The Mysterious Zoid Eve: Ch. 1: Rudolph's Letter

Disclaimer: I don't own the Zoids anime, but I do own any original characters and/or original zoids in this story. Request in a review to use them, and then I will let you. This has been written for purely entertainment, as I'm not making a profit off this.

Author's Note: Seeing as the last four episodes weren't shown, I'm doing my own thing on Zoid Eve. Anyway, this takes place six months after Fiona's Ambition. This will be much longer than Fiona's Ambition. At first, what's going on might be confusing, but it all ties together at the end of the chapter. I found this was the easiest way to write it. Also, Moonbay and Irvine have left again, doing whatever they did during those four years between CC/GF. Please read/review.

Van fired yet another shot at Fiona. She simply flew out of the way with her Pteris. She returned fire, but Van put up his shield. Van jumped up and tried to ram the Pteris's chest, but Fiona flew up higher. Suddenly, Fiona got an idea. She dive-bombed at Van, and Van simply took out the Liger's blades to show that diving would lead to losing.

"Van, I can't stop! I'm going too fast. Move out of the way!" Van ran out of her direction with his boosters. Fiona stopped just before hitting the ground, and then hopped out of her Pteris.

"You are getting better. Fiona. You really had me worried there." Van stated as he hopped out of the Blade Liger and hugged Fiona and she hugged him back. Zeke also roared something.

Everyday, for the past six months, Van had been training Fiona. She was getting quite good as the last few matches were more of fighting than training. At first, she used Zeke, but now he would be an unfair advantage, so, Zeke watched them train. During the battle with the Death Stinger, Fiona's Helcat was completely destroyed so Van "borrowed," as he put it, a red Pteris with a Bomber unit from the base, since that was the zoid that she was best with. It wasn't like Colonel Krugar would demote Van or anything like that if he found out. When Fiona asked about choosing a red Pteris, Van said it reminded him of her eyes. Of course, Fiona put in extra features like the powerful yellow shield and the speed boosters.

Other than training, Van spent time with Fiona, lifted weights, and received occasional assignments from the GF. Since Hiltz wasn't around, there wasn't much trouble anymore. It wasn't even known if Reese and Raven had survived or not.

"Hey Fiona, I'm hungry. How does lunch sound?" "Good Van" Fiona replied as they walked in Van's house.

Maria wasn't around, so Van and Fiona had to cook for themselves. They decided spaghetti would be good. Later Van decided to see if it tasted good, and took a spoonful out, but forgot to dump the water out. The pasta was good, but Van burnt his mouth on the boiling water.

"Ow! Damn it burns!" "Van you should've let the water out." Fiona said while laughing. Zeke also was laughing his ass off. "Shut up! That really hurt!" Van screamed.

After that, lunch was pretty good and uninterrupted until there was a knock at the door. "I'll get it, Fiona." "Please sign here, Mr. Flyheight." The delivery guy instructed as he handed Van a package. "What is it?" "A letter from Emperor Rudolph, sir. No one knows what it's about." "Thank You." Van signed, and the delivery guy left. He opened the letter and walked near Fiona so they could both read it. It read:

Dear Van and Fiona, I have important news. I'm writing to you with a letter because I fear that through any other way I communicate, it may be intercepted. It seems that in the northernmost town of the Empire, the Snow Colony, an Ancient Zoidian temple was discovered by a group of miners that have been sworn to secrecy. They, you, Dr. D, Colonel Krugar, and myself are the only ones who know about it. I've already made sure that it is okay if you go by Colonel Krugar. So, please meet at my palace and I will give you further details. Your friend, Rudolph

"So, Van, when are we leaving?" "Well first Fiona, let's finish our lunch, then we'll get ready to go." After that, the rest of the meal was silent.

Fiona and Van then got ready to go. They packed extra clothes, food, water, sleeping bags, a burner, a cooking pot, and several miscellanies. They did one last inventory check, and Zeke was about to go open the door when Maria came in. She scared the hell out of Zeke.

"Hi Maria," Fiona greeted. "Hello, Fiona. Van, where do you think you're going?" "Uhh. you see, we've got to see Rudolph at his palace and." "Emperor Rudolph?" "Yes." "Don't keep him waiting. Now go and come back soon. Goodbye Van, Zeke, and Fiona." "Bye then." "See you later," Fiona replied. Zeke roared a bye also. Van and Fiona hopped in their zoids with Zeke running behind.

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