I am sorry that I was not able to continue my story but my grandfather died. Thank you for understanding. and now on with the show.

Zieg's Ghost

After the battle at Hoax, the Dragon Youth chose to go to mount Villude to finally search for the Ghost of Zieg, Dart's father. Of course when they found out that they had to go through a swamp there was one unhappy response. Michelle " Aaaaah!!!! NO don't you dare make me go through this place!!!" Jex turned around and started begging to her " Please, this is the only way we can get there, we don't have a choice"

The others just waited for the result of this quarrel to show itself. Even if Michelle won, they would still drag her along the path to Mount Villude. Kain " What are you worried about? That you'll screw your makeup" Michelle turned red and pouted saying " I don't have to worry about my makeup. I am already promised."

Kain looked confused for a moment and then realized that when Jex said that the ring was a promise ring he was not kidding. So naturally Jex started explaining to everyone it would be ok. Little did they know that there were a pair of eyes looking at them from above.

Michelle " Well it doesn't matter because I am not going" Sharen and Syria nodded to each other and Sharen said " That's what you think sister" Then both of them grabbed Michelle's shoulders and dragged her across the ground, the Dragon Youth then continued their trek . . . . . slower than usual.

They were nearing the end of the swamp when Kain suddenly stopped, aware of the creature watching them now. He thought it was a familiar being so he decided not to kill whatever it was looking at them. Syria " What's the matter Kain?" Then the creature knew he was spotted and started getting away. Kain then threw his sword towards a branch, and it fell along with the sword and a girl.

They went over to check on the unconscious girl. She had pale skin, with white hair and she had a slim figure, wearing a bandana as a shirt and tight shorts. One glimpse and Kain's fears were confirmed " OOOOH boy. Meru's going to kill me" Syria looked up from the girl and asked " Why is that Kain?"

But before he could answer that, the girl woke up and looked at her surroundings, and the people there. Then her eyes stopped on Kain and she made the biggest grin that was possible, she then jumped up and ran over to him and gave him a bear-hug.

Everyone did not see the pout that Syria was expressing from her jealousy. Kain " Its *GASP* good to see you too Meridia" Meridia then let him go and said with a very high pitched voice" Good to see you Kain!!!" Kain took a minute to regain his breath and then said " What the hell are you doing here?"

Meridia " I wanted to come on the adventure you were having" Kain then shook his head and said " Well this journey's only for dragoons so you can't come" he then smiled because he knew he would not have to go with her everywhere again. Meridia saw that and started to fly " You think that you could get past me by using that excuse, shame on you" then she pushed him a little with her powers, she settled down again and gave another big-big grin.

Meridia " Besides, I got a new dragoon spirit a year ago" Kain looked dumbfounded and said " B-but Meru d-d-didn't say anything" Meridia then responded in a smart alek tone " Well DUH!!! That's because I never told her"

Jex had enough and said " Look I hate to break up this reunion but we have to go so 3 questions, What are you to each other? What is your weapon? and What dragoon are you?" Meridia answered all of the questions " We have been friends since we were 4 years old, I use daggers as my weapon and, Oh Yeah, I am the ice dragoon" Syria then responded " I thought you were his girlfriend seeing how you hugged him" Kain chuckled a little but Meridia said " I wish" Kain sweat dropped. Jex then said " Well that's good, she should be able to come" Kain looked like he was about to die, but since everyone agreed he knew he had no choice so she came.

They then continued their trek and finally made it to Mount Villude. Meridia " Why are we even searching for a dragoon here?" Kain said " Because it is the hottest spot on the surface of this planet, and I hate it"

Syria " Well I don't think its that bad" Everyone looked at Syria as if she was insane, then they noticed she was not sweating. Kain " How come your not as hot as everyone" Syria took this statement to tease him

" Because I am hotter than everyone" Everyone did a classic anime fall

Kain " My fault. OK why are you not bothered by how hot it is here" Syria got serious and said " Because I am a magma dragoon, I am not bothered by how hot it is, although I am sure Meridia is dying" She was right Meridia was the one sweating the most. Jex " Look lets just get out of here and find the old geezer, we have to get to the hottest spot here and that won't make anything better"

They all agreed and walked on, they killed a few fire monsters on the way but nothing important happened. They then came to a pool of lava with stepping stones on them. Blain " I know this place. In the story of the dragoons second fight with Melbu Frahma they passed this part just before they fought a Virage" Kain then realized what he was talking about and said " Yeah, and that place had a lavafall so that would be where we will find my grandfather"

They agreed and moved towards that spot. They were greeted by a terrifying sight, a horrifying sight, the Virage that was supposedly killed by Dart and his friends was still there. Only this had no skin and was black all over, it was all burned and bleeding in many spots. Sharen " WHAT TH-" Blain was able to cover her mouth before she got cover blown.

Syria " Is that what I think it is?" Kain nodded his head and said " Yup, that Virage is the same one that my father and mother supposedly killed with 2 others" Jex then said " But it was pushed in to the lava, how could it have survived?" Kain thought about it and came to a quick conclusion " It did not die in the lava before it woke up, so why should it die when they pushed it in again" Michelle understood this and said

" It probably got burned up because it was not 'hibernating'"

Meridia " So what are we going to do?" Kain studied the situation and said " It looks like its guarding something in the lava, it may be connected to Zieg" Meridia then said " So what are we waiting for lets really kill the Virage" Kain sighed and said " As brutal as it sounds, it really is the only way to defeat the beast permanently" With that the Dragon Youth transformed.

Meridia had tight short like armor and what looked like a bra of armor, with the 2 daggers made ice and and a shield on both of her arms, and her 2 wings were made of ice as well with sparks of ice falling from them. Kain " Lets GO!!!!" all of the dragoons began their attack with magic. The Virage saw them and began to move his arm in a circular form, then a barrier appeared behind them, basically it was saying " If you want to see whats behind me, kill me"

Jex used his Time Freeze, Sharen used her claws since her magic would burn up in this heat, Blain threw the largest stones there at the Virage, Michelle blinded the Virage with her night like magic, Meridia shot straight at him and attacked physically as well, Syria used her ability to begin to spout magma from the floor and Kain flew at him with an attack like final burst.

The result was that the Virage began to move like it was being hit by an invisible enemy because of the Time Freeze, and Sharen followed up scratching his face. Then the Virage was pushed and crushed on the wall it made with Blain's " Air Stone" , then the virage stopped moving since it was blind from Michelle's

" Blind Eye", and Meridia gave 20 cuts with her attack. The Virage then flew up from the Syria's " Magma Geyser" , and finally Kain flew straight through the Virages chest with his " Comet Bang" and mad a somersault and stabbed the eye with his sword.

The Virage then let out an ear-piercing scream and then began to turn to stone. When the Virage was completely made of stone, it fell apart in to pieces and disappeared. A red light then began to shine from the lava pool hovered there for a while, then it said " New Dragon Knights what do you seek from me?" Kain stepped up to it and said " A new form of Dragoon's called the Black Dragoons have now declared war against the humans, we need all of the dragoons to help us in this battle.

The light then said " Have one of your dragoons follow me and catch me, then I will come willingly" Kain thought about this but he did not know how anyone could get to him. Syria then stepped forward and said

" My armor will protect from the magma" she then was about to jump in when Kain grabbed her arm and whispered so that only she heard " Please don't hurt yourself" Syria blushed a little then smiled and nodded.

She flew high in the air and crashed into the lava, the spirit was already inside, then she began to search for the light. She saw it and swam for it using her wings for great propulsion. As soon as she got close to the light it would got to a different direction, then she saw that it crashed in to a rock and was a little disoriented. That gave her an idea and began to fly-swim around the light and a whirlpool formed with the light in the center.

The light seemed dizzy for a while, but then it flew away from Syria, but it did not know that it was heading for a wall, and was too focused on Syria to stop in time. Syria caught the light and flew up through the surface. She then went towards the land and landed.

Kain " Alright, Nice work Syria! Lets go to the exit of this place where it is cooler" they walked on for a while with a bright red light, whose name we all know, following them. Once they got outside Kain said

" Well lets do this" He then took a light from the sword and put on the red light floating around. Then the light began to grow and take human form. Then Zieg appeared when the light dimmed.

Zieg " Well I guess I'll have to go with you people, it might be easier with me along with you" Meridia then said " That is just perfect, now we are the Dragon Youth and an old guy" Everyone laughed a little.

They became to walk a little before

*BOOM*

All of the dragoons jumped out of the way from the impact, right on time, most of them knew who threw it. Black Dragoon " Well it seems I underestimated you, Oh well I have another chance to kill you, IN BATTLE!!!" then 2 female Black Dragoons showed up behind the first male one and they said in unison

" We will kill you because it is the order of the dark prince"

Blain " Great that is just what we need, a dark prince that hates our guts" Jex simply shrugged and transformed after saying " Oh well at least we know we won't be known as kids who just kill monsters" They all then flew at each other as fast as their wings let them and began their war like battle against the Black dragoons.

The male Black Dragoon flew towards Sharen, but before he reached her she said " Don't think I'm in trouble. RESTRICTING VINES!!!" and from the ground sprouted many vines that grabbed the Black dragoon, while Sharen came to him and slashed at him with her claws until he began to burn. The female Black dragoons saw this and decided to split up, Meridia shouted out to one of them " Lay siege to her body and armor with your spears, ICE STAR!!!" Then from out of no where ice spears came and began to strike the Black Dragoon's body until it was completely covered making it look like a star.

Meridia then turned around and saw where the other was heading. Zieg saw the other Female Black dragoon head towards him and knew he could not do anything about it without a weapon or a dragoon spirit. Then 5 feet from her target the Black dragoon's head lurched forward and crashed right beside Zieg and burned up. There on the stone where the head of the enemy should have been stood a dagger made of ice.

After that battle the other team-mates soon got tired and decided to make camp. Kain " All right everyone, lets get some sleep, if this dark prince is for real it just might be a long day tomorrow" And with that they all went to sleep.

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Thank you all for reviewing and understanding that my grandfather died. I hope the next chapter can be made sooner.

Hawk Strife