Hey it's me again! I can't believe this story actually got reviews . . . I just thought it'd be another one to the crapper . . . but I guess I was wrong about that now wasn't I? I hope you all enjoyed it and I hope you enjoy this one too. Now on to Chapter 1! ^^ I divided it into parts to make the story longer and I think I'll throw in a few more twists and turns to make things more suspenseful if it is at all ^^; Well enjoy!
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Chapter 1: How Things Came to Be: Part 1
By: Kerena Darklight
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The words wouldn't come . . . at first but the longer I looked at the body of Alfeegi, the more I fell out of shock, coming to realize that he might still have a chance. Time had yet to run out. "Alfeegi . . . my god what happened to you?" I asked hoarsely, as though I hadn't had water in several days on end. That's what it felt like right at that moment.
I didn't expect Alfeegi to respond to my murmuring but amazing enough he did. He responded by letting out a small groan of pain, slowly opening those beautiful eyes the color of a deep turquoise to look me over, possibly trying to tell who was speaking to him, who was actually there by his side at the moment.
"Ruwalk . . .?" He finally said with slight confusion as he came to realize who I was. I couldn't help but smile sadly at him as my name was spoken in that weak tone. A tone of a soon-to-be dead man.
"Yes . . . it's me Alfeegi . ." I stated softly, my eyes softening with worry and concern for the wounded angel infront of me. He smiled then, one half full of happiness, the other half with much sadness.
"Ruwalk . . . it's good to see you for once." He said weakly, the small glint that appeared in his eyes showing that he was just playing . . . and at a time like this too!
"Shhh . . . don't talk. Save your strength, you need ever last drop of it to survive." I said confidently even though I knew he was fading fast. Slipping from this world and into another. Going farther away from me.
The thought of this made me choke with a sob, allowing my tears to be known to the only one I didn't want to know at the time.
"You're crying . . . Don't cry Ruwalk. It just doesn't suit you at all." Alfeegi came to say as he saw the tears, doing the exact opposite of what I had told him to do. I didn't have a response for this so I just stared at Alfeegi. At the one I wanted to help so badly, yet it was out of my power to do so.
There was only one thing I could do and that was to ask him exactly what happened, even though I had told him not to talk for I wanted to hear his voice and I could only wonder what it would be like without it. No! What was I thinking? There wouldn't be a time without it! He would live . . . I would be sure of it!
"Alfeegi . . . tell me. Tell me what happened." It was clear that my voice was giving my emotions of sadness and my thoughts of him not being there, my will that hid them now wavering.
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From the moment I had a woken I knew that something bad was going to happen. Something far worse than I could even begin to understand. This worried me greatly for the last time I had experienced this feeling was the night the Dragon Queen, Raseleane, had been taken from the Dragon castle, to be held in the hands of lord Nadil.
Ever since then I had learned to follow those inner feelings. That was up until now . . . I was sitting now. At the desk I normaly sat at when I did my work in the library. And as usual I was hard at work with dividing paperwork that had obviously been 'forgotten' again by the yellow officer, Ruwalk who had 'accidentally' left it one my desk. At least I assumed so . . . which was probably correct, knowing Ruwalk.
'I swear, you're going to be the end of me one day . . ." I said with a small sigh of annoyance as I lifted another paper, my attention being swept away from the paperwork and over to yet another one that had fluttered down from the lifted papers and onto the table where it rested. A loose paper it seemed.
"Writing letters during working hours?" I murmured quietly, quirking an eyebrow as I flipped the folded paper between my fingers, looking at it thoughtfully. 'I guess I'll have to punish you later Ruwalk.' I thought with a casual smirk as I thought about looking into the letter.
In the end I decided to. After all, letters shouldn't have been left around for others to see now should they? Slowly now I turned the paper over and started to open it, tilting my head to the side as my eyes scanned over the inked letters, identifying them as words that the letters had created.
I gasped at what I read, bringing my free gloved hand up to cover my mouth, my cheeks turning a faint red, the color remaining in my cheeks even when I set the paper back down on the table. I was . . . shocked. Yes, very shocked.
How could he feel that way about me? Me, out of anyone else that was around here he had to think that of me. I couldn't believe it and yet I did . . . and it made me feel happy.
On the contrary it was best that some things shouldn't be read . . .
'But . . . is it true?' I thought as I sloppily picked back up on my work . . . errrr, Ruwalk's work
It took me some time to finish that work as the sun that had been hanging high in the sky was now dipping down to sink into the mountains that lingered in the land beyond the Dragon Castle.
It appeared to be a nice day though, with the rays of the sun that were casted down on the current side of the castle, making everything seem to glow with a faint orange color . . . truly a beautiful sight. But something was off . . . something was wrong as something began to churn in the pit of my stomach. This feeling caused me to remember the current events at hand: the hidden door, the incomplete spell, what the girl had said, and what the Dragon Lord, Lykouleon had told me to ask Rath.
Speaking of which, where was Rath? I needed to find him. I needed to ask him about the Red Dragon Crystal . . . if he would seal the door off, cast the final spell.
"You were looking for me?" Someone asked me, his voice cutting through my thoughts like the cold metal of a knife would upon touching the surface of the metal. I immediately tensed up, stopping in mid-step, my eyes growing wide with sudden fear. Something didn't feel right here. No, something was defiantly wrong . . .
I wanted to run then. I wanted to run away from Rath. No not Rath but someone else. That was clear now in many ways I couldn't explain. But something told me to run . . . to get away before the danger became too great and it would be too late for escape. But there was that one thing that kept me from running and that was the orders that the Dragon Lord had given me.
So, without a second thought I disregarded those feelings of danger and slowly turned to face the Dragon Knight of Fire who had been sitting casually on one of the railings that belonged to one of the many balconies that outlined the castle in many ways. He was also smirking, a smirk that sent a chill down my spine.
"Yes . . . I was looking for you. It's about the Red Dragon Crystal . . ." I started to say.
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Wellll that's all there is for part one of this chapter! I hope you enjoyed it and I hope I didn't take to long to post this chapter up. Well cya next time and remember reviews make me happy. Verrry happy! ^_^