"Why do I have to stay here anyway?" complained a golden haired adolescent. "It would be so much fun to go out to Tellius and explore the place!"

"Yeah, I agree!" a brown haired girl added in.

"Now, now girls. Sheesh, why do you children complain all day? You should enjoy the peace and quiet of Firvane, and learn to appreciate it," a blue haired man in his twenties admonished the two girls.

"Booooorrring!!!!!" the two girls cried in unison. The man rolled his eyes, "Llunet, you claim to be fourteen. But you sure don't act that age. Same goes for you, Lliona. Thirteen and you're still so childish. And you're supposed to be princesses too."

"Not all princesses are graceful, kind and compassionate or whatever rubbish you said, y'know," Llunet gave the man a firece glare.

"Exactly, Rowen!" Lliona, as usual, added on to her elder sister's speech," we can fend for ourselves!"

Rowen shot back, "You can do some low-level swordplay and simple magic which barely helps in a battle. Does that count as being able to fend for yourself?"

"We have our summoning ma-" "No using summons!" Rowen raised his voice so high he practically screamed.

"All right, all right, we get it! Geez, you have serious anger issues. C'mon Lliona, let's go," Llunet ordered her younger sister, who replied with an "okay".

The two sisters quickly left the room. Just as they were at the castle entrance, Llunet remembered she had something to attend to and scurried off in the direction of he meeting hall, leaving Lliona alone to stroll around the city's marketplace.

"Hey, it's princess Lliona!" the citizens exclaimed in joy as Lliona walked past them, a wide broad smile plastered on her face. They all crowded around the young girl, hoping to catch the attention of their beloved princess if only for a second.

"Excuse me, I'm in a hurry," Lliona desperately tried to squeeze her way through the crowd, which seemed to grow larger every second. "Oh okay. Clear the way for the princess! Clear the way for the princess!" all of the people chanted.

"Thank you..." Lliona muttered as she made her way to the beach.

Lliona slipped her shoes off her feet as she walked along the sandy shore, picking up various kinds of seashells. Then, there was a blaring noise from the harbour which resonated in the ears of the young child.

"Those ships...the sailors are so fortunate. They get to go to the main continent. If only I could go. I just need Llunet and a couple of knights and I'll be safe. Not that they'll listen to me. I wonder how those ships get to..." Just then, an idea flashed across her mind.

The excited teen darted back to the castle, and ran to the meeting room. However, Llunet was nowhere to be seen."If you're looking for your sister, she's in her room."

"Oh. Thank you." Lliona left the room and gently closed the door behind her.

"She's so cute. Who is she anyway?" a lieutenant colonel asked.

"You're a lieutenant colonel and you don't know? She's His Majesty's daughter, the princess of this land."

"I thought the princess was the girl just know?" he gave the general a quizzical stare.

"That's her sister!!!!" the general, who was tired of his questions, bellowed.

Lliona silently crept to her sister's room." Hey, Llunet."

The girl who was reading on the bed sat up and made a gesture for her to come in.

"I've got some good news," Lliona's mouth curved into a smile as she spoke.

Llunet, whose interest was piqued, urged her sister to continue.

"I know how we can get to Tellius already."

"Really?! How?!" Llunet asked.

"We can go...by ship."

Her sister moaned, "By ship? Oh please. We'll get sea-sick when we get there. And we don't have any weapons. The knights definitely aren't following either."

Lliona fished a small silk pouch from her slingbag. "This is medicinal powder. It relieves sea-sickness. And we an just take our swords and tomes along."

"Oh yeah! Okay, get your stuff from your room. I'll get ready now."

"Okay. We better hurry. The next ship's leaving in an hours time."

Lliona raced to her room and opened her closet, which hid a sword in it's scabbard. The scabbard was ornately designed, studded with all sorts of stones and gems. She drew the sword, which was still sharp and shiny due to constant oiling. The blade was made of many precious metals, so she was ordered to take good care of it. It also was her only weapon which she could channel her magic powers to summon.

"Riliciardo, I call upon thee to serve me once again. Thy master beckons to you, to arise once more to this land and annihilate the wicked. Awaken!" The blade released an aura of mystic powers. "Yeah, it's working well." Lliona sheathed her blade and left her room. Llunet was already standing outside. "Ready to go?" Llunet asked. "Once you've awakened your sword, and I think I lent you my tome. Please?" Lliona stretched her hand out. "Here." Llunet placed the grimoire on her sister's hand. "And I've awakened Lertondiore already, so let's go! We only have twenty minutes left!"

The two girls took a detour to avoid the eyes of their subjects, just in case they asked why they were holding weapons with them.

When they reached the harbour, a sailor who was guarding the wooden plank connected to the ship spotted them and approached them.

"Hello, your highnesses. Please excuse my rudeness, but may I know why you're here?"

"We're here to...err...we're going to Tellius to send these weapons. They're really precious, so our father tasked us with this job. At our request, of course," Llunet said, trying to make it as believable as possible.

"I see...well then, welcome on board!" The two girls excitedly ran up the plank and went to their assigned room. Hastily, they unpacked their luggage bags containing a handful of clothes, vulneraries, huge bags of gold and their magic tomes. "I wonder what Tellius will be like," Lliona voiced her thoughts out to herself, as her sister had gone to dig up some information about Tellius with the mini library on the ship. Fortunately for them, they had gone on the best type of ship, which had lots of facilities.

Suddenly, the ship shook vigorously. Lliona immediately rose from her seat, and ran out of the room. "Sub-humans! Sub-humans!" panic-stricken sailors ran all about the ship screaming as ravens raided the ship and took the lives of some. "Sub-humans, also called laguz," Lliona thought. She could feel her heart thumping in her chest, beating faster every second. Until now, Lliona had only heard of these creatures who could morph from animal to human and vice versa. Just then, one of the jet-lack birds flew to her.

"Kyyyaaaaaaaahhh!!!!!"