Chapter 7
Death
Celena felt a rumble above her. On impulse she looked up. A dragon dropped down in front of her and started to hiss. Celena closed her eyes and opened them again. She had never shaken in fear in a long time. Cringed yes, but shaking? No.
"Look like you mean her no harm." Said a voice around her. She looked around. Dilandau was standing his back against a tree that was beside her. He looked serious.
She nodded her head. But it wasn't that easy.
"Bend down to pick a flower or something, ignore her." Dilandau seemed to know what he was doing.
Celena did as she was told and she knelt toward the ground and picked up a rock. She started to examine it with fake interest. The dragon saw that the girl was not a threat stalked away. Celena dropped her shoulders.
"Wow I didn't think that would actually work. I guess my guessing worked." Dilandau said not realizing that Celena was still a little shaken up.
Celena hit him with a stick. She then stalked away. She realized the rock was still in her hand and threw it at him. It hit him in the shoulder.
Dilandau laughed at her. The poor girl got enough torture today.
It was night before long. The dragons hadn't showed any care for the two. Celena was sleeping at a trunk of a tree. Dilandau was strumming the harp. It had a tone to it to put anything to sleep. He was tired himself. He lightly kicked Celena's foot when he heard something in the background. She lifted her head and looked at the darkened sky. Dilandau helped her up and went toward the cave near his guymelef. He jumped to his guymelef and pulled out his scabbard and then put it on. It had to have been the crusade when he saw the large Levi-ship.
"Celena come on your brother is here." He called to her. She was dusting herself off
"Good, I don't want to be around any more dragons." She said.
Allen and Van came down the cliff side easily. Both were soon by the two.
"Why didn't you come back to Asturia?" Allen asked.
"After we landed the energist just blew up. And I wasn't about to start a riot here. I am much smarter than to disturb dragons with out a melef." Dilandau said.
"Yes, I would hope so." Allen said, he went to his sister.
"I don't think he likes me too much." Dilandau said under his breath to Van.
"Give him some time." Van said just above a whisper.
"Celena are you ok?" Allen asked his sister.
"Yes Allen I am ok." She looked away from her brother. He had turned to head them back to the crusade. Celena looked at Dilandau. He was standing by Van when Allen passed them. Allen turned his head, when he did Celena saw something else there. A woman's spirit. She glared at Celena and walked with Allen away. The others followed him. Celena had to tell Dilandau, but away from Allen. He was to protective to let her be by him alone. It was the same with Merle, Hitomi and Van. Merle wouldn't let Van and Hitomi alone for one minuet.
When they had arrived at the castle in Fanelia everyone had rejoiced that Van was back but all of them stepped back in fear of Dilandau. It was like every time he took a step they took a step a foot back. It made him very uncomfortable.
Van at the front slowed his pace down. He had to ask Dilandau something. As soon as Dilandau had come closer Van said. "Dilandau, after the castle at Asturia fell we were attacked by dragons out of our Guymelefs. And well some one saved us. They used an old alsedise unit like one of your Dragonslayer's. This person said something about making sure that nothing gets in his cousin's way. Oh yeah it was actually female."
Dilandau thought a moment. Then he moved toward Celena slowly. He was right behind her. "Celena what do you remember something different about your Dragonslayers?" He asked.
"There was one that was different than the rest, it was a girl, she was a Monroe from what I remember. Why?" Celena asked.
"Just wondering. " He said. His gaze caught Allen's glare. Now if he wasn't trying to have peace he would fight Allen in the streets that moment, but we have to stay on the good side. All these thoughts went through Dilandau's head. That wasn't right, was his bad side coming out.
"Don't worry yourself too much Van, that person wont harm a fly. She was one of the Dragonslayers, the only one I believe survived. Or died then came back to life as some might put it." Dilandau said to Van again. "Your people don't like me." He said.
"They don't like Celena either. They had heard of her little accident with the Zaibach Sorcerers so they don't like her as much as they like you but they will warm up to it. They do like Hitomi though."
When they arrived Merle was sitting on a large statue that resembled a cup with a serpent coiled around it and its head was over the glass.
"HITOMI!!! Lord Van why did you have to bring this girl back? I mean she is so not worthy of the stay." Merle said jokingly.
"Nice to see you too Merle." Merle jumped out of the glass and jumped on Van. She started to lick his face. "Merle we have company." Van pointed out. Merle looked around, she jumped off Van and ran and hugged Celena until she had to pry the cat off of her
"Oh Lady Celena it is so good to have you here again!"
"I am gone for two years and all I get is a bad pun." Hitomi said.
"Merle please we have a new guest that will be staying." Van said. Merle looked around she then saw Dilandau. She then did something strange. She let out a growl and then her blue eyes turned bright yellow and she ran in front of Van and started to hiss.
Everyone found this very strange for a cat girl to actually perform this kind of thing. Van put a hand on her shoulder. "Merle, you see Celena, then you see Dilandau, you are confused, calm down." Van said.
"Sorry Lord Van, Hello Lord Dilandau, I hope you like your stay here in Fanelia's castle." Merle said in mock sadness.
Dilandau smiled.
Some men came running. They were the councilors of Fanelia. Once they had seen Dilandau enter with their beloved king they demanded answers.
"Gentlemen, let him explain everything." Van said looking over at Dilandau.
Dilandau did explain everything, every thing was covered some other things like what exactly attacked them and all.
After that Merle took Hitomi to the garden to show her what her and Van had been planting.
"These are the lilies. And here are the wonderful azaleas."
"This place is so beautiful." Hitomi sighed.
"So are you going to marry Lord Van?" Merle asked.
Hitomi almost hit the floor with that question. "Well, I do still love him and I don't want to go back to Earth. So I don't know, I am going with my own future now, I am just playing it by ear."
Merle smiled.
*
Celena was also in the garden but she had lost herself on purpose. She couldn't get away from Allen, he wasn't so over protective just a while ago now he is sending even Reeden to follow her. Maybe this conference would do her some time to talk to Dilandau.
"You wanted to talk to me?" Said a voice. As if on cue Dilandau stepped out.
"Thank you, there is something bothering me, its Allen. Not only is he being way over protective, there is something else. Today earlier when we were leaving that nesting ground I saw something, like a spirit. She glared at me like stay away. She was really close to him. Almost like inside him."
Dilandau took in her words. She then sat down on the ground and cried. Dilandau found this strange.
"Don't cry." He said kneeling down beside her. He got down and sat on his knees in front of her. He put his hands on her knees that were up to her chin.
"I have a feeling that were ever I go things happen, I feel like this is all my fault." She said burring her head in his shoulder.
*
Van had arrived to the hall were you could see the gardens through glass and he saw Celena crying on Dilandau's shoulder. She looked crushed. At least someone isn't treating her like a glass doll or a butterfly.
*
Merle saw a beautiful flower. Its petals were a red color. The middle was a light green with a line going through the middle.
Hitomi noticed the girl's curiosity. She smiled. She then heard a scream. She turned. Merle was doing the cat thing again. The flower was a snake. Merle then calmed down and fainted. The snake neared Hitomi.
A large blade went through the neck of the snake.
Hitomi looked up. Van was standing there. He looked sad all of the sudden.
He picked up Merle. Hitomi could see that a tear was coming down from his face. Hitomi followed him. Dilandau and Celena had came from hearing the scream.
"Van what is that thing back there?" Hitomi asked.
"From the looks of it, it was a flower snake, they disguise themselves as beautiful color changing flowers. Their bites are as poisoned as a 2 step snake." Dilandau said.
"You have them here too?" Hitomi asked.
"Hitomi you remember that one snake that guy with the pink hair had, same if I am right." Van said.
Hitomi was surprised. Maybe the Mystic Moon and Gaea weren't all that different after all.
She felt terrible for Van. When the healers had told them Merle was gone Van was more sad than the day when he had seen her and Allen kissing, plus the time when she fell into Allen's arms.
As if on cue Allen came in. Hitomi could sense a strange air around him. Almost evil. Hitomi saw Celena, who had immediately snapped to attention. She also sensed the evil around Allen for the fear in her eyes. He had heard the scream and went immediately, he then heard of Merle.
Later that night dinner was ate in silence the only noise was coming from the orchestra, no body was enjoying their food either. Hitomi was just stabbing at the meat on her plate, Van just sat there and looked at his plate, Celena took a bite every so often, Dilandau feeling uncomfortable was just picking at his food, and Allen was eating as if nothing happened. This odd behavior caught the eyes of everyone.
Well we know that Allen is acting weird, what is up with him, does it have to do with what happened earlier in the last chapters? Has Allen finally lost his mind? (hope so) Poor Van, I am just so mean to everyone, but more death coming up, who will be next (if you actually get this story then you will probably know for my extreme hate for a certain character) So read and review and tell me what you think
Death
Celena felt a rumble above her. On impulse she looked up. A dragon dropped down in front of her and started to hiss. Celena closed her eyes and opened them again. She had never shaken in fear in a long time. Cringed yes, but shaking? No.
"Look like you mean her no harm." Said a voice around her. She looked around. Dilandau was standing his back against a tree that was beside her. He looked serious.
She nodded her head. But it wasn't that easy.
"Bend down to pick a flower or something, ignore her." Dilandau seemed to know what he was doing.
Celena did as she was told and she knelt toward the ground and picked up a rock. She started to examine it with fake interest. The dragon saw that the girl was not a threat stalked away. Celena dropped her shoulders.
"Wow I didn't think that would actually work. I guess my guessing worked." Dilandau said not realizing that Celena was still a little shaken up.
Celena hit him with a stick. She then stalked away. She realized the rock was still in her hand and threw it at him. It hit him in the shoulder.
Dilandau laughed at her. The poor girl got enough torture today.
It was night before long. The dragons hadn't showed any care for the two. Celena was sleeping at a trunk of a tree. Dilandau was strumming the harp. It had a tone to it to put anything to sleep. He was tired himself. He lightly kicked Celena's foot when he heard something in the background. She lifted her head and looked at the darkened sky. Dilandau helped her up and went toward the cave near his guymelef. He jumped to his guymelef and pulled out his scabbard and then put it on. It had to have been the crusade when he saw the large Levi-ship.
"Celena come on your brother is here." He called to her. She was dusting herself off
"Good, I don't want to be around any more dragons." She said.
Allen and Van came down the cliff side easily. Both were soon by the two.
"Why didn't you come back to Asturia?" Allen asked.
"After we landed the energist just blew up. And I wasn't about to start a riot here. I am much smarter than to disturb dragons with out a melef." Dilandau said.
"Yes, I would hope so." Allen said, he went to his sister.
"I don't think he likes me too much." Dilandau said under his breath to Van.
"Give him some time." Van said just above a whisper.
"Celena are you ok?" Allen asked his sister.
"Yes Allen I am ok." She looked away from her brother. He had turned to head them back to the crusade. Celena looked at Dilandau. He was standing by Van when Allen passed them. Allen turned his head, when he did Celena saw something else there. A woman's spirit. She glared at Celena and walked with Allen away. The others followed him. Celena had to tell Dilandau, but away from Allen. He was to protective to let her be by him alone. It was the same with Merle, Hitomi and Van. Merle wouldn't let Van and Hitomi alone for one minuet.
When they had arrived at the castle in Fanelia everyone had rejoiced that Van was back but all of them stepped back in fear of Dilandau. It was like every time he took a step they took a step a foot back. It made him very uncomfortable.
Van at the front slowed his pace down. He had to ask Dilandau something. As soon as Dilandau had come closer Van said. "Dilandau, after the castle at Asturia fell we were attacked by dragons out of our Guymelefs. And well some one saved us. They used an old alsedise unit like one of your Dragonslayer's. This person said something about making sure that nothing gets in his cousin's way. Oh yeah it was actually female."
Dilandau thought a moment. Then he moved toward Celena slowly. He was right behind her. "Celena what do you remember something different about your Dragonslayers?" He asked.
"There was one that was different than the rest, it was a girl, she was a Monroe from what I remember. Why?" Celena asked.
"Just wondering. " He said. His gaze caught Allen's glare. Now if he wasn't trying to have peace he would fight Allen in the streets that moment, but we have to stay on the good side. All these thoughts went through Dilandau's head. That wasn't right, was his bad side coming out.
"Don't worry yourself too much Van, that person wont harm a fly. She was one of the Dragonslayers, the only one I believe survived. Or died then came back to life as some might put it." Dilandau said to Van again. "Your people don't like me." He said.
"They don't like Celena either. They had heard of her little accident with the Zaibach Sorcerers so they don't like her as much as they like you but they will warm up to it. They do like Hitomi though."
When they arrived Merle was sitting on a large statue that resembled a cup with a serpent coiled around it and its head was over the glass.
"HITOMI!!! Lord Van why did you have to bring this girl back? I mean she is so not worthy of the stay." Merle said jokingly.
"Nice to see you too Merle." Merle jumped out of the glass and jumped on Van. She started to lick his face. "Merle we have company." Van pointed out. Merle looked around, she jumped off Van and ran and hugged Celena until she had to pry the cat off of her
"Oh Lady Celena it is so good to have you here again!"
"I am gone for two years and all I get is a bad pun." Hitomi said.
"Merle please we have a new guest that will be staying." Van said. Merle looked around she then saw Dilandau. She then did something strange. She let out a growl and then her blue eyes turned bright yellow and she ran in front of Van and started to hiss.
Everyone found this very strange for a cat girl to actually perform this kind of thing. Van put a hand on her shoulder. "Merle, you see Celena, then you see Dilandau, you are confused, calm down." Van said.
"Sorry Lord Van, Hello Lord Dilandau, I hope you like your stay here in Fanelia's castle." Merle said in mock sadness.
Dilandau smiled.
Some men came running. They were the councilors of Fanelia. Once they had seen Dilandau enter with their beloved king they demanded answers.
"Gentlemen, let him explain everything." Van said looking over at Dilandau.
Dilandau did explain everything, every thing was covered some other things like what exactly attacked them and all.
After that Merle took Hitomi to the garden to show her what her and Van had been planting.
"These are the lilies. And here are the wonderful azaleas."
"This place is so beautiful." Hitomi sighed.
"So are you going to marry Lord Van?" Merle asked.
Hitomi almost hit the floor with that question. "Well, I do still love him and I don't want to go back to Earth. So I don't know, I am going with my own future now, I am just playing it by ear."
Merle smiled.
*
Celena was also in the garden but she had lost herself on purpose. She couldn't get away from Allen, he wasn't so over protective just a while ago now he is sending even Reeden to follow her. Maybe this conference would do her some time to talk to Dilandau.
"You wanted to talk to me?" Said a voice. As if on cue Dilandau stepped out.
"Thank you, there is something bothering me, its Allen. Not only is he being way over protective, there is something else. Today earlier when we were leaving that nesting ground I saw something, like a spirit. She glared at me like stay away. She was really close to him. Almost like inside him."
Dilandau took in her words. She then sat down on the ground and cried. Dilandau found this strange.
"Don't cry." He said kneeling down beside her. He got down and sat on his knees in front of her. He put his hands on her knees that were up to her chin.
"I have a feeling that were ever I go things happen, I feel like this is all my fault." She said burring her head in his shoulder.
*
Van had arrived to the hall were you could see the gardens through glass and he saw Celena crying on Dilandau's shoulder. She looked crushed. At least someone isn't treating her like a glass doll or a butterfly.
*
Merle saw a beautiful flower. Its petals were a red color. The middle was a light green with a line going through the middle.
Hitomi noticed the girl's curiosity. She smiled. She then heard a scream. She turned. Merle was doing the cat thing again. The flower was a snake. Merle then calmed down and fainted. The snake neared Hitomi.
A large blade went through the neck of the snake.
Hitomi looked up. Van was standing there. He looked sad all of the sudden.
He picked up Merle. Hitomi could see that a tear was coming down from his face. Hitomi followed him. Dilandau and Celena had came from hearing the scream.
"Van what is that thing back there?" Hitomi asked.
"From the looks of it, it was a flower snake, they disguise themselves as beautiful color changing flowers. Their bites are as poisoned as a 2 step snake." Dilandau said.
"You have them here too?" Hitomi asked.
"Hitomi you remember that one snake that guy with the pink hair had, same if I am right." Van said.
Hitomi was surprised. Maybe the Mystic Moon and Gaea weren't all that different after all.
She felt terrible for Van. When the healers had told them Merle was gone Van was more sad than the day when he had seen her and Allen kissing, plus the time when she fell into Allen's arms.
As if on cue Allen came in. Hitomi could sense a strange air around him. Almost evil. Hitomi saw Celena, who had immediately snapped to attention. She also sensed the evil around Allen for the fear in her eyes. He had heard the scream and went immediately, he then heard of Merle.
Later that night dinner was ate in silence the only noise was coming from the orchestra, no body was enjoying their food either. Hitomi was just stabbing at the meat on her plate, Van just sat there and looked at his plate, Celena took a bite every so often, Dilandau feeling uncomfortable was just picking at his food, and Allen was eating as if nothing happened. This odd behavior caught the eyes of everyone.
Well we know that Allen is acting weird, what is up with him, does it have to do with what happened earlier in the last chapters? Has Allen finally lost his mind? (hope so) Poor Van, I am just so mean to everyone, but more death coming up, who will be next (if you actually get this story then you will probably know for my extreme hate for a certain character) So read and review and tell me what you think