A/N: Hey everyone! It's me AeonLegacy, sorry for the slow updates but now it seems that I have time to pick up where I left off. Anyways sorry if the story seems off especially with Mel, the way she seems to be losing her memory is like she is going insane. But is she truly becoming mad or is it just one step closer to becoming or discovering something much more greater than it seems? Who knows but secrets will be revealed in later chapters: For now, Godere Amico's! (I think this is Italian for enjoy (my) friends. Sorry if not accurate.)


Mel's POV:

The world seemed to have slowed down while fighting the Ushumgal Subjugator, blood and sparks flew in the air and landed elsewhere. The faint sounds of metal clashing against metal barely reached me as I leaned against the wall near the stairs Snow and Hope used as I tried casting cure or a strong enough curaja to stop the blood from flowing from my right shoulder down my entire arm that my vision wavered from blood loss. I looked through my faltering gaze to see Hope, Fang and Lightning still fighting the Subjugator but Hope was kneeling and breathing hard from the long fight that Fang had to remain in her sentinel role to fend off the attacks until he could heal himself and his two other companions while I sit here useless and bleeding out so much it's pathetic. Under the still descending sun the machine stands tall and menacingly unharmed, Fang seems to be getting annoyed standing there getting hit without so much as striking back just as much as Lightning is becoming infuriated by now as much as the Huntress that this fight is just dragging on. And Hope isn't doing so hot either, this is way too much for him to bear at least it's safe to say that he has gotten better since he still stands even with those attacks hurting him more than the other two.

"Damn it! For the love of Lady Luck or whatever! This thing is frigging annoying! But no matter what we had done its not going down." I say to myself with anger rising inside of me.

Bzzt! Bzzt! Bzzt!

My arm begins to crackle and burst with life but there is not much I can do, even if it gives me strength or energy to rejoin the fight I doubt that it will do much in my current state, I lost too much blood and my breathing is ragged and laborious it won't let me stand up right.

"TAKE THIS YOU BASTARD!" Fang shouts as she leapt into the air once the machine stood idly by and struck down on the head the metal groaned from the force, while still in mid air she kept hitting the head until gravity pulled her back down forcing her to strke at the other less focused points. Once on the ground she disconnected her lance into a three part pole using the sharp end to dig itself into one of the pinchers and the other end into the belly of the beast. Whatever she planned on doing was interrupted as the mecha charged her head on, slamming into her and sent her flying my way. As if my gaze was glued onto her I saw Fang get sent flying into the wall beside me but just a foot away. The wall crumbled and dust swirled around the spot that got destroyed, as the dust slowly cleared I could see the huntress's legs sticking out of the gap but they looked like they were twitching, out of pain or trying to get back into the fight it was so hard to tell.

"F-Fang!" I cried out to her and all I hear is pained grunting but rubble starts moving then I can see her sitting upright with her hands holding the sides of the wall as support to bring herself upwards. She clicked her teeth in annoyance and I spotted a small trail of blood flow from the corner of her mouth, her arms up to her forearm and biceps are covered in cuts and bruises and her clothing is somewhat torn. She spits out blood and growls in a low tone,

"This thing doesn't know when to die yet yea? Great, I lost my Lance now what do I do? Got any ideas Kid?" She asks me once she turned her head to the side. I shook my head at her and she lets out a pained chuckle. I look at the scene then I hear her voice again but this time much fainter.

"Light and the other Kid won't stand a chance, I gotta go back and help." Fang says and she stands to her feet, taking a few steps she drops to her knees and grunts again. Now that I notice Hope skidded across the cement floor, blood slides with him and his clothing is slowly ripping apart. Once he stops skidding he doesn't move again.

"Hope...!" I say urgently but my voice is cracked, hoarse and dry it can barely be heard from above a whisper. My heart is hurting so much that so much pain and blood is spilling around me but now all I see is Lightning standing before the enemy with the white knight Odin beside her it its first form, Ullrs shield in one hand and Zantetsuken in the other by now Light and her Eidolon is too weak to continue but still they clash against the Armies enemy defiantly.

"Odin!" I hear Light shout and then rose petals swirl independently around the master and servant as Odin begins to transform into its gesalt mode as the white and golden stallion with Lightning sitting upon its back wielding Zantetsuken in her nimble and small hands compared to the twin swords hilts.

'Lightning Strike! Then Razor Gale. Thunderfall and Zantetsuken the attack itself her spinning in mid air striking the enemy with her blades swirling around her and nimbly landing on the ground unharmed but even her movements look shaken and blood appear here and there and it seems even her uniform it becoming tattered. But like Fang said before we need to end this fight before the army actually gets here!' I try once more to stand and to aid my companions but my cure spell ended so long ago I forgot about it but what amazed me was my arm it still crackled with life but it made me wonder why?

'This power is beyond any mortals wild imaginations, that is what Lady Etro told me what felt like was a long time ago. I wonder if this power could increase my reflexes, grant me strength and inhumane speed then can it affect others like it would me? Could it heal others too? Goddess Etro who watches over time and history and guides the fallen to their death, is this power not only a tool of war but a power to save the wounded?' I had thought to myself and the light from my arm brightens so much it has caught Fangs attention.

"What the-?! What's up with your arm? I mean I thought those were only scars!?" She cries in surprise as she sort of backs away from me but then flinches in pain again with the small trickle of blood flowing from the corner of her mouth. Then it hit me, the Huntress is closer so why not try. Besides she's too stubborn to die too.

"Fang? Do me a favor, and stay right there." I say to her as loudly as I could while pointing my palm at her. She looks surprised and raises her voice.

"What are you doing? Strike the enemy not me!" She says with what seems like betrayal in her jade eyes .

"I'm sorry, I won't know for sure what will happen but if you trust me then we can end this fight." I say to her trying to get her to believe me but the fire grows brighter in her eyes.

"Would you trust me if Vanille did? Because if she wanted this to stop so she wouldn't see any of her friends get hurt she'd do anything right? And who would know that, other than herself, than her best friend? Please Fang... If not for your comrades then do it for Vanille, please?" I implore her to trust me but once I said Vanilles name her fire died and replaced it with something else.

"Fine, for Nille. But if I die because I trusted you I'll come back to kill you then ill kick your arse for the rest of eternity got it?!" She says and I see that smirk on her face. I nod and stare into her eyes. In seconds lightning shoots from my palm and strikes Fang almost like I was struck only it hits her abdomens and she screams in pain but clenches her teeth to keep it inside. Soon the blue white glow begins to turn into the same white green color of a cure related spell and the screams end. Fang begins to relax and her cuts, bruises, blood all disappear before my eyes even her clothes are repaired. Once the ray I shot at her stops and retreats back into my arm she stands to her feet, eyes closed, inhales and exhales, then opens her eyes. They look renewed and full of energy.

"Wow! I feel stronger already. Why didn't you use that trick before?" She says with energy in her voice.

"I didn't think I could use my power to heal before up until now." I say in return.

"Whatever I believe ya and I trust ya! Go help the kid while I help Light she needs it!" That's all I heard once she ran toward the mecha that looks like its slowing down more and looks more damaged. I nod and turn to Hope who looks terribly pale even from the distance put between us. I aimed my arm at him and the same light hits hit body, it lifts him off of the ground and same as Fang heals his wounds, repairs his clothes and grants him new strength to continue on. He appears to be shaking his head like he's shaking away a dream and looks ahead of him and rejoins the fight. Fang and Hope join the fight now the only one I need to heal is SOLDIER. I aim at her but there is no clear shot she keeps somersaulting and jumping all over the place that I'll miss or heal the enemy by mistake.

"LIGHTNING!" I shout since my voice recovers. Light hears me and turns her head to me, before I could shoot the mecha brings a leg above its head to hit her but Fang interferes by blocking the attack with my buster blade that I lost in the beginning of the fight. With this much time I aim and shoot at the former Sargent, she tries to dodge but gets hit anyway and is renewed too. She looks at me and gapes at me with shock but now healed they strike. Hope casts enthunder to heighten their attacks with thunder based spell into their weapons and both SOLDIER and the huntress jumps into the air: the grabbed each other by the forearm and Light casted a strong aero spell to give them more velocity, they let go and bring their weapons above their heads and in a swift strike slash right through the metal. The battle ended once the machine is still and that was when it fell in two pieces, no explosion whatsoever but still they became triumphant. I used the spell to heal myself but once I used it on my self the light faded. Also I felt this strange tug at my heart and a slight throb in the back of my head, once I stood to my feet the pain grew stronger I was forced to use the wall as support to keep me from falling on my butt again.

"What's going on?" I said weakly to myself, I took a couple of steps and my body feels weaker now than before I healed myself. My head throbs it hurts more than a migraine, my eyes feel like they're tearing up with water flowing down them and not only that my body weighs a thousand pounds the weight pulls me to hit the ground and everything is enveloped in darkness.


Flashback:

The darkness clears and I am standing in a small classroom like the ones young kindergardeners used. Childish drawings hang on clothes lines around the class overhead and children are piling into the class, they are taking their seats in those colorful chairs of red, yellow, orange and blue. Plus there were two adults standing in front of the class; one a young woman about her mid twenties wearing a black silk over shirt, detailed black and white blouse, long black skirt that reached below her knees, dark high heel office like shoes. She had long straight dark brown hair with warm brown eyes and a warm smile on her face.

"Good morning class, today we have a special guest who will be starting kindergarden with all of you. Come, tell us your name please?" The teacher asks nicely.

The man had a small child with him a young girl the age of four with long brown hair tied in a pony tail with big brown scared and shy eyes looking from the teacher up to her dad. Her dad was a very tall and large man with semi long haired bangs that sweeps to the sides of his face, he looked young himself though about his early twenties also. He stood to six feet and one inch wearing a large white tee shirt with the 'Town and Country' logo as 'T&C' on the front of his shirt, dark surf like shorts and slippers with a pouch clipped around his waist. His large fair hand rests itself onto the girls head and she closes her eyes and blushes shyly.

"Come on out, say hi to everyone." The dad says and the girl looks at him with tears forming in her eyes. She lets go of her dads hand and slowly walks beside the teacher, she is seen wearing a pink backpack, a white shirt in blue denim overalls that the pants are like shorts and she has white fox shoes. While averting her gaze from meeting anyone's eyes she said softly,

"M-Mel... My name is Mel W-Winters..." Tears roll down from her eyes and she retreats back to her dad. The teacher smiles and the class applauded for the young girl. But she said her name is Mel Winters, is that girl supposed to be the younger me?

Soon the man leaves and the young girl is left alone, she begins to cry and the teacher shows her to her seat where she wipes her tears away and sits there quietly. Throughout class nobody approached her but there were a few rude boys who went up to her and took her crayons and spilled her juice on her art project she was getting into. She stared at it in horror and remained silent, even when the teacher sent the boys into time out she didn't say anything or do anything she sat there staring in shock that her hard work was ruined beyond repair. And later in the day some other students asked her if she was a boy or girl because even at a young age she had androgynous appearance. I can't be sure to why I am seeing this but is this supposed to be my memories?

By then I heard a slight creaking sound and this memory, like it turned into glass, shatters this memory and replaces it with another memory.


Flashback 2:

This is about fourth grade and young Mel is about nine to ten years old but instead of overalls her clothes are a green tee shirt with a white long sleeve shirt under it, dark blue pants that are rolled up at the ends of the pants and white and black with a bit of green skater sneakers. Young Mel's hair is a bit shorter now but still long enough to be tied back but now she looks like she is more of a boy due to her clothes and the classroom, though fairly bigger, looks like it is decorated for Valentines Day. I looked around the room and spotted a clock, I looked at the younger me to see her looking at the clock as well.

"School will be ending soon huh Mel?" I looked to see a young boy wearing a Giants cap backwards with fair skin, blond hair, grey eyes in a red Nike shirt, black shorts and a goofy smile on his face say to the younger me.

"Yeah, I can't wait to get out of here. I don't like Valentines Day at school, I like celebrating it with my family than classmates..." The younger me says in a tone that is still that of a girl but is trying to mask it with a young boys voice.

The boy has a questionable gaze on his face and chuckles,

"What? How can you hate today? This is the day where you give and receive chocolates, especially by those you like! Besides if I remember correctly you were the only one to get any from all of the girls in class, that's an achievement Mel!"

The younger me stops drawing since the mechanical pencil stopped moving on the paper and looks at the boy beside her straight in the eyes. In a low and serious tone they talked of what she thought was true,

"Brandon look we've been friends since the beginning of first grade and you still don't see me looking at anyone like you and your other friends do? I just want to focus on my school and on sports okay? If I started a relation with someone then I won't be able to become a state champion. And I won't have much time to draw as I like so yeah. You got it?" She stares at those grey eyes but they look hopelessly clueless and confused.

"Besides getting sweets from all of the girl classmates is not an achievement it's a nuisance got it? Besides if I get any stick with me until A-plus then I'll let you have all of my candy." Then those grey eyes flashed with energy.

"Really?! Thanks Mel your the best! Well I'm gonna take my seat, talk to ya after class okay?" Then he leaves and walks across the room to his desk and the younger me resumes drawing.

Now everything is shrouded in white fog but when I can see past it it is the same flashback only the school day has ended and I can see everything in first person perspective like I've become my younger self. Now I'm putting things away in my bag and the class is almost deserted since there are a few girls from this class and another class still lingering around. I stood to my feet with one bag strap slung over my right shoulder and my drawing book my shoes squeaking over the polished white tiled floor and I walk to the exit which happens to be blocked. One girl is standing in front of me fidgeting in place and blushing, she wore pretty much all black almost like those punk outfits but she Thad nice red hair under a black beanie and very unique violet eyes, she's a few inches shorter than me( I'm about five two maybe at this age.) and looks like she has trouble speaking. The other girls wore different clothing from her but they all had unique and pretty feature too: from punk to popular to sporty to whatever almost all the categories of cliques were there but they were all felt like a bothersome bunch and right now they are bothering me.

"Hey Mel.. Sorry to bother you but I was kind of wondering if you could... Uhm..." The red head before me kept looking away and looking at me from time to time and her face got redder every time she looked at me. I exhaled deeply and said to all of the girls in the room with me.

"I am sorry but I do not think I will be able to accept any of your Valentines gift. I doubt I will be able to carry them all anyways. Please do not see me as a mean person or a hurtful jerk but things would just get complicated if you all told me you all have affections for me. Think this over please, do I really look like the type of person you'd all want to chase around campus for a single glance? If you would please excuse me I'm late for A-Plus." Soon I see the girls look shocked and they mechanically moved aside and I walk out the door. A few minutes until I reached a deserted corridor leading to the west exit to the cafeteria I hear rushed footsteps behind me. I stop and turned to see the punk dressed red head girl from before, she looks like she had to run to catch up to me. I look at her with a serious gaze and looked like she appears hurt.

"Do you need anything else? Or do you just like the sound of my voice even when I'm lecturing you? Whatever your purpose is that you have with me I had already explained to you in class things would only get complicated if you told me of you feelings." I told her in the same serious tone. She looks up and hides her pain in vain,

" so what I didn't want to just tell you how I feel but I wanted to know if you could help me with my chemistry homework. And my name is Emily Serenity, but you can call me Lily." She says with her hand in front of her. I look at her hand then I shook it.

"Nice to meet you Lily." We look at each other for a moment then the tension dies down. We stare at each other then a random conversation starts.

Now the memory turns to glass as well like the first memory and darkness takes me back again.


Fangs POV:

'The news continues to say how the big bad L'cie are still terrorizing the town. And it seems there were tons of witnesses that saw their great protectors get attacked by two L'cie. Jeez way to go Snow, let everyone know your here by making a big scene. Could have done it discretely. Oh well, at least we made it to Felix Heights without much trouble after that mechanical weapon that tried to kill us so things were quiet. Only problem was Mel, blacked out after we won the fight. Scared both Hope and oddly Lightning and we just don't know what happened.

"We'll find out once things cool down okay? Don't need to worry alright Fang?" Fang turns around and sees Hope standing near the couch with a glass of water in his hand.

"are you thirsty? Made you some water if you wanted." He says nonchalantly as he holds the cup out. I look at him then the cup and smile.

"Sure, thanks kiddo." I say to him cooly and accept the water. The water tastes refreshing and cool it felt like years since I drank anything.

"So how's everything with yer old man? Make up to him?" I asked out of curiosity.

He looks away from me then looks back.

"Yeah we did, now we are just waiting for Snow to apologize to my dad and explain to him what happened. But Lightnings talking to him right now and she's making sure Mel is fine to. I'm worried that Mel won't wake up either..."

I look at him curiously, he didn't say Mel's gender either. What could the kid be a boy or a girl? Not knowing things bother me so much damn it!

"The army can't rest and whatever that note that fell out of the kids jacket pocket is trying to tell us we can't stay here that long. You know what we have to do once they know where we are right?" I asked him and it doesn't take a mind reader to know what he's thinking about.

"Yeah. Well, I'll see you later. If you need anything ill be in my room, night Fang." With that he leaves. I sat on the couch then I laid out on top of it, it felt really comfortable. I stared at the ceiling for a bit then I reached into my own pack and pulled out that paper that fell out of Mel's pocket. I read the words again and again until I couldn't stand to read it again. I placed it on the table next to me and slowly closed my eyes with my hand around my lance. But even when my eyes are closed I could somewhat see the words in my mind:

"The world will come to an end, the world will end soon. The special two will become the beast, the shield will be called to the otherworld and the interloper will lose everything and be damned beside the chosen champion. The servants lost their role, what will the master do now?"


A/N: oh wow it's late now that I've finished this chapter. This one is longer than normal. Well I hope this chapter was good and it sort of makes up for my absence. As always please leave a comment, review, leave bad/good criticism or whatever you want to leave just leave it if you want. Anyway, until next time Ciao!