Author's Note: Yes, I do realize that I have not had any reviews lately.and I do realize that I have not been writing for quite a while.oh well.I just hope that none of my past reader out there has been turned off of my story due to what had happened in it and it's ratings. All I have to say is that it shall all turn out all good and fluffy in the end. We just hafta hold through the blood shed, that's all. Well to those of you who are reading my story secretively and not reviewing (shame on you!) here is chapter 13.

Chapter Thirteen: The Secret and the Key

As we marched on I noticed that the Vione was just up ahead. As we got closer and closer, I saw once again the man in the flames.

"Hey, I thought you died." I said, slightly confused by his presence.

"Dornkirk resurrected me, since we are enemies and all." he said, in a very annoying way.

"Bite me. And kiss my army's ass" I said as I continued leading my army right past him. Then, he grabbed my arm and whispered into my ear.

"The secret lies within the key." I looked at him as if he was insane and continued on.

'The secret lies within the key? What is that about?' I thought to myself, whilst noticing the Zaibach dragon slayers as well as all of Dornkirk's fellow men of magic. After a minute of staring each other down, Dornkirk appeared right in front of them. And just simply grinned as my eyes lay upon Folken's headless body. 'That bastard! I'm gonna kill him!' I thought just before I was being held back by some of my army.

"You're so out of control that even your army has to hold you back." He chuckled as he came up to me and dropped my love's body at my feet.

"You are gonna regret that." I said with clenched teeth.

"Oh, how are you going to do that then? Kill me? Heh, as if- weakling." That was the last straw, I instantly burst from my army's grasp and pointed my staff at him and began to chant in a language that's so foreign to me, but yet so familiar. Seeing that I was serious, Dornkirk turned around chanting in a language similar to the one that I'm chanting, but tweaked. Then, my staff's base reached the ground and there was Folken, good as new.

"What's going on? I.I was dead." Folken stammered.

Ignoring the obviously confused Folken Dornkirk and I continued our battle and commanded our armies to attack the opposing side. Then, my mind finally translated what I was chanting.it's the words that the fireman said to me. "The secret lies within the key." 'What? I still don't understand! What the hell does that mean?' That one thought threw me off of my focus and onto the bloody ground. 'Why is it raining blood? Where am I?' My delusional thoughts continued as a blur came to me as a blow to the head.

Suddenly, I found myself in a soft white place filled with fluffy clouds. 'Am I dead?' I thought to myself.

"No, you're not dead." A voice behind me said. I turned around to see the woman who gave me Soiki.

"Who are you?" I stuttered.

"I told you already.I'm you." She smiled at my confusion as she took my hand as if to lead me somewhere. "Come on, I've got something to show you." She said as she led me into a cave filled with priceless gems.

"Where are we anyway?" I asked as I followed her deeper into the cave.

"In your subconscious, where else would we be?" she said in an enchanting voice.

"What's your name?" I asked, confused with her and I being one and the same.

"You do sure have a lot of questions for being the chosen." She sighed.

"You still didn't answer my question." I said sternly.

"Ah, we're here! Isn't it magnificent?"

I looked around a bit, and then looked at her smiling face that seemed to be a flashlight. "It's a cavern in a cave, and I have a war to fight, what is your problem?"

"You're not getting the point.obviously." She said sarcastically.

"What's not to get? We are in my subconscious, in a cavern, that is pitch black and your face is glowing unnaturally-is there more to this than that, or did I get it all?"

"Okay, go deeper, and then see if you're still a priss." She said as she pointed to the dark abyss.

"Fine, be that way-flashlight face." I said as I walked in the direction that she was pointing.

Then, as I seem to be getting closer to the back of the cavern I began to hear the chant that I was chanting in battle against Dornkirk. Or was it against myself? Who knows? Then, I saw a giant key. 'God, why do these people hafta be so damn literal?' I thought as I walked up to the key. 'I bet there's a secret in that key too.' Then the key split in half and fell at my feet. "What the." suddenly I saw giant Phoenix, except it wasn't the color of flames, it was the color of ice. Then, it dropped a scroll at my feet. I instantly recognized it to be the one that Folken had in his hand on the day that we left the Vione. When I opened it up, I discovered that I could read it! The secret really is within the key! When I turned back, I found myself once again on the blood-soaked ground, but with Folken helping me up. I looked up to see if it was truly him, and I felt a soft kiss instead.

Folken is alive and well.and my heart is melting with love.

*A/N: yup, that's 13 for ya! Well..hope to get 14 up and to eventually finish it! And yes.FOLKEN'S ALIVE!!!!!! YEAH!!!! Well.see yous!*