Here's the second chapter. There is gonna be some romance in here. I would've put 'romance' in one of the two categories but there's also humor, and action/adventure is defiantly what it is. So I just stuck with humor/action/adventure. I do indeed like the me/Hajeri couple idea, but I don't know if I'm gonna put it in this story. I might, and I might not. --shrugs-- You'll just hafta wait and see.

Disclaimer: It's the same as in the previous chapter. I don't own Legend of Dragoon or any of its characters. I only own the stuff that I created. Dragoon Judges, myself, and the new Dragoons included.

Chapter II: And So the Journey Begins Again

I looked around. "Do you think a Wingly could do this?"

"No." Hajeri headed for the exit. "Something bigger. Much, much bigger."

I turned and followed him. 'A Virage possibly?' I honestly didn't think a Virage could melt things, but hey, ya never know. I didn't think there was a such thing as a red Virage, but there is. 'Wait. The red Virage. The first time I encountered one was in Ulara after I had brought Rose and the others back to life. But there wasn't a Wingly with it this time. Does that mean that-' Hajeri interrupted my thoughts.

"We should head to Bale and report this to the King." Hajeri Dragooned.

"Uh. Right." 'Might as well go Hajeri's way.' I let my wings out and followed Hajeri in his blackish-gray armor and wings.

We both arrived in front of Bale a few minutes later. Hajeri de-dragooned and walked into the town.

'I hate it when he leaves me behind.' I sighed but quickly ran after him.

"At least the King likes me better than the Queen in Deningrad." I smiled, remembering all those times I had irritated Queen Theresa.

We had arrived in the King's chambers five minutes later.

"King Albert!" I ran up to him.

"Crystal! What a pleasant surprise!" Albert stood. "Oh, and Hajeri. How are you two?"

"We're just fine, Al." I looked around. "Where's Emile?"

"She's visiting her sister. She should be back in a couple of days." Albert answered. "Why have you come here? I doubt it's just to say 'hi'."

"Donau has been attacked. We don't know by what though. Hajeri says that it wasn't Human." I looked over at Hajeri, who was just standing there like a statue.

"That's the second attack in a month." I heard Albert say. I looked towards him, confusion filled my eyes.

"What do you mean? You've been attacked before?" I asked.

"Not us. A couple weeks ago, a couple of kids were attacked while they were playing in the Barrens. They never saw what they were attacked by, though. Everyone's been keeping an eye out, but obviously it wasn't enough." Albert shook his head. "What about the Humans there?"

"They managed to escape. They're probably in Fueno." 'I still don't know what would attack and melt a whole town. If it's not a Virage, then what is it?' I stared at the ground.

"A Dragon." A woman's voice answered my unasked question. I looked up. Hajeri gasped.

"Your Majesty." Hajeri watched the white haired woman walk towards us. "What are you doing here and what do you mean 'a Dragon'?"

"I will explain that to you all, and I am not going to stay here long." The Dragoon Queen looked over at me, then at Hajeri. "It's good to see that you are well, Hajeri. I am a bit surprised to see you traveling with Crystal."

I rubbed the back of my neck. "Don't worry. I was just as surprised when he actually agreed to travel with me."

Hajeri stayed silent.

"Crystal, I have something very important to tell you."

"Sure. What is it?" I put my hands on my hips.

"The Dragon that attacked Donau is the same Dragon that attacked those kids a couple weeks ago." The Dragoon Queen brushed some of her white hair out of her face. "I need you, Crystal, to gather the Dragoon Judges and a few other people to find out who or what is making the Dragon attack and why. I have talked with Soa and she agrees with me. She is very worried about this new evil and I am too."

"Okay, so......if you two are worried 'bout it, then that's bad, right?" I looked at the woman.

She nodded. "Yes. Do you agree to help?"

"Yeah! Of course!" I liked jumping into dangerous situations before I knew everything about it. It was more fun. "So, let's go!"

As I was dragging Hajeri out of the room, the Dragoon Queen stopped me.

"Wouldn't you like to know where to find Phirala?" The Queen smiled.

"Oh...yeah. That might help." I laughed silently at myself for not waiting patiently.

"Go to Lohan. She should be there. Oh! Catch!" The Dragoon Queen tossed something at me.

I caught it. It was a small, dark, dark blue sphere. "It's a Dragoon spirit......"

"It is the spirit of the Future Dragoon. Find the master, Crystal." The Dragoon Queen told me.

"Okay." I put the Dragoon spirit in the magical pouch tied to my belt.

As we were leaving Bale, I accidentally bumped into a teenage girl.

"Sorry." She turned to face me. She stared at me. "You're a Wingly."

The young woman had waist long brunette hair that was put up in a high ponytail. She had dark brown eyes.

"Uh...yeah. So?" I stared back at the teenager. She was probably about seventeen.

She looked over at Hajeri, then back at me. "A Wingly and a Human traveling together?"

"What's wrong with that, kid?" Hajeri glared at the girl coldly.

"Yeah. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Some Winglies aren't evil, ya know." I explained.

"It's just...never-mind. It's none of my business. By the way, where are you headed?" The girl asked Hajeri. She obviously didn't like me.

Hajeri stayed quiet and just stared at her. I decided to answer for him. "We're headed to Lohan, to get a friend of ours."

"Oh. I was also headed there. Do you think I could travel with you? It's not safe to go out there alone."

"I don't care. My name is Crystal and this is Hajeri." I looked over at Hajeri. "He's always like this, so don't mind him."

"My name is Selistia. Nice to meet you two." Selistia smiled.

The three of us left Bale and headed towards Lohan.

A/N: Okay, so this chapter was sorta short. I hadn't planned on it being short, but I had to end it there or else chapter three would've been put in chapter two if ya know what I mean. Well, chapter three should be a lot longer than this chapter. I hope anyway. I thought about puttin' out some series of 'books' about each Dragoon Judge. Ya know, about their history, their life, stuff like that. But it defiantly won't come out anytime soon 'cause I've gotta get everything ready.