'.G-Gaddes.?' Megami's sight hadn't quite readjusted yet.
'Yes, how do you feel? Does anything hurt?' Gaddes asked a little concern in his voice.
Concerned? Why should he be concerned? I'm perfectly fine! Megami thought, she felt sorry that she had made Gaddes worried, she wondered about Cree. Where was he?
'I'm fine, I just feel like I have the worst hang-over in the world.' Megami moaned, bringing her hand to her head. She rubbed her face and slowly sat up.
'Whoa, be careful there yer Highness. You don't want to hurt anything.' Gaddes said as he put his hand in the nook of Megami's back to support her.
Megami gave him a questioning look. 'What could I hurt by sitting up?' Megami teased him. Gaddes laughed.
'At least you still have your sense of humor.' Gaddes said, smiling.
'Really? Did you think I had lost it at some point?' Megami joked with him. Gaddes smiled just smiled back, chuckling lightly.
'Come on, we are almost at Asturia's capitol, Palas.' Gaddes urged Megami to get up.
'Palas? Asturia? Where are we Gaddes? I don't know any of those places.' Megami was totally confused now. She had been perfectly content not knowing where she was, just knowing that she was with someone she recognized and could joke with.
'You let us stay at your palace in your country when we were lost, now we will return the favor, until you can safely return to your home.' Gaddes explained. He guided Megami to a main control deck where Allen, Von and Cree were. Allen was looking ahead at a mountain range that was quickly moving back as they flew over it, revealing a huge city by the sea. To Megami it looked like an old village from the 1700's.
Cree turned around, he gave a relieved smile. 'You're finally awake. You have been out for a long time; I thought you might be hurt or something.' Cree said, relief buttering up his words.
'How come you are acting so normal about all of this? I know where we are, I just don't know where 'here' is.' Megami scratched her head.
'Gaea.' Cree answered in that one simple word. Megami couldn't believe it!
'G-Gaea you said? But how is that- No, no, no. It is possible, but how did it happen? I mean-'
'I know you have a lot of questions Megami and.' Cree trailed off as if he was concentrating on something else.
'Why are you acting so weird Cree? Is there. something you know, that I don't? Well, if there is, you better spill it, or I will spill it for you!' Megami threatened him angrily. She knew he was hiding something about her brother from her. He always had that certain tone of voice and that certain look in his eyes, as if he was talking to a child and they should only know something when they are older and wiser.
'Safiro. hmmm. how should I put this?' Cree paused. 'Safiro had been to Gaea once I recall. During his reign over our people.' Cree trailed off, looking for some sort of emotion in Megami's eyes.
Megami was feeling a lot of things right then. Anger, mostly, but still a lot of sadness, stun, and loneliness. And she knew deep down inside she felt secure, glad even, that her brother hadn't told her. Megami didn't register any of those emotions on her face she just sat there with a blank, emotionless look.
'He didn't spend much time here, a week at the most. But he learned a lot of things, things he was planning to tell you someday. But he never got around to telling you.
'But he got around to telling you Cree?' Megami asked in a scarily calm voice that Cree had never heard her use before.
'I promised I wouldn't say anything, and I didn't know what to do after he died. It just sort of drifted around in my head and then I just sort of let it go for a while.' Cree explained. Megami could see the sadness and strain in his eyes. She realized it must have been hard for him to tell her something like that. Megami suddenly felt guilt engulf her entirely.
Cree saw the guilt over take Megami's face. He smiled at her. 'Don't worry, now you know, it would have been harder to explain to you if we hadn't actually been here.' Cree said, he smiled inwardly as he saw Megami perk up a little bit.
'We will be in Palas in a few minutes your Highness, or should I call you Megami now?' Allen asked, a little unsure.
Megami was about to start when Cree intervened. 'You should just call her Your Highness or Queen Megami, something like that. We still have to keep our positions in a place like this.' Cree said.
'You should just let her speak for herself.' Von said, he had his arms crossed and his back turned to them.
'What would you know?' Cree retorted.
'Leave Lord Von alone you jerk!' Merle yelled at Cree. 'You don't know anything!'
'Why you-!'
'It doesn't matter to me. What you call me that is, even though I guess Cree would be right.' Megami felt a little awkward.
'Alright.' Allen just waved it off.
The Crusade landed and everyone got off and just stood around, waiting for carriages to come and pick them up. The night before, while Megami was still unconscious Allen had sent a message ahead telling Asturia that they would be coming back.
'Do you sense that Cree?' Megami asked him, she could feel something, more like someone, evil that was there.
'I do.' Cree replied, the Knight Kougi drew their swords and took a protective stance around Megami.
'What's wrong?' Millerna asked them.
'What's going on?' Von asked angrily.
Suddenly a boy and fifteen other boys stepped out from behind a big pile of boxes.
The boy was dressed exactly like Megami, but at the same time he was dressed nothing like her. He was wearing black pants that left a little room on his legs so he could move easily. He wore a black top that tucked into his pants. The black top was short sleeve and almost looked like a sweater, but wasn't. Over all of that he wore a black over coat type of coat. It was made of a light leather type cloth so it wouldn't weigh him down. The coat had a hood that he could pull over his head if he needed to. The ends of the sleeves were edged with a red colored cloth, as was the hood that he could pull over his head. The edges of the bottom of his coat were also edged with a red colored cloth. He wore black gloves over his hands to protect them.
Megami wore the exact outfit, except that the main color was white and instead of red edging, it was gold edging.
The other fifteen boys were dressed just like Megami's Knight Kougi, except that their outfits' main color was black and the sub-color was red. The Knight Kougi's main color was white and their sub-color was gold.
'Ah, Megami, it's you. What a surprise to see you here.' The boy that had stepped out in front of the other fifteen said, glaring at Megami.
'Yoroshii.' Cree said under his breath. The Knight Kougi drew their swords.
'So, the young Princess still needs someone to protect her?' Yoroshii teased.
'I don't need anyone to protect me!' Megami called out angrily to him. Megami's Knights were standing behind her as they took a position, ready to fight with Yoroshii and his Knights.
Yoroshii slightly leaned his head back, smiling evilly at Megami and her men. 'Attack.'
All of Yoroshii's men charged ahead. 'Attack!' Megami called out, her men ran forward to attack the enemy.
Yoroshii and Megami stood in the same spot, not moving, they were just glaring at each other.
'I'm sorry your brother died so soon,' Yoroshii smiled at Megami. 'I never got a chance to kill him myself.' Yoroshii smiled again.
'Let's just get this over with.' Megami narrowed her eyes at Yoroshii.
'Megami, please, let me handle this for you.' Cree pleaded with her.
'No!' Megami put her arm in from of Cree, stopping him from going forward. There was a ripple in the air (literally), like her hand had hit water. Megami had put up a shield.
'No, don't Megami!' Cree called out, pounding his fists desperately against the shield.
'What's going on?' Allen demanded.
'What's going to happen?' Gaddes asked.
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AN: There we go! Sparks fly because of everything that is happening. More secrets come out too!!
Please R&R and tell me what you think!!
'Yes, how do you feel? Does anything hurt?' Gaddes asked a little concern in his voice.
Concerned? Why should he be concerned? I'm perfectly fine! Megami thought, she felt sorry that she had made Gaddes worried, she wondered about Cree. Where was he?
'I'm fine, I just feel like I have the worst hang-over in the world.' Megami moaned, bringing her hand to her head. She rubbed her face and slowly sat up.
'Whoa, be careful there yer Highness. You don't want to hurt anything.' Gaddes said as he put his hand in the nook of Megami's back to support her.
Megami gave him a questioning look. 'What could I hurt by sitting up?' Megami teased him. Gaddes laughed.
'At least you still have your sense of humor.' Gaddes said, smiling.
'Really? Did you think I had lost it at some point?' Megami joked with him. Gaddes smiled just smiled back, chuckling lightly.
'Come on, we are almost at Asturia's capitol, Palas.' Gaddes urged Megami to get up.
'Palas? Asturia? Where are we Gaddes? I don't know any of those places.' Megami was totally confused now. She had been perfectly content not knowing where she was, just knowing that she was with someone she recognized and could joke with.
'You let us stay at your palace in your country when we were lost, now we will return the favor, until you can safely return to your home.' Gaddes explained. He guided Megami to a main control deck where Allen, Von and Cree were. Allen was looking ahead at a mountain range that was quickly moving back as they flew over it, revealing a huge city by the sea. To Megami it looked like an old village from the 1700's.
Cree turned around, he gave a relieved smile. 'You're finally awake. You have been out for a long time; I thought you might be hurt or something.' Cree said, relief buttering up his words.
'How come you are acting so normal about all of this? I know where we are, I just don't know where 'here' is.' Megami scratched her head.
'Gaea.' Cree answered in that one simple word. Megami couldn't believe it!
'G-Gaea you said? But how is that- No, no, no. It is possible, but how did it happen? I mean-'
'I know you have a lot of questions Megami and.' Cree trailed off as if he was concentrating on something else.
'Why are you acting so weird Cree? Is there. something you know, that I don't? Well, if there is, you better spill it, or I will spill it for you!' Megami threatened him angrily. She knew he was hiding something about her brother from her. He always had that certain tone of voice and that certain look in his eyes, as if he was talking to a child and they should only know something when they are older and wiser.
'Safiro. hmmm. how should I put this?' Cree paused. 'Safiro had been to Gaea once I recall. During his reign over our people.' Cree trailed off, looking for some sort of emotion in Megami's eyes.
Megami was feeling a lot of things right then. Anger, mostly, but still a lot of sadness, stun, and loneliness. And she knew deep down inside she felt secure, glad even, that her brother hadn't told her. Megami didn't register any of those emotions on her face she just sat there with a blank, emotionless look.
'He didn't spend much time here, a week at the most. But he learned a lot of things, things he was planning to tell you someday. But he never got around to telling you.
'But he got around to telling you Cree?' Megami asked in a scarily calm voice that Cree had never heard her use before.
'I promised I wouldn't say anything, and I didn't know what to do after he died. It just sort of drifted around in my head and then I just sort of let it go for a while.' Cree explained. Megami could see the sadness and strain in his eyes. She realized it must have been hard for him to tell her something like that. Megami suddenly felt guilt engulf her entirely.
Cree saw the guilt over take Megami's face. He smiled at her. 'Don't worry, now you know, it would have been harder to explain to you if we hadn't actually been here.' Cree said, he smiled inwardly as he saw Megami perk up a little bit.
'We will be in Palas in a few minutes your Highness, or should I call you Megami now?' Allen asked, a little unsure.
Megami was about to start when Cree intervened. 'You should just call her Your Highness or Queen Megami, something like that. We still have to keep our positions in a place like this.' Cree said.
'You should just let her speak for herself.' Von said, he had his arms crossed and his back turned to them.
'What would you know?' Cree retorted.
'Leave Lord Von alone you jerk!' Merle yelled at Cree. 'You don't know anything!'
'Why you-!'
'It doesn't matter to me. What you call me that is, even though I guess Cree would be right.' Megami felt a little awkward.
'Alright.' Allen just waved it off.
The Crusade landed and everyone got off and just stood around, waiting for carriages to come and pick them up. The night before, while Megami was still unconscious Allen had sent a message ahead telling Asturia that they would be coming back.
'Do you sense that Cree?' Megami asked him, she could feel something, more like someone, evil that was there.
'I do.' Cree replied, the Knight Kougi drew their swords and took a protective stance around Megami.
'What's wrong?' Millerna asked them.
'What's going on?' Von asked angrily.
Suddenly a boy and fifteen other boys stepped out from behind a big pile of boxes.
The boy was dressed exactly like Megami, but at the same time he was dressed nothing like her. He was wearing black pants that left a little room on his legs so he could move easily. He wore a black top that tucked into his pants. The black top was short sleeve and almost looked like a sweater, but wasn't. Over all of that he wore a black over coat type of coat. It was made of a light leather type cloth so it wouldn't weigh him down. The coat had a hood that he could pull over his head if he needed to. The ends of the sleeves were edged with a red colored cloth, as was the hood that he could pull over his head. The edges of the bottom of his coat were also edged with a red colored cloth. He wore black gloves over his hands to protect them.
Megami wore the exact outfit, except that the main color was white and instead of red edging, it was gold edging.
The other fifteen boys were dressed just like Megami's Knight Kougi, except that their outfits' main color was black and the sub-color was red. The Knight Kougi's main color was white and their sub-color was gold.
'Ah, Megami, it's you. What a surprise to see you here.' The boy that had stepped out in front of the other fifteen said, glaring at Megami.
'Yoroshii.' Cree said under his breath. The Knight Kougi drew their swords.
'So, the young Princess still needs someone to protect her?' Yoroshii teased.
'I don't need anyone to protect me!' Megami called out angrily to him. Megami's Knights were standing behind her as they took a position, ready to fight with Yoroshii and his Knights.
Yoroshii slightly leaned his head back, smiling evilly at Megami and her men. 'Attack.'
All of Yoroshii's men charged ahead. 'Attack!' Megami called out, her men ran forward to attack the enemy.
Yoroshii and Megami stood in the same spot, not moving, they were just glaring at each other.
'I'm sorry your brother died so soon,' Yoroshii smiled at Megami. 'I never got a chance to kill him myself.' Yoroshii smiled again.
'Let's just get this over with.' Megami narrowed her eyes at Yoroshii.
'Megami, please, let me handle this for you.' Cree pleaded with her.
'No!' Megami put her arm in from of Cree, stopping him from going forward. There was a ripple in the air (literally), like her hand had hit water. Megami had put up a shield.
'No, don't Megami!' Cree called out, pounding his fists desperately against the shield.
'What's going on?' Allen demanded.
'What's going to happen?' Gaddes asked.
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AN: There we go! Sparks fly because of everything that is happening. More secrets come out too!!
Please R&R and tell me what you think!!