Hello, sorry for the late update. SOMEONE, won't let me on the computer and I had to type it up in the morning... I didn't have time to edit.

Well, here's the next chapter.

Enjoy:

"Hey we're here. Can you open up already?" an obnoxious sounding female voice came.

"Coming," Martel jumped out of her table seat and opened the door to greet the guests.

"Hello, nice to meet you, first time seeing each other… right?" It was Chololat. "You… you look exactly like…"

"Don't mind it. Just come in," Martel leaned against the door ledge and allowed her to come into her residence.

"Th… thank you," Chocolat entered the house followed by her mother, Altessa, Pietro and few other people standing beside her, all carrying a large sace.

"I see that the preparation is almost complete," Altessa examined the party ground.

"Hey!" Lloyd greeted. He and few other people were having breakfast at the table. "The party preparation is nowhere near done, we are missing the FOOD!" Lloyd answered sarcastically.

"Geez Lloyd, all you care about is eating," Genis, who was having a bowl of oatmeal beside Lloyd, sighed.

"Come on, we don't have much time left. The party starts at 6:00 and we better start to wrap things up," Raine interfered. She quickly finished her dish and headed out the door to resume working.

"Hey, thanks Regal, the breakfast was great!" Sheena also stood up from her seat and pursued Raine out the door.

"My pleasure," Regal answered as he took the dishes from the table and headed back into the kitchen.

"We'll go and play for a while. I hope you guys won't mind too much. We'll help you guys later," Lloyd smiled. He grabbed Genis' arm who was still holding a spoon in his other hand and dragged him out.

"LLOYD!!! I'm not done eating; just wait outside for a while okay? We are not pigs like you who can eat an entire bowl in one gulp," Genis tugged his arms.

"Fine… but make it quick," Lloyd released Genis and headed outside alone. As Lloyd was wondering through the grounds, he saw two figures talking to each other by the lake. Lloyd, full of curiosity, approached them to see what was going on.

"Hmm… so I see," One of the figures muttered. He was wearing a purplish suit with brown, jagged hair.

"Yes, that's what this world seems to be. There is no mana in this world and its surprising that this world is still running," The other man facing him, had a long robe with neatly tied blue hair.

"How many people know of this?" Kratos had a serious tone in his voice.

"Not many. Me, Martel and you, maybe Raine too," Yuan answered

"I'll investigate. In the mean time,, you watch over everyone," Kratos turned around and started to leave.

"Are you not going to stay for the party?" Yuan asked.

"If what you've said is true, then there is no point, right?" Kratos smirked.

"Heh, I guess," Yuan answered. "Well, I'll be seeing you," Yuan turned around and headed toward the other direction from Kratos.

"This is not good," Lloyd muttered. He didn't understand most of it but he heard one thing clearly. There was no mana in this world. "I better go after Kratos to see what is going on," Lloyd advised himself. He lowered his body behind the woods and sneaked after Kraos.

"Hey Genis, have some of these chicken," Colette suggested.

"Sure. Hey Mithos, do you want some too?" Genis asked. The clock was pointing 6:30 and the party has already started. The party ground was filled with people. Zelos was talking to the king of Meltokio, who came along with a dozen of other people from his castle. People from Sylvarant, also were interacting with each other in this place. The ground was bustling with people.

"Hey, have you seen Lloyd?" Sheena ambushed the trio, who were trying to fill up their stomach.

"Uh, no… he's probably eating somewhere and is too busy to even tell us where he is going," Genis answered sarcastically.

"Oh, then tell me when you see him, I need to tell him something important," Sheena rushed off. Genis and Mithos shrugged in unison as they resumed eating their plate full of food that Colette brought for them. The time slowly passed until it was reaching 7:30. But there were still no sign of Lloyd.

"I wonder where he is…" Genis was getting worried "Even if it is him, he wouldn't be eating for THIS long I don't think,"

"Then why don't we look for him?" Colette suggested.

"Okay… uh… should we split up or what?" Genis asked.

"Well… I guess it should be faster if we do…" Mithos sighed.

"Well, okay. I'll meet you guys here in 20 minutes," Genis waved at his friends and took off. Mithos was left alone as Colette also left right after Genis did. Mithos actually had a clue on where Lloyd might have gone to.

"Don't tell me he's sleeping there." Mithos sighed. This morning Mithos did see Lloyd head off toward the stream but he never expected him to be sleeping for this long. Mithos quickly walked up toward the stream and followed it.

"Martel, I really love you," a firm, male voice came.

"But you know it's useless. There is no point in living in this world anyway, there's nothing we can gain here," This was Martel's voice. Mithos was sure of it. He approached the voices and saw two people talking to each other. One was clearly Martel and the other one was…

"Yes, I know. This world is only a fantasy. But still, we should enjoy the time we have left," It was Yuan. But something that shocked Mithos more was what he had just said.

"mmff…" Mithos almost forgot to breath. He was going to jump out but managed to restrain himself from doing do. But he moved a bit too much.

"Who's there," Yuan demanded as he parted from Martel and approached to where Mithos was hiding. Mithos quickly dashed off toward the other direction toward the forest so that he wouldn't be suspected. But it was too late.

"It's Mithos, he must have over heard our conversation," Martel was anxious, not because of the love confession but because she thought that Mithos may have discovered the truth.

"Don't worry; this world is his to begin with anyway. He has all the rights to know," Yuan muttered.

"I guess so…" Martel sighed.

'A fantasy? This world is just a fantasy?' Mithos thought to himself as he ran away from the two. 'But it's impossible. I've been living here in this perfect world for…' Mithos stopped at the word 'perfect'. Indeed, this world was too perfect. Things like this won't normally happen.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Came an obnoxious voice. Mithos turned around and by surprise, he jumped backward a meter and landed on his back.

"You… again? But how? I killed you…" Mithos pointed at the green-hared woman who was wearing a hip-hop style jean and a baggy shirt. This person was none other than Pronyma.

I couln't think of a better way to bring up the story to the rising action, sorry if I wasn't descriptive enough.

Please R&R