Disclaimer: I do not own TOS… I'm so sorry.
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Prologue: The Beginning
"Genis, wake up! We don't have much time left," Raine shouted as she brushed her hair in front of the mirror,
Annoyed, Genis rolled himself into his blanket "Okay, just wait a moment," Raine looked back at her brother and shook her head.
Raine was now getting really irritated by her brother's behavior. "Genis! Hurry up. It is going to… rain soon! It'd be much clever for us to start heading for Meltokio now!" She stomped up to her brother's bed, leaving her brush by the mirror and started unrolling her brother off the bed.
"Thump"
"Ouch… you really didn't have to do that," Genis rubbed his head.
Raine shook her head. "Well, if you wouldn't be so lazy, then I would have given a second thought. You are really becoming like Lloyd,"
"Yea whatever…" Genis yawned as he stretched his arms backwards, giving his waist a little twist.
"Genis… hurry up!" Raine said warningly to her brother not to mess with her temper.
Raine and Genis weren't living in Iselia anymore but rather near the Giant Kharlan Tree. They were going from place to place trying to get half-elves accepted by other people. It's been 3 years since the world regeneration but they didn't have much luck so far.
Genis walked into the washroom unwillingly, grunting at the same time at his older sister and started to comb his hair and washed his face. Outside, he heard his older sister complaining about the weather, which made Genis conclude that it had started to rain.
"Shoot, we didn't make it before the rainfall," Genis shook his head as he watched her sister panicking, looking out the window. By the time the two half-elves were ready to leave their home, the rain was pouring down, blurring the vision outside the window.
"The rain seems to be getting worse," Raine sighed as she stared up in front of the window.
"Yea. I can barely see anything," Genis replied. It has been a while since weather condition like this has come by.
"We're going to be late. Let's go before it gets any worse," Raine suggested as if it is even possible for the rain to get any worse than this.
Raine reached into her right pocket on her outfit and drew out a small parchment paper and read the letter again.
Dear Genis and Raine:
Hey, long time no see guys. This is Zelos by the way. This upcoming Friday, the king had decided to open a dinner party just for us! I hope you guys are coming! Before we go there, we are going to meet at my house first for a small celebration. We haven't seen each other for almost 2 years now. I'll see you guys at my house!
-Zelos Wilder-
It is true that it has been a while since they saw any of their friends. After the world regeneration, everyone went their separate ways. Raine folded the letter, pushed it back down her pocket and smiled.
"Uh… sis? Weren't you the one that told me that he didn't have much time?" Genis tapped his foot, his arms folded across his chest.
"Oh right, let's go now," Raine stuttered as Genis looked behind her, shaking his head before following pursuit
Raine, by using her magic, made a small magical barrier on top of her and her brother to keep them from getting wet.
"It looks like we'll have to share one Rehierd," Raine reached into her pocket and took out a small case, which conjured a relatively small airplane beside her. Genis got on first, followed by Raine, who had her brother seated on her lap, and took off.
"How long will this take sis?" Genis casually asked.
"I don't know… I guess around 1 hour since it's raining," Raine shouted out loud since it was barely audible with all that rain.
Raine and Genis flew across the continent toward Meltokio, the former capital of Tethe'alla. As they flew toward Meltokio, Raine looked up at the sky one more time. The weather was… odd. It isn't usual for the entire sky of the whole continent to be covered in thick clouds. In fact, the last time when she saw such thing was when Ozette was…
'Nah… it can't be possible. Mithos is dead already,' Raine tried to assure herself.
"Raine! Look!" Genis shouted.
Raine quickly turned her head to the direction where Genis was pointing. There was a bright flash, much brighter than anything she had seen. After couple seconds of being blind, their vision slowly came back.
"What was that?" Raine gasped. But she knew she didn't have the time to go check. She flew across the area and headed toward Meltokio ignoring the eerie feeling she had when she saw that flash.
Raine quickly jumped off her Rehierd and grabbed Genis' wrist, walking up the main staircase of Meltokio. The rain was getting worse. Water was flooding down the staircase and the loud noise of the raindrops made any words inaudible.
"What the…" Raine and Genis stopped as they made their way up the first pack of stairs. There was nobody on the street. Raine put up her guard.
"Wow… this place seems… deserted," Genis complimented as he was wondering how the bustling city Meltokio looks so deserted. There was absolutely nobody on the street. No lights were flashing from building windows.
"Wait here I want to check something," Raine left Genis by the staircase and dashed toward the direction of the coliseum. The weapon shop was closed. Raine approached the coliseum and tried to open the door. It was locked. She dashed across to the other direction. It was the same.
"Does this have to do with anything that I saw?" Raine muttered to herself. She leaned down from the other side of the bridge and looked at the slums. Empty.
'Genis!' Now Raine was starting to feel worried about Genis. She couldn't get rid of the eerie feeling that was floating around her. She dashed across the rainy ground, her pants becoming soaked due to the raindrops reflecting from the ground. Raine returned to where Genis was. He was still standing there as if nothing happened.
Raine sighed in relief. "Let's go…" Raine scanned across the deserted street with great caution, as if they were going to be jumped on the next second and walked toward Zelos' mansion. Nothing was wrong. There wasn't any monster attacking the town or nor there was anyone preparing to ambush them.
The two half-elves hurried up the staircase and turned right in front of the top-most platform. The church didn't emit any light and the guards that were guarding the castle were not there as well.
"Hey, there it is!" Genis shouted pointing at a huge mansion. Raine and Genis approached the mansion and slowly walked toward the doorway. There were no light coming out from the windows. Raine walked up to the window and peeked inside but found no one.
"Okay… now I'm totally freaked out," Genis was staring around him. "Oh what's this?" Genis approached the main entrance of Zelos' mansion
"Raine, look," Genis called her sister over as he quickly pulled off the half-drenched note dangling on the door.
Sorry guys, king have given us a quick task to do at Sybak. It is nothing to worry about so you guys can wait inside the mansion if you want, it is opened.
-Zelos Wilder-
"Sybak huh…" Raine read over the note again. Then, something struck her. 'Sybak… wait! That's where…"
-Flashback-
Raine looked up at the sky. The weather was… odd. It isn't usual for the entire sky of the whole continent to be covered in thick clouds
"Raine! Look!" Genis shouted.
Raine quickly turned her head to the direction where Genis was pointing. There was a bright flash, much brighter than anything she had seen. After couple seconds of being blind, their vision slowly came back.
-End of flashback-
'That… that happened when we were flying by sybak' Raine recalled.
Genis shook his head. "Well… I guess we'll just go inside and wait," Genis sighed as he started to head into the mansion, his arms behind his head.
"Wait!" Rain stopped him.
"Huh?" Genis flashed a questioning look.
"I want to go see what they are doing," Raine said in a serious voice.
"But Raine… they said it wasn't anything serious… they'll be back sooner or later." Genis whined.
Raine's curiosity didn't have the patience for Genis' easy going tempo. "Let's go. We are going to Sybak," Rain grabbed Genis' wrist and forcefully sat him along with her on the Rehierd and took off.
I just decided to put the two together since it was my mistake after all... and I don't like to leave something... unfixed. Oh well.
I'm lost on which direction I should take the story because some of my friends want it romance, some like tragic stories and etc --;; I better decide before chapter 4