Disclaimer: I do not own GC or any of its rights; I just own my story plot and any other OC characters. (:


Elesis groaned under the weight of the bag she was carrying.

She was in charge of carrying all the bags and was currently wishing she had never volunteered. Ryan, Lass and Seighart were sniggering and pointing to a flushed Amy who was forced to pee in a bush due to um..basic needs. Amy walked out of the bush with her head held high, but because she didn't see where she was going, she bumped into a tree by mistake. Amy's eyes shot daggers at the tree as she rubbed her head. By then Ryan was on the floor clutching his stomach while Lass was banging the ground repeatedly. They were all laughing like maniacs but stopped when a beautiful girl slipped past the trees.

'Wow..' Lass exclaimed, pointing to the blonde girl peeking between the trees.

Arme was slightly hurt, but tried to not let it show.

'Hello..' The girl said in a musical voice. 'My name is Sakura, mind if I join you for a while? I'm heading in the same direction.'

She really was beautiful. Her hair flowed like silk down to her slim waist and perfect curves and she was wearing a pink dress that was cut flawlessly and travelled down to her feet. She was the kind of girl all girls would kill to be and Elesis felt a twinge of jealousy when she saw Sakura and Ronan exchange glances.

Wait. 'You don't like Ronan remember? He is only your friend. Best-friend. Whatever.' Elesis thought to herself, willing the words to be true.

Sakura slipped the straps off Elesis's back and smiled at her.

'You go ahead and rest, I'll carry the bags.' She said, revealing a line of perfect white teeth. Great, now she was jealous of Sakura's TEETH. Elesis sighed as she ran towards Arme who was up ahead near Lass.

'Wait!' Sakura said. 'My brother needs to join us as well? Can he? His name is Ryokei.'

A muscular boy stepped out from the shadows, waving his hand about and cheerfully smiling.

Elesis gaped like a fish. Were these people real life versions of Ken and Barbie or something? Because they sure look like they are. She sneaked a glance at the male Grand Chase members who were proudly puffing their chests out, trying to look more intimidating and failing miserably.

'Look out!' Jin yelled, pointing to a slime and a mushroom.

They were bouncing haphazardly towards Elesis.

'These must be the Trial forest fiends!' Arme called above the bouncing.

Elesis brought down her swords on two slimes, bringing them to their deaths. The leafy hat that they wore floated to the ground slowly and disappeared.

'Apparently they have numbers but no skill!' Lass exclaimed, swiftly unsheathing his nodachi and clunking two mushrooms together.

Arme was charging up her mp and yelled, 'DEEP IMPACT!' obliterating every slime and mushroom in the forest. Elesis clapped her on the back as Lass stared adoringly at her. Sakura and Ryokei watched with their mouths agape.

'Wow, you guys are the pros..heh? Sakura gasped, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear.

Elesis felt like shaking her and saying, 'Take that you evil-headed barbie!' but refrained from doing so.


The members of the Grand Chase continued walking, until they came across a large stream. Jin immediately began shedding his clothes and jumping into the water.

'Come on!' He yelled, his head popping out of the stream.

Elesis and Arme looked at each other and shrugged, stepping behind a large tree to change.

Ryan followed them. 'Get out perv!' Elesis shrieked, pushing Ryan into the stream.

Ryan landed in the stream with a splash, sending clear water droplets in the air as sunshine glimmered on the rippling lake.

Elesis was already clothed in a two piece red bathing suit and leapt into the water, collapsing between Sakura and Ronan on purpose.

'Ooops,' Elesis said, not meaning it.

She swam towards Arme and Lire who were whispering about the newcomers. 'Did you see her hair? It's so pretty. I wonder what shampoo she uses..'Lire said thoughtfully.

'Urggnnnh' Elesis groaned. Why was everyone so fascinated by Sakura? Personally, she didn't see the point.

Yeah, except that she's seducing Ronan. A voice said tauntingly inside her head. I don't even like Ronan! I'm an independent woman. Elesis thought.

Independent woman. Independent woman. Independent woman. Independent woman.

'Elesis! Snap out of it! And stop muttering 'independent woman'' Arme said, waving her hand in front of Elesis's face.

'Sorry' Elesis replied in a gruff voice. She turned her head and saw Ronan tackling Ryan to the banks of the stream. God he was beautiful. He had such nice-

INDEPENDENT WOMAN ELEIS! INDEPENDENT WOMAN.

Elesis ducked her head under the water and swam, loving the feel of the bubbles rushing through her red hair and the fish darting away when they sensed her presence. Suddenly she banged into a body.

'GOD, A DEAD PERSON!' She shrieked. But since she was underwater it sounded more like, 'GOO A DEE PERFON!'

She resurfaced and smacked straight into Ronan, who was teaching Sakura how to swim.

'Sorry! Sorry! I just thought you were a..' Elesis was about to say 'dead body' but then she would look like a fool.

'Don't worry Ronan..have fun!' Then she quickly shook her hair out and plunged back into the water, grateful that the cold water chilled her burning cheeks.

'Elesis!' Arme shouted at her from above. Elesis swam to the surface and replied, 'Yes, what?' 'We're invited to the Knight Master's annual ball.' She said, jumping up and down excitedly. Elesis took her invitation from the messenger bird's beak and looked down at it.

Dear member of Grand Chase,

You are invited to the Knight Master's annual ball. Feel free to bring a friend or a date along to join the fun. See you there and keep up the good work,

-Knight Master.

Amy and Mari danced around happily as the guys glared at the prospect of wearing a tuxedo.

'Come on Jin, be my date!' Amy giggled, linking arms with him. Jin turned red and speechless so he just nodded dumbly. Arme and Lass were going together and so were Ryan and Lire. Seighart bounded up and boomed in a deep voice, 'Mari! Be my date!' as Sakura hastily asked Ronan. Great. Elesis was officially date-less. A hand tapped her on the shoulder and she spun around. Ryokei was standing in the water, his auburn hair flopping over his chocolate brown eyes.

'Can I be your date, Elesis?' He asked.

Elesis looked at everyone's love-sickness and sighed. 'Sure.'

Ronan was playing with Sakura's hair as Elesis struggled to not punch Sakura in her perfect nose. Independent woman, remember? She told herself, trying to keep strong.

Sakura got out of the stream and called out to the rest of the Chase, 'I'm going to make lunch now!'

Shouts of appreciation came from Ronan and Jin whose stomach rumbling could be heard from a mile off.

Elesis was pretty hungry herself but she didn't want Sakura to know. She tried to tame her growling stomach my diving into the water again to mute it down a bit.

Lass was also in the water, blowing bubbles through his nose. Elesis giggled.

He looked so hilarious, with his silver hair sticking up in the water and bubbles coming out of his nose.

He stopped blowing bubbles and glared at Elesis laughing, an indignant look on his face. Elesis burst out into loud guffaws in the water, choking a bit.

She popped her out of the water and panted, still laughing.

Lass also came out, with a seriously pissed off look on his face.

'Lunch is ready!' Sakura shouted, pointing at a picnic rug on the floor set up with cups of juice, sandwiches and a big frosted cake in the middle. Crisps decorated the corners of the rug.

'Food!' Jin yelled happily, stuffing his face with sandwiches. Lass, Ryan, Seighart and Ronan followed hungrily behind.

'Your boys are adorable,' Sakura said. 'I know!' Arme, Amy, Lire and Mari chorused, looking fondly at them.

'Now that the love-fest is over can we please eat?' Elesis said snappily.

She bit into a cucumber and orc meat sandwich, grimacing on how good it tasted. When the sandwiches were all finished, Sakura brought on the frosted cake. Elesis buried her face in the cake like Lass, Ryan, Ronan, Seighart and Jin, smearing her mouth with frosting as she bit into the delicious cake.

'Our own tomboy.' Lire said, patting Elesis's head. Elesis mumbled something like a 'Go away,' through the cake and continued eating, not letting Ronan snatch a piece of her cake.

After the GC members were all full, Elesis lay down on the field of daisies and took a nap next to Arme, who was spotting animal-shaped clouds with Lass. She had a peaceful slumber, quite a rare feat actually and when she woke up, the sun was setting. Lire and Ryan were snoozing still together, their hands entwined and the afternoon glow settling on both their faces. Lass was leading Arme into a romantic cavern that was covered in fireflies while Mari and Seighart were feeding each other strawberries. Elesis looked around wistfully at everyone.

'Feeling lonely?' Ronan asked, smirking.

'Shut up Ronan.'

Back at the GC mansion, Amy and Arme were trading outfits for the Ball. Arme was dressed in a pink frilly dress while Amy was wearing a short purple one. And Arme was PISSED.

'Give me my dress back!' She said to Amy. Amy danced away.

Elesis was deciding between a black short dress and a red strapless long dress.

'I guess the black one...' She muttered to herself.

'Personally, I think the red one is better.' Ronan said, poking his head into the door.

Elesis's face was as red as the dress. 'GET OUT! GET OUT! GET OUT! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS RONAN ERUDON! YOU PERV!' Ronan grinned and sauntered out.

How did Ronan become such a tease in the last few days?

{'Ronan. If you want Elesis, you have to tease her a little. Provoke her.' Lass said. 'Oh and since when do YOU know everything about girls?'Ronan shot back at him. 'Since I got Arme?' Lass replied coolly. 'Look, I got Arme by slowly provoking her out of her shell. So she can feel comfortable around me. You should really do the same.'}

Elesis looked at the red dress, then at the black one. 'Fine, Ronan. I'll wear the stupid red dress.' She said out to no-one. Arme walked in wearing her own dress.

'Wow Elesis, you look great! Come on, let's go!'

A coach led by bouncing slimes took the Grand Chase to the ball. Elesis waited nervously for the coach to halt. Through the ride, she kept stealing glances at Ronan. She had never seen him in a tuxedo, and now he was wearing a white one with a dark blue shirt inside. He looked nice, but Elesis preferred the Ronan in armour, or sweatshirts and jeans.

They arrived at the Ball and Elesis gaped in awe at the fancy waiters that served martinis and delicate Japanese sushi's and sashimi's. After a while, everyone got settled in the atmosphere and Elesis started bopping to the beat of the fast retro song playing.

Ryokei came then and asked for a dance.

'Sure,' Elesis said, still bopping to the music.

She was not letting Ronan mess with her good mood. Ryokei took her hand and they began swaying to the music. Elesis frowned. She didn't like slow dancing, unlike Arme who adored it. She liked fast, hip-hop dancing where people could actually have fun.

Elesis saw Ronan and Sakura in a dark corner. Sakura was whispering in Ronan's ear. Oh god. I can't take it anymore! Screw independent woman. Elesis thought.

Thinking quickly, she pressed her lips to a startled Ryokei's cheek when Ronan was looking. Ronan's eyes widened and he marched up to Elesis, glaring at Ryokei.

'Excuse me, can I borrow Elesis for a sec?' Ronan asked between clenched teeth.'

Ryokei looked dazed. 'Sure...whoaa.'

Elesis was dragged off with Ronan outside the porch as he rudely pinched her arm.

'What were you doing?' He asked, his eyes full of hurt.

'Making you jealous.' Elesis replied with a smirk. 'Making you feel the way I felt.'

Ronan had caught Elesis. 'So you DO feel the same way about me.'

Elesis realized her mistake and covered her mouth.

Ronan slowly peeled her hand off her mouth and kissed Elesis's cheek, feeling it heat up at his touch. At the same time, fireworks exploded, lighting up the dark sky littered with stars. It was such a cliché, but perfect moment. Elesis felt all her worries melt away.

But then Lire and Ryan came running through the crowd to them. Lire was deathly pale.

Ryan spoke in a quiet whisper. 'Trial towers have been bombed. And Lire's mother is living there.'


Teehee! Cliffie! Review please. -gets down on knees and begs-

-R