Author's Note: As I've said before, I have completely altered the whole
game with some added characters and plots you didn't see in the actual game
(Not to mention this fanfic sometimes revolves around Fire-Star and Ace).
So if you think what I'm doing is wrong...PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!! I'D FEEL
SORRY IF YOU'VE R&R A FANFIC WITHOUT REALIZING THE CHANGES IN THE
STORYLINE!!! ;_;
Serdain War: Part 1
Three more years went by. King Albert had hired a strange man in a black cloak and a hood. He remained silent most of the time, but something strange about him was setting off Fire-Star's Dragoon Spirit, yet he ignored it like it was nothing.
Stranger still, the soldiers from Sandora, who had been spending almost six years of their duties searching for the former royalties of their village had slowly begin to dwindle. King Albert wasn't sure if this was good or bad.
He got his answer a week later when word of a surprise attack reached Indels Castle. Sandora had declared war on Basil by calling up the most dangerous and legendary monster in mythology...the Green Tusked Dragon, Feyrbrand. In order to keep Basil from being conquored by Sandora because of the dragon, the Knighthoods had started scattering to different places in Serdio and setting up forts to keep a look out for any invasions.
One of the soldiers reported seeing Hellena Wardens heading towards a peaceful village called Seles. A reconnaissance group, consisting of Fire- Star and a couple of knights, were despatched to make sure the village hadn't already been invaded, and if not, warn the mayor of an oncoming invasion. The reconnaissance group reached Seles to find out just how peaceful Seles was.
The people there were walking around, doing their business and were completely unaware of the fact that they were going to be invaded soon. Fire-Star had the two knights, Biggs and Wedge (OOC: Whoa, betcha didn't think I'd be using characters with common Final Fantasy names, huh?), wait outside the mayors house while he converced inside.
The mayor was shocked to realize the situation. But he didn't know how he was going to warn everyone about the oncoming invasion, nor does he know how he was going to defend it.
"We were also sent to defend Seles, as order from the head of the First Knighthood," Fire-Star said, "even though I only have two knights, I will send for reinforcements if there are too many to handle alone." the mayor looked at Fire-Star and almost scanned him before he chuckled softly.
"My, my. Warriors are getting younger these days," the mayor said, "I remember when my daughters childhood friend left five years ago on a quest for vengance. She's been waiting for him to return ever since."
"I can assure you, mayor, I'll try my hardest to make sure this place doesn't go down in smoke." Fire-Star said it as if he wasn't bothered by what the mayor mentioned about his age.
It was night. The only bright light shining over Seles was the moon, which hovers over Endiness even during the day. Fire-Star had heard rumors that this strange moon hasn't even moved from that spot for 10,000 years, and it was true.
The town was quiet. Some of the people were outside, lighting their torches. Inside the mayor's house, Fire-Star sat on a stool in front of the table, playing chess with the mayor to kill some time. Fire-Star felt like the Blazing White Sun Dragoon Spirit was beckoning him to ask the mayor a few questions concerning his daughter, Shana and her all but forgotten childhood friend. The mayor wasn't too hesitant to respond.
"I adopted Shana as a baby 18 years ago," the mayor began, "I don't know who her parents were or how she got here, but I felt like I had to raise this poor child. When she turned 8, she met a childhood friend named Dart. Ever since he first appeared, he's been treating Shana like a baby sister. She followed him almost everywhere until five years ago when he left on his journey."
Suddenly, the doors burst open and Wedge came stumbling in, hesitating.
"Captain!" he yelled, "The...the Wardens from Hellena Prison! They're here!"
"What!? Already!?" Fire-Star said, shooting up from his seat. He ran to the door to find a mess of Wardens throwing their torches at everything in sight. People were running in fear as more came pouring in like a flood.
"Oh no!" The mayor gasped, "Shana is outside!"
"Stay here, mayor," Fire-Star said, "we'll find her!"
Out in the once peaceful Seles, Sandora soldiers surrounded a fallen door with a young girl laying on it, her face pointed to the sky. A man in black armor approached the girl, scanning her with eyes hidden behind his helmet.
"So, this is her," he said. A soldier walked up to him holding a strange orb. He took the orb and picked the girls head up, placing the orb over her head. As the dark clouds uncovered the unsetting moon, its bright light caused a beam to shoot down from the orb onto the girl's forehead. A symbol appeared on her forehead. The man nodded, "Indeed. Take her into custedy."
He then got up and walked towards the same hooded man Albert had hired, feeling a bit uneasy.
"Is this really neccessary?" he asked.
"It is His Majesty, Emperor Doel's command to put her into custedy." The hooded man said without looking at the dark soldier. The soldier looked back at the girl as she was being lifted into the cart.
"Who is she?"
"That is not your concern." With that said, the hooded man left.
The Sandoras didn't seem to notice Fire-Star, Biggs, Wedge and the Mayor peeking out the door and wittnessing them carrying Shana away.
"So that's Shana," Fire-Star said, "What do the Wardens want with her?"
"Do you want us to go after them?" Biggs asked.
"No," Fire-Star said, "I want you and Wedge to head back to Lavitz and give him this report. I'll remain here and make sure there aren't any more casualties."
"But, sir. It is much too dangerous! We can't risk putting Sir Lavitz's brother in danger."
"That's an order, private!" Fire-Star snapped. The knights almost shuddered before they got up and left.
"Oh, Sir Fire-Star," the mayor said, "I cannot allow you to strain yourself protecting this place. You are still a child."
"My mentor has trained knights younger than myself," Fire-Star said, "besides, I'm a light sleeper, so I wake up easily by slight tremors. I'll make sure there won't be anymore casualties if the Wardens decide to come back."
For now, Seles, nearly burnt to the ground, remained at peace. The next morning, people left their house to repair. A few hours into the morning, the ground began to shake slightly. It got worse as a mountain of dust was seen in the distance heading towards the enterance of Seles.
The people who saw what was behind the giant dust cloud began screaming and running for their homes. Fire-Star kicked the door of the Mayor's house open and ran out to see a small army of Wardens running around and picking fights with defenceless civilians.
"What made them come back!?" the mayor cried, "They already got what they want. What more do they want!?"
Fire-Star rushed out into the Warden infested town, drawing his pole dart. He saw a couple of Wardens knock an old man senceless to the ground. One of them raised their short sword to strike when a chained arrowhead ran up his back and left a deep gash in his spine.
The remaining Warden watched as the chained arrowhead shot back and re-attacted itself to the pole dart. Who he saw holding the high-tech pole dart made him turn pale white.
"Great Soa!" he cried, "Aren't you Emperor Doel's son!?"
"What if I was!?" Fire-Star snarled, "that doesn't mean I should just stand by and let you bastards run around and kill innocent people just for fun!"
"It was an order from the head Warden, Fruegel!" the Warden snapped, "He said that we can burn this place to the ground if we wish. And we intend to do it!"
"That Fruegel..." Fire-Star muttered to himself, "He's so war-happy, he'll extend his orders just for kicks..."
"He also gave us an order to capture Emperor Doel's children if they are ever turned up! So, if I were you, I'd do as he says and come home!"
"Really? Well, why don't you tell Pop that if he wants us to come home, he's going to have to come here and get us." With that, Fire-Star turned to leave.
"Not a very nice choice, boy! You just signed your death wish!" the Warden grinned amusingly and started charging towards Fire-Star with his sword raised.
"Oops, I forgot to mention something," Fire-Star said before he whirled around and swung his poledart, sending a chained arrowhead through the Warden's head, "I don't like bein' called 'boy'!"
Fire-Star yanked on his poledart, ripping the chained arrowhead from the dead Warden's head as it retracted back into the stick part of the weapon. Most of the Wardens who saw this stopped what they were doing and just stared at him.
"So the son of Emperor Doel's got skills," said a voice. The Commander of the Wardens walked up to Fire-Star, clapping sarcastically, "I never thought I'd see the day when his son would turn up and try to defend his enemies country."
"It's for a good cause," Fire-Star said, taking a fighting stance, "I'd rather kill my father than to walk in his shoes without knowing which path he's taking me."
"You seemed to be mistaken," The commander said, "your father wanted to keep you away from Basil because your cousin has tricked you. He is secretly planning a war on your father and is going to use you and Ace as his trump card."
"Lies won't faze me. I've got a device that speaks the truth. I know Pop gained something that started the war. He's just a cold-hearted bastard like you!"
If the Commander wasn't wearing his helmet, Fire-Star would've seen his eye twitching from the insult.
"How dare you curse your own father," the commander said. He then turned to his two soldiers, "Teach this fool a lesson, but don't kill him! Emperor Doel wants him back alive."
"Bring it on, tin can," Fire-Star said, "I can fight amillion of your soldiers and still triumph!"
The soldiers that were following the commander rushed towards Fire- Star, letting out a battle-cry while their target just stood there with a stern look on his face. Deep inside, Fire-Star knew he couldn't protect Seles by himself.
'Where are Biggs and Wedge,' he thought to himself, 'They should be back here with reinforcements!"
OOC: I apologies for the late upadate. I took a break from this to make the Chrismas Carol version of LoD (Not to mention I was mentally freaking out about how to finish this chapter). Part 2: Shana needs to be rescued. Fire-Star, feeling at fault for not stopping the Wardens, follows Dart to Hellena to get her back.
Serdain War: Part 1
Three more years went by. King Albert had hired a strange man in a black cloak and a hood. He remained silent most of the time, but something strange about him was setting off Fire-Star's Dragoon Spirit, yet he ignored it like it was nothing.
Stranger still, the soldiers from Sandora, who had been spending almost six years of their duties searching for the former royalties of their village had slowly begin to dwindle. King Albert wasn't sure if this was good or bad.
He got his answer a week later when word of a surprise attack reached Indels Castle. Sandora had declared war on Basil by calling up the most dangerous and legendary monster in mythology...the Green Tusked Dragon, Feyrbrand. In order to keep Basil from being conquored by Sandora because of the dragon, the Knighthoods had started scattering to different places in Serdio and setting up forts to keep a look out for any invasions.
One of the soldiers reported seeing Hellena Wardens heading towards a peaceful village called Seles. A reconnaissance group, consisting of Fire- Star and a couple of knights, were despatched to make sure the village hadn't already been invaded, and if not, warn the mayor of an oncoming invasion. The reconnaissance group reached Seles to find out just how peaceful Seles was.
The people there were walking around, doing their business and were completely unaware of the fact that they were going to be invaded soon. Fire-Star had the two knights, Biggs and Wedge (OOC: Whoa, betcha didn't think I'd be using characters with common Final Fantasy names, huh?), wait outside the mayors house while he converced inside.
The mayor was shocked to realize the situation. But he didn't know how he was going to warn everyone about the oncoming invasion, nor does he know how he was going to defend it.
"We were also sent to defend Seles, as order from the head of the First Knighthood," Fire-Star said, "even though I only have two knights, I will send for reinforcements if there are too many to handle alone." the mayor looked at Fire-Star and almost scanned him before he chuckled softly.
"My, my. Warriors are getting younger these days," the mayor said, "I remember when my daughters childhood friend left five years ago on a quest for vengance. She's been waiting for him to return ever since."
"I can assure you, mayor, I'll try my hardest to make sure this place doesn't go down in smoke." Fire-Star said it as if he wasn't bothered by what the mayor mentioned about his age.
It was night. The only bright light shining over Seles was the moon, which hovers over Endiness even during the day. Fire-Star had heard rumors that this strange moon hasn't even moved from that spot for 10,000 years, and it was true.
The town was quiet. Some of the people were outside, lighting their torches. Inside the mayor's house, Fire-Star sat on a stool in front of the table, playing chess with the mayor to kill some time. Fire-Star felt like the Blazing White Sun Dragoon Spirit was beckoning him to ask the mayor a few questions concerning his daughter, Shana and her all but forgotten childhood friend. The mayor wasn't too hesitant to respond.
"I adopted Shana as a baby 18 years ago," the mayor began, "I don't know who her parents were or how she got here, but I felt like I had to raise this poor child. When she turned 8, she met a childhood friend named Dart. Ever since he first appeared, he's been treating Shana like a baby sister. She followed him almost everywhere until five years ago when he left on his journey."
Suddenly, the doors burst open and Wedge came stumbling in, hesitating.
"Captain!" he yelled, "The...the Wardens from Hellena Prison! They're here!"
"What!? Already!?" Fire-Star said, shooting up from his seat. He ran to the door to find a mess of Wardens throwing their torches at everything in sight. People were running in fear as more came pouring in like a flood.
"Oh no!" The mayor gasped, "Shana is outside!"
"Stay here, mayor," Fire-Star said, "we'll find her!"
Out in the once peaceful Seles, Sandora soldiers surrounded a fallen door with a young girl laying on it, her face pointed to the sky. A man in black armor approached the girl, scanning her with eyes hidden behind his helmet.
"So, this is her," he said. A soldier walked up to him holding a strange orb. He took the orb and picked the girls head up, placing the orb over her head. As the dark clouds uncovered the unsetting moon, its bright light caused a beam to shoot down from the orb onto the girl's forehead. A symbol appeared on her forehead. The man nodded, "Indeed. Take her into custedy."
He then got up and walked towards the same hooded man Albert had hired, feeling a bit uneasy.
"Is this really neccessary?" he asked.
"It is His Majesty, Emperor Doel's command to put her into custedy." The hooded man said without looking at the dark soldier. The soldier looked back at the girl as she was being lifted into the cart.
"Who is she?"
"That is not your concern." With that said, the hooded man left.
The Sandoras didn't seem to notice Fire-Star, Biggs, Wedge and the Mayor peeking out the door and wittnessing them carrying Shana away.
"So that's Shana," Fire-Star said, "What do the Wardens want with her?"
"Do you want us to go after them?" Biggs asked.
"No," Fire-Star said, "I want you and Wedge to head back to Lavitz and give him this report. I'll remain here and make sure there aren't any more casualties."
"But, sir. It is much too dangerous! We can't risk putting Sir Lavitz's brother in danger."
"That's an order, private!" Fire-Star snapped. The knights almost shuddered before they got up and left.
"Oh, Sir Fire-Star," the mayor said, "I cannot allow you to strain yourself protecting this place. You are still a child."
"My mentor has trained knights younger than myself," Fire-Star said, "besides, I'm a light sleeper, so I wake up easily by slight tremors. I'll make sure there won't be anymore casualties if the Wardens decide to come back."
For now, Seles, nearly burnt to the ground, remained at peace. The next morning, people left their house to repair. A few hours into the morning, the ground began to shake slightly. It got worse as a mountain of dust was seen in the distance heading towards the enterance of Seles.
The people who saw what was behind the giant dust cloud began screaming and running for their homes. Fire-Star kicked the door of the Mayor's house open and ran out to see a small army of Wardens running around and picking fights with defenceless civilians.
"What made them come back!?" the mayor cried, "They already got what they want. What more do they want!?"
Fire-Star rushed out into the Warden infested town, drawing his pole dart. He saw a couple of Wardens knock an old man senceless to the ground. One of them raised their short sword to strike when a chained arrowhead ran up his back and left a deep gash in his spine.
The remaining Warden watched as the chained arrowhead shot back and re-attacted itself to the pole dart. Who he saw holding the high-tech pole dart made him turn pale white.
"Great Soa!" he cried, "Aren't you Emperor Doel's son!?"
"What if I was!?" Fire-Star snarled, "that doesn't mean I should just stand by and let you bastards run around and kill innocent people just for fun!"
"It was an order from the head Warden, Fruegel!" the Warden snapped, "He said that we can burn this place to the ground if we wish. And we intend to do it!"
"That Fruegel..." Fire-Star muttered to himself, "He's so war-happy, he'll extend his orders just for kicks..."
"He also gave us an order to capture Emperor Doel's children if they are ever turned up! So, if I were you, I'd do as he says and come home!"
"Really? Well, why don't you tell Pop that if he wants us to come home, he's going to have to come here and get us." With that, Fire-Star turned to leave.
"Not a very nice choice, boy! You just signed your death wish!" the Warden grinned amusingly and started charging towards Fire-Star with his sword raised.
"Oops, I forgot to mention something," Fire-Star said before he whirled around and swung his poledart, sending a chained arrowhead through the Warden's head, "I don't like bein' called 'boy'!"
Fire-Star yanked on his poledart, ripping the chained arrowhead from the dead Warden's head as it retracted back into the stick part of the weapon. Most of the Wardens who saw this stopped what they were doing and just stared at him.
"So the son of Emperor Doel's got skills," said a voice. The Commander of the Wardens walked up to Fire-Star, clapping sarcastically, "I never thought I'd see the day when his son would turn up and try to defend his enemies country."
"It's for a good cause," Fire-Star said, taking a fighting stance, "I'd rather kill my father than to walk in his shoes without knowing which path he's taking me."
"You seemed to be mistaken," The commander said, "your father wanted to keep you away from Basil because your cousin has tricked you. He is secretly planning a war on your father and is going to use you and Ace as his trump card."
"Lies won't faze me. I've got a device that speaks the truth. I know Pop gained something that started the war. He's just a cold-hearted bastard like you!"
If the Commander wasn't wearing his helmet, Fire-Star would've seen his eye twitching from the insult.
"How dare you curse your own father," the commander said. He then turned to his two soldiers, "Teach this fool a lesson, but don't kill him! Emperor Doel wants him back alive."
"Bring it on, tin can," Fire-Star said, "I can fight amillion of your soldiers and still triumph!"
The soldiers that were following the commander rushed towards Fire- Star, letting out a battle-cry while their target just stood there with a stern look on his face. Deep inside, Fire-Star knew he couldn't protect Seles by himself.
'Where are Biggs and Wedge,' he thought to himself, 'They should be back here with reinforcements!"
OOC: I apologies for the late upadate. I took a break from this to make the Chrismas Carol version of LoD (Not to mention I was mentally freaking out about how to finish this chapter). Part 2: Shana needs to be rescued. Fire-Star, feeling at fault for not stopping the Wardens, follows Dart to Hellena to get her back.