The three of us landed on the ground safely. I immediately fell to my knees. Never had I been in the air before. My brother Levin on the other hand seemed to want to go again.

"Sorry Euphie but we don't have anymore time." Alice grabbed my hand and dragged me to my feet. I could see why. More of hear why. Behind us were shouts and screams.

"T-they already found us! Already?" I gasped. Alice had both Levin and I and was running till she stopped.

Levin looked up at her. "What's the matter Alice?" he asked.

Alice stared at the forest infront of us. Shaking her head she continued on.

Inside the forest we herd our predetors falling behind. We were actually getting away! I had never felt so happy in my life.

"Ok...I think we're good." Alice mummbled and stopped running. Levin spun his head around wondering where we were. Like my brother, I was questioning the same thing. Except he was the one to ask.

Alice hesitated in answering, which made me quite nervous. Something wasn't right with this place was it?

Alice stared up at the sky. "This place....it's called the Maize forest...a World Eater rests here..."

I herd a sqeel noise. Did it just come from MY throat? I wasn't one hundred percent sure.

Levin was confused.

"World Eater?" he asked.

Alice turned and gave him a astonished look.

"Don' tell me ya havn't herd of em?"

I stepped into the conversation.

"Our parents didn't tell us to much about them. What they did tell was only to me." I answered.

"Well that's bull...ok let's have a 'Escape Break' and I'll tell y'all a story!" she grinned. But I could tell she herself was exhausted from carrying us and flying at the same time. She didn't bother putting her wings away. We knew the truth. Atleast part of it.

Alice cleared her throat and started her story,

"Ok so. Back in the day the country was all on war on eachother. Until this guy named 'Median', this bad ass guy, brought us all together. So with that said you'd think we would be all happy and just plain ol' freakin' dandy right? Wrong. These three World Eaters, huge monsters, had come and started attacking. They're master was an even bigger ass. He was the one ordering them around. Median was killed. Not to clear on how. I personally suspect he got all depressed over the recently killed prince. Anyways, she he's dead now. And his daughter, Layna, comes up and takes his place. Totally kicks World Eater ass and beats that Master of Death to pieces! It was probably a real sight to see. Wish I was there."

She beamed. I had never seen her look so proud.

"So. Wondering what happened to the three Master of Death's pets? Well one is in Raide, sleeping her lil' heart out."

"How do you know it's a girl?" Levin asked.

"It's pretty obvious." she answered which made him even more confused. I had seen the World Eater once with my father. So I could see where Alice was coming from.

"Now second one, gods name, who knows where it is. And the third one...is in this Maize somewhere." she pulled out her knife.

"That's why we have to be extra careful...we can't make any mistakes." she explained.

Both Levin and I stood up. We knew we had to get out of here.

So all three of us went searching. We walked around the forest aimlessly.

Three days. It was three days till anything happened.

During that time we were attacked by monsters a couple of times. Alice protected us. She could get very vicious. That didn't mean I would let her fight all on her own. I would really try but I wasn't the best fighter. But if we needed to we would run out of battle.

On the third day I asked Alice about her wings.

"Why didn't you tell us you were a Whirlwind?" I questioned. It had been bothering me since we landed. Alice shrugged, "Well...I guess cuz I wanted to have it a surprise. Also it was my trump card on getting out of there. I didn't expect to make friends." she turned and gave me a friendly smile.

"Why were you in there anyways? Did they kidnappe you to?" Levin asked. Her smile faded into something much more sadder. She turned her head and stared at the ground.

"My father and mother were killed....both had their necks wringed out. Our family had some good ol' enemies. Family of theives you could say." she laughed. "So I was forced to live with my grandfather in Orviska. But low and behold, he was a drunken gambler. A lossing gambler to say the least. He had gambled way to much with this guy named 'Lobo' in Yesterwind. I think that's the boss of the place. Anyways, so to settle the debt, oh half of it atleast, he let them have me. Well wouldn't you know his luck of me escaping." she laughed again. But I could see right threw it. Alice's parents were gone, like ours. Her grandfather didn't even care about her. She must have been so lonely....

Before she could continue something happened. The trees and ground went RED. We all turned around and saw the forest changing.

"Ew! What is this!" I jumped away from a slimy mossy bush. It was discusting.

Alice on the other hand was smiling. "So the rumors were true..." she started to chuckle then turned around to face us.

"Kay guys, we have to move NOW. Don't ask me why just do it! Now use your sepp feet and RUN like you've never ran before!" she jumped into the air and started flying. We followed her lead and started to run like we never ran before. With Levin and I being sepps we could run quite once the trees started to come to an opening, my heart was slowly coming to a faster pace than my feet.

Alice stopped immediately. She dropped to the ground but held her arm out. She turned her head and waved us to stay put. I grabbed my brother and hide in the bushes.

We could clearly hear the conversation.

"Well well well what do we have here?" A booming voice chortled.

My heart was running a merithon now.

I could hear Alice's voice, it was a bit shaky but she had a good grasp on it.

"So your the World Eater eh? Well then it's a real pleasure to meetcha." she spoke trying to seem brave.

"You...you are the girl who escaped Yesterwind. So tell us. Where are your other friends?" A man's voice could be herd.

"I don't know what your talking about."

"OH but I know you do. I can sense them. They're very close by." the World Eater chuckled. He knew where we where! 'Run Alice! Run save yourself!' I mentally begged.

"Friends?....hmm...friends..." she pretended to ponder and took a few steps. "Oh...OH! Oh them? Hehe. Yeah well. That my friend is they're cold dead bodies your sensing. See I couldn't let them drag me down. Had to get rid of the bagage now that I don't need them as 'scapegoats y'see?" she winked at them (Or from what I could see in the bushes). Alice looked genuinely turthful. I would have believed her. If I wasn't still alive of course.

The World Eater seemed to find this funny. "Really now? So if I just did this..." we all herd a hissing noise then a spark. The trees around us started to burn. "Levin move!" I tried to keep my voice down. We both ran into the opening. Our clothes a bit burnt from the fire we couldn't escape. Alice smacked her forehead.

"Your friends don't seem to be dead. Or so you say." I took a look at the World Eater. He was huge! Nothing like I had ever seen before. I was scared out of my mind.

Alice grinned sheepishly, "Ah well...hey I tried didn't I? Gotta give me that?" she let out a shaky laugh. Her one hand behind her back beckoned us over. The two of us hide behind Alice like cowards.

"Ok so you caught us. Big deal. But I've got a tiny lil' qestion for you two. What is the all mighty wiz' Dio doin' here? Talking to a World Eater? I dare say that isn't to good." I could tell she had another plan in mind. Would it work though? Sure the confidence in her voice came back but would it disapear again?

I looked over her shoulder to see she was right. The wizard Dio was here. He stood there with two scary looking Phynx. I had always liked Phynx, but these two had a nasty feeling to them.

Dio chuckled, "I don't think that is any of your business." he answered with his arms crossed.

"Oh I do think it is." Alice stolled a few steps further. "See, we have just seen something unexpected. Dio of the evil eye is what's this? Assosiating with the World Eater? And from when I gracfully flew in it looked like you two were more than just talking talking. Could you two be...dare I say it. WORKING together?"

I immediately picked my brother up. If Alice wanted us to make a run for it I was going to be ready.

Dio and the World Eater both started to laugh. It was a scary thing to see.

"Are you trying to blackmail me?" Dio asked.

Alice had a pretend shocked expression on her face. "How dare you! Accussing lil' ol' me of blackmail? I'm offended dear sir! Of course I'm blackmailin' ya!" she snapped then straightened herself out again. "Ok heres what I'm thinkin'. You let me and my friends go now before this forest turns back to its original state, and THEN I'll keep my mouth shut. Kay? Hows that sound to ya? Pretty good hu hu?" she grinned.

"Hehe, nice try. But if you think that will be all to save your miserable lives you have another thing coming. I think it's time you disapear." The World Eater opened his mouth. A burst of flames came shooting out. Not at Alice. But at Levin and I.

"NO!"

Suddenly I was flying out of the way and onto the ground again. I sat up and saw Alice, screaming as the flames licked her skin.

"ALICE!" I screamed. Once the flames had stopped I rushed over to her. I gently put her burnt body in my lap. Her flesh was red and some parts were crispy black. Mostly her back.

"I...I've always hated fire..." she chuckled. Her voice was cracky. "Alice...no...no not again..." I couldn't take it. Not a second time.

Alice smiled up at me with tears in her eyes, "Sorry Euphie...but...I'm..." she stopped for a moment and caught her breath. "I'm so happy to have met you...promise...I'll protect ya..." she smiled. I stared at her as her eyes faded and her breathing ceased. "Goodbye....Euphie...Levi..." were her last words.

Levin was standing beside me. He stared at Alice's now dead body. I was in tears, I felt so helpless. Alice had protected us. And now she was gone...

A blue shinning light came out of her. We stared at it as it floated towards the World Eater.

"Hmmhmm, this soul should be a real treat. Sorry to have killed her kids. But that's life for ya." The World Eater laughed. Something happened that I would never forget. Never would I ever forget this moment.

"YOU BASTARD!" Levin roared and ran towards the beast. "Levin no!" I screamed. But he was to fast. I had never seen him run like this before.

He jumped tree to tree until he reached the World Eaters arm. Then ran up it and jumped into the air.

He then, with all of his might and power, shot down and attacked the World Eater. The World Eater swung his arm at Levin, Levin managed to dodge it but the soul didn't. Instead it shot straight at me. Before I could do anything I felt the impact of it going threw me. I even fell over, flat on my back.

Levin wasn't paying attention. Instead he gave a few more kicks at the World Eaters head, then tried a few punches. All were inevitable. Everything was lost.

Soon the World Eater had it's grasp around Levin's little body.

"Hehe, this might just be what I'm looking for." he said. Levin stared at the beast with so much hate. "I don't care what you do to me! I'll kick your ass and make you pay for what you did! Your dead! COLD DEAD DAMNIT!" Levin screamed still kicking his legs. The World Eater laughed. "Oh yeah, this is the one. Well Dio?" the World Eater turned and looked down. Dio nodded, "If that is what you want Lord Raksha." A symbol appeared underneth him and a few red jewels surrounded him. I sat back up and saw it all.

"Bye bye little Levin." The World Eater grinned.

The last words I herd from my little brother were, "S-Sis..."

Then like Alice, his soul appeared infront of the World Eater. How did he do it!

"No...NO LEVIN!" I screamed and stood up. My legs were so shaky though. I could hardly move. It was all just to overwhelming.

"Forsile, leisamio, lafiara!" Dio spoke the foreign words. Then the World Eaters hand dropped my brothers body. I was about to run and catch him when in mid air, a red soul burst down and came into my brother's body. I didn't even see where it came from.

Suddenly the body came straight to life and turned itself around. Smashing it's hooves into the ground. I ran over to him and grabbed his shoulders. "Levin! Levin! Oh Levin are you all right?" I asked. He lifted his head up. I stepped away immediately. The sly grin that was plastered on my brother's face was not right.

"L-Levin?" I trembled.

The laugh that ripped out of him. It was mind blowing. This was NOT my brother.

Levin came closser to me.

"What sis? What's wrong? Aren't you going to come over here and tell your little brother it's ok? Everythings going to be alright? Hehe" He raised his hand. The blue light came into his hand. My brother's soul.

"Y-you...your...t-the..." I stuttered. "Wait...no! Please let my brother's soul go please! Take my body instead!" I fell on my knees and started to beg. The World Eater that was now inside of my brother's body shook his head, still chuckling. "Sorry SIS, but that's just not happening." He came over to me and grabbed my hair. "See I have plans. Big plans. And you and your brother are going to help me. Oh yes. You'll be very usefull to me." he grinned. The hatred in his eyes blazed like a hot fire.

Then he did something that made my life change for the worst.

"No reason to waste this soul though. I think I'll just have it for a snack." he opened his mouth. "NOO!" I screamed. But it was to late. He had already ate my brothers soul.

"And now...it's your turn."

After that I only remember feeling numb. Very numb. And my soul was slowly being sucked out of me. Everything was fading into black.

"Sweet dreams little Euphoria."

The last thing I herd was that monster's laugh.

MY FINGERS HURT NOW AND I WROTE THIS 5:00 IN THE MORNING BECAUSE I HAD ALREADY HAD SO MUCH SLEEP AND WAS BORED! BE HAPPY GOD DAMNIT!

So yeah, hope this was good enough. Again my fingers hurt. But I hope I got all the personalities down right. Well besides Alice who is my character xP

Hehe anyways

I'll try to update as soon as I can. But I'll probably first update New in Town first. It's easier to figure that story out.

But now PART ONE of this fan fiction is DONE! Please review!

Hope you all enjoyed!