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Here's chapter seven. Hope ya like it. Just read and review.
Disclaimer: I do not own Legend of Dragoon.
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"What?" I was terribly confused.
"I need you to help me retrieve it." He repeated.
"Why?" I asked.
"Because it is terribly important to me. How can I explain this?" He thought for a moment.
"Maybe starting from the beginning would help." I told him.
"Okay. Well, this really mean person has stolen it and I know where to get it. But the only way for me to get it back safely, is for you to get it." He explained.
"Why me?" I leaned up against the wall.
"Because you're the only one I can trust." He stared at me. "Please?"
"Fine. I'll help. But what's in it for me?" I stared back.
"Whoever gets the Magical Staff has to chant some words, then after that, they get one wish. You can have that wish to find out who your parents were." It sounded too good to be true. I had a strange feeling in my gut. I knew I could trust him. He's the only one that I've ever trusted. Why would he lie to me?
"How do you know that that guy hasn't said those words? And already got his wish?" I asked.
"Because I know for a fact that he doesn't know them. Only you do." He answered.
"Me?" I pointed to myself. He nodded. "We'd better hurry. I think I see those friends of yours again."
"Why can't they come?" I turned around to see Rose and the others coming towards us.
"Because they just can't. I don't trust them. Come on." He grabbed my wrist hard and dragged me towards the exit. Once Rose saw this, she started to run towards us.
"Boralo! You're hurting me!" I screamed. He ignored me.
"Boralo! Please stop!" I tried to turn around and run back towards the others. He still ignored me. His wings fluttered out as he took flight. I let my wings out to try and keep up with him instead of being dragged behind. I could hear Rose cussing back on the ground. "Please stop, Boralo!" I begged him. He kept quiet. I knew he wasn't going to let me go. I had a very bad feeling about this. "LET ME GO NOW!!" My fist lit up and I shot him with one of my energy blasts. His hand flew off of my wrist and I flew back down towards the others. I turned around just in time to see Boralo's fist fly into my gut. I let out a cry. Everything went black.
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I sat up. 'Where am I?' I looked around. Complete darkness. I waited a moment for my eyes to adjust to the darkness. Boralo was standing before me. I quickly stood up.
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT?! AND WHY AM I HERE, WHERE EVER HERE IS?!" I screamed at him.
"Just calm down, Crystal. Like I said before, you need to help me." Boralo explained.
"I HAD A CHOICE TO HELP OR NOT!! AND I CHOSE NOT!!" I stomped over to him. "WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!"
"Because I have to. Now listen. You ARE going to help me or you're going to need to pray to Soa to keep me from killing you." He told me harshly.
"You are NOT Boralo. Who are you?" I calmed down a bit.
"I am Boralo. Follow me." He walked away.
'Like I have much of a choice.' I stomped after him. We walked through a forest and we stopped in front of a tall, black castle.
"Why are we here?" I asked him.
"This is where that man is. Now you are going to go in there and take that Magical Staff, and in the process, you will NOT be seen. Do you understand?" He stared at me coldly.
"Yeah, whatever." 'I hate being told what to do.' I stomped past him and up to the castle. 'Now how am I gonna get in?' I looked around. Unfortunately, the only way in was through the front gate. And guess what? There were guards there. 'Perfect.' I snuck up behind a rock. 'NOW how am I gonna get in?' I looked up. The castle was really tall. 'Looks like I'm gonna have to climb. Or fly.' I ran quietly to the other side of the castle. My wings came out. I flew up to the top of the castle. No one saw me. I looked down inside of the castle. There were LOTS of guards. 'Great.' I ran along the top, searching for a place to land WITHOUT getting caught. 'Bingo.' I jumped down softly. Not a singly guard heard or saw me. I squeezed inside some doors. I ran down the long hallway. I hid behind a wall. Guards walked by me. I ran out from behind the wall and straight for some double doors. I quietly opened the doors. Guards were guarding another set of doors. Winglies could freeze time for a few seconds. Which came in handy sometimes. I concentrated really hard. The guards froze. I quickly ran up to the doors and squeezed inside a HUGE room. 'Whoa.' I looked around. There were strange writings on the walls. Before I know it, guards run up to me.
"STOP RIGHT THERE!!" One of the guards yelled at me.
"Why should I?" I run straight at the guards. I jump over them and quickly turn back around. My fist lit up and an energy blast hit all of the guards, knocking them down to the ground. I could hear more guards running down the hallway on the other side of the door. I run straight down the hallway only to come face to face with the Magical Staff. "So this is the Magical Staff?" I asked no one in particular. I reach over and pick the staff up. It felt warm to the touch. The doors behind me swung open.
"HEY!! PUT THAT DOWN!!" A guard shouted.
"Yikes!" I strap the staff to my belt tightly. My wings came out and I flew towards the window. A blast came from my hands and broke the window. "Sorry! Put that on my tab!" I flew out of the now open window. I saw Boralo waiting impatiently below. I stopped and thought for a moment. 'What would happen if I gave this thing to him? He threatened to kill me. I can't trust him. But I have to.' I land softly on the ground. Boralo ran up to me.
"Hand it to me NOW." He held out his hand.
"Okay. Here. CATCH!!" I threw the energy blast straight at him. He flew backwards and hit a tree REALLY hard. My wings came out again and I flew away.
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About a total of two hours later, I arrived back at Furni. Everyone ran up to me.
"Where have you been? Are you okay?" Shana seemed really worried.
"Yeah. I'm fine." I fell to my knees.
"You don't look okay." Lloyd helped me stand.
"I'm fine. Really. I am." I felt dizzy. "I just need........Oceanus?" The big cat stood before me.
"Yes. I found everyone just a while ago. You need to get some rest. Take her to the hotel." Oceanus ordered. Lloyd carried me off towards the hotel.
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I woke up just the next day. Lloyd was sleeping in the chair beside me. I tapped him on the shoulder. He looked up at me.
"How are you feeling?" He asked me.
"Better. I'm gonna go outside and tell everyone that we can return the Magical Staff to Charle." I told him.
"You found it?" He just stared at me.
"Yep." I took the staff off of my belt. "Isn't it beautiful?"
"Yes. We should leave right away then." He stood up and walked outside. I followed. Everyone was waiting for us.
"We can head back to Ulara now." I reported. They just nodded their heads.
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We all arrived at Ulara in less than an hour. Caron was waiting for us when we walked inside.
"Please follow me. Miss Charle is waiting for you." She walked away. We followed. I stayed in the back with Lloyd.
"Something's wrong." I whispered to him.
"I know. I have a really bad feeling about this." He whispered back.
"Do you feel that?" I felt a great deal of energy here. Not Charle's or Caron's.
"Yes." He answered.
"Be on your guard." Rose whispered back to us. We all slowly walked towards Charle's room. Caron seemed awfully quiet. When we stopped in front of her room, Caron had tears in her eyes. She quietly walked away.
"Go see what's wrong with Caron, Crystal. Lloyd go with her." Rose ordered. "The others and I will take care of this."
"What's going on?" I asked her.
"Just go and keep the Magical Staff safe. Don't let ANYONE take it or touch it." Rose ordered once more. Lloyd and I nod and follow Caron. I turned around just in time to see the others walk inside the room and the door slam shut. Shana's scream could be heard coming from the inside of the room. I run back to the door and started banging on it.
"What's going on in there?!" My voice was covered up by Rose's order to run. I knew she was talking about me and Lloyd.
"Come on!" Lloyd grabbed my wrist and dragged me back to the teleporter. We quickly ran out of Ulara. Once we were outside I fell to the ground.
"What's happening?" I asked myself.
"We must keep going." Lloyd told me.
"Why?" I looked up at him.
"Because Rose told us too." His wings came out. I let my wings out as we both flew off.
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We both arrived at Seles by sundown.
"We can rest here. For now anyway." Lloyd told me. I stayed silent.
"Come on." He walked towards a house. "I'll check this place out." He walked inside. A few seconds later he walked back out. "It's safe. You can come in now." I slowly walked up the stairs and through the door. I found myself walking upstairs and inside a bedroom. I fell down on the bed.
"Are you okay?" Lloyd asked me.
"I'm fine. I just need to think about things." I answered.
"You wanna talk about it?" He sat down in the chair next to me.
"Not really." I stared at the Magical Staff. "But I do want to know something."
"What?" Lloyd stared at me.
"You said that you knew Boralo for twenty years. Am I correct?" I sat up.
"Yes." He answered.
"Was he a friend, or was he family?" I turned to face him.
"Friend." He straightened up in the chair.
"Do you have any family?" I asked him curiously.
"I used to. I was going on nineteen when my parents died. I had a little sister, I think she was about five. She disappeared. I went looking for her, but I never found her." He answered quietly.
"How exactly did your parents die?" I asked, even more curious.
"It was a dark, stormy night, and we had just ran away from our home. We were being chased by this creature. A creature we could not defeat. It chased us for what felt like hours. We couldn't fly because the creature always shot us down. My mother was carrying my crying baby sister in her arms. My father was starting to get wore out. My side ached badly. Before we knew it, we had ran straight to a cliff. We had no where to go. My mother was now crying. She looked up at my father and he nodded his head. He turned around and told me that he was sorry. He pushed me off of the edge. I fell. Just then, I heard my baby sister scream and my mother crying even louder. I continued to fall. A few hours later, I woke up in a strange forest. That's all there is to tell." He seemed to have tears in his eyes.
"What was your baby sister's name?" I asked.
"We should get going now. It might be best to head towards Lohan. We can get a few more supplies there and then we can sneak back into Ulara and find out what's going on." He stood up.
"Okay." I decided to stay off of the subject of his sister. We both left Seles a few minutes later and headed towards Lohan.
So how'd ya like it? Just review and tell me. I'll put out the next chapter as soon as I can.
Here's chapter seven. Hope ya like it. Just read and review.
Disclaimer: I do not own Legend of Dragoon.
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"What?" I was terribly confused.
"I need you to help me retrieve it." He repeated.
"Why?" I asked.
"Because it is terribly important to me. How can I explain this?" He thought for a moment.
"Maybe starting from the beginning would help." I told him.
"Okay. Well, this really mean person has stolen it and I know where to get it. But the only way for me to get it back safely, is for you to get it." He explained.
"Why me?" I leaned up against the wall.
"Because you're the only one I can trust." He stared at me. "Please?"
"Fine. I'll help. But what's in it for me?" I stared back.
"Whoever gets the Magical Staff has to chant some words, then after that, they get one wish. You can have that wish to find out who your parents were." It sounded too good to be true. I had a strange feeling in my gut. I knew I could trust him. He's the only one that I've ever trusted. Why would he lie to me?
"How do you know that that guy hasn't said those words? And already got his wish?" I asked.
"Because I know for a fact that he doesn't know them. Only you do." He answered.
"Me?" I pointed to myself. He nodded. "We'd better hurry. I think I see those friends of yours again."
"Why can't they come?" I turned around to see Rose and the others coming towards us.
"Because they just can't. I don't trust them. Come on." He grabbed my wrist hard and dragged me towards the exit. Once Rose saw this, she started to run towards us.
"Boralo! You're hurting me!" I screamed. He ignored me.
"Boralo! Please stop!" I tried to turn around and run back towards the others. He still ignored me. His wings fluttered out as he took flight. I let my wings out to try and keep up with him instead of being dragged behind. I could hear Rose cussing back on the ground. "Please stop, Boralo!" I begged him. He kept quiet. I knew he wasn't going to let me go. I had a very bad feeling about this. "LET ME GO NOW!!" My fist lit up and I shot him with one of my energy blasts. His hand flew off of my wrist and I flew back down towards the others. I turned around just in time to see Boralo's fist fly into my gut. I let out a cry. Everything went black.
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I sat up. 'Where am I?' I looked around. Complete darkness. I waited a moment for my eyes to adjust to the darkness. Boralo was standing before me. I quickly stood up.
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT?! AND WHY AM I HERE, WHERE EVER HERE IS?!" I screamed at him.
"Just calm down, Crystal. Like I said before, you need to help me." Boralo explained.
"I HAD A CHOICE TO HELP OR NOT!! AND I CHOSE NOT!!" I stomped over to him. "WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!"
"Because I have to. Now listen. You ARE going to help me or you're going to need to pray to Soa to keep me from killing you." He told me harshly.
"You are NOT Boralo. Who are you?" I calmed down a bit.
"I am Boralo. Follow me." He walked away.
'Like I have much of a choice.' I stomped after him. We walked through a forest and we stopped in front of a tall, black castle.
"Why are we here?" I asked him.
"This is where that man is. Now you are going to go in there and take that Magical Staff, and in the process, you will NOT be seen. Do you understand?" He stared at me coldly.
"Yeah, whatever." 'I hate being told what to do.' I stomped past him and up to the castle. 'Now how am I gonna get in?' I looked around. Unfortunately, the only way in was through the front gate. And guess what? There were guards there. 'Perfect.' I snuck up behind a rock. 'NOW how am I gonna get in?' I looked up. The castle was really tall. 'Looks like I'm gonna have to climb. Or fly.' I ran quietly to the other side of the castle. My wings came out. I flew up to the top of the castle. No one saw me. I looked down inside of the castle. There were LOTS of guards. 'Great.' I ran along the top, searching for a place to land WITHOUT getting caught. 'Bingo.' I jumped down softly. Not a singly guard heard or saw me. I squeezed inside some doors. I ran down the long hallway. I hid behind a wall. Guards walked by me. I ran out from behind the wall and straight for some double doors. I quietly opened the doors. Guards were guarding another set of doors. Winglies could freeze time for a few seconds. Which came in handy sometimes. I concentrated really hard. The guards froze. I quickly ran up to the doors and squeezed inside a HUGE room. 'Whoa.' I looked around. There were strange writings on the walls. Before I know it, guards run up to me.
"STOP RIGHT THERE!!" One of the guards yelled at me.
"Why should I?" I run straight at the guards. I jump over them and quickly turn back around. My fist lit up and an energy blast hit all of the guards, knocking them down to the ground. I could hear more guards running down the hallway on the other side of the door. I run straight down the hallway only to come face to face with the Magical Staff. "So this is the Magical Staff?" I asked no one in particular. I reach over and pick the staff up. It felt warm to the touch. The doors behind me swung open.
"HEY!! PUT THAT DOWN!!" A guard shouted.
"Yikes!" I strap the staff to my belt tightly. My wings came out and I flew towards the window. A blast came from my hands and broke the window. "Sorry! Put that on my tab!" I flew out of the now open window. I saw Boralo waiting impatiently below. I stopped and thought for a moment. 'What would happen if I gave this thing to him? He threatened to kill me. I can't trust him. But I have to.' I land softly on the ground. Boralo ran up to me.
"Hand it to me NOW." He held out his hand.
"Okay. Here. CATCH!!" I threw the energy blast straight at him. He flew backwards and hit a tree REALLY hard. My wings came out again and I flew away.
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About a total of two hours later, I arrived back at Furni. Everyone ran up to me.
"Where have you been? Are you okay?" Shana seemed really worried.
"Yeah. I'm fine." I fell to my knees.
"You don't look okay." Lloyd helped me stand.
"I'm fine. Really. I am." I felt dizzy. "I just need........Oceanus?" The big cat stood before me.
"Yes. I found everyone just a while ago. You need to get some rest. Take her to the hotel." Oceanus ordered. Lloyd carried me off towards the hotel.
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I woke up just the next day. Lloyd was sleeping in the chair beside me. I tapped him on the shoulder. He looked up at me.
"How are you feeling?" He asked me.
"Better. I'm gonna go outside and tell everyone that we can return the Magical Staff to Charle." I told him.
"You found it?" He just stared at me.
"Yep." I took the staff off of my belt. "Isn't it beautiful?"
"Yes. We should leave right away then." He stood up and walked outside. I followed. Everyone was waiting for us.
"We can head back to Ulara now." I reported. They just nodded their heads.
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We all arrived at Ulara in less than an hour. Caron was waiting for us when we walked inside.
"Please follow me. Miss Charle is waiting for you." She walked away. We followed. I stayed in the back with Lloyd.
"Something's wrong." I whispered to him.
"I know. I have a really bad feeling about this." He whispered back.
"Do you feel that?" I felt a great deal of energy here. Not Charle's or Caron's.
"Yes." He answered.
"Be on your guard." Rose whispered back to us. We all slowly walked towards Charle's room. Caron seemed awfully quiet. When we stopped in front of her room, Caron had tears in her eyes. She quietly walked away.
"Go see what's wrong with Caron, Crystal. Lloyd go with her." Rose ordered. "The others and I will take care of this."
"What's going on?" I asked her.
"Just go and keep the Magical Staff safe. Don't let ANYONE take it or touch it." Rose ordered once more. Lloyd and I nod and follow Caron. I turned around just in time to see the others walk inside the room and the door slam shut. Shana's scream could be heard coming from the inside of the room. I run back to the door and started banging on it.
"What's going on in there?!" My voice was covered up by Rose's order to run. I knew she was talking about me and Lloyd.
"Come on!" Lloyd grabbed my wrist and dragged me back to the teleporter. We quickly ran out of Ulara. Once we were outside I fell to the ground.
"What's happening?" I asked myself.
"We must keep going." Lloyd told me.
"Why?" I looked up at him.
"Because Rose told us too." His wings came out. I let my wings out as we both flew off.
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We both arrived at Seles by sundown.
"We can rest here. For now anyway." Lloyd told me. I stayed silent.
"Come on." He walked towards a house. "I'll check this place out." He walked inside. A few seconds later he walked back out. "It's safe. You can come in now." I slowly walked up the stairs and through the door. I found myself walking upstairs and inside a bedroom. I fell down on the bed.
"Are you okay?" Lloyd asked me.
"I'm fine. I just need to think about things." I answered.
"You wanna talk about it?" He sat down in the chair next to me.
"Not really." I stared at the Magical Staff. "But I do want to know something."
"What?" Lloyd stared at me.
"You said that you knew Boralo for twenty years. Am I correct?" I sat up.
"Yes." He answered.
"Was he a friend, or was he family?" I turned to face him.
"Friend." He straightened up in the chair.
"Do you have any family?" I asked him curiously.
"I used to. I was going on nineteen when my parents died. I had a little sister, I think she was about five. She disappeared. I went looking for her, but I never found her." He answered quietly.
"How exactly did your parents die?" I asked, even more curious.
"It was a dark, stormy night, and we had just ran away from our home. We were being chased by this creature. A creature we could not defeat. It chased us for what felt like hours. We couldn't fly because the creature always shot us down. My mother was carrying my crying baby sister in her arms. My father was starting to get wore out. My side ached badly. Before we knew it, we had ran straight to a cliff. We had no where to go. My mother was now crying. She looked up at my father and he nodded his head. He turned around and told me that he was sorry. He pushed me off of the edge. I fell. Just then, I heard my baby sister scream and my mother crying even louder. I continued to fall. A few hours later, I woke up in a strange forest. That's all there is to tell." He seemed to have tears in his eyes.
"What was your baby sister's name?" I asked.
"We should get going now. It might be best to head towards Lohan. We can get a few more supplies there and then we can sneak back into Ulara and find out what's going on." He stood up.
"Okay." I decided to stay off of the subject of his sister. We both left Seles a few minutes later and headed towards Lohan.
So how'd ya like it? Just review and tell me. I'll put out the next chapter as soon as I can.