Chapter 9...
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(All disclaimers still apply)
Orion Huges knew that Squall Leonhart was the only hope for the world this time. He knew that if all the information that they had been gathering was correct there would soon be war, and this war would be a war to end all wars. It would be a legendary time, their would be heroes who would rise to the occasion, and those who would miss their chance and fall by the wayside. He could sense that Squall was close to missing his chance already, maybe that was the reason that he did everything in his power to meet Squalls demands, and to appease him.
Or perhaps it seemed to Orion that Squall was close to pushing himself off the edge. Whatever his reason for his apparent backing down to Squall, it was to him worth it. He had nothing to prove to anyone, or at least he didn't think so. So he went ahead and began the meeting. Just as Squall had wanted. He knew that if he could only get Squall to make it into the war, that he would again realize his destiny. To be a hero, and save the world.
"The history Squall behind us bringing you back here is simple.", he began. "An incident occurred several months ago which was very odd. You see, While some SeeD's from NeoTrabia were out on a random patrol, they encountered some monsters. There was nothing to unusual about that in itself because since the lunar cry the area has been filled with monsters, but these were different. They weren't exactly monsters, they were dragons, large dragons.
The group of patrollers were charged to exterminate all monsters they encountered, and so blindly following orders, they engaged the dragons. Before long the group realized that they were overpowered. In order to provide a way of escape, two of the male SeeDs stayed, and gave their lives holding back the advancing army of Dracos, while the Girls and the two other male team members fled back to Trabia. They were still explaining the situation when the Dragons reached Trabia. And the battle began.
There were an estimated five hundred of these dragon attackers. They attacked in an orderly fashion in a sort of military pattern. All of this was noted by the SeeDs at Trabia. They contacted Galbadia and Balamb for aid. I sent one hundred and fifty SeeDs to that battle along with our recon team. I ordered the recon team to stand down behind the lines and wait for my orders. We are a smaller garden, and so we sent enough support to help them hold against those demons, but not enough to turn the tide. Finally, the larger Galbadia force arrived, and began attacking from behind. With over two hundred more troops, the Dragon army could no longer hold out."
"Great story, so a large group of dragons attacks NeoTrabia, and all the gardens send support, and the dragons get killed." Squall said with a twinge of sarcasm in his voice. "That's wonderful, wow, I just don't know what to say." He leaned forward, resting his elbows on the table. "I want to know how this all pertains to me, and that story didn't help.
"Squall, that's because the story isn't over." Quistis said. "If you'll listen for a minute, you'll see that." She continued. "Orion's doing the best he can here." She finished, and then shook her head as she wondered why he couldn't just give them a chance.
"Fine." Squall said, "But hurry it up, I've got a so called life to burn."
"Well," Orion continued, seemingly unfazed by the exchange. "You would think that the battle was going to be a total victory, but it wasn't. After the number of Dragons had fallen near double digets they began to do something strange. They turned, and began to make an organized retreat. We were shocked, but as the dragons were flying creatures, we were unable to wrap them up.
Then I became very curious. I had sent the Recon team to the battle to wrap up any stragglers after the battle was over, but I never expected to send them to confront a battle ready army of those demon creatures. I was however intrigued by the actions of these monsters. Silver dragons are loners, they never stay in packs. This seemed highly strange that this army was composed of silver dragons. Secondly when they attack, they battle to the death. These dragons turned and retreated.
I had to know what was going on, so I issued orders to the Recon team. I told them to follow those monsters to wherever they went, but not to confront them at any cost. What the team discovered is highly interesting, and I think I'll let Rider and Delea tell you first hand what they saw." With that he made a motion to Rider to begin.
"Upon receiving orders from master Orion to pursue the attackers, I divided the group into two teams. I took control of the first team and placed Delea in charge of the second team. I felt that it would be easier to trail flying creatures if we flanked them rather than tried to follow them directly. I also figured that it would be easier to make a retreat that way too.
With the use of our stealth bikes keeping up with the fast moving dragons was easy, but I made it a point to stay as far away as possible from them. Our two teams followed them across the mountains into the desert. They stopped there. Night fell, and they still hadn't moved. We stayed as ordered keeping an eye on them, then a strange thing happened. All I saw was about eighty or ninety dragons just disappear. But I got a contact from Delea soon after that telling me what she saw.
Since our two teams were split up, when the dragons came to a stop, we flanked them fully. Delea and her team on one side, and me and my team on the other. Like I said All I saw was about eighty or ninety dragons disappear into thin air, and one man appear in their place. But on the other side Delea saw something slightly different." Rider then looked at Delea indicating that it was her turn to speak.
Delea seemed a bit nervous as she began to speak, partially due to the company she was in, but despite her nerves, she did her best to relate that story as she remembered it.
"My team was on the western side of the group of dragons." She began. "We were keeping watch on the movement and such of the demon army. There was nothing much to report. They merely stayed still for hours. Then it happened.
I saw a portal open up behind the army. I tried to contact Rider at that point, but it did me no good. It was like the portal blocked my transmission. Then out of the portal steeped a large man. Looking through my scope I could see that he was quite tall, and wore all black. he walked through the group, and they didn't attack him. when he got to the other side of the group nearest me, he turned back to them and cast a spell. My jaw dropped wide open at what happened next. The dragons which I saw before me, were no longer dragons, they were soldiers!
I looked in amazement. The group fell in line, and marched through the portal, and disappeared. Then the portal closed, but the man in black remained there. I tried again to contact Rider, and this time, I was successful. I related to him what had just happened. We regrouped together and contacted Orion for orders. He instructed us to follow the man, so we did. We followed him, as he walked through the desert.
He walked for days, with no food or water, but it seemed not to bother him. He walked until he finally came to a cliff. In the side of the cliff was a village. It was literally made into the side of the cliff. We reported all this to Orion, and after hearing it he immediately ordered us to return to garden. With the withdrawal order in place we did just that." She looked around hoping she'd covered everything. She was confident she had.
Orion had a somber look on his face, and he began to speak again. "I gave the withdrawal order, because after Riders report, I knew that they were approaching the most awesome magical power the world had ever known. My father had come upon a chilling legend in his pursuit of the Sorceress, and tough it to me. It goes like this.
There is a clan. A clan which has not been heard from for centuries. This clan possessed extreme magical powers. They could command The forces of nature, and it's creatures. From this clan arose a family. A family that united the world. For generations that family ruled the world. The dynasty was always the same. The Sorcerer would have one child, always a son, and he would train that son to rule. Their capitol was a city built into the cliffs. The Sorcerers were always benevolent, and kind. But then there arose a sorcerer who had two children, Twins. The firstborn was a manchild, Aries. The second a womanchild, Clarity.
Unsure of this sign, the Sorcerer decided to split the world into two kingdoms. And he trained his children to rule as Sorcerer and Sorceress. But the son became jealous, and he became a terrible ruler. His people hated him. But his sister was generous, and kind. And she treated her subjects with dignity and respect. She married a warrior, who she called her knight, and she took his name. Angry at this, her brother the sorcerer Waged war against his sister. He was more powerful with his black magic than she was, but the people loved her and wanted her to rule. There came a time when her Knight confronted Aries. He fought valiantly, the battle waged for over twelve hours, and ended in the knight landing a mortal blow to the Sorcerer. Angry at his defeat, Aries cast a spell to rain destruction on the planet, And he coughed up his powers and cast them off.
Clarity tried to destroy his powers, but he had put them off, and to where, she did not know. She could do nothing to seal his powers. And he had already cast destruction on the planet. As he died, Aries made this statement. "You have disgraced our family and taken what was rightfully mine. My powers shall return, and I shall reclaim the rightful ownership of this planet in the name of it's rightful owner. This planet will not be forever ruled by a Starlight, but by a Tralen."
Squall sat up in his seat. He broke into a sweat. That name, Tralen, he knew that name. Yes the man in the Train mentioned the name Master Tralen. "Maybe this does have to do with Rinoa after all."
Orion noted the look of interest in Squalls eyes, and seized the opportunity to continue. "Squall, I believe that Tralen's powers are back, and that he is in control. He knows of SeeD, and he wanted to test it's power. He will no doubt go on a conquest of the world. There is no sorceress right now, and he knows that, but remember, the sorceress didn't defeat the sorcerer.... It was the sorceress' Knight. Thomas Starlight. No Squall, there may not be a Sorceress right now, but there is a sorceress knight, and that Squall,..... Is you."
Squall leaned forward and looked Orion in the eyes. "There may just be a sorceress alive today. And her name is Rinoa Heartily, allow me to tell you my story.
That's it for chapter 9. Oh boy it'll get good from here. Realy good. If you're reading this story you better review it and let me know. I always find out that there are people reading this, but they aren't reviewing it. Come on. It helps an author to know that his readers are having an enjoyable experience. It makes us better.. Thanks to everyone who's reading.
D.H.
Read on....
Review.......
Thanks.....
(All disclaimers still apply)
Orion Huges knew that Squall Leonhart was the only hope for the world this time. He knew that if all the information that they had been gathering was correct there would soon be war, and this war would be a war to end all wars. It would be a legendary time, their would be heroes who would rise to the occasion, and those who would miss their chance and fall by the wayside. He could sense that Squall was close to missing his chance already, maybe that was the reason that he did everything in his power to meet Squalls demands, and to appease him.
Or perhaps it seemed to Orion that Squall was close to pushing himself off the edge. Whatever his reason for his apparent backing down to Squall, it was to him worth it. He had nothing to prove to anyone, or at least he didn't think so. So he went ahead and began the meeting. Just as Squall had wanted. He knew that if he could only get Squall to make it into the war, that he would again realize his destiny. To be a hero, and save the world.
"The history Squall behind us bringing you back here is simple.", he began. "An incident occurred several months ago which was very odd. You see, While some SeeD's from NeoTrabia were out on a random patrol, they encountered some monsters. There was nothing to unusual about that in itself because since the lunar cry the area has been filled with monsters, but these were different. They weren't exactly monsters, they were dragons, large dragons.
The group of patrollers were charged to exterminate all monsters they encountered, and so blindly following orders, they engaged the dragons. Before long the group realized that they were overpowered. In order to provide a way of escape, two of the male SeeDs stayed, and gave their lives holding back the advancing army of Dracos, while the Girls and the two other male team members fled back to Trabia. They were still explaining the situation when the Dragons reached Trabia. And the battle began.
There were an estimated five hundred of these dragon attackers. They attacked in an orderly fashion in a sort of military pattern. All of this was noted by the SeeDs at Trabia. They contacted Galbadia and Balamb for aid. I sent one hundred and fifty SeeDs to that battle along with our recon team. I ordered the recon team to stand down behind the lines and wait for my orders. We are a smaller garden, and so we sent enough support to help them hold against those demons, but not enough to turn the tide. Finally, the larger Galbadia force arrived, and began attacking from behind. With over two hundred more troops, the Dragon army could no longer hold out."
"Great story, so a large group of dragons attacks NeoTrabia, and all the gardens send support, and the dragons get killed." Squall said with a twinge of sarcasm in his voice. "That's wonderful, wow, I just don't know what to say." He leaned forward, resting his elbows on the table. "I want to know how this all pertains to me, and that story didn't help.
"Squall, that's because the story isn't over." Quistis said. "If you'll listen for a minute, you'll see that." She continued. "Orion's doing the best he can here." She finished, and then shook her head as she wondered why he couldn't just give them a chance.
"Fine." Squall said, "But hurry it up, I've got a so called life to burn."
"Well," Orion continued, seemingly unfazed by the exchange. "You would think that the battle was going to be a total victory, but it wasn't. After the number of Dragons had fallen near double digets they began to do something strange. They turned, and began to make an organized retreat. We were shocked, but as the dragons were flying creatures, we were unable to wrap them up.
Then I became very curious. I had sent the Recon team to the battle to wrap up any stragglers after the battle was over, but I never expected to send them to confront a battle ready army of those demon creatures. I was however intrigued by the actions of these monsters. Silver dragons are loners, they never stay in packs. This seemed highly strange that this army was composed of silver dragons. Secondly when they attack, they battle to the death. These dragons turned and retreated.
I had to know what was going on, so I issued orders to the Recon team. I told them to follow those monsters to wherever they went, but not to confront them at any cost. What the team discovered is highly interesting, and I think I'll let Rider and Delea tell you first hand what they saw." With that he made a motion to Rider to begin.
"Upon receiving orders from master Orion to pursue the attackers, I divided the group into two teams. I took control of the first team and placed Delea in charge of the second team. I felt that it would be easier to trail flying creatures if we flanked them rather than tried to follow them directly. I also figured that it would be easier to make a retreat that way too.
With the use of our stealth bikes keeping up with the fast moving dragons was easy, but I made it a point to stay as far away as possible from them. Our two teams followed them across the mountains into the desert. They stopped there. Night fell, and they still hadn't moved. We stayed as ordered keeping an eye on them, then a strange thing happened. All I saw was about eighty or ninety dragons just disappear. But I got a contact from Delea soon after that telling me what she saw.
Since our two teams were split up, when the dragons came to a stop, we flanked them fully. Delea and her team on one side, and me and my team on the other. Like I said All I saw was about eighty or ninety dragons disappear into thin air, and one man appear in their place. But on the other side Delea saw something slightly different." Rider then looked at Delea indicating that it was her turn to speak.
Delea seemed a bit nervous as she began to speak, partially due to the company she was in, but despite her nerves, she did her best to relate that story as she remembered it.
"My team was on the western side of the group of dragons." She began. "We were keeping watch on the movement and such of the demon army. There was nothing much to report. They merely stayed still for hours. Then it happened.
I saw a portal open up behind the army. I tried to contact Rider at that point, but it did me no good. It was like the portal blocked my transmission. Then out of the portal steeped a large man. Looking through my scope I could see that he was quite tall, and wore all black. he walked through the group, and they didn't attack him. when he got to the other side of the group nearest me, he turned back to them and cast a spell. My jaw dropped wide open at what happened next. The dragons which I saw before me, were no longer dragons, they were soldiers!
I looked in amazement. The group fell in line, and marched through the portal, and disappeared. Then the portal closed, but the man in black remained there. I tried again to contact Rider, and this time, I was successful. I related to him what had just happened. We regrouped together and contacted Orion for orders. He instructed us to follow the man, so we did. We followed him, as he walked through the desert.
He walked for days, with no food or water, but it seemed not to bother him. He walked until he finally came to a cliff. In the side of the cliff was a village. It was literally made into the side of the cliff. We reported all this to Orion, and after hearing it he immediately ordered us to return to garden. With the withdrawal order in place we did just that." She looked around hoping she'd covered everything. She was confident she had.
Orion had a somber look on his face, and he began to speak again. "I gave the withdrawal order, because after Riders report, I knew that they were approaching the most awesome magical power the world had ever known. My father had come upon a chilling legend in his pursuit of the Sorceress, and tough it to me. It goes like this.
There is a clan. A clan which has not been heard from for centuries. This clan possessed extreme magical powers. They could command The forces of nature, and it's creatures. From this clan arose a family. A family that united the world. For generations that family ruled the world. The dynasty was always the same. The Sorcerer would have one child, always a son, and he would train that son to rule. Their capitol was a city built into the cliffs. The Sorcerers were always benevolent, and kind. But then there arose a sorcerer who had two children, Twins. The firstborn was a manchild, Aries. The second a womanchild, Clarity.
Unsure of this sign, the Sorcerer decided to split the world into two kingdoms. And he trained his children to rule as Sorcerer and Sorceress. But the son became jealous, and he became a terrible ruler. His people hated him. But his sister was generous, and kind. And she treated her subjects with dignity and respect. She married a warrior, who she called her knight, and she took his name. Angry at this, her brother the sorcerer Waged war against his sister. He was more powerful with his black magic than she was, but the people loved her and wanted her to rule. There came a time when her Knight confronted Aries. He fought valiantly, the battle waged for over twelve hours, and ended in the knight landing a mortal blow to the Sorcerer. Angry at his defeat, Aries cast a spell to rain destruction on the planet, And he coughed up his powers and cast them off.
Clarity tried to destroy his powers, but he had put them off, and to where, she did not know. She could do nothing to seal his powers. And he had already cast destruction on the planet. As he died, Aries made this statement. "You have disgraced our family and taken what was rightfully mine. My powers shall return, and I shall reclaim the rightful ownership of this planet in the name of it's rightful owner. This planet will not be forever ruled by a Starlight, but by a Tralen."
Squall sat up in his seat. He broke into a sweat. That name, Tralen, he knew that name. Yes the man in the Train mentioned the name Master Tralen. "Maybe this does have to do with Rinoa after all."
Orion noted the look of interest in Squalls eyes, and seized the opportunity to continue. "Squall, I believe that Tralen's powers are back, and that he is in control. He knows of SeeD, and he wanted to test it's power. He will no doubt go on a conquest of the world. There is no sorceress right now, and he knows that, but remember, the sorceress didn't defeat the sorcerer.... It was the sorceress' Knight. Thomas Starlight. No Squall, there may not be a Sorceress right now, but there is a sorceress knight, and that Squall,..... Is you."
Squall leaned forward and looked Orion in the eyes. "There may just be a sorceress alive today. And her name is Rinoa Heartily, allow me to tell you my story.
That's it for chapter 9. Oh boy it'll get good from here. Realy good. If you're reading this story you better review it and let me know. I always find out that there are people reading this, but they aren't reviewing it. Come on. It helps an author to know that his readers are having an enjoyable experience. It makes us better.. Thanks to everyone who's reading.
D.H.