Kalis Journey Series-Chapter Two: The Telling of Kallis' History

Author's Note: How am I doing so far? The revamped version better? Well I guess the first chapter didn't suck that much otherwise you probably wouldn't be reading this. Here we meet our mysterious attacker. Is she an enemy or friend? Where are our boys and how the hell did they get there?

Quatre moaned slightly. His head hurt and felt very strange. Half of it was cold and the other felt very warm. His whole body was sweating and he shuddered.

"Hush now little one," a voice said soothingly. "You'll be okay."

He slowly opened his eyes to find the speaker was a young woman. Her blond hair was long, her blue eyes sparkled with kindness.

"Hey, where am I?" Quatre asked starting to sit up.

The woman gently pushed him back. "It would be best of you stay put, you're not quite dressed for the occasion, if you get my drift."

Quatre realized that the only things covering him was his boxers and a fleece blanket. He slowly laid back down, then he realized the reason his head felt cold was because an icepack had been tucked behind his head.

"Man, what happened?" He asked.

"My name is Beazin. You had been accidentally attacked. My people and princess ask for your forgiveness. What would be your name young man?"

"Quatre Raberra Winner."

"Ah, I see."

"It doesn't make sense that I was attacked by a princess."

"Not much makes sense in these times, young Quatre." She gave him a meaningful look deep into his eyes. "Well, I can see that looks are quite decieving. You may be young but you hold the look of an unfortunate past."

"I guess it depends on how you want to look at it."

"I believe the other four young men with you were companions?"

"Yes, they're my friends. Are they all right?"

"A few bumps on the head, one with a nasty cut. Nothing we can't fix here. By the way, take this."

She handed Quatre a cup full of red liquid and a small yellow pill. He looked at it questioningly.

"And this is?"

"It's an herbal remedy for the kind of treatment you and your friends recieved. It's to cure concussions and other head injuries of this sort."

Quatre hesitated before putting the pill in his mouth and took a quick gulp of his drink. It tasted very sweet at first, holding a strawberry flavor, then turned to a bitter-sour lemon. Beazin took the cup after seeing his reaction and sniffed the liquid. She took a sip herself and made the same face.

"Oh, my apologies," she said. "Must be another attempt at strawberry-lemonade by the children."

"It's okay." Quatre said, smiling.

He sat up again and looked around. The room was large, rounded, made of rock and wood. The beds of more wood, straw, and the fleeced blankets. The other pilots were beginning to wake up as well, some having close to the same reaction as Quatre. Duo seemed a bit cranky, Trowa and Wufei were silent. Only Heero overreacted. He reached for his gun but found he was only dressed in his boxers too.

"Um, what happened to our clothes?" Duo asked as the young brunette who sat near him handed him juice and a pill.

"You all were caught in the rain. Your clothes were washed, dried and are ready for wearing." Beazin said, standing and going to the center of the room. She glanced around the room and the other girls took the cups and left. "My name is Beazin. You are in safe hands now. Our princess didn't mean to attack,"

"Weak woman, what would you know?" Wufei muttered.

Beazin glared at him. "More than you think Wufei."

The Chinese boy blinked. "How did you know my name?"

"I have some mind-reading abilities. It is the gift handed through my family. Now there is much to be explained to you all and I'm sure you have many questions."

"I sure as hell do," Duo said.

A young boy came in and handed Beazin some folded clothes. She handed each pilot their outfits.

"This boy is Tran. Get dressed and he'll lead you to our meeting room. There we will talk." Beazin said. Then she left the room.

Tran turned away as the boys got dressed. He played with a stray stick on the ground.

"How old are you Tran?" Quatre asked, pulling his shirt over his head.

"Eleven." Tran said.

"Is Beazin your mom?"

"Uh uh, she my sister. My mom's gone."

"What happened?" Duo asked.

"She was put under a dark spell by President Gates' assistant."

"Meaning she was killed I presume," Trowa said softly to Heero, who didn't answer.

Tran's sharp ears picked up Trowa's statment. "Nope, she's alive, just that she can't control herself. That must be pretty awful."

Duo raised an eyebrow at the others, looking a bit worried. But he left the conversation at that. The pilots finished dressing then followed Tran into a small hallway that lead to a room with a round table. Beazin sat at one end and waited silently until the five were seated, then Tran nodded and quietly left.

"Some time ago, President Gates found a warphole into another dimension. We're not sure yet of how it was possible, but the facts remained that it was there and it could lead to very dangerous consequences for both of our worlds. Undoubtedly, the large machines you five possess are the key to a lot of power in your world. But they could destroy ours." Beazin explained. "We were able to close the door, but the President found the means to break our spells. That is how you have come to us. The warphole is closed for now due to a spell compromised between the princess and the President's first assistant."

"So there goes our ticket home." Duo said.

Beazin nodded. "For now."

"You mentioned spells Beazin, what do you mean by that?" Quatre asked.

"In this world, magic is very real. We have come to learn that in your world it is no more than a fantasy power, often looked upon as evil. But here, our planet is divided by those who can do magic and those who can't. Our people evolved to do magic or not, much like the species of planet Earth would split during their evolution. But as we grew more intelligent, we saw no reason that magical people couldn't converse, marry and have offspring with the non-magical people."

"I supose someone thought different?" Heero asked.

"Not until Gates came into power. The planet was always ruled by a magical person, of course assistants and advisors were non-magical to keep the equality in balance and everyone was happy with this arrangement. We've never had trouble with other planets. But one day our king and queen had been caught in an unfortunate accident. A fire had gotten out of control and killed them. For a long time we believed their daughter had been killed with them. So the world lived on in a cruel society. Gates had ordered magical people to be either kept as slaves or put in military camps. We were no longer allowed to study our arts as our ancestors did before. I was three when the revolution began against President Gates. My family was in one of the first camps freed from Gates' tyranny. Soon we had ourselves a relatively small army. Those not part of us are either pacifists who won't fight-"

"Relena would just love them wouldn't she Heero?" Duo said.

"......"

"Or they support President Gates." Trowa said. "Am I right?"

"Yes." Beazin said. "When I was fifteen, we found a young girl all on her own. She was unconscious and badly hurt. We brought her back to our home, cleaned her up and took care of her until she awoken. One of our elders nearly had a heart attack when he met her. He knew she was the princess, but had no proof. She stayed with us and proved to be a very strange warrior."

Beazin would have gone on but the door opened and she quickly stood. In walked the dark-haired girl that had attcked the boys in the alley.

With a growl, Wufei was one his feet in a minute. He glared at the girl, who only stared back. Wufei just thought of attacking when he suddenly found himself on his back. The girl placed a foot firmly on his chest.

Wufei blinked, but said nothing.

"She's earned my respect." Duo said, sitting back and putting his feet on the table. Quatre gave him a glare and shoved his feet off. Duo stuck out his tongue. "So who are you?"

"......" The girl sat down.

"Funny, that's what Heero says all the time!" Duo said with a grin.

"Gentlemen, I'd like to present Princess Kallishanasti, the rightful ruler of the Planet Kalis." Beazin said.

"Excuse me?!" Duo cried, then he fell backwards.

"You must be kidding," Heero said.

Trowa said nothing. Wufei sat back in his chair, eyes never leaving the girl.

"Princess Kallishanasti," Quatre began.

"Kalli." The girl said flatly.

"Okay, Kalli, why did you attack us?"

"I didn't know who you were." Kalli replied. "In this world, attack first questions later."

"Kalli!" Beazin scolded. "I thought we talked about that."

"Still doesn't change my views." Kalli said.

Heero had stood to help Duo back in his chair. By the time he sat down again, the cold feeling that had begun to wash into the room since Kalli arrived got worse. Even Quatre eyed the girl with some amount of distrust.

"So, this is your princess," Duo said, finally breaking the icy silence. "No proof though, huh?"

"Only this." Kalli said, turning around in her chair. She was wearing a black tanktop, the back sank low enough that the boys could see the black and silvery pentagram that looked as if it were burning into the girl's pale skin.

"This is the mark of a full-blooded magical person." Beazin said. "The only one left."

"Now I'm confused." Wufei said.

Beazin held up a hand to silence him. "There was only one couple left who didn't have a non-magical person in their bloodline. That couple is now dead and their prodigy sits before you. There is not a single family left on this planet that isn't either a mix of magic and non-magical people or purely non-magical."

"Okay, we have the life story of this planet. Now what?" Heero asked.

"Well besides Princess Kalli you seem to be the only ones who have any military experiance."

"I'm sure Mr. Perfect Soldier could teach your people some things." Duo said with a grin.

"Can it Maxwell." Wufei muttered.

"We wanted to ask for your help. In exchange, we'll find a way for you to get back home." Beazin said.

The five glanced at each other. Trowa already knew Quatre would do it. He glanced to Duo who was smiling. Wufei gave a slight shrug. He looked to Heero, who was also looking at the others.

"Mission accepted." Heero said.

Kalli stood up and left the room. They all stared after her. Beazin sighed.

"What's eating her?" Duo asked.

"Where had she been for all those years? Just wandering around as an infant?" Quatre asked.

"No. When she came to trust us, she told us what was really going on. She had survived her parents accident, President Gates wasn't very happy with it. So instead of letting her grow up to rule as our princess, he took her and gave her hard military training from day one." Beazin sighed again. "She grew up with no one to love her, care for her. You think your buddy Heero over there is bad,"

They glanced at each other. Quatre took a deep breath.

"Poor girl. Even now, no one loves her?" Quatre asked.

"She has earned the respect and honor of her people, but it's difficult to love someone who can't love you back."