A/N: Alright, the prologue seemed a bit long for an explanation and that's why it got its own thing. So now…without further ado…Legend of Dragoon 2!

Disclaimer: I don't own Legend of Dragoon…wish I could transform into one…

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A person steps into the light and bows on one knee. He is covered in a dark blue cloak and has a sword strapped to his left hip. "What is it, Master Ledante?"

Master Ledante stands up from his throne and steps into the light in front of the cloaked figure. He has a black bandana covering his eyes. Orbs of red and purple light begin to glow from his eyes when he approaches the cloaked figure. A similar but faint glow also emanates from the cloaked figure as if responding to the person approaching him. "It seems that the time has come...the Dragoon Spirits have already sensed it."

"So would you like me to take Ritzen and Amory to recover the others?"

"Yes. And soon…we shall start a new life for this world."

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A young man steps onto the balcony overlooking the city and gazes at the sunrise. He is clad in silver armor with a green cape flowing to his feet. He sighs and hears someone from behind.

"It seems all you have been doing is sighing lately, Albert."

He turns around to face his beautiful wife, Emille. "Well, there seems to be nothing to do…" He paces back and forth, a habit that he had grown into since the peace treaty was signed. The nations of Zierdioas and Mille Seseau had begun to invest in business; something that would continue to grow…leaving Albert to manage paperwork. But, that was something he could not stand. "Since that peace treaty was signed, all's been well. The people seem content with their new lifestyles and no problems have emerged."

"You should be content too! Enjoy the peace and scenery…" Emille walked to the balcony, her golden hair blowing in the wind. "Or…have you forgotten how to do that since then?"

"It has been about a year…" Albert thinks back for a second, remembering all the good times he had with the group…Meru's clinging to Dart, Rose's dry sarcasm, Haschel's humor, Miranda's bickering with Kongol about who would win between them if they fought, and Dart's attempt to keep the team sane…those were the good times. However, those times had come to an end a year ago, when they had defeated Melbu Frahma, a supposed "god" when he had absorbed the powers of the Moonchild and merged with the Virage embryo.

Things had changed though…he had heard that Dart had left Shana after they married; he witnessed Miranda being killed by assassins, but his other friends he hadn't heard from since they disbanded a year ago. He hadn't even gotten a letter. It was kind of strange and a little hard to deal with but all of them had their own lives to lead. However, Miranda's death was much harder for him to deal with…he had already lost two close friends…Lavitz and Rose. Miranda's death bothered him because the assassins had managed to elude the guards and kill her. He had sent spies to investigate on the matter but nothing had turned up. He had half a mind to investigate himself but Emille convinced him to stay by using their son, Levi, as a blackmail tool. He thought it was mean but all's fair in love and war.

"Thinking about Miranda?"

"Yes. I never would have expected something like that to happen. Another friend gone..."

Emille put a hand on Albert's shoulder. "Anything is possible in this world. But…" She stood right next to him. "I'm pretty sure that Miranda would want you to help your country in every way that you can instead of moping for her."

"That's true…but…" Suddenly, a faint glow emanated from Albert's chest. It was his Dragoon Spirit, the Jade Dragon. "What?"

"What's wrong?"

Albert goes to his spear rack and chooses one. He faces Emille with a serious look on his face. "Go back to our room and stay there until I get back."

"Why?"

"Just do it! I have a bad feeling about this…"

"Alright. Be careful." Emille runs off while Albert heads downstairs.

(That feeling just now…it was as if the Dragoon was warning me from something…but from what…?)

Albert walks into the courtyard and sees the bodies of his servants. The flowers are all covered with blood and the smell of it fills the air. He sees a cloaked figure in the distance with his sword out. It is covered in crimson gore.

"You!" Albert runs forward and thrusts forward with his spear. The figure blocks the attack and Albert tries to push forward and break the figure's concentration. But, to his surprise, the figure didn't budge. "Why did you kill all of them???"

"They seem content laying there." The cloaked figure knocked away Albert's spear and then quickly spun around with his sword extended. Albert quickly jumped back but part of his cape was cut off.

"Just what do you want?" A small silver glow emanates from the cloaked figure. Albert's Dragoon spirit seems to react from the glow emanating from the cloaked man. (What? Another Dragoon??? That's impossible!) Albert thinks for a second and then starts piecing together the situation. "How could you do this…? How could you kill innocent people…I never would've thought that you were that kind of person!"

The cloaked figure runs forward and starts attacking Albert. Albert quickly blocks the cloaked man's assault and then returns a few of his own attacks. However, the figure seemed to be able to predict all of Albert's attacks and then backflips back. Albert chases after him and starts spinning in a tornado.

"Rod Typhoon!" He spins furiously with his spear out, trying to catch the figure offguard. However, the figure easily blocked the first attack and then jumped harmlessly away.

Albert holds his spear up and stares at the figure. (It looks like that they've gotten stronger…guess I have no choice.) He starts to focus his power into the Dragoon Spirit within him. He felt the wind surround him and the familiar Jade Dragoon armor replace his current ones. His spear became better and wings erupted from his back.

After the transformation, Albert points his spear towards the figure. "Prepare yourself! I will show no mercy!" He flies forward and wind starts to circle around him furiously. "Wing Blaster!" He shoots forward and slams into the ground where the figure was standing. A bright light envelops the entire courtyard and then vanishes after a second.

Albert was standing in a huge crater on his courtyard road while the figure was several steps back from the hole. Albert flies up and faces the figure again. (Damnit…they've got me memorized…)

Arrows fly out of nowhere towards the figure. He quickly jumps back and looks at who shot them. Shana is holding her bow in front of her and reaching for another on the watch tower overlooking the castle.

The cloaked figure turns to look at Albert one last time. "Two on one…maybe next time…Albert…" He vanishes in a blink of an eye.

Shana climbs down from the watch tower and approaches Albert. He rushes forward to greet her.

"Shana! What are you doing here?"

"I was on my way to see you but I saw you and that person fighting." She points up to the watch tower. "I thought I could catch them offguard from up there…"

"Never mind that. How have you been? Seles starting to thrive again?"

"Little by little. But I'm pretty sure by the end of the year; Seles will finally be able to regain its former glory."

"I'm happy for you." Albert turns to go back inside the castle. "You must be tired. How about you rest at the castle and we'll discuss this when you've rested up."

"Alright. That seems like a good idea."

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"Now…focus your entire body into the fist and thrust forward!"

The students all follow their master's example and all thrust forward with their fist.

"That's a good job everyone!" He looks towards the sunset and then turns back towards the kids. "Alright, kids! That's enough practice for the day. Come back here tomorrow so that we can start our next lesson! And don't be late this time! Right, Floyd?"

The kids all laugh at him and then run off, talking about what they've learned and doing it as well.

The teacher sits down on a tree stump and looks towards the sea and the sunset. "How time changes like the flow of the sea…"

A little girl slowly walks in and stops a couple of feet away from the teacher. She is dressed in a peach dress. She has her hair up in pigtails with big pink bows on them and two big gold bracelets on her wrist. "Master Haschel?"

"What is it…?" He turns around and quickly jumps to the side. A chain blade strikes the stump where he is and then rips it off its roots. The girl waves her chain blade around and flings it at Haschel. He quickly does a backflip kick to break the stump as well as knock away the chain blade.

The girl chuckles as the chain blade returns to her right bracelet. "Wow…you're as good as they say, mister!"

"Who are you? I've never seen you before…"

"I'm Amory Collins! The last person you'll ever meet!" She opens up both of her bracelets and unleashes a chained blade from each one. They start circling around Haschel, as if they were alive. "Snakebite." The blades fly forward towards Haschel but he manages to jump back and evade the blades. He lands on the wooden railing overlooking the sea and readies himself for a fight. "Bad idea, mister!" She starts spinning around quickly causing the blades to spin like a tornado. They cut the foundations of the railing and Haschel is taken aback by this. His weight causes the railing to fall backwards towards the sea. He tries to jump back onto the platform but Amory's blades prevented that.

"No!" He falls down to the sea screaming.

Amory walks over to the edge and looks down at Haschel, who has just crashed into the sea. "That's one down! Teehee." She then puts a finger to her chin, thinking about something. "Oh no! I was supposed to take his Dragoon Spirit…what am I going to do? Ledante-kins is going to be angry with me…" She starts pacing back and forth. "I guess I'll just head to the beach then! Maybe his body will end up there…if not…more play time for me!"

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Shana suddenly darts up from bed and looks out the window. She holds her head and shields her eyes from the light. "That…felt so real…" She gets up and stretches her arms. "Haschel…I hope you're okay." She exits her room and almost bumps into Emille.

"Oh, Emille!"

"Hello, Shana! Albert's at the dining hall."

"Has he been waiting for me?"

"Oh no! He's eating."

"Thank you." She turns to go but Emille stops her.

"Oh, Shana?"

"What is it?"

"We need to go out and get you some new clothes. Those ones are a bit old…"

"You have a good point…we should go down to the market sometime."

Emille nods her head. "Once you're done, meet me at the entrance then."

Shana walks through the castle looking at the new things that Albert had added. He had a lot more of decorative designs…no doubt the work of Emille. She always was one who couldn't stand plain rooms…or in this case, plain castles. Without knowing, she had ended up in the dining hall, where Albert had just finished eating.

"Hello, Albert."

"Had a good nap?"

"Yes." She takes a seat across from Albert. "I came here because I have something important to tell you Albert. It's about Mille Seseau."

"What about it?"

"It seems that they're getting ready to start a war with us."

"A war? But the treaty…"

"It seems that they've been creating negotiations with the Winglies for the past year…and have now begun to make their move."

"The Winglies? But…I thought they wanted to live far from us humans…and what about Meru?"

"It seems that Mille Seseau has uncovered an ancient artifact that has piqued the Winglies' curiosity. And Meru? You didn't hear about her? She was exiled along with Guaraha."

"She was exiled? That's hard to believe…but…never mind that…what was this item that Mille Seseau discovered?"

"The Signet Crystal."

"Signet…Crystal? Like a Signet Sphere?"

"Yes…something like that. I'm afraid that I don't know any more details about it though. But if it is like a Signet Sphere…then we might have another Melbu Frahma on our hands."

"That…could be troublesome…" Albert folds his hands together and starts thinking. "We'll have to make preparations for war at once."

"No. That'd be reckless. If we start something now when the nations have attained peace, we might hurt the citizens' trust in you. Besides, I'm still not sure if the rumors are true about Mille Seseau…"

"Then what do you propose we do?"

"We gather up the others and find out what's going on in Deningrad. Queen Iris should be able to tell us what's going on."

"But that's crazy! What if Queen Iris is with the instigators?"

"Don't worry about that. How do you think I got the information about Mille Seseau and the Winglies?"

Albert thinks for a second. "The Sisters?"

"They're close to Iris so we can trust them. We can ask for their help when we arrive at Neet by port. Then we'll just head to Deningrad from there. The Queen Fury is still sailing, right?"

"Yeah…it is. But what happens if they attack Zierdioas while we're away?"

"We could ask Emille to take over for awhile."

"I don't know if she…" The top of the chair that Albert was sitting on breaks and falls onto the table. He turns around to see Emille with an angry look on her face. "Uh…you wouldn't mind, would you dear?"

"Of course not. But do you know where your other friends are?"

"I have a pretty good idea." Shana says. "I'm sure Haschel is back at Rouge teaching students about the Rouge art…and Meru is living in Donau right now along with Kate." She thinks for a second, making sure she had it right. "I believe Kongol is with Haschel as well. I'm not sure. And Dart…he hasn't returned yet…" Tears begin to well up in her eyes. Emille goes to comfort her and looks at Albert.

"You should go. Maybe you might find what you're looking for."

"Alright, Emille. I'm counting on you." He goes to his spear rack and chooses the best one. "Shana, you ready?"

She wipes her eyes and then nods. "Where are we going first?"

"We'll head to Donau and see if Commodore Puler is there. Hopefully, we'll run into Meru and bring her along. We'll then head to Rouge to get Haschel and Kongol and then we'll head to Neet."

Shana nods. "Alright. Let's not waste any time. Sorry Emille…we'll have to go get new clothes later…"

"I don't mind. Just be safe."

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A/N: Alright, let this story begin! Hope you enjoyed this chapter…comments and constructive criticism are appreciated!