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Chapter 3: Family Reunion?

At the Twin Castle...

The group of Dragoons and Vahn sit at the banquet table, discussing the attack on Donau by the monster. A worried look appears on everyone's faces, as they are unaware of the danger this monster presents.

"Vahn, explain to us what this monster is," said Albert. "You know more of it than any of us, right?"

"Well," Vahn began to say. "To be honest to you guys, I'm not totally clear on what it is. All I know is that it appeared about 2 years ago..."

"Same time we defeated Melbu Frama," Dart interrupted. "Could he have something to do with this?"

"I doubt it," replied Shana. "We dstroyed all of his power in this world. It would have to be something from his world."

"As I was saying," Vahn continued. "He appeared 2 years ago when Gaia was still recovering from the war against the Zaibach army. His motives are unclear at this time, but it seems he used the abnormal power left in Gaia to get here. The leftover magic of Emporor Dornkirk may have gotten in the monster's hands, and powered up the magic, opening a rift into this world. Were there any survivors from that attack?"

"I think there were some people fleeing to Lohan," saig Meru, the platinum-haired Winglie. "We can go there and find the survivors, and ask them what they saw, right?"

"I guess we can do that," Vahn said. "And we can find out what direction it went to."

"Then it's decided," said Dart. "We go to Lohan and find the Donau refugees. We're prepared to fight this beast. It probably can't compare to the power of us Dragoons."

"By the way..." Vahn said. "What is a Dragoon?"

"A Dragoon is a warrior who uses the power of the dragons to fight their enemies, Dart explained. "By turning into a Dragoon, the person recieves powerful armor that is very resistant to physical and magical attacs. In addition, they gain great power and defensive skills, and recieve powerful magical moves. In order to transform into a Dragoon, the person must have a dragoon spirit from a powerful dragon." Dart pulls out his Divine Dragon spirit and shows it to Dart. "This is my Dragoon spirit, the spirit from the Divine Dragon, the most powerful dragon to live."

"I have something very similar to that Dragoon spirit that allowed me to teleport to this worl, and bring Escaflone to life," Vahn says as he shows his Drag Energist. "This is a Drag Energist, which is basically the spirit of the dragon I took it from. All these things do are power Gaimelefs, which are big man-controlled machines." The Divine Dragon spirit and the energist begin reacting to each other.

"W... what are they doing?" asks Dart.

"I think their spirits are talking to each other," replied Vahn. "Lets hurry to Lohan."

Upon arrival to the commercial city of Lohan, the streets are full of people surrounding others, telling stories of the monster that attacked Donau.

"Lets choose one of the people and tell them to tell us what they saw," said Meru.

Vahn glances over to his left and sees the hooded man from the day before, who was going from the direction of Donau. But this time, his hood was off. Vahn's face went white when he saw the man's face, looking at him. It was as if he was staring into the eyes of a ghost of someone he knew. Vahn stepped back and grabbed onto a barrel to support him as he was losing his balance.

"Brother..." Vahn said.


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Woah! Hold on a second! How is Vahn's brother, Folken, here in the Dragoon world, when he died from the battle againsh Dornkirk? Does he have something to do with the appearance of the monster? I'm not gonna reveal what's gonna happen... until next chapter, that is! Aren't I terrible? Well, not THAT terrible. At least I'm not putting Hitomi in, then the story would be just messed up! Well, see yas at chapter 4!