Chapter 9: Face of the Enemy
The battle started off rather quickly as Leonard rushed in foolishly, clashing slightly with the soldiers, and attempted to get Cisna back as she was still being held by one of the soldiers, however Belcitane himself stood in front of him and with a small wave of his hand blew Leonard back and onto the ground with a small wind spell.
"Ah, ah, ah…" Belcitane taunted
"Grrrr, damn you…" Leonard said in frustration as he got up helped by Caesar
"You've gotta slow down Leonard," Caesar pleaded
After Leonard's attempt the soldiers that were between the group and Cisna closed the distance between them in order to prevent Leonard's action again.
"Me and Caesar will take the big guy," Leonard started, "the rest of you take on the soldiers."
"Got it!" Yulie replied
"Hmmm, understood," Eldore added
"Be careful though…" Kara warned, "these soldiers are…different from the ones we faced so far…"
"Huh? What do you mean?" Aniya asked
To this question Kara did not answer instead just raised her weapon in preparation for combat.
"Ok…"
Everyone in the group, excluding Caesar and Leonard, started to spread out effectively surrounding Belcitane and his soldiers; seeing this the soldiers moved, with the exception of the soldier holding Cisna herself, to block the group so that is was one on one. With the soldiers out of the way Caesar and Leonard moved to combat Belcitane himself; however he did not seem the least bit worried as he got into his own stance with a staff in hand.
"We will save you this time Cisna!" Leonard declared
Belcitane just laughed at Leonard as though it was a joke
Off to the side Aniya noticed there were three soldiers along with a young man with horns on his head that seemed to only be watching the battle unfold and did not seem to be taking part. The young man however seemed to have his eyes fixed on one person in particular, but before she could see exactly who one of the soldiers took a swipe at her with their sword.
"Whoa!" Aniya said under her breath as she barely blocked the sword in time
Before Aniya could retaliate the soldier took one hand off the weapon they were holding and backhanded her effectively knocking her back and dazing her slightly. Taking advantage of this the soldier moved to attack her again, however, albeit luckily, Aniya was able to dodge the incoming strike and after which took a swipe with her own weapon. However, as Aniya's weapon was large and somewhat hard to control, the strike was slow and the soldier easily dodged the attack and stood back away her, and remained for a short period before starting to speak.
"These are the people that are causing problems for our master?" the soldier commented
"Huh?" Aniya replied puzzled
The soldier moved toward Aniya once again; however the movements were slightly different than before as the soldier zigzagged towards her effectively preventing Aniya from expecting how the attack would come. After getting close enough, surprisingly, the soldier did not attack but rather stopped only a foot away from Aniya herself and stood there.
"What are you doing!?" Aniya asked completely confused
There was no answer to Aniya's question; however the soldier raised one hand and took off their helmet and revealed the face of who she was fighting. Similar to the young man back in Balandor, this soldier was near the same age as she but this time Aniya was facing the same gender.
"A girl?" Aniya said under her breath
Catching her off guard again the female soldier swung her weapon towards Aniya who was barely able to dodge a fatal blow despite the close proximity; however she was nicked in her sword arm causing her to drop her weapon. Weaponless Aniya stood against the female soldier who did not move from the spot where she swung her weapon at Aniya. Looking down at Aniya's weapon the soldier pondered something for a moment then moved one of her feet towards the large blade, and proceeded to kick the weapon in Aniya's direction.
"Why?" Aniya asked completely confused
Again the soldier did not answer but raised one hand and moved one finger in a "come on" motion, effectively taunting Aniya. Picking up her weapon, and somewhat upset at the taunt, Aniya assumed her stance and prepared to do combat again. The female soldier lowered her weapon slightly, confusing Aniya, but seeing an opportunity launched an attack at the woman; however the soldier simply moved out of the way seemingly dodging Aniya's weapon effortlessly. As though toying with her after dodging the soldier placed her weapon on Aniya's shoulder with the point of it at her neck, effectively having her at her mercy; but the soldier did not kill Aniya rather once again struck her with her fist, knocking her back again.
"Grrr…Damn you…" Aniya said angrily
Frustrated at this point Aniya started to swing her weapon at the female soldier, whom dodged her attacks again and again. A short time of this and the soldier seemingly started to grow bored, and after one of her dodges struck Aniya in the shoulder causing her to drop her weapon again, however she did not stop with one attack, rather made several more swipes at the weaponless girl. The attacks the soldier did were not fatal however did cause major pain to Aniya; the slashes caused cuts on both her arms, legs, and several on her torso causing her to fall to the ground and cry in pain; and through all of this the soldier seemed to be smiling.
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"…It was then where my skill was truly apparent…" Aniya said
"So…back then you were almost killed?" Cyrus asked
"Yes…"
"What about everyone else?"
Aniya paused for a moment as she looked around the room at everyone and then started to speak again.
"Leonard and Caesar were handling Belcitane and did not notice me; Yulie was barely holding her own, whereas Eldore and Kara did not seem to have too much of an issue with their opponents…"
"I see…"
"But luckily in my case…"
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The female soldier was slowly walking towards Aniya, who was crawling away very slowly, almost as if savoring the kill to come. After coming within a certain range the woman started to raise her weapon for the killing blow, knowing she could not defend herself anymore Aniya closed her eyes and waited for the deathblow. However the weapon did not strike Aniya, rather she heard the sound of metal on metal and opened her eyes to find that the female soldiers sword was blocked by another. Looking to her side Aniya saw Kara defending her with her own sword, and looking back to where Kara's original opponent was she saw that one dead on the ground.
"Hurry and move!" Kara yelled
"Uh…right!" Aniya replied
Kara then pushed the soldier back several feet and got between Aniya and her opponent.
"Hurry and heal up!" Kara yelled again
Doing as she was told Aniya ran off to the side as Kara and the soldier started to do battle. Using the spell she learned from Eldore Aniya started healing the wounds that were inflicted by her opponent.
"I don't believe it…" Aniya thought to herself, "How weak I am…"
"Aniya!" Yulie called out
"Yulie?" Aniya replied
"Are you okay!?"
"Kinda…" Aniya spoke, and then thought to herself "I would have died if Kara didn't intervene..."
Looking around again Eldore had finished with his opponent and started assisting Yulie with hers, and shortly thereafter finished them off, almost immediately afterward Kara finished off Aniya's opponent, leaving only Belcitane. Taking a short breather and going to back up Leonard and Caesar, who were still battling Belcitane himself, the group, minus Aniya, started to gather.
"Heh, looks like you're all along now baldy!" Caesar said mocking Belcitane
"Oh? Am I now?" Belcitane answered cockily
Looking over to the young man again Aniya noticed that two of the soldiers had left his side and started walking towards Belcitane, Leonard and Caesar. As they were walking they pulled out cards, blue in color, not unlike what the group saw at the desert ruins.
"Look out!" Aniya shouted
As Aniya tried to warn everyone the two soldiers spoke the incantation and in their place after a bright flash of light, were two Gigas.
"Grrr…damn…" Eldore grumbled under his breath
Finally finishing with healing herself Aniya went to grab her weapon in attempt to assist with the two Gigas, however where Leonard was standing she saw another flash of light in his place stood his Knight, thereby leveling the playing field somewhat. Looking again to where the young man was Aniya finally was able to see who exactly he had fixed his eye upon.
"Kara?" Aniya said under her breath as she found out who the man was looking at
Looking back over to the rest of the group Aniya noticed that the battle was not going well for Leonard, even though he was in his Knight form. Unlike the previous times they fought the Gigas these ones seemed more "intelligent" as they surrounded Leonard, timed their attacks with Belcitane's magic, and simply swatted away the rest of the group as if they were flies. Seeing this Aniya slowly started to make her way over to the rest of the group weapon in hand, building up momentum she went into a dead sprint toward one of the Gigas. Raising her weapon so that it was in front of her she plunged the sword into the Gigas' leg causing it to stagger and cry in pain, and seeing this moment Leonard swung at the monster and took off its head.
"Thanks Aniya!" Leonard called out
"Sure, no pro-"
Aniya's words were cut short as she was blasted by a strong wind spell, much stronger than anything she witnessed, causing her to be flung across the room. Looking at Belcitane she noticed that he had his focus on her as he started to chant a spell, and as he chanted her sword, which was still imbedded in the leg of the dead Gigas, started to move and ended up being pointed at her. Staggering to her feet after the attack Aniya was still a little bit sluggish and did not believe she could dodge what was coming, and such was preparing herself, similarly to when she faced the soldier, to die. However as the weapon started toward Aniya Belcitane's concentration was broken by Eldore who cast several spells of his own, and caused the sword to fall and embed itself in the ground slightly.
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"That must have been one hell of a fight," Cyrus commented
"Indeed it was…" Aniya replied, "Back then I was very weak and so I wasn't much help…"
"Actually you were Aniya," Leonard interrupted, "if you hadn't done what you did I don't think we would have survived."
"Oh, you would have…trust me…" Aniya thought to herself
"Baldy was quite the mage though, who would have thunk it?" Caesar commented
"Indeed…" Aniya replied, "come to think of it I didn't thank you back then did I Kara? For saving me I mean."
"Oh…um…I don't think so…" Kara replied, "But it's not needed, I knew you were thankful, I just never gave you the chance back then."
"I am wondering Kara," Cyrus interrupted, "why did that man have his focus on you?"
"Oh, it was because I was supposed to have killed Leonard…" Kara replied slowly, "And up that point I had not succeeded even though I had so many chances…"
Cyrus did not reply
"But that was then…" Aniya added, "This is now…"
"Yeah, so let's continue shall we?" Caesar asked
"Yes…" Aniya replied, "Skipping ahead to after the fall of the second Gigas and Leonard reverted back to his human form…"
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"Looks like you're all alone now baldy!" Caesar said with a smile
Gathering together again the group, except for Aniya, slowly closed in on Belcitane; however before they could get any closer everyone turned their eyes toward the crack in the ceiling as they heard a loud roar and saw a silhouette of a dragon.
"Ah!" Belcitane chuckled, "Time's up!"
The dragon knocked some stone onto the area and barely missed Cisna and Belcitane. Quickly retreating with Cisna Belcitane, along with the soldier still holding her, teleported away, and shortly after a very large "armored" dragon, slightly bigger than the one the group faced in Flandar Trail, landed in the room, landed in the room facing Leonard and the rest.
"Um…this is bad…" Caesar commented
"No kidding!" Yulie replied, "What do we do?"
"She seems to be in a frenzy…" Eldore replied, and then added "There is nothing we can do except face her and try to calm her down."
"I will KILL those who slew my child!" the Dragon spoke
"It…can talk?" Yulie asked
"Yes, although it is using the Knight as a medium to speak…" Eldore replied
"What do you mean?" Leonard asked
"She is known as the 'Dragon Matriarch' …" Eldore replied, "And she is possessed by the Dragon Knight."
"So…the dragon on the trail that we faced…"
"Yes…"
"But we didn't kill that dragon! The Black Knight did!"
"It doesn't matter…it is all the same to her…"
Before anyone could get another word out the dragon started attacking the group, while barely giving anyone time to breath. In the back Aniya couldn't believe what was happening, the fact that they all had to face so much in so little time was draining. Walking up and gathering her weapon yet again Aniya went next to Eldore as everyone was spread out again and he was the closest.
"Any Ideas on how to calm her down Eldore?" Aniya asked, "It doesn't look like we can get close enough to even land a hit…"
"True…and it doesn't look like Leonard will have enough time to summon his knight again…" Eldore replied, "But we have to try our best regardless…"
After his speech Eldore started chanting a spell, and as he did colored orbs, one red and two yellow, started to orbit him. As he finished the spell the orbs started to glow brighter and brighter until it was blinding and they finally disappeared, then Eldore spoke one word.
"Me…te…or…"
After saying the word a massive ball of earth, enveloped by flames, appeared over the dragon herself and fell upon her causing an explosion that staggered her, however as a result Eldore fell to the ground exhausted as the spell seemed to drain him almost completely. Looking to over where the dragon was the spell, while it did stagger her, did not seem to do any damage and it seemed the dragon was looking towards Aniya and Eldore.
"Uh…oh…" Aniya said under her breath
The dragon reared back, seemingly preparing to breath fire at the duo, however as she was about to breath Leonard, in his Knight form again, stood between them and managed to deflect the attack with his shield. After finishing her attack and after Leonard regained his stance the Dragon looked upon the Knight and seemed to regain her senses somewhat as she stopped her rampage and looked at Caesar himself.
"What is she doing?" Yulie asked
"Ugh…" Eldore grunted as he sat up, "It seems…she realizes we are not the enemy…"
"The death of my child made be blind with grief and rage…" the dragon spoke, "I did not realize I was attacking the one I was destined to serve…"
"The one…who is to receive the Dragon's Ark…" Eldore said as he got up helped by Aniya
"You mean…Caesar?" Aniya asked
"Well, what do you know?" Caesar said as he chuckled
"Well…" Belcitane said as he reappeared along with Cisna "That did not quite go as I had planned…"
"You!" Leonard said angrily
"But that's alright…" Belcitane continued ignoring Leonard and pulling out a black card, "I have a Gigas, one that puts your oversized lizard to shame…"
"What?" Eldore said surprised
"Come forth, Sargatanas! Adveni!"
Where Belcitane was standing a bright flash of light erupted from him, much brighter than any of the other Gigas transformations the group witnessed thus far. In his place stood a Gigas that seemed half-man, half-spider, and without missing a beat fired a blast toward the dragon which was easily blocked, however immediately after when the dragon lowered her guard another blast struck her knocking her back several dozen feet. Regaining herself the dragon took one step back with one of her hind legs and seemingly stepped on something as a flash of light erupted from where she stepped.
"No! A trap!" Eldore shouted
As Eldore spoke a very powerful spell surrounded the dragon and seemingly caused a massive amount of pain and caused her to fall to the ground. Running over to her side Caesar tried to comfort her.
"Heh, gotcha!" Belcitane said triumphantly
"Hey! You're going to be alright, hang in there!" Caesar said worriedly
"I…" the dragon started to speak, "I have…kept this power safe…for countless years…waiting to return it to you…"
"Return it to me?"
"Now…that time has come…take it…my child…"
With her words the dragon disappeared in a bright light and ascended to the sky only to return to where Caesar was standing, and into his hand was place the Dragon's Ark which was in the shape of a belt, but had the look of the Dragon Matriarch.
"This is the Dragon's Ark…"
"Use it wisely…" came a voice from the dragon's soul manifesting itself in front of Caesar, "Power such as this can wreak great destruction…but can also be used for good."
With her final words the Dragon Matriarch's soul disappeared.
"You bore your burden well…I'll watch over the Ark now…" Caesar commented as he clutched the Ark to his chest
Almost as if on cue Cisna started to chant once again as she did at the desert ruins, and as she did a purple like light surrounded Caesar, and almost as if he was given insight on the situation Caesar gave a slight nod.
"What did she do!?" Belcitane questioned Caesar
"Hey, baldy!" Caesar shouted, "If you got any last words I suggest you say them!"
"Little brat! You can be the first to die!"
With his words Belcitane swung at Caesar angrily but Caesar dodge without much effort
"Too slow baldy! Now it's my turn!"
With Caesar's declaration he focused his mind into the Ark and seemingly threw it in front of him, however it did not fall, rather the Ark itself encircled him as he spoke an incantation:
O, Larvayne vermillion drake...
Leveler of Ancient Lands…Grant me your power!
…VERTO!
As Caesar finished the Ark surrounded his waist and the "teeth" of the Ark clamped down and connected the belt together. As it did a purple light, similar to when Cisna did her chanting, surrounded Caesar and shortly afterward he disappeared and in his place stood the Dragon Knight in its full glory wielding a spear.
"Him? …Why him?" Kara said to herself
"Hmmm?" Aniya replied as she heard, albeit barely, Kara's words
"Wow…Caesar…" Yulie said in awe
"Now, bring it on!" Caesar said taunting Belcitane
Belcitane growled as he charged toward Caesar, missing him completely on the first swing with his fists. Off to the side the rest of the group moved off to the side in order to stay out of the way and heal wounds. Back to the fight Belcitane could not land a single hit on Caesar in his Dragon Knight Form.
"Heh, too slow big guy!"
"Grrrr, damn you!" Belcitane said in anger
Finally going on the offensive Caesar tripped one of Belcitane's legs causing him to fall, despite having six legs in his Gigas form; however this caused Caesar to be somewhat careless and was struck by Belcitane's tale knocking him down. Grinning with excitement Belcitane took the chance and rushed at Caesar after getting up himself, however this appeared to be nothing but a ploy as Caesar jumped up and took to the sky much to everyone's surprise. After a few seconds the weapon in Caesar's hand started to glow and after a short pause threw it at Belcitane and as it got closer split into several and pierced several parts of his body causing him to cry in pain.
"Whoa!" Yulie said in awe
"Incredible…" Eldore added
"How's that baldy?" Caesar said as he returned to the ground and returned his weapon to his hand
"I…I…I will KILL you!" Belcitane yelled in anger
"Sorry, but the only one here that will die…is YOU!" Caesar yelled as he rushed at Belcitane
Seemingly surprised and still hurting from the previous attack Belcitane was unable to move and subsequently received several blows from Caesar's weapon. As a result of the blows Belcitane reverted back to his human form severely drained, and Caesar returned to his own form.
"B-But..how?" Belcitane said still in pain
"Because I busted your ass that's how," Caesar said in reply
"Bah!" Belcitane growled as he got up and readied his weapon
Just before Belcitane could chant a spell a spear made of energy pierced his chest, while the group look on in surprise and horror.
"A shameful performance…" the young man finally spoke
"My Lord Shapur…why?" Belcitane asked in disbelief, "You would defy our master's orders?"
"Quite the contrary…I serve them," the young man, now revealed to be Shapur, replied "You have failed our master for the last time…"
"What? B-but Lord Shapur!"
Shapur did not speak rather he turned around and started to cast a spell as the spear that had struck Belcitane finally consumed him, reducing him to ashes.
"L-Leonard!" Cisna cried out
"No! You won't get away this time!" Leonard yelled as he charged towards Shapur
However the young man did not turn around completely rather turned his head and smiled at Leonard rather mockingly. Just before Leonard could reach them Shapur, along with Cisna, disappeared and an airship, that was out of sight up this point, departed the cavern.
"No!" Leonard said angrily as he fell to his knees and struck the ground with his fist
Trying to comfort him Yulie went to his side and knelt beside him.
"Dammit…that makes two times we have failed…" Eldore commented
"This power…" Caesar started to comment, "This is what that group is after? I can see now why they want it…"
"Be careful, don't be consumed by it…" Eldore spoke to Caesar
"Consumed?"
Seeing no options at this point the group, after regaining themselves, returned to Greede and to Count Drisdall's manor. Upon entry the house steward ran up to Caesar and grabbed him at the shoulders, this act however caused Caesar to shudder slightly, and afterward the steward informed Caesar of his father.
"What's going on?" Aniya asked
"Hmmm, let's go into the guest room and wait for Caesar," Eldore ordered
"Alright…"
"Please follow me…" the steward ordered
Following the steward the group, minus Caesar, was led to the guest room where they stayed before and finally having a chance to talk normally Aniya went up to Kara.
"Hey Kara?" Aniya started
"Yes?" Kara replied as she turned her head to Aniya
"I just wanted to say tha-"
"Now we are even…" Kara said interrupting her
"Huh?"
"You saved me, and then I saved you."
"Uh…right…"
Afterward Aniya put a small distance between herself and Kara as she felt some sort of animosity coming from her. After a short wait Caesar came into the room with some tears in his eyes and informed the group of his father's passing. After calming down somewhat Caesar also mentioned that he has a lead on where to go next when it came to the Knights: a man named Medius who lived in Balandor.
"We should be going then…" Eldore commanded
"Yeah, no telling if the enemy already knows about Medius or if they even already have him." Leonard added agreeing
"Slow down guys!" Caesar said interrupting the momentum, "We just went through hell, don't you think you should rest a bit first?"
"No, because we need to rescue Cisna a quickly as possible!" Leonard replied angrily
"Calm down Leonard…" Yulie said trying to lower the anger in the room, "Besides we don't know where they are or where they took her."
"Hmmm, agreed…" Eldore added, "It seems this Medius may be our only course at the time, as the trail has gone cold…"
"…Fine," Leonard said relenting
"Good, I'll have rooms prepared for you guys just wait here for a bit longer," Caesar said as he walked out of the room
Still somewhat angry Leonard sat down in a huff and waited for Caesar's return.
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"So…a second failure…" Cyrus commented
"Yes, we weren't prepared…" Eldore replied
"We fought hard, but it still wasn't enough…" Yulie also added
"So what was that spell you used Eldore?" Cyrus asked, "The one that drained you?"
"'Combination Magic,'" Eldore replied, "similar to, but much stronger, than the one Aniya used on her legs here."
"I see…"
"Very costly as well…" Aniya added, "It can drain your stamina as it takes a lot of concentration."
"You used such a spell against Madoras too didn't you Aniya?" Kara asked
"Yes…one of the forbidden ones…"
"Forbidden?" Cyrus asked
"There are four 'forbidden' spells," Eldore started to explain, "each one requires your life energy to cast."
"Uh…" Cyrus replied shocked
"But enough of that, it is getting somewhat late," Kara added
"Indeed, we should continue this in the morning," Eldore said in agreement
"Yes…" Aniya started, "But Yulie, Leonard can you stay for a little bit longer?"
"Um, sure…" Yulie replied
"Yeah…" Leonard replied also in agreement
With that everyone except for Yulie and Leonard left the room and after the door closed Aniya started to speak again.
"Now-" Aniya started
"I know what you are going to say Aniya," Yulie interrupted, "about what happened that evening between Leonard and me."
Aniya merely chuckled at this as she began to speak again
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~That Evening~
Aniya was walking around the manor contemplating the previous battle as well as her weaknesses. After a short while she came across one of the many balconies overlooking the city of Greede itself and heard the voices of Leonard and Yulie. Putting her back to the wall nearest the entrance in order to stay in the shadows she listened to the two talk.
"…I've never missed anyone the way I miss her…" Leonard spoke
"No one?" Yulie replied then chuckled, "Not even me?"
"But I see you all the time."
"Really? 'Cause it seems like you kinda don't…"
"Don't be silly…" Leonard paused, and then added, "You know, when I was younger I met her before?"
"You did?"
"Yeah…she was smiling a lot then, but when we saw her at the ball she seemed so sad…"
"I see…"
"I'll never forget it…" Leonard paused again, "I just wanted to do something about it, you know?"
"Must be nice…to be a princess…" Yulie replied solemnly as she put her head down
"I'm sorry I know I must sound weird…"
"Whatever…you've always been weird…" Yulie said as she got back to her normal self, and then added "How about we get back to sleep huh? It is pretty late."
"Yeah…sounds good…"
Yulie started walking away only to turn around one last time to look at Leonard who was still looking over the City of Greede. Continuing to walk out of the area, and as she turned to go up a set of stairs, Aniya saw that Yulie had some tears in her eyes.
"Oh…Yulie…" Aniya said under her breath
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"I didn't want everyone else to hear this," Aniya commented, "not after what I had said before when we had first entered the desert."
"Yeah, that was kind of embarrassing…" Yulie replied
Aniya looked at Leonard who was looking at the ground with a guilty look upon his face
"Oh, well I just wanted to say this without everyone else here…a time will come later I suppose…"
"Yeah, just not yet…" Leonard finally replied
"Huh?" Yulie questioned, "A time for what?"
Aniya and Leonard looked at Yulie at the same time, and silently she knew what they were talking about.
"We'll see you in the morning Aniya," Leonard said as he started to walk away
"Yeah, see you bright and early!" Yulie said agreeing as she followed Leonard
Aniya waved as the two left the room, and after they closed the door she lifted her legs back onto the bed and prepared to go sleep. A short time later, after she blew out the candle that illuminated the room, she closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
~Later that Night~
After being asleep for several hours the Ark that had been resting on the nightstand nearest Aniya started to glow eerily. Aniya had opened her eyes but found herself in the same area that Eldore had found her before when he rescued her. The only difference is that Aniya was standing up without the "braces" that she had put on herself to help her walk.
"This place?" Aniya said to herself, "Why?"
"It is almost time…" came a disembodied voice
Looking around for where the voice came from she noticed a silhouetted figure off into the distance and walked toward it. As she got closer she slowly came to the realization of who it was.
"Dels?"
"Ah…so you are here…" Dels replied
"Why are you here?"
Dels did not reply, he however started to chuckle until it turned into laughter
"What's so funny?"
After her question Dels stopped laughing and turned serious
"You stopped me before…" Dels finally answered
"What are you-"
"But you will not do so again!" Dels continued interrupting her although somewhat angrier
"Dels please tell me what is going on?" Aniya said pleadingly, "What are you talking about?"
Dels started laughing again and with a bright flash of light Madoras' Knight appeared in front of her.
"No! We defeated you!"
There was no reply as the Knight raised its weapon and brought it down on Aniya's head, and just before she was struck by the weapon she woke up in a scream and in a cold sweat. A maid who was by her side fell backwards onto the floor as she was completely shocked at how Aniya woke up. Looking around and realizing it was morning Aniya calmed down slightly but was still worried at the dream she had.
"It can't be…" Aniya said to herself
"Miss Aniya?" the maid asked as she got up, "Is something wrong? Do you need me to get the doctor?"
"No, I'm fine…" Aniya said aloud, and then thought to herself "At least I think so…"
Looking over at the Ark Aniya noticed that it was faintly glowing still.
A/N: I do apologize for the long wait between chapters for those that are waiting patiently for each one. Real life sucks. But anyways please be sure to give a review be it bad or good so that I know what needs improving. All are welcome.