Hello, people. So, here it is, chapter 10. I have a feeling that this chapter is kind of short but I am pretty content with it. I hope you guys like the chapter. ^_^ This is going to be very quick so let me go ahead and get through the disclaimer crap.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fire Emblem, characters, concept, ect. I own my OC, Luna (and a bit Mark).

Chapter 10:

I wake up early in the morning from my nightmare. I don't know how many times I have had that nightmare in a row now. I'm wondering if it's because of this place. I don't know but I don't like my nightmare. I always wake up at the part where a wyvern is right in my face and he opens his mouth as if to eat me. It was in my burning village and I was a little girl. For some reason I couldn't find my brother in my nightmares.

Sitting up I rub my forehead trying to calm myself. I stand up and look around the tent. Fiora and Florina are still fast asleep. Quietly I step out of the tent. It's foggy and the ground is damp. Everything has an eerie feeling to it. I hope someone else is up. I don't like being by myself.

As I keep walking through the camp I hear voices. Feeling relieved, I walk towards the voices. Soon I come across a set of wood on fire with Lady Lyn, Mark, and Lord Eliwood sitting around it. I sit next to my brother. He looks at me surprised.

"Good morning." Lady Lyn greets.

"Morning." I return.

"You are never up this early." Mark asks. "You alright?"

I look at him nodding. "I'm fine."

He places his hand on my forehead. "You're so pale."

I move his hand away. "I'm not sick or anything."

Lord Eliwood asks, "Is something bothering you?"

I pause. "I had this dream. It's not important, though."

Mark was going to open his mouth when Lord Hector shows up grumbling and sitting down by Lord Eliwood. He rubs his eyes annoyingly.

"Looks like we have another surprise early riser." Lady Lyn says laughing.

Lord Hector glares at her making us laugh.

Mark whispers in my ear, "We'll talk later."

All I can do is nod. I'm not looking forward to the talk. I hope he forgets about it. Knowing him, though, he won't.

(Later)

It's now afternoon and the group has been moving at a good pace. Matthew looks better than he did yesterday. With all that crying we went to bed early. Even Guy looked exhausted. I can't wait to leave the island. Once we leave I think everything will start to look brighter for everyone.

Finally, the three lords find what they were looking for.

"A great, rotted tree…" Lord Eliwood says. "This would appear to be the place of which Uhai spoke."

"So if we move west from here, we'll reach the Dragon's Gate, right?" Lady Lyn asks.

"OK, let's go!" Lord Hector exclaims.

Those two walk ahead while Lord Eliwood stays behind. He must be troubled so I decide to leave him be. Plus, I see Marcus riding up to him right now. I'm sure he will be able to help the lord out.

That's when Mark pulls on my arm making me stop. "Are we going to talk or not?" he asks.

I remove my arm from his grasp. "What is there to talk about?"

He glares at me. "I'm worried about you."

"There is nothing for you to worry about." I retort.

"You said you had a dream." I flinch. "What was it?"

"Is it that important?" I ask.

"I want to know what's bothering you. Let me help."

I shut my eyes tightly. "It's… from when we were little."

I look at him nervously. His eyes are wide. "You don't mean…"

I nod. "Those wyvern riders…" I start shaking. "They terrify me." I clench my hands into fists.

My brother opens his mouth.

"Eh?" I hear Marcus asks a bit loudly. "Something is happening ahead."

I look to where Marcus attention was at to see Lord Hector and Lady Lyn up ahead. It looks like they are arguing.

"It's Hector. Let's go!" Lord Eliwood exclaims.

Marcus, Lord Eliwood, Mark and I rush up to see what the problem is. They are basically yelling at each other. This can't be good at all.

"Stop yelling at me!" Lady Lyn yells. "It's because of that clattering armor you're wearing! I'm just saying we have to move cautiously. Nothing more!"

"I know!" Lord Hector yells back. "And I'm saying that I'm doing my best!"

"Quiet, both of you!" Lord Eliwood yells at the both of them. "Armor or no, if you two keep shouting like that, every enemy from here to Pherae itself will hear us!"

Everyone's eyes grow wide as it becomes dead silent. I place my hand on my chest. His yelling kind of scared me. But, then again, Lord Hector and Lady Lyn were worrying me. I'm telling you, it's the island. It makes everyone feel so tense; including me.

"Ah…" Lady Lyn says.

"Sorry." Lord Hector apologizes.

Lord Eliwood takes a deep breath. "We must proceed with caution. I can't believe Uhai was the only Black Fang in these woods."

Everyone calms down a bit. I look to see Ninian is walking over towards us. She stands by close to Lord Eliwood. He glances down at her with concern in his eyes.

"Ninian? Are you all right?" he asks.

She stays silent when suddenly her eyes grow wide. "Beware! …The enemy comes!"

"Enemy?"

A shaman suddenly appears out of nowhere making me jump back. My back hits armor making me jumpy. I turn around to see that it is only Lord Hector.

"Sorry." I apologize.

He shakes his head.

"Eliwood of Pherae!" the shaman exclaims. I look at him. "Prepare yourself!"

And just as quickly as he appeared the shaman vanishes. I feel someone grab my arm so I look to see its Lady Lyn.

"Are you alright?" she asks.

I nod.

Lord Eliwood turns toward us. "We won't reach the Dragon's Gate if we stay on the defensive."

Mark nods. "We need to attack the ruins."

Mark does his usual planning. I re-string my bow when Guy runs up to me. I notice something… different about him. That's when I see it. On his outfit was a Hero Crest. I stare at him amazed as I see a wide grin on his face.

"Luna! I got promoted!" he exclaims.

I smile shaking my head. "That is… amazing!" I exclaim. He nods now standing in front of me. "What's it feel like?"

He places a hand on the Hero Crest. "It feels like… I'm stronger. Like I really deserve to wear this."

"I'm sure you do if Mark promoted you." I comment. "He doesn't take this stuff lightly."

Guy's smile widens. "I'm going to make sure I prove him right."

I laugh slightly. "I hope you do."

He runs off in another direction. He is probably going to tell the others. I wonder if Matthew has heard yet. If he hasn't yet, he will soon. He has a way of learning new information. I sigh remembering the fact that he stole my bag.

"Luna." Mark calls. I turn towards him. "I need you to move forward with the others."

I nod. I run forward. I notice that by Merlinus' tent are Kent and Fiora. Florina is at the mountain close by the tent.

I continue moving forward to see the others are already fighting. I mage spots me and moves to attack me. I barely miss his fire attack. Even though it nearly misses me I can still feel the heat of it near my skin. I quickly pull out my arrow and shoot. Through the chest it goes bringing him to the ground. That was scary.

Without warning I feel a lightning bolt strike me.

"Ah!" I call out.

I fall on my knees in pain. My skin feels burnt and I can see a bit of smoke around me. Where did it come from? It's a clear blue sky out! Was that a magic spell? I don't see any enemies nearby.

"Luna!" someone calls running over.

I look up to see its Guy. He takes off my bow and quiver then picks me up.

"Ah!" I say in pain.

He looks down at me. "S-Sorry." He stutters. He starts walking. "You are heavier than you look."

I stick my tongue out at him. That's when Lucius runs over along with Raven.

"What happened?" Lucius asked.

"I don't know." Guy says. "I just saw her in pain."

"Lightning." I mutter.

Lucius' eyes grow wide. "Oh no… The enemy must have a far ranged spell."

Raven takes me from Guy and holds me bridal style. My skin still feels tingly and in pain so I clench my teeth together. Guy picks up my stuff. Raven quickly walks holding me as gently as possible. We soon reach Priscilla who is sitting on her horse.

"Oh my!" Priscilla exclaims looking me over.

"Can you heal her?" Guy asks.

She looks at him nodding. Do I see a blush on her face? I look over at Guy to see him blushing, too. I should ask him about it later. I feel the warm glow of the staff's magic working on my damaged skin. The tingling pain goes away slowly. My lack of energy, however, stays the same.

"Are you alright?" Priscilla asks.

I nod looking at her. My eyelids are starting to feel really heavy. Raven places me on the ground. I slightly lose my balance but Lucius is right there to help me.

"Maybe you should stay near us." He suggests. "You still don't look so good."

I nod sluggishly. Guy hands me my weapon and quiver back and I smile at him nodding. Too weak to talk. We keep moving ahead. Knights were heading in our direction. I spot Marcus and Sain fighting them off. Raven runs ahead helping the two out.

A shaman runs in my direction. I'm about to pull out an arrow when Lucius quickly attacks using his light magic. I smile at him appreciatively. I need a little more time before I am actually able to attack. I will if I have to, though.

Raven returns to our side. The three of us move forward. Things were going well when suddenly I feel something change in the air. It was a subtle change, but I definitely felt it. Lucius stopped in his tracks looking at his hands.

"What's wrong?" Raven asks.

"I… I don't think I can use my magic." He says. He reads from his tomb but nothing happens. His eyes grow wide along with mine. "What's going on?"

I look around at the enemy magic users. They seem confused as well. It looks like it's not their doing, either. I look back at where we came from. Two magic users were fighting using their magic just fine. So there is a limit to how far this strange barrier can reach.

"We are going to have to protect you from here." I say to Lucius.

He looks at me worriedly. "Will you be alright to fight?"

I nod. I look at Raven. "He will be my back up, too." He looks to the side making me smile. I look back at Lucius. "Stay close to us, okay?"

He nods. "Let's go."

Raven goes ahead and attacks a defenseless magic user. I aim my arrow at another one running in the direction of the others. I release it and it flies through the air until it makes contact with the back of his head. He falls over without a sound.

Raven and I continue fighting protecting Lucius. I see the Lord Eliwood and Lady Lyn running up towards were the leader is. I believe he is a sage. Looks like he is in trouble since he can't use his magic. Wait… usually there are the three lords together. Where is Lord Hector?

I turn around to Lucius is close. Behind him, though, a knight starts to attack using his lance. I gasp quickly pulling on Lucius arm. The knight misses (thankfully) and I have now pushed Lucius behind me. I pull out my arrow and fire. It simply bounces off of his armor.

"Raven!" Lucius calls.

I look to find him running towards us. The knight goes in for another attack. I have my bow get in the way of the lance. I hear it cracking. Ah, oh… Snap! It is now broken. The tip of the lance is now reaching for my stomach.

Just as I thought I was going to get stabbed Raven is there slicing through the lance making the front half fall to the ground. Raven pivots on his main foot and swings his sword diagonally from shoulder to waist. The armor breaks and blood spills. The man falls back in agonized pain. In a quick few moments he is dead.

Raven turns to us. "Are the both of you okay?" he asks panting.

"W-We're fine now." I say hesitantly. "Thanks."

"Thank you, Raven." Lucius says with a sigh of relief.

Raven nods. I look at my hands were I now hold my broken bow. It has been with me through so much and now it's broken. I don't think I can fix it up. What should I do? I guess I'm going to have to tell Mark.

The three of us make our way to where the others are. It looks like the leader has been dealt with. Everyone is gathering around. I stick with Lucius and Raven. If I pass out, I know they will be able to help me.

For no reason I look to the side. I see four unknown people surrounding a red-robed stranger. The stranger glances at me, smiles, and then disappears into the fortress. The four guards follow the strange person in. Were those his body guards? Who was that person? Whoever it was, I guess it doesn't matter. The strange feeling in the air is gone.

"Is everyone well?" Lord Eliwood asks.

"Yes, somehow." Lord Hector says.

"Eliwood, I'm sorry." Lady Lyn says. "I said things I shouldn't have."

Lord Hector looks at her. "No, I was shouting without thinking. I was wrong. Forgive me."

Lady Lyn glances at him shaking her head. "No, it was my fault. If I hadn't…"

"It's no one's fault." Lord Eliwood cut in. "There's an eerie power here."

Lord Hector asks, "Eerie power?"

"I don't feel it any longer, but…" Lord Eliwood pauses. "It was meant to make us uneasy. Was it connected to that area where magic was nullified?"

I pause and think about it. Maybe it was that strange robed-man I saw that had something to do with it. I wonder why he smiled at me, though. That was something I wasn't expecting.

Lady Lyn breaks through my thoughts. "Now that you mention it, I was so irritable… I couldn't let even the smallest thing go by without complaining. …What could that have been? The Black Fang couldn't use magic either. So it wasn't an ally of theirs…"

Lady Lyn is right. The enemy looked confused when they couldn't use their magic. It's very strange. Well, maybe that man isn't an ally or an enemy. He is just… there. This is all very confusing, indeed.

"Who knows?" Lord Eliwood asks.

"It's gone now, so no sense in worrying about it." Lord Hector says shrugging. "We should concentrate on pushing forward."

"Hmm." Lord Eliwood agrees. "Let's make haste to the Dragon's Gate."

My legs become very wobbly. Now that they are done talking I can rest, right? No more fighting for a while? I lose strength and fall back. Somehow my back doesn't hit the ground. My vision becomes fuzzy as I look up. I can't make out who it is. Feeling defeated by my own weariness, I black out.

So, what did I tell you? Pretty quick and simple, huh? It's sad that Luna's bow broke. :( But, good things will be happening in the next chapter. :D Oh, and if for some reason you haven't noticed I have updated my story RDHS and LOTS of people have checked it out (since I can check out the traffic)! It's amazing, really! XD Anyway, let me thank my faithful reviewers.

Meru-64 (pairings are fun to think about xD)

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Alright, well, that's it. For once I don't have much to say! XD Oh, wait, there is one thing... I got my hair cut! I used to have long hair but, since it's summer, I thought it would be nice to get it short. Plus, change isn't always a bad thing. XD I talked to my friend and she said I could donate my hair to an organization called Locks of Love. So, I went to a salon. They said I have to donate 10 inches! So, 10 in. of my hair is gone and now the length is shorter than shoulder length. *gasp* So... yeah! XD My hair got mailed and I hope they can make a really nice wig out of it. ^_^ So, before I talk on for forever, bye! XD