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Chapter XI: Poor, Poor Milro

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I stared at the woman. 'Yet another person who wants to kidnap me... Why me though?' I knew that the last time that people wanted to kidnap me was because I could summon the Dragoon Judges and use the Magical Staff to summon Melbu, but I had given that Staff to the Dragoon Queen a few months ago, so that couldn't be it.

"You ain't takin' the girl." Hajeri stared coldly at Nianith.

Nianith flapped her wings. "Then let's fight!"

"Hajeri, Milro, and I will take care of Nianith. The rest of you take care of that Dragon." I ordered. Everyone obeyed and the ones that could fly took flight.

I flew up and just began attacking her with my sword. She dodged, but then Hajeri attacked her from behind. When she successfully dodged most of his attacks, Milro came in from the side. We kept taking turns like this for a while, until an hour and thirty minutes had passed. I had gotten impatient a while ago. I looked towards Milro, then Hajeri. They understood perfectly what I had planned.

I separated my hands and the eerie blue energy ball formed between them. As the energy ball grew bigger, I saw Milro and Hajeri preparing their attacks.

Hajeri began twirling his sword out in front of him in a counter-clockwise direction. He then pointed the sword at Nianith. A black sphere appeared at the end of the sword's blade. It started to grow bigger.

Next it was Milro's turn. He held his hand out and a small black tornado appeared right above his palm. He pointed both hands at Nianith, palms facing her, and the tornado immediately switched from a black tornado to a black hurricane. The mixture of water and wind shot at Nianith. "Hurricane of Hatred!" He shouted.

Hajeri's attack hurled itself towards Nianith. "Deathly Blast!"

Next was my attack. I shot the energy ball at Nianith. "Bajiro Rashika!!"

All three magic attacks hit the same target: Nianith. The three of us flew backwards as the attacks exploded. This, unfortunately, got the Dragon's attention. As I turned around, the Dragon's teeth bit into my left arm. I screamed as I slowly raised my other hand and put it up against the Dragon's face. A blue energy ball appeared and exploded.

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I shot up from my laying position. I looked around and rubbed my very sore arm. The group was checking the area for the Dragon and Dragoon. Hajeri was sitting next to me.

"You'll have a scar." Hajeri said.

"Huh? Oh. That." I looked at my arm. There was a scar starting at my shoulder and ending at my elbow. I rubbed my arm.

"The Dragon's teeth pulled on your arm a bit when your attack hit it. That's why you have that scar." He rubbed his head. "I've tried to heal it with, um, a Healing Potion, but it wouldn't work."

"Oh, that's okay." I stood. "So, where'd they go?"

Hajeri also stood. "We don't know."

"Well, since they just disappeared, let's go back and watch Fletz for the night. Then, if they don't attack, we can continue finding Mike and Saphira." I checked to make sure my sword was okay. It was.

"And what if they attack while we're trying to find Mike and Saphira?" Milro asked as he walked up to us.

"We just have to take that chance. We can't just stay here and protect that town when we have to find the other two to save the world...again." Rose sheathed her sword.

"The least we can do is make sure they don't attack again tonight, but I don't think they will. I mean, we damaged them a lot. I'm surprised they had enough energy to run away." I said.

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"I'll stay just outside of Fletz and whenever I see them coming, I'll come tell ya." I said once we walked inside Fletz. Everyone nodded, then separated to watch different sections of the city.

I walked back out of the city and sat down right next to the entrance. I scanned the area. Nothing. I sighed. 'It's gonna be a long night.'

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It had already been four hours, and still nothing. I let out a yawn. My eyes were wanting to close on me.

"You want me to take watch now?" I heard Hajeri ask me.

"Nah." I yawned again. 'I think I can stay awake for a bit longer...'

"C'mon, Crystal. You've gotta get some sleep."

"I'm fine. I'm not that tired anyway." I looked up at him.

"Stop being stubborn."

"I'm not stubborn." I stared back up at the stars.

Hajeri picked me up.

"HEY!! What do you think you're doin'?!" I shrieked as he threw me over his shoulder.

"You're gonna go to bed even if I hafta carry you to the Inn." Hajeri said as he carried me off.

I thought about fighting back, but it wouldn't have helped. I was indeed tired, so I just let him carry me away.

"Here. Sleep." He laid me down in a bed once we arrived in the room.

Rose looked over at us. "I see she wouldn't listen."

"I listened. I'm here, aren't I?" I grabbed the blanket and pulled it over my head. "Now I'm tryin' to sleep. Leave me alone." I heard Hajeri leave.

'I'm not that stubborn......' I closed my eyes and quickly fell asleep.

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I woke up because I had this strange feeling, and as I sat up, I found the ghost of my father standing beside the bed that I was in. I quickly scooted up against the wall and moved my hand to my belt. My dagger was gone. I looked at the ghost and saw the dagger in his hand. My sword wasn't near me, but it was leaning against the wall on the other side of the room. I gulped as the ghost moved closer to me; the dagger was raised and ready to strike me. I knew that I couldn't attack a ghost so the best chance that I had was to run away.

I scrambled off of the bed and made a run for the door. He threw the dagger at me. I tried to duck, but the dagger cut me in my left side as it went by me. The cut was deep, and the door was just a foot or two away from me. I reached for the door handle, but he grabbed me by my hair and threw me across the room. I hit the wall and fell to the floor. I closed my eyes. I heard the door swing open. Someone ran up to me.

"What happened?!" Hajeri asked me.

I opened my eyes and looked at him. "Well...I was attacked...by...a ghost."

"A ghost?"

"Yeah. I know. He actually hit me. I thought he would just go through me, but I guess I was wrong." I looked down at the wound that the ghost had gave me. Hajeri gave me a Healing Potion. I drank it. 'Man, I've had a lot more of these potions lately. I think more than Hajeri's had in a year.' I thought as I finished off the last drop of the potion. Hajeri was just more skilled than I was, that was why he barely needed any Healing Potions.

Hajeri helped me stand. "We should leave now. The Dragon and Dragoon didn't attack, and if we stay here any longer, that ghost might attack again."

"Yeah." I summoned my sword back to me. I sheathed it, walked over to the door, pulled out my dagger, and sheathed it too.

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We had traveled through the secret passage in Mt. Villude and now we could see Seles.

"Let's stay here for the night." I said as I looked up at the stars that were just appearing in the sky.

We quickly made our way to Dart and Shana's house, and I knocked on the door.

Shana opened the door and let us all in. "So what brings you all back here?"

"We know where Mike and Saphira might be, so we're goin' to this new part of Endiness." I collapsed onto the couch. "I thought that since it was already late enough, we could stay here for the night. That's okay, right?"

"Well, you guys are already here, so I guess it's alright."

"I'm gonna stay outside for a bit." Milro said as he left the house. Selistia skipped after him.

"Milro's got a new girlfriend." Boralo leaned against the wall.

I smiled as I turned around and looked out of the window. Milro looked irritated and Selistia was trying to get his attention. 'Poor, poor Milro.'

A/N: This chapter was a bit longer than the last one. The next chapter more than likely won't be long. I'm tryin' to get them as long as I can without putting two chapters together. In some chapters, I've even added new parts in to make it longer. Well, anyway, just don't forget to review.