"Elrim, please wait outside until our meeting is done," the princess said. He nodded and flew out the window.

"Alright. Now that everyone is here, we shall start. Now, I told Beauford and Dave the reason for this war. Yes, I apologize. I've also been deceiving you somewhat. This is a war. Not between us and another country, but with two others. I'm so sorry for not telling you outright, but I didn't want any panic. Now, I'll tell you the full details," Princess Tessa said everything that she said to Dave and Beauford the last night.

"So is the candle in the painting in this room the candle of hope?"

"So that's why? Damn Silh, it's their fault. They shouldn't have created the candle of hope in the first place! But really, if it doesn't involve us, then why did you agree to this war meeting?" Negm asked.

"Reath, yes. That's what it was intended to be. Negm, Lijena is our ally. We have to assist them. This also has to end before it gets completely out of hand. The candle of hope should be returned to Silh to end the war, but we need to negotiate with Lijena to get them to agree with this. We need to make a plan about how we will handle it," the princess said.

"Wait, so you lied to us? You said your father didn't care, you also said he wanted us to get involved in the war, you said we wouldn't be much good in the war, you said you couldn't do anything about it, and now you're telling us this?" Gabe asked incredulously.

"...yes. I did lie to an extent. I lied somewhat about the part with my father. He is also unable to attend this meeting today. I'm sorry," she apologized, "Now, shall we get on with the actual meeting? How about we come up with a name for this group? It seems a little redundant to keep saying 'this group'."

"Guardians of Stupidity," Chire said simply.

"Hell no."

"Guardians of Orlene, then. It could be shortened to Goo."

"Maybe. I say it should be Yerygan Defenders."

"Quatrinia, that sounds like an absolutely horrid name."

"Shut up, Declan."

"I like Guardians of Orlene the best. It sounds the most authentic to me."

"Shut up, Bella. No one cares about your opinion."

"Quatrinia, you are being downright rude. It's also my opinion that Guardians of Orlene is the best name so far, so unless anyone else suggests a better one, we shall stick with Goo," Karlton said. The sage nodded to Princess Tessa.

"Alright then. Goo it is. I find it a bit awkward but it will suffice. Then... Anyone have a suggestion about how we will approach Lijena?" Princess Tessa threw out the next question.

"Lijena isn't fighting on their home soil. I'm sure the country's king or whatever leader isn't on the battlefield at this moment, nor will they ever go on it. We could go directly to Lijena and tell them that we need to return the candle of hope to Silh," Negm suggested.

"Yes, Negm. But why would they simply give back the candle of hope when they originally stole it from Silh? I think there is a reason why Lijena wants the candle and why they are willing to fight for an object," Gabe pointed out.

"The candle has been said to grow in power as time passes. If it's power is enough to wage war, then it shouldn't be underestimated," Karlton informed.

"Oh, so true! This is a bad situation for us. If we don't help an allied country, what happens?" Bella asked.

"It's considered treason and it counts as us being against them. In short, we're screwed," Rolan said with no hint of intended humor in his voice, yet some Goo members chuckled.

"We're already screwed, Rolan. Our ally is being attacked by a country who had an item very precious to them stolen from their grasp by our ally. We're not going to quell this war until said country gets their candle back, but once again, Lijena is our ally. They were the ones to originally attack Silh, so Silh has a reason to cause the war. It makes sense, but we're stuck in this position because someone had aligned our nation with Lijena. Hahahahahahahaha, we're screwed."

"Pessimism, hon. Don't use it. Declan, when did you start getting this rebellious? We're not screwed, we need to find a way. We will. You don't want our entire continent to be destroyed, do you?" Bella chided with an optimistic demeanor that rivaled Declan's sudden pessimism.

"Find a way, then. I only started to get pessimistic after I found out the real reason for the war. If what the princess previously said before all the candle of hope bull was true, then we would of had a chance," Declan replied.

"This isn't helping our situation any. If you have any ideas, say it. Arguing about what could have happened isn't doing anything to contribute," Karlton advised.

"Says the jeigan of our group. We must listen to his awesomeness right now because it will slowly grow to suck later on! Jeigans forever!" Rolan joked.

"What? What's a jeigan? I thought I told you not to break the fourth wall, you brat! It's things we shouldn't know about!" Flera scolded. Janice decided she wouldn't say anything until the conversation got serious. Reath ran her hand through her hair, straightening out the braid that was previously there.

"Let's send a few messengers there to speak with King Lijena. We can't take any chances and let our main force get killed because we couldn't take precautions. If they return, then we'll know a bit more about what to do. We have to hurry and fight somehow if we're trying to not break off our alliance," Reath said.

"Thank you, Reath. It's about time we had a decent thought. I'll send my most trusted messengers to Lijena and we will have to wait until then. Oh and if you don't mind, everyone stay in the castle until further notice. Please be patient," Princess Tessa announced.

Once everyone had left the meeting room, Elrim flew in through the window he had left in.

"Is the meeting over? Can I come in now?" he asked, but he had forgotten nobody understood what he said.

"Uh... You can wait in this castle with the rest of us. We sent out messengers and it might take a few days for them to get to Lijena and to come back here. So... You do want to go back to... Uh... Tellius, right?" Dave asked.

"Yes. Tellius. I go back there. I... Help you?" Dave had a bit of trouble understanding what he just said.

"Help us? You want to help? Do you have any special abilities?"

"Um... I am transform. Transform into dove. Um...that's it. Stre...strength...double."

"Your strength doubles when you transform? Cool! It'll be cool to have a... What was it... A laguz? Yeah, it'll be cool to have a laguz on our side," Dave said.

"I thought it was only royal herons that had white wings. Why does he have white wings?" Beauford mused.

"I heard that! Speaking in a quiet voice doesn't mean I can't hear! I have white wings because doves have white wings. Have you seen a dove any other color other than white? I thought not. Our wings are a bit more greyish than the herons though. I've only seen one heron so I can't be sure. The heron I saw had really long blond hair and he was really pale and had green eyes and was very slender and he wore this headband thing and I certainly don't look like that!" Elrim snapped.

"What the hell did you just say?" Negm wondered. Everyone else that was around them thought the same.

"White wings because doves white wings! Heron... Are different."

"Well duh."

"Be more respectful, asshole. I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate being talked to like that, Negm."

"Beauford, I don't appreciate being called an asshole either."

"But that's what you are.~ So deal with it.~"

"ARG! Go die in a fire!"

"Be..e...nicer. That's not nice at all, you...human. Eck, why am I hanging around people like you?" Elrim started in modern speech but quickly switched to the Ancient Tongue to express his disdain for what Negm said.

"What? Sorry, I guess. I don't know what you said though."

"We'll just be going then. I'll see you later!" Beauford said as he saluted.