A/N: First of all I want to say thank you for giving this story a chance. This story is going to be AU just for your information. Anyways I hope that you enjoy and if you plan on giving a review be gentle if it is a harsh one. I welcome all types of criticism, just try to be respectful. There may be some grammatical and spelling errors and if there are then I must apologize, english is not my first language.

With this view everyone would think that the Bottomless Canyon was indeed bottomless. It would seem that the only way someone could verify that it wasn't was by throwing themselves in, but no one was that crazy to do that. That's why the Vallite thought it was a good idea to make a kingdom there, hidden from anyone who would like to do harm to them. The only problem was that when there was an emergency, no one would be there to aid but the Vallites themselves.

Zacharias was standing atop one of the bridges used to cross the canyon, and beside him where the queen of Valla Arete and her sister Mikoto, both carrying a small baby on their arms.

Zacharias mission was simple, get the queen and her sister out of Valla and take both of them to a safe place. This would seem very simple for him, his dragon lineage was just what he needed to fight anyone who dared to touch Queen Arete or Lady Mikoto. But as he was standing there he just thought, what now? He was out of the cursed kingdom and everything seemed to be going just as planned, but everything was so calm it seemed unusual to him.

"We are out of there, relax, we are safe now." said Arete trying to comfort her guard. "We are out of his grasp, he can't get us here." She continued. "You know, you should be the one saying this to us not the other way around."

"Sorry," said Zacharias. "It's just that we've been running for months and now that we finally got away, it feels like a dream." He said with a sad tone in his voice.

"But you will protect us right? You will protect all of us." Said Mikoto putting emphasis on us. The thing that was chasing the group for months had been going for one thing and one thing only, Mikoto's baby girl Kamui. Of the two women, none of them knew the reason why the thing that was once called "The High Priest of Valla" was after the poor baby who couldn't even pronounce a single word. None of them knew except Zacharias, he knew the exact reason. That thing wanted the baby because of her lineage, her blood would make him able to cross the barrier that kept him caged in Valla. With her blood he would be able to fulfill his wish, ruling all of humanity.

"Of course I will Mikoto, I won't let anyone do harm to you or Kamui, or Arete, or Azura. I promise I will protect all of you with my life" said Zacharias with a tone so confident that made the two women feel safe, and hopeful. He didn't his lieges to be any more scared than they already were. The things that they saw in Valla were enough to traumatize anyone for the rest of their life.

"So what comes next Zach, I hope you have a plan." Said Arete. "That is, of you have one." Unfortunately Arete was right, Zacharias didn't have a plan, all his instructions were to get the royalty out of Valla as soon as possible, but he did have two options.

"I have on- I'm sorry, two possible plans." He said.

"Possible? We need more than possible Zach." Said Arete frustrated.

The look that Zacharias had on his face wasn't so assuring but he began to say his plan anyways. "Our first choice is my least favorite but it would guarantee your safety" he began. "We can go to Nohr and request an audience with King Garon."

"And what would we say Zach. You know of the spell… he made. We can't speak to anyone with clarity." Said Arete with discomfort.

"King Garon owes me one. A really big one. I was invited to the day of his coronation and the man was kind enough to take me hunting with him. In that trip I managed to save his life from a bear that was lurking around us. He said that if someday I needed his help he would give it to me. All we need to do is mention my name and he will help us." explained Zacharias. The story was true, if it wasn't for the dragon the king would have ended is reign there and there.

"And why is it that this one isn't your favorite option?" asked Mikoto.

Zacharias turned at Mikoto with a discomfort look and said, "Nohr isn't exactly… the best place to live. Even Garon would have to pull some strings to keep you safe."

"I assume option number two is Hoshido, right?" asked Arete right as always.

"Yes, Hoshido is number two."

"Why don't we go there if Nohr is as dangerous as you say? I've heard Hoshido is very peaceful." Said Arete.

"The reason why I don't like Hoshido that much is because they aren't very welcoming to foreigners. They prefer to stick to themselves. Besides, I don't know the current King like I know Garon but in the end it is really your choice your majesty. While Nohr can be dangerous I know Garon will keep you four safe, in Hoshido however I can't promise anything." Said Zacharias.

"I think we should go to Nohr Arete. If Zach is right about King Garon then I would prefer the choice that is completely viable." Said Mikoto. "We would all be safe."

Arete loved her sister with all her heart, and she hated to see her sad. She looked at little Kamui who was sleeping soundly on her mother's arms. Then she looked at her own girl, Azura, she had her father's eyes. Arete was willing to give anything to protect her little girl, anything. "Fine, we go to Nohr."

"Perfect your grace. We should get going, the trip to Nohr is quite far." Said Zacharias as he got up, but at the same time he felt a sharp pain coming from his chest. Then he felt it again. He looked down and saw two arrows coming out of his chest. He looked up again to see the faces of the two people he swore to protect. Both had horrified expressions and soon he could hear the screams of both. And then he felt like he was flying, the image of those two people becoming smaller and smaller with every second until he was unable to see it.

Zacharias opened his eyes and felt that pain coming from his chest again but this time, it was less painful. He turned his head and saw that man again. The man who helped him smuggle Arete and Mikoto out of Valla along with their children. The man who was the father of Mikoto's child. If Zacharias was seeing this man, it meant that he was back in Valla.

"I see you've woken up my child." Said the man.

"I'm not your child Anankos. My father died a long time ago."

"You can keep telling that to yourself."

Zacharias got up from the place he was resting, it hurt to move. "It's true. My father was a kind, honorable man. That beast killed him, along with King Caesar. And it is all my fault."

"It wasn't your fault my child." Anankos said as he approached Zacharias. "If it is anyone's fault its mine. I should have been able to control myself."

"I was of his royal guard. I should have died not him." Zacharias said and got on his feet. Fortunately, Anankos managed to save the spear that king Caesar gave him, his spear. Caesar gave him that spear to Zacharias to protect his family the day he died. "I need to get up there. Arete and Mikoto are all alone."

"I'm sorry, but the path has closed. We'll have to wait a while until it opens again."

"So what do we do now? I've failed at my only mission."

Anankos got close to Zacharias and grabbed his shoulders. "There are people here who still need our help. We can start there for the time being."

Zacharias nodded and started moving but he was stopped by Anankos. "You still need rest my child. We should stay low until my other half isn't watching us."

The only thing that Zacharias could do was to do as Anankos said, and hope that Queen Arete and Lady Mikoto were safe.