GC's Storyline

Meh, I got bored again (wow 3 weeks with no GC T_T) so I decided to continue with this. Pl0x do not enjoy. Thank you in advance.

Disclaimer: I will own Grand Chase if I happened to get lucky one day. That has not happened yet, so I do not own it.

Last chapter, we left off at a mysterious figure in Trial Forest. Just to let you know, the fire had been put out, due to some bizarre coincidences involving a puppy, a drowning man, Partusay, Chuck Norris, and a whole lot of water.

Anyway, in the castle of Serdin, Elesis gave the giant apple to the Knight Master with a bored expression. The Knight Master suspiciously eyed the apple, and placed it on a small table that was between her and Elesis. Then, she unsheathed her sword and raised it above her head, causing Elesis to quickly unsheathe her own sword and to get ready to block the attack. But it never came. Instead, the Knight Master sliced the apple in two, and out of it came what seemed like an army of yellow worms but was actually magical essence shreds.

The Knight Master nodded.

"So, what was that about?" Elesis asked, sheathing her sword.

"Just checking. I thought you might have just picked some random apple." The Knight Master replied.

"And how does cutting the apple prove that it's Treant's?"

"Magical essence shreds"

And suddenly, Elesis turned into a chibi with a question mark on her head.

The Knight Master sighed and continued "Magical essence shreds are worm-like yellow threads that possess some magical powers. They can be found in magical beings, and if eaten, taste like cherry or mustard. For example if you eat those over there" She pointed at the apple "It would taste like cherry"

Elesis (now back to her normal form) looked shocked. "You ate that?" She questioned.

"Nope, I had a guard test it. He said it tasted like cherry pie and cherry cake combined, or something like that"

Now, Elesis was greedily eying the 'yellow worms'. She would never say no to sweety things; particularly cake and pie. Unfortunately for her, the Knight Master stopped her from grabbing some.

"Elesis, you ought to know that those things make you sleep within 30 minutes, for three whole days, unless you happen to have an equal to or stronger magic level than theirs" The Knight Master told her" Now go to your new room, corridor 166, room 01. The corridor is on the floor above us, you'll be there after you climb the staircase. You'll recognize the room because it has a red door. Understood?"

Elesis nodded and ran out of the Throne Room, which caused the Knight Master to face-palm. She ran around looking for the staircase. Half an hour (and 6 berserks) later, Elesis finally found the staircase. She climbed it, and entered into the first room she met, which had a red door with 'Elesis' written on it in yellow. Of course, the question of how the Knight Master painted the door red and wrote Elesis on it before she knew that Elesis had passed never crossed her mind.

The room was wholly red. It had a red carpet, a red bead, and the walls were painted red. There was also a rack where there were several dolls that creepily looked like Elesis. However, there wasn't much more, besides a window, a cabinet, and some drawers.

Elesis sat on the bed. She realized that it was rather bouncy, so, like a child, she started jumping on it. She wouldn't have stopped, had it not been for a knock on the door.

Elesis quickly got off the bed and opened the door. In front of her was a blonde girl, who seemed to be an elf and was around her age.

"Is this corridor number 166?" She asked.

"Yes. Now leave, I'm busy" Elesis replied irately.

"Thanks. Bye" She said as Elesis closed the door.

Elesis then took out her back pack (she still had it on), which she realized actually had something else inside it which she had forgotten that she had packed. A TV set. She went to work, so as not to waste TV watching time. She watched television (Tom and Jerry, naturally) until it was 2:00 AM and then decided that she needed food, so she wandered around the castle looking for the kitchen. When she finally returned to her room, it was 4:30 AM, so she just lay on the bed until she managed to sleep.

A week had passed. The Knight Master was worried, as Elesis, Lire, and Arme were the only ones who had applied so far. She was getting desperate, so desperate that she had actually went to some houses personally looking for any one who wanted to apply. However, whenever the Knight Master started the part about going to disgusting places and killing Kaze'aze, they suddenly remembered that they had to go on a trip around the world the next day, and they would have gladly accepted had it not been for this.

So the Knight Master made a decision-she would send out the 3 members and get them to recruit others while on their quest.

And so, we now find the three girls in front of a very old tower. "Okay" The Knight Master said "This is your second and final test to be qualified as an official Grand Chase member. You must climb the tower and defeat Wendy, the Wendigo which lives at the top, bringing one of her horns back as proof. I wasn't going to send you until we got more recruits. However, no one has applied besides you; so, I guess you three will have to do. The only way to pass is team work. Remember that"

The three nodded, and headed inside the tower. Suddenly, a stone came flying, and by some coincidence, it hit Elesis's head.

Elesis got to work on the goblin, and the only word to describe the situation is ''overkill''. The sounds that Elesis was making made the other creatures in the tower aware of their presence, thus it is not surprising that five shovel-wielding goblins accompanied by three slimes dropped from the floor above. Lire started shooting at the goblins, killing three of them, while Arme sent a giant bolt of lightning at the slimes, and Elesis finished off whatever was left.

And in this slow fashion, the trio made their way up the tower. At about the third floor, Lire started talking.

"You know, I think we should tell each other more about ourselves"

"It's none of your business" Answered Elesis, slashing at some stone goblins.

"Well, I think we would work better if we knew more about each other…"

"I don't" Elesis said as she nearly fell down.

"I'm Arme of the Violet Mage Guild; and unlike that careless idiot in front of you, I think before attacking (I don't think those two, particularly the red head, understand anything about magic. Ugh. I don't think I'll be able to work with them)" Arme, who was behind Lire said.

"TAKE THAT BACK! (If she doesn't stop annoying me, I'll push her off the edge. I really will)" Elesis shouted.

"Stop fighting, we're a team, remember? Anyway, I'm Lire of Eruyell Island's Elven Corps. I was sent to join the Grand Chase to help you humans in defeating Kaze'aze, who is a threat to us as well.(I hope these fights won't continue happening…)" Lire said.

Arme said something that sounded like 'humph' but stopped talking after that.

Several hours later…

"My feet *pant* are *pant* killing me! *pant pant*" Elesis said. They had reached the 43rd floor so far, and the tower didn't look like it would come to an end soon.

"Stop complaining" Arme said. She didn't sound tired at all, so Elesis looked back and noticed that she was using magic to move herself.

"Curse *pant* you"

Lire (who was now in front of both Elesis and Arme) suddenly stopped, causing the two to collide into her, which in turn caused them all to nearly fall.

"Lire! What's wrong?" Arme asked from behind.

"I can sense something" Suddenly, from behind a piece of rubble, a slime came out and started running towards them, if running was the right word. This slime was different from the other slimes, as it was smaller, didn't have a leaf on its head, and didn't look malicious at all. In fact, it looked rather scared.

"Kill it" Elesis said, having no power to kill the slime herself.

"But it's cute" Lire said.

"Just kill it"

"It looks harmless. It deserves to live. In fact, I'll keep it" The slime gave Elesis the puppy eyes (anything for its life to be spared) which even she couldn't resist.

"Fine you can keep it, as long as you let me play with it"

"But I want to play with it too!" Arme said.

"But I found it!" Lire said.

"If you two don't shut up, I'll kill it"

"Elesis, NO!"

"Then hurry up. We need to kill this monster at the top of the tower"

And so, they continued their ascent up the tower. It wasn't until the 57th floor that they finally lay down to rest. Several minutes later, Elesis was about to get up and tell them to continue, but suddenly, the rock that she had been sitting on seemed to have just disappeared, and the floor had some ice on it, due to being in such a high place. She looked out of a window that was to her right, and saw that they were now at the top of the tower. Lire looked around, and then asked "Where are we…? What happened…?"

"We've been teleported, duh. (Wow, they don't know what a teleport is? I don't think I can last much longer with them) " Arme said.

"Aren't we supposed to find a monster here and kill it?" Elesis said, shivering in the cold.

"Maybe it's hi-" Before Lire could continue, the ground started shaking.

"What's happening!" Arme shouted, terrified. Lire's slime hid behind her.

Suddenly, what seemed like a giant white fur ball came rolling from behind Elesis.

"Elesis watch out!" Lire shouted. Too late though, as the fur ball made impact with Elesis and sent her flying. Then, the 'fur ball' 'stood'. It turned out to be a giant yeti-like creature, with black skin marked with magical runes, and white fire, plus a few horns on its head made of ice. It looked hideous.

And the battle began. Arme spammed fire bolt, and when she had enough mana, she went to the wendigo and shouted "Stone curse!" This caused it to become incased in stone, but it soon broke free of its trap and started rolling again.

Arme screamed. However, the blow never came, as Lire's arrows bit into Wendy's tough skin. It turned around and growled at Lire. However, it looked back at Arme, who had taken her chance and was running away. Wendy raised its arms, and then slammed them into the ground. It shook, unbalancing Lire and Arme. Wendy then made to get rid of Arme, and so started rolling again.

"AIR SPIRAL!"

Elesis, who had recovered from the blow, slashed the wendigo with a giant upwards blow, launching it into the air, and then followed that by a backwards diagonal dive with her sword. Wendy fell down and its body was now covered in blood, but it soon stood up. Lire's arrows where still coming, but they didn't seem to affect the wendigo. Wendy jumped to a higher platform, and when Elesis followed, the wendigo had already charged its power and it began to unleash some kind of frost spray from its mouth. Soon, Elesis was encased in ice, and couldn't break free. Wendy was about to finish off Elesis, when the arrows came flying from beneath and got wedged in…some awkward places, accompanied by a yell of "Arrow rain!"

Now the wendigo was truly enraged. It raised its hands into the air again, however, it was unaware that a certain mage was standing behind it.

"FIRE STORM!"

Pillars of flame rose from underneath Wendy, and as a bonus, the heat melted the ice trapping Elesis. When the pillars disappeared, Arme quickly looked away, because, to say the least, a cooked wendigo is not such a nice sight.

"Arme, maybe that was a bad move…" Lire said as she came next to Arme.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, the Knight Master said that we needed to get one of Wendy's horns and…umm… don't you think that your fire might have melted them?"

"Oh" Arme forced herself to look at Wendy. Somehow, the horns had actually survived the fire. She went and picked one up, and what surprised her more was that it was cold, as if it was untouched by the flame. Suddenly, she felt some power generating from the horn.

"Lire, I think these horns are…magical"

"That explains how they haven't melted…"

There was silence for a few seconds, but it was broken by Lire.

"Oh, and Arme, do you happen to know any healing magic?"

"Yeah, but it's still rather weak. In fact, I can't even heal myself"

"Can you heal Elesis" Lire pointed at the Knight who was crawling over to them"

"I'm…fine…I don't…need any ma*cough*magic"

"Yes you do" Lire said "Look, there's even the word 'Fatal' in front of you"

"Wah-?" Elesis stood up and looked at herself, and indeed, the word fatal was present, growing and shrinking.

"Fine…just heal me and get this over with…"

"I'm not healing you until you say 'please'"

"ARME!*COUGH COUGH*Be serious!"

"Just say it" Lire sighed.

"Fine…Please. Happy? Now just get this done"

"Cure!" Arme spun around and pink hearts flew out of her. Most of them sunk into Elesis, and as they did, she felt her power returning.

"Now let's go back downstairs!" Elesis exclaimed, grabbing the horn from Arme.

And so they, slowly went back down the tower (skipping the 99th to 58th floors). However, they had to go back upstairs at the 56th floor because Lire had apparently forgotten her slime. And when they finally reached the 3rd floor, disaster struck.

One second, Elesis was walking, the 2nd, she had slipped on some slime goo and lost her grip on the horn, which fell down the tower.

"ELESIS!" Arme shouted "YOU'VE BROKEN IT! THE ONLY WAY TO GET ANOTHER HORN IS TO GO BACK UPSTAIRS, AND BELIEVE ME, I AM NOT CLIMBING THIS STUPID TOWER!"

"How do you know that it broke? It survived your fire thingy!" Elesis countered.

Two floors later…

"SEE!"

In front of them, was Wendy's horn, or at least what remained of it. Lire scooped up the icy fragments and told the other two to just get out and be honest with the Knight Master.

When the door was opened, they realized just how long they had been in the tower. It was sunset, and the Knight Master was turning back to go to the castle.

"Knight Master, wait!" Lire shouted.

The Knight Master turned back.

"Finally! I thought you hadn't made it…So did you get the horn?"

"Uhh…well..." Lire showed her the fragments.

"I-It was Arme's fault, honest, she threw it to see if it would break!" Elesis said.

"Did not! You slipped and it fell!"

"Quit arguing!"

The Knight Master coughed, causing the three to look at her.

"Actually, I was going to break it anyway, like I sliced Treant's apples. These shards are magical, and they help in casting ice based skills. Oh, and you're official GC members now."

"Do they taste like cherries too?" Elesis said with a ':3' face.

"Nope, they taste like blueberry ice cream, and they are of a higher magic level. Unless your magic level is higher than five, they will put you to sleep in about 25 minutes, and for a whole week"

"Hey, my magic level is 6!" Arme said.

"You can have them if you want" The Knight Master said, handing Arme the shards.

"Ha!" Arme stuck her tongue out at Elesis "And I'm not sharing it!"

"Meanie! Q_Q"

Lire just sighed.

Suddenly, a scream was heard from the distance. A guard came running to the Knight Master.

"Serdin's under attack! Orcs and goblins!"

"What! Orcs? Aren't they dumb?"

"No offence, Knight Master, but our defences are rather weak. I mean, the other gaurds even let people inside the castle for free!"

"Wait, what? I had to pay to get in…" Arme said but was ignored.

The Knight Master turned to face the girls.

"So, I know you have just completed your training, but I want you to fight out the orc invasion"

"What!" They all shouted.

"You heard"

"Knight Master, what about you? Can't you come and help us fight off the orcs? After all, you're pretty much stronger than us 3 combined…" Lire asked.

"I'm sorry Lire, but I need to stay and defend the queen, so it's up to you three. Now, what are you waiting for, go go go!"

And so, the three departed…

The Knight Master looked at the three girls. They made a good team, despite the quarrels. She started making her way towards the castle.

Ten minutes later, she had reached the gates, when suddenly another guard came rushing to her.

"Knight Master! A young elf has been found in Trial Forest! He's drunk water mixed with Kaze'aze's blood and has underwent a bizarre transformation!" (A/N: Sounds familiar?)

"Can you bring me this elf you're talking of?"

"Sure thing Knight Master" The soldier performed a salute then ran off towards the castle's infirmary. He was back after a few minutes, dragging with him a limping orange haired elf.

"So…Is what I have heard true? The part about the transformation?"

The elf opened his mouth to start speaking, but he suddenly seemed to go limp. His hair started growing longer until it covered his whole body. He grew fangs and claws, and his eyes narrowed. He had turned into an orange wolf which could stand (and had green arm bands). However, he started thrashing and trying to attack the Knight Master.

The door guard rushed to aid the soldier, and apparently, they succeeded.

"Hmmm…I think I know how to cure this…I need some pure tree trunks and some mana potions…I'll be right back…"

The Knight Master said, leaving the struggling guards and the wolf. She ran to the storage room, where she found a huge chest with 'Mana potions' written on it, and beside it a 'Health potions' chest. She opened the first chest and took five of the large bottles of blue liquid, and then looked for another chest. She found it, the one which had 'Pure tree trunks' written on it. She opened it and took twenty trunks and then she hurried back to the guards, and luckily they had managed to still keep hold of the wolf.

The Knight Master then opened a potion bottle and squeezed four trunks above it. They released some kind of green liquid which mixed with the potion, turning it into a deep golden colour. She did the same for the other four bottles. Then, she poured each of them into the first bottle, and surprisingly, its volume didn't increase, but instead, it turned into an orangish colour. The Knight Master then forced the potion into the wolf's mouth-or rather, she threw it at it and the wolf swallowed it whole.

Suddenly the wolf's eyes turned yellow. Then, it howled and managed to break free of the guards, and ran away, through the city.

The guards made to run after it, but the Knight Master stopped them.

"Leave him" She said "The effects will wear off after an hour, and even though he would be able to change into a wolf, he would be able to control it"

"But one hour would be enough to kill a whole lot of people!" The soldier said "Plus" The door guard added "Don't you think he might actually use his ability to transform to kill more people?"

"Firstly, there are orcs out there. To us humans, it stinks, and to wolves, it's the worst smell in the world. And besides, their huge army would block his view. And secondly, I trust that he will not. It's my instinct, and so far it has never failed me"

6 1/4 pages in MS word, and about 3800 words. Meh, Ryan, I added him at this part to clarify why the mission description said that he was in Trial Forest. However, I have not explained why he went there, but I will later on.

Oh, and any reviewers will get magical essence shreds and magical ice shards. Don't worry, they won't knock you out. Probably.