Chapter 1

The Greil Mercenaries were battling bandits. The mercenaries were in 4 groups; one group on the North side, one in the South, one in the East, and one in the West. Ike and his group were in East, that is most of the bandits are at.

"Take that!" Ike stabbed a bandit and killed him. "Ilyana can you kill that bandit over there?"

"You bet I could!" Ilyana ran to the bandit. "Say your prayers, buster! El Thunder!"

"Uh-oh…" The bandit covered his face. Ilyana's thunder only damaged him a little. "Hahaha, is that the best you got!"

"Uh, no! Let's see…" Ilyana was digging for something in her bag. "Ah-ha, go Thoron!"

"…" The bandit covered his face, and again the tome only did a little damage. "Hahaha, for a mage you are sure weak!"

"Shut up! Go Bolt!"

"…" Again the tome only did a little damage. "Enough already… I'm going to kill you." The bandit walked over to her.

"Ahh!"

"Stay away from her! El Wind!" Soren yelled. El Wind killed the bandit.

"Thank-you Soren."

"Your welcome, I thought you can finish him off but…"

"I'm weak am I?"

"Try using El Wind and I'll use your El Thunder." Soren and Ilyana traded tomes.

"Go try killing that soldier over there." Soren pointed to his right side.

"Okay…" Ilyana ran to the soldier. "El Wind!" Even El Wind did a little damage.

"Hahaha, was that suppose to kill me!" The soldier said.

"Arrggg… El Wind!" Only a little damage…

"Hahaha…"

"El Wind!"

"Haha…"

"El Wind!"

"This is annoying…" The soldier was walking to Ilyana with his lance pointed at her.

"…"

"El Fire!" Tormod killed him. Soren was beside Tormod.

"I thought Ilyana's tome was getting old and ripped but…" Soren mumbled to himself.

"I am weak!" Ilyana sobbed

"No you are not!" Tormod said. "That El Wind tome must be old and ripped."

"…" Soren just glared at the red-haired mage.

"But when Soren used it, the blow was powerful but for me it wasn't!" Ilyana sobbed.

"Maybe it could only do one more spell and when you used it, it didn't have juice left in it."

"Really?"

"It is a perfect explanation! Here use my El Fire book and I'll my two Meteor books! Go Meteor!" Tormod yelled.

"Ahh!" A fighter yelled.

"Tormod, thanks for killing the fighter for me!" Rolf yelled from a distance.

Tormod handed Ilyana his El Fire tome.

"Thank-you, Tormod."

"Your welcome, now go kill that priest over there." Tormod pointed to his left.

"Alright." Ilyana ran to him. "El Fire." The tome did a little damage. "No… I am weak!" Ilyana sobbed. The priest looked at her then ran off. A bishop came.

"This should be easy Shi---."

"Go Tornado!" Bastian killed the bishop. Tormod and Soren walked next to him.

"I am weak!" Ilyana sobbed harder.

"Probably it was getting expired, Ilyana." Bastian said. Tormod glared. An enemy sage came in front of them.

"Heh, female mages and sages are weaklings." The sage said.

"What did you say punk! El Thunder!" Calill yelled. She killed the sage. "Female magic users are weaklings huh? Well explain how I, a female sage killed you!"

"How can he explain if he is dead?" Tormod asked. Calill glared. "Hehehe… Please don't hurt me almighty and beautiful Calill!"

"Ilyana probably you don't have enough energy. Just eat until you are full and you will be filled up with energy in no time!" Calill said

"That is a problem she hardly ever gets full from the meals we give her!" Soren explained

"That is a problem." Calill mumbled.

"Uh… Guys Ike says all the bandits are gone and it is time to go back…" Mist said.

"Alright come on." Ilyana replied sadly…

The next day Ilyana was in town walking around, hopelessly. "I'm such a weakling…"

"Oh Miss Purple Mage, could you come here for a second!" A woman in black and blue was calling here over. Ilyana just walked to her.

"Do you need something?" Ilyana asked.

"Did you just say you are a weakling?"

"Yes and it is true."

"Well, I think there is a power inside you that is very strong! It needs to take time to be released."

"By that time I might be already dead…"

"Well your friends won't be happy about that will they? Take this necklace."

The woman showed a blue necklace that had a blue pendent. It was really beautiful. "This will increase your thunder magic until your true strength blooms. When it blooms I'll come to you and you'll have to give it back. Beware not to be too reckless because if you are you might lose your life or a loved one's. And it might fuse with your true strength into a power you might not control if you are strong enough you'll live if you are not you'll die."

"Don't worry I'll be careful!"

"Good now take it." The woman handed Ilyana the necklace.

"Thank-you…"

The woman smiled and walked away.

"Ilyana!" Mia ran to her.

"Mia, look what I got!"

"Cute necklace, where did you get it from!"

"A woman gave it to me."

"For free!"

"Mmm-hmm."

"Lucky you."

"Let's go back to the fort, I'm really hungry now!"

"As usual"

Ilyana and Mia headed off to the fort. Ilyana kept on thinking about the necklace wondering what will be in store for her.

End of Chapter 1