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Wildfire Dreams-Ronfar is just worried about his family, besides Drake's case is different then Mauri's you'll see in this chapter.
Blackligurl- I put more Nall+Ruby fluff in, I've just been so busy with Drake+Emily, it's very important to my story.
Loki Harbbringer of Death- I thought the Jeo was kinda sudden I'll explain in this chapter.
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Disclamier- I don't own Lunar Eternal Blue.
Back to Lunar Chapter 8 The Beginning of the End
The Heroes were hiking toward Emily's Village each with their own thoughts.
'Will we be able to stop Drake without killing him? Emily would be devastated, but if we do nothing all of Lunar will be devastated.' Thought Hiro
' I can't let what happened to the Blue Star happen to Lunar, Drake must be stopped. I hope we don't have to resort to violence.' Thought Lucia.
'Mauri is going to kill me for being gone so long without telling her. But I gotta help my friends.' Thought Ronfar.
' I can't believe Aaron would sneak aboard the Destiny especially with his Finals coming up. But there's no other Magic Guild Student I'd want fighting by my side.' Thought Lemina.
' I wonder how the Caravan doing without me, I hope they weren't attacked by Drake's Monsters. One thing I can't figure out is why would Leo kiss me? Does he like me for more then a friend?' thought Jean while blushing.
'Why did I kiss Jean? It was like a magnet was pulling me to her. Could I be in love with her? Does she feel the same? I don't care if she does or not, I will protect her from anything Drake throws against us.' Thought Leo.
'I can't believe I'm traveling with the famous Heroes. The others at the Guild would kill to be in my place. They'd never forgive me if something happened to Lady Lemina, I'd never forgive myself. I'll prove my myself to everyone by making sure we all come back from this.' Thought Aaron.
'I don't care what it takes, I will save you Drake from whatever is controlling you.' Thought Emily.
" Ruby?" asked Nall
"What?"
"I want you to sit out the next battle." Said Nall.
"WHAT? I can take of myself." Said Ruby.
" Please Ruby." Nall was almost to the point of begging.
"Why?" She asked.
"Because I don't want you to get hurt, what would I tell the Dragon Kids?" said Nall.
"Awww. Nall you're sweet. But I have to come to make you don't do anything stupid like get yourself killed." Said Ruby.
"Jean I want to talk to you about what happened on the Destiny." Said Leo.
" Yeah what about it?" she asked.
" It will never happen again." Then seeing the poorly hidden sorrow and disappointment in her eyes he added.
" Unless you want it too." Then he blushed.
"We're there." Emily Called out to everyone. What remained of Emily's village was several charred buildings, it looked like no one had lived there for years. Being back in her hometown brought a rush memories to the front of Emily's mind.
FLASHBACK
A little Emily was holding her mom's hand and walking toward another mom and her son.
"Emily I would like you to meet Drake, your new neighbor." Said her mom.
"Hi Drake. Nice to meet you." She curtsied
"Hi Emily nice to meet you too. Wanna play hide and seek?" Drake asked.
"Sure, that's my favorite game."
END FLASHBACK
'I've been playing hide and seek for years, hopefully I'll win this time.' Thought Emily
FLASHBACK
A Teenage Emily was running toward a teenage Drake who looked pretty beat up. He had a long ugly gash in his chest with multiple lesser cuts and bruises elsewhere.
"Drake what happened? You look terrible." Her eyes were full of concern.
"Yeah but look at what I caught. He pointed at the animal slung over his shoulder, a full grown bear.
"Impressed?" He asked hopefully.
"Yes, now let me heal those wounds." Said Emily. She reached over to Drake's chest and started chanting a healing spell. A voice interputed her.
" Don't get too friendly now." Shouted a taunting voice.
"Shut up!" They both shouted back.
END FLASHBACK
FLASHBACK
Teen Emily was trying to stop a teen Drake from leaving her house when the Bandits were attacking.
"Drake Please don't go! You could be killed!" Emily pleaded.
"Everyone who can fight has to go fight or others will die. I have to go!" Drake said.
" But you'll get hurt!" Emily Said.
"That's why I need you to wait for me." Said Drake.
"But Drake……" She was cut off when Drake softly kissed her.
" Please wait for me Em." Then he left. Emily stood in place stunned.
END FLASHBACK
"Spread out and look for clues." Said Leo. Emily went to her old home and sighed. Then she felt something hit her and she blacked out. When she woke up, the first thing she noticed was that she was bound hand and foot, and gagged. The second thing she saw was a trio of shady looking people around a camp fire.
"Look she's awake." Said the tall one.
"Why'd you grab her in the first place?" said on who was shorter then the rest.
"Because she's dam beautiful." Said the tall one.
" You know the Boss gets first dibs on any treasure we find." Said the fattest of the three. Then another man came. His clothes seemed more expensive then the others so Emily guessed this was the Leader.
"Who's the girl?" he asked.
"An angel I caught in that old village." Said the tall one.
" Great Job, We're going to have fun tonight." Said the leader. The way the man said "fun" made Emily shiver. Suddenly the tall one was impaled on a tree by a lance made of ice.
"Come on out and show yourself!" shouted the Leader. Drake walked out of the shadows and into the light of the camp fire.
"Who do you think you are? Killing my men!" shouted the Leader.
" I think I'm your worst nightmare come to life." Said Drake as cold as ice. Then a silver sword was drawn from It's sheath on Drake's back. The leader's two men started to quake in fear.
"Ittttt'sssss himmm! The Devil's Knight! Bosssss We shoulldddd getttt out of hereeeee." They said.
"I run from no one! The Devil's Knight doesn't exist!" Then he drew his own sword and charged Drake. He vanished.
" Where'd he go?" Wondered the leader.
" I'm right behind you." Said Drake. The leader spun around to attack him but Drake merely vanished again.
" Now die! Hell's Fire!" Drake shot a fireball at the leader. His clothes caught on fire instantly. He screamed in pain as the flames hungrily licked at his skin. Through all this Drake was laughing at this man's pain. Emily watched in horror, could this sadist really be her Drake? "As for you two," He said turning to them.
"Weeee hadddd nnnothing toooo to doo withhh the girllll." They said through chattering teeth.
" Too bad, but you are bandits and I despise your kind." He said. They ran away or at least tried to run away.
"Where do you think your going?" He mockingly asked. He pointed his palm at them and they levitated a few feet above the ground.
"You disgusting pieces of filth!" He materialized two more ice lances and pointed them at the bandits.
"Mercy!" They pleaded.
"Never!" He impaled them just like he did their friend. Then he turned to Emily carrying his sword. He raised it high and quick as lightening slashed down.
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When Emily opened her eyes she saw that Drake's sword had cut the ropes binding her feet. He did the same to the ropes on her wrists and removed the gag. Emily hugged him around the neck and kissed him on the cheek.
"Drake thank you so much! You saved me!" Emily said.
"Your welcome." Said Drake, without realizing what he was doing, he slipped his arms around Emily's waist and held her close to him.
" Why did those bandits call you the 'Devil's Knight'?" Emily asked. Drake's eyes grew hard.
"When I hunted down the scum that destroyed our home. I slaughtered them like savage beasts, there were some small children with them, they had done nothing wrong so I spared them. Then they must have gone to a town and told others about what I did. I guess I became The Boggie Man to bandits and other scum." Said Drake.
"Depends on the prospective, you were more like Heaven's knight to me." Then she rested her head on Drake's chest and listened to his heartbeat. Drake blushed at her words. As he stood there holding his childhood friend in his arms, taking in her scent, his goal of destroying the world and recreating it in his own image suddenly seemed foolish.
'She's bewitching you! Kill her!' said a voice in Drake's mind.
'No, She's my best friend, she would never trick me.' Drake thought back at the voice.
' I didn't want to do this, but you leave me no choice.' The voice thought. Emily felt herself being pushed roughly away. She looked up at Drake, hurt in her eyes, when she saw his eyes had gone completely red.
"You're not my Drake!" She shouted.
" That's right girl. I'm not." The stranger said.
"Get out of his head!" Emily ordered.
"Why? I'm an invited guest." Said the stranger.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
" Your Drake welcomed me into his mind in exchange for the power to avenge his village." Said the voice.
"I'll make you get out! Purify!" She called. White light shot from her hand.
"Corruption!" The stranger called. Darkness streamed from his hand. The two beams canceled each other out.
" You're lucky I can't use my full power in this weak human body." Said the stranger. The heroes came running toward Emily.
"Long time no see, Lucia of the Blue Star." Said the stranger. Lucia's eyes held shock.
"Zophar!" she said. Everyone gasped.
"You all seem surprised to see me." Said Zophar mockingly.
" When we kill people we're used to them staying dead." Said Ronfar.
" You only destroyed my body, I found a new one in this boy." Lemina and Aaron started a spell, Zophar saw this. "Don't bother mortals, I wouldn't feel a thing, the only one you will kill is Drake."
" To save Lunar we will destroy you." Said Hiro. Emily stood between Drake and the Heroes.
" You will have to get through me first."
'What are we going to do' Thought Hiro.
I'm really stopping this time. Please review. R+R my other fics too, most of them have hardly any reviews. Wildfire Dreams do you understand why Drake's case is different? He welcomed Zophar into his mind while Mauri didn't have a choice.