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Warnings: Yaoi rated R.
Summary: CHAPTER 14 UP. (yaoi: SxS beware). Balamb Garden is a knights' school. Seifer Almasy is one of those knights. Being the personal guard of Sullen, the most good-looking and greatest wizard, he is sent to find out why Galbadian army has attacked Dollet. Does Sorceress Edea have something to do with it?! And why does Elder Guardian of Time refuse to show in the Union council?!
Sons of Elder Guardians
By Azure Knight
Chapter 14: The battle is near...
Squall was sitting in a dark, empty room. The host: Lord Allendia had led him there alone. He was Lord Sullen's most loyal mage and he had been the one capturing them. There was no way they could escape from there.
What appeared an eternity later, the iron door in front of him opened and two knights entered. They politely asked him to follow them. They knew who he was and they didn't dare to be less respectful to him than what they were to their masters. Of course Squall didn't want to get the men into trouble so he didn't try to do anything else than to obey him. Besides he was still hoping he could convince Lord Allendia to help him by showing him who was right. But before he would confirm the safety and well being of his companions.
He was led to a rich room which had a few candles lighted. The tall man with long, black hair and brown eyes was in the center of the room sited in a lazy chair. Many other figures stood in the dark, and although Squall couldn't see them, he sensed strong magic in them, being that they could only be mages.
It was that visible mage that addressed to him.
"Elder Squall, second prince of Esthar. Son of Laguna Loire of Esthar and Elder Guardian of Time: Queen Raine. Am I right?" Squall nodded.
"And you are Lord Allendia, lord of the higher lands of Galbadia." The man smirked.
"You know me. Good!" He said and rose. "You know, you are very beautiful for an half human." He stated nearing Squall, and then extending a hand he gently stroked his cheek. Leaning to him he whispered in his ear.
"You can even surpass Lord Sullen in that aspect." He then stepped back and looking at two other knights that were also in the shadows, ordered them.
"Take him to my quarters!" Squall's eyes widened and he was about to protest when they grabbed his arms and took him from there, but not without noting movements on the shadowed mages.
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His stomach grumbled again. He had been left without food. The only thing he had to eat was the moldy bread Sullen had sent him. He looked at it twice before he decided to eat it. If it had poison than at least he wouldn't die from hunger.
Seifer unwrapped the bread and was about to eat it when he saw something in the scarf that grabbed his curiosity. The silk scarf was red outside and dark blue inside what meant he was made of two parts of tissue. On one extremity the silk thread that united the two tissues was slightly unsewed.
Acting on pure instinct, Seifer unstitched the rest, finding inside, between the two tissues of the scarf, another one also red with magical writing in it.
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Allendia's quarters resembled immensely Sullen's. They were opulent and very colorful and Squall had finally arrived to there. He had been trying to pry informations about his companions from the knights guiding him but they kept quiet. Squall was then thrown into the illuminated bedroom. He was then locked there. He sighed in despair, fell to the carpeted floor and started crying. A few seconds later Allendia entered accompanied by a tall figure covered by a black cape. They closed the door.
As soon as they entered, Squall wiped the tears with the back of his hand and looked at them with a challenging face. Allendia smiled at him and said.
"He really has a strong will, hasn't he?!" The cloaked person then lowered the cape hood, reveling shiny, curled, blond hair and piercing black eyes in a porcelain face.
"Sullen!" Squall exclaimed. Sullen smiled at Squall and then asked Allendia, looking at him with a smirk on his lips.
"So he surpasses me, does he?!" Allendia blushed hard, embarrassed.
"You heard,..." he said. Sullen laughed. Squall looked at one and at the other confused. Sullen then turned to Squall with a serious expression and spoke, bowing slightly.
"I wanted to apologize for not giving more consideration at your words at the palace. If it weren't for Seifer I would certainly give you to the women pretending to be my mother. Before anything I wanted to tell you that I've reflected on your words and my mother's later behavior. I've concluded what you already had been trying to tell me. My final confirmation was when I caught my mother with the keystone already after our incident. It was then I stayed sure you were right. That isn't my mother. My mother doesn't need the Keystone to use the Space key; besides how could she have the Keystone when our enemies had stolen it? That definitely opened my eyes. I was forced to see what I didn't want to see. I apologize one more time and came to tell you I'm on you're side and here to help stopping this war and expel that women from my mother's body. I already have a plan for that but I'll need your father and your mother's help, Squall."
Squall looked at him surprised and when realization hit him he smiled widely. But then as instantly he became serious.
"How do I know this isn't a trap to get my mother and my father?" he asked. Sullen smiled sadly.
"You'll have to trust me." He said. Squall turned his back on them.
"I want to, besides it isn't like I have much choice, anyways. I'll trust you." Allendia smiled.
"So, care to share your plan with us, Sullen?" he said. Apparently he knew of everything.
"Okay. Is there somewhere to sit? I also need papyrus and ink. Some food and honine would be nice too, and bring some juice for Squall he's too young to drink honine. Squall made a face. He now knew how Lake must feel.
Allendia left to provide the things leaving Squall and Sullen alone.
"Now, I'll need your mother's powers. I'll also need your abilities, Squall. What can you do?" Sullen asked.
"Well, I can handle a gunblade pretty well. I almost beat Seifer in Esthar! By the way, what will happen to Seifer?" the brunette asked preoccupied. Sullen smiled sarcastically.
"I wonder what happened between you two, behind my back." Squall blushed and said sadly.
"I didn't mean anything to happen. Hyne knows that I tried to erase these feelings from my heart as well as push Seifer away from me. I didn't mean to disrespect you or make you unhappy. Anyway, I don't believe that Seifer will want to stay with me. He's your knight and he cares for you deeply. In the end he'll always return to you." Squall said sadly while Sullen's sarcastic smile didn't falter a bit.
"You are so beautiful, strong, powerful, honored, noble, caring for your people. Compassionate with only good intensions and good feelings in your heart. Always disposable to help. I've always wanted to be like you. Your people love you and respect you so much. Even my father has faith in your government of the Union once you get elected. How could Seifer- No. What you're doing now is another proof. Seifer will return to you and I..., well I..., I admire you grandly." Sullen laughed bitterly.
"You are right, but you are also wrong". He said smiling sadly. "For I see in you all those qualities you appoint me and many more. And if you are right when you say I have good feelings in my heart for I love and adore you because you're the brother I've always wanted to have and want I to protect you will all my strength." He said stroking lovingly Squall's cheek. Then he rose and turned his back on him, continuing.
"You are also wrong when you say I only have good feelings in my heart because at the same time, I hate and loathe you for steeling Seifer and turn him against me." Sullen said turning again, this time to look at Squall with such a hateful face that contorted his beauty and made Squall flinch.
"I also hate your beauty and kindness, Squall. And know that when I think of this, all I want to do is kill you with my own bare hands and make you suffer as much as I'm hurting right now!!" At the end of these words Sullen was on the verge of tears with his fists so clenched the nails were going to leave purple marks on his skin. But he continued speaking.
"As much as I'd like to believe in your words that in the end Seifer will return to me, I know they aren't true, because it was for you he risked is life not because it was his job but because he loved you enough to discharge his existence. You say I'm powerful but I have no power against that love. And I'm no villain to say that if I can't have Seifer, then nobody will. I wish his happiness as much as I wish my own. And if staying with you fulfills that happiness then I have only one thing to tell you: don't you ever push him away or deny him the love you feel for him or else you'll have an enemy in me." Squall was looking sadly at the floor. Sullen sat down and grabbed Squall's chin making the brunette look at him. Gray eyes met black ones.
"You heard?!" Squall nodded. Sullen smiled.
"Don't worry about me, little brother." He said, " Even if I'd like to say I'll never recover, I know that there's nothing time won't heal. Besides I'm young, beautiful, powerful, sensual. I'll find someone sooner or later. Maybe someone even better than Seifer, who knows?" He smirked at Squall who smiled. Then Sullen turned serious again.
"Just grant me a wish. Let me train you and make of you a great sorcerer." Squall smiled and bowed his head.
"It would be an honor, Master Sullen." He said.
"Don't call me Master," Sullen replied frowning "you make me feel old. Call me...Sullen or cousin or brother. Even if we're not real brothers, we both have the same rare blood of the Elders. Being that the reason why you're enchanting."
"Alright, brother. I presume you have an escape plan for Seifer?" Sullen smiled.
"Isn't love beautiful?" he mused, "Yes. He'll be fine, trust me. It's all part of my brilliant plan. By this hour Seifer will be already with my aiding tools. Don't worry about him. Worry about your training which starts now. So tell me, what can you magically do?"
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Carefully seeing if nobody was spying onto his cell, Seifer read what the piece of tissue said.
# Seifer, inside the bread is a magical key, which will open all the locks that will face you through life including the one of your wrists in your decapitation day in two weeks.
Free yourself on the platform when you see me raise a white scarf, cause chaos within my mother's knights and run away from there. Don't worry with the rest. I'll take care of it.
Be well and don't worry about your prince either because he's safe.
Sullen #
Seifer smiled sadly and parting the bread in two, found the small silver key. Guarding it in a safe place - you really don't want to know where - he started to eat the bread pieces with the happiness of who had been given a great feast. And he had indeed. Sullen on their side was the best thing that could ever have happened. It meant that his prince was indeed safe because Sullen had more loyal friends than the Elder Queen in charge. It also meant that this war could be stopped and that Sullen wasn't that furious with him, though he knew he was going to be unemployed once this was over.
"Ah! Who cares!" he said. That was nothing to who, a few minutes before, had been expecting death. And besides he could always go find a job in Esthar. He knew a certain prince who needed a knight. He grinned. And then a thought crossed his mind dissolving the grin. Squall wasn't a prince anymore. He was an Elder. Sullen wouldn't let Squall stay in Esthar. He would stay with his cousin or be sent to his mother in Island Closest to Hell. Besides he had his tutor and the human-bird girl. He wouldn't need him and further more, he didn't want him. He had left that very clear in Esthar.
But, his beautiful face had erased that from his mind as soon as he had seen him and he had done that nonsense of attacking Sullen, condemning himself to death. He smiled remembering Squall's shocked face. He hadn't expected such a proof of loyalty towards him from Seifer. Hell, he, Seifer Almasy, hadn't expected such a stupidity from himself. Risking his high position, his great life quality. He had what everyone else desired: the most beautiful sorcerer was his lover, he had the finest clothes, fastest horses, the strongest and most modern weapons and could eat and drink like a king. He had everything, everything but Squall. Thinking further, he realized that none of that had really mattered if he saw Squall in the steak like traitorous sorcerers were. He couldn't have supported that when he knew he could have had stopped it. Definitely, a thousand deaths couldn't equalize the pain he would feel seeing Squall's silky hair and ivory skin burnt to ashes, as not to speak of the Squall's screams of agony while suffering such an end. He had made the right choice. Besides he could always return to Balamb and help his father in their lands, that is, if Sullen gave them back to them as soon as they won this war against... well, now he didn't know exactly what was happening but he trusted Squall and Sullen and if they were together in this, they would win. Who could win two elders?!
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"On the scheduled day, you'll go to Deling's palace so we can stop this invasion and save my mother. Meanwhile, you stay here with Allendia, he'll take care of you." Allendia nodded smiling. Then he rang a little bell and a knight and a servant entered.
"You called milord?" The knight asked.
"Yes, this is Elder Squall, the one I was talking about." Both smiled and bowed.
"Elder Squall, these are sir Fersil and Vel. They both are aware of the situation and are of my entire trust. They're here to serve you in anything you need. Talk to no one else besides them." Squall nodded and rising bowed to them in gratitude and then to Allendia.
"Thank you, lord Allendia." Allendia smiled and said.
"Sir Fersil will be in charge of not letting you escape on the outsider's eyes. He'll secure your safety from Tellian's followers to the insider eyes. He will follow you to everywhere and protect you. Your guards will be released as so they can go to your mother and father and deliver the messages Sullen has written. We'll make it as if they managed to escape." Squall nodded.
"Please Vel, take Squall to his quarters." Allendia said. The servant nodded and smiling said.
"Please, milord. Follow me." Squall nodded and before turning bowed once more to Sullen.
"Thank you, once again, cousin. For your help and understanding."
"Go in peace, little brother." And then Squall smiled and followed the coffee colored knight and the servant through secret passages that would lead to his quarters.
"Allendia, take good care of him and teach him how to control his powers."
"Don't worry. Everything will be fine, my friend." Allendia assured with a smile.
"Teach him also a few healing spells and elemental attack ones, so he can defend himself. Protect, Shell, Meltdown, Dispel and Aura. Also Ultima if he manages. Teach him how to ride a dragon and some summoning basics. And please dress him like a mage. I hate him looking like a knight."
"You do realize that you ask the impossible for the two weeks you give? The boy doesn't even know how to swing a wand!"
"Once he controls his powers, you'll see how quickly he learns."
"Hope so. And you? Will you be okay?"
"Yes, though I have to be very careful. I can't give Ultimecia or her followers any clue I'm not by her side anymore."
"I was talking about Seifer."
"I'll be fine, eventually. Besides I have Olian."
"Yes, he was always jealous of Seifer, you know?"
"Yes, now I know. It's amazing I had only eyes for Seifer and I forgot to look around myself."
"You're going to help Seifer winning the boy's heart, aren't you?" Sullen smiled at Allendia who arched his eyes.
"Yes. I can't see Seifer suffering. I still like him too much. I want him to be happy." Allendia rolled his eyes.
"You're too good for your own good." He commented. "Be careful, okay?"
"I will. Thanks for everything, Allendia. See you in two weeks. Take care." They hugged and Sullen covered himself again. He headed for his dragon waiting in the balcony and waving at his black haired friend, took off, to Deling.
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End of chapter 14
To Redrum and Squall Morpheus Leonhart. Thank you for your reviews. Here is the chapter I promised. Well you'll have to wait until next week to chapter 15 and maybe epilogue. Sorry. Anyway I'll try to get at least one chapter posted every week. Besides this was rather a large chapter.
Warnings: Yaoi rated R.
Summary: CHAPTER 14 UP. (yaoi: SxS beware). Balamb Garden is a knights' school. Seifer Almasy is one of those knights. Being the personal guard of Sullen, the most good-looking and greatest wizard, he is sent to find out why Galbadian army has attacked Dollet. Does Sorceress Edea have something to do with it?! And why does Elder Guardian of Time refuse to show in the Union council?!
Sons of Elder Guardians
By Azure Knight
Chapter 14: The battle is near...
Squall was sitting in a dark, empty room. The host: Lord Allendia had led him there alone. He was Lord Sullen's most loyal mage and he had been the one capturing them. There was no way they could escape from there.
What appeared an eternity later, the iron door in front of him opened and two knights entered. They politely asked him to follow them. They knew who he was and they didn't dare to be less respectful to him than what they were to their masters. Of course Squall didn't want to get the men into trouble so he didn't try to do anything else than to obey him. Besides he was still hoping he could convince Lord Allendia to help him by showing him who was right. But before he would confirm the safety and well being of his companions.
He was led to a rich room which had a few candles lighted. The tall man with long, black hair and brown eyes was in the center of the room sited in a lazy chair. Many other figures stood in the dark, and although Squall couldn't see them, he sensed strong magic in them, being that they could only be mages.
It was that visible mage that addressed to him.
"Elder Squall, second prince of Esthar. Son of Laguna Loire of Esthar and Elder Guardian of Time: Queen Raine. Am I right?" Squall nodded.
"And you are Lord Allendia, lord of the higher lands of Galbadia." The man smirked.
"You know me. Good!" He said and rose. "You know, you are very beautiful for an half human." He stated nearing Squall, and then extending a hand he gently stroked his cheek. Leaning to him he whispered in his ear.
"You can even surpass Lord Sullen in that aspect." He then stepped back and looking at two other knights that were also in the shadows, ordered them.
"Take him to my quarters!" Squall's eyes widened and he was about to protest when they grabbed his arms and took him from there, but not without noting movements on the shadowed mages.
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His stomach grumbled again. He had been left without food. The only thing he had to eat was the moldy bread Sullen had sent him. He looked at it twice before he decided to eat it. If it had poison than at least he wouldn't die from hunger.
Seifer unwrapped the bread and was about to eat it when he saw something in the scarf that grabbed his curiosity. The silk scarf was red outside and dark blue inside what meant he was made of two parts of tissue. On one extremity the silk thread that united the two tissues was slightly unsewed.
Acting on pure instinct, Seifer unstitched the rest, finding inside, between the two tissues of the scarf, another one also red with magical writing in it.
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Allendia's quarters resembled immensely Sullen's. They were opulent and very colorful and Squall had finally arrived to there. He had been trying to pry informations about his companions from the knights guiding him but they kept quiet. Squall was then thrown into the illuminated bedroom. He was then locked there. He sighed in despair, fell to the carpeted floor and started crying. A few seconds later Allendia entered accompanied by a tall figure covered by a black cape. They closed the door.
As soon as they entered, Squall wiped the tears with the back of his hand and looked at them with a challenging face. Allendia smiled at him and said.
"He really has a strong will, hasn't he?!" The cloaked person then lowered the cape hood, reveling shiny, curled, blond hair and piercing black eyes in a porcelain face.
"Sullen!" Squall exclaimed. Sullen smiled at Squall and then asked Allendia, looking at him with a smirk on his lips.
"So he surpasses me, does he?!" Allendia blushed hard, embarrassed.
"You heard,..." he said. Sullen laughed. Squall looked at one and at the other confused. Sullen then turned to Squall with a serious expression and spoke, bowing slightly.
"I wanted to apologize for not giving more consideration at your words at the palace. If it weren't for Seifer I would certainly give you to the women pretending to be my mother. Before anything I wanted to tell you that I've reflected on your words and my mother's later behavior. I've concluded what you already had been trying to tell me. My final confirmation was when I caught my mother with the keystone already after our incident. It was then I stayed sure you were right. That isn't my mother. My mother doesn't need the Keystone to use the Space key; besides how could she have the Keystone when our enemies had stolen it? That definitely opened my eyes. I was forced to see what I didn't want to see. I apologize one more time and came to tell you I'm on you're side and here to help stopping this war and expel that women from my mother's body. I already have a plan for that but I'll need your father and your mother's help, Squall."
Squall looked at him surprised and when realization hit him he smiled widely. But then as instantly he became serious.
"How do I know this isn't a trap to get my mother and my father?" he asked. Sullen smiled sadly.
"You'll have to trust me." He said. Squall turned his back on them.
"I want to, besides it isn't like I have much choice, anyways. I'll trust you." Allendia smiled.
"So, care to share your plan with us, Sullen?" he said. Apparently he knew of everything.
"Okay. Is there somewhere to sit? I also need papyrus and ink. Some food and honine would be nice too, and bring some juice for Squall he's too young to drink honine. Squall made a face. He now knew how Lake must feel.
Allendia left to provide the things leaving Squall and Sullen alone.
"Now, I'll need your mother's powers. I'll also need your abilities, Squall. What can you do?" Sullen asked.
"Well, I can handle a gunblade pretty well. I almost beat Seifer in Esthar! By the way, what will happen to Seifer?" the brunette asked preoccupied. Sullen smiled sarcastically.
"I wonder what happened between you two, behind my back." Squall blushed and said sadly.
"I didn't mean anything to happen. Hyne knows that I tried to erase these feelings from my heart as well as push Seifer away from me. I didn't mean to disrespect you or make you unhappy. Anyway, I don't believe that Seifer will want to stay with me. He's your knight and he cares for you deeply. In the end he'll always return to you." Squall said sadly while Sullen's sarcastic smile didn't falter a bit.
"You are so beautiful, strong, powerful, honored, noble, caring for your people. Compassionate with only good intensions and good feelings in your heart. Always disposable to help. I've always wanted to be like you. Your people love you and respect you so much. Even my father has faith in your government of the Union once you get elected. How could Seifer- No. What you're doing now is another proof. Seifer will return to you and I..., well I..., I admire you grandly." Sullen laughed bitterly.
"You are right, but you are also wrong". He said smiling sadly. "For I see in you all those qualities you appoint me and many more. And if you are right when you say I have good feelings in my heart for I love and adore you because you're the brother I've always wanted to have and want I to protect you will all my strength." He said stroking lovingly Squall's cheek. Then he rose and turned his back on him, continuing.
"You are also wrong when you say I only have good feelings in my heart because at the same time, I hate and loathe you for steeling Seifer and turn him against me." Sullen said turning again, this time to look at Squall with such a hateful face that contorted his beauty and made Squall flinch.
"I also hate your beauty and kindness, Squall. And know that when I think of this, all I want to do is kill you with my own bare hands and make you suffer as much as I'm hurting right now!!" At the end of these words Sullen was on the verge of tears with his fists so clenched the nails were going to leave purple marks on his skin. But he continued speaking.
"As much as I'd like to believe in your words that in the end Seifer will return to me, I know they aren't true, because it was for you he risked is life not because it was his job but because he loved you enough to discharge his existence. You say I'm powerful but I have no power against that love. And I'm no villain to say that if I can't have Seifer, then nobody will. I wish his happiness as much as I wish my own. And if staying with you fulfills that happiness then I have only one thing to tell you: don't you ever push him away or deny him the love you feel for him or else you'll have an enemy in me." Squall was looking sadly at the floor. Sullen sat down and grabbed Squall's chin making the brunette look at him. Gray eyes met black ones.
"You heard?!" Squall nodded. Sullen smiled.
"Don't worry about me, little brother." He said, " Even if I'd like to say I'll never recover, I know that there's nothing time won't heal. Besides I'm young, beautiful, powerful, sensual. I'll find someone sooner or later. Maybe someone even better than Seifer, who knows?" He smirked at Squall who smiled. Then Sullen turned serious again.
"Just grant me a wish. Let me train you and make of you a great sorcerer." Squall smiled and bowed his head.
"It would be an honor, Master Sullen." He said.
"Don't call me Master," Sullen replied frowning "you make me feel old. Call me...Sullen or cousin or brother. Even if we're not real brothers, we both have the same rare blood of the Elders. Being that the reason why you're enchanting."
"Alright, brother. I presume you have an escape plan for Seifer?" Sullen smiled.
"Isn't love beautiful?" he mused, "Yes. He'll be fine, trust me. It's all part of my brilliant plan. By this hour Seifer will be already with my aiding tools. Don't worry about him. Worry about your training which starts now. So tell me, what can you magically do?"
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Carefully seeing if nobody was spying onto his cell, Seifer read what the piece of tissue said.
# Seifer, inside the bread is a magical key, which will open all the locks that will face you through life including the one of your wrists in your decapitation day in two weeks.
Free yourself on the platform when you see me raise a white scarf, cause chaos within my mother's knights and run away from there. Don't worry with the rest. I'll take care of it.
Be well and don't worry about your prince either because he's safe.
Sullen #
Seifer smiled sadly and parting the bread in two, found the small silver key. Guarding it in a safe place - you really don't want to know where - he started to eat the bread pieces with the happiness of who had been given a great feast. And he had indeed. Sullen on their side was the best thing that could ever have happened. It meant that his prince was indeed safe because Sullen had more loyal friends than the Elder Queen in charge. It also meant that this war could be stopped and that Sullen wasn't that furious with him, though he knew he was going to be unemployed once this was over.
"Ah! Who cares!" he said. That was nothing to who, a few minutes before, had been expecting death. And besides he could always go find a job in Esthar. He knew a certain prince who needed a knight. He grinned. And then a thought crossed his mind dissolving the grin. Squall wasn't a prince anymore. He was an Elder. Sullen wouldn't let Squall stay in Esthar. He would stay with his cousin or be sent to his mother in Island Closest to Hell. Besides he had his tutor and the human-bird girl. He wouldn't need him and further more, he didn't want him. He had left that very clear in Esthar.
But, his beautiful face had erased that from his mind as soon as he had seen him and he had done that nonsense of attacking Sullen, condemning himself to death. He smiled remembering Squall's shocked face. He hadn't expected such a proof of loyalty towards him from Seifer. Hell, he, Seifer Almasy, hadn't expected such a stupidity from himself. Risking his high position, his great life quality. He had what everyone else desired: the most beautiful sorcerer was his lover, he had the finest clothes, fastest horses, the strongest and most modern weapons and could eat and drink like a king. He had everything, everything but Squall. Thinking further, he realized that none of that had really mattered if he saw Squall in the steak like traitorous sorcerers were. He couldn't have supported that when he knew he could have had stopped it. Definitely, a thousand deaths couldn't equalize the pain he would feel seeing Squall's silky hair and ivory skin burnt to ashes, as not to speak of the Squall's screams of agony while suffering such an end. He had made the right choice. Besides he could always return to Balamb and help his father in their lands, that is, if Sullen gave them back to them as soon as they won this war against... well, now he didn't know exactly what was happening but he trusted Squall and Sullen and if they were together in this, they would win. Who could win two elders?!
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"On the scheduled day, you'll go to Deling's palace so we can stop this invasion and save my mother. Meanwhile, you stay here with Allendia, he'll take care of you." Allendia nodded smiling. Then he rang a little bell and a knight and a servant entered.
"You called milord?" The knight asked.
"Yes, this is Elder Squall, the one I was talking about." Both smiled and bowed.
"Elder Squall, these are sir Fersil and Vel. They both are aware of the situation and are of my entire trust. They're here to serve you in anything you need. Talk to no one else besides them." Squall nodded and rising bowed to them in gratitude and then to Allendia.
"Thank you, lord Allendia." Allendia smiled and said.
"Sir Fersil will be in charge of not letting you escape on the outsider's eyes. He'll secure your safety from Tellian's followers to the insider eyes. He will follow you to everywhere and protect you. Your guards will be released as so they can go to your mother and father and deliver the messages Sullen has written. We'll make it as if they managed to escape." Squall nodded.
"Please Vel, take Squall to his quarters." Allendia said. The servant nodded and smiling said.
"Please, milord. Follow me." Squall nodded and before turning bowed once more to Sullen.
"Thank you, once again, cousin. For your help and understanding."
"Go in peace, little brother." And then Squall smiled and followed the coffee colored knight and the servant through secret passages that would lead to his quarters.
"Allendia, take good care of him and teach him how to control his powers."
"Don't worry. Everything will be fine, my friend." Allendia assured with a smile.
"Teach him also a few healing spells and elemental attack ones, so he can defend himself. Protect, Shell, Meltdown, Dispel and Aura. Also Ultima if he manages. Teach him how to ride a dragon and some summoning basics. And please dress him like a mage. I hate him looking like a knight."
"You do realize that you ask the impossible for the two weeks you give? The boy doesn't even know how to swing a wand!"
"Once he controls his powers, you'll see how quickly he learns."
"Hope so. And you? Will you be okay?"
"Yes, though I have to be very careful. I can't give Ultimecia or her followers any clue I'm not by her side anymore."
"I was talking about Seifer."
"I'll be fine, eventually. Besides I have Olian."
"Yes, he was always jealous of Seifer, you know?"
"Yes, now I know. It's amazing I had only eyes for Seifer and I forgot to look around myself."
"You're going to help Seifer winning the boy's heart, aren't you?" Sullen smiled at Allendia who arched his eyes.
"Yes. I can't see Seifer suffering. I still like him too much. I want him to be happy." Allendia rolled his eyes.
"You're too good for your own good." He commented. "Be careful, okay?"
"I will. Thanks for everything, Allendia. See you in two weeks. Take care." They hugged and Sullen covered himself again. He headed for his dragon waiting in the balcony and waving at his black haired friend, took off, to Deling.
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End of chapter 14
To Redrum and Squall Morpheus Leonhart. Thank you for your reviews. Here is the chapter I promised. Well you'll have to wait until next week to chapter 15 and maybe epilogue. Sorry. Anyway I'll try to get at least one chapter posted every week. Besides this was rather a large chapter.