A New Generation
Chapter 3:Rendezvu

It was a beautiful day. The sky was full of clouds, the birds were chirping, the sun was gently rising. Sights, sounds and smells tickled the senses. The sight of Morning dew gently rolling off the Evergreen trees. The sound of Birds chirping and squirrels squeaking. The smell of fish frying on the griddle...

Nall stopped walking almost immediately and smelled the air again

"Halibut, my favorite..." Nall said almost drooling. He ran in the direction of the smell of fish. He ran past the daycare room and the bunks. He ran right to where one of the kids was cooking, on the main deck.

"Mornin' Nall" the kid said from behind the stove. "I made you your favorite"

Nall almost inhaled the fish while he took the biggest whiff of its aroma. He wanted nothing else than to eat it at that moment, but a sudden thought crossed his mind. "Where's Ruby?" Nall asked

"She went outside this morning a little bit before you woke up. She said she wanted to see the newly grown trees." The kid replied.

"Thanks a lot. Put that on a plate for when I get back." Nall said before walking toward the entrance of the tree house.

"Sure thing Nall" the child said.

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As he walked through the forest, His thoughts turned to Alex and all his friends He was reminded of the time when they were in the forest of illusion on their way to the Black Dragon. He was reminded of when Alex became the Dragon Master. That was the happiest moment in both of their lives.

A tear began to roll down his cheek when someone jumped out from behind a big bush right in front of him. The girl had Crimson colored eyes and short amber hair. She was wearing a white tunic with a red sash around the waist. She had short white pants and brown shoes.

"Hey Nall" the girl said "what's up?"

"I came out here to find you Ruby" Nall said while turning a little red. Ever since they had changed Ruby into a Human form a few weeks ago, he couldn't help but realize how incredibly beutiful he found her. He never told her how he felt, and probly never will.

"Nall? What are you staring at?" Ruby asked suddenly. Nall realized he was staring at her. He quickly looked away

"Sorry about that, I must've dazed off..." Nall said, very embarrassed.

"Ahh, its ok. Lets head back to the tree house."

"Sure thing" Nall said. As they were walking through the woods, a rolling imp jumped out of the trees. It rolled toward Nall and hit him in his face. Nall drew the sword off his back. It was Kyle's sword. He had this sword in storage in case something had ever happened to Althena's sword, which of course was now on the Blue Star. He waited for the imp to come closer before he took a big swipe. But the imp moved! It then attacked Nall again knocking him off his feet. The rolling imp was going to attack again when it suddenly burst into a big flame. It then fell over dead.

Nall was puzzled at first but then looked over to Ruby who was short of breath and was holding her hand out; smoke was rising from her hand.

"Did you do that Ruby?" Nall asked with a surprised expression on his face.

"Yes" ruby said in between breaths

"How" Nall asked.

"Well, A few days ago I found an old book in the library and decided to read it. It was a spell book that was originally from Vane. It taught a few Fire spells and I read it. When that thing attacked I just remembered one of them and casted it on the imp." Ruby explained.

"Well it's a good thing you read that book or I wouldn't be around congratulating you right now. I don't get it, The monsters out here were never this strong..." Nall said

"I say we don't worry about it and get back to the tree-house before we're attacked again." Ruby suggested

"Good idea"

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As Nall and Ruby walked into the tree house, they were greeted by a rush of Dragon kids. "What's going on?" Nall asked.

"Some lady is here to see you." One of the kids said. "She's waiting inside, in the dining area"

"That's weird" Ruby said as they were walking toward the mess hall, "We never usually have visitors..."

"I know, I wonder who it is," Nall asked to himself. Nall and Ruby walked into the mess hall and saw a teenage girl sitting at one of the tables. She had long brown hair and a long white dress. She looked over at Nall and Ruby and stood up.

"Are you Nall," she asked

"Yes, that's me" Nall answered back.

"My name's Lina. I'm assuming you know my mother, Lemina?" Lina asked

"Oh!" Nall said surprised. "Your Lemina's daughter? The last time I saw you you were up to my waist"

"Well, it's been a long time since that. Listen, I'd love to just chat, but I have some serious business here." Lina said. Nall and Ruby sat down on one of the benches across from Lina and she began her story. "About 2 days ago, some men broke into the magic guild. They kidnapped my mother and put my father in a coma." Lemina said with a sad look on her face.

Nall and Ruby both looked at each other and back to Lina. "Did you get a good look at their faces?" Ruby asked

"Well, they were all wearing masks except one. He was kind of scrawny with scraggily blonde hair. He wore a blue robe. I've never seen him before, what would he want with my mother?"

"Well, I can tell you traveled far, so I'll bring you to the resting quarters." Ruby said

"Yes, thank you" Lina said while walking off with Ruby

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"Mr. Nall! Mr. Nall!" a child yelled running after him" Nall recognized the child. He was the one who was always standing near the entrance "Spying".

"What is it Johny?" Nall asked

"Someone else is here" Johnny said, short of breath.

"Someone else?" Nall wondered. It was odd enough that one person showed up this year. Now they had 2 in the same day. "Bring me to them." Nall commanded.

The 2 walked up to the entrance of the tree house. "There she is." Johnny said while pointing toward a woman standing near the entrance. She was wearing a white shirt with a blue and gray sash around the waist. She had long Green hair, but the most noticeable thing about her was a small horn protruding from the middle of her forehead. Nall took one look and realized who it must be. He walked up to her. She was leaning against a wall. She looked up and noticed him walking toward him.

She began to speak, "Hello Nall, I don't know if you remember me or not but..."

"Of course I do," Nall interrupted, "Your little Felicia, Jean and Leo's daughter

"Right"

"So, what brings you here?"

"Well, as a matter of fact, it's about my two parents... a few days ago, some people broke into our house and kidnapped my parents" she bit her lip when the thought of Joiy crossed her mind.

"Really!" Nall said with a very surprised look. "Now all that's left is Ronfar and Mauri..." He said in a half whisper. Felicia being half beast-woman, of course had exceptionally good hearing.

"What do you mean by that?" She asked.

Nall looked up in surprise, not thinking Felicia would have heard him. "Oh, Well, the daughter of two of your parents friends is here. She said the same thing that you claimed." Nall answered.

"...and who would that be?" she asked.

"Lina"

"I'm not too sure if I remember her. It sounds familiar though..."

"She's in the other room, if you'd like to meet her." Nall offered.

"That sounds good, maybe we could figure out what's going on here..."

Nall and Felicia walked into the back of the tree house, where all the bedrooms were. Lina was waiting...


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"So both your parents were kidnapped, along with my mother...' Lina explained too herself. She fell back into the bed thinking of something. Felicia was sitting on a bed opposite to the one where Lina sat. Nall was leaning against a wall near Felicia. Ruby leaning back in a chair next to him.

"Yes and according to Nall, there are two more soon to be attacked..." As soon as Felicia finished her sentence opened. A young man walked in. He closed the door behind him and looked directly at Nall.

"You must be Nall. One of the little ones told me you were in here." The young man said.

"Yes, and you must be Tunis..." Nall said quickly.

"Y-yes...how did you know?" Tunis said sounding surprised.

"I knew your parents, and you when you were a little boy." Nall said.

"Oh, well that explains it. Well the reason I came here is because..."

"I know why you're here, Tunis. You're parents were kidnapped, huh?"

"No, just my father..." Tunis shot a puzzled look at Nall. "Wait, h-how did you know that?!

"Maybe I can read minds, or maybe I can just smell a conspiracy here."

"I wish someone would tell me what the hell's going on." Nall Felicia, and Lina filled Tunis in on their own points of the story and summarized what happened.

"So, basically," Felicia began, "someone is kidnapping our parents because they were the heroes who saved the world from a guy named Zophar 23 years ago."

"That's right..." Nall said, "The only other ones that helped of course aren't here anymore..." Someone burst into the room. It was Johnny.

"Mr. Nall, Ms. Ruby, there's someone else here. He's out in the main hall."

(Who could it be) Nall thought. "Thank you Johnny." Johnny nodded and left the room.

"Who do you think it is?" Ruby asked.

"I don't know, but lets go see. You all can come if you want."

They all got up and walked out into the main hall. They saw another person there talking to one of the kids. When Ruby saw the person, her face positively beamed.

"Hiro!"

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Authors Note: aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! That was too short! Sry I'll try to make it up in the next few chapters. Sry I haven't updated in a very long time, but with my freshmen year starting, I haven't had much free time. I wasn't sure if I was going to continue, but I came back a week ago and saw the reviews. I then decided that as long as I have people who enjoy my work, I would continue it. So big thanks to all those who reviewed. Remember, if I keep getting reviews. Maybe I'll make some new fics :). It may take a while to get ch.3 up. Unfortunately I haven't come up with many good ideas for the rest of the story yet. So anyone with suggestions is urged to E-mail them to me.