Chapter 26: The Battle



"Lady Setsuna!" Setsuna stopped in the middle of her training of the new recruits.

"Yes Violle? Is something the matter?" she asked as she went to sheath her sword.

"Yes. . . the enemy. . .is preparing to attack . . . our floating fortresses and land troops. . ." Violle answered panting.

"Oh fuck," Setsuna muttered under her breath as she turn to the recruits. "That's all we have time for today so report to your dorms and stay there." one by one the new soldiers pilled out of the gym. "Alright you lazy bums!" she yelled at the Dragon Slayers. "Report to the guymelef loading bay asap!" all of the soldiers stopped their practising and followed her command. She then grabbed Violle by the arm and forced him closer to her. "Go get Dilandau. He's in one of the training rooms and tell him to report to the guymelef loading bay like everyone else." Violle nodded and ran to the training room.

"Lord Dilandau!" Violle yelled as he opened the door to find Dilandau in the middle of yet another duel with Dilandra. Dilandau looked at Violle aggravated. "Asturian and Fanelian troops and guymelefs have been spotted and are preparing to attack." he finished in a rush. An evil grin grew on Dilandau's face. "Lady Setsuna has ordered that all Dragon Slayers and yourself report to the guymelef bay asap." Dilandau's grin grew larger.

"Go then, I'll be there shortly." Dilandau ordered the soldier. Violle bowed and dashed out of the gym in a hurry. Dilandau sheathed his sword and Dilandra did the same. "Uh, you go to your room and stay there until myself or your mother tell you so." Dilandra then watched her father run our of the room. When she got out of the training room herself, she found the gym to be completely empty. She wandered out of the gym and into the hallways. Okay, now how the hell do I get back to my room? Dilandra wondered as she looked down both ways of the hallway. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Quickly she opened her eyes and chose to go in the west direction of the hallway. I hope this is the right way. She walked slowly through the labyrinth of hallways trying to find the way back to her room. It wasn't that long until she found herself completely lost. Great, now I'm lost, Dilandra thought with a heavy sigh.

"What are you doing out of your dorm soldier?" a man's voice came from behind Dilandra, startling her. She turned around quickly to come face to face with an older man. His skin was fairly pale and his hair was a pastel green colour. Her wore a long black cloak and had a purple tear drop tattoo under his right eye.

"Uh, first of all I'm not a soldier and second of all, I'm lost." the man smiled at Dilandra in a kind way.

"My apologies. You must be Dilandra. It's a pleasure to meet you. I am Folken Strategos."

"Uh yeah. Well, it's nice to meet you but do by any chance know how to get to my room or dorm or whatever you call them?" Folken stood there still smiling at her and nodded.

"Here, allow me to escort you to your room." he offered. Dilandra kindly accepted and smiled. Folken led her to her room and left.

Dilandra shut the door to the room and walked over to the closed window and looked through the glass at the earth below her. In the distance she could spot a few floating ships that her mother had called levi ships. She could also see the dreaded fighting in both the air and on the land. What's the point of war any ways? Dilandra wondered as she let out a sigh. She sat down and laid back on the large comfy bed. As a cool breeze swept across her chest, she zipped up the golden orange and black leather, armoured jacket that her mother had given her that morning. I guess I was wrong about my dad. I knew it was wrong to judge him last night when I first encountered him. Dilandra's thoughts trailed off as her eyes stayed transfixed on the window. How long would it be until this war was over? How long had it been going on? Questions much like these flowed through her mind.

As quickly as the questions came, they left as she felt the floating fortress shake. What was that? Her mind raced and a feeling of panic hit her. Something told her this wasn't normal. Voices and the sound of soldiers running filled the air. Dilandra slid the door to her room open slightly and saw many of the, in her mother's words, common soldiers racing down the hall. She felt the urge to ask one of the them what happened but she also felt that she knew what the answer was. She shut the door and knew the best solution would be to stay put like her father had said.

Dilandra looked at the sword on the long oak dresser and made the decision to put it on just incase she had some uninvited guests. She then sat back down on the bed and waited. She could sense something was going to happen but what. As soon as Dilandra could her the sound of the door beginning to open, she jumped to her feet and placed her right hand on her sword. The door opened slowly nd revealed a familiar face that she wished wasn't there. It was him. The man who had threatened to kill her the other day.

"Well, isn't this a surprise. Now, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. It's your choice." he said with a smirk.



A/N: Yes! I'm leaving you with a cliff hanger because I'm sooooo EVIL!!!!! Like Dilanda said, I'm an evil spawn of Satan :) Well, hoped ya liked this chappie and I hope to get the next one up soon so please review and any personal comments, questions or flames can be sent to me at sailor_cosmos71@hotmail.com