Heraldic Mage
Disclaimer: (groan)
A/N: Yeah...I forgot about Precis for a while....I do on the game too. She is the one holding the Trickster ^_^ Don't worry, I have plans for Little Miss Hyper.
How long has it been? Right after the battle, we got news that the Energy Stone was ready and on its way. So where is it? These battles are not getting any easier. I am just wandering around right now. There's Ashton. What's he looking at? I think I should see.
"Hi Ashton." I say. He jumps, then turns around. Why is he so embarrassed?
"Oh, uh, hi Celine..." All right buddy, spill.
"What are you doing?" Ashton looks at me. I look past him....to a tray of gems. "What's all this for?" Ashton turns an even deeper shade of red.
"Ummm..nothing?" You're not fooling me buster.
"Got a special someone?" I ask. He just looks down. Gyoro and Urunun start laughing. Ashton tries to grab their mouths, but they dodge. This is kinda funny.
"Ummm...No one in particular..." he says still trying to grab the dragons. This, of course, makes them laugh even harder. Ashton finally gives up. "Well, there is one person...." he finally says. I wonder who?
"Am I permitted a name, or is it a secret?" Ashton turns away.
"Sorry Celine, I can't say." I wonder why he turned away all of a sudden. I think I should leave now. But before I can even take a step, a sound very familiar to us comes up loud. The alarm. The monsters are returning. We both run up to the battlements. The others are already there.
"IF YOU'RE COMING, HURRY UP ALREADY!" Precis is taunting them..this is exactly what we need. Claude and Dias are talking about something, but I can't make it out over all the noise. We look up in the sky.....and see the mother load of monsters coming for us. There is no way we can hold them off. I feel Ashton's hand on my shoulder, and I smile at him.
"I guess this is it..." he says. I can't speak at all. I just nod.
"WE DON'T NEED ANY MEANINGLESS FIGHTING!" We all turn, and Leon is coming up. He stops and looks at Precis. "Hey Precis!!"
"What do you want?" she asks. He holds out a strange device, like the one Precis has.
"Could you try using this?" he asks. Precis takes it, then Leon goes up to the cannon. Precis just shakes her head, then turns to watch him. So do the rest of us. As we watch, the cannon starts to glow a greenish color. Then a huge burst of energy comes out of it. Within seconds, there is a huge explosion, and all of the monsters are gone. Everyone is silent for a moment. Leon comes down smiling.
"What...." The soldiers are still in shock. So are the rest of us.
"So what did you think?" Leon asks. "That's the Lacour Hope!" Everyone starts cheering. Leon turns to us.
"Is that what you have been working on all this time?" Claude asks. Leon smiles.
"I could do that in two days." I groan. Dias is confused. He isn't familiar with Leon's 'I'm better than you' attitude.
"You're confident, like always." Rena comments. Leon looks up at her.
"But I CAN!" He insists. I groan. This is way too much for me. "Oh, almost forgot, mamma and pappa wanted to speak to you guys." Huh? We all head out. Florice and Murdoch meet us inside the main building.
"There you all are!" Murdoch says.
"Leon says there is something you need." Rena says. They both nod.
"His Majesty wants to plan for the invasion of El. We would very much like it if you were part of it." Well, we can't really do much else. So we head back to Lacour Castle.
**Lacour Castle, throne room**
"Well, we should act quickly to get this invasion off." The King says. "The Lacour Hope has proven its worth, and we can't give them a chance to retaliate. We must act now." The king pauses a moment, looking over us. I try to stay calm. "We are going to sail the Lacour Hope to El, and use it to destroy Eluria." What?! But...what if the innocent people of El are still....
"But Your Majesty, what would happen to the people on El?" Rena beat me to it. The King smiles.
"Have no fear. We will not fire the moment it comes into view. We will send a commando unit onto the continent to gather the people and lead them to safety." The King looks us over again. "We would like you to be that commando unit." We all nod. "Then let's get going.
**Port of Hilton**
I can't get over how ugly that ship is. True, it serves the purpose, but that is about all it does. I wander around a bit. Opera and Ernest are off in their world. Precis is trying to take something apart. I have to smile at that. Rena, Dias, and Claude are talking on the bridge. Leon is yelling at a couple of the guards. Bowman is staring off into space. I resist the urge to push him in the water. Ashton is wandering around like I am. I go over to him.
"Hey Ashton." I say. He looks up at me.
"Hi Celine." His voice sounds a bit depressed, even for him.
"You all right?" I ask. He nods, but I know better.
"I.... I'm a bit nervous about this mission I guess." Apparently, he realized he wasn't fooling me. "What if we never come back?"
"Afraid your 'special someone' will never hear you?" I ask. He looks down, but nods. "Don't worry, you have an incentive to stay alive. Take it." He looks up and smiles at me.
"ALL HANDS BOARD!!" The ship must be ready to go. Well, here goes nothing.
**deep sea, passing lines of defense**
We have all been asked to stay on the deck in case it is needed. So far, it has been quiet, but I don't think it will stay that way.
"Passing Absolute Line of Defense..." the ship captain says. I clutch my rod tighter. Ashton has his short swords out. Actually, everyone has their weapons out. The commander smiles a bit.
"There is no need to worry. Remember, we have the Lacour Hope." I can't relax. I have this really strange feeling that we are about to be attacked with force. Just as I am having these thoughts, it comes.
"Bogies at 10:00!! Aerial squadron!!" We all panic, but the commander stays calm. "Prepare the cannon!!" Leon goes behind the cannon, while his parents prepare it. "FIRE!!" The Lacour Hope takes aim, fires, hits.........and is deflected. No effect at all......and here they come!!!
We were able to take that wave. Actually, it wasn't that hard. But then, I look up again. The leader is still up there. As we watch, he rises up...and dives straight for us. We are forced to battle.
**Battle with Shin(is that the right name?)
Why is nothing working? I am throwing all of my spells at him, but he is absorbing it. The blows from the fighters are also being absorbed. What is going on? I close my eyes and power up another spell.
"NO!" I open my eyes, and end up canceling my spell. I look. Rena is crying, and holding Claude. He is down. So are Dias, Precis, Bowman, Opera and Ernest. Only Rena and myself are still standing from our group. And then....a huge wave comes up....and everything goes black.
To be continued.....
Disclaimer: (groan)
A/N: Yeah...I forgot about Precis for a while....I do on the game too. She is the one holding the Trickster ^_^ Don't worry, I have plans for Little Miss Hyper.
How long has it been? Right after the battle, we got news that the Energy Stone was ready and on its way. So where is it? These battles are not getting any easier. I am just wandering around right now. There's Ashton. What's he looking at? I think I should see.
"Hi Ashton." I say. He jumps, then turns around. Why is he so embarrassed?
"Oh, uh, hi Celine..." All right buddy, spill.
"What are you doing?" Ashton looks at me. I look past him....to a tray of gems. "What's all this for?" Ashton turns an even deeper shade of red.
"Ummm..nothing?" You're not fooling me buster.
"Got a special someone?" I ask. He just looks down. Gyoro and Urunun start laughing. Ashton tries to grab their mouths, but they dodge. This is kinda funny.
"Ummm...No one in particular..." he says still trying to grab the dragons. This, of course, makes them laugh even harder. Ashton finally gives up. "Well, there is one person...." he finally says. I wonder who?
"Am I permitted a name, or is it a secret?" Ashton turns away.
"Sorry Celine, I can't say." I wonder why he turned away all of a sudden. I think I should leave now. But before I can even take a step, a sound very familiar to us comes up loud. The alarm. The monsters are returning. We both run up to the battlements. The others are already there.
"IF YOU'RE COMING, HURRY UP ALREADY!" Precis is taunting them..this is exactly what we need. Claude and Dias are talking about something, but I can't make it out over all the noise. We look up in the sky.....and see the mother load of monsters coming for us. There is no way we can hold them off. I feel Ashton's hand on my shoulder, and I smile at him.
"I guess this is it..." he says. I can't speak at all. I just nod.
"WE DON'T NEED ANY MEANINGLESS FIGHTING!" We all turn, and Leon is coming up. He stops and looks at Precis. "Hey Precis!!"
"What do you want?" she asks. He holds out a strange device, like the one Precis has.
"Could you try using this?" he asks. Precis takes it, then Leon goes up to the cannon. Precis just shakes her head, then turns to watch him. So do the rest of us. As we watch, the cannon starts to glow a greenish color. Then a huge burst of energy comes out of it. Within seconds, there is a huge explosion, and all of the monsters are gone. Everyone is silent for a moment. Leon comes down smiling.
"What...." The soldiers are still in shock. So are the rest of us.
"So what did you think?" Leon asks. "That's the Lacour Hope!" Everyone starts cheering. Leon turns to us.
"Is that what you have been working on all this time?" Claude asks. Leon smiles.
"I could do that in two days." I groan. Dias is confused. He isn't familiar with Leon's 'I'm better than you' attitude.
"You're confident, like always." Rena comments. Leon looks up at her.
"But I CAN!" He insists. I groan. This is way too much for me. "Oh, almost forgot, mamma and pappa wanted to speak to you guys." Huh? We all head out. Florice and Murdoch meet us inside the main building.
"There you all are!" Murdoch says.
"Leon says there is something you need." Rena says. They both nod.
"His Majesty wants to plan for the invasion of El. We would very much like it if you were part of it." Well, we can't really do much else. So we head back to Lacour Castle.
**Lacour Castle, throne room**
"Well, we should act quickly to get this invasion off." The King says. "The Lacour Hope has proven its worth, and we can't give them a chance to retaliate. We must act now." The king pauses a moment, looking over us. I try to stay calm. "We are going to sail the Lacour Hope to El, and use it to destroy Eluria." What?! But...what if the innocent people of El are still....
"But Your Majesty, what would happen to the people on El?" Rena beat me to it. The King smiles.
"Have no fear. We will not fire the moment it comes into view. We will send a commando unit onto the continent to gather the people and lead them to safety." The King looks us over again. "We would like you to be that commando unit." We all nod. "Then let's get going.
**Port of Hilton**
I can't get over how ugly that ship is. True, it serves the purpose, but that is about all it does. I wander around a bit. Opera and Ernest are off in their world. Precis is trying to take something apart. I have to smile at that. Rena, Dias, and Claude are talking on the bridge. Leon is yelling at a couple of the guards. Bowman is staring off into space. I resist the urge to push him in the water. Ashton is wandering around like I am. I go over to him.
"Hey Ashton." I say. He looks up at me.
"Hi Celine." His voice sounds a bit depressed, even for him.
"You all right?" I ask. He nods, but I know better.
"I.... I'm a bit nervous about this mission I guess." Apparently, he realized he wasn't fooling me. "What if we never come back?"
"Afraid your 'special someone' will never hear you?" I ask. He looks down, but nods. "Don't worry, you have an incentive to stay alive. Take it." He looks up and smiles at me.
"ALL HANDS BOARD!!" The ship must be ready to go. Well, here goes nothing.
**deep sea, passing lines of defense**
We have all been asked to stay on the deck in case it is needed. So far, it has been quiet, but I don't think it will stay that way.
"Passing Absolute Line of Defense..." the ship captain says. I clutch my rod tighter. Ashton has his short swords out. Actually, everyone has their weapons out. The commander smiles a bit.
"There is no need to worry. Remember, we have the Lacour Hope." I can't relax. I have this really strange feeling that we are about to be attacked with force. Just as I am having these thoughts, it comes.
"Bogies at 10:00!! Aerial squadron!!" We all panic, but the commander stays calm. "Prepare the cannon!!" Leon goes behind the cannon, while his parents prepare it. "FIRE!!" The Lacour Hope takes aim, fires, hits.........and is deflected. No effect at all......and here they come!!!
We were able to take that wave. Actually, it wasn't that hard. But then, I look up again. The leader is still up there. As we watch, he rises up...and dives straight for us. We are forced to battle.
**Battle with Shin(is that the right name?)
Why is nothing working? I am throwing all of my spells at him, but he is absorbing it. The blows from the fighters are also being absorbed. What is going on? I close my eyes and power up another spell.
"NO!" I open my eyes, and end up canceling my spell. I look. Rena is crying, and holding Claude. He is down. So are Dias, Precis, Bowman, Opera and Ernest. Only Rena and myself are still standing from our group. And then....a huge wave comes up....and everything goes black.
To be continued.....