Hello again peeps!!! How's it going?? I need more reviews by the way, if I'm to continue the story!!! But then again, I'll probably continue it anyway!!!!!!! I'm having so much fun writing this, I hope you enjoy reading it. This is a really rubbish chapter, but the stuff in it needed to be said. Well, on with Chapter 10…

1 Chapter 10: Secrets Revealed

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Krystel and Leon, still arm in arm, reached the castle doors. They stopped just outside. Krystel was worried. What if their parents didn't approve, or worse, what if her and Leon were already betrothed to other people. That always happens in royal families. What if, now that they'd finally found each other, they were separated. Krystel knew that she would not be able to bare that. Leon saw the worried look on her face, and said…

'Krystel, darling, don't worry. It'll all be fine. We'll be together, no matter what. Even if we have to run away. Elope.' He smiled, and kissed her quickly before dragging her into the castle. 'I wonder where they are??' he muttered. Suddenly, Merle appeared round the corner. She saw them clinging to each other, and eyed them suspiciously, smiling.

'Well, well, well. Looks like the past repeats itself sometimes!! Come on, I'll show you where they are. I'm always around when you need directions.' she said with a titter. She bounded off down the corridor; hardly giving the couple chance to think about following her. But they ran in her general direction anyway. To the end of the corridor, turned right, and there she was.

'How did you know??' asked Krystel, just before the entered the door Merle had led them to.

'Cat thing, don't worry about it!!' answered the feline, and with that she stalked off in the opposite direction. Krystel looked at Leon.

'This is it, let's go in and hope for the best.' said Leon, reading her mind. Another quick kiss (yes, there are a lot of them) and they opened the door. Inside, on a little square table, sat their parents. The Shezars on one side, opposite the Fanels on the other, with two spare seats at the top of the table. They had been expecting them. Hands clasped, Krystel and Leon walked over to the table and sat down.

'So, is there something you want to tell us??' asked King Van. All four adults looked at the nervous teenagers, and smiled. The two could see that their parents already knew their secret.

'Are you telling me, that you already knew, and didn't tell us?!?' cried Leon. 'You had us worrying that you were going to break us up, that we'd never see each other again!! Why didn't you say something??' He sounded pretty upset, yet relieved.

'What difference would it have made. You're together all the same.' answered King Allen. Leon calmed down a bit at his fathers response. A few minutes of silence followed, then Krystel spoke again.

'What did Merle mean when she said that past repeats itself??' she asked timidly.

'I, I don't know.' Queen Hitomi answered quickly, glancing at King Allen with a worried look on her face. But King Van said gently, taking her hand…

'They have a right to know. Don't worry love it was in the past. And it's not as if it matters.' Hitomi gave her husband a smile, and turned to the two children.

'When I first came to Gaea, I was 15. A lot happened then, what with the Great Destiny war. A sorcerer, Van's brother, cast a spell on me and Allen, who was 20 at the time. He made us fall in love. We almost got married. But then I found my true love, Van.' She smiled at Van again, and continued. 'and Allen married Millerna. I guess what Merle means is a Fanel and a Shezar fell in love again, but this time it's true love, ofcourse. You know Merle, always messing around.' She laughed, and looked at the pair. 'You belong together, don't let anyone tell you otherwise!! Anyway, we must go and find the rest of our guests, bye!!' And with that the four royals left Krystel and Leon alone in the room. They embraced and kissed in relief, knowing that they were forever one.

'Come on, let's go back to the cliffs, where we can celebrate in private!!' whispered Leon, and pulled her up, and rushed back out of the castle.

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They reached the cliffs once again. They stood on the edge and (yes, you know what happens now!!) resumed their passionate embrace. They were a bit close to the edge, but the two didn't noticed at first. Suddenly the cliff under Leon's feet started to crumble. He lost his balance and fell over the edge. Krystel reached for his hand, and missed. Down, down he went. Leon thought he was going to die. And back on the ridge Krystel screamed.

'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.' Tears streamed down her face. Suddenly pain seared through her back. White feathers fluttered around her. Krystel jumped. She didn't know why. Down she fell, gathering amazing speed. She reached Leon, a look of disbelief on his face. Krystel grabbed her lover, and suddenly, they weren't falling down any more. They were levelling out, gently rising, turning back to the cliff edge. Krystel looked over her shoulder, and almost fainted. Attached to her back were two, snow-white angel wings. Am I dead? she thought. Leon looked at her in amazement. He said something, barley audible to Krystel, who was just about to pass out…

'You're a Draconian.' With that they reached the cliff edge. Krystel lay Leon down, before blacking out herself.

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Well, what do you think so far??? I know it's not brill, but the whole story isn't that bad, I suppose. Well, Chapter 11 out soon, probably today, in which Krystel discovers her heratige, and a few other things may happen too, as soon as I've thought of them!!!!! ^_^ lol!!!