"Thank you for letting me out." Lilly thanked Draegor as they walked up to the city's edge. The masked man simply nodded his head.

"Won't they know us the moment we set foot in there?" Asked Bella with much concern.

"You are right. Let me see if I can do something about this." Draegor said in a monotone, then began to concentrate. Bella and Lilly both watched as Draegor's body was quickly surrounded by a black mist. Once it faded away, someone else was standing in his place.

"Wha-?" Bella started.

"It is still me." Draegor answered, but with a younger sounding voice. His body was much smaller now, normal in fact when compared to before. His mask had changed and now only covered his eyes, like the visor of a helm, but it still remained featureless and smooth. His cloak shrank too, now acting more like a scarf with a hood, and he was currently wearing it down. His smooth, pitch-black hair seemed to blend into the scarf. "In this form, you will call me Drake."

"What about the other form you took when we first crossed into the Earth Country?" Bella asked confused. Lilly didn't know what she was talking about.

"That was to make me appear as a normal human. As I am now, I would be considered what you call an Able Duelist." Drake clarified. "See for yourself."

Bella concentrated and focused on Drake who was now allowing her to see his magic. "Incredible. You really are an Able Duelist. You even managed to lower your life force down to 4000." She said, impressed.

"Now we can enter with less trouble." Drake said and walked to the checkpoint leading into the capital.

After Bella explained to the guard at the checkpoint about what they were doing, and soon after getting inspected, the trio was allowed entry into the capital. The Earth Country was a busy place. Every spot that wasn't a road was another building, packed tightly to the next and bustling with people and creatures of all sorts. Lilly walked about with wide eyes. Never before had she seen anything like this. So many people and a lot of them seemed happy.

"Are you alright, Lilly?" Drake asked, noticing her unique expression.

"Wha- Oh. Yeah, I'm okay Draegor- I mean Drake." Lilly quickly corrected herself.

"So where is this house of yours, Bella?"

"We need to go to the south side. I hope things haven't changed too much since we were last there." Bella said with a heavy breath.

"Then let us go there now."

As they walked through the city, it was impossible for Lilly to not look at everything she could. Every store was like another world, and every branching road was another mystery just waiting to be explored. But they didn't have time for that, so Lilly could only continue forward trying to take in all the sights she could.

After a short while, the three came to the spot that Bella claimed was the area with her old house, or at least the remains of it after the fire.

"Now if I remember correctly, it should be this way." Bella declared as she began walking down one of the roads.

"You said you have not been here since you were captured 663 cycles ago. Are you certain things will be the same after a time period like that?"

Bella let out a long sigh. "If I'm being honest, no. No I don't believe it would still be here. I know for certain that they've built a new house by now, but I still want to see."

"Fine, but do not delay us." Drake warned, still keeping his chilled tone despite having changed appearances.

It didn't take long at all. As it turns out, not much of the land to the south had changed and Bella was able to follow the exact route to her old home. In its place was a new building, but Bella could tell that this was it. She walked up to the house and gave it a knock. A moment later a thin man stood before them.

"Can I help you?" The man asked, looking at the odd trio in front of him.

"Yes. Do you by chance know what happened to everything in this house after it had burned down?" Bella asked, her voice choking up a bit.

"I beg your pardon?" The man was obviously unaware.

"It was a long time ago. There was a fire here about 660 cycles ago."

"Sorry ma'am, 'fraid I can't help ya there." The man answered, then closed the door on them.

"Rather displeasing, is it not?" Drake sighed.

"Shut it." Bella snapped.

"Are there any other leads we could follow?"

"I'm not sure."

"Perhaps the place the twins were born?"

"That's… I suppose it's better than nothing." Bella sighed.

Fortunately, the hospital that Bella had taken her sister, Lillian, to wasn't too far away. When they got there, Bella was given a sudden flashback of what had happened. She remembered carrying her wounded sister to this place with blood everywhere. As they stepped inside, she could remember the room they were taken to. The smells were also familiar to her.

"Hi there. How can I help you?" Asked a nurse from behind the counter.

"Hello. We… um… We're here to… well…" Bella couldn't find the courage to tell her exactly why they were there.

"A long time ago her sister had passed her, however, due to unfortunate circumstances she was unable to stay long and has been further prevented from being able to return until now. We were hoping you could assist us in the matter." Drake spoke up and caught the nurse off guard.

"I… Well how long ago was it?" She asked.

"663 cycles."

"663? Are you certain?"

"Yes." Bella confirmed.

"Please give me a minute." The nurse quickly went into the back.

"Do you think she'll be able to help us?" Lilly asked Bella.

"I doubt it. Since humans can barely live to be 100 cycles old, that would mean at the very least five generations have been here, but I'm sure it would be closer to twenty." Bella sighed. It was then that the nurse came back with someone else.