All this black and cruel despair
This is an emergency
Don't you hide your eyes from me
Open them and see me now
T.a.t.u. Clowns
Meru skipped along the path to the gardens, she had never been to Bale before and was slightly interested in exploring the whole of the place. Her eyes roamed about the rose bushes and flowery vases which seemed almost to ornate for the simple garden. As she turned around another hedge she saw something most unique. The trio of the dead sitting plainly in the center of the gardens, speaking as if they had known each other for ages.
It might not have unnerved her so much if she hadn't remember the loss of their memories. It was eerie in a way, and yet comforting in another to see them there. She paused wondering if it would be better to listen in or join in. However that eerie feeling won out and she watched and listened from behind the hedge.
Alulan was the first one she could hear. "I wonder if we were on the side of this Melbu?" He questioned.
"That's the best I can assume." Balder responded, thinking for a moment he continued. "Either that or we defied them in some way, perhaps one of their friends died because of us? That would likely warrant a revenge."
"It would... But it doesn't explain why we had our memories wiped!" Raizel complained.
"No it doesn't, for a revenge I would expect death, especially from some of them. You wouldn't understand maybe... But Dart... That man just makes me feel guilty all through, it's like I killed his girlfriend or something." Alulan exclaimed towards them.
"Heh, to the best of my knowledge Shana's never died.." Raizel commented brushing some hair out of her face. "Dart is rather the cold type, wouldn't surprise me if you stepped on his favorite toy when he was little." She said with a sly grin.
"Now come on Raizel, Dart isn't that horrible." Balder said suddenly blanching. "Then again he is rather strange to be around, I think he treats me like his father."
"Well he used to be the Red-Eye Dragoon." Alulan said crossing his arms, his gaze drifting near to where Meru was hiding. "Maybe we should talk about this later, I have something to do for Albert."
"When?" Raizel asked.
"Very soon here, this wedding is quite maddening. If you ask me the time of this couldn't be worse, and it's not just that!"
"Heh, playing the King's pet running you down?" Zieg asked, suddenly rubbing the back of his head. "You know I have no idea where that came from, sorry."
"The more we're around each other, the more we recollect things." Raizel stated. "I assume that is why the dragoons have been keeping us separated. Not just that however, if we are to regain full memories then we'll probably have reason to act against them. Better divided then together."
"That's Albert's logic on most things." Alulan glanced briefly in Meru direction, and then leaned down next to Raizel and whispered something in her ear. Balder looked like he was about to shove Alulan away when Raizel suddenly grabbed Balder's hand and walked off from the garden. Alulan took another look in Meru direction before heading back inside the castle.
Meru crouched in the rose bush for a moment more before leaping up and out of the garden, and quite literally dashing up the stairs towards the thrown room. Pushing the large doors out of her way she leaped inside to find Kaiser standing at attention next to Albert's room. "Hey knight guy!" She called out rushing over towards him, who jumped visibly when he heard her.
"What... Is it Miss. Maru?!"
"It's Meru pal, get it straight! Now where is Albert and Dart?" She asked waving her hands about for influence.
"Their in his bed room... But they said they did not want to be disturbed!" He suddenly said shooting his arm out in front of the door knob.
"WHAT!?!" Meru practically tried to pry the man's face off as she heard what he was saying.
Suddenly the door burst open and a hand reached out grabbing Meru's hear. "Dear Soa you little BRAT, what is it!?" Miranda almost yelled herself giving Kaiser one of the worst glares the man had ever received.
"It's about Raizel, Balder and Alulan! And I need to talk to Dart!" She suddenly burst out at Miranda.
"For god sakes woman would you shut up?" Dart suddenly yelled from inside the room, quieting them both.
At this Meru slipped underneath Miranda's arm and rushed over to Dart. "Dart! Holy crap you'll never believe what I just saw/heard!"
"What?"
"Balder, Raizel and Alulan were all talking..." At that moment Miranda suddenly shoved her inside, while Albert popped up from his desk.
"Go on!" He said pushing Dart aside.
"Well they said they thought they were on Melbu side before they got memory wiped, and then started complaining about Dart. And Balder thinks you treat him like a father, isn't that amazing!?"
"Well it's kind of hard not to." Dart said rubbing the back of his head.
"You must have caught the rest of the conversation then Meru, I follow Alulan down there but when they started talking I headed up here to tell Dart." Miranda stated.
"This isn't good." Albert said rubbing his forehead. "First Wink, now we know for a fact that they are regaining things from their memories. We need to speak to Charle about this."
"Agreed, if possible we need to also keep them separated." Dart added.
"I can keep Alulan fairly busy, with the wedding tomorrow he should be well kept up."
"I'll watch Raizel, since she's not to creepy." Meru volunteered.
"You might want to ask Shana to come along, they seem to have a friendship formed." Dart paused. "I'll look after Balder."
"Soa damn this! I'll keep up the search for Wink." Miranda huffed before rushing out of the room.
"Why do I get the feeling she need to get la..." Meru suddenly smiled. "Hahaaa! Never mind!" And went dashing out of the room in search of Raizel.
"The attack on Raizel... It must have given them even more reason to be suspicious." Albert stated closing the door, and sitting back down at his desk.
"I'm starting to agree with your original idea Albert, perhaps wiping their memories was just..."
"Don't start on that Dart, this is too complicated for us to try and deal with on our own. You can only harbor so many burdens."
"You think I don't understand that now?" Dart brought up his hand to his forehead. "Your right about it being to complex, but there is nothing more we can do but to keep this here."
Albert turned up from his papers. "Tomorrow is my wedding Dart, I don't want to see you in such a bad mood. Just let this go, if something new happens we'll take care of it when it does. We can't read his mind, we can't predict what he will do... But we can counter any action he might take."
"Right." And with those parting words the leader of the dragoons stepped out of the room, and walked back across the pathway to the main castle.
A/N: Man, I'm really sorry about the lateness of this new chapter... Makes me feel all guilty and stuff! But please continue to read, I'm sure you'll be pleased by what happens! I've got the next chapter fairly written so it should be up on time, next week!
Dart: I think my brain is going to explode....
Sors: You mean implode.
Dart: Why does everyone peg me as an idiot?
Sors: *cough cough* Oh Rose! My classics are bad, read this sign for me will you?
Dart: When the hell did I say that! @.@
Sors: You know that place where you take the break and fall off the cliff... Rose has all those flash backs and what not? Yeah, you get her to read a freaking sign for you cause your classics are bad!!!
Dart: Oh yeah.... ^.^