Chapter 4



It was a stunning entrance, to say the least.

A year after the Destiny war Fanelia was holding a large feast. Allen, Millerna, Dryden, and Eries had all come from Asturia to join in the celebration along with Merle and Van. They'd had three hours of joyous reunion and good food, but now it was time for the ancient chancellors to give praise and thanks to King Van and 'Destinies Heroes', as they'd been dubbed. Everyone was settled for a long speech.

So when a portal of some sort opened up in the middle of the hall and a girl stepped out, they were all surprised. She was dressed in Mystic Moon fashions. She wore a pair of black bobby boots, baggy jeans, red top and black coat. Her hair was a navy blue, and her eyes the same. She didn't seem too shocked at her position on top on the head table, but shocked at her attire. Completely ignoring everyone, she focused on herself.

"Yo! What's this about? I hadn't realized that Yara was developed enough to be considered a true character!"

Allen, Van, and a handful of guards came to their senses and drew their swords. This the girl noticed.

"Hey! Put those away. I don't want anyone to get hurt here, especially since I'm running out of time." She said and hopped off the table.

Van, being King, spoke first. "Who are you, and how'd you get here?" he demanded, the Fanelian Royal sword held at her neck.

"Heh. Arrogant as ever, aren't you?" She questioned him, not at all disturbed.

"I'm an Author. But that's not what you meant. You meant my name. Well, I'm Rayven, that's all you need to know. And since I'm an Author, I used my Power to get me here. Clear enough?"

She reached into her pocket, and one of the guards considered it hostile. He lunged and stabbed her in the arm. She screamed. Loudly.

"Hey! Damn you that hurt! She glared and the blade turned into sunflower seeds. Castle mice scurried in and took the unexpected bounty before scurrying away again just as quickly.

"Now I'm going to have to use AP to heal myself again!" This comment in itself would have seemed odd enough, but she changed. She became taller, with blood red hair and green eyes. Her skin darkened and her outfit became that of a Fanelian Scout. The wound on her arm was gone.

"Lady." Spoke Allen. He sheathed his sword and gestured to the rest to do the same. "This is perhaps not the best place to get aquainted."

The people of the hall had begun to file out as quickly as possible. Who knew what a girl who turned swords into sunflower seeds could do?

"You're right, Sir Pa-I mean Allen. Could you all go away, except for…" she addressed the crowd and began to count on her fingers.

"Allen, Eries, Merle, Millerna, and Van?"

The guards looked uncertainly to Van, who nodded to them.

" You might as well go. Make sure that no one faints or passes out once their outside." He said.

"Lady, would you like to go to more comfortable surroundings?" He asked, then as an afterthought. "Why are you dressed as a scout? Of my kingdom?"

The Author nodded and smiled. "Well Van, I'd like you to meet your 7 times great granddaughter Queen Yakanti Courageuse de Fanel. She's a character that I have. I'll explain the rest later."

She didn't seem ready to say anything else, so Van only nodded and pointed to a small study. "We can all fit in there. Come on then."

The five of them filed into the small room and took seats. The girl sat cross legged on top of the desk.

"I'm an Author, as I said before." She began. "Did Hitomi tell you about those?"

"We have many fine writings of literature…" spoke Merle. But the girl on the desk was already shaking her head.

"Author with a capitol A. But before I get into it, I have to bring in the rest of the focal characters. Hitomi will be at school right about now, and Folken's dead, so those two won't be hard." She said to herself, looking around the room.

"Umm, Author? What are you trying to say?" Asked Millerna, who was extremely confused.

The girl smiled. "Never mind. I'll explain later. Allen, Selena's in your holding, correct?" The blonde knight nodded.

"Excellent." Said the girl, and pointed her fingers at three separate points in the room. Bundles of shockwaves appeared. From one stepped Hitomi Kanzaki, in her school uniform.

"I'm sorry Mr. Burton I-hey! I'm on Gaea?"

From the one in the middle stepped Dilandau.

"Jajuka! Where's my-Van, I'm going to kill you!"

And from the last stepped Folken Strategos.

"Zongi, I don't want to-Damn it! Would you Authors just leave me alone please?"

The girl glanced over at the Strategos as she wrestled the sword away from Dilandau.

"Sorry Folken, This is a matter of utmost importance. Give me your sword Van. Dilandau, you sit over there." She gestured to a seat the farthest away from the king.

"Hitomi, yes you're on Gaea, but hopefully not for long. But now I'm getting down to business."

She changed again, this time getting shorter, about 5'4". Her nose became slightly crooked and she was clothed in a one-piece black bodysuit with a silver chain around her stomach. A large green backpack appeared beside her. The girl didn't seem to notice the change.

"I'm an Author, My name's Rayven-with-a-Y, all of the fan bases have collapsed into one big heap, and all of the creative fans of the world are claiming what they believe to be rightfully theirs. Namely, that would be you all, the characters. Don't ask me questions now, I'm on a roll," she said as Eries began to speak.

"The FCPA doesn't know what's going on, so three Authors have come together to protect whomever we can. We can only protect characters to whom we are True Fans. So I have earphones for you all. I want you to put them on and listen for a chime, kinda like a very large bell being rung, aight?"

Everyone nodded, still a little confused. Rayven stood up and distributed the little headsets. Merle had trouble with hers until Rayven waved her hand and the set morphed to fit her ears.

When everyone had the sets on correctly she sat on the desk.

"I'm going to say three names. When you hear the chime, tell me." Everyone nodded again, and Rayven started.

"Jazz"

"Stop."

"What is it Allen?"

"You told us to tell you when we heard the chime, well I did."

"Okay, let's try it again to be sure. Jazz."

Allen nodded.

"Alright." Said the Author, amused. "There's no surprise there. Allen you're true fan is Jazz. She's a slightly off-kilter extremely powerful Author, you're lucky."

Allen looked a little pensive, but there was no time to smooth things out.

"Ka-Dilandau! Put my lighter down! It's not a toy!" Rayven made a grab for it, but it was Folken who snatched the small bic from the pyromaniacs' hand.

"Thank you. Now, where was I? Oh right. Kat."

"Stop." Said both Merle and Van. All the Author could say was "uh-oh."

Van looked at her.

"What do you mean 'Uh-Oh'?"

"I mean you two have the pleasure of having an absolutely insane pyro for you True Fan. Don't worry, she won't hurt you, I'm saying uh-oh for all those poor souls that are going to want to take her from you."

The girl settled herself more comfortably on the desk

"I have one more name." She said. "Rayven."

Folken stood up.

"I'm with you then." He said. "I'm glad it's not you and not some other rabid fan-girl. You guys are a vicious lot."

Rayven nodded. "That wasn't unexpected." She said. "A lot of them really liked you. After all, who wouldn't?"

"Rayven? I'm with you too." Eries stood up and walked over. The girl looked surprised, and changed again. This time into a male. He stood about 6'3" and was well muscled. His eyes were brown and his hair fairly longish for a guy from the Mystic Moon. It was held into a short stub of a pony tail.

"That's great Eries. I didn't expect that one." On hearing his-or her- voice, Rayven looked down.

"Damnit damnit damnit! I was hoping I'd stay in the same sex! Oh well."

She drew a circle in the air and gave Dilandau back his blade. "You, mister Albatou, march through there." She –or he- said and searched for Hitomi, who was sitting on Van, face streaked with tears.

"Listen, Hitomi, I know it's been a year since you and Van have seen each other, but time is truly of the essence." He-or she- said kindly.

"Go on back to Earth, I swear I will write you two together once this mess is cleaned up, okay?"

The other teenaged girl nodded and walked towards her portal. "Alright. Take good care of my Van." She told the Author, and hugged Van tight before stepping through, back to Japan.

To Millerna, she said sadly. "I'm really sorry about this. But I can't take you with us. Just try to live normally and remember that once everything is settled down, you won't remember a thing." Rayven turned to the others and marched to a corner of the room.

"All chosen characters please stand over here. Ima have to make this jump on pure Power, so be quiet and everyone hold onto each others shoulders."

The girl opened another bundle of shockwaves, and the entire groups of them disappeared. Millerna was left with her headphones and a look of shock on her face.