Disclaimer: I don't own Legend of Dragoon, or any of its characters. The only thing that I own is myself and the characters that I created and the Dragoon War, which will be a big part of the fic near the end.
The five day journey across Death Frontier turned into a two day journey. I flew for about sixteen hours a day and then rested the other eight hours. I didn't know the road to Ulara was that long. When you had Meru with you, you didn't care about time. She was always there to pass the time along. Zieg was also entertaining. He had many stories to tell from the Dragon Campaign. The same with Milro and Phirala. Milro always picked on Phirala, and anyone else that was near him, and Phirala tried to fight back, but always ended up hiding behind Rose or Kongol. I landed. I was happy that I was finally at Ulara. I walked inside, and to my surprise, Caron was waiting for me.
"Please, come quietly. Miss Charle knows of your visit and would like to speak with you right away." Caron whispered.
I followed her quietly. "Why are we being SO quiet?" I asked her.
"Because Boralo's minions are still here. I was lucky that I was able to leave my hideout and come meet you." Caron opened a hidden door in the floor. "In here." I climbed down the ladder. Caron followed. I jumped when I was halfway down and landed on my feet. A fire ball lit up above my right palm. I walked down the hallway.
"Good evening." Charle walked out from the shadows, nearly making me jump out of my skin.
"Thank Soa it's only you." I took a deep breath. I hated it when people scared me like that.
"Hajeri told me you would be coming." Charle sat down in a chair.
"He did?" I seemed a bit surprised that Hajeri had visited Charle before he came to Deningrad. 'But why didn't he just ask Charle to heal his wounds?'
"Because I could not, dear." Charle answered my unspoken question.
"Oh." I sat down in a chair in front of her.
"He came to me about a week ago, and told me that you would come. When I asked him what happened to him, he would not speak. I tried to heal him, but it didn't work. How is he? I told him that he should stay in Ulara and rest up, but he refused. Is he okay?" Charle asked.
"Yes. He's fine. It seems as though someone as forgiven him." I smiled. It was nice that the Dragoon Queen forgave Hajeri for all that he's done.
"Oh, so the Queen finally forgave him? What a relief. I honestly thought that he had given up his last hope to become a good person when he joined Boralo. But now that he's not with him anymore, Hajeri is going to have a wonderful life. I'm pretty sure Boralo thinks he's dead." Charle rested her hands on her lap.
"Hajeri told me that I should get you to help me ask the Dragoon Queen for help. How are you supposed to help me?" I asked her curiously.
"Remember when I put you in that special kind of sleep so you could travel to Mayfil? Well, I'm going to put you in a different kind of sleep so you can travel to the Heavens that the Queen and her Dragoons live in. The journey is quite safe, and you will wake up once you have gotten the Queen's help." Charle explained to me.
"Oh…okay." I leaned back in the chair.
"We will begin right away." Right after Charle said this, I felt my eyes getting heavy. In the next few seconds, I was in a deep, deep sleep.
I woke up in a strange, strange room. I was guessing that it was Hajeri's 'cause on the dresser was a picture of Hajeri and someone else, but I couldn't tell who it was. It was a man, and he had a beard and brown hair. I had never seen him before. Hajeri's eye and hair color was different from the man in the picture with him, but they also looked like they could be brothers.
'I had no idea Hajeri had a brother.' I stared at the picture. 'But there's also a chance that they could just be really good friends.'
"They were brothers indeed." A woman's voice told me.
I spun around and I saw a tall woman with long, silver hair standing in the doorway. Her icy blue eyes stared at me with much kindness in them. "You must be the Dragoon Queen."
"Yes. I am, and you must be Crystal. It's a pleasure to meet you." The Queen walked into the room. "Hajeri and his little brother were really close until they both separated when Hajeri became a Dragoon Judge. It may appear that Phirala is the youngest of the bunch, but Hajeri is really the youngest. Hajeri was the last to join us. Mike the first, Saphira the second, Milro and Phirala came together, and Hajeri was the last."
"Why'd Milro and Phirala come together?" I asked, completely forgetting that I was supposed to ask the Queen for help.
"He hasn't told you yet?" The Queen laughed. "It's just like him. Milro and Phirala are brother and sister."
"Wha? They're brother and sister? But they don't even look like they would even be related." I said, a bit shocked.
"Well, you're right. Milro is half Wingly and half Human, and Phirala is full human. Since their father was a Wingly and their mother was a Human, you'd probably expect both their children to be half Wingly and half Human, but Phirala wasn't born like that. Milro says she was lucky because he doesn't like the idea of him having Wingly blood in him. Milro had gotten his brown hair from his mother, and the only thing Phirala got from her father was the blondish color hair. Milro was born a couple thousand years before the Campaign and Phirala was born ten years after him. Milro became a Judge at eighteen and Phirala at eight. The reason why I said Hajeri was the youngest of the bunch is because he became a Judge just two years before the Campaign. Dragoon Judges age a lot faster than Humans and Winglies, but they still look like they did when they first became a Judge. Since the other Judges had thousands of years being a Judge, and Hajeri only had two, he's the youngest."
"Oh. So who is Hajeri's bro?" I asked.
"Now that I'm not quite sure what the answer is. The only thing that I know is that he's the man in the picture." The Queen pointed over at the picture that I had been looking at earlier.
"Do you think he'd mind if I took that picture back to Endiness with me?" I asked. I knew that if Hajeri was born before the Campaign, that Rose or Zieg might know who his brother was.
"I don't think he'd mind at all. Just be sure to give it back to Hajeri whenever you see him again, okay?"
"Okay. Now let's get back to business." I put my hands on my hips.
The Queen nodded. "Follow me. We can talk inside my chambers." I quickly followed her out of the room and down the hall.
"I have enough power to set Boralo free from the spell that Bodath has him under." The Queen explained.
"Uh? Bodath?" I looked at her, confused.
"Yes. That is the man's name. He has gained enough power to scare even Soa." The Queen sat down on her throne.
"Oh. What'll happen when Boralo's set free? How will you be able to destroy Bodath?"
"You must use the Magical Staff against Bodath to kill him." The Queen answered. "And when Boralo is set free, he should be back to normal."
"That's good." But one question was sticking out in my mind. It really had nothing to do with the problem I had to deal with right now, but it's been in my head for as long as I can remember. I knew I'd have to find my parents to have my question answered. 'What killed my parents?' I drifted off into my own little world again. 'What was the monster that scared my family out of our home and killed my parents? It was obviously strong enough to kill two Winglies that were masters at using their powers. Why did they send only me to Earth but not Lloyd? I know that my original reason for coming to Endiness was trying to find out what killed my parents. I never would've even guessed that I'd be trying to save the world from an evil that I haven't even seen. He's been hiding in Boralo's body for-' My dream that I had weeks, probably months, ago popped in my head. The dream where I figured out Lloyd was my brother. 'Didn't Boralo say something like 'Goodbye, dear friends'? He would only say that if………if he knew what was going to happen. My 'bad feeling' was about him. That's why I wanted to get away from him. That's why I wanted to go back home. Because I was scared of him, and I was normally bugging him as much as I bugged Lloyd. But that day was different. On that day, the day that my parents died, Bodath must've taken control of Boralo and brought forth that monster. He wasn't expecting Lloyd and I to live. So when he found out that we were still alive, he tried to kill us. That explains why he attacked us so many times, but that doesn't explain why he never killed me when he had the chance to. I mean, he had well over fifty freakin' times to kill me. He said that he needed me alive. I still don't understand why though. He needs the Magical Staff, but if the Staff is the one thing that can kill him, then why does he need it? Maybe it means more than we all think it does. I remember him saying that only I could say some kinda words. That's why he tricked Hajeri to join him. Because Hajeri was the only one that could control the Dead Dragon which could take control of me, and when he had control of me, he could make me say those words while I'm holding the Magical Staff and he will then unleash some sorta evil so he can rule over the world! I've finally figured it out. So now all I have to do is figure out the words that I have to say so I can say them while holding the Staff and that'll kill him. Why is my life so freakin' confusing?! Wait. But why would Bodath want to kill me when I was five and not want to kill me when I'm fourteen? Great. Another thing that I have to figure out. Well…maybe he knew that my parents would send me to Earth…that's why he pretended like nothing ever happened when he met up with Lloyd again. That's why he left and Lloyd never saw him again. That must've been when he showed up on Earth to train me. He trained me so I'd be strong enough to help him unleash that evil. AGH!!!!!! MY LIFE IS SO CONFUSING!!!!' I sighed. 'I think of one reason to my problems then another reason pops up outta nowhere. I need to write a book about my life. It'll probably be the most confusing book out there.' I just then noticed that I had indeed drifted of into my own little world and stayed in there longer than I wanted to. Now my head hurts. 'Stupid Bodath. Can't he ever do things without making my life complicated and confusing?' I sighed once more.
"I see you've figured everything out." The Queen said.
I just now remembered that I was talking to the Dragoon Queen. "Oh…uh…I guess I have. I seem to be doing more thinking than I ever have before. Other than that math test at school that took every ounce of my brain and squashed it up. After that math test, I didn't think I'd ever be able to do algebra EVER again."
"Uh?" The Queen stared at me, obviously confused.
"Oh…uh……oops…I…I guess I kinda started yappin' 'bout something you have absolutely no idea of what it is. Sorry." I laughed silently. 'Way to go, Crystal. You just confused the most strongest Dragoon out there. You'd better be glad you didn't make her ANGRY!!' I slapped myself mentally. "I guess that's all we need to talk 'bout."
"I guess that is it. Whenever the time comes that you need to face Bodath, I'll be there to help you." The Queen told me with a kind smile on her face.
"Thanks." I felt myself waking up from the sleep that Charle put me in.
I opened my eyes only to find out that I wasn't in the secret underground hideout that Charle was in. I actually had no clue where I was. Other than the stone floor tied up with chains attached to the wall and a metal door in front of me with bars on it. 'Great. Either Charle betrayed me and locked me up, or I've gone insane again and my own little world got tired of me visiting and locked me up within it. But…I honestly doubt that happened. Well, the impossible does happen. To me anyway.' I looked around, the chains clanking against the stone wall. The metal door swung open and there, in the doorway, stood none other than…………Boralo, or Bodath controlling Boralo's mind.