Hey everyone! Hehe, sorry if I'm not on MSN or anything like that to those who know me for that...I'm STILL grounded, soooo...all I can do it type! And update as well...I'll answer all you're e-mails at school so...yah. HERE'S CHAPPIE 20! Finally!

Chapter 20: Ladir Denova, Master of Magic Arts

From outside, Dart stared as the building began to fall apart, the zombies and skeleton people went back into the ground...and just as the five others ran out of the door the whole thing exploded.

Hiecaro, Lodis, Setria, Naomi and Ladir...were right beside the door when the thing went up in flame. The others watched as they didn't know if their friends had made it in time... ..............................

All around was ash, dust, and fallen parts of the Mansion...nothing was moving...and nothing was alive at all. The 5 who tried to escape...were nowhere to be found.

Shana covered her mouth with a hand while walking around the rubble. Dart held a grim face as he stared, holding Lavitz who was clearly unconscious. Haschel moved around a bit and kicked a rock over, Rose stood by and was leaning on a stone structure...Albert and Meru, like Shana, were looking for signs of the five people.

"Anything?" Dart asked, his eyes looking to Albert. Albert shook his head and lowered it. "No..." he answered. Dart then looked to Meru and Shana, they too shook their heads in a 'no'.

Sighing, Dart lowered his head, but as soon as he did he felt a shiver run through Lavitz who was on his back. "Hey...Lavitz, you awake...?" he asked quietly. The Knight opened his eyes and looked at Dart with a painful expression.

"I...I can f-feel them..." he swallowed hard, "over...t-there..." Lavitz mumbled, trying best to point to the spot. The spot was right where the goddess statue last stood. He shivered again. Dart looked back at Lavitz and nodded, he carefully placed him beside the rock structure Rose was leaning on and went over to the remains of the statue.

"Albert, Meru, Shana...help me over here will you?" Dart said pulling on a rock and moved it over.

They all nodded and helped. Soon, most of the rocks were moved to one side away from the statue, but underneath it all...was one huge, platform that had fallen. It moved slightly.

Their eyes widened as it moved again and lifted a bit. Meru kneeled down and looked under to see the eyes of a blue eyed Setria smiling sleepily. "Guys! We have ta get them out of there!" she stood and put here hands under the crack and began to lift it, so everyone was helping. Exit Lavitz.

It moved, and a large cloud of dust and coughs filled the air. Naomi, Setria, Lodis, Hiecaro and the man named Ladir were still alive. Dart and the others helped them out carefully, especially with Ladir whom wasn't doing to good.

"We have to get these two where there's a doctor!" Dart said as he gestured to Ladir and Lavitz's forms. The others nodded and rose, Hiecaro taking Ladir, and Dart taking Lavitz. Setria got them all into a circle and went in the middle.

"Desmte Furni Haibur!" she whispered in a magical voice and soon as they were in the ugly place, they were standing outside the market of Furni Harbor. Dart smiled at Setria in a thanks, and Hiecaro ran forward, leading the way as he knew where the office was.

: Doctor's Office:

Shana, Dart, and the others sat outside the room where their friends were being treated. Naomi, Setria and Lodis went with Ladir and Lavitz because of their minor but also bloody wounds as well.

: Inside:

"I'll be fine, don't worry about me Naomi...I'm not a guardian for nothing!" Ladir spoke but winced as his head was wrapped up by one of the nurses. The lady looked at him sternly.

"Now you listen here Ladir...no more fighting for a week, got it! You've been in trouble too many times since you've joined that ugly, heartless man Raoul!" the lady said, lightly hitting his nose with a finger. Lair blinked and chuckled uncomfortably.

"Juria...I'm not in his band anymore...I quit...heh."

Juria put her hands on her hips and scolded him. "Then he repaid you well for betraying him, didn't he!?!" She sighed, "What am I going to do with you..." she smiled at him and continued wrapping his wounds up with bandage.

Naomi and Setria giggled from where they say. Lodis chuckled, but Hiecaro just has his back leaned against the window staring outside. "There you go...now," she turned to Hiecaro, "for you...Please sit on this bed sir?" she said and took hold of Hiecaro's arm and sat him down.

Naomi jumped off the bed she was sitting on and skipped over to where Ladir and Hiecaro were. "You guys gonna be okay?" she asked. Lodis brung his head up. "What about me?" he asked the girl. Setria nudged him. "No one cares what happens to you dummy..." she said.

Lodis *Falls over the bed anime style*. "You guys...are evil!" he said pointing to Naomi and Setria. The girls just giggled.

Ladir spoke softly to her. "We'll be fine...who I am worried about it Anya and your other friend Lavitz...he could have been killed today if it weren't for you...damned Raoul, always wanting to kill guardians once they anger him..." he said grimly and lowered his head and closing his eyes.

Hiecaro nodded. "You see, he likes to destroy our kind for pleasure once he's angered or wants to have fun. Disgustful man..." he mumbled, turning his head back to the window.

"Well...then why was he trying to kill Lavitz? He's just a dragoon and Human...isn't he?" Setria asked, getting off the bed as well.

Ladir shook his head. "He may not know it...as Hiecaro and I, but Lavitz is also a guardian...the one he guards...is Anya..." he said softly and smiled slightly. Setria's and Naomi's eyes widened.

"H-He's a guardian as well..." Setria spoke, blinking uncontrollably. The two men nodded. "And...He protects Anya...that makes sense as to why the two like each other so much!" Naomi said, raising from her spot and looking at the ground.

"Exactly..." Hiecaro mumbled. Naomi then placed a hand on her chin. "Then...if you guys are named Guardians of the lost Races...who do you guard?" she asked Hiecaro and Ladir.

Ladir smiled, as did Hiecaro. "We both protect you...you see, Lavitz is stronger then both of us...therefore, you need two guardians. Anya is the most important of the Angels, thus having the highest ranking guardian for her...you have the next...us two." Ladir smiled softly at Setria who seemed confused, for the first time in her life.

"As for you...holy wingly...your race is also a lost race...your guardians shall come as well. And to say it...they're already here," Ladir said, placing a hand on the girl's shoulder.

"I...I have guardians too...is that why Raoul was after me before...when I was younger?" Setria asked her blue eyes widening.

Hiecaro nodded.

"Where are they then?" she asked.

Ladir smiled and grinned at Lodis, Hiecaro looked up at Juria. Juria smiled and stood straight up and bowed, Lodis...Lodis just stood there confused.

"I am here to protect you young one...don not worry..." Juria said, "But...my work is here, if you need me...just let your thoughts call me."

Setria smiled, but the smile faded as she stared up at Lodis who backed into the wall shaking. "I...I...I can't be one of...you guardians! I don't have nay special powers! I'm only a wingly! That's all..........You can't be serious........." he muttered, lowering his head in defeat. Setria giggled.

Naomi set her serious tone eyes down on Ladir. "Then...how are you to know so much of this...you seemed to know more info on this than Hiecaro...even though we just met both of you a few hours minutes apart...why is that?" she asked, sitting back down beside Ladir on his other side.

He smiled sadly at her. "Do you really want to know?" he questioned, looking into her green eyes with his own pale ones. Naomi nodded fully. "Yes..."

Getting off the bed and wincing a bit, Ladir walked/Limped over to the window and stared through. "It all started when I was young...do you know how old I am?" he asked another question to Naomi.

"Uh...30...29?" She answered.

"I am 25 years old...little one, as you see I am pretty young to have a lot of knowledge inside of my head...but when you know what's to become of the future, you're bound to want to know a lot..."

"In the land, where we were just at...I was born there...as was Juria a year after me...the place was so lovely when there were no un-dead walking around...and the mansion at the top of the hill, was as beautiful as ever. One day, when I was around 7 years old...a king came to our land, searching for something called Angels Wings...my mother, the owner of the mansion went up to him and spoke for all of us...she told him that there was no such thing."

"As soon as she had told him this, she died instantly...under the evil glare of him...One that same day, when Raoul took over our land, did the true power of the Angel's wings was born into a little girl...Anya. Raoul did his best to try and find her, and he did. They did experiments on her, to see if the Angel would appear...but everything they tried was in vain. She wasn't about to be pulled over into the darkness unless she said she would go and be with him..."

"And also, on that very same day...a monster came from the moon and attacked a place called Neet..." Ladir shook his head at the memories and then continued again.

"My father, he tried to overcome Raoul with his power...but instead, transferred it to me before he died. I had been studying magic way before this had happens, when I was around 4...and this was added to my power. I was known as Ladir Denova...Master of Magic Arts. Ladir Denova is another word for Mystical Night...it is the name for a spell, a very powerful one at that...and this name, and also my father's magic and power entwined with me...gives me Knowledge you have never seen before..."

"That is why I know so much...Juria knows little more...but, she's also very powerful, as is Hiecaro and Lodis..." she said, taking a breath and sighing.

He placed a hand to his forehead and closed his eyes gathering his thoughts. Naomi was silent as was Setria, Hiecaro and Lodis. Juria walked up to Ladir and took hold of his hand and smiled.

"Don't worry...the time will come for when Raoul will leave this entire land in banishment..." she told him. Ladir nodded. Then another question popped up, this time...for Setria.

"Did you fight Raoul at all Ladir?" she asked.

Juria looked at Setria and frowned. Meaning that she had answered for Ladir, of that he had fought Raoul before in his lifetime...

"I will never ever forget that day Setria...It would be burned in you mind if I told any of you...the only thing I can real tell or show you is the scars." H unbuckled his leather cover and then undid his shirt and brung it down to his waist.

Naomi shuddered, Setria just stared. "Oh...my...god...h-how could you survive that...?" Setria asked, her voice trembling.

On Ladir's back were scars...scars that were tainted black, like demon marks. One ran from one shoulder to the other, and two other fell from his ribs all the way down to where it hid under his belt. When he turned, there were several running across his chest and a deep scar of a sword like gash across his heart running up to his collar bone. After he showed them, he put his shirt back on, and re-buckled it.

"How did I survive did you say? Well...actually...i don't really know, maybe it just wasn't time for me to die yet so SOA saved me...or someone else was sent to..." he muttered and lowered his head and shook it, his jet black and silver hair falling over his face.

Lodis frowned. 'Poor guy...bad memories are the worst kind of nightmare...' he thought, feeling sorry for Ladir. The two girls thought the same. "Ladir...It isn't wise to let your memories overflow your mind..." Hiecaro said from where he sat.

Ladir turned and looked at him with a crooked grin on his face. "Well...then I won't...now then, I say we pay a visit to Lavitz and explain some things to him when he wakes up, till then, we should all get some rest...including the dragoons as they play a important role in this legend."



OKAY EVERYONE! There ya have it! Ladir is explained! Man...I think I messed something up there...oh well! Ehehe, wait! Was he flirting with Juria? O_O that can't be good...can it? OH well, I wonder what Lavitz and the others would say, and will they EVER and I mean EVER get Anya's real self back? Find out in the next Chappie of OAW!!! YAY!!!