Epilogue

Like most great changes that societies and empires have seen over the centuries, it had begun with war and blood and death on both sides. Each fighting tooth and nail, so sure that theirs was the side of justice and right.

Some had come to refer to that over the years as the Time of Darkness, so many men and women had littered Gaea that the earth itself seemed to bleed red on its own. Food shortage, famine and disease ran rampant over the land. Spreading like wildfire from one villiage to another, to one kingdom to another.

The Imperial Order played no favorites, either you kneeled and were spared only to live under their iron fist - or you and every man, woman, and child within the stone walls were slaughtered without mercy. After the fall of Freid and Asturia, many countries simply fell in line however.

Fanalia was the only exception, and it was a kingdom whos name had been burnt out of history and out of the minds of the people who knew of it. To speak of the country was treason, and the penalty for it was severe. One was lucky if they didn't bleed to death from haveing their tongue cut out, or from the pain of haveing the Imperiral Crest burnt into their faces. Most perished from the festering wounds, but those who didn't served as a permant reminder of what mentioning the damned kingdom would do.

Fanalia was stamped completely out of existance. Its glorious blue topped, white stone castle demolished. The homes and villiages burned to the ground, and what Fanalian people were found were also killed. If any of the Dragon Kingdom lived, they were wise to stay in hideing and never speak of the heritiage.

The Imperial Order had a secret weapon that rendered Guymelif battles completely useless for the other side as well. And that was the brawn that had backed many a country. None were quiet sure what this weapon was, only that the blast was like thunder without lightning, a concusion in the air that reandered all 'Melifs completely immobile, some even claimed that all other machinary includeing clocks were rendered completely useless!

After all the countries were under the banner of the Order, the Patron Saint Dilandau Albatou began hireing out workers to build a grand capital city in the middle of the Mystic Valley. It was to be his Kingdom, great white marble stone was brought all the way from Asturia and the great mountains where the Nameless Kingdom had once been.

This was not slave labor, every worker was paid a proper and equal amount for their work. Villiages began to spring back up, and the common man that had always been the backbone for every society began to prosper. For the once rich and powerful, life was harder and more humble then it had ever been. Dilandau seemed to delight most in their humilation and torture. Peasents were beneith his notice, and therefore safe.

The Goddess was usually in charge of them, overseeing their work with a soft smile on her face. Her beauty was renowned all over Gaea, always spoken of hand in hand with her great compassion and kindess. That to be in her prescence was to be blessed, for in every way she was the true white light of a Kami.

Still, it was said that their were still whispers of rebellion - by those who remembered what the world once was. That one King remained that could lead them back to freedom, back to what life could be. His name was King Chid, those who followed him were the Abaharaki and they were devouted to makeing life as unpleasent as possible for the Patron Saint.

Dilandau never seemed bothered by those reports, certain that he would stamp them out sooner or later. All good things come to he who waits, and if nothing else, Dilandau had learned the value of patience over the last few years.

Some servents could hardly bear to look at the two, the Emperor and the Goddess. Some thought their romantic liason romantic, many ballads and poems had been composed of it. Others thought it a twisted and macabre mockery of a union, inhuman and grotesque. Most of them were smart enough to keep their mouths shut however, not wanting a trip to Dilandau's Tower of Torture.

At the moment, the all powerful Emperor stood over a balcony, watching the sun set in the distance. He was dressed simply in a pair of black leather pants and boots, a lavender tunic that huged against his lean figure. With his silver hair and perfect alabaster skin, he cut queit the heroic picture against the glorious backdrop. Hitomi, the Goddess of Wings, Seer of Gaea walked gracefully up behind him. The evenening was still warm, though nothing compared to that of Rowan. She wore Rowan attire, the muted swish of silk the only sound between them.

She huged him gently from behind, resting her honey hair up against his back. He reached his hand up slowly, long fingers trailing across hers. He turned slowly, bringing her up infront of him. As always, she was left breathless against his garnet eyes. His seeming to search hers for something, smileing ever so slightly when he'd find it.

There were no declarations, no soft poetic words between them. They didn't need such quaint phrases and embarressing displays. She knew what he felt, without him needing to say it. And he knew how she felt, and that was all that mattered.

His lips came down slowly, a gentle kiss that started slow before kindleing more to the fire that always seemed to brew between them. Her hands were up, running through his hair. A low growl escaped his lips and all at once he grabbed her hard by her behind, pulling her flush agaist his hardness. Hers was a gasp of need and enjoyment, she deepened the kiss, teeth grazing his bottom lip to suck and pull it down, hands clutched in his silver hair to keep him from moveing away. The salty tang of his blood in her mouth from nipping a bit too hard.

He spun her around roughly, sitting her precariously on the edge of the balcony, her hands everywhere along with his. Desperate for skin against skin, to be one and complete once more. They were high off the ground, high enough that any below that saw would seem mere specks in the background, endless forest streached out, the cool wind a tingleing sensation against their overheated flesh.

He took her there, on the balcony feverishly. Intensly. Deep and possessive, needing her to understand with touch what he would never say in words. He didn't have them, and what he had heard others brazenly express repulsed him.

Speant he would lean his head against hers, breath intermingleing, the sun long since set and the twin moons riseing in the backround. Emerald fire mixing with his own, a warmth and unheard of joy bounding between them.

And he knew, that now he really did have everything.

The End


A.n.-Well, what did you all think? A proper ending? I'm still debateing on a sequel, I think I like how this is. I hope you all enjoyed this story, I'm very much in all your debts for all your support on it. This story is very dear to me, and I really didn't want to cheat any of you with a bad ending. So I hope you all liked it, please review - I very much would enjoy your take on it. Thankyou all again so very much, I finished it for you my reviewers. I've gone through, and written a message for all of you, your support was invaluable to me.

PPS. - For those of you who didn't guess incase I was to vauge, the Order's secret weapon against the Guymelifs was an EMP. (Electrice magnetic pulse).

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