When I opened my eyes I felt dizzy and light headed which was never a good combination in any situation. I stood up and fixed my clothes as everyone else woke up. I could actually feel a headache coming on.
"What just happened?" Freya asked. Balthazar inspected the food and plates before frowning.
"Sleeping weed by the looks of it. Enough to knock us all unconcsious for half an hour at the very least," He explained. Ghost gave Dagger sleeping weed before the festival. She really is clever.
"We've been had..." Cid sighed, crawling onto the table. "How did she get a hold of it?"
"She told me she's been having sleeping problems," Zidane answered. "Ghost had sleeping weed though... damn what is she thinkng!"
"There's more to this Princess than meets the eye," Freya mused, chuckling a little. I wrung my hands as the other talked about the situation. The doors opened and Elijah entered, saluting the Regent.
"Sir, the Dragon's Gate is opened..." He trailed off before continuing. "There is also someone here, requesting an audience. He threatened to use Magic to get in if he had to."
"Gwok Where is he?" Cid asked. A Mage? From behind Elijah walked in Lucifer, wearing a three-quarter length dark red coat and a satchel, walking with his cane. He flashed a smile at everyone before bowing.
"Right here, Regent," Elijah drew his sword and prepared to strike but Lucifer drew a sword concealed in his cane and blocked just in time, overpowering the Captain and pushing him back. "Where are your manners Captain Farrell?"
"Sir would you like this man arrested? He has committed treason against Lindblum for concealing Mages and dealing in the Black Market!" Elijah yelled, making Lucifer's usually can demeanour waver slightly.
"Whoa hold up there good sir," He retorted. "Changing your tune so quickly? I'll let you know there are three Mages in this room with you and weren't you on their side before?" He had a point. Elijah seems to be friends with Balthazar and wants to make Magic acceptable.
"Elijah takes the mind of the people and makes it his own sometimes, Mr. Sol," Balthazar explained, making the knight growl at the Enchanter. Why does everyone call him Mr. Sol? Does he prefer his alias?
"Lilith... you the third Mage?" Zidane suddenly asked. I smiled slightly and rubbed the back of my head. "Hey it's not a bad thing, it's what's inside that matters." I nodded and then turned back to the Regent. "But we're wasting time, where could Dagger have gone?"
"Oh that reminds me on my way to the castle I saw a dark haired girl, who can really pull off the orange jumpsuit look, a knight in cheap armour and a very charming albino girl with the Phantom's Stone around her neck." We all stared at Lucifer with sheer annoyance. He saw them and didn't do anything!
"Lucifer gwok that was the Princess with Captain Steiner and Ghost Confleo, gwok," Cid frowned as much as an Oglop could. Lucifer didn't seem to shocked or embarrassed by his mistake.
"Oh you wanted me to stop them?" He asked, acting serious yet joking. "Because if I knew that I would have done." I sighed and shook my head before looking at the Regent.
"Regent how do you know Lucifer?" I asked curiously.
"Never mind that! Mr. Sol you let a criminal and a member of the royal family go free have you nothing to say for yourself!" Sheesh Elijah was like a handsomer version of Steiner. Really handsome...
"Oops?" Lucifer simply shrugged. "Look I just came because Regent Cid asked me to, okay? If you and your imbelcilic guards would let me talk you would have understood that," Elijah glared down at the man, only being slightly taller than Lucifer. Only a 'gwok' made him stand down so Lucifer could bow in politeness. "Now, Your Majesty, how may I be of assistance?"
"Gwok Originally you were to insure that Princess Garnet would make no rash moves and prevent her from escaping," Wow Cid and Lucifer must have went way back if he trusted him this much. "But seeing as we've failed that gwok I ask that you help Burmecia."
"Of course, Sir," He nodded. "I still worry about the Mages, however."
"I will ensure their safety, Solomon," Balthazar answered. He must have known Lucifer personally too. Elijah seemed quite unhappy about this.
"Great! You can try educate people on the use of Magic too!" Lucifer cheered, a grin plastered on his face. "Honestly the people you meet down there can be right tossers when you try talk about that stuff."
"Regent Cid-" Elijah frowned before being interrupted.
"Elijah this is gwok for the good of Lindblum, and the rest of the nations," Cid interrupted. "Gwok, please take everyone to the Dragon's Gate immediantly." Frowning Elijah complied.
"This way, if you will," He said, leading us out of the hall. I looked at Lucifer, who grinned back as I took Vivi's hand.
"You know Cid?" I tried to ask again.
"Oh yeah, ever since I heard Cid wanted to lift the bans of Magic I couldn't help but associate with him," The blonde nodded. "I've been hiding Mages of my own will and educating people on the Lindblum streets for Cid. So far it's not been going well but what can be done but continuously trying?" Very optimistic this guy.
"You are certain Garnet will head for Burmecia?" I heard Elijah ask Zidane, who only shrugged in reply. Elijah sighed and operated the elevator. "I am certain Adelbert will be with her, that much I do know. The man is incredibly dedicated, we will give him that. If only he would see past the end of his nose. Alexandria's Queen has been acting suspicious as of late."
"Yeah, that's what Dagger said," Zidane nodded. There was a sudden jilt in the elevator and it halted. "What's happened?" There were screams and the sound of swords clashing from below us. Next thing we knew the elevator was being hurdled down to the mid level and it stopped.
A group of people were fighting the Lindblum guards using blades and Magic. One in particular was using Magic alone, binding the guard in mid air and tossing them about the place. The others were weilding the Elements and were easily getting the soldiers out of their way. The one who used Magic as their main weapon stared up and grinned wickedly. He had dark brown hair and teal eyes. He wore black trousers, black and silver boots, a white shirt and a royal blue robe. soon the other Mages halted their attack and stared at us.
"Well well, look what we've dragged out," The leader grinned. He took the oak staff from his back and charged a fire spell at us. Immediantly Elijah drew his sword and countered by making the water from the fountain rise up and knock down all of the intruders. Balthazar warped in as if on cue and shocked them all with electricity.
"You will not harm anyone here!" He yelled before being thrown back by the leader's blast of lightning, Balthazar retaliated by throwing them all back with an air spell. Taking the chance Elijah swung his sword and broke the suspensions on the elevator.
"Hold on!" He yelled as he dropped down at a speed I wasn't too happy about.
We crashed at the bottom and remained still for a few moments. I tried to calm my heartbeat to no avail. Why were people attacking the castle? What did they think they could achieve?
"Let's get to Burmecia before those bastards find out where we're going," Lucifer stated, getting up and walking down the steps to the gate.
"I insist you all be cautious. The Mist has been quite thick today," Elijah warned us. I nodded for the group as we were leaving. "The Qu's Marsh lies between here and Gizamaluke's Grotto, they might assist you. Also there is the Chocobo's Forest that lies not far from here either, if you want to make the journey easier."
"We'll keep that in mind. Thank you, Sir Elijah," I nodded with a smile. He smiled and nodded back. Before things got awkward, I was sensing they were, I followed the others out to of the Dragon's Gate. Lucifer then prodded me, passing me a silver item which when I opened it was a compact mirrior. On the back my first name was engraved on it.
"Just a little present, in case we get separated," The man grinned. "Not to worry I'll show you how to use it. Got one of my own after all." He showed his compact mirror, his name was also engraved onto it. "Right, now that we're all travelling together we should get to know one another. I'm sure we all have lots to talk about."