A/N: I'm tired, but people are bugging me.... So Don't own legend of dragoon.

A Blackened Art of Necromancy

With in her mind, she had been twisted. The power flowing through her body was immense. She felt almost with perfection, and with pain. The god within her body was killing not only her mind, but her soul and flesh as well. It made her tremble and cry and scream against the walls which had been placed to conceal her own soul there.

In her mind she was dying, the pain and agony we're unacceptable. However there was not place to fade to when the pain became to much, for the power of the god kept her awake and living.

She found the god reaching out pulling in more power. At first she was stunned by this. Where could the power be coming from?

And then she could see with in Soa's own thoughts, as well as if they we're her own.

Soa wants to destroy the world, to gain the power, to kill the monster, and to fight??

She pauses wondering what Soa, a god would be fighting...

Soa wishes to fight in the war against the Mechs, and the Mortals. In a war on a dead world. The mortals there wish to kill Soa's brethren. They want to see the land on which the gods reside gone ,and into their own hands.

Gods cause pain, without them there will be no pain....

With out the physical world they create one could chose to make or leave pain behind. All the souls would be free from their heavens and hells.

Heaven taps the energy of the soul, in time it kills that soul, thus sending it's energy back to the world to create a new soul.

Hell burns the soul, devours it so that all the energy is gained in a shorter time. When the soul dies it becomes part of the god who controls that world. Thus making the gods more powerful.

The gods want the souls to fail, to be evil for, it raises their power.

Thus they create unhappiness, and sorrow, which leads to evil and then to hell.

The pain in her mind became suddenly far away. Soa was going to use them all.

The Herosa was the one who originally wanted to kill Soa....

Soa was using the Herosa, the Herosa was killed every 108 years because of it.

The Herosa knew about the war and once done with Soa and this world she would move on to join the war on the dead world, to help the Mortals and Mechs.

In the end the war was going to kill not only the gods, but the gods source of power. Thus everything would end.

Except the lands not ruled by gods.... Omnia? Soa wanted to find the bridge to that first, so she might collect their souls too.

Omnia had been part of the war... However they had dropped out upon finding this information out. Then seeing what would happen to everyone if the war continued they created new spirits to help in the war?

The Mechanical and Nature Spirits. So they never belonged to a dragon?

Winks eyes flashed open, no longer was the god in control of her body. The power was flooding out, north east of her. Towards Omnia's connection point. She was standing, alive and well... In the center of a crater.

As she looked about she could see nothing but bleached white and gray dirt.

It was the end of Endiness, a world which was being used for a war only she and Omnia knew about.

***

A light flashed once, flying high into an arch above Albert, he stared at it, and then felt something within him be pulled away. In a second the girl who he hand been with raised her hands. The feeling ended.

"Come we must travel faster than this." She raised her hand to him. He took it.

Her eyes raised to the sky, and the green light of a teleporter surrounded them. When the light faded away he was standing in a patch of white ground. The girl moved forward, pulling him along behind her. "There is a war, I was made for it by Melbu and his generals. It's very far way, and concerns all things that live under a god's rule."

"What?" He asked as she pulled him a long.

"Not long after Endiness was planted by Soa, a war on a dead world began. People discovered the reason behind pain, and sorrow. They revolted against the gods who did it to them. They wished to keep their souls. On this place far away, the people killed all things but themselves, and used machines far more advanced than any other to live on with out the help of gods." She paused. "These people are still fighting, they had sent word to Endiness just before the campaign. Some Winglies realized their wrongs, and added the humans in the revolt."

Albert nodded, not understanding what it was she spoke of.

"So as the war on Endiness came to an end, only the winglies knew about the war. Charle forced Omnia into creation, and Omnia made Mechs to help in the war. They became advanced, Soa hated and despised but could not act with the god of destruction dead. When the moon fell last year it offered her a change to come down and chose a host."

"A host?"

"The Sacred Sister Wink. Through who she would destroy this world and then go join the war herself, completely stocked on energy. Wink should be here somewhere..." She paused. "It's me Albert." She said turning to face him.

"What do you mean it's you?"

"It's me Shana... She's letting me barrow her body, she doesn't want to die, so she left it to me."

"Wait.!" He pulled back on her arm. "How do you know this, and what do..."

"Just come!" She shouted in a very un-Shana like tone.

He shook his head and followed. "Soa is Wink then?"

"Not any more, Soa is headed to Omnia's connection point in the north east. We have to find her, just trust me alright."

"A-alright." He said following her down into a crater.

***

Lloyd shook his head as they headed down into the crater. "This feels wrong, there is nothing here...."

"Come on, we need to check it out." Lavits said gruffly, he didn't like this either. The way this place was making him feel.... Frightened, scared, alone.

As they came around another patch of rocks which shot out Lavits spotted Albert, descending from the other side, towards Wink. Who although her name was being called, stood stark still. It took him a moment to register what he was seeing.

Lloyd came around those rocks too, looking out at Albert, and then at the girl following him. He head turned, and she jumped to a spot, and did something. Like fixing them with a stare, which could be at the least unnerving.

In the next second he turned to Lavits and spoke. "Come on, we'll meet with them up by the other edge, I'll teleport us." He said, and instantly the green light flashed around them and then left. They were now looking back down in the crater, to far down below Albert and Wink we're awaiting the other girl.

From the center there was another flash of light, and Albert, Wink and the girl stood a few feet away.

Lavits hadn't been prepared for Albert to see him again. Neither had Albert. However any momentary happiness was dashed out and Lloyd grabbed Wink carefully away. Albert pulled out his spear to attack and the girl snatched it away from him.

"I'm sure you dislike working with him Al, but we need him Soa's on the move north, she'll be in range of Omnia soon." She paused whirling on Lloyd. "Teleport us to the location now Lloyd, I don't have time to explain."

Lloyd's eyes drew into something of a glare, however as he pulled Wink's arm around him shoulder he nodded. Lavits started slightly as the green light engulfed him once more.

***

Meru struggled against the chains that held her down. She couldn't drown, however she couldn't breathe either. It ached her lungs to open her mouth and allow the salt water inside of her. However being as she was she couldn't help it.

One of the strange half human and snake creatures would pass by her underwater cell every so often. Each time using a spell to force her mouth open, so that she would breath.

Sometimes others would approach and speak to them, but their language was beyond her ability to understand. She wanted to cry, however the tears never fell from her eyes.

Under the water, no one can cry.

Just as she saw another snake come by she caught sight of something else. A thing with a tale like the snakes, only with fins...

She'd seen someone like this before. Long ago, when she meet the old dragoons in Velweb.

Damia, she was half Mermaid, half Wingly? Or was it human? Meru looked pleadingly at the creature hoping it might just be willing to help her out.

After a few moments, it left. Leaving her hopes of being freed sink to the bottom of the sea.

A/N: Good and something of a long chapter ne? I like it, you basically figured out why Soa and Herosa want Endiness destroyed. How the two DS came to be, and some such about the campaign... Next chapter shall be the first part of the ending... ^.^ Yay for more plot developments and death!!!

100th reviewer shall get to come up with a story or plot idea for my next LOD fic!!! I'll be announcing the winner next chapter!!!