This is my story
A lot has happened in my life. Sometimes it feels like things always go from bad to worse but that's not always the case.
I suppose I'll start from the beginning. My name is Hubert Lhant. I am the youngest son of Aston and Kerri Lhant... or at least I was.
I have an older brother, Asbel, whom I got along very well with. He was the outgoing, brave and irresponsible older brother that any younger sibling could look up to. Going on adventures and making trouble for people even though he got scolded countless times. I, on the other hand, was much more reserved and behaved... although I did get into my own share of trouble at times. It was tough when your one of the sons of the Lord of Lhant. I thought my carefree happiness and youth would never end.
Once, Asbel and I even found a strange girl sleeping on Lhant Hill. Asbel named her Sophie because she was unable to recall anything about herself. Although now that I think back I sort of laugh. He took her home and asked my parents if we could keep her. Like some sort of stray animal. My father told us that she would stay with us until she remembered her past or until we found her family.
I was taught well by my family. To always help those in need and to be kind to all less fortunate. To respect your elders and teach those younger. To never betray or lie and that all crimes must be punished. I learned to trust my family and friends with all of my insecurities as a child should.
One day, however, they all betrayed my trust...
At the tender age of 10, all seemed as it should except strangely we were expecting a guest in our house. Father wouldn't say whom it was but demanded that Asbel and myself stay on our best behavior... of course that didn't stop my brother.
"Come on!" he says "It will be fine, and besides so long as dad doesn't find out we wont get in trouble!" sigh... its was always like that with him, but of course I went along. Asbel, Sophie and I snuck into the guest room in our Manor and found that it was none other than the Prince of Windor himself, Prince Richard. Of course discovering who it was didn't satisfy my brother, he then had to scamper off with Richard and go get them both in trouble later on. Boy did he get scolded that time. Not only did he get scolded but my father made him stay home while him and I went to Barona. I was so excited! To think that my father chose me this time. despite how excited i was for this trip, however, everyone else (except Asbel and Sophie) didn't seem as excited for me. They all acted strangely. My mother even cried as we departed. Sadly, I was soon to see why.
As my father was Lord of Lhant, eventually there needed to be a successor of his position once he was unable to perform his duties and unfortunately for me, I wasn't the eldest son. There was no need for me in that family any longer...
Upon arriving in the capital, we went straight to the Inn to get ourselves a room. I asked my father what we were going to do and he told me that we were meeting a very important man. I hadn't yet found out that this very important man was soon to be my new father. Not very long after checking in, did we meet this man. He was tall and thin, wearing thin wire glasses and a purple coat. My father and him spoke for a while before telling me the news.
"Hubert" My father began "I know you're a little young to understand this but I have high hopes for you. You will not be inheriting Lhant as I'm sure your aware. Asbel will become the Lord of Lhant since he is the eldest. I want you to go with this man and be a good boy." I looked at the man again. This didn't seem right.
"This is Sir Oswell and he is a very respected man in Strahta. He will be your new father."
What? How could my father do this to me? Did he no longer love me? Was I just unneeded? Why was Asbel always favorite even though I always obeyed them?! It was completely unfair. Asbel doesn't even want to become Lord of Lhant. He wants to be a Knight! But my father would hear none of it.
"With him, many more windows of opportunity will open for you. Many more than staying in Lhant. I want you to become great, son. I want you to grow into an even better man than myself."
My heart sunk as low as it could go and I remained speechless. My father and Oswell then went into another room and spoke quietly. Soon my father came back in the room and told me that this was going to be our last night together. I asked if I could go outside to look around and was given permission.
Upon going outside I ran into who else but my brother Asbel. Not only Asbel, however, but Sophie and Cheria (our neighbor) as well! It seemed as though punishment never got through to him and yet I'm the one being taken from my home. My heart twisted and my stomach turned at the thought but I wouldn't let it get to me. This was the last time I might ever even see them.
Asbel told me that they were all going to meet Richard in this secret place inside the chapel. I didn't understand and it didn't sound like a good idea but I went with them anyway.
That night we all went to the chapel and looked for Richard. After many long hours of waiting for him, we finally got impatient and went inside. There we found a secret passage way leading deeper inside. It was creepy. I didn't like it at all. Sophie didn't like it either so I didn't feel as bad. Finally we found Richard but it wasnt a good sight. He clearly looked injured and before we could even do anything, a giant demon appeared in front of us. Little did I know, this demon was going to ruin everything. It attacked us and I blanked out. Next thing I knew when I woke up, I was back inside the inn with my father. He was furious. I wasn't informed completely what happened in there but I was aware of one thing... Sophie was gone. They never found her body and from everyone else's injuries they had assumed the worst. Numbly I was then taken to Strahta with my new father Oswell.
Strahta was like nothing I had ever seen before. It was hot and dry. I felt like the life was sucked right out of me and yet there was beautiful blue water everywhere. I was informed later that it was due to Strahta's Valkines Cryas and without it, Strahta probably wouldn't exist at all.
Life wasnt so bad after I got passed the whole betrayal of my family. I spent most of my time studying and learning all I could about the Strahtan government. Oswell was very strict. He taught me that everything i knew about people was wrong and that no one could ever be trusted. My own family was a prize example of that. I was told to only ever look out for myself because in the end, that's the only person I could depend on. Myself. How true those words were... and they only fed my mistrust towards everyone.
A few years passed and eventually I was enrolled into the Strahtan Military. I was taught how to use a weapon and learned to defend myself. I submerged myself in studies and strategize with even the highest of our ranks. Soon I even created my own weapon and mastered it. I was truly among the elite. Nothing could stand in my way.
At the meer age of 16, I had become a Lieutenant. The youngest ever in Strahtan history. My father was proud and often told me about how taken me in was probably one of the best ideas ever. He already had large influence in Strahta but with me as his heir, it only made the Oswell name look even better. My cousin Raymond was even my second-in-command as well. Surely the Oswell name was widely known and most talked about.
All seemed to be going well until I was requested by the President. He informed me that me and my command were going to Lhant to help seize it from Fendel. Assuming I would be best for this job since it was my hometown, he told me i would be setting out immediately. I didn't understand. Why would I need to do that? Wasn't my Father taking care of it along with Asbel? Then I was told the most horrid news. Probably even more horrid then finding out I was being put up for adoption. My father, Aston, had passed away fending off the Fendel Army and my dear brother was no where to be seen. He had run off to the Knight Academy and left his family and duty behind him. At that moment I felt nothing but hate. Here I was, a sacrifice so that my brother could inherit the family house and he disowned it and ran away. He was even more of an ungrateful fool then I ever could imagine.
I then set out for Lhant with my soldiers behind me. The trip back to Lhant felt a lot shorter than my trip from. I suppose it was due to being a child and everything being so different and unreal. When we arrived there everything was in ruin. The city damaged, the people injured. I was disgusted. How could my brother let this happen? I was then escorted to my old home, Lhant. My soldiers and I fought valiantly against Fendel and pushed them back. And then I saw him. Asbel Lhant right in front of me. The insolent cowered of a brother that I was born to love and grew up resenting.
How dare he return after all he's done! And accompanying him was a girl who looked just like our old friend Sophie?! That can't be right, I was told she died! The resemblance was uncanny. Her movements, her body, even her expressions were like the old Sophie in every way. None of this made any sense. Of course he tried to tell me that he had everything under control but clearly that wasn't true. After arguing for a while I challenged him. If he were to win, my troop and I would leave. If he were to lose then he would be exiled from Lhant and never to set foot in my sight ever again. He gladly excepted this challenge. I was interested in seeing what he learned in the Knight Academy. I felt like I needed to see for myself if him abandoning his family proved useful and if he had made the better choice. Most importantly, however, I deeply wanted to hurt him. Not only his body but his pride as well.
After a short fight, I won. Clearly the Knight Academy taught him somethings but he was still a novice and it was pitiful. Here he is. My dear older brother Asbel. The brother I looked up to, believed in, even envied... a tragic wreck on the floor. Such a pity. I then told him he was to leave Lhant immediately. It felt great for all the wrong reasons.
Eventually I got Lhant running again. The damage was being fixed and a lot of the citizens were treated by Cheria, as she was part of Relief Organization. Things were looking up for the best. I was happy, I guess you could say. I felt like I proved my family wrong by succeeding in what their heir couldn't. Sadly, my mother didn't see it that way. She seemed to not understand how I felt. She kept pleading with me that I had just twisted the truth but I wanted to hear none of it. I was abandoned. Left to create a new life in a country I had never been in with people I didn't know. How can you justify that? Of course, I did strive and end up where i am today by none other than my own sweat and hard work but I digress. Yes mother, I have changed. I am no longer the little boy you once knew and read bedtime stories too. I am no longer the child who looked up to you all and trusted you; thinking you could do no wrong and so long as you were around, I would never be hurt. I am very far from that now.
Governing Lhant wasn't an easy thing to do. A lot of matters needed to be handled, papers to be signed and after a while order was yet again brought to Lhant. The citizens were even talking about detaching itself from Windor and becoming part of Strahta. Although Strahta and Windor formed an alliance to deal with the Fendelian matter, I still was content to hear such gossip as it has been I who brought this peace to Lhant. The town becoming part of Strahta would definitely help me progress my position as Lieutenant and possibly even up me a rank further!
But then suddenly Asbel came bursting through our father study with Cheria, Sophie? and 2 others whom id never met. An eccentric looking woman and a middle-aged man. He seemed to be making friends fast. Why was he even here? I thought I told him to leave and, more importantly, how did he even get in? I thought I had those gates locked. Oh well, i suppose he is Asbel and would manage to find his way around things. He proposed my troops and I to withdraw from Lhant so that Windor could take over things on account of their Cryas being quite low. They wanted access so Lhant's Cryas mines. Did Windor's new King really think that sending my brother would really convince me to withdraw?
Suddenly Raymond came bursting through the door. Apparently Windor's Army followed my brother and was attacking Lhant. Asbel tried convincing me that he had no idea and he was trying to prevent this from happening. Oh silly Asbel. You are always so easy to trust others. Such a pawn and fool. When we left the manor we saw all the fighting going on. Then King Richard showed up. He looked quite different then when I last saw him... even if that was 7 years ago. He used to be soft and kind-hearted, now he was cold and aggressive. I suppose having your father die by the hand of your own uncle and then him try to kill you as well would do that to a man. He started to attack us and I was shamelessly thrown to the ground. Next thing I saw was Sophie protecting us... just like 7 years ago with that demon. I got up and Asbel, Sophie and I fought Richard back. After defeating King Richard, Windor retreated and that was that... or so I hoped. Although Windor did not attack Lhant again, they had their Army on the roads leading to Lhant so that they might attack again at any time. This worried me.
Raymond wrote up a report on my order explaining Lhant's current situation to Strahta. Unfortunately the letter we got back wasn't as helpful as i would have liked. Part of the reason we were sent to take control of Lhant was for their Cryas mines. Strahta hoped to utilizes them for our own country, however we didn't have enough man power here to extract and provide as much as they wanted. I was being recalled.
Then the unthinkable happened. Asbel came in and proposed he explain to the President that I was needed in Lhant and to not let me go back. It didn't make sense. Didn't he want me to leave so that He could control things? He continued to tell me that everyone was happy with how I was running thing and that he couldn't possibly do a better job. If he could convince the President to let me stay then he would be helping Lhant in his own way. I have to say, the idea wasn't half bad but I was surprised. To see my brother humbling himself before me was refreshing. I agreed to his proposal, wrote a letter to the President and gave it to Asbel. He was to deliver it quickly if he wanted things settled fast. Unfortunately, my cousin Raymond also heard my discussion with him and had his own idea. He kidnapped Cheria in hope we would exchange the letter I had given my brother, for her. He knew my decision was not in Oswell's best interest and decided to blackmail me into not informing the President of my decision. This is one of the reasons why I outrank Raymond, he such a hotheaded fool. Did he really think he could blackmail me? I could easily let the President know of his treachery and have him stripped of his rank or even worse. Upon realizing his foolish actions he hurt himself and I had no choice but to aid him. I can hardly believe I'm related to such an imbecile. Even if only by law.
It didn't take long for Asbel and companions to find Cheria and bring her back. She even healed Raymond after what he did. It's funny to think that if she had not done that, maybe their relationship wouldn't have changed later on. I then sent Asbel on his journey to Strahta while I took care of things here in Lhant.
I strengthened our defenses and pushed back Windor every time they tried to invade. It seemed like there would be no end to it. Then suddenly the fighting stopped and they withdrew all their troops back to Barona. Why? I looked into it and found that after King Richard returned to Barona he then mysteriously absorbed all of the eleth out of their Valkines Cryas and flew away. No doubt his next destination would be Strahtas Valkines. I had to warn the President.
By this time Raymond was fully healed and i gave him and Bailey command while I was to be gone. Although Raymond isn't always the right person for the task, I knew that Bailey, being a Lhant citizen himself would keep things in line.
After a few days I reached Yu Liberte, Strahta's capital, and spoke to the President telling him all that has happened in Windor and what has become of their King. Apparently Asbel and the others had went to our Valkines to investigate its malfunctioning. He had a trump card with him. Pascal, the eccentric looking woman. She claimed to be an expert on such matters. While speaking to the President on what we plan to do next, Asbel came into the room explaining that my fears were in fact correct. King Richard indeed paid a visit to our Valkines and absorbed all its energy. Why and how was he even doing this? We no doubt had to find a way to stop him or our whole planets life would be in danger. Then the President told me to go with my brother. At first I thought it a bad idea, as did Asbel but the President assured us that Lhant would be in good hands as I would get to pick who would govern it while I was away. This lightened my worries a bit. King Richards next stop would no doubt be Fendels Valkines Cryas so that is where we would also go. However the route there would not be easy. First we would have to sail to Warriors Roast and then to Fendel. We had special intel there that would help us through.
Once we set out on our troublesome journey i got to meet Asbel's group. Indeed this was the same Sophie as before... although we are unsure what happened or how she is the same as 7 years ago. I suppose that is something I will personally have to investigate further. Pascal greeted me as "Little Bro" on the account that I was Asbel's younger brother. The nerve of that woman. How dare she address me as so? We don't even know each other! And lastly, the middle-aged man was Asbels Captain Malik in the Knight Academy. Why was he even traveling with us? I was given the understanding that Pascal was here to help aid the valkines but why Malik? I did not trust them. Why should I? I don't know them and I know for a fact that Asbel trusts people way too easily. I remember when I used to be like that also...
From Strahta we took a ship to Warriors Roost and then to Fendel. I was amazed at the atmosphere there. It was quite like Strahta in the fact it was a wasteland but for the complete opposite reason. Strahta was dry and desolate while Fendel was cold and dreary. I had never been in such a cold climate before and although I don't like the cold much, it was an interesting change of scenery. The snow, white and pure. The wind, clean and crisp. Just walking through it all made you feel a little more alive. However the natives didn't feel as I did for their valkines cryas, although harboring fire eleth, was very unstable and didn't provide efficient heat. When we got to Velanik i saw the worst of it. Parents and children huddled together for warmth while others went in search for fire cryas to help keep them warm. We even ran into a few children looking to pick a fight with an animal that ate fire cryas so its bone was full of what it absorbed. It was disturbing and sad. I hate to think that Strahta would be in a similar yet opposite situation if our valkines was defective. Everyone would be squandering for water just to stay alive. People dying of heat exhaustion. It's a terrible thought so ill move on. From Velanik we went to Fendel's capital, Zavhert. That place was a bit different from the former town we were just in. It was full of cold metal buildings and brought a different feeling as well. Although the people there were not suffering as much as those in Velanik, they had an edge to them. Considering the fact we stuck out as a sore thumb we were found out by the Fendelian Army. Luckily Captain Malik saved us by pulling out "fake" credentials. He didn't fool me though. Such a man was not going to pull wool over my eyes. I knew he was hiding something from the moment I met him. Finally he let some of it out. Yes, Fendel was his homeland and he was part of a revolutionary army made to take over the current government but sadly things didn't work as planned and he ended up leaving. To think, such a traitor was in our midst and my brother trusted him with his life?! Whose to say he wouldn't back stab us next? Throw us to the Fendelian army so he could put himself in better standing? I'm sure they would love to get ahold of us. Aside from his trickery, we were then informed that Pascal was an Amarcian! Her, a member of a thought to be extinct race and she just chose to hide that from us as well! I just don't understand. How does Asbel just assume these people are well and good when they hide such important details on a meer whim of us not asking? I told them straight that i no longer could trust them and wanted nothing more to do with this group but of course Pascal just dragged us along to the Amarcian Enclave to find out what Fendel was doing to their valkines. If she was right and they were using her failed research then the whole country could be in big danger.
So from Zavhert we traveled towards the Amarcian Enclave. Honestly I wasn't looking forward to that trip. I already longed to be back in Strahta or at least Windor where it was warmer. Honestly, Strahtan military uniforms are not the warmest considering what we need to endure from our harsh climate.
As we walked up the mountain range I couldn't help but think about my current situation. Here i am, traveling with my idiot brother, our defensive and uptight neighbor Cheria who obviously was in love with my brother... but he couldn't see it, a girl mysteriously appeared on our hill, died and then resurrected the same age... obviously she wasn't human, a bizzar Amarcian woman who, although genius when it came to mechanics, used her own language of adjectives and an old broken Fendelian soldier who fled his country and betrayed his homeland. This is my group of a misfit team. My goodness what was i doing here? It hurt my head. Then, while I was deep in these thoughts, something happened that would change my life. I know this is silly to say, even I admit it, but while we climbed the wintery mountain we were ambushed by a very strong monster. I simply passed it off as another dumb animal and ignored Pascals warnings. It was a choice I would regret later. Pascal had to push me out of the way or I probably would have died. I was embarrassed beyond belief. This strange woman who I hardly knew saved my life. Why? I have never done anything for her. What good would it have done her to save me? Was she planning on using it for blackmail later? Instead of just letting these thoughts run through my head I decided to ask her. "After all those things I said to you, why did you help me?" Her response was so simple. I was her team mate so it was only natural that she would help me. Even though she doesn't even know me. Even though i said so many mean things earlier about her being deceitful... I felt so horrible. I apologized to her and I truly meant it. Her and Malik both. He had also been trying to give us advice on many things and here I was, always suspecting and judging him... This is when I decided that I needed to change.
After i moved to Strahta, Oswell drilled it into my head that I was to trust no one. Not even him. To always suspect others motives. To never let anyone close to you. The only thing that matters is your own position and your own survival and everyone else is just in your space. Step on anyone you need to, to get what you want. To strive anyway possible. These were always my ideals. Although i had been taught quite differently when I was younger... that didn't matter. They abandoned me so I abandoned their ideals and their teachers. I had become a new Hubert. Letting go of Hubert Lhant and was reborn Hubert Oswell and I had been living that way for 7 years. I thought all I was doing was maturing from being a naive child but in reality... I was just turning into a jerk. None-the-less I needed to change. I was gonna start giving my team the benefit of the doubt. But first I felt like I at least had to repay Pascal. She even got hurt because of me. I told her anything at all, she could ask and I would do it. At first she wanted me to lug the monster we just fought all the way to the Amarcian Enclave but... that wasn't going to happen. None of us were physically capable and if we all helped then it would waste too much time. In the end, what she also asked of me was also astonishing. All she wanted was for me to be her friend. She could have just died because of me and instead of being angry... she wants to be my friend?! I knew I had a lot to learn but this wasn't something I could comprehend currently. She ran up to me and shook my hand. Her hand was warm. Granted it was very cold up here on Mt. Zavhert so any touch from someone alive would be warm but this was different. I know it sounds cheesy to say but it warmed me deep inside as well. This was a touch from someone I could call my friend. This warmth was something I could depend on later on in the future. It made me happy.
It took quite some time to reach the Amarcian Enclave considering it was hidden on the mountain. We warped inside and I saw a town unlike any other. The whole thing was floating! Things around us were just moving freely. It was actually a bit scary as well but i guess the Amarcians do things like this. Pascal did say a bunch of her people lived here and they were all like her... I don't honestly know how I feel about that. One Pascal was enough to handle.
There we found many things including a chocolate fountain and Pascals house, which was trashed beyond belief. I couldn't believe that she considered it clean! You would think she would be happy that it at least didn't smell as fowl as her. I swear she could definitely use a bath more than once every week. Have more pride in being a woman! Also it was none other than Pascals sister, Fourier, that was using Pascals old research to experiment on Fendel's valkines. Once we got to Fourier's lab we learned that Pascal and her sister didn't have as good of as relationship as i had hoped. In fact, her sister almost resents her like i do my own brother. Always rushing into things and coming out unscathed. Always getting the credit even when you worked just as hard. Its hard not being the favorite sibling... however, I was always aware of our situation where it was clear that she had not been. Poor Pascal. She was clearly put down after speaking with her sister about using her failed experiment. We asked her where their valkines cryas was and even she didn't know where it was. The only person who knew was Kurt Bessle. Malik's old friend. I knew somewhere deep down that this wasnt going to be a happy reunion. Ever since I left Strahta there hadn't been any happy reunions... unless you could me being able to see Sophie again. However that situation still hasn't been explained yet.
Soon we set back out for Zavhert to find this Kurt person. We found him in the Fendel Military Facility. After Pascal explained to him that the experiments being conducted on their valkines was dangerous, he didn't seem to care. She begged him to stop them but he refused. He believed that extracting the eleth from their valkines would bring Fendel to a new light and relieve their people from much suffering. Then Malik and Kurt argued for a while, he left and we headed towards the valkines.
When we got to Fendals valkines cryas we met up with Kurt again. Although we explained to him that the experiments where not good and could harm everyone, it didn't matter. He was blinded by wanting to help Fendel even if it meant the plan might backfire horribly. Then he engaged us in combat. It was a difficult fight and we barely made it out alive. It was quite unfortunate that he had to die but it isn't good to live in the past. Pascal then started to examine the valkines until King Richard appeared and just like all of the other valkines... we failed to stop him from absorbing the eleth. We were becoming a bunch of failures and it was pathetic. All this talk about friendship and not wanting to fight Richard. It was sickening. Yes, I wouldn't want to fight a friend either but if the world depended on his death for our survival then I don't see any objection to it. It is only logical. We were then visited by Pascals friend Poisson who came to let us know that the Amarcian Overseer agreed to let us into a library of sorts called the Archive of Wisdom. This made Pascal quite happy since she had been trying to get in there for quite sometime, I imagine. So from there we went back to the Amarcian Enclave and went into this library. It wasn't what I imagined, that's for sure. All it was, was a big podium with a flashy screen hovering above. It does make sense that they would have transferred all of the physical data to machine as paper can degrade much faster. I suppose this was a better way to store it. The Lastalia was our next destination. It was Poisson's idea that Richard would be heading there next since its our planets core and where all eleth is naturally from. I never even knew such a thing existed however it seems ive been learning much over the past weeks.
When we got to the Lastalia we still had some hope in our hearts since Richard wasn't there yet but soon all hope was ripped away once more. It didn't take him long to show up after us. We ended up fighting him again and Malik made the wise decision to tell Asbel to end it quickly, but of course he wouldn't do it. He wouldn't kill his friend even if our lives depended on it. Even Sophie objected to it and to much dismay, Richard directly attacked her injuring her badly. To hear him laugh made my blood boil. Why did they believe in him so much? Richard then went to his destination while Cheria and I surrounded Sophie, doing our best to heal her. It wasnt working. She looked in so much pain I could hardly bear it. My friend was suffering because my brother couldn't end his friends life. Sophie started to tell us that she couldn't see us any longer and was very sad. What were we to do? We needed to help her but then Pascal made the connection. Richard had called her "Protos Heist" before attacking her. She had read that in the Archive of Wisdom earlier so there had to be something in there on how to help Sophie.
Needless to say we rushed Sophie back to Fendel so she could rest and possibly be treated. There, Poisson met up with us along with, surprisingly, the Amarcian Overseer. What we needed was to get into their Lost Archive in order to find the information we needed to help Sophie. I hoped desperately that this would help. It had to have something! They also had a letter from Fendels leader, Chancellor Igen which stated that Fendel wanted a truce with Strahta so that we could combine forces to stop Richard and fend off the monsters coming from the cocoon he made at our Lastalia. Fortunately for us, the Amaracian Lost Archive was hidden in Sabel Isolle and I needed to deliver this letter to the President of Strahta personally. Everything seemed to be heading in the right direction. Sophie wouldn't let us leave without her though. She refuse to lay around while her friends fought for her. I understood her resolve but now was not the time for being stubborn. I wouldn't want her further injured and nor would anyone else. But alas, there was no reasoning with her and she rejoined our group.
When we got Sabel Isolle i handed the President the letter and he agreed with Fendel. If anytime was needed for a truce it was now. We then went into the Research Tower and found an elevator that led further down and there was the Archive in which we sought. There, Pascal did her usual... I'M not sure what you would call it. From where i stood it simply seemed like mashing buttons until words that I didn't understand would form on the screen. That's always how she worked though. It was always so messy yet effective. Such a thing always amazed me. How could she do things like that? How would she know that if she messed with things for so long it would eventually give her what we needed? What if she was to push a wrong button and blow us up? The valkines was a great example. All she did was hit it with her mallet and it started working. Was it magic? Was it chance? Or did she actually know what she was doing? Either way it was always entertaining to watch... even if sometimes painful. Now was not the time for pondering such things though. The Lost Archive said that we needed to go to a place called Fodra. No place I'd ever heard of. It apparently wasn't even on our planet but across the sky! How would we even get there? But of course that wasn't only what it told us. The Amarcian's also made flying ships that could take us there and one was conveniently placed right next to my homeland of Lhant. The world works in mysterious ways i suppose. I don't believe in coincidences. Cheria even thought it was fate but that's a little childish. We were going to have to go through the Seaside Cavern North of Lhant. Asbel and I had gone there briefly as children. I recall most of it was flooded with water. This was going to be a damp trip. I wasn't the only person not looking forward to it. Seems that when Asbel has come to Lhant before I had got there, Him, Cheria and Sophie ventured in there hoping to ambush the Fendelian Army and found themselves swimming through all sorts of flooded areas. You know, maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all. It had been quite sometime since we were able to take a swim and dousing Pascal in water wouldn't be so bad. Goodness knows she could use a bath! You could smell her from a mile away. It was intoxicating, to say the least. I don't understand how such a woman could go without bathing. As I, myself, have been in the situation of researching for nights on end I would still notice when it had become time to wash away the filth. How could she not? Aren't females suppose to be very conscious about things of that manner? I know Cheria always takes a bath when the opportunity arises and even brings Sophie with her.
Upon arriving in Velanik Port, we traveled south until we reached the Seaside Caverns. There, we searched for the ship. You'd think it would be quite obvious where it was as it had to be a massive ship. Of course, the Amarcians hid it well behind a moving rock wall and i was right, it was massive. It was probably as big as Lhant Manor itself. The moment we got inside the area, Pascal ran to the machines and started doing... things. The machine told her that in order to fly the shuttle, they needed to pilot it from ground control so she wouldn't be able to come with us since she was the only person capable of flying it. Also, one of the heat ray cannons needed to break a whole in the water barrier around our planet wasnt responsive so we were going to need to fix that in order to even get us out. It's always one thing after another. I felt like we were on an endless journey going back and forth.
We traveled back up to the Fendel Mountains where this heat ray cannon lay. There, Pascal did her usual play of hitting, poking, and shifting things until she got it to work. I found it strange. Lately all i could think about was how she worked. I always had to study hard, trial and error until i figured things out and yet it was like a second nature to her. I should ask her sometime about how it all works.
(Authors Note: Yeah... I havent written a fanfic in like 10 years! So bare with me! I'm following the plot of ToGF and adding which ever skit/scenes fits my need in this fanfic and will also be adding my own... as it is MY story x3 So I should put what i think SHOULD have happened! Muahaha! I'm also aware of my lack of apostrophes... I don't believe in them . More chapters to come!)