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Disclaimer: I do not own Legend of Dragoon. I do own the Dragon War though because I thought of it. I also own the six Dragoon Judges and every character that I've created. But I don't own the LOD characters or Endiness or anything else in LOD. Okay? Okay.
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"Let her go, Hajeri." Rose told the man holding me.
"Ah, Rose and Zieg. How nice it is to see you again. Does this belong to you?" The man named Hajeri picked me up by my neck.
I started kicking. I couldn't breathe. I had a plan. I just learned new magic back on Earth. A smile appeared on my face. I disappeared. Hajeri blinked a couple times trying to figure out what just happened. I reappeared behind him. I noticed he was wearing black leather pants, heavy looking black boots, a white t-shirt and a black trench coat. He had waist long black hair which was tied back into a low pony-tail. Just as he turned around, my fist flew into his face. He fell backwards and hit the ground. I needed to get to Phirala. Fast. As I ran past Hajeri, I fell hard on the ground. He held a tight grip on my leg.
"LET GO OF ME, YOU JERK!!" I turned around and shot an energy ball in his face. It didn't even dent him, but his hand let go of me. I got up and ran up to Phirala. "Rose, you and the others stay here and fight. Try to keep them off of my back. I need to get Phirala to the shrine. Got it?" I grabbed Phirala.
"Got it." Rose drew her sword. "Let's fight."
"I think I know where the shrine is. I've got help. Come on, Phirala." I picked her up. At least she didn't weigh that much. "Good luck." I turned around and allowed my wings to come out as I left the ground.
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I landed a few hours later. I had landed in front of Deningrad. The reason why I landed here was because they had the best selection of items. Although I wasn't exactly welcome here, I still had to get some items. It was also a good time to rest. Phirala was asleep in my arms. I walked into the town. Hopefully no one would run and hide. People stared. I ignored them and walked inside the inn. The man at the counter seemed a bit nervous.
"I would like to get a room, please." I told him.
"Y…yes. That'll be fifty gold please." I handed him the money.
"Thanks." I carried the sleeping Phirala up to a room and laid her down on the bed. There were two beds and two dressers in the room. I put the blanket over her and left the room. The man watched me carefully. I walked out and into the item shop.
"H…hello there." The woman seemed nervous too.
"Hi. I'd like to get some items." I started to look at the selection she had. "I'll take twenty healing fogs, three mind purifiers, four body purifiers, two depetrifiers, one spark net, one thunderbolt, and one healing breeze."
"That'll be eight-hundred and forty gold." Luckily, Rose had given me enough gold just in case we ever got separated. She had a caring heart whenever she felt like using it. I handed her the money. She handed me the items and I put them in my pouch, and headed back to the inn.
I made my way into the room when I noticed I heard voices coming from inside the room. I opened the door.
"Why are you here, Ace?" I asked the Wingly who was sitting on the bed next to Phirala.
"You shouldn't leave her here alone, ya know." Ace told me.
"I know but she was sleeping and I needed some more items." I sat on the other bed, took out my sword and examined it to make sure it was in good condition.
"Boralo is still looking for you. He's been looking for you even more now that he knows you've got Phirala." He explained to me.
"I know. I can never get away from him no matter what I do. I've got a question for you." I put my sword back in its sheath.
"Sure." He leaned back on his hands. Phirala started playing with her hair.
"If you used to work for Boralo, then you should know a man named Hajeri, right?" I asked.
"Oh. Him. Yep, I know him. A scary looking Human with black hair?" He looked at me. I nodded. "Well, he claims he's a Dragoon, but I've never really seen him in Dragoon form. He's a great swordsman though."
"Why would he be helping Boralo though? How can he anyway? I was pretty sure he was one of those Dragoon Judges." I was mainly talking to myself.
"A Dragoon Judge? I thought that was just a Legend though. I didn't think they were real." Ace must've heard me.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. I'm guessing they're real because I have to summon them. We best be on our way. I think I hear guards downstairs. That Human must've told the Queen that I was here." I strapped the sword's sheath to my back. "You comin'?" I knew he wasn't working for Boralo anymore because he risked his life for me back at Boralo's castle.
"Yeah." He let Phirala ride on his back. We left through the window.
We both quietly snuck around the buildings, trying not to attract the crowds attention. They were waiting for us to come out of the inn. Guards were going inside.
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We made our way out of the town.
"So where is the place that you have to take Phirala to?" Ace asked me as we walked through the snow.
"I'm not quite sure, but trust me. We'll find it." I looked around.
'Go back.' A familiar voice told me in my mind.
"What?" I looked around to see where the voice came from.
'Go back. Go back to Deningrad.' The voice told me.
"Deningrad?" I was confused.
"Deningrad?" Ace looked at me like I was crazy. And I was.
"Let's go back to Deningrad. The Birth City Crystal Palace. If Phirala is the Living Dragoon, then wouldn't she have to be summoned at the Birth City Crystal Palace?" I looked at Phirala then headed back towards Deningrad.
"Makes sense." Ace shrugged his shoulders and followed.
We ran back inside Deningrad. When the guards saw us, they ran out of the inn, and blocked our way to the castle.
"Let us through right now." I drew my sword and pointed it at them.
"NO." The guards lifted up their spears.
"Fine then." I attacked them with amazing speed. I was already on the other side in seconds and the guards were all down on the ground. "You comin'?" I looked at Ace. He nodded and ran around the bodies and up the castle stairs.
We both walked inside the castle and up the stairs. The Queen stood up and was about to call more guards until I pointed my sword at her.
"Listen carefully. I'm going in that room over there and I don't care if you call all of your guards to stop me." I told her. The Queen nodded. I walked through a door to my right and looked around. I could hear Ace behind me.
'This must be part of the original Crystal palace from the Dragon Campaign.' I thought to myself as I looked around.
'Repeat after me. The Queen of Dragoons, hear me now, please send me the Living Dragoon and allow her to take her original form to save this world.' A voice told me.
"Okay. Might as well give it a try." I cleared my throat. "The Queen of Dragoons, hear me now, please send me the Living Dragoon and allow her to take her original form to save this world." Nothing happened. "Oh well." The room started to brighten. "Wha?!" I covered my eyes. "Put Phirala down, Ace." He obeyed and put her down. She walked in front of me. Everything went bright.
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I opened my eyes a few minutes later. Phirala was looking down at me.
"Phirala! You're alright!" I sat up and looked at her.
"Yes. I am. May I have my Dragoon Spirit now, please?" She stuck out her hand.
"Oh. Okay." I reached into my pocket and took out the clear sphere and put it in her hand.
"Thank you. I will be needing this. We must be living now. I can sense Boralo right outside that door." Phirala seemed a lot more intelligent than an eight year old child. She grabbed my hand and Ace's hand. Boralo walked through the door.
"Oh no. You've already summoned her." Boralo motioned for some Winglies to attack us.
Phirala chanted a few words and we disappeared.
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We reappeared outside of Deningrad.
"We need to find Milro next. I know where we have to summon him, but I don't know where the Human is. His name would be Milro but it would take forever to find him." Phirala straightened out the dress that she was wearing.
"Let's move on. More than likely Boralo will come looking for us." I started to walk through the snow.
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We walked for hours. At least it felt like it anyway.
"Where are we going?" I looked at Phirala who was now resting on a log.
"The Home of Gigantos." She looked up at the sky.
"Why there?" Ace rested his chin on his left hand.
"Because that's where you can summon Milro, the Hate Dragoon." She looked at me.
"Oh. I don't think I've been there, but if you give me a good description of the place, I could transport us there." I suggested.
"Since I can't transport us that far, it might be best if you do. I could try and describe it, but I'm not that good at giving descriptions. I could mess it up. I'll send it to you a different way." Phirala closed her eyes.
An image that I was guessing was the Home of Gigantos, appeared in my mind. 'Here goes nothin'.' I focused on the image. The only time I had ever transported was when I escaped from that Hajeri man. Hopefully I won't make a mistake. I closed my eyes as I felt my energy flowing through my body. I heard Ace gasp.
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I felt sand beneath me. I reopened my eyes and now I saw sand. Sand and rocks.
"I've never been transported to a place before." Ace muttered. "It hurts too."
"Well, if you're experienced, it shouldn't hurt that much." Phirala dusted off her dress.
"Two Dragoons in one day. Hopefully we won't have any distractions. Like a certain person named Boralo." I rubbed my arm. Although it had just been dislocated a couple weeks ago, it still hurt a bit.
"Follow me." Phirala walked straight ahead of us. We followed.
When we walked into an opening, Phirala stopped.
"Here. Do you know what to say?" She looked over at me.
"Huh. Not really, but I'm pretty sure someone else will tell me." I put my hands behind my head. "Just give me some time, and I'll figure out."
"You stay here. Ace and I will go get the boy." Phirala told me.
"No. We're all staying here. I'll be right back." I ran behind some rocks. "Mom, dad, can you hear me?" I know it's crazy, but it's worth a try. "Hello?"
"We can hear you." A faint image of my parents appeared before me.
"Have you found the boy yet?" I sat down on the ground.
"No, but we're still searching." Zandreath had a worried face. "But we did find Boralo."
"Oh no. Where is he? He isn't following us, right?" The look on her face grew more worried.
"I'm afraid he knows where you are." Zandreath closed her worried eyes.
"How close is he?" Phirala had answered my question.
"CRYSTAL!!" She screamed.
I quickly turned around and ran back to the other two. Boralo and that yellow creature was standing before us. Virages were behind them.
"Ah, Crystal. I didn't expect you to be here." Boralo crossed his arms across his chest.
"I thought I killed you." I snarled at him.
"Looks like I'm still living. Hello, Phirala…and Ace." He glared at Ace. "Surround them."
Virages surrounded us.
'What am I gonna do now? Mom, please go find that boy and tell me when you've found him. I'll stall until you get here.' I counted the Virages. Ten. 'I'll try to stall anyway.' The Magical Staff. If only I knew what else it could do instead of summoning someone. Wait. That's it. What if I summoned whoever that thing can summon? No. I can't take that risk. If Boralo wants it, then it has to summon someone powerful and deadly. I could feel my parents leaving. 'I do hope they find him in time.' I looked over at Ace. I held up three fingers. He knew what I meant because he nodded his head and started saying something. What has three heads and is deadly? All of a sudden, his three-headed dog came running through. It had grown a LOT the last time a saw it. It wasn't as big as a Virage, but it was close enough for me. I truly didn't think it could get that big. The dog started tossing around Virages. I looked up at it. Its blood red fur looked really thick. There was no way those Virages were gonna even dent it. Someone grabbed my arm and slung me into a rock wall. As I hit the ground, I could feel my left arm dislocated again. Obviously Boralo knew that it had been dislocated before. I lifted myself up with my right arm. Boralo then kicked me in the gut. Ace came running in and punched him. That got Boralo's attention. I could see Phirala a few feet away from everyone. She was glowing with light. 'She's Dragooning.' I sat up and watching with amazement. When the light disappeared, she was wearing pure white armor with white wings coming out of her back. She had no weapon though. 'She probably uses her fists.' Boralo and Ace turned to look at Phirala. Ace had a surprised look on his face. Boralo had an even more surprised look on his face.
"I'm gonna teach you something today, Boralo." Phirala hissed at him.
"And what's that, child?" He stared at her.
"How to cry for you mommy." She flew down and attacked with so much speed, not even a Wingly could keep up with her.
Ace backed away from the fight. The faint images of my parents walked up to me.
"We've found him. We knocked him out and laid him in the room up there." Dolen pointed up the stairs. I nodded and ran up the stairs and into the room.
I saw a young man laying on the floor. He had dark brown hair.
"Just repeat after me." Zandreath walked up behind me. I nodded once more. "Queen of Dragoons, I ask that you allow the Hate Dragoon to come forth into Endiness and help us fight."
"Queen of Dragoons, I ask that you allow the Hate Dragoon to-" My head snapped backwards and into the wall. The man that was supposed to be knocked out, was on top of me, punching the daylight outta me. When Zandreath ran at him to stop him, he just punched her out of the way.
'This just isn't my day.' I thought to myself as he kept punching me. My fist lit up and I punched him in the face. He flew backwards. I crawled over to him and started punching the daylight outta him.
"STAY DOWN!!" I continued punching him in the face. I stopped. He looked up at me.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"Your executioner if you don't hold still. Now listen closely. I'm gonna finish what I was doing before you attacked me and this time, you're gonna stay quiet. Okay?" I stared at him. He nodded. "Good. Let's try this again. Queen of Dragoons, I ask that you allow the Hate Dragoon to come forth into Endiness and help us fight." I stepped away from him as he started to glow. Phirala walked in. She wasn't in her Dragoon form anymore. After all the brightness went away, the man stood up.
"It's good to be back." The man stretched.
I looked at the man. He was wearing black armor and still had his short, dark brown hair. His eyes were dark brown. A black axe was tied to his back. It was smaller than Kongol's, but not by much.
"Milro, it's good to see you again." Phirala walked up to him.
"Hey, shrimp." He patted her on the head. She was only four feet tall, so, she was small compared to a six foot man.
"HEY!! AFTER ALL THAT I'VE DONE FOR YOU, YOU STILL INSIST ON CALLING ME A SHRIMP?!" She stomped her foot.
"Yep. Who are you?" He looked at me.
"My name is Crystal." I looked at the axe on his back. It could easily slice me in half.
"Name's Milro. So, why are you traveling with a shrimp?" He asked me.
"Uh……" I thought for a good answer instead of 'she's helping me save the world' answer.
"You don't have to answer that, Crystal." Phirala told me.
"Uh……." I saw Ace walk in.
"Hey, shrimp, why did you call me here anyway?" Milro looked down at Phirala.
"STOP CALLING ME SHRIMP!!" Phirala literally had steam coming out of her ears.
"Shrimp." Milro said.
"STOP!!" Phirala stomped her foot.
"Shrimp, shrimp, shrimp, shrimp, shrimp, shrimp, shrimp." He started singing.
"STOP IT!!" Phirala started pounding on him. He picked her up and watched her start kicking, and he continued to sing the 'shrimp song'.
"This is gonna be a long journey." I shook my head. "A very long journey."
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