SM: The house is clean! And because I wasn't able to make the third and fourth chapters as long as I wanted I will make the fifth one as fast as I can. 

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Disclaimer: I don't own it! I only own Rachael!

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(((Last Time)))

Only two do survive now, one of water and one of fire.  They have the purest of blood and power greater than that of all of their ancestors combined, but that power is hidden and can only be released when the greatest need arises. 

(((Now)))

The two girls awoke to the sight of a forest clearing.  And in the sky both the earth and the moon bathed this new world in their light.  The two horses were eating some sweet smelling grasses and the cats were curled up at their respective owner's feet. 

"I guess you really haven't lost you're mind…" Tiffanee said after finally processing all of the information. 

"Nope."  Rachael got up to tend to the horses and unsaddle them only to see the saddles and such missing.  "Now what's going on here?"

"What do you mean?"

"The horse's tack is missing."

"What?!" Tiffanee sat bolt up and looked at the horses.  "Where'd it go?"

"Maybe it fell off when we were transported here."

"DAMN IT! That was the best tack in the stable!" Tiffanee was pissed because it had taken her about a month to save up for buy all that stuff, while Rachael's parents bought it for her. 

Rachael looked around and picked up a few scattered items.  She packed them all up and listened.  Just as she thought.  The sound of hoof beats was growing louder.  She slung her pack onto her back and tossed Tiffanee hers. 

"Mount up.  We must be ready to leave at a moments notice."  Rachael ran towards Sapphire and coaxed him to the center of the clearing.  She then looked at Tiffanee who had woken up Topaz and Emerald.  Tiffanee tried to get up onto Ruby's back but she was a tad to short.  Rachael went over and gave her a boost.  She nodded her thanks and turned to look at where the hoof beats were coming from.  Rachael leapt up gracefully onto Sapphire's back and guided him with her feet. 

The horsemen chose this very moment to break through the clearing.  Their armour was white and blue. 

"Do you have any weapons?" Rachael asked only loud enough for Tiffanee to here. 

"Yeah." One of the guards rode forward at this time. 

"You will have to come with us, young ladies."  He said with a gleam in his eyes. 

"By who's orders?" Rachael demanded. 

"By the orders of His Majesty the king of Austuria, Allen Schezar." (SM: Allen has become king…and he's evil…)  Rachael's eyes narrowed, she knew that name and hated it more than anything. 

"Well then.  I guess we'll take our leave now…c'mon." the last bit was quieter and directed at Tiffanee.  "On my mark we make a brake for it."

"Wait just one minute! You're not going anywhere!"  The one man rode forward a bit more and his five followers started to slowly advance.  Rachael looked to Tiffanee and they both nodded their heads.  They're mounts reared and preformed a perfect 180.  They sped off like the devil himself was after them and to Rachael it seemed like he was.  If she ever had to set foot in that prison again she would go mad. 

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~*~Meanwhile: Just outside the clearing~*~

One of the Dragon Slayers was crouched down behind a bush.  Lord Folken had sent Dilandau and his Slayers out to find whatever had come out of the pillar of light and this particular Slayer had found them.  One he recognized as the girl that was in the prison with him and Miguel.  She had handled a bow with deadly accuracy and he wondered what other weapons she could use.  There was another girl too she was shorter than Rachael with blond hair and blue eyes that were just a bit darker than Rachael's crystal orbs. 

Chesta couldn't hear the conversation but he knew Rachael recognised the Austurian guards.  She would most likely head in the opposite direction right towards Lord Dilandau.  Chesta waited until Rachael and her friend started to run for it and then used the com link to contact the others. 

"I've found them! It's Rachael! The girl from the prison and she has a friend with her.  They're heading you're way Lord Dilandau.  They're on horseback and being chased by 6 Austurian horsemen."  After that Chesta started towards where Lord Dilandau was. 

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~*~Back to Rachael and Tiffanee~*~

The two girls were bent low over the horses keeping their faces hidden in the manes of their mounts to stop the branches flying by from blinding them.  They were way ahead of their pursuers because of the excellent breeding of their horses and soon enough they were entering yet another clearing. 

What they didn't expect was some people already in the clearing.  Tiffanee's horse swerved and slowed to a stop while Rachael wasn't so lucky.  Sapphire reared up and went backwards on his hind legs before landing and backing of a bit more.  What was really surprising was the fact that Rachael stayed on her horse quite easily. 

"Rachael!" one of the people in the clearing yelled relieved to see her alive and well.  But he was silenced by a look from a silver haired soldier who sat atop a pure white stallion.  Although the stallion was nothing compared to either Ruby or Sapphire. 

Rachael looked around and saw Miguel and a few familiar faces from her first visit to Gaia.  Tiffanee looked from one soldier to another confused and a bit edgy.  She looked over to Rachael to see her lower her guard just a little bit. 

There was a rustling behind them and Chesta ran out slightly out of breath.  He ran past Rachael giving her a small nod of greeting and went to his knees before the soldier on the horse. 

"There are six Austurian horsemen on their way here."  He reported.  Rachael's eyes narrowed.  She didn't like those horsemen.  She glanced over into the forest from the direction that she and Tiffanee had come from and saw two pairs of eyes.  One pair of emerald eyes and one pair the color of topaz. 

Rachael whistled and the soldiers watched as a black streak raced towards Rachael and climbed up onto her shoulders.  There sat Emerald proud and true.  Then almost immediately a white streak made its way to Tiffanee and Topaz curled herself up on Tiffanee's lap. 

Rachael ignored the stares she was getting and waited for the horsemen to come.  She didn't have to wait long.  They broke through the clearing seconds later and were surprised to see the girls in the presence of the Dragon Slayers.  If there were a fight it would be six on horses against three on horses and six on foot. 

Rachael's eyes were as cold as ice as she glared at the Austurians.  They weren't that damned knight made king but she could at least take her anger out on them.  A barely noticeable smirk formed on Rachael's lips.  But it was enough for the leader of the horsemen to notice. 

"Don't think that now you have protectors you're not still going to die!" He snarled as he unsheathed his sword. 

"You couldn't kill us even we were alone you pathetic fool!" Rachael grabbed one of her sais and had it ready to defend.  She positioned it so the Slayers had a clear view of it but none of the horsemen could see it. 

The leader was infuriated by Rachael's lack of fear and respect and completely forgetting or not caring that she was a girl he attacked her.  Rachael's smirk grew and she blocked the attack with one hand quickly relieving the man of his sword.  The last thing that poor man saw was the sadistic gleam shimmering in Rachael's eyes as her weapon was rammed right into his heart. 

The Slayers took out the rest of the horsemen without much of a fight because they were still in shock at how their leader was defeated and killed so mercilessly by a girl.  The Slayers actually expected something like this considering the fact that she handled a bow so well and didn't hesitate to shoot down as many guards a she could. 

After the guards were disposed of each of the Slayers grabbed a horse and mounted.  They then fell in line behind their commander who hadn't taken his eyes off of Rachael. 

"I'm going to have to ask you to come with us…"  The silver haired soldier drawled.  He obviously didn't want to be here.  Rachael sighed in exasperation. 

"Fine, we'll come." Tiffanee nearly fell of her horse in shock. 

"What?!" Rachael didn't make any move to answer her. "Fine but we had better not have to go far." Tiffanee suddenly switched languages so that the Dragon Slayers wouldn't understand her.  (I'm going to put a * before and after each sentence that is in Rachael and Tiffanee's second language.) "*My butt is already killing me!*" Rachael laughed at that. 

"*Oh c'mon dwarf riding isn't that bad!*"

"*Easy for you to say elf, you've been riding all your life! I hate horseback riding!*"

Dilandau glanced over at the two girls; they were speaking in a language that was amazingly similar to Atlantian. (Remember Dilandau is half Draconian so he knows Atlantian.  Rachael and Tiffanee are speaking in the Elemental language.  The language of their ancestors so it would be similar to Atlantian.)

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SM: That's all for today.  Thanx for your reviews Tiffanee!  For those who're wondering about the elf and dwarf thing check out shadow-mistress1's review for chapter 4.  She copied Gimli son of Glion from The Lord Of The Rings The Two Towers.  So I called her a dwarf and me being her opposite for many things in this fic became the elf.