I wanna thank coltheart for being the first to review my fanfic. Here's chapter 2

Chapter 2

Wingless

The World Tree continued to rot. It had started right after Ursula vanished, two years ago. The destruction of Seth caused a lot of suffering and pain. The people of Rivera almost worshiped the old tree and when its branches began to fall, so did the people. Riviera had gained peace but it had lost everything that made it a beautiful world. Many people blamed the decaying land on a demon called the Mourstat. It was supposedly feeding on Riviera's life energy. Ein brushed those rumors off.

Yggdrasil had become a place for Ein to think. The outside was starting to die but the inside remained green. The entire room remained almost the same as when Ein had first visited the place. Two years ago was a long time. Yggdrasil had only fallen into ruins since then. It was darker and the sun never covered The World Tree like it used to.

Ein brushed his brown hair with his hand. He hadn't changed too much in 2 years. His clothes were the most notable change. His light tan shirt and dark brown pants had been replaced with a black sleeveless shirt and black pants. The only part of his original outfit that was the same was the old blue cape. It was torn and in rags now. Hooked to his back was Einherjahr. The yellow bladed sword still was a powerful and deadly weapon. It was the only weapon he had that never rusted.

"Ein, it's late. We should think about going back to Elendia." Ein looked back at young girl with green hair.

"Sorry, Fia." Ein replied. He turned towards her and smiled. "It's just that I like this place." Fia smiled back.

"Ein, is everything all right?" she asked losing her smile. Ein looked down at the ground. Was he really all right? It seemed that something had been wrong since Seth-Ra had been killed. There was an empty spot in his heart and it kept getting bigger. Ein had lost most of his friends. Ledah died, Serene left to kill demons and he was never in Elendia anymore.

"I'm fine." Ein lied. "I'm just a little tired. All of this traveling is getting to me."

"We will be in Elendia in an hour so you can rest then." Fia replied taking Ein's hand. Ein smiled and led them out of Yggdrasil.

The outside was dark. It had to have been midnight or at least close to it. Most everyone was in bed except for some small workers and animals. Riviera was very calm at night. Ein enjoyed the night. He didn't really care for the mornings and the afternoons were full of work. Night was an easy time to relax and kick back. Ein looked back at The World Tree. The leaves on the tree had all fallen off and it was getting a sick grey color. Ein suspected that the tree had only a few months until it fully died. It died faster then any other tree. Was that because of what it was?

"What do you think will happen when The World Tree is gone?" Fia asked looking up at it. Not even Fia's strong healing magic could help the tree. It was past all hope.

"The people of Riviera will have to move on." Ein relied putting his arm around Fia. "Just like I did when Ledah died."

"How good of friends were you?" Fia asked. Ein had never really told anyone his relationship with Ledah. The two angels had never been the greatest friends. Ledah was always considered to be the better angel in the eyes of the Magi. He was strong and loyal even before losing his emotions but Ledah cried a lot. Ein remembered when Ledah and he fought. Ledah had accidentally cut Ein on a sharp rock. It took almost a full day to get Ledah to stop crying and apologizing. That was his one weakness and that's why the Magi took it away. Ledah after that really distanced himself from Ein. He was more interested in his missions then spending time with a person, who was somewhat his friend. When, Ein was allowed to become a Grim Angel, he lost his wings. Ein had big and beautiful white wings and he was an excellent flyer. He lost those wings when he got Einherjahr. He didn't even get the big black wings as a substitute for them. Einherjahr had taken his wings forever.

"We were ok friends." Ein replied. "I think we were close more in duty then in friendship. No soldier wants to kill his comrade or see his comrade die." Fia nodded. She knew Ein missed Ledah and that they were closer then he was saying. It was just something Ein always did. He never wanted to worry any of his friends by making them worry.

Serene watched Ledah shine Lorelei for half the night. She had taken a quick bath so she could talk with Ledah but he didn't seem interested. He just sat there and cleaned an already clean weapon.

"So, do you enjoy cleaning Lorelei?" Serene asked. Ledah didn't even look at her. He kept his gaze on the shining red metal of Lorelei.

"It is a necessity." He replied. Why was he cleaning it so much if it was only a necessity? He had been working on it for over an hour and before then it was really clean.

"But it's already clean." Serene mumbled. Ledah looked at her. He must have heard. He showed on anger but Serene could tell that he wasn't pleased with her remark. His red eyes could almost kill with a stare and the longer he stared the colder you felt.

"Cleaning it will prevent the blood from drying on it. If blood dries on any weapon, it loses its sharpness and durability. Your weapons need to clean or else they will break." Ledah explained. Serene glanced over at all her different weapons. They were crusted with blood and parts of tem were chipping.

"I guess you're right." Serene mumbled again. She took of her favorite Scythe and sat next to Ledah. "Ok, how do I clean this thing?" Ledah stared at the scythes blade. He examined it for any rough edges and where it was the strongest.

"Is this your favorite weapon?" he asked. Serene nodded. She had owned that scythe since Ein defeated Seth-Ra. Ledah took it from her and examined the metal handle.

"This is the biggest piece of crap I have ever seen." Ledah said handing it back to Serene. "It is beyond crap, it is useless shit." Serene was speechless. The weapon that she had used to slaughter demons had been called useless shit. Her blank expression changed to blind rage.

"Useless shit!" she yelled standing up. "This scythe is not useless shit!" Ledah stood up. He was about 2 feet taller then Serene. He chuckled a little and pointed at Serene's scythe.

"I know bad weapons when I see one." He replied. "That scythe is in bad shape and it doesn't even deserve to be around anymore." Ledah punched the middle of the scythe. In almost an instant, the blade shattered into two giant metal hunks. Serene's face went white as she watched her prized weapon break.

"You bastard, you heartless bastard." She yelled. "That was my weapon." Ledah shrugged. He didn't really care. The weapon was going to break anyway.

"Listen, tat scythe was in bad shape. If it would have broken in battle you would be dead right now." Ledah explained. "You're not a very experienced fighter." Serene's eyes went red with fire. She was beyond pissed.

"I bet I could kick your weak ass." Serene shouted. Ledah eyes widened. He seemed to like the idea of a challenge. It had been some time since he had fought another living thing besides a demon.

"You're on." He replied. "Grab so weapon and let's do this." Serene picked another scythe of the wall. It wasn't as powerful as the other one but it would have to do. He also attached metal claw to her hands. Any form of quick counter would help.

Ledah waited for Serene outside. All he had on was his light clothes and Lorelei was attached to his back. Serene faced him and readied her scythe. Ledah just stared at her and shrugged.

"Aren't you going to draw Lorelei?" she asked smartly. She was sure that she could win. Ledah shook his head.

"This battle will only last, 10 seconds." Serene glared at Ledah. He was way over his head if he thought this fight would last only a few seconds. Serene started the fight by charging at Ledah. Her scythe was high over her head and she was ready to chop it at him. Ledah dodged the slow swing of Serene's scythe and countered by grabbing her face. He finished his move and smashed her head into the ground. Serene moaned in pain.

"I was wrong; this fight only took 7 seconds." Serene tried to stand but her head was throbbing. She fell down as fast as she got up.

"Aren't you going to help me?" she asked. "I can't really stand well." Ledah looked at the dizzy and helpless Serene.

"No." Serene stared screaming at Ledah. As usual, Ledah just let in go in one ear and out thither. Serene kept yelling but nothing was reaching Ledah.

"You are such a bastard!" Serene yelled. Ledah held out his hand. Maybe helping her up would shut her up. Serene grabbed Ledah's hand and forced herself up. The bath that she had taken was for nothing now. She was covered in dirt. "You're just as merciless as Ein said." Ledah stared blankly at Serene.

"Who's Ein?" he asked. Serene's mouth dropped. He had to have been joking but that wasn't possible. Ledah couldn't joke because he had no sense of humor. That meant that he really didn't know Ein.

"Are you serious?" Serene mumbled. "You remember, Ein, your friend. He is a Grim Angel too." Ledah shook his head.

"I don't know who Ein is or what a Grim Angel is." Ledah replied. He turned and walk towards the house. "I'll join you in your bath." Serene was in such shock that she forgot to tell Ledah that he couldn't join her. This was proving to be very weird.

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That's all for chapter 2, wait till next time when Ledah and Serene take a bath together. LOL.