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Special Note: Please ignore the grammatical errors, I know they are there, but sadly English is not my best subject, I will have my dearest friend Ali edit it ASAP and post the edited version! Enjoy! ^.^
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The Requiem of Souls {Breath of Fire Part 1}
By: Stellice
Act 01 – Scene 01
Violence begets Violence ~Year of the Yorae:???~
Silver tinted white skin and long pastel green hair glistened in the faint light of the two moons as he slowly stood; white eyes' scouring for what he could not see, but knew was there.
A lone meteor passed over the crater, shining its light and casting a shadow upon an invisible figure. A moment later the spell faded and he was greeted by a lovely woman.
Her almond shaped red eyes were fixated below his waist, a wide smile on her face. They slowly moved up his body to meet his intense stare.
'Greetings Yolei' she spoke softly.
A curious look crossed his face and he pondered for a moment, the word was for the most part wasted on his ears, but somehow; it seemed vaguely familiar. His mind was a blur as he sought for a response, until finally his name came to him.
'I am Fou-Lu' was all he said.
'Greetings Fou-Lu' she said while approaching him, her robe molding and tightening itself to her body so as to reveal her voluptuous form to him.
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'Who are you?' her voice had a melodious sound to it; gentle and songlike, yet strong and commanding.
'I am Lorkath Desmai of Jidslar, ruler of these lands and your servant milady Yolei' he said while bowing low.
A conniving smile played its way across her lips as she stood, revealing herself to him fully. Lorkath had never been a man of desire or lust, but he found himself unable to pull his gaze away from her body.
As he pulled himself up from his deep bow, he came to realize the beautiful woman standing before him nearly matched his height of seven feet. Never before had he met such a magnificent woman.
'My servant are you?' she said almost sarcastically.
'Indeed' he responded, still eyeing her body.
'I need not the service of a human' she spoke as her smile faded.
Without speaking a word he reached for his cowl and pulled it back revealing a young face nearly as beautiful as hers. His blood red, black streaked hair flowed down into the abyss of his cloak like expensive silk.
'I assure you milady… I am far from human' he said with a slight turn of his head; revealing short pointed ears adorned with many small earrings.
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Its scream echoed through the trees, birds fled from their perches, animals hid in there holes, they knew what made the sound. A gutteral growl erupted from its muzzle as it flapped its large dragonfly like wings.
Teila admired the creature, she had seen dragons before, but none like this one. The majority of its scales were majestic blue, with some splotches of pastel green on its limbs. Its long arms were crossed over its chest, hiding the three clawed hands from her view.
Before she could finish reveling in the beauty of the creature; it pumped all four of its wings with great strength and sped off into the sky leaving a wake of dust like a small tornado in the crater.
'If this is how you wish to play it Yolei…' she said as her robe stretched out and molded itself into two angel-like wings on her back. A powerful downward thrust of the fake wings and she too was soon speeding off into the sky; after her prey.
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The farmers of Iskhan village were simple people; rarely did they see visitors or unusual happenings. However, tonight was a special night even for the humble folk of Iskhan. They believed the meteors a sign from the dragon gods that this year would be a harvest unequaled; little did they know the festivities were just beginning.
Guoyu, like many of the other villagers was up late this night planting seeds and tending to his crops on occasion of the supposed sign. He was a little surprised to see his daughter Nanai running out the door of their small hut from the top of the hill to the north.
She nearly flew into her fathers arms, rambling incoherently about something scary in the sky to the west. Guoyu resisted the urge to laugh and tried to calm his frantic daughter, reassuring her that there was nothing scary in the sky.
It took him a moment to realize she wasn't listening to him; she instead had all her attention set on the sky to the west, a fearful look in her eyes. With a sigh he turned around to see what had her scared; his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when he did.
A great ball of fire hurled overhead, crashing into one of the huts on the eastern side of the village, causing a great pillar of flame to shoot up from it. Loud screams could be heard from the hut as it burned, but only for a moment.
A large creature of frightening nature flew over the village, dodging another of the fireballs. Its great dragonfly like wings moved faster than any human eye could keep up with. Another smaller figure chased after the beast, large blue angel wings flapping with great intensity.
In one fluid movement the dragon turned over midair as Teila gained on him, raking one of its large clawed hands across her back, causing her to plummet to the ground, landing in a pool of her own blood. Fou-Lu then headed back into the western sky from whence he came.
He did not get far before stopping to turn around, for he could feel the power behind him. Her eyes glowed bright red with a fiery intensity that would have caused a demon to shriek back. She held her hand out palm first towards him, muttering a short incantation.
Hundreds of fireballs flew at him from every direction, desperately he tried to dodge them, but it was a useless attempt. Intense fiery pain coursed through his body as fireball after fireball slammed into him. It wasn't long before he found himself falling into the trees, slowly fading from consciousness.
Guoyu held his daughter tightly, shielding her eyes from the spectacle, as he looked on in horror. Never before had he witness anything liked this, hopefully never would he again.
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Teila hovered over the body of the Yolei as blood trickled down the back of her robe and dropped to the ground below. His body was burnt and bleeding all over, but he would live. A smile made its way to her lips as she looked down upon him; even in his current state she found herself drawn to him.
'Teila… Come to the tower'. The voice echoed around her.
'Now is not a good time' she said aloud.
'Have Yoshiri deal with the other Yolei, I need you at the tower… now'
'Very well, but I do this as a personal favor' she said with venom in her voice.
A faint blue light encased her body and she slowly dissolved into tiny speckles of red light, until only a cluster of light was left. The speckles then shot off to the south, towards the Tower of Dismai.
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The village was a mess, nearly a dozen huts were on fire; almost half the village. Guoyu laid the woman down gently on the ground and looked back to his daughter, only she wasn't there.
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'I lay there halfway between conscious and unconscious; watching her. The moon shined over her red black streaked hair, giving her an almost angelic quality. I did not feel hatred towards her for what she had just done to me, I suppose… I suppose I might have deserved it.
I watched from one eye as she stared at me, a look of lust in her eyes…
I watched as slowly she dissolved into light and left me alone to lie in my blood, nearly my entire body burnt from her fire.
I still wasn't sure why I had done it; it's just that something about the way she had approached me caused my defenses to go up. Something about her in general caused me to be on the defense… I'm not sure why.
I felt myself slipping, I would not remain conscious for much longer… my one open eye slowly began to close on me, the last thing I saw before fading was the face of a young girl…' ~ Fou-Lu
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I apologize in advance, but production of this fanfic will be rather slow because I don't remember many of the names, places, important bits of history, etc. from Breath of Fire 4, so I have to play through it again and try to find some info on the net. If anyone has any information they can share, it would be GREATLY appreciated. Thankies! ^_^
On the note of not remembering things you might have noticed the '???' for the year, I'll change it as soon as I figure out the dates and such.
You might have noticed that Fou-Lu is a little different than he is in the game… I have a few reasons for this… one I like my version better ^.^ and reason two will be revealed later in the story. Adios