Disclaimer: I do not own GC or any of its rights; I just own my story plot and any other OC characters. (:
NOTE: Utsuro kindly managed to inform me about the error in chapter one, about Elesis being naked and then STAYING naked. O.O
Sorry, I just get so excited about putting a chapter on I forget about editing…xD. Anyway thanks for telling me and enjoy this chapter! -R
Elesis was trapped. A woman stood there, her face expressing no emotion but you could see pain etched into her forehead over the years. The woman took Elesis's hand and lead her into a dark, damp castle surrounded by thick undergrowth. Elesis's eyes widened as she was a familiar wolf-like hag appear from the shadows. Kaze'aze smiled at the woman, and requested her to hand over Elesis. Elesis screamed and kicked but it was no use. She WAS trapped.
Elesis shot up out of her bed, sweating and panting. It was still dark and Arme was still sleeping next to Lass. The two had gone to sleep together after Lass had been too lazy to return to his own bed. Elesis smiled.
They looked so cute together, so perfect and right, but Arme was still as stubborn as a rock. She refused to believe that Lass had any feelings for her and that quote;
'We are just very good friends.' Elesis plopped down on her own bed and tried to sleep again, but then a loud thud from outside followed by a shrill, 'DAMN!' alerted her.
She pulled on one of her warmer sweats and headed out to see the commotion. Ronan was being an idiot once more and had decided to get something to eat when he had bumped his head in the dark. Elesis giggled to herself and helped him up, smacking his head.
'Ronan, I'll get you something.' Elesis said grinning. 'Most likely if you do, you will end up with a broken arm or something.'
She fixed him a plate of warm cookies and milk and stole a cookie for herself.
'Umm, Elesis?' Ronan asked in between bites. 'I think Amy wants you to go shopping today.'
Elesis popped a piece of cookie in her mouth and spat it out again. 'What?' She said in disbelief. 'I still have to defeat Ryan, Lire and Seighart to be a part of The Chase! I'm meant to do that today!' Elesis pouted, crunching on her cookie with extra force.
'Trust me Elesis, you do NOT want to mess with Amy when she's in…umm..shopping mode. Last time Jin refused and ended up with an Amy-hand-shaped slap forever imprinted on his cheek.'
Elesis sighed. It was no use to argue, she'll just have to battle Lire, Ryan and Seighart after shopping.
'You know, Amy said she was deeply impressed with your skills and Lass did too. And Lass never complements anyone except for Arme.'
Ronan ducked his head as Elesis threw a cookie at him.
'Ronan! You look so funny…you have a milk moustache!' Elesis giggled, chortling all the way through her milk.
'What? Where?' Ronan asked, slightly annoyed.
Elesis grabbed a tissue and lightly dabbed his mouth. Ronan began to turn redder and redder and redder, so Elesis withdrew her hand, for fear he might combust.
'Umm, okay. I'm going to get some…SLEEP! Yeah, sleep, that's it.' Ronan stuttered, hurriedly rushing back to his room but not before another, 'DAMN!' erupted through the halls. Elesis laughed and thought about how nice Ronan was to her these past weeks.
'He's certainly my best-guy-friend, she thought. Elesis crept back into her bed and shut the light, waiting for the sun to rise.
'Get up! Get up! Get up!' Amy screamed, dragging Elesis and Arme to the kitchen. Ronan, Ryan, Lire and Seighart were already eating. Amy headed down into the bedrooms to inflict some more pain to the other GC members.
'God. I hate our shopping trips.' Ronan muttered under his breath shooting a glare towards Amy's direction.
When all the Chase members were up, Arme teleported them to the Treant Mall, which was right beside Trial forest. It was bustling in the cold hours of the morning, with countless shops lined up against each other and the smell of coffee and cake wafting in the air. Amy jumped up and pushed Elesis in a furniture shop, waiting for her to choose something.
'C'mon, Elesis! Buy something! You can't stay in a white, boring room forever!'
Elesis was tempted to say,' Yes I can!' and barge out of the mall but she knew Amy would probably kill her.
She settled on a simple red and white bed and some velvet curtains with tassels. Amy nodded her approval.
'Nice choice. Simple and very chic.'
What was she? Interior design expert or something? Elesis snorted and let herself be dragged into another clothing store.
'Arme! This is sooo you!' Amy gushed.
After 3 hours of that and a tantrum from Lass who did not want to be dressed in a matching purple suit with Arme (You have to imagine, it would be pretty tacky), the torture was finally OVER. Elesis sighed in relief as she got teleported back to the GC Mansion by a tired Arme who immediately slumped on the couch, snoring softly. Elesis walked out the door and settled on the hammock outside with a mug of hot chocolate. She had made the hammock herself much to her own surprise and it had quickly grown to be one of her favourite places around the Mansion.
She was just about to nod off when she heard footsteps next to her. Ronan smiled at her and plopped himself next to Elesis, looking at the sun setting across the horizon.
'So, Ele-' Ronan was interrupted by the hammock squealing and rocking forwards and backwards.
Elesis frowned and gasped as her side ripped in half. She narrowly missed falling, as Ronan caught her. Their noses touched awkwardly and Ronan stared intensely at her. She stared at him in shock.
'Do you..like me?' Elesis asked, her mouth distorting into a grimace.
Ronan hung his head and glared at the floor. 'Do you like ME?'
Elesis and Ronan played glaring wars until Ronan's face started to hurt. They were both too stubborn.
'Well..I think do.' Ronan quickly said as he left but she wasn't sure she heard him right.
Elesis prepared to sew the hammock back together but the Knight Master came rushing into the room. Elesis crept back inside.
'Elesis! There you are.' The Knight Master looked out of breath.
'I have just been informed that you must pass the GC tests TODAY, due to a sudden misunderstanding...' Elesis gaped while Ryan, Lire and Seighart whooped.
'Can you take on the three of them at once?' The Knight Master looked worried. 'We don't have much time..'
Elesis nodded and gestured for Seighart, Ryan and Lire to come.
'Arme can you teleport us?' She asked, tapping the tired mage on the head. 'Sure.' Arme replied, teleporting them then falling back asleep.
The training grounds felt more tense then usual as Elesis did some exercises to a dummy. She stretched like a cat then ran a few laps around the circle. She though she saw Ayumu watching her confirmed she was just seeing things.
'Quickly, Elesis!' The Knight Master shouted. 'One...Two..Three!'
Elesis ran like a cat, dodging the arrows that Lire fired at her while watching amazedly as Ryan turned into a wolf. Seighart was easy to take down because he was still tired from the shopping trip but Ryan and Lire were really good. Elesis slashed Ryan on the back with one sword and Lire on the leg with the other. She spiralled swiftly towards Ryan, defeating him. Lire remained and released multiple arrows at Elesis, but she nimbly dodged them and leapt up into the air and shrieked, 'Hiiyyyy-aa!' before crashing her sword on Lire defeating her as well.
The Knight Master looked impressed.
'Welcome to The Grand Chase Elesis! Now the last slot is filled, so no one else can join!'
A chorus of disappointed murmurs rustled through the crowd. Elesis smiled victoriously. She made her way back to the GC mansion, but then a pair of hands covered her eyes and a hessian sack muffled her screams. Elesis struggled like a wild rabbit but no avail.
She was dumped in a small tent and the hessian bag was removed. The hands slowly parted and Elesis gasped as Ayumu stood there, looking sadly into Elesis's eyes.
'Do you know who I am?' Ayumu asked, sounding wistful.
Elesis shook her head. Ayumu nodded silently and the air around her began to shimmer. Elesis felt dizzy as the little girl transformed into a woman. Elesis choked as she recognized her. She was the woman from her dream!
'Elesis...I am your mother...' Ayumu said hesitantly. Elesis's face contorted into different expressions, pain, anger, relief and fear. It was too much for her to handle, but she held onto consciousness even though it would have been a blessed relief to let go.
'But you're meant to be dead.' Elesis said the words harshly.
Ayumu paled and replied, 'Yes, but when I was 23, Kaze'aze made me an immortal and possessed me. I was one of her specialties; she liked me so she didn't control me too much.' Ayumu continued on in a whisper, 'But I betrayed her by marrying your father. Apparently my first alliance had to be to her not to love.'
Elesis nodded. 'Go on.'
'Well, I ignored her and was happily married for 2 years before we had your brother. Kaze'aze was furious and said if we had another child, she would inflict deep sorrow in our family. I promised we would not have another child.'
Elesis gulped. 'But you had me..'
'Yes..'Ayumu said in a cracked voice. 'By accident, but when I saw you I couldn't throw you away! You were my daughter and Kaze'aze would just have to deal. But then Kaze'aze came to our house when you were three and took us away from you. That was the worst day of my life.'
Elesis's eyes began to water.
'Kaze'aze controlled me for the first time. She made me kill your father..like you killed your brother.' Elesis was silently sobbing as Ayumu continued, deathly pale. 'From then on, she has possessed me. The only thing you can do to stop the spell is too kill Kaze'aze and burn the scrolls that allow her to possess.'
Elesis was red with rage. 'But that's impossible! Kaze'aze is unbeatable! We will die out there!'
Ayumu smiled. 'That's where you are wrong. I have these potions that I have mixed for you and your Grand Chase members. These allow you to have 3 lives out there instead of one.' Elesis's eyes widened. 'As in resurrect?' 'Yes, Elesis. Use it well. Don't waste they are extremely precious. Many people would do anything to get their hands on these.'
Ayumu was fading out. 'Go now, Kaze'aze is taking me away from here, GO!' before Ayumu became melded into the air again.
Elesis slowly processed the information Ayumu had given her. The Grand Chase had to destroy Kaze'aze. Not just for her sake, but for all the people whose lives have been tormented by her. It just wasn't right, letting such an evil being live. Elesis's brow was set in grim determination.
When she came back to the Mansion, everyone was waiting with packed bags and equipment. Elesis was in shock.
'How did you know I was going to ask you to kill Kaze'aze?' Amy tapped her temple.
'Future-seeing is awesome, you see. How was the meeting with your mother like?'
The other Chase members grinned as Elesis slowly produced the elixir of Resurrection.
'Use sparingly, please. Lives could be lost if we misuse this.' Elesis said, looking around the room as the Grand Chase members nodded seriously.
'Let's whip some dog butt!' Ryan screamed.
'Um..isn't that you?' Lire replied teasingly. Ryan sulked but kept walking up ahead.
Ronan shyly approached Elesis and shoved her hammock in her arms.
'I know how much you like this hammock so I sewed it back together for you.' She blushed and accepted the hammock.
'Lass! You have the map to Kaze'aze's castle right? Arme asked, receiving a nod from Lass.
'Okay, I will guide you guys.' Ronan came up to Elesis and explained, 'Arme's the best at reading maps. Last time Lass tried reading and we went around the wrong direction.'
Elesis snorted. 'Typical.'
It was getting dark, so Elesis set out a camp fire and everyone huddled around it. Arme made a relaxing herbal tea and everyone clinked mugs.
'To defeating Kaze'aze!' They shouted, their voices echoing through the chilly night air.
Good? Bad? Please review! The first five chapters will be out really quickly, but then the rest will be weekly.
-R
