Now ending discreetly, just like a hidden sin, as I go
under please tuck me in.
Make me invisible.
This hidden explosion calls for a
wandering cast with no direction.
Enter all monsters let us twist another fairy
tale.
Of greeting and goodbyes. AFI.
"He told you to ride the boat?" Raizel asked startled.
"That's what he said, he told me to follow it along till we reach some basement, the from there we go off to the left and follow it down in the current till we see the water fall. Then we paddle to the water fall and go through it." Balder explained as he pulled the boat closer to the dock so Raizel could manage getting in.
"If were going with the current wont we go off the waterfall?"
"Just come on."
Raizel groaned on about something like male stupidity and sat down firmly in the boat while picking up an oar. Balder pushed off and let the current carry them along till he saw the basement. Sighing and pushing off to the left of it he didn't even bother to look to the side of him. Raizel was shrieking. There was an eerie moment where he realized that they were caught now in a current taking them straight into a wall, and then a wash of cold when the boat and themselves slipped right on through that very wall.
Now on the other side looking back at the wall they realized that it must have been some sort of illusion, and not a wall at all. Raizel's hand was still clamped tightly on Balder's shoulder.
"Heh, sorry..." She said meekly.
"We'd... Better be watching for this waterfall." Balder said to push away the uncomfortable silence which was breaking out.
The little boat floated along in the current till they finally passes by a narrow rock passage way which contained a small waterfall further up it's stretch. Flinging their oars into the water they slowly made their way up towards the waterfall. When finally the boat prow touched the water it glided easily through the little waterfall and into a small wooden cave which rested behind the waterfall.
Alulan was kneeling down pulling their boat in to the area. His hair was amazingly wet, as was the rest of his clothing.
"What'd you do swim?" Balder asked jumping out of the boat.
"Yes." Alulan answered.
"Your mad."
"So are you."
"What was with that wall?" Raizel piped up interrupting the duo.
"Not quite sure, but it's been there for ages. I read about it a while back when I was sorting through Albert's books." Alulan replied. "However after seeing what Meru did I assume that it was done by a wingly."
"Yeah, cool stuff that was." Balder sat down on the wooden floor and looked about the tiny room. "I wasn't able to look about Dart's room at all, but I did see that girl that the knights have been searching for."
"The blond one?" Alulan asked.
"Yeah."
"Miranda's still furious about that girl. I overheard her speaking to Dart about how if she doesn't find the girl soon she'll be staying her till she does." Raizel said.
"Damn." Alulan muttered, leaning up against the wall of the cave.
"Well I managed to nab some stuff out of the library." Raizel fished out some papers from her pocket. "There was a book that Albert looked like he was working on too. I hid that away for a better time when I could retrieve it."
"I managed to get a letter from Albert's room... Here, " Alulan stated as he scraped the piece of paper from his pocket.
Dear Albert,
I'm afraid that we can not risk another memory wipe so soon. To do that might permanent damage their minds. Although I could add another spell upon Raizel and Balder I do not believe that any spell is powerful enough to encage Alulan's mind properly. I do indeed think that perhaps we would have benefited more from simply locking them away.
I have cause for believe that Melbu is currently hiding not far from Lohan. We've also found that Faust has gone missing from his tower. Most likely he is now following orders from Melbu. We shall do our best to track him down.
Do take care, I would come to your wedding under better circumstances and I hope that only happiness shall come to you now.
Would you mind asking Dart about contacting The Divine Dragon again, I know he feels it's unsafe however the dragon would not wish for the man who imprisoned him to win.
"Wow..." Raizel murmured as she finished reading it, and then handed it over to Balder. "What's this 'we would have benefited more from simply locking them away.' part make you think of Alulan? I'm thinking they wanted to chuck us into prison... Or maybe they meant to lock away our minds?"
"That's along the lines I was thinking. However the only good prison I can think of is Hellena, and that's not exactly what I'd call secure." Alulan said resting a hand against his chin. "Maybe there is one farther north? Somewhere near the Kashua Glacier? I've heard them speaking of a place called Velweb... That's supposed to be further north."
"No, Velweb is the place where the last war with the dragoons took place." Raizel said. "Albert talked about it some in this book... He's only really finished with the preface, but I remember it being mentioned in there."
"Ah... Well then I don't know where they would managed to lock us up."
"Maybe that's why we had our memories wiped..." Balder said sadly as he looked up from the letter. "It just that... Well Dart treats me like I'm his best friend, or even a brother... I don't see how he'd treat me like that if I fought against him."
"Yeah... Shana's really quite nice to me, all of them are. Well except Miranda, she's a bitch to everyone though." Raizel crossed her arms and sighed. "What about this Charle? She seems fairly nice in the tone of her letter, her name also seems familiar."
"I thought so too," Balder said. "It seems very familiar, but somehow I just can't dig up anything more then that. Not even emotion."
"I've heard Albert speaking to Dart, they mentioned her name once. Apparently she's the ruler of some wingly city in the desert. Other then that I don't know anything of her. However this Melbu is much, interesting. Every time I read that letter and read his name I kept thinking of something powerful. Not only that but also of a friendly feeling, and yet hate." Alulan rolled his eyes, "It's all rather muttled."
"I agree, I feel deep respect and hate for him." Raizel said.
"Hate here too, but if the dragoons are hunting him then...?" Balder paused. "I must mean that at some point we had to have been aligned with him. After all the dragoons, and this Charle don't seem very pleased with him."
"Yeah... Well I think there is something I should show all of you... I found it inside Albert's book, it's like a page that's he's planning to write later." She pulled the book back out and opened it to further in the book, where every page was white, and then suddenly a loose one with text appeared. "Here, I'll read it out loud."
As the body of the God of Destruction was destroyed it gave off a large amount of energy. At first this energy destroyed the thousands of Virage which were flying about the moon, it damaged most of us. We would not have survived had we not all been transformed. As that first wave of energy faded, a second arose. This one was white and traveled far slower then the original. It moved slowly outward from where Melbu had been killed. When it finally reached us we felt is amazing healing effects. It cured every wound upon our bodies, and even healed older wounds. It was only later that day that we discovered that this energy had been absorbed into our bodies. With this new, and replenishing energy Meru was able to teleport us all the way from south of Velweb, to Ulara. After this feat, she was hardly tired. Kongol was the only one who seemed to have not absorbed any of this energy beyond healing.
"That's all Albert wrote." Raizel said with a sigh. "I can only assume that me and Balder we also present for this event, I don't know about you Alulan since your not a Dragoon. But, if Melbu was there it's a fair bet we all were."
"I agree." Alulan said, he looked at the waterfall pondering for a moment. "We need to keep tabs, or try and contact this blond girl... Raizel you must return the book sometime today. I can guess how badly Albert will freak if it goes missing. Balder can you look for this blond girl in town at that bar?"
"Sure." Balder said, "I'll see if I can't sneak into Dart's room."
"Alright, Emille's sister Lisa seemed to be quite willing to talk to me for some reason. I think I'll try and speak to her again before she leaves."
Raizel nodded and hoped back into the boat. "Well I'm going back, Alulan why don't you just come on the boat?"
"Alright." He said, taking a seat behind her. Balder jumped into the front and the trio glided back down the underground path.
Dart walked back and forth over the carpet on the front steps. He was thinking to himself of what to say to Shana. He was determined to stay and ensure that Melbu wasn't posing any threat to the three of them, but Shana had been so excited to be going home yesterday. He let out a loud groan, and paced along.
"I'm sure Shana will understand." Lisa said from only a few steps up.
"Hun... Oh, your majesty!" Dart said giving her a slight bow.
"There is no need, but I overheard Albert worrying about you and decided to come down here and tell you that I'll be sure to stay as long as I can. That way Shana will at least have someone to talk to, it is the least I can do since you saved my sister." Lisa smiled, gave Dart a slight pat on the shoulder and then continued down the stairs and out the front door.
Dart sighed and sat down upon the stairs.
Everyone was going to be leaving tomorrow, he had been so sure that Shana would be bored out of her mind with no one to talk to. But if Lisa was going to stay that would at least keep her happy... He doubted that either Raizel or Balder would be upset about staying longer. Didn't Miranda say that she was staying till Wink was caught?
Just why was I so worked up anyway?
A/N: Reiji Nako got my last little prize, so in your review think up something for me to draw... Wee, most likely you'll all end up getting one of my horrific prizes by the time this is over. XD I've also done some Lloyd fan art, feel free to poke fun at it yeah! Quiz:
1. How many generations do you go through when you fight the God of Destruction?
2. What is Kongol's last addition called?