"Beastmaster Xellos, we meet again." Mr. Ul Copt appeared behind Filia, pulling her to him with a distraught Mrs. Ul Copt beside him.

Xellos's eyes widened at the dragon before him. The high priest… Xellos backed up against a tree. Filia opened her eyes to see the fear in Xellos'.

"Noooo!" She screamed, struggling to get out of her father's arms.

"Filia!" Her mother exclaimed. The bright light appeared again and pushed the dragons away from Filia. Filia dashed to Xellos' side.

"Are you alright?" She asked worriedly.

"Yeah… though I know I can't fight back against them. Juuo-sama has a leash on my powers." Xellos replied.

"Then I'll fight with you!" Filia exclaimed.

Xellos chuckled. "That you cannot do, Filia my dear."

"Filia! Get away from him!" Filia turned to see her mother getting up from the burst.

"Mama… You… You said you didn't know why they made the ryuuzoku and the mazoku separate." Filia pointed to her forehead.

"The mark! Oh Ceipheed no…!" Mrs. Ul Copt instantly burst into tears. Mica put her arm around her to comfort her.

"Filia get away from him… now!" Her father commanded.

Filia slowly reached in her pocket and brought out the gift Xellos gave her earlier. She place it on her forehead, it fitting perfectly, covering up the sign.

"I had a feeling we were going to separate." Filia laughed bitterly, tears falling from her eyes.

The other dragons watched the couple, in awe at what they saw.

"Remember when you asked me if I loved you?" Xellos asked, tilting Filia's chin to him. "Well try to remember this… I love you." He closed his eyes and gave her a light kiss on her lips.

"I don't want you to go…" Filia sobbed.

"Cheer up Filia-san… You look better with a…" Xellos was cut off by a sword that came whizzing by Filia and into Xellos's arm.

"Aaaaagh!" He screamed.

"That's enough lies, Beastmaster." Mr. Ul Copt grabbed Filia, this time putting a paralyzing spell on her so she couldn't get away.

"Papa! Don't hurt him!" Filia screeched.

Xellos was still screaming in the background. The sword was one made by golden dragons and had very serious damage on mazoku.

Mr. Ul Copt raised his arm to put more pressure when a voice stopped him.

"I don't think so… he's not your property." Zelas Metallium materialized in front of him.

"Juuo-sama…" Xellos said.

Zelas smirked and snapped her fingers, eliminating the sword. "Filia… hasn't your mother ever told you that you should never fall in love with a mazoku. IT just leads to trouble. Here I thought that dragons were romantic types, instead they just break away couples…" She taunted.

"I normally do not butt into the middle of these things, but it just so happens that you hurt Xellos. And if you hurt him, you hurt me." Zelas said fiercely, her expression changed to one of a mother bear's.

"I believe it was you…" She pointed to Mica. "For that I will punish you." Before anyone could say a word, Mica was turned into dust.

"Mica…chan…" Filia whimpered.

"I'd hate to hurt your feelings Filia, but I see your friend didn't hesitate to do so. You dragons humor me!" Zelas once again had her taunting smirk on her face. She bent down and picked up Xellos, clicking her heels together.

"Till we meet again Saichuro-sama." Zelas teleported out.

"You are in grave danger Filia." Her father said, looking down at her. But Filia had gone limp and pale white. She had… passed out.

Filia awoke later to find herself in her bed. There was cup of tea beside her bed and a note. She opened the note, reading what it said.

Filia honey,

I want you to know that I am very sorry about what transpired today. I want you to do something for me so that you will not be punished. There is one part of the story I didn't tell you. The elders in the story made the girl live with her memory for the rest of her life. She had to remember for the rest of her life. Everyone knows a dragon lives an eternity. The girl in that story was I. I found a spell that would help you to escape that cruel punishment. Say these words carefully and you will be set free.

Yours truly
Mama

"Mama… I'm sorry." Filia whispered. "Ceipheed, God of goodness, God of light. Grant me your power and remove this evil and let it rest in peace. Memory… Break." Filia fell back in her bed.

Her body started to shrink from one of a teen-aged dragon to a child, to a baby then an egg with a golden seal on it. Her mama materialized in the room, holding the egg to her heart.

"You shall arise, one thousand years later and grow up in five years. Memory is gone, merely forgotten." She prophesied.

Meanwhile on Wolfpack Island, Zelas was nursing Xellos's wounds.

"You should have told me how far into that relationship you where." Zelas scolded him.

Xellos winced in pain as she applied the old remedy. "I didn't know…" He answered truthfully.

"Well I'll figure out something to do." Zelas replied. She then pushed him away. "I'm finished.

Xellos stood up, looking good as new. "Have you seen my staff?" He asked.

"You mean this? I was going to ask you where you got it." Zelas picked up the brown staff from the floor.

"It was a gift… from Filia." Xellos said.

"I see…" The elder Beastmaster bit her lip in thought. "Xellos… I know you are probably mad at the dragons. I want to give you a chance to get revenge."

"Revenge? I just want to kill them all." Xellos said bitterly.

"If you really want to do that, Then I'll unleash your powers. But… It'll cost you your memory of Filia." Zelas warned.

Xellos stopped for a moment. He walked over to Zelas's know-it-all table (A nickname he placed on it) and ran his finger over the screen. Zelas came up behind him. They were just in time to see Filia whisper the words.

"No…" He whispered, touching Filia over the screen. He watched her form shrink into one of a dragon egg.

"Seal it..." He said. Zelas blinked. Xellos never ever talked like that to her.

Xellos turned to Zelas and bowed his head on her shoulder. "Seal it please..."

Zelas sighed and nodded. She looked around for something that would work for her. She saw Xellos's staff and went to pick it up. She ran her finger, tracing out a star across it. She then placed it in Xellos's hand and backed up.

"Memory... Break!" She exclaimed. Xellos fell limp to the floor and Zelas went and laid his head in her lap. "Eliminate as many dragons as you can.... The war begins tomorrow."