Prologue: The Withering Rose

The island is known as the Blossoming Rose, for its wide variety of Roses, and its unique shape that is seen from a sky pirates point of view (it looks like a rose blooming from the ocean), it is a remote island off the coast of the continent of Volusione. A massive kingdom establishes its place in the world as the home of the highest classes, and rarest of Edel Raids. But there were two houses in the kingdom. The house of the White Rose and the house of the Red Rose ruled over this kingdom. Fighting each year to gain full control of the kingdom and all Edel Raid's within it to use as slaves and tools of war to further increase their power. The fighting has been going on for four-hundred and ninety-seven years, ever since the Seven Glittering Jewels were discovered by the Roses. Now today they just search for the last, the Metherlance… whichever house controls it, will un-doubtfully win their kingdom, and then… the world.

~But in the midst of the shadows.

There remains a light

A light that makes a Rose, whither in fright

Petal, by petal, becoming lost and exposed

Fear of my Lover, their greatest foe~

"The reaction is complete… thank you my love, for lending me your power."

"It's no problem at all, we can defeat them together, my love… Nanashi…"

3 years after…

Wolx rode wildly off of on his motorbike off the small boat that had just made it to shore, nearly capsizing it. Tilel hung on for dear life as they went speeding off up the mountainside of the island of the Blooming Rose. Wolx's eyes were ablaze with excitement, a smile stretched onto his face. A smile from Wolx is like a smile from a poor old man who just won the lottery. And indeed, Wolx had just hit the jackpot. Rumors galore started sprouting up everywhere about the Edel Raids located on this island. And he sniffed out adventure in it. And with adventure involving Edel Raids, he smelled cash.

"Waaah!!! Wolx! Must you drive so fast?!" Tilel squealed, clutching on to Wolx with all of her might as they screeched around a sharp turn of the mountain, nearly skidding off the edge down into the lush forests below. Wolx just chuckled and sped on up the mountain, dust trailing behind him.

After several minutes of scaling the mountain on the bike, they came to a roadblock. A very bloody roadblock. Wolx screeched to a halt and leapt off his bike to study the bloody, mangled corpses scattered across the clearing. Tilel, clutched to his leg tightly and stiffened, frightened of the remains of a gory battle.

"These are all… Edel Raids and Pleasures…" Wolx muttered in shock as he noted dead Edel Raids next to regular humans. He could hardly keep his cool even though he had been in many situations like this before. This time, it seemed different. This time, he was afraid.

"Wolx, I'm scared," Tilel clutched Wolx's pants leg tighter, "I feel like we shouldn't be here. Let's just go."

"Wait… Just one thing. I think we should call Arc Aile."

"What?! That good for nothing organization you said you wouldn't deal with?"

"No… just some kids that I really hate, and I'll let them deal with this." He said with a chuckle as he whipped out his phone, called the protectors of the Metherlance.

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I do not own Elemental Gelade or the characters in them... Drat.

But I do own the creativity to come up with such a fan fic, and my own original characters inserted into the plot of this story. Original characters from viewers are welcome. Just please be very descriptive of what you would like your character to be like so I can try to do my best to fit your liking. Also, I mainly need new characters for the members of the Red Rose or the White Rose, so let me know what side you would like them on. Thanks in advance for any admissions.

Constructive Criticism will be appreciated.