Disclaimer: No I do not Own TOS or Black and white 2 (not a crossover but there is an inside joke from BnW2 in this fic.)
17 months after Lloyd Irving united both Sylvarant and Tethe'alla…
Lloyd looked out the window of the schoolhouse in Iselia. The hours seemed to drag on and on, Raine continued talking about some obscure way to clean wounds with plant roots from some mountain region Lloyd had never heard of. Even though the worlds had been united, a recent earthquake had pushed a new continent off the coast of Meltokio and some cities and towns had begun to show up across it. Lloyd really wanted to go there and explore. That chance to seemed it would never come, Dirk insisted on him finishing his education. Lloyd's daydreaming was interrupted by Raine's voice.
"Am I boring you Lloyd?"
"Huh…"
"Lloyd! You continue to not pay attention how are you supposed to learn anything?"
"Sorry professor I'll pay attention."
"Good."
Raine went back to her lecture and Lloyd to his daydreaming. Lloyd looked out the window. He was thinking about Kratos, he had only known he was his father for a few days until Derris Kharlan floated away. He had wished he wouldn't have left like that; he had wanted to spend some time with him. Raine again interrupted him.
"Lloyd! You're daydreaming again!"
"Sorry professor."
"Oh never mind you can leave for today."
"Okay."
He left the classroom and walked out the door. He couldn't believe that Raine was acting like they hadn't gone on an adventure to unite the worlds over a year together. She treated him like any other student now. He went outside the town limits and out on to the fields. He felt the wind blowing in his hair. He thought he saw movement in the forest. He walked inside to investigate. The trees seemed more sinister since a few nights ago when someone had been kidnapped from Iselia by some Desians calling themselves The Remnants. They had been plaguing all three continents for seven months and Lloyd was hoping he might get some chance to destroy them. He reached the place where he saw movement and found a scared deer. Thinking that was all Lloyd turned around to leave, and then he heard the sounds of a swordfight he ran to find a man fighting several Remnant warriors. Lloyd had wished he had brought his swords to help the man out, not as though he needed it, he was very skilled with a sword. In the ensuing minutes, Lloyd watched some very skilled moves. He deftly knocked one warriors weapon away and thrust his sword through him, kicking his crumpled body off the turned to another and struck him with a blow to the head, one of the other two soldiers ran off into the woods. He turned on the last one and slashed his leg, while he knelt in pain the man raised his sword with both hands and brought it down on the soldiers neck, he slumped over and started shaking as blood poured out at a disturbingly fast rate. The man turned away from the dying Desian and began cleaning his blade. Lloyd still watched as the man finished cleaning and came his way. He jumped in font of him because he had a few questions for him.
"That was a brutal attack you know that?"
"I was defending myself besides, they were Desians so no one else will miss them "
"I was just saying."
"And who the hell are you anyways."
"Give me you're name and I shall give you mine."
"Okay Marcus Adnade."
"Oh…Lloyd Irving."
"I see…I guess you live in Iselia."
"Yeah why?"
"Because these Desians were planning a kidnapping of some kind again."
"Really?"
"Why the tone of voice Irving?'
"I find it hard to believe that you would know so much about this."
"I don't I just…what was that?"
"I dunno…"
"It came from town sounded like an attack."
"I'm going back to check it out."
"Im coming too!"
They both ran back to Iselia, they found Collete's house blazing when they reached town limits.
"What the hell?"
"Lloyd go find the schoolhouse and get your half-elf friend out with the angel lady now!"
"Why?"
"Just do it! I'll see what I can do about the house."
Lloyd ran off and Marcus turned to the burning ruin, sheilded his face and threw himself at the door. He knocked the door down and ran inside the house, the stairs had already collapsed from the fire. He ran into the main room but didn't see anyone. He was going to try to get to the second floor when he heard Lloyd yelling outside. He ran out of the house only to find he was on fire in several places, throwing off his cloak he began stamping on it to put out the flames. When he finished he looked up and saw Lloyd standing with one other person in tow.
"Where are your two frineds?"
"They werent there."
"What do you mean?"
"Raine said that they were carried off by some men from the Remnants."
"Figures."
"Whats that supposed to mean?"
"These desians probbably kidnapped them."
"Why would they do that?"
"Simple they want to lure Lloyd their way."
"But why?"
"Myabe revenge for what you did."
"That would make some sense."
"I have to go after them!"
"Lloyd…"
"Professor they took your brother and my best friend."
"I know but I have duty to the children here to educate them."
"But then who will be there to heal wounds and…"
"I'll go I happen to have somee skill in healing."
"Marcus…thanks."
"No problem."
"I guess I better tell dad."
"No need to Lloyd."
"Professor?"
"I'll do it for you."
"Thanks."
"Lloyd we had better leave soon."
"Okay I have my weapons so we can leave anytime."
"then let's go."
Marcus started running towards the Iselia forest. Lloyd was eager to hurry along to catch up with him.
"Marcus slow down."
"Okay."
"Where are we going?"
"I figured if you mage friend wasn't with us, we might as well get a magician to help."
"And we're going to him now?"
"Yeah he's really good and he owes me a favor."
"Okay."
They both ran through the Iselia forest and to the sea here marcus stopped.
"Where is he?"
"Out there somewhere."
"At sea?"
"Yeah."
"How will we find him?"
"Easy. HELLO OUT THERE IS ANYONE HERE?"
"How will yelling help?"
"Hang on."
As iff on queue, a group of four Islands rose from the water. Lloyd watched in amazement as Marcus jumped into the water and began swimming to the closest of the islands, he soonfollowed him and came to what appeared to be a house with a pile of barrels next to it. Marcus kocked on the door. It opened to reveal a man with white hair but he couldn't be much older than Lloyd was. He was dressed in black robes and held a wand made of yew wood.
"Marcus what the hell?"
"Klaine we need your help."
"Why do you need my help?"
"Because we are going on an adventure and need a mage."
"And you came to me?"
"Yes because we both know you owe me a favor."
"But going away from my studies would throw me back quite a ways."
"Look you owe me this Tancred."
"Okay but only if you and your friend need to help me with something."
"Okay what?"
"Well come over here."
They walked over to the pile of barrels.
"You guys need to toss these to my brother on that island over there and then throw them to my other brothers I their islands. It needs to go to them all in turn until our brew is finished."
Lloyd looked over at the barrel. It looked heavy but marcus was already lifting his part up so Lloyd followed suit. They slowly managed to lift the barrel with some difficulty.
"How does he get this thing so heavy?"
"He's a really good magician he probbably is making them heavier as we lift."
"Is he always this tormenting?"
"No but often."
"Why do you deal with it?"
"Hes a good person and he is a good Mage."
"Well he had better be worth it."
They gave a huge throw to lloyd's surpirse tha barrel sailed over to the other island with realative ease. Marcus immediatley jumped into the water and swan to the next island. Lloyd followed and found Marcus already lifting his end of the barrel.
"Why are you so eager?"
"I want to get this over with."
"Yeah so lets do this."
They tossed it over to the next island and followed it when they reached the next island they found nobody on it just like the las one.
"Hey where are his brothers."
"Invisible I would assume."
"Oh that makes some sense."
"Lets just throw this thing."
They threw it to the final island where a change happened to the barrel, the lid came off and some thing began steaming inside the barrel. The lid closed back up and they threw it back to Tancred's island.
"There Tanc we did it so come along with us."
"Okay, okay but first I need to know what we are chasing?"
"This guys friends were kidnapped by desians."
"Ooooh so this is Lloyd Irving eh?"
"None other."
"In that case the might Tancred Khlaine will led you his services."
"Good so when are you ready?'
"Hows about nowish."
There was a flash of light and they were all back in Iselia.
"Now then to adventure, to the bonds of kinship that it creates and to killing a lot of Desians."
"Martel herself couldn't have said it better."
"Can we get going I really want to rescue my friends soon."
"Of course anything for Lloyd Irving."
"How do you know me so well I've never met you before."
"Mind your own business."
"Hes Right now them Tancred to the Desert!"
Tancred raised hands and again the light enveloped them and they were on their way.