Meadow
10:37 P.M. Gaian Standard
Mitheithel's Point of View:
Telemna and Zidane seemed to have run into trouble. Zidane wouldn't talk about it and Telemna seemed discontent in some way.
"All right Telemna, tell me what's wrong," I muttered. Telemna went stiff. She had to have disobeyed my orders.
"Sorry, Mommy, b-but I had to e-eat and…" She trailed off. I raised an eyebrow. She ate some village folk. I didn't want to scold her. Telemna was sensitive to my moods ever since I tamed her. But I knew she wasn't afraid of being fussed at.
"Don't worry about it," I said. Telemna relaxed.
"Ok, Mommy," She muttered. I turned to look at the rest of the group.
"Do we have anything that we can stay in for a while? Maybe an airship?" I asked.
"There's the Invincible," Kuja said.
"But it's in Lindblum," Garnet pointed out.
"That's about two weeks travel on foot from here, Mommy," Telemna replied She was right. But we didn't have enough food supplies to travel that long.
"So much for that idea," Zidane muttered.
"There is a way we can get there within the hour," I hissed. Telemna perked up instantly.
"By dragon, of course!" Kuja exclaimed. He figured out what Telemna really was. It wasn't that hard to tell.
"Mommy, use the reverse spell!" Telemna piped up. I sighed and waved my hand in the air. Telemna vanished in thin air, instantly. After a few seconds or so, a black dragon descended from the air and licked me on the cheek. Everyone stared at me as I issued orders to Telemna psychically.
"This is our group's transportation," I declared. In a sense, Telemna was huge. She was an adult dragon and she was already as long as the span of two Lindblum-like cities. She was thin, and her scales shimmered like fire when the sun hit it. Telemna carefully landed on the ground and waited for any instructions. Fearless as usual, Kuja climbed on her back without pause. Kalya and Kulusindi went after him slowly. Zidane shrugged and lifted Garnet onto the dragons back. Finally, we were ready.
"Telemna, you know the speed in which we can safely breathe. And no side-trips, understand?" I said. Telemna snorted in disappointment as she flapped off of the ground. Soon, we were speeding amongst the clouds on Telemna's quick, even pace.
"If we are being looked for, then how will we get to Eiko?" Raamalooke asked. Garnet closed her hand around her pendant.
"I'll use this as a sign to Eiko," She said.
"Who will take it?" Kuja asked.
"Raamalooke will," Garnet said. The assassin's eyes narrowed.
"No, Garnet. Pick someone else," She said quickly. Garnet pulled off the pendant and handed it to her. Raamalooke reached out to push her hand away and met with a nasty shock. She pulled her hand away and hissed.
"Cursed guardian Alexander, why do you haunt me so?" She whispered. And then she was back to normal.
"I'll go," I said. Just then, Telemna's voice filled my mind. (A/N: The 's represent Telemna's thought-speech.)
'What's wrong? I felt something," She muttered.
"Nothing," I told her softly.
Lindblum
11:27 P.M. Gaian Standard
Raamalooke's Point of View:
I couldn't tell Garnet why I couldn't take the pendant. Something that holy would torture my soul for ages. See, I was one of the undead. I had been roaming Gaian for years on end to get the crystal that I so deeply desire. Kuja had it, or at least I thought he did. Garnet didn't mention my reaction to the pendant. Mitheithel was worried about it, but she didn't bother me on the subject. Telemna zoomed into the airship dock building and set us down on the platform. She returned to her human form and to Mitheithel's side.
A group of soldiers surrounded us quickly. Garnet stepped forward and smiled.
"I am the Queen of Alexandria, Garnet 'til Alexandros," She said proudly. The guards sneered at her.
"You are not allowed here," They growled. The Invincible was in plain sight. We could get there with some considerable force.
"Excuse me, but you wouldn't like to contend with my swords. Let us get the Invincible," I snapped. The guards seemed to consider my threat. But it was Telemna that frightened them. She was bearing (or baring?) her teeth and growing lightly. And Telemna had very long fangs. The guards wisely backed out of our way. Mitheithel led us across the way to the airship. Telemna and I lagged behind watching for tricks. Once we got to the door, Telemna and I went inside and locked it. The Invincible was huge. Big enough for Telemna to at least nap in while she was in her dragon form. We walked through the doorway to the cockpit and saw Zidane standing on a platform into the middle of the room.
"Zidane, do you know how to fly this thing?" I asked.
"I used to," Zidane answered. Used to wasn't a valid answer. I pushed him off and inspected the nearly transparent menus in front of me. I also knew that Kuja knew how to work the airship as well. But he stood in the corner, observing me quietly.
"Here we go," I said as I unlocked the docking gear from the menu. With the Invincible, the way you lean your body (to the side, etc) controls the direction and speed in which it travels. I leaned my body forward, floating the Invincible out of the building. I felt something and it didn't feel good.
"The summoning," Kuja whispered.
"They say that anyone can feel the eidolon before it comes. Atomos wants us and Kyrenia sent him," Garnet whispered.
"What do you suppose we do?" I asked. The cockpit was silent except for the steady hum of the engines.
"Out run him, Mommy," Telemna answered.
"Telemna's right. Atomos has an attack that sucks enemies in and drops them when he feels like it," Mitheithel agreed. I looked at the menu and sighed.
"Kuja, show me how to power up the engines. Mitheithel, you and Telemna find whatever weapons and get ready to fire on my command. Garnet, stay here with the twins," I commanded. Kuja sighed and pushed me off of the platform gently.
"Watch and learn," He whispered as he opened a series of menus and entered commands into it. The commands were in a language that I couldn't identify. There was a whine coming from the back of the ship and the floor began to pulsate from under my feet. In front of us, through the screen, were darkness and the silhouette of a mouth. Kuja leaned to left, guiding the ship around and away from the mouth. He reached up and tapped a small bar on the transparent menu.
"Weapons are on the bottom corridor to the left of the eye," He said.
"I'll find them," I muttered as I turned away. It didn't take me long to get to the eye. Mitheithel and Telemna were on the left side, inspecting the weapons.
"What if this doesn't work?" Mitheithel asked.
"You'll have to go outside and throw spells," I replied. She nodded and set up the weapons. What else could happen? I returned to the cockpit slowly. Kuja was standing stationary for the moment.
"What's up?" I asked.
"I can't detect anything. The Invincible's scanners aren't picking up anything," He answered. That's not good. What was Kyrenia planning? I looked out of the screen. It was pitch black outside with the dim glow of the city lights. There was an outline of a mouth in the distance. The summoner sense grew stronger. There was a red glow coming from the outline. Kuja saw this and immediately set the Invincible in the other direction. At this point, the attack came in full swing. The airship shuddered as I scrambled downstairs.
"Mitheithel, set Telemna outside. We need to free the ship," I said. Telemna grinned and disappeared quickly. There was a roar outside.
"Time to go," Mitheithel muttered.
Outside:
We were teleported outside as Mitheithel said these words. Telemna flapped away from the Invincible and flapped powerfully against the wind. Atomos loomed in front of us, menacingly. I picked up my bow and quickly fitted my arm. I loosed it without haste. It snapped in half before it reached the mouth.
"That's not going to work," Mitheithel shouted above the roaring wind. Hmm…she was right. But magic won't hurt him. I picked up another arrow and pricked my finger with it. Blood ran freely down the tip and my arm. But it didn't hurt. Mitheithel looked at me with concern, and turned Telemna to the left. I fitted the arrow with my blood on it and fired it. It went right through Atomos' defenses and exploded into his mouth. The eidolon dissipated instantly, and my wound closed. Telemna flapped back to the Invincible at break-neck speed.
A/N: While I was working on the last few chapters of this story, I came up with another idea for a fic. This time it's going to be on Freya. The title of it is going to be 'The tale of a Dragon Knight.' Sounds nice? I'm having a bit of trouble on the first chapter so when I decide to post it, will you give me some feedback? Chapters, 8 and 9 will be up soon.