Chapter 20: Reunited at Last
Minako looked at Dilandra strangely. "Dilandra, are you alright?" She asked her in a whisper. Dilandra didn't answer or respond, she was still in shock that her mother was back from wherever she was. Once Allen heard the blond call the silver haired girl Dilandra and when he saw the look on both the girl and Setsuna's faces, he got an idea. He grabbed Dilandra and held the blade of his dagger at her neck.
"Now, will you surrender?" He asked with a grin. Setsuna was full of rage.
"Take your filthy hands off of her you bastard!" Setsuna shouted at him. Allen laughed at how helpless she looked. Setsuna's look of fear and anger disappeared from her face when realized how reckless Allen had been. With a swift movement she charge forward with her sword unsheathed but instead of attacking, she leapt over Allen and grabbed Melody.
"Now, how about you surrender? You know Van would kill you if you let anything happen to his daughter." Setsuna said grinning slyly at him. Rage filled Allen. How could I have been so careless? He wondered.
"How about a trade. You can have your bastard child if you hand over the princess." Setsuna thought about it. I don't have much choice. If I kill Melody he would certainly kill Dilandra and I won't let anything happen to her. Setsuna made up her mind.
"Fine." She released her grip from Melody and sheathed her sword. Melody ran over toward Allen. Once Allen knew Melody was safe he too let go of Dilandra and put away his dagger.
Dilandra ran into her mother's warm embrace. "I missed you so much Dilandra."Setsuna whispered into her daughter's ear.
"Allen, I think it's best if you retreated before you go and get yourself killed which I don't mind much, as long as I get to be the one to kill you." Dilandau sneered. Allen's rage and anger only built up more, but like most knights he knew when he had to retreat.
Later that night Dilandra awoke in a dark room with steel walls. What? Where am I? She wondered as she sat up. As the door opened Dilandra kept her guard up but relaxed when she saw it was her mother.
"I know this may seen strange and awkward-"
"Where were you all these years? Why did you leave me?" Dilandra asked.
"I've been in Zaibach on Gaea. I didn't leave you. If I could of have had it my way, you would have come with me but fate wouldn't allow that. I was taken there against my will." She paused. "I'm sorry Dilandra." An awkward silence hung in the air. A few moments later a knock sounded from the door. "Enter." Setsuna replied as she turned towards the door.
"Uh, here are the clothes you asked for Setsuna." A soldier with black curly hair said as he handed Setsuna the pile of clothes.
"Thank you Violle." Setsuna replied as she took the clothes from him. Violle the turned around and left.
"Mom, what's going on? Why did you threaten to kill one of my friends?" Setsuna avoided her daughter's eyes.
"I'm an elite soldier of Zaibach. Your friend Melody is the daughter of one of my enemies and is the Princess of Fanelia."
"Why are you at war with them?" Dilandra asked curiously as she sat up.
"This war goes back for hundreds of years. It all started when Asturia attacked Zaibach because they saw how prosperous she was becoming. All the Asturian nobles wanted Asturia to be the most power country on Gaea." Setsuna explained. "Here, you might want to put this on." she handed Dilandra the pile of clothes she was holding.
"Why?" Dilandra asked as accepted the clothes from her mother.
"Well, it will attract a lot less attention. The Vione is full of men. The only females here are myself, the maids, nurses and you. If you went around wearing that short skirt I can guarantee that you would end up in an uncomfortable situation." Dilandra looked down at her outfit. "You can go change in the bathroom." Setsuna said as she pointed to the bathroom door. Dilandra stood up and went into the bathroom to change. When she came out she was wearing loose black leather pants and an orange short sleeve tunic. "Oh, here. You might want to put these on." she handed Dilandra a pair of black and orange knee high, padded boots. Dilandra sat down on the bed and put them on.
"Anything else?" Dilandra asked as she stood up. Setsuna looked at her. Something's missing, she thought to herself.
"Oh, yes." she walked over to the chair by the desk and grabbed a black leather jacked with orange padding on the shoulders and arms. She walked up to her daughter and handed her the coat.
"Uh, this is armour," Dilandra pointed out confused.
"Yes, well, that's all we really got here. I could go and get you a maids dress-"
"Uh this will be fine." Dilandra said interrupting her mother. She put on the coat and zipped it up half way. Setsuna looked at the clock on the wall
"Well, I guess we should head down the mess hall for dinner." Setsuna turned to the door and gestured for Dilandra to follow.
A/N: so what did ya think? Sorry about the short delay. I planned on having this chappie out yesterday but I noticed that I had quite a few grammar problems and spelling errors in my fic so I fixed them up. Well any ways, please review and all flames can be e-mailed to me at sailor_cosmos71@hotmail.com or if you have any questions feel free to e-mail them to me.
