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A young teen boy stared out into the open sky listlessly. It had been a month since the king had gotten a letter from the Dragon clan saying how they would come to visit today to discuss treaty term since the last battle with the Elves, which ended only a few months ago. The battle between the Dragon and Spellcasters clans against the Elves had been a long and bloody battle. The Elves may not have been so skilled in magic and sorcery, but they were excellent warriors and there were more of them then there were Spellcasters. Dragons were few as well and even though they had destructive power, they still could be taken out with one good, very lucky shot. The whole war had to be based on land, for the Aqua clan who lived in the water, would have none of it.

But that didn't keep the blood from soaking into the sea…

In fact, he had been a friend with a Dragon clan warrior when they had been fighting. In fact, as he felt it, more than a friend. Her name had been Leyline. Kind and with strange silver eyes, he had never seen her fight, but everyone at the camp seemed to fear her. It confused him, but never the less; he had enjoyed being in her company. But the day when they parted was the day when he was going to...

She had been such a friend, and they had covered for each other many times.

"I wonder if I'll ever see her again…or if she lived."

He was wearing a long purple cape with two strips of cloth decorated white and green edges in front and held together with a brown rope signifying his lower rank. He had on a long sky blue sleeved tunic underneath in which the collar stuck out a bit up his neck and tied loosely with string. His pants were also sky blue and high black boots stopped just below the knees, bunching the cloth at the bottom. To finish the outfit, a white cloth was over his head and tied around at the top with a brown rope, his violet hair still falling out of it a bit, and he held his teal-green wand with a forest green stone on the top in his right hand. Even though he was just an apprentice to Sohac, he was still pretty powerful in his own right.

"Well I should be…I've been training for what feels like a millennia…" he muttered under his breath his blue eyes blinking heavily. "And Sohac isn't one for accepting failure…"

Speaking of failure, that reminded him of his sister, a short blonde blue eye named Hitomi. She may be the last of their rank, but she could back her threats. Even if she didn't know that a simple frog couldn't be turned into a prince…no matter HOW many times you kiss it…

The boy sighed to himself as he stared into the blue sky. Even though he didn't like dragons, he was forced to be in an alliance with them. And now the Elves! What else could there be? What could possibly go wrong?

"Nagiciam!"

The boy, hearing his name, turned around to see his sister running happily to him. She was wearing an extremely fancy and gems embedded pink dress that looked like the royal lady in wait-ings. In fact, it probably was the lady in wait-ings. She and Hitomi were good friends and the princess was always lending her clothes to Hitomi and was never mad about how torn or how muddy they were when they came back. The only problem was that Hitomi was two sizes too small for the lady-in-wait-ings clothes and always tripped over them and most often times ripped them. "Nagiciam!" she cried her layered blonde hair waving to him. "Hey!"

Nagiciam looked at his sister and smiled. "Hitomi!" he called. "Watch your skirts!"

"WHOA!"

Thud.

"Hitomi!" Nagiciam cried as he dashed over to his sister who was picking herself face up from the dirt. "Oh Hitomi, please, please, tell me that this is one of your own dresses!" Slowly, Nagiciam helped his sister up and began brushing dirt off her.

"Oh…" Hitomi said helplessly. "Well…then…uh…it's not min- the lady-in-wait-ing's!" Laughing weakly, Hitomi smiled up at Nagiciam who raised an eyebrow. "It was for the treaty meeting today…" Hitomi finished quietly.

Nagiciam sighed heavily as he took her by the shoulder and led his little sister out to the palace. "Hitomi, please…these are Lady-in-wait-ings Faith's clothes. If Sohac has to mend any more, I think he's going to explode."

Hitomi glared at the name. "Why'd you have to pick him as your Master anyway?" she snapped. "Why not a more caring person? Like Neo the Swordsman?"

Nagiciam gave a look to sister as they walked past all the soldiers and villagers getting ready for the meeting. "You just want me to be under Neo's guidance because you think he's cute." He said lamely. "And..." he added as a boy ran up to Hitomi to give her a flower and sheepishly run off. "And you somehow attract all the guys in the palace. You aren't using a love spell are you?"

Laughing, Hitomi rolled her eyes nervously and avoided eye contact. "Of co-…"

"Give it here."

Annoyed, Hitomi pouted as she reached inside her pocket and handed Nagiciam a small bottle of red liquid in a clear bottle. "It's not my fault if I want Neo to notice me…" she huffed.

Just then, a group of five boys came up to Nagiciam and Hitomi, all holding flowers in their earnest hands. Nagiciam gave Hitomi another look who made herself look small. "I only put on enough that I thought Neo would notice me…" she squeaked.

***

A dark mage looked down angrily on Hitomi who was shaking in her pink dress shoes with dirt down the front of the dress, a small tear on the side. "Explain." He growled.

Hitomi looked up at the mage. A towering six feet, he was dressed in a dark violet cape what covered most of his clothes, draped over his shoulders and a long hood down the back. Underneath was a long sleeved black tunic held at the waist with gold rope showing his rank of high Spellcaster in the palace, second only to the king, Sage. His pants were long and black and his head was covered by a black cloth much like Nagiciam's, but tied around his forehead with a gold band. His wrists had two gold bracelets and black gloves with gold covering the knuckles. His face however was stern and his blue skin and red eyes with yellow background showed no sign of kindness or compassion. His wand was just as long as he was, with a teal stone at it's pointed top and red capping the swirls of black wood that made his wand. His long black hair ran all the way to about the middle of his back and was tied at the very end, only letting a few inches go free.

"Well…I sort of tripped…" Hitomi explained as Nagiciam kneeled behind her, careful to keep his eyes downcast. If he looked up for any reason, he would be punished. "And…w-well…I-I…r-r-r-ripped it h-h-here…"

Sohac sighed as he turned away and his wand glowed. Instantly, a green light shot out and hit Hitomi making her cry out in surprise.

Forgetting his manners and getting up, Nagiciam reached out for his sister. "Hitomi!" he cried as she stiffened and relaxed. "Hitomi are you alright?"

Hitomi turned to him, all clean and her hair done up in a bun, the tear mended and makeup on her. "What?" she asked. "Did I miss something?"

Nagiciam stared and blinked. "Master…" he gasped. "Er…uh…" Realizing he was standing, Nagiciam quickly fell back down to the floor and knelt once again. "Forgive me Master. I didn't mean to stand without your permission."

Sohac only stared lamely. "You're forgiven Nagiciam. Next time don't be so sure I'm going to kill your sister. Now go clean up. The…guests…will be arriving soon and we have to look nice for them…"

Nagiciam nodded and bowed as he got up to leave; Hitomi following him close behind.

"Oh, and Nagiciam…"

"Yes Master?"

Sohac sighed. Thinking quickly, he said, "Do see that your sister doesn't make a mess of the banquet lunch. I'm sure the king will be most displeased if she does."

Nagiciam only nodded and with Hitomi, walked out the door.

Sohac sighed and turned to face the window where in the distance, a small dust cloud from a carriage could be seen. "I almost told him…" Sohac thought to himself as he watched the cloud come closer. "I almost told him about an energy presence I sensed that is supposed to be dead."

***

"Enter!" the announcer, cried. "King Otes, of the Dragon clan!"

Entering, a young man with brown hair and blue eyes stepped into the court before the King. He was wearing a long cape of white, which fell to the floor and a blue tunic so light; one might have seen it as a white color. His crown was a gold masterpiece with blue stones encircling the head lining and his writs held many bands and silver bracelets. His shoes were made of dyed white leather and by his side, a long scabbard, empty, lay, colored silver and sapphires dancing in the sides. A smirk was on his face.

"He's certainly not modest." Hitomi whispered to Nagiciam who was on the right to Sohac who was right to the king. "And he looks arrogant too."

"Sh!"

"Ladies and Gentlemen of the court Spellcasters," Otes said boldly and bowing. "It gives me great honor to be in your presence."

The king gave a look to Sohac who returned the look that said, "Go on…he doesn't seem like he'll do anything bad…for now…" As the king cleared his throat, he spoke.

"Ah, King Otes. It's been a peaceful time now that the Elves have been suppressed. I hope we can look to a happier future. But for now, let us rest and tomorrow we can discuss politics. I'm sure you are tired after your long journey here. May I ask, who have you brought here?"

King Otes looked at the King Sage. Sage was wearing a long gray cloak over a set of armor, which was gold. Even though a gray beard went almost down to the floor, his white eyes told the story of a long and prosperous life, full of wisdom and mistakes. He too had a wand, but it was only a solid gold staff in which he used when peace was the time. A small ringlet of gold was around his head, which was uncovered.

"I have only brought twenty with me." Otes said firmly. "I figure not many is needed around a ally."

King Sage nodded. "May I meet them?" he asked slowly.

At this, King Otes smirked. "Of course." He said gently. "Outside, there are five Kimouri ranks, five Blackland ranks, three Red Eyes ranks, three Curse ranks, two Tri horned ranks, and two Blue Eyes ranks."

Nagiciam gasped as well as some of the other people in the court. Even Sohac and Sage stiffened as they shot looks to each other. "Blue Eyes?" Sage asked keeping his temper down. "Why Blue Eyes? You are in no danger here."

Quickly, Hitomi pulled on Nagiciam's arm. "Nagiciam…what's a Blue Eye's rank?" she asked. "I've never heard of that before. Are they strong?"

Nagiciam nodded as he stared at King Otes who seemed quite happy about the commotion he had created. "Yeah…Blue Eye's are the highest rank one can be in the Dragon Clan under the king. In the war, they were probably what pulled most of us through. There aren't a lot, but they don't need to be for our sake. They're really powerful and their White Lightning technique of fighting makes them a formidable ally. Or foe…"

Otes smiled at Sage a bit too sweetly. "Oh don't worry King Sage." He reassured. "They're completely harmless here. Would you like to meet them and see for yourself?"

Snapping his fingers, two figures made their way out into the light. More gasps continued as the court gazed at them. Even Sohac uncrossed his arms in amazement. King Sage was the only one who didn't seem surprised.

Nagiciam stared first at the first figure. It was a young man about his age with long blue hair and eyes as well as the same smirk as Otes's were shown upon him and his scabbard was empty to show a sign of friendship to the court. He had on a red headband around his forehead and gray gloves covered his hands. He wore a long sleeved blue tunic, which was mostly covered by gold armor with blue pants to match. His black shoes shone and he wore a necklace with a blue stone in it.

However, the other figure, Nagiciam couldn't believe his eyes. She had on a long sky blue dress, two white cloth strips coming down the front of it; designs of dragons in gold thread made them dance. Her sleeves were elbow length and cut making them just a stop of cloth over her shoulders. Her shoes were black and she had on brown gloves with the knuckles capped in gold. A black cape was around her shoulders and fell to the floor as well held at her shoulders by two gold buttons. Her hair was black and layered at the shoulders and she had a necklace made of silver with a white stone around her neck.

"I present Sir White and Lady Leyline from the Dragon clan."

"Look at her eyes…" Hitomi whispered to Nagiciam pulling on his sleeve even more. "Look at them…"

The trouble was, Nagiciam was already looking. In fact, he just stared right into the girl's eyes as she stared at the king, a fixed expression on her face. "Silver eyes…" he heard himself whisper with awe. "She has silver eyes…could it be her? My friend from a that time ago…"

Suddenly, he felt something hard hit him over the head.

"Ow!" Looking up, he saw that Sohac had smacked him over the head with his wand and was glaring very hard at him. "What did I do?" Nagiciam asked quietly.

Sohac's glare somehow became even deeper. "I apologize your majesties." He said angrily keeping his glare on Nagiciam. "But it seems my apprentice is still young as didn't mean to stare at the Blue Eyes rank like that."

Nagiciam looked around sheepishly at the court that was snickering at him. Blushing very hard, Nagiciam meekly looked up at the Blue Eyes rank girl who gave a small grin to him. "F-forgive me…" he mumbled, yet somehow loud enough for everyone to hear.

Leyline just closed her eyes and smiled.

Nagiciam blushed harder.

"It is her…!"

***

It was the banquet and everyone was talking at once. Or at least many of the lords and ladies of the court. The Elves were expected, but many didn't think they would show up because of the war.

"I heard they were scared of us…they did lose after all…"

"They live in the Forest don't they? With all the bugs and dirt?"

"Such creatures!"

Nagiciam and Hitomi were seated next to Sohac who was seated to the left of King Sage. "I want you near my side Sohac…" the king had said to him quietly. "Bringing Blue Eyes to the court…I want you to be ready in case anything happens."

"Yes your majesty."

At the long gold table, Otes sat next to the right of King Sage this time, showing respect. Next to Otes, White sat to the right of Otes and next to him sat Leyline who was across from Nagiciam her eyes closed. The Great Hall they were in was decorated in gold and violet drapes, a feast at the table in silver and silver plates and cups. Across from King Sage were three empty spaces each for the Queen of Elves and her two soldiers she was allowed to bring. The King had died in the battle.

Everyone was waiting.

"This is so stupid…" King Otes muttered to White, who gave a small snicker. "Why invite those filthy Elves after they lost to us?"

But before White could answer, a sound came through the door and in walked three figures, one in front and two behind. The first was a delicate looking woman with golden hair that fell down to the floor. She wore a simple silver headdress and a green dress to show the respect that it had been her clan to lose the war.

Behind her, a male elf stood, his shoulder length blonde hair tied back and his amber eyes sweeping the crowd. He wore a baggy green tunic with the shoulders skin-tight and his pants were a skin-tight white cloth slightly dyed tan. A piece of brown cloth lay loosely on his waist, covering the front and back. His dark gray cape was draped across his left shoulder and his brown boots were folded over at the top. To finish the outfit, he had a small gold band around his head with a small red stone in the center of it. His sword was in his brown scabbard that hung by his side. Normally weapons weren't allowed in the Great Hall, but in this case because they lost the war, the Elves were allowed to bring in weapons.

The other person the Queen brought was to everyone's surprise, was not an elf, but rather someone who didn't own the trademark ears other Elves had. She had long purple hair and eyes and white robes lined with blue.

"Who is that?" Otes said standing up and pointing to the girl. "She doesn't look like an elf! That girl looks like a Spellcaster to me!"

At this, the court went into a frenzy of whispers. "A Spellcaster?" people whispered. "With the Elves? What does this mean?"

At this, the male Elf behind the Queen tensed and the girl looked around with unmoving eyes. However, the Queen only stared straight ahead at the Kings, who stared back with the same unwavering look.

"This girl…Neeces…she is half-elf. Born from an elf mother and Warrior clan father. She has not one drop of Spellcaster blood in her veins. A relief to you all." Then gesturing to the male elf that was glaring at Nagiciam and Leyline she said, "This is Citlec. He is my guardian and will bring no harm upon any of you either."

Showing his respect even to a disgraced clan, King Sage stood and bowed a bit. "Ah, Queen Lacitsym, welcome." Also standing, Sohac, Nagiciam, and Hitomi stood. "This is my high rank, Sohac, with his apprentice Nagiciam and his sister Hitomi."

Gently, Sohac bowed to the Queen and nodded to Citlec and Neeces who nodded back. Nagiciam did the same, followed by Hitomi who curtsied.

Then it was King Otes's turn. Getting up, he gave a small bow and said rather boldly, "Ah…. Queen Lacitsym, we meet at last. May I introduce just two of my highest warriors…Sir White and Leyline."

Instantly, Leyline and White got up, both bowing to the Queen who nodded back at them.

"Well then." King Sage said as he looked at everyone. "Let's eat and then the entertainment will begin. You'll be staying for a few days to discuss politics so we should enjoy ourselves for tonight."

***

"Nagiciam…" Hitomi said in an urgent whisper. "You haven't eaten a whole lot. Are you alright?"

Nagiciam woke up from his daze in a start. "What?" he said quickly. Suddenly, something hard hit him over the head, knocking him into his food a bit. "Ow! Hey…!" he yelped.

Beside him, Sohac sat still, bringing down his wand and keeping his eyes closed. "Don't stare like that when company is here." He said simply. "It's rude."

Nagiciam stared down at his plate of food, which was tilted a bit from him landing on it. "I wasn't…" he was about to argue. But a quick sharp glance from Sohac stopped him.

Now the table was seated so that the Elves sat at the end. King Sage sat at one end, facing the Queen Lacitsym, King Otes on Sage's right hand side. To Sage's left sat Sohac, Nagiciam and Hitomi and a couple more important people of the court. To the right of Otes sat White and Leyline followed by more subjects of the court. Queen Lacitsym sat gently and calmly as if the slightest noise would break her. To her right sat Neeces and to her left sat Citlec as the subject of the court who sat next to him inched away.

Looking at all the people stare and whisper behind their hands at him, Citlec sighed. "Your majesty," he began. "I am really getting sick of this. The war is over and why are we here in Spellcaster territory? And with two Blue Eyes? Is this really wise?"

The Queen just sat still with her hands folded across her lap. "Don't speak so rashly about our hosts Citlec." She scolded gently. "We don't want to cause an uproar. We are here to negotiate and bring back some of what was ours to begin with. The war has been so long and now it's finally over. We don't need more bloodshed than what we already have had." As she spoke these words, her fists clenched a bit in sadness as she thought of the king.

Citlec only sighed heavily as he looked over at the other end of the table where Sohac was whacking Nagiciam over the head. Stifling laughter, Citlec diverted his eyes to across the table. There, a girl sat, taking a sip of sweet water that had been brought to her as servants darted in and out of the room. Keeping her eyes closed, she gently drained what was left and opened her eyes a little. As Citlec stared a bit, she slowly turned to look at him, her silver eyes flickering in the light. As the two stared at each other for a minute, Citlec suddenly snapped back to reality as he turned away. Only looking at him, the girl stared at him for a minute and then gently turned away.

***

Finally the food was over and after the servants had cleared the area; the tables were lifted off and placed away by magic. Soon, an empty space was cleared for the performers to do their acts. The chairs were also shifted although not by the way the Dragon's and Elves expected. Gently, the chairs were lifted a few inches off the ground and began to hover a bit as a carpet magically made it's way into the room and spread out.

"What the heck!" White had yelped grabbing his chair as to force it back down.

Leyline gasped a bit too as she gripped the edges of her chair in surprise.

Quickly, Nagiciam and Hitomi jumped off of theirs and Hitomi pushed Sohac's chair to where the king was so he was sitting next to him. Nagiciam however made his way to Leyline and gently pushed her chair over for her to where she was suppose to sit. "Here…" he said gently as he set the chair down. "Let me help you…"

As the chair gently fell to the floor, Nagiciam smiled at Leyline who looked up at him. "See?" he said. "It's just a simple levitation spell. That's all."

Leyline only smiled back to him and nodded. "Thank you." She said.

Nagiciam blushed a bit.

***

After everyone was seated to where they were suppose to be, the performers doing magic tricks came out, making things disappear and reappear, making multiplies of a small animal called Hobiruk, and disappearing inside boxes, which were skewered and reappearing in another box which was unharmed. Everyone for once enjoyed himself or herself and for once that night, the tension was lifted.

After the performance, the carpet magically disappeared as mysteriously as it had come and the guest all got up to take part in a small dance before bed.

Everyone had gotten up and moved, and music was playing from somewhere. Nagiciam looked for Leyline, but he didn't see her. She had moved when the others did. White had also moved as well. Only King Otes remained.

"A run of bad luck Nagiciam?" Hitomi teased a she looked for Neo. "Don't think I didn't notice you help that Blue Eyes earlier."

Nagiciam sighed as he crossed his arms over his chest and turned from Hitomi. "It's a good thing I didn't tell Hitomi about Leyline before…" he thought. Then turning to his sister, "Maybe she went with Neo." He said flatly. "They could be together this very moment…"

Hitomi gasped and pulled on Nagiciam's sleeve. "He wouldn't!" she cried. "He…she…!"

Nagiciam grinned as he looked down at his sister. "Then you had better not tease me about Leyline, or else you're going to regret it!"

Annoyed, Hitomi gently smacked her brother in his arm as he began laughing. "Shut up!" she huffed. Then with a pout, she went off to look for Neo.

Nagiciam finally stopped laughing as he watched her go. "She's so much fun to tease…" he thought gently as she finally spotted Neo and ran up to him. "Now to look for Leyline…"

Gently, he pushed his way through the crowd looking for her. "Excuse me…excuse me…pardon me…sorry…" he muttered as he made his way through slowly.

Finally, a voice said behind him, "Looking for someone Nagiciam?"

Nagiciam turned around to see Sohac with his eyes closed, arms folded, facing away from him. "Oh, Master!" Nagiciam said quickly bowing a bit. "I…I was…"

But Sohac only nodded his head and said, "She's on the balcony."

Nagiciam blinked.

"Uh…thank you…master…"

***