Title: Dragon Knights

Author: FalconIce

Pairing: Ignore previous statements.* sweatdrop * It just became a 5+13 and the other pairings are yet to come out…If they ever will, that is…* sweatdrop * -.-;; Maybe 1x2 or 2x6 or…etc

Rating: PG

Genre:*sweatdrop* Fantasy, humor, Adventure…*scratches head* AU?

Warnings: TWT, Slight OOC…as of the moment may get really weird later. * Nod nod*

Disclaimer: don't own GW or any of its characters. Err…have no mula, money, cash nor dough so if you sew me you're liable to only get a few holes in my skin with your needle…* laughs at her pun* Sew…needle…You get? * Crickets in the background* Well, I tried. *Shrug*



8:50 Unknown Castle; Grand Banquet Hall

Treize coughed and looked at the other faces on the table. There could be no way that this place was the Kingdom of Saunq. Saunq's official history didn't start until just before the pre-colony era which had been quite some time ago but not this far ago exactly. The ginger-haired man took account the lavish medieval-renaissance surroundings and took a sip from his wine goblet with finesse.

The others around the table were now discussing the impossibility of the situation and were probably mirroring Treize's thoughts on the situation. The interior of the castle itself was a puzzle; the intricateness of the metal chandelier overhead was not possible in the wood and rough iron era of the medieval era but was possible in the renaissance era. However the castle design was akin to that in the medieval era as well as most of the tapestries and the paintings. Not too mention the wooden carvings and to add to the thought, he ran a gloved finger through the tabletop. It was covered with glass to protect the wooden structure from the stresses of mealtime. It was beautifully crafted and the technology for such things would not exist for yet a while. Being well educated on certain subjects such as history was advantageous in such situations.

"This can't be!" Protested his little dragon as he rose out of his seat and slammed a hand to the table which raised an eyebrow from their present host.

"Calm down little dragon…"Treize chided the hot tempered Chinese as he swirled the wine around his goblet. Wufei turned and glared at this but Treize only returned his gaze with a small smile." Let the dear man finish." With a grunt and a muttered curse, the pilot of Shenlong took his seat none too happily.

"Save your questions later…" Zechs suggested," Let's hear the whole story first." Heero only snorted while Duo nodded his approval enthusiastically leaving the Chinese pilot to grumble under his breath.

"Thanks Zechs." Locke replied, gratitude in his voice evident," Now as you know, this is the Kingdom of Saunq. But as your protests confirm, that would be impossibility. But one thing that you don't know is that this is an alternate universe from your own." Locke explained, his hair glittering copper under the ruddy lights of the room. Eyeing the people around the table, the redhead continued his story." I have summoned all of you here since our kingdom is in great need of help."

Treize looked up from his examination of the carving on his wine goblet, a question in his mind." What kind of help and what would be so great a problem that you would need such a select group of individuals such as us?" The redhead eyed him with a small smile.

"So, you have concluded that I would be acquainted with you as the great General Krushrenada as well as the others' pasts…" Locke asked; his face in mock disbelief. Treize merely nodded, his interest caught but their host's weird sense of humor and intellectual ability.

"I would not doubt that you would be smart enough to know of our past and have chosen us selectively for our training and our certain abilities that others in our time do not posses." He replied and sent a challenging look towards the still smiling redhead.

"That's exactly right!" Locke nodded," I summoned you all here because you work great as individuals and in little groups. I mean, we needed an army but didn't want the responsibility of dealing with an entire army." He explained. The general could see that Zech's face looked doubtful as well as that of the other pilots.

"You mean," Heero replied, for once" That you thrust us out here when we're in the middle of war to come and fight your own war just because some lazy bum like you DIDN'T want the responsibilities of taking care of an ARMY?!" Pilot 01 seemed to be taking the whole situation really hard and had risen from his seat, hands clenched with anger.

"You certainly got the whole point down to pat." Locke replied nonchalantly totally unperturbed by Heero's actions. The cobalt-eyed pilot's hand suddenly appeared with a handgun pointing towards their smiling host.

"OMAE O KOROSU!" Heero almost shook with the emotions in his tone, his hand was shaking," The war had almost ended and you took us out of it. What would happen if we were needed? Many lives would perish and all we did would be all for waste!?" Turning his head around, Locke only smiled his hand playing with the rim of a wine goblet.

"Hai hai!" He said as he waved his hand in a flapping motion signaling impatience and a little amusement." I get the point but there's plenty of reasons for me to pull you out just in time-"He was cut off by Wufei who had stood up as well, his onyx eyes burning with injustice .

"-just in time for what?" The pilot of Shenlong demanded, pointing an accusatory finger towards Locke.

"If you would let me explain…" The redhead replied with a sigh," In a few days from now, Treize would have been murdered by Wufei and Zechs would start working for the Preventers only to die in duty a couple of days later. Heero would go insane without his war and his mission. Wufei will die with guilt for killing Treize and Duo, having no proper education, would go back to the streets to do nasty business." Amber eyes looked up from the explanation, the formerly smiling face now sober." That 'nuff for ya?"

Silence descended on the diners as what their host said sank into their minds. Even Duo had stopped smiling and everyone seemed to be looking glum at the prospects of their future lives. Heero had taken his seat again and had resorted to clenching his teeth and glaring accusingly at Locke. It was as if the redhead had blurted out the pilot's deepest darkest secret. For all Treize knew, it could have been.

Treize looked at Wufei across him and was met with troubled onyx eyes.

"It has yet to happen little one…" Treize murmured but Wufei seemed to remain unconvinced." It would have been for the cause." He explained with a slight ironic smile on his face. The Chinese simply looked away, his visage troubled.

The past year, both had been having trysts that were unknown to anyone save themselves. All others knew of it was that Wufei had a grudge against Treize and had resorted to battling him man to man with his sword. The general couldn't help but smile at the thought with amusement; the little dragon's sword, oh the pun of it all. He then laid his gaze across the table to the object of his thoughts. His hair was in its usual painfully tight ponytail and his beautiful Asian features were furrowed deep in thought.

It was then that Zechs spoke up," How would you know all this?" He asked, his platinum hair seeming to glitter in the light. Everyone looked up their faces evidently implying their doubts at the information just given to them.

"Because…I'm…" Their host seemed to pause and all held their breath in anticipation for the answer," OMNISCINET!!!" He burst out and stood up on his chair; all around the table, sweatdrops were gracing the back of every head including a certain Heero Yuy.

"Is that the truth or do you seek to make fools of us all?" His little dragon, fiery temper rising, remarked.

"Well, in certain truths, I am but for this one I did a small weaving of future threads…" He explained then turned his amber gaze to all those around," But you wouldn't understand anyway…So just let me get on with the explanation why I've granted you all the second chance of living here in this pristine world." All those around the table hushed their thoughts which were still profoundly dark from the earlier revelation of each of their respective futures. "This small kingdom is the only source of a valuable metal ore which is even stronger than that Gundamanium." He elucidated to the amazement of the listeners around him." This metal ore is called Mythril."

"I thought that only existed in fairytales?" Duo said, his hand playing with the end of his braid.

Locke smirked," In this world it certainly is real enough. Well, let's get on with the explanation." He then rolled out a map he had retrieved somewhere from underneath the table, from a hidden drawer, Treize surmised.

"This is Saunq." He pointed out to a small forest kingdom surrounded by craggy mountains. Then he swept his hand over the rest of the map which contained the rest of the world." That is the enemy." He continued with an absolutely straight face.

"You gotta be kidding me dude?" Duo observed as he crossed his arms on front of his chest, shaking his head." You're expecting us to fight all of their combined armies?! You must be nuts!" He exclaimed.

"I agree with Pilot 02…" Treize replied as he eyed the tactical statistics of the fight and to no avail could he find a way that it would be won. Maybe if Locke had transported the Gundams here.

"Baka." Heero commented and was soon followed by another oath from Wufei beside him.

"My friends and I will help of course!" The redhead proclaimed cheerfully, just brimming with confidence. The whole group sought hard not to groan and slap their foreheads.

"And what would you give us to fight with?" Wufei snorted, his tone laden with sarcasm," Pitchforks and torches?"

The redhead eyed him with a small smirk." Nope!" He negated," You'll be fighting with dragons and MAGIC!"

All around the table jaws were being dropped and Duo had a grin spreading across his face." SUGOI! We get to use MAGIC!" He bellowed as he jumped into the air with excitement.

"So," Treize began, a thoughtful look on his face," Magic exists in this dimension then?" He said and gazed at their host who was smirking smugly.

"Hai." Locke nodded," Well, but before we fight we need to wake my friends up." He said as the others turned to look at him again.

"What's wrong with your friends?" Heero asked, his cobalt eyes glaring unconsciously at their host.

"They're under a spell and have been sleeping for over three hundred years…" He explained to the shock of all present." I have no idea where their crypts are so we'll get organized tomorrow to find it." He said enthusiastically to the annoyance of the whole group.

"Then how are we to go about locating them?" Treize asked as he took a fork and skewered for himself a slice of mutton. The action, having drawn their host's attention, reminded the redhead that they had yet to eat.

"Err, sorry guys! Better eat first!" He crowed and extended an arm to the nearest dish to get himself a serving but stopped just as he was about to spear a slice. "They left me a small map with directions and I'm not sure it still applies. After all, it's been three hundred or so years and even the land changes much in that protracted a time span. Oh, one last thing, Treize is to be King of Saunq and the rest of you are to be his protectors as dragon knights of the crown." Sitting down with the choice cut on his fork, Locke bit into the tiny morsel with relish. Meanwhile, the ginger haired general had almost choked on the wine he had been drinking.

"I am to be king?" He asked, his eyes falling on the happily chewing teen.

"That's why the whole world is trying to take over Saunq. Our king has just recently died and has not named the heir so the rest of the world is now squabbling over this prime piece o land." Amber eyes met warm blue across the table," If ya get what I mean…"Then he continued with a smirk," Besides, you're actually a genetic equal of the diseased King. You're like a dimensional clone only way younger."

It was surprising when Zechs spoke up," I agree to what you are saying Locke. Out of all of us Treize is the most fitted to rule and having such a valuable metal ore would rightfully cause such a large scale scramble for land." It was quickly but more astonishing for Heero to continue the thought.

"Can we forge armor and weapons from the ore?" He asked, his voice clipped and face stoic.

Locke nodded," We could but if only we had one of those really big forges. The Kingdom of Saunq is very simple and although we have this resource, the trade with the other kingdoms has been slow since the king died and that had been over twenty years ago…We don't have the income or the manpower to build large-scale…" He trailed off and chewed on yet another morsel of meat, this time a chicken leg.

"Why didn't you start this scheme earlier?" Wufei asked as he served himself a helping of rich creamy soup.

"The summoning takes long to plan and the ingredients as well as the timing must be perfect…Its something that can't be rushed." The Chinese pilot nodded and took his seat to savor his liquid food.

Duo looked up and gazed at the thoughtful expression that had taken over the usual smile on their host's face." Why aren't you sleeping with your friends?" He asked, genuinely curious.

Taken by surprise, amber eyes filled with unsaid emotions turned to face Duo. Locke blinked then smiled pensively at the braided pilot of Deathscythe." It's a duty I guess. A little something that got to me…a long time ago…" His gaze turned towards the candle flame in the center of the table. Eyes gazing and reflecting the whole history of pain and sorrow that he had felt as he lived all those years and to Duo, it seemed something so personal to witness. Amethyst eyes softened and Duo smiled.

"Care to talk about it?" He asked to the amusement of their host who had looked up to him with a new twinkle in his eyes.

"Maybe…" He said then took a long sip from his wine goblet. "Now, let's eat!"

Author's Notes:

FI: @.@ Wai! I'm so confused!

Duo: You're pairings aren't going anywhere either…

Wufei: Stupid ONNA!* smirks smugly*

FI: * shakes head * I have no idea where this is going na no da! This chapter was so confusing na no da!

Duo: * scratch chin * I think that there was an overload of information this chapter…

FI: * turn to Duo then conks herself * you're right!

Wufei: Tch…

FI: * shrugs * fine! Next chapter I'll try to ease with the information overload and get some action done, neh? ^.^

Wufei: * shakes head * don't believe the stupid onna. Her promises never come true!

FI: * nerve * you didn't have to be so HONEST!!! * donks Wufei on the head *

Wufei: * rubs sore spot * Hn. Stupid onna…

Duo: * shrug and faces readers * so, if you have any ideas or suggestions and the like, FalconIce sure needs them. So, review away!!!

Wufei:* snorts * If enough people would review, maybe it would help the damn onna's story to become understandable…

FI: * big wobbly eyes * Wufei's so MEAN!!! * goes off to bawl in an isolated corner somewhere in the world *