Sound Effects of Love

Disclaimer: I don't own Dragon Knights… whatever.

(A/N: This chapter is only Cesia's memory of the day of Birezze's promise. Sorry if it's short. There will be not action of the current events in the story… only of the past.)

Chapter 10: Sacred Memories

"Happy Birthday, Princess Cesia!" everyone cried. It was the day of Cesia's sixth birthday. Cesia had just blown out the candles. Everyone was having cake and giving Cesia her birthday gifts.

Only, Cesia wasn't happy. It wasn't that there were little gifts, or that the cake was chocolate instead of vanilla. She wasn't the type of person to care about those things. It was that there was someone missing… someone to share this day with her.

The party ended and Cesia took a walk to the boulders near the edge of the pond in the castle grounds. She was wondering why he hadn't come. Why hadn't he gone like he said he would've?

She kept thinking about this when a voice spoke next to her ear, "Happy Birthday, Princess." She turned to face the gray eyed boy with a smile. "Birreze!" she cried.

"Hi, Cesia," Birreze said as he took a seat on a boulder next to Cesia. "I'm sorry I didn't go to your party…" he began. "It's ok she said, it was boring anyway…" And she filled him in on all the boring details of the boring party. Even the part about the boring cake being boring chocolate instead of the exciting vanilla she liked. Finally, when she finished, Birezze just smiled and handed her a crystal clear crystal orb.

"Here," he said, "This is you birthday gift." "Wow! It's so pretty! Does it do anything? Oh, I wanna put it in my room!"

Birezze just laughed, the smile on his face warm, a happy twinkle in his eye. "Yeah, if you put it up to the sun or the moon, a rainbow appears from the orb. Try it!"

So Cesia raised the orb up towards the sun. Just as Birezze had said, a rainbow seemed to flow right out of the orb. "Oh! Wow! It's so pretty! Thanks, Birezze!" Birezze only smiled back, the smile holding the innocence of a child.

"Hey," Cesia said, "You wanna go for a walk? The boulders hurt…" "Ok." The two of them walked toward the edges of the castle grounds. Finally, Birezze broke the silence.

"I went into town today to get your present…" he said. Cesia turned toward him, "You shouldn't go into town. Your parents wouldn't have liked for you to go."

"Who cares," he said, "They're dead anyway."

"You shouldn't talk about them like that… It's not nice."

"Like I care. They weren't nice to me either."

Cesia stayed quiet. It was true; Birezze's abusive parents always hit him and hurt him emotionally. They were never nice to him. They called him a mistake; a sin against their wishes…

"Anyway," Birezze said, leaving the subject, "I went into town today, right?"

"Right."

"And while I was there, some guy came up to me and asked me about myself and everything. He asked me about the Holy Lands and my life here. I told him, right?"

"Right… but you shouldn't talk to strangers, let alone about the Lands. The Elders would be really mad if they found out…"

"Don't worry. Anyway, so I told him and he said that if I wanted, I could go live with him. He promised me a better life and everything. He said he would give me anything I wanted too. He said that he would treat me just like if I were his son. You know, he had a son once. He said I looked just like him. But he died from an attack and the man misses him. He said he'd treat me like he did his son."

"What'd you say?" asked Cesia. She was starting to get worried. She didn't trust this man and didn't want Birezze to leave…

"I said yes… And I leave today…"

"You leave today!" tears started to well up in Cesia's eyes. She tried to push them down.

"I'll keep in touch! Sure I will!"

"Ok," she said. It was all she could say. She felt a huge knot in her throat, only to get bigger.

"Hey," Birezze said. Cesia looked up at him. "Were gonna be best friends forever, right?"

"Yeah…" Cesia said.

"Even when we grow up, right? Like when we get a tall as Damien and Lucile?"

"You mean when we're teenagers?"

"Yeah. We'll still be best friends, right? And even when we get as old as the Elders, right?"

"Yeah…"

"I'll come back. When I get older and can go out and live on my own like Damien, I'll come back, ok?"

"Ok…"

"I have to go now, Cesia." They had stopped at the forest that separates the Lands from the town. A path was already made to lead the way. They were in front of the path. "Bye, Cesia…"

"Bye…"

"Happy Birthday…" Birezze said as he turned towards the path. Cesia stayed there looking at his back, the tears starting to flow. Once he was about seven yards away, she whispered to herself, "More like sad birthday…"

Cesia started to wipe her eyes when Birezze turned, "I'll come back for you!" he yelled from where he was standing. "I'll come back for you, Cesia, and we can be best friends again. We can live better than we are now. I'll come back for you!" he yelled one last time, "I promise, Cesia, I'll come back for you!"

Cesia only nodded. As Birezze turned and began to walk again, a single tear rolled down Cesia's cheek.

"I'll wait," she said.

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/end flashback chapter 10

Aww, that totally sucks. I was crying towards the end of this chapter. Man, I still have a few tears and a knot in my throat. I hope you enjoyed it, 'cause I did. Don't forget to review…. I'm going to go cry now….