Me: Hiya peoples! This chapter will be the first to detail a General while also giving key information about those who have come before! However, the rest shall appear only as the story progresses and/or if the servant/General is a key player in the chapter. Since the previous servants aren't going to be a key anything, you can find their info at the end of the chapter.

Bahamut: Why didn't you make this a A/N?

Me: Because I knew you would interupt and I have something else to say...

Mewtwo: And that is...?

Me: There will be a 'sixth' member to both W.I.T.C.H. AND B.E.A.S.T.!

Muses: WHAT?

Me: And they're not who, or rather what, you expect them to be! Until then, TTFN! Ta-Ta For Now!

DISCLAIMER: SEE FIRST CHAPTER.

B.E.A.S.T.

By Corvus no Genmu the Prince of Slumberland

Chapter Two: Freedom's Chaos

Part Five: Know Thy Enemy

The group had decided to rendevous back at the Silver Dragon which had long since become their base of operations, of sorts. Kadma had long since departed, leaving only Yan Lin to ask them how their search and, inseqeuncially, their training went. After everything had been explained and said, the group moved on to a the restaurant's basement that only Yan Lin and her granddaughter had the key to. Using several large crates as chairs and a particularly strange one as a table, the girls and guys sat down in their mock-round table.

"So we've gotten stronger," said Irma. "But what now? Do we go looking for the bad guys or what?"

"Meine leibe," said Axel. "Ve don't even know vhere the enemy is."

"Or w'at for dat matta." Eduardo added. Will and Bastian exchanged looks before placing the scrolls of Huanglong atop the mock-table.

"Before he vanished into Bastian," explained Will. "Huanglong gave us these scrolls. He said that they would tell us everything he knew about our enemy, so here's hoping." Will crossed her fingers as she unraveled her scroll to reveal… nothing. Bastian quickly unraveled his own to reveal the same nothingness.

"What?" growled Samuel, his eyes narrowed. "They're blank!"

Bastian's eyes narrowed and he placed a finger atop the parchment. "No… there's something there… Maybe it has some sort of lock on it?"

"What, like the Maruader's Map?" Instead of Hay Lin, the strange looks were directed at Tenshi. " Nani?"

"I think our lives are a wee bit different than Harry Potter's thank you very much," said Cornelia.

"Well, could it hurt to try?" asked Taranee.

They exchanged glances with one another before Eduardo suddenly exclaimed, "OPEN SESAME!"

Nothing.

"Drat," muttered the Jamaican boy, "I thought dat woulda worked…"

"Please tell me he's kidding," said Samuel. Bastian sighed and wrapped his hand around the Soul of Kandrakar and concentrated for a moment before opening his eyes.

"Eleka nahmen nahmen. Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen. Eleka nahmen nahmen. Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen." And words, strange foreign words, began to write themselves along the scrolls. Everyone looked from the scrolls to Bastian, their eyes wide, or in Axel's case ears perked.

"Where the heck did you come up with that?" asked Irma.

Bastian smiled to himself before answering. "A lucky guess." Axel's eyes narrowed behind his shades. He knew what those words meant and for Bastian to suddenly pick them out of thin air… He'd have to confront the slightly shorter boy about it another time.

"So vhat do they say?" Bastian picked up his scroll and looked over it.

"Strange… I can understand the writing thanks to the Fang but the way it's ordered…"

"Naze? What's it look like?" asked Tenshi.

"It looks like a list. Here, let me read it aloud;

The Generals XIII

I – The Treacherous

II – The Copy

III – The Trick

IV – The Hunt

V – The Blood

VI – The Dead

VII – The Disease

VIII – The Poison

IX – The Pain

X – The Destruction

XI – The Sin

XII – The Beast

XIII – The Nightmare

… Okay." Bastian shivered and set the scroll down. "I'm official creeped out."

Will glanced down at the scroll and quirked an eyebrow in confusion. "Why are some of them more… pronounced than the others?"

Bastian shrugged and tapped a finger at the sixth general. "Maybe it's cause we met these guys or something? Didn't you mention that you had a map that only showed portals to Meridian as they appeared?"

"Yeah," muttered Will. "The thing was a pain in the butt about that." Bastian tapped the sixth once more and was surprised to see the writings flow together and changed not only into modern English but to have completely different information than before. Suddenly, much to everyone's shock, a holographic image appeared of a shadowed form that was vaguely humanoid as a female voice began to read everything that the scroll contained on the VI General.

"The VI General – Mobena the Dead.

"Mobena serves as the Generals' main source of recruitment for her ability to awaken the dead. This ability is not limited to the state of the corpse in question; she can revive anything dead to its original state in a matter of seconds. Because of this, she is one of the hardest to fight in large groups since every fallen ally will awaken as an enemy. Mobena has shown a massive love for genocide and has often been seen, if partially, on the battlefields of deadly and often gore-iffic wars. One most deadly fact of Mobena is that she is the creator of any necro-type weapons as well as their effects and eagerly supplies them to whomever amuses her most at the time."

With information spoken, the hologram and writings disappeared, leaving a seemingly ordinary piece of parchment resting on the mock-table. Silence reigned for some time as the large group of teenagers sat and stared down at the brown wood of the crate that served as their table.

"Vell…" whispered Axel, "That explains some things…"

"Yeah," whispered Will, whose eyes fell onto her scroll, which still held its writings or rather what little of it there was. Like Bastian's scroll, the writings were arranged in a list but most of names besides the numbers were blank. However, there was one that immediately caught Will's eye and set her to follow Bastian's earlier motions. Like the previous scroll, the writings immediately whirled about and changed into modern English as a holographic image appeared above the parchment, but unlike the image of Mobena, this hologram was clear and detailed as fine crystal.

It was an insect but not the likes of which many of the boys had ever seen. Its body was shaped like a spider's, including its head, but it had the wings of a wasp and a tail similar to a scorpions except that it curved downwards instead of up. Its four pairs of eyes were blood red and all of its body was black as a moonless save for a small portion of its head where a human face resided, grinning in a foreign form of madness. The girls and Bastian easily recognized this creature for it was the first of the new breed of the evil that was now their enemy.

"Servant of the I General," murmured the voice, this one male, "Shadow-Spiders.

"Shadow-Spiders, contrary to their name, are mostly similar to wasps and scorpions but with attitudes similar to spiders. Shadow-Spiders are always on the search for a human host to use and consume, and they prefer hosts with seedy souls, especially those of the dark variety. Shadow-Spiders are immensely weakened by light but can overcome it if they have eaten enough hosts and are in possession of a particularly strong one. The Shadow-Spiders were amongst the first wave of the Forgotten War and haunt even the most surliest of veterans' nightmares because of their voracious appetite whenever they are outside of Korauk."

The four late Beasts exchanged bewildered looks with one another before staring at Bastian whose eyes were more focused on the image before them. Bastian and the girls had told them of his first fight as the Dragon but they never went into deep depth with the creature that he fought against.

"You fought one of those creatures, okashira?" asked Tenshi.

"And won?" Cornelia smacked Samuel in the arm. "Ow! What?"

"Barely," murmured Bastian, "If I hadn't sped up time enough for the sun to weaken the thing, Rachiah would have…" Bastian's eyes suddenly widened. Even though he had put his all into his final attack, which he aptly called Eternal Light, he would, most likely, have not destroyed the creature enough to save Uriah, not that he actually cared about the git but still… Then there was Will, if he had not won, Rachiah would have continued to his hunt. "Will… I…"

"It's over and done with, Bastian," said Will, placing a hand atop his arm, her brown eyes soft and staring up into his own. "You were my knight then, and you are my knight now."

Samuel snorted and smirked at his friend. "Knight? Kinda funny to call a dragon that, ain't it?"

Bastian blinked before leaning back and laughing quite uproariously. His laughter broke the tenseness of the situation and had several of the others laughing and smiling as well. Once the group had gathered their breath about them, they leaned forward to look upon Will's scroll.

"Vell, let us see about the rest then." Axel whispered.

Korauk is a world that has, for its entire existence, never meant to exist. If one were to consider the multiverse as a tree and each individual universe a separate branch, than Korauk could best be described as a monstrous weed trying its absolute best to suck away the nutrients needed to support the tree while struggling to remain alive on its own resources. In its entire realm there is but one planet, much like Kandrakar, and like Kandrakar there is one sole structure that remains constant throughout its everchanging landscape. A large gray castle with spires shaped like twisted spears and numerous spikes outlining the outerwalls.

Were the sky similar to Earth's, one would never find it anything but terrifying no matter what time of day it was. Unfortunately, the skies of Korauk, much like the lands around the castle, were in a constant state of change; shifting colors, weather, and climate at such a rapid pace that not even the fastest of computers could keep track for more than five minutes.

Inside the castle were large hallways and even larger rooms that housed many unique items. Unique being the simplest word to describe the vast multitudes of devices that composed many of the Generals' rooms and their… training grounds. It is in the hallways that leads to one of those the training grounds that are focus placed for it is there where two souls doing their very best to escape not only from the castle, but Korauk itself.

Many would call this act an act of courage but those few that are familiar with Korauk and its sole residents would describe with two words.

Stupid and Insane.

Even if the duo were to make it outside the castle, the lands surrounding it were used as breeding and nesting grounds for the servants of the Generals and only the most powerful of them were allowed to reside near its ebony towers. However, something akin to Fate or Destiny must have something good planned for the duo for one of them had managed to do something many had thought impossible.

He stole a talisman from the XIII General himself.

The importance of this talisman and its sisters was beyond anything save for the XIII's agenda and any of the other Generals' own. It has already been proven that the General can enter the other worlds with a great percentage of their power but very little of their form and full potential. These talisman's, specially created by their own long-lost King, not only allowed them to enter any world of their choice fully and complete with their powers, it allowed all of their servants to enter it just as easily with but a single thought. It was extremely fortunate for the escapees that the talismans were never made to only work for the Generals.

The duo ran down hallway after hallway with only the changes in the walls as the only sign that any progress was being made. As the two rounded a corner however, whatever small margin of hope that they had gained was vnaguished in an instant for a servant of the VII General was standing before them in its slime-covered glory. Standing at twenty feet high at the shoulder, the creature would, at first, resemble a form of rodent, preferably a rat, but it wasn't like any rodent to walk the multiverse. Besides its large size, the rat like monster was covered not in fur but thick multitudes of neon red slime that oozed slowly down its porous skin which pulsed and twitched as the creature's beady eyes looked down upon the duo, the tallest of which uttered a single word which gave name to the creature.

"S-Slimoori…" The Slimoori snarled and started to move forward even as the duo began to back away in fear when the talisman suddenly began to glow with ethereal light. Realizing what this meant, the two escapees grabbed a firm hold of one another and disappeared from Korauk even as the Slimoori pounced and effectively slammed itself into the wall. Struggling to keep its wits, the slime-covered creature shakily stood even as its mistress stepped up beside it.

To say that she was uglier than her servant would be an understatement. True, she was humanoid but only to a point. Her upper body was like that of a human woman's own but that was where the similarities between herself and humans ended. Her entirety was covered in thick, greenish slime that oozed across her skin at a sickening pace. Her head was shaped like a rat's, especially her nose, and her hair was actually thick tentacles of dark green. Her lower body was remenicent to a octopus and was the same shade of green as her hair. She wore no clothes since she had no need for modesty considering that she was what one could call the embodiment of pestilence.

She was the VII General, Bactial the Disease and she was in very deep trouble.

(Excuse me,) a voice as thin as paper and sharper than diamonds whispered into her mind. (But did you say that you LOST A TALISMAN?)

A flinch of pain at the telepathic scream. "Yes…"

(I see.) Intense pain, needles bursting through skin, hot pokers burning away internal organs. (Is there a reason as to why I shouldn't kill you now then?)

"I-I can get it back!" A screech of pain. "Before the Guardians find it!"

The pain ceases. (Hmmm… Perhaps…) It returns, ten times over. (Not. You already failed me once, Bactial. Who's to say you won't do so again?)

"Please! Master!" A sharp squeal ripping its way through the air. "Forgive me!"

(Forgiveness is for those with souls and hearts, Bactial. You need to give me something far better than your word.)

"Whatever you desire, Master! Please! Stop!"

The pain disappears, not entirely but enough for her to breathe. (I knew you would see things my way, my dear…) A dark chuckle echoing pale walls. (Go to Earth and don't think of coming back without that talisman!) A flash of ethereal light and the VII General was gone.

"Such poor sportsmanship. Do you really trust such a hunt to her, Master Rerota?"

(No. Which is why you're going to send one of your Hunaxters to… assist her.)

"As you command, Master Rerota."

Bastian sighed to himself as he leaned against the wall of the Silver Dragon Restaurant. He and the others had gone over the list of servants and the other two Generals that they had the unfortunate luck of encountering and it did not look good. The 'occupation' of the Generals disturbed him greatly, especially the twelth. 'The XII General, The Beast…' thought Bastian. The scroll would not reveal anything about this General, which quite irked the emerald-eyed boy. He wanted, no he needed to know just what this General was capable of. Finding himself in need of some fresh air, Bastian had gone outside while the others remained inside, eating a small helping of food as they went over what they had learned. While Bastian's psychic abilities did not delve into clairvoyance, he could tell that dark times were ahead.

KABOOM!

Glancing upwards, Bastian saw a swarm of dark clouds appearing across the sun and sighed once again. This day was just not getting longer and longer by the minute. Bastian was suddenly knocked out of his thoughts by some small creature colliding against his leg. Glancing down, Bastian felt his heart skip a beat at the sight of a small furry creature that he had once seen on the silver screen. The creature was resembled a furby with its ears and face but he, Bastian assumed it was a he, possessed arms and legs that had three fingers and toes. His fur was white with a helping of brown over his back and most of his head save for the patch of white fur over his right eye. The little creature was also wearing a black armband over its right arm.

Bastian swallowed the lump in his throat and whispered in shock, "A… mogwai?"

The mogwai blinked and looked up at Bastian and began to tremble in fear before taking off back the way it had come. Bastian stood staring after the little creature before shaking himself out of his shocked stupor and taking off after the mogwai. He did not know for certain if all of the three rules applied to this mogwai but he wasn't about to let it get itself hurt from whatever it was running from. In little under a minute, Bastian saw exactly what the mogwai was running from.

Bactial.

"… Ah nuts!"

To Be Continued...

A/N: Here's the rest of the servants that have appeared as well as the other Generals!

The III General – The Trick

Yinodo

Yinodo is one of the hardest of the Generals to fully understand. Much like Rachano, her loyalties and her motives are virtually nonexistent in the sense that everything about her is a trick of some form. Though she is not the weakest of them, Yinodo is the only General that does not use full-out confrontation or her servants in battle. Her tactics are the classic but still effective bait and trap maneuver in which she baits her chosen target into a trap where the target's allies will ultimately be the ones to kill her prey.

The IV General – The Hunt

Lekraxe

Lekraxe is the bloodthirstiest of the Generals, and one of the most feared for his keen interest on hunting his victims to their deaths. Lekraxe lives to kill his prey and especially enjoys keeping a trophy from his kills, preferably their soul. However, Lekraxe is a particular General whose victims are only the strongest in his eyes. Even more unfortunate is Lekraxe's habit of never giving up on a hunt. He may pause in it for decades at a time should something else catch his eyes but, in the end, he will kill his chosen prey. However, Lekraxe is a sporting type and will often submit to a challenge offered by his victims. Nevertheless, the list of Lekraxe's 'trophies' has only grown longer.

The Servants of the Generals

The I General – The Treacherous

Shadow-Spider

Shadow-Spiders, contrary to their name, are mostly similar to wasps and scorpions but with attitudes similar to spiders. Shadow-Spiders are always on the search for a human host to use and consume, and they prefer hosts with seedy souls, especially those of the dark variety. Shadow-Spiders are immensely weakened by light but can overcome it if they have eaten enough hosts and are in possession of a particularly strong one. The Shadow-Spiders were amongst the first wave of the Forgotten War and haunt even the most surliest of veterans' nightmares because of their voracious appetite whenever they are outside of Korauk.

The II General – The Copy

Kat-Wraith

Much like their master, Kat-Wraiths employ their ability to copy a person's form and fool their prey until the very end. Kat-Wraiths can also copy any form of weapon provided that they've seen it at least once in action. It is fortunate that few Kat-Wraiths have seen more modern weapons and that they cannot copy from one another. Still though, the few Kat-Wraiths that have seen modern weapons means that they are the eldest and, by far, the strongest of them. It should also be noted that whatever a Kat-Wraith copies is already dead if not dying somewhere where the victim's friends or family would never think to look.

The III General – The Trick

Chomeakhan

Chomeakhan are the proudest of the Generals' servants, and hate any form of insult to themselves or their mistress. Many of them are often killed because of this arrogance either by others of their kind, or by one of the other servants. Unlike the Shadow-Spiders, when a Chomeakhan possesses a host, they strengthen the host and use it as a shell until they can strike when their prey leasts expect it. One of the few ways to tell if a person is playing host to one of these reptilian monstrosities is the different ways the person acts such as great bouts of anger or strength to speaking in a very high pitch.

The VI General – The Dead

Zombie

Zombies are the corpses of the disease given motion, nothing more and nothing less. However, unlike more widely used zombies, the VI General's brood are unique in a sense. For unlike most zombies, the VI General's brood aren't in a state of decay and, for all senses, look and act like they are alive except without the feeling of pain. They can use virtually all of the power that they had when they were alive save for the use of ki since a zombie can no longer produce such energies. Because of this, the zombies of Korauk are extremely hard to kill in most conventional fashions; the only weapon that can destroy any of them instead of a certain few are weapons composed of living flames. However, dispite their weakness to living flame, when the zombies are in the presence of their mistress, any hope of victory against them is minimal at best.

The VII General – The Disease

Slimoori

Not nearly as disgusting as their mistress, the Slimoori are the most disgusting of all the servants. Each Slimoori is colored differently to represent the different disease that they are, literally, covered with. So far, there has been a total of seventeen color variations known on hand. Fortunately, not all of the Slimoori's diseases effect every sentient breed. However, there is one Slimoori whose single attack was so devastating, over sixty percent of the planet and every living creature on it had landed on had to be burned beyond ash lest the disease enter the atmosphere.