Meru's feet drifted in the water below her, the salt water soaked them and cleaned them. Some of the tension she had been feeling, just drifted away with the water beneath her. It was nice to be able to rest like this, just let her thoughts fade. It made everything so simple, so blissful.

"Er..." She heard some behind her say. "I'm Colin..." Said the voice.

"Oh," She said spinning around to look. "So your the person who found me?"

"Yeah.... That's... That's right." He said.

"Thank you so much. I heard about your mother kicking you out of the house, I can talk to her if you want, she'd listen to me." Meru said with a kind smile.

"Um... No I really don't want to go back there. I can live with my sister till I get a job or something... I was wondering what your name was, you haven't told anyone."

"It's Meru. I could get you a job if you wanted. Or a house, I have lots of money you know." Poor guy getting kicked out of his house for me...

"Well I really don't want to trouble you, after all you really couldn't have too much money. I mean your a dancer and all..." He said, with a frown.

"Heehehee, No not really a dancer anymore. I one of the Dragoons you see, and the ship I was on, well something happened to it. I don't know what. But really it wouldn't be any trouble to get you a job and a house."

"What do you mean... A dragoon? But, but why didn't you fly or something, don't you have a glowing stone, to prove?" He stumbled along.

"Yes..." She pulled out the Dragoon Spirit from her side to show to him. "See?" For a moment he stood there looking at the glowing stone in her hands, then he walked over and watched it up close.

"You, weren't lying. I-I thought that... Well you don't really look like a warrior." He stammered.

It didn't take her more than a day to find the guy a job as a cleaner at a near by Inn. She found him a house about a week after that, it was a nice one. Not too big, he hadn't wanted anything to big, said it was greedy to live in a large house. Meru stayed for the day he moved into the house, but left the next day.

She had decided that the only way she could have gotten across 300 some miles of ocean was if the Spirit had protected her. She really hadn't expected it to do something like that.... But if it could, and that was why she had survived... Then she didn't mind, she was thankful.

Now as she set out from the growing village, she hoped to reach home before night fall. So she could see her parents, her friends and even that odd little fiancée of hers...

I wonder what Guaraha will think of me know? I'm a lot stronger, and stuff than I was even when I last saw him. Though it's not like he's changed at all, he's always the same old boring Guaraha. Hm....

Letting her thoughts change from subject to subject she continued to walk along the paths toward her village. The surrounding countryside was green and lush, like it always was after a good winter. This year was particularly nice too, Mille Seseau had gotten a lot of rain.

Kinda like the world is in renewal, after all the poison it just went through....

Meru blinked and looked over a nearby monster that had been sneaking up on her. "Why do I always get so deep?" The monster stared at her then scampered away. "Aw man, how am I going to train if you guys are to frightened to fight me??"

"That's almost as disturbing as you being a wingly." Commented a snide voice from beside her. She swung around with her hammer already in hand only to find Bardel.

"Ugh, Bardel how long have you been standing there?"

"Long enough to think that your insane." He commented.

"Yeah, yeah as if you don't talk to yourself! .... Why are you outside the forest?" She asked wondering why Bardel would want to be in the human world.

"I was visiting my brother's grave thank you. Your little human friends should be happy that it was another Wingly that killed him." With that he started walking off.

"Wha? Your brother was killed by another wingly? You know who?" She asked hurrying after him.

"Yes, it was the rather nasty one that you dragoons were fighting, the one who took the Dragon Buster." He said happy. "I believe he died at the moon conflict."

"Oh Lloyd, yeah he was slightly confused... and well your brother is the one who attacked Wink." She commented.

"So, he's dead I'm happy." They turned another corner to see another monster who glanced at them, saw Meru and scampered off. "I think you said something about my little sister though. Those humans have been taken care of."

"What's that supposed to mean?" She asked curiously.

"Well, humans don't live forever... The last one died off a week ago of some heart thing. I was sure to attend his funeral... Since we can leave now." He shook his head and continued walking down the trail. "It's the end of us now you know."

"Oh really?"

"Oh yes, those who leave are sure to go off and marry some stupid human, and that will destroy the blood. Heh, Meru your one action is going to be the end of winglies in just a few short millennia."

"It's for the best." She murmured. "Anyway isn't it nice to be able to leave?"

"I'd left the forest long before you ever did Meru, me and my brother knew lots of ways out. Your the only one who really wanted to make it public."

"Shove off. Besides, I don't have to stay out here and talk to you." She said confidently.

"Oh yes, I'm sure your quite anxious to go back an shove your life in Guaraha's face again." Meru stopped and stood there watching as Bardel continued walking onward.

"Oh and I'm sure your the one to know how he's feeling, seeing as your such great friends and all!?" She yelled at him.

"Oh..." He turned around and looked her full in the eyes, his own pair of ruby jewels glaring at her. "I don't need to be his friend to know that the entire time we got locked in detention together all he did was worry about how badly that dragon was going to chew you up. Then you left off for that moon with out more than a hello. He nearly want mad with worry, and then he had to start up with some dreadful nightmares... Thought that you'd drowned, or gotten killed." Bardel hissed out his teeth. "I may not be his friend, but I'm worried for the species, and I doubt I want someone like Guaraha running themselves off a cliff over a inbred dolt like you."

Bardel continued walking on, not turning around to even give Meru the slightest of worry. Something in her broke, and she turned and ran, ran right back along the paths. She ran till her legs got tired, and she had forgotten where she was.

Meru looked up to see where she had reached, and saw the place Dart had taken them once. His old home town, Neet. They had stopped at the destroyed and burned village once. They had stopped a lot of places before they had gone to the moon, this had been one of them. Dart had taken a moment at a monument in the center of the village, Rose too had bowed her head even though she was the one to destroy it.

Rose did really have a choice though... She had to or else we'd all have never have been born.

Meru's feet stumbled silently though the village, her eye glanced from burned house to burned house. Till she came across one, not to far from the monument. It was different from the others, it looked as if it had never been burned down at all. Meru could feel the same sensation she had felt in Velweb, when they had come to release the older dragoons. Inside of this place, was the soul of one to restless to die.

Wonder who is in here....

A/N: ^.^ Yay! You asked me to get this up quick, and so I have! Hope this is up to normal standards, I did this chapter in about a day. I hope to be updating BAON and LOA very soon, so sorry about not updating them for a while but I have been busy with my three web sites. For all of you who have been to Prison Island I'm working on a new and better layout! It should be up and running by the end of this month, but I'll be sure to let you know. ^.^ Read and Review!