The heroes of World Regeneration were gathered in Zelos' mansion to discuss the events that had been going on. Three years had passed since they had defeated Yggdrasil and the two worlds were united, but now a new problem was arising. Several weeks ago people had started to go missing. First, some researchers of Sybak and The Imperial Academy started disappearing one by one. Then other people started disappearing too. The news had spread quickly and people from all around the world were terrified. They started believing that this was a punishment from the goddess for changing the world's nature and stopping the Chosens' Journeys.

The friends finally decided to gather up after the most recent disappearance: Seles Wilder. After finding that his sister had gone missing Zelos Wilder was furious. Search parties were sent all over the world to look for the young Wilder, but, like all the other parties previously sent, found nothing. The only clue there was found was a single feather on Seles' room.

"Do you think there are angels behind this?" a fifteen year old Genis asked.

"It can't be possible. The only angels left are Colette, Zelos and Lloyd." Raine's voice sounded tired. She had been investigating these events for weeks and could not found any trace or pattern in the several disappearing. The only thing they had in common was the single feather found were people disappeared.

"Isn't Mr. Yuan an Angel too?" Colette asked. She had also been investigating since many pastors from both Sylvarant's and Tethe'alla's church had disappeared.

"You are right. Lloyd, you are the one who sees him more often. Do you think Yuan is behind all this?" Zelos said worry present in his voice. The flirty Chosen hadn't been acting like himself since his sister had gone missing. Even if neither of them would admit it, they cared for each other deeply, and Seles' disappearance had affected Zelos.

The brunette shook his head. "No, I haven't seen him in a while."

"My Mizuho scouts haven't found anything either." Sheena said sighting.

"I'm going to kill whoever did this to my sister when I find them. No one messes with Zelos Wilder." He said letting his anger and concern show.

"Perhaps it is a rebellion from a city or a new group." Presea's monotone voice came as usual. She could show emotion thanks to her key crest but some things never change.

"It is highly unlikely. People from all over the world have disappeared. It can't be a rebellion from a certain city or country." Regal stated with his hand on his chin.

"That means no, right?" Lloyd asked confused by Regal's words.

"Yes, Lloyd. It means it can't be a rebellion."

"That a relief. It's not good for people to be fighting each other." Colette said concerned for everyone as usual.

"We need more clues."

"I will keep investigating. Perhaps we overlooked something." Raine said getting up. "Genis let's go."

"Ok sis." Genis followed his sister. "Goodbye everyone. Bye Presea"

The Sage siblings said goodbye to their friends and left to Iselia.

"I should be leaving too. I'll have my scouts to look deeper into this." Sheena said before disappearing in a puff of smoke.

One by one everyone left until there were only Lloyd and Zelos were left.

"I'm sorry we couldn't find anything Zelos." The Eternal Swordsman said slumping on the couch next to his friend.

"You did your best, bud. It's not your fault." He said casually putting an arm around his friend.

"But we can't just ignore this. I hate not being able to do something when people are suffering! I feel so… useless!" Lloyd exclaimed slamming his fist on the table.

"Whoa. Easy bud!" Zelos said inching away from his fuming friend. "We don't even know what these guys are doing to the disappeared people."

Lloyd took a deep breath and calmed down. "You're right. We are going to find out what's going on. I promise Zelos, we are going to find out your sister."

Lloyd got up and headed out after saying good-bye to Zelos. On his way out of Meltokio Lloyd stopped in a small plaza and sat on a bench. The man found himself looking up at the stars and remembered the last time he was there with his dad. He watched people go by on their way home and then he saw a man dressed in a white robe, probably from the Research Academy. He turned his attention back to the sky above them when his angelic hearing caught a muffled scream. His head turned to the source of the sound where the researcher was once walking but saw nothing. He looked around and found no signs of him and then something caught his eye. Near an alley where the researcher had once been a single feather was resting.

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Near the village of Ozette on a cliff side lived an old dwarf that once worked with Cruxis. Altessa usually stayed inside his house working on his projects but that night he had decided to go outside and enjoy the cool night. He looked around and felt the loneness of his home. The village of Ozette had been rebuilt and he had visits from time to time from Presea or one of her companions, but most of the time he was alone. At times like this he missed Tabatha. The automated doll he created had offered herself as Martel's vessel and was reborn as the Summon Spirit Martel. He had no company anymore, even dwarfs feel lonely sometimes.

"Ah, well. There's no point in lingering on the past." He said to himself and turned to his house.

Somewhere on the shadows something moved. This went unnoticed by the dwarf as he continued toward his house. Just as he opened the door to his house he was held by someone. A hand covered his mouth and nose and the other one held his arms to keep him from moving. The figure murmured some words and Altessa stopped struggling with his captor as he fell into unconsciousness. A white light engulfed the two of them. When it faded there was no sign of Altessa or his captor, instead a single feather rested on the floor in front of the open door to the dwarf's house.

I've had this idea on my mind for a while and decided to give it a try.

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