The girl named Elen seems to have forgotten that I threw her into the watermil. She doesn't seem like she's going to murder me or anything so thats good. The town I'm stuck in is called Bangor and the road to Iria is currently blocked off until they get done killing every monster. Elen leads me over to a small area where a door leads into the mountian, or so i thought.

I walk in and find a large muscular man sitting at a stove with an apron saying, "World's best granpa" He has long white hair that is in braids infront of him. He has the same skin tone as Elen, a deep tan. His eyes look straight at me, "Well then Elen, who's this kid?" His voice is gruff and a little bit scary.

"This kid is a traveler, I was thinking we could help him out. He's waiting for the road to Iria to open." She has a smile on her face, what kinda weird 15 year old girl is this???

"Hphm! What is this kid anyway?"

"My name is Aydub and I'm a warrior if you MUST know." I say with a harsh tone. The "Granpa" steps towards me and looms over me quite...scarily.

"Hmm, this one has guts!" He slaps my back, "I like him! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" His laughter seems to rock the house back in forth, "My name is Edern, I'm the blacksmith here. Nice to meet you Aydub."

"T-thanks." Still creeped out from his laughing and looming over me he leads me to a room much like my own in Emain Macha. He tells me that I'll have to do my bit of work around here but its not like I care much anything is better than doing nothing. After a few hours pass I get up and walk outside. The sky is clear as could be and its a little windy, "Well, at least it won't be raining for a while." I whisper to myself. I walk around and walk where the path to Iria is blocked off when I hear huge BOOM! Startled I run to where I heard it, a hand is sticking out from some books and wood. I grab the hand and help the person in there.

"Ah! Thank you so much!" Her hair is purple and in a pony tail with two curls comming from it. Her lips seem to pout and her eyes are a perfect plum purple. She looks about 15 and wears a suit I've seen at Ailionoa's shop, from what memory serves its called a Martial art suit. She has a little bit of a large chest for her age and she looks a little to happy. Before I realize it she's hugging me and shoving her chest in my face. I push away, "Your welcome...uhhh. Who are you?"

"Hehe, I'm Hishima. You new to bangor?" She giggled.

"Yeah...Oh! I'm Aydub. Nice to meet you Hishima." Dumbfounded and REALLY embarrassed I try to walk away when Hishima grabs me, "C'mon Aydub! Let's walk around the town and explore!"

"Ahhhhh, but Edern said I have to-"

"Oh phoey on that old man! He needs to lighten up." She giggles and tows me towards the path way to Iria. She seriously just threw my over the fence and hopped over it. We walk down a place that's way quiet and has grass and what seems like beach sand. Hishima stops and turns around, "I gotta blind fold you for this next part, 'kay?" I nod even though I know its not gonna be fun. Hishima takes my hand and leads me through the pathway. When I feel the texture of the sand change I know that we're not on the path way, "Is that water running?" I ask.

"Yup!" Taking off my blind fold she steps away and lets me look at a vast ocean holding up a setting sun, "Isn't it beautiful?" Her smile is beautiful and her eyes seem serene now. For some reason I can't take my eyes off of her, the sun makes a marvelous color of purple on her hair and makes her eyes glint with brilliance.

"Yeah...yeah its beautiful alright." I sit down on the warm sand with my legs straight out infront of me. I close my eyes and hear a fwump and feel something leaning on me. I open my eyes and see Hishima leaning on me with her head on my shoulder.

"Hey Aydub, are you gonna stay here in Bangor for a while?" Her eyes are closed.

"Yeah, yeah I'll stay as long as I can." I take her hand in mine and hold it in mine. I lean my head on her's and hear her quiet breathing. I close my eyes and fall asleep.

"Olsa, are you alright?" A man clad in armor asks.

"I-I'm fine..." She shivers holding onto a scrap of clothing, is that mine?

"Olsa, it's not your fault. Its that Cichol." I realize the man is Craig.

"But, he'd never, he was...oh goddess!" Olsa hugs the scrap of clothing and cries. What is going on?

"He brought it upon himself, now every paladin will be after him, including his family." His voice is breaking and he's trying not to cry.

"Aydub was to nice Craig, he was crying out for help...It wasn't his fault." Me?! Oh geeze now all of Emain Macha and every Paladin is going to come after me. Just great! Wait, does that mean my family is going to come after me?

"It's his fault for not destroying it, so he must have thought about turning into a Dark Knight. We have to kill him now." His voice is harsh now, "Someone's here." Craig looks directly at me, am I a ghost or something?

"Aydub, I know you're there now come out." I try to speak but my voice won't work, what's going on here?!

"Come out," Craig pulls out his sword, "I know you're there!" Swinging his sword at me it hits my side and a patch of blood appears on the floor, "He's here in his dreams!"

"C-Craig! Don't huuuuuuurt him!" Olsa cries out as Craig swings at me again hitting my leg. I don't feel anything but I'm losing sight of the dream or vision. I wake up to Hishima shaking me.

Limping back to Elen and Edern's house I think about what happened and why.I walk into the house and attempt to walk into the room I was giving when Edern stops me, "You're injured, what happened?"

"N-nothing, I just fell over onto some rocks outside of town, not a big deal Edern." I say with an assuring voice, but it failed.

"I want to know Aydub, something is different about you. You're not like the others that come into town." I shrug and close my door locking it. I don't want to deal with him or anyone else right now. After bandaging my cuts and lay down I stare at the ceiling thinking about that weird dream, was I actually there? I close my eyes and when I open them again its dawn. How long have I been running from the paladins? This is to much for me, I should try to run but I'm scared I'll run into someone.

Knock, knock, knock. "Aydub? You alive in there, you've been out for 6 days, hellooooooo????" The door knob turns and Hishima tip toes in, "Oh geeze, you look terrible Aydub! Are you sick?" Putting her hand on my forehead and hers she seems confused.

"I'm fine Hishima, really." I don't know what I look like or why her face was confused and dissapointed.

"We need to talk." Saying that she led me out of my room and to the beach. Hishima pestered me to tell her what was wrong and who I was. I told her I was from Tir Chronaill and that it was all she needed to know. She starred directly at me and slapped me. I hold my face and she punches me in the stomach, "You should be able to tell me Aydub, I would tell you if I had a stupid secret." I lay on the ground and Hishima storms off. You can tell her, you can trust her! Tell her!

"Hishima, I-" My voice it's metallic again like it was at Olsa's. Hishima turns around and stares at me horrified. My body is on fire and I can hardly breathe, "I-I need help Hishima..." The pain increases and I bend back and yell. I hear Hishima's scream and her foot steps running off.

"Hishima! Come back!" I call out in my, well used to be, voice. She turns around and she wants to run, I know it. "I don't know Aydub, I want to help but..." Her voice trails off and she starts crying. I walk over and put my hand on her shoulder, it isn't a soft human hand its that hand of a Dark Knight. I can tell she's scared but she isn't running, "Why don't you run? Aren't you scared by this?" A faint smile flickers across her face. Taking my hand in hers she rubs her cheek on it, "I'm scared that's for sure, but I know that you're a kind person Aydub." I kneel down and hug her. I let her go and walk over to the water to see my reflection. I don't look like the traditional Dark Knight, I look more like the Black Knights. Black Knights are a "promotion" of a Dark Knight, they are like the knights that protect a king or queen. Now I know what Hishima saw, I know that she's scared...

Hishima and I sit down on the beach while I am still transformed. Leaning against me occasionally and hugging me she drifts in and out of sleep. When the sun finally starts to go down I feel tired, more so than I ever have before. I hold my head and watch everything go black. I hear Hishima half whispering half talking, "Aydub? Aydub?! Don't pass out! AYDUB!!" I fall onto the soft beach sand and fall asleep. Wake up Aydub! Wake up you goof! "H-Hishima?" I open my eyes lazily, my voice is hoarse and my throat burns.

"Hishima? Aydub have you been drinking the salt water? Its Elen." I stare up at Elen's blonde hair and teal eyes, "Hishima left a little while ago, I litterally had to drag her out of here just to let you get some rest." I look down, I feel exactly the way I had when I woke up after I ran from Craig and Olsa. I tell Elen I don't feel like talking to anyone and she leaves. Now someone knows what I am, I don't know whether to trust Hishima or run for my life again. I hope that everything turns out alright, this is starting to become a living Hell for me...