Sorry if Momo will seemed to you a bit different than in the game, but it was a year so she could change a bit.
And I don't own BoF. That's Capcom's.
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Chapter Three: Night
Although it was very late in the night Nina couldn't sleep. She knew that only hours separated her from finding out the cause and that feeling made her so stressed. She walked out to balcony of Momo's house to look at stars. She thought that maybe they would calm her down, but as she came out she noticed that she wasn't the only one who had problems with sleep that night.
"Ryu" she started while she was coming closer towards him.
"Hmm" he turned to her and quickly in panic hid scrap of paper into his pocket. "Well, Nina" he said with smile. "What is it? Can't sleep?"
"No. I just walked to have some night walk."
"Really?" he was surprised by that answer. "I didn't know you do something like that."
"Idiot" she said with annoyance in her voice. "I don't do something like that" but she looked at him suspicious. "And what was that paper you hid?"
"What paper?" he asked nervously but Ryu knew that there wasn't any sense in hiding that. "You know" he lowered his view and looked at paper when he pulled it out. "Despite what Momo said I thought that it would be good to try and find something more about that forest and all" he looked at her a little bit guilty. "So I wrote to people of Dragnier and asked about any information they have."
"And?"
"Well, they didn't write much more than we know from what Momo said, but ..." he paused for a moment. "They did write about some Wyndians."
"What?" she asked and pulled paper from Ryu's hand. "What do they know?!" she looked at paper and she remained silent.
"Well" said Ryu while he scratched his head. "That's all they know" he added with smile on his face and was happy that he could help at least this much.
"Ryu" Nina turned to him and lifted that scrap. "What is it written here?"
"What do you mean?" he asked with questioned face.
"I can't read it!" she announced while showing him it was written in language that was known only to Dragons.
Brood smiled to himself as he found the cause of princess's request. He got it back and started to read all what was inserted there. Of course sometimes he stopped for a while because some of letters were so easy to read, but they made it to the end of letter. But what was written there in the letter showed them new things about past of this land. Nina couldn't just believe in that. All she could do was walking from one side to another and wondering with fear in her eyes.
"I was thinking how or even if I should tell you this" Ryu wanted to calm her but he still felt guilty for reading that.
"But this just doesn't make sense" she started. "Why? I don't understand."
"Nina ..."
"I mean" she tried to explain everything to herself. "Look. These Wyndians in the past, who were good fighters, left Wyndia because they didn't want to take part in battle against Brood, right? They hid themselves deep in that forest. No one could find them there. In conclusion no one could drag them out and made them go back to army and fight. And then after few years after that battle they find the remaining ones of Brood and they just started to fight" she sat down. "They hid there because they didn't want to do that, so why did they do that then?!" she started to cry hiding her face in her hands.
"Shhh Nina" Ryu hugged her and patted her head.
"But that means ...that means ... that Wyndians ..." her voice was becoming more and more quitter. "That we are ... murderers of your race too" these words hit Ryu more than anything.
"Nina! Look!" he demanded to look at him. "It wasn't all Wyndians!" she was surprised by his words.
She knew that Ryu was forgivable and understanding. Just like he didn't kill Garr even through that Guardian killed numerous of his race. More. He helped him to find out the truth. And now. He wasn't blaming anyone. There was no sign of anger in his eyes. All she could find or feel was that he wanted her to stay strong. Like then when she left home to travel with all of them to another continent.
"But ..." she lowered her head so not to look at him. "They are ..." but she felt as her chin was lifted up.
"I bet we will find out everything just like year ago" he said with conformt smile.
"Aww" said Momo who was hiding behind wall watching that entire scene and was unnoticeable to them.
"Don't you think it's rude just to spy on them like that" Rei scolded her who approached to her quietly.
"Aaa!" Momo screamed and fall on her back. "Hmm" she looked at Rei surprised and ditzy. "R-Rei, what are you doing here at hour like this. He he" she sweatdropped.
"You know the same can go to you."
"Well" she stood up. "I heard someone was talking here so I though I should go and see who it was. He he."
"And you are checking it up for at least ten minutes" he was continuing it.
"I just couldn't help myself. They look so cute together. And it was all so warm just looking at them" she blushed slightly.
"Machine freak talking about cuteness. Now that's something that can scare you."
"And- ... What did you say?!" now she was back to her normal self. "Who did you call a machine freak, Mr. Crazy Weretiger?!"
"Crazy?! Sorry but I wasn't the one that attacked black ship without thinking it over!"
"Oh yeah, at least I programmed that black ship so it carried us across ocean!"
"You wouldn't if it wasn't me who told you when to switch the engine on!"
"So what ..." but their discussion was interrupted by explosion.
"What was that?!" they all yelled.
The noise from explosion was coming from town hall from main building.
"Come on, Roy. One more" said one male Wyndian who had medium wings which had last feather on each wing three times longer than rest.
"I'm tired of single attacks" answered other one with ruffled wings, but only in lower part of them. "What do you say about this. Meteor Rain!" and from the sky started to fall lots of little meteors which devastated town hall's right part in which were offices.
"Not bad."
"I'm going in" said black haired man while he was approaching debris of walls.
"Roy, you know I wanted to do that" the other long-feathered said. "Why do I always have to stay and watch?" he asked himself when he spotted that group of police was coming toward place of accident which they caused. "Maybe they won't let me get bored" he smiled and landed.
"Stop right there!" screamed policeman while he pulled out his gun.
"And am I moving?"
"Look at that. He really is a Wyndian" said one of policemen who run up to his partner.
"I know, but I have never seen Wyndian with wings thanks to which they could fly like this. I always thought that they had smaller wings."
"Don't speak about THEM in my presence!" he screamed and lifted up to sky. "THEY are different from us, don't compare US to THEM!"
"What kind of maniac he is?" policemen started to shot in the air, but he avoided all of their bullets without any problem.
Inside damaged office Roy, black haired Wyndian, was searching for something. All shelves, all desks, all places in which that thing could be were checked. Nowhere was that thing. But he still didn't give up. Going back without it? No, there wasn't such an option. With it or no returning at all. One of these two. He made his way through hallway which wasn't effected by his spell.
"I hate it!" Flag, the long-feathered one yelled as he was sending fire and ice arrows at police. "We aren't the same Wyndians" he was talking like maniac. "We are better. We are closer!" he sent one of his powered-up spells and was sure that it was the end of that group of watchmen.
So he landed. Near that place while dust was still in the air and the road was damaged like after real battle.
"You see" he was coming closer. "These Wyndians that you know can't do something like this."
"Maybe because they still think" someone said while jumping out from dust and wounding Flag in his left arm.
That caused long-feathered to jump aside from there and look closer at his opponent.
"You see, they first think then attack, which doesn't cost them their blood unlike you" said Rei while he rubbed his opponent's blood from his knife.
"But ... I ..." he was startled when he saw that his attack was blocked by Momo's protection spell and it didn't do any harm to policemen ( they only fainted ).
"Now maximum protection in machine freak's style is what really protects" he smiled at her but soon he had to dodge her bazooka.
"One more word and you will have to be protect by somebody else" she turned to Wyndian. "And who are you and what do you want?!" she demanded and she prepared her bazooka in case he would use some spell.
"Was it really that one year that changed her?" thought Rei.
"Wait, Momo!" screamed Nina as she was catching up with rest. "Please, let me talk with him" she asked her.
"You are sure, Nina?"
"If it isn't daughter of king of Wyndia, Princess Nina" Flag said with sarcasm. "Maybe I should bow in front of her Highness" he added with a smirk folding his bleeding arm.
"You want to start" asked Rei preparing.
"Rei, please" said Nina. "I ... I wanted to ask you. Why did you attack banquet that night? What was the cause?" she asked with kindness in her voice.
"Banquet?" he asked shocked but soon he smirked. "Oh, that one. Sorry to disappoint you, but it wasn't me."
"WHAT?!"
"And what did you think? That there is only one Wyndian living there in the forest?"
"But why?"
"Why should I tell you? You wouldn't understand, but the main ..." but he paused and kneeled down holding his scruff.
He seemed to be in pain and spot on his scruff was becoming more and more clear. Soon he started to change. His legs and arms were becoming more like birds like. His head was changing it looks into that of bird. And wings became bigger. Now he was standing in front of them as big two-footed bird with brown feathers all over his body and long tongue that was sticking out from his beak. But he wasn't himself anymore. Now he was just an animal that was leaded into fight by its animal instincts.
"Mekyo" said Kiifa as he was watching stars on his balcony. "I think that there is something wrong" he said with a smirk that wasn't noticeable to her because he was standing back to her. "I think I will send you there. Go" and with that words Mekyo, black-haired Wyndian girl, attacker of banquet made her way in direction of city. "Soon" Kiifa added looking at pair of undamaged wings which were disappearing.
"Dragon-boy, out of my way! NOW!" yelled Roy while sending another spell and trying to escape but flying in hallways wasn't all that easy.
"Sure but first you are handing me over what you took" screamed Ryu in his Warrior form chasing him.
And soon they flew out of building.
"Flag, we are lea..." but all he could see was his friend lying in pond of blood severely damaged. "No" he was startled by that scene.
"Nina!" yelled Ryu. "What happened here?"
"He just changed suddenly and attacked us. We didn't ..."
"NO!" and all of them looked up.
There in light of moon Mekyo was watching all that with tears in her eyes. One of her friends was lying there with many wounds, ruffled wings and without any sign of life killed by that group. They were surprised too. One night and they saw three Wyndians with wings just like in past.
"Mekyo" Roy flew to her. "What are you doing here?!"
"That can't" she said slowly.
"Hey, wait up!" yelled dragon flying up to them but he was treated with wind spell.
"Mekyo" he received her attention and hit her in stomach which caused her to fell unconscious and to disappeared her wings but he caught her and flew away.
But Ryu was unconscious too, so he couldn't chase them. Nina looked once more at body of that Wyndian and reminded his last words. "I just wanted ... all of us ... to ... come back ..."
"Where?" she asked herself in thoughts. "Where did you want to come back?"
Preview:
That night the map was stolen. Old map that was drawn right after battle with goddess by Brood.
Was it what those Wyndians were after?
That night one of Wyndians who lived on this continent died but did he change because he wanted or because he was forced to?
Next: In search for what was sealed in past times.
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Now that was a bit long, wasn't it? Please R&R and tell me what you think about it.