"I'm the commander of the fighters group called the White Riders. I accept boy or girl from 13-19 and men and women. The White Riders are the only family that I ever had and if I have to die to keep them together I will die. . Many of my riders have been disowned from their families or have been homeless. Some are nobles and others are commoners. They learn how to live together eventually. Many have objected with me being a commander. They say that a thirteen year old shouldn't lead. Mostly nobles disagree but they get over it, when they see how I am and the way I fight." Raoul blinked once, twice and after a moment of hesitation said;

"I don't know any group called the White Riders."

"Of course you haven't. The group doesn't exist now, it exists later, in the future."

"What?"

"I came from the future. You were to die before your time. I used all of my magic to get here. When I go back I'll probably lie in bed, exhausted for days," Z paused there took a breath and continued;

"You became a really important person in my life and I'm not about to lose to a centaur who holds a grudge and tried to change the future."

Raoul was speechless. He kept staring at her. Z just sighed and reached inside her shirt and took out a necklace. She started fiddling with it but stopped. She cocked her to a side and listened. Raoul started to speak but she held up a finger to silence him. Quick as a flash she had her sword and dagger in hand. She circled around Raoul and stopped behind. Before Raoul could utter a word she kicked him behind his legs and when she fell she kicked him so he rolled over. He looked up t her in shock and saw an arrow in the place he was standing. Z looked at him and mouthed 'Sorry'. She shifted to the side and threw her dagger into a bush. A 'thunk' was heard and a body came out dead. IT was the archers that shoot the arrow. Another person came out with a broadsword.

"Give me the man, wench and I'll let you live."

"Primero muerta" (I'll die first) Z said in the ancient language.

"Well then, we'll have it your way"

The man lunged at Z stomach. Z lowered her sword quickly and blocked it. At the same time she raised her foot and kicked the man in the groin. The man gasped and bends down.

"Haven't your gasp papa ever teach gasp you to fight fair gasp?" he asked in between gasp.

"Its 'Didn't your papa ever teach you to fight fair," Z corrected;

"And no, I never had my papa teach me manners because I never had one"

The man just shook his head got up and lunged. He swung up for Z's head. Z swung up to meet his sword but he was feigning and swung for her lower stomach. Raoul eyes widen in horror. She was going to get herself killed for him. Z saw what the man was doing and instead of bringing down her sword she brought down her hand and grabbed his sword. The sword was going very fast and it should have cut half of her hand off but instead it just left a thin blood line. The man looked up horrified.

"You, You, You're not human," he stammered.

Z laughed and shook her head;

"I'm human, just different." The man got up and tries to run, but Z tripped him.

"You're not going anywhere. You're going to tell me who sent you to kill Raoul and me."

"The Queen of Chaos sent me becau-," and that was all where the man got too fro the Queen of Chaos magic activated and killed him.

Z got up and whispered to herself 'Thank the Goddess that Diane was able to convince Mithros and the Goddess to put Chaos back to cage and sentenced her to stay there for millennia.'

Raoul came up behind her and said;

"Don't you have to leave?"

Z sighed and took out a necklace. It had a silver sun with a sapphire gem in the middle. On the bottom left on the outside end of the sun was a silver moon with a light gray outline. She took off the moon and gave it to Raoul.

"Here take this. This will help you seen in the dark, so you can run into a dark forest without thinking and can still have the possibility of coming out alive without anyone coming to help you. This also helps me find you when we are meant to see each other again."

Z started covering herself with her magic so she can transport herself to her time.

"You know what Z?" Raoul asked

"What?"

"I can't wait for our next encounter. Something tell me we won't meet in room with the king or with our friends. I think we'll meet out in the field in a battle or in the practice courtyard."

"I think you might have a point."

Z starting fading.

"See you in four years," and Z was gone.

Raoul just grinned, shook his head and picked up his sword. He couldn't wait for there next encounter.

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