A/N: okay, Disclaimer. I do not own anything.

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Well, first tings first... hi. xDDD

It's me, Keishia, and I'm addicted to Aveyond. Recently I've been writing Dramione fics, but then I looked Aveyond up and it worked. So, this is my frist time in an Aveyond fic and my memory's faulty due to my dad's reformatting the laptop therefore erasing Aveyond Gates Of Night. -.- Well, anyways, enjoy!

Mel got up and rubbed her eyes tiredly. She looked around and smiled. She was in a room she didn't remember. She hasn't been in a room like this in a long time. It was cramped… there was no other word for it. A single bed, a bedside table, and a closet were squeezed into the room. Outside was the 'living room', which consisted of a kitchen, no couches.

She sighed as she swung her legs off of her bed. Of course she doesn't remember. She was running away from Gyendal, for crying out loud! Then Te'ijal, another vampire, got her and sent her to study at the Thais's School of War and Magick, which is at the southeast portion of Thais. As of now, she's just resting for another endless day of another endless adventure.

"Stella?"She mumbled sleepily. A head poked out from the 'living room'. The girl had long, purple hair flowing down her back and she had a cute smile.

"Good Morning, Mel," she said happily. Mel smiled.

"Where are the others?"

"Oh, they went outside to stretch their legs."

"I don't doubt that," Mel muttered, smirking, "their legs must've been pulled to their hips at this cramped space."

Stella let out a tinkling laugh. "You're so funny, Mel!"

"Ehh… okay," she replied, awkward. "Let's go outside."

Once outside Mel's apartment, she met the party talking in hushed voices. Te'ijal was looking down at the road harshly, resisting the temptation of human blood flowing freely around her. Galahad, Te'ijal's husband and a half-vampire, smiled at Mel and Stella. Edward was pacing back and forth impatiently, and when he saw Mel, he groaned.

"What the hell, Mel!" was his first outburst of the day. "You made us late again!"

"Well sorry for the tardiness," she retorted sarcastically while rolling her eyes. "He's really prissy…"

"What did you say?"

"I said 'prince', m'lord," she spat, curtseying to annoy. Edward lost it.

"I told you NOT TO CALL – "

"KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN, PENDRAGON!" Te'ijal screamed. Passersby stared. Mel giggled something about 'way to be discreet'.

Edward flushed in anger. For once in his whole life, he wanted to be acknowledged and respected as a prince. Every moment in his life was dedicated to correcting people from calling him 'prince' or 'm'lord' or 'Your Highness'. But now he just wanted to take everything back for a change.

"Now," Te'ijal said, clapping her hands, "let's go to Naylith. Edward, you now have Excalibur Topaz," Edward nodded, grasping the handle of his sword, "so we could now go. Alright, let's set off!"

No one moved. Te'ijal slapped her forehead.

"Alright, alright. Mel, you lead."

"What! Why is she leading the group?" Edward screeched indignantly. Again, passersby stared.

"Because this demon spawn said so," Galahad mused indifferently. He was still quite angry at his wife for tricking him into being a vampire. HE calls her 'demon spawn' every time, although Te'ijal has the contrasting idea.

"Husband, how you flirt!" she squealed. Mel suddenly turned green. Stella took matters out of hand.

"Well, then, come on! Let's go! Lead the way, Mel!" she cried happily, pulling Mel's arm to the front of the group. Mel led them outside Thais, hoping that no one would be suspicious of them, although with a street orphan/spy in the lead, the Crown Prince with a large sword on his back in the second, an amnesiac happy-go-lucky girl skipping and humming, a red-haired, pale-skinned vampire pissed, and a half-vampire paladin, they could be caught for 'circus acts' at any minute.

They stepped into Brightwood Forest just west of Thais. The forest was filled with wolves, but they didn't harm the group as long as they literally don't cross paths. Mel, who as the explorer type, went every which way and chanced upon some bags of gold coins and unlocked chests filed with several haunches and Cassia leaves. Mel got into a squabble with Edward again about whether to go north or south at the very first step into the woods. Now they reached another fork in the road, and the atmosphere was tense.

"Mel, which way?" Stella asked, oblivious to the tension in the air. Mel didn't answer, but looked at the arrows pointing to different directions. One pointing south was labeled 'Moo Hatchery'. To the north was Istir Forest.

"We go north," Edward drawled bossily. Mel internally scowled and stomped ahead, Edward smirking at her back. Stella just raised her eyebrows at the two. She walked up to Edward.

"Didn't you say you were the first friend of Mel at school?" she asked. Edward looked at her questioningly before answering.

"Yeah… why?"

"Then why is she acting like this?" Stella persisted.

"Well… I think that, ever since she found out that I was a prince, she got all touchy," he chuckled as Mel's expression when she found out that he was the next king of Thais came into mind, "she hates royalty."

Silence passed the group. Mel retained the normal height of her shoulders and continued to walk until the temperature got a little chilly. They pulled their clothes a little tighter except Te'ijal, who ironically was wearing a short archer outfit. They passed another fork. Stella didn't have to ask which way. Edward and Mel answered at the same time.

"East."

"West."

"Why do you pick the opposite direction all the time?" Edward said. "It's east, I tell you! Are your direction senses that dull?"

Mel snapped. This was going too far. "THAT'S BECAUSE ALL YOU WANTED TO DO FROM THE VERY BEGINNING IS TO HECKLE EVERYONE ELSE! I TOLD YOU A MILLION TIMES TO NOT GO WITH ME AND STELLA WHEN I TRIED TO GET AWAY! BUT YOU PERSISTED! SO DON'T GO AND ACT ALL HIGH AND MIGHTY WITH ME, BECAUSE YOU WERE THE ONE WHO DRAGGED YOUR ROYAL ASS INTO THIS MESS!"

"HOW DARE YOU!" the prince roared, but once again, Te'ijal to the rescue.

"ENOUGH!" she shouted over the two squabbling teens. They looked at her menacingly, but she was unruffled. "WE ARE GOING TO BE IN A GROUP FIGHTING MY BROTHER FOR A LONG TIME! AT LEAST START IT OFF WITH A SIMPLE TRUCE, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!"

Edward thought she made sense, but Mel stood her ground. "FINE! FINE! GO! HEAD EAST! I'LL STAY HERE IN THE EXACT POSITION OF THIS SIGNPOST! HMPH!"

She crossed her arms childishly, daring everyone with the look on her face. Te'ijal nodded to Edward to go and take charge to head east. When all of them were out of earshot, Te'ijal roughly grabbed Mel's arm and pulled her away from the signpost.

"Edward?"

"Yeah?"

"I think we should wait for them," Stella said, looking back to Istir Forest as they stepped onto what Edward stated from the World Map as the northern part of the Thial Mountains, "we might lose them."

Edward stopped in his tracks. After a few seconds Te'ijal appeared with a crying Mel in her grasp. The vampire looked smug while the spy looked ready to kill.

"They're okay," Edward said smugly to Stella, who was wide-eyed.

"Go on," Galahad stated flatly, losing his good mood at the appearance of his wife. Edward nodded and led the group away into Thial Mountains North.

A/N: I think it's kinda short, so forgive me if you think it is, too. :((

And I just want to make Edward and Mel quarrel. :))) Sorry, but in the end I guarantee they're the one getting all mushy. xDDD Well, it was in the game, better follow the plot. :DDD

Review? ;))