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The Scepter of the Dragons
Chapter 7: The past of the 'Angel' is revealed
By Coolchick1500
Van went over to Hitomi, and placed a hand on her shoulder. She was terrified. She had to do something. But what? Van picked Hitomi up and carried her to the castle. By this time everyone was in the Conference Room. Van sat her down on a chair.
"Hitomi, honey what's wrong?" Hitomi's mother asked.
"Apparently there's a prophecy that the 'Angel' has the power to plunge Gaea into total darkness, chaos, and destruction or plunge the planet into peace, serenity, and passivity for all eternity" Hitomi said.
"And you're the 'Angel' in this prophecy?" Millerna asked.
Hitomi could only shake her head in agreement. "Millerna, where's Dryden?" Van asked.
"Right here" A man remarked.
He came out of the adjacent library. His was tall and had long brown hair, which he kept back in a ponytail. His glasses sat on the edge of his nose. "When word get to Asturia that there were pillars of light in Freid, I ran here" Dryden explained.
"Do you have anything on this prophecy?" Van asked.
"I just might. In some books I attained on my journeys to Zaibach, I ran across something about the 'Gaean Angel'. Though is didn't say anything else. I'll have my books brought here and research them" Dryden said.
"Thank you" Hitomi said.
"How are you my dear?" Dryden asked.
"I've been better" Hitomi replied.
Dryden pulled Van to the side and told him to take Hitomi up to her room and force her to sleep. Van disagreed, saying that she would sleep at all. Dryden finally got the young king to accept his demands. Van walked over to Hitomi, picked her back up, and carried her back to his room. Van didn't want to leave Hitomi alone, for fear of what could happen to her. Tears where still sliding down her face. He laid her down in the bed, took the long, mint green, flannel blanket, and wrapped her in it.
"Everything will be okay" Van reassured her.
He laid down next to her and wrapped his arms around her. She closed her eyes, and cried herself to sleep. The next morning she awoke to the sun glaring in the room. She crawled out of the bed, and made her way down to the Conference Room. Dryden was sitting at the table with stacks of books surrounding him on the floor, and on the table.
"Were you up all night?" Hitomi asked.
"Yes, I was Lady Hitomi. I found something about the 'Gaean Angel'. It refers to a young lady from the Mystic Moon appearing on Gaea before the Destiny Wars. I'm guessing that would be you?" Dryden asked.
"Yes" Hitomi replied.
"Well, it also says that the 'Angel' helped win the Destiny Wars and left soon after. She returned two years later, and is confronted with a decision that will decide Gaea's fate. She is to use something called the 'The scepter of the Dragons' to decide that fate" Dryden reported.
"Where is the scepter?" Van asked.
"No one knows. It was lost years ago" Dryden said.
"Could the three Sorcerers get their hands on it?" Van asked.
"Unlikely, the scepter will only show itself to a worthy person. Only a person true of heart came obtain and control it," Dryden said.
"That would explain their use for me" Hitomi said.
"I'm afraid so" Van said.
Hitomi slammed her fist on the table. She was frustrated. She wouldn't allow herself to be used as a tool for massacre. "Then what?" Hitomi demanded.
"I don't know. They may destroy the scepter so you can't undo what you did. They may kill you after the deed they wish is finished. No one can know for sure until it happens" Dryden said.
That wasn't the answer Hitomi was looking for. "Isn't there any way to stop them before the year is over?" Hitomi asked desperately.
"Not that I know of. And the only way to defeat magic is to use magic" Dryden said.
"If we find the scepter before them, could we get rid of them?" Van asked.
"That's a very big if. If the scepter has been lost for years, it sure as hell isn't going to appear in front of us," Dryden said.
"I have a feeling that we need to find the scepter before anything else can be accomplished" Hitomi said.
"I agree with you" Dani said.
She stood up and left her little corner. "You were up all last night too, weren't you?" Hitomi asked.
"Yeah. I was looking on the internet for anything that might lead us to the scepter, but there was nothing" Dani said.
"There wouldn't be anything on the internet anyway. The websites know nothing about the scepter or of Gaea" Hitomi said.
"I also checked my books. I did find something of great interest" Dani said.
"What is it?" Van asked.
"The 'Angel' has a past that isn't known to her. To fight the enemy she might need to know about her past" Dani said.
"What past is there to know?" Dryden asked.
Hitomi could picture Varie and her grandmother talking about her the night before. She knew she had to tell them that there was something Varie and her grandmother were hiding, but how to approach?
"If a past needs to be revealed, why not go straight to the source?" Hitomi asked.
"That's obvious, but who would know about you're past?" Dryden asked.
"My grandmother...and Varie" Hitomi replied.
"How would my mother know about you're past?" Van demanded.
"Last night before the attack I would a cavern in the castle grounds. My grandmother and your mother were talking about the past of the 'Angel'. When I confronted them about it, they tried to shoo me away. When I demanded they tell me whom they were talking about your mother looked away. She wasn't happy explaining it was me that they were talking about" Hitomi explained.
"That doesn't explain how she knows about it!" Van yelled.
"I don't know how she knows about my past and that scares me!" Hitomi's voice rose above Van's.
Van sat down and rested his head in his hands. "I'm sorry. I don't need to be taking my anger out on you" Van apologized.
"Now do you understand why we said that your past is a danger to you?" Hitomi grandmother asked, walking into the room. Varie was at her side.
"How mother? How do you know about Hitomi's past?" Van asked. He wasn't pleased.
"I was told by my superior" Varie said.
"This probably isn't any of my business, but who would your superior be?" Dryden asked.
"Her name is Fiona. She's Hitomi's first blood relative" Varie said.
"What do you mean?" Hitomi asked.
"She is your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great- great-great-great-great-great grandmother" Hitomi mother answered. She was standing in the doorway.
"When Fiona was around your age, she fell in love with a young man. Like Fiona, Tyler, her love was a Draconian. Though her parents disapproved of their relationship, Fiona ran away with Tyler and married him. After hearing this, Fiona's parents placed a curse on her and anyone from her bloodline. The curse stated that if anyone from Fiona's bloodline found their true love, that love would be stripped away from them" Hitomi father explained.
Hitomi fell down in her seat. No, I...I can't lose Van, not because of this! Hitomi thought. Van lifted his head up, got up and walked over towards Hitomi. He stood her up and held her in a tight embrace.
"But it also says that the curse will be lifted when a female from Fiona's bloodline falls in love with a Draconian" Hitomi's grandmother finished. Hitomi spun on her heel and glared at her grandmother.
"First the scepter and now this...this curse? Why? Damn it! Why me?" Hitomi asked.
"Fiona was also a Drago Cavaliere. The scepter belongs to her and anyone from her bloodline" Varie said.
"That's why the Sorcerers need me. Only a person from Fiona's bloodline can control the scepter" Hitomi realized.
"Wait a minute!? Doesn't Drago Cavaliere mean 'Dragon Knight' in Latin?" Dani asked.
"You're right on the translation, but it isn't Latin. It's Italian. The Scepter of the Dragons controls ancient dragons. The dragons that were thought to possess too much power were locked away within Gaea's core. The scepter was made to control them, if necessary" Hitomi's father said.
Merle bounced into the room. "Good morning everybody. Lord Van, Gaddes said that the Crusade will be ready after breakfast" Merle said.
"Thank you" Van said.
"Interesting" Dryden said. His nose was in another one of his books.
"What is it?" Hitomi asked. She wanted to learn as much as she could before she left for Fanelia.
"It says that there are only five dragons. Four of which are elementals, and can be controlled by the scepter. They call the fifth dragon the 'white dragon.' I wonder what they mean?" Dryden said.
"Elementals are earth, wind, fire, and water. But the 'white dragon' is something odd" Dani said. She started ripping through her duffel bag, and brought out a book.
"How many books do you have?" Dryden asked.
"Depends on the subject" Dani replied.
"Atlantis?" Dryden asked.
"Then you're talking about fifty books," Dani said. "It says here that the 'white dragon' can also be referred to as an 'angelic dragon' or 'dragon with angel-like wings" Dani said.
"That's why you didn't want me around Van. You were too afraid that I would fall in love with him, and that I would be the descendent from Fiona to break the curse" Hitomi just realized.
"Yes. I didn't want you to be the one who broke the curse" Hitomi's mother said.
"Why? Wouldn't that be a good thing?" Van asked.
"Unless there's something you're not telling us?" Dani said.
"The girl who breaks the curse loses all that she treasures" Hitomi father said.
"What does that mean?!" Hitomi screamed. She didn't want to lose her friends and family.
"I don't know. Nobody does. Not until it happens," Hitomi mother said.
"If I may interrupt, breakfast is ready" Chid said. He was standing in the doorway.
Hitomi walked out of Van embrace, and stomped out of the room. The last thing she wanted to hear was that she would lose everyone she treasured. Not after the meeting with the Sorcerers.
~Well what do you think. Good? Bad? Okay? I won't know until you review. And the smartass who said that seeress is a female seer. LOOK IN THE DAMN DICTIONARY! Seeress is not in the dictionary. So therefore it isn't a word. On a lighter note, Chapter 8 should be out by Saturday. Though I'm not making any promises. And don't forget to review. Even flames are accepted. Thank you to those who have reviewed. To those anonymous reviewers, please put an email in your review so I can thank you for your review. I always try and do that. Thanks. Well, that's all for now. CYA!~
The Scepter of the Dragons
Chapter 7: The past of the 'Angel' is revealed
By Coolchick1500
Van went over to Hitomi, and placed a hand on her shoulder. She was terrified. She had to do something. But what? Van picked Hitomi up and carried her to the castle. By this time everyone was in the Conference Room. Van sat her down on a chair.
"Hitomi, honey what's wrong?" Hitomi's mother asked.
"Apparently there's a prophecy that the 'Angel' has the power to plunge Gaea into total darkness, chaos, and destruction or plunge the planet into peace, serenity, and passivity for all eternity" Hitomi said.
"And you're the 'Angel' in this prophecy?" Millerna asked.
Hitomi could only shake her head in agreement. "Millerna, where's Dryden?" Van asked.
"Right here" A man remarked.
He came out of the adjacent library. His was tall and had long brown hair, which he kept back in a ponytail. His glasses sat on the edge of his nose. "When word get to Asturia that there were pillars of light in Freid, I ran here" Dryden explained.
"Do you have anything on this prophecy?" Van asked.
"I just might. In some books I attained on my journeys to Zaibach, I ran across something about the 'Gaean Angel'. Though is didn't say anything else. I'll have my books brought here and research them" Dryden said.
"Thank you" Hitomi said.
"How are you my dear?" Dryden asked.
"I've been better" Hitomi replied.
Dryden pulled Van to the side and told him to take Hitomi up to her room and force her to sleep. Van disagreed, saying that she would sleep at all. Dryden finally got the young king to accept his demands. Van walked over to Hitomi, picked her back up, and carried her back to his room. Van didn't want to leave Hitomi alone, for fear of what could happen to her. Tears where still sliding down her face. He laid her down in the bed, took the long, mint green, flannel blanket, and wrapped her in it.
"Everything will be okay" Van reassured her.
He laid down next to her and wrapped his arms around her. She closed her eyes, and cried herself to sleep. The next morning she awoke to the sun glaring in the room. She crawled out of the bed, and made her way down to the Conference Room. Dryden was sitting at the table with stacks of books surrounding him on the floor, and on the table.
"Were you up all night?" Hitomi asked.
"Yes, I was Lady Hitomi. I found something about the 'Gaean Angel'. It refers to a young lady from the Mystic Moon appearing on Gaea before the Destiny Wars. I'm guessing that would be you?" Dryden asked.
"Yes" Hitomi replied.
"Well, it also says that the 'Angel' helped win the Destiny Wars and left soon after. She returned two years later, and is confronted with a decision that will decide Gaea's fate. She is to use something called the 'The scepter of the Dragons' to decide that fate" Dryden reported.
"Where is the scepter?" Van asked.
"No one knows. It was lost years ago" Dryden said.
"Could the three Sorcerers get their hands on it?" Van asked.
"Unlikely, the scepter will only show itself to a worthy person. Only a person true of heart came obtain and control it," Dryden said.
"That would explain their use for me" Hitomi said.
"I'm afraid so" Van said.
Hitomi slammed her fist on the table. She was frustrated. She wouldn't allow herself to be used as a tool for massacre. "Then what?" Hitomi demanded.
"I don't know. They may destroy the scepter so you can't undo what you did. They may kill you after the deed they wish is finished. No one can know for sure until it happens" Dryden said.
That wasn't the answer Hitomi was looking for. "Isn't there any way to stop them before the year is over?" Hitomi asked desperately.
"Not that I know of. And the only way to defeat magic is to use magic" Dryden said.
"If we find the scepter before them, could we get rid of them?" Van asked.
"That's a very big if. If the scepter has been lost for years, it sure as hell isn't going to appear in front of us," Dryden said.
"I have a feeling that we need to find the scepter before anything else can be accomplished" Hitomi said.
"I agree with you" Dani said.
She stood up and left her little corner. "You were up all last night too, weren't you?" Hitomi asked.
"Yeah. I was looking on the internet for anything that might lead us to the scepter, but there was nothing" Dani said.
"There wouldn't be anything on the internet anyway. The websites know nothing about the scepter or of Gaea" Hitomi said.
"I also checked my books. I did find something of great interest" Dani said.
"What is it?" Van asked.
"The 'Angel' has a past that isn't known to her. To fight the enemy she might need to know about her past" Dani said.
"What past is there to know?" Dryden asked.
Hitomi could picture Varie and her grandmother talking about her the night before. She knew she had to tell them that there was something Varie and her grandmother were hiding, but how to approach?
"If a past needs to be revealed, why not go straight to the source?" Hitomi asked.
"That's obvious, but who would know about you're past?" Dryden asked.
"My grandmother...and Varie" Hitomi replied.
"How would my mother know about you're past?" Van demanded.
"Last night before the attack I would a cavern in the castle grounds. My grandmother and your mother were talking about the past of the 'Angel'. When I confronted them about it, they tried to shoo me away. When I demanded they tell me whom they were talking about your mother looked away. She wasn't happy explaining it was me that they were talking about" Hitomi explained.
"That doesn't explain how she knows about it!" Van yelled.
"I don't know how she knows about my past and that scares me!" Hitomi's voice rose above Van's.
Van sat down and rested his head in his hands. "I'm sorry. I don't need to be taking my anger out on you" Van apologized.
"Now do you understand why we said that your past is a danger to you?" Hitomi grandmother asked, walking into the room. Varie was at her side.
"How mother? How do you know about Hitomi's past?" Van asked. He wasn't pleased.
"I was told by my superior" Varie said.
"This probably isn't any of my business, but who would your superior be?" Dryden asked.
"Her name is Fiona. She's Hitomi's first blood relative" Varie said.
"What do you mean?" Hitomi asked.
"She is your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great- great-great-great-great-great grandmother" Hitomi mother answered. She was standing in the doorway.
"When Fiona was around your age, she fell in love with a young man. Like Fiona, Tyler, her love was a Draconian. Though her parents disapproved of their relationship, Fiona ran away with Tyler and married him. After hearing this, Fiona's parents placed a curse on her and anyone from her bloodline. The curse stated that if anyone from Fiona's bloodline found their true love, that love would be stripped away from them" Hitomi father explained.
Hitomi fell down in her seat. No, I...I can't lose Van, not because of this! Hitomi thought. Van lifted his head up, got up and walked over towards Hitomi. He stood her up and held her in a tight embrace.
"But it also says that the curse will be lifted when a female from Fiona's bloodline falls in love with a Draconian" Hitomi's grandmother finished. Hitomi spun on her heel and glared at her grandmother.
"First the scepter and now this...this curse? Why? Damn it! Why me?" Hitomi asked.
"Fiona was also a Drago Cavaliere. The scepter belongs to her and anyone from her bloodline" Varie said.
"That's why the Sorcerers need me. Only a person from Fiona's bloodline can control the scepter" Hitomi realized.
"Wait a minute!? Doesn't Drago Cavaliere mean 'Dragon Knight' in Latin?" Dani asked.
"You're right on the translation, but it isn't Latin. It's Italian. The Scepter of the Dragons controls ancient dragons. The dragons that were thought to possess too much power were locked away within Gaea's core. The scepter was made to control them, if necessary" Hitomi's father said.
Merle bounced into the room. "Good morning everybody. Lord Van, Gaddes said that the Crusade will be ready after breakfast" Merle said.
"Thank you" Van said.
"Interesting" Dryden said. His nose was in another one of his books.
"What is it?" Hitomi asked. She wanted to learn as much as she could before she left for Fanelia.
"It says that there are only five dragons. Four of which are elementals, and can be controlled by the scepter. They call the fifth dragon the 'white dragon.' I wonder what they mean?" Dryden said.
"Elementals are earth, wind, fire, and water. But the 'white dragon' is something odd" Dani said. She started ripping through her duffel bag, and brought out a book.
"How many books do you have?" Dryden asked.
"Depends on the subject" Dani replied.
"Atlantis?" Dryden asked.
"Then you're talking about fifty books," Dani said. "It says here that the 'white dragon' can also be referred to as an 'angelic dragon' or 'dragon with angel-like wings" Dani said.
"That's why you didn't want me around Van. You were too afraid that I would fall in love with him, and that I would be the descendent from Fiona to break the curse" Hitomi just realized.
"Yes. I didn't want you to be the one who broke the curse" Hitomi's mother said.
"Why? Wouldn't that be a good thing?" Van asked.
"Unless there's something you're not telling us?" Dani said.
"The girl who breaks the curse loses all that she treasures" Hitomi father said.
"What does that mean?!" Hitomi screamed. She didn't want to lose her friends and family.
"I don't know. Nobody does. Not until it happens," Hitomi mother said.
"If I may interrupt, breakfast is ready" Chid said. He was standing in the doorway.
Hitomi walked out of Van embrace, and stomped out of the room. The last thing she wanted to hear was that she would lose everyone she treasured. Not after the meeting with the Sorcerers.
~Well what do you think. Good? Bad? Okay? I won't know until you review. And the smartass who said that seeress is a female seer. LOOK IN THE DAMN DICTIONARY! Seeress is not in the dictionary. So therefore it isn't a word. On a lighter note, Chapter 8 should be out by Saturday. Though I'm not making any promises. And don't forget to review. Even flames are accepted. Thank you to those who have reviewed. To those anonymous reviewers, please put an email in your review so I can thank you for your review. I always try and do that. Thanks. Well, that's all for now. CYA!~