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 I only own the stuff that I created. You cannot use anything of mine without asking me first. So HA. The Dragoon Judges: MINE. The new Dragoons: MINE. The new characters: MINE. This plot: MINE. And anything else that I created: MINE. I also own myself and the Couran and Cougarus.

Chapter XIX: Secrets Revealed and Emotions Uncontrollable

"About time!" I tried to pick up my speed when I saw the town, but it didn't work out as I had planned. More pain just ran through my leg. 'Ya know, walking on this leg for two days straight really doesn't help it...' I decided just to walk slowly. I was just surprised that it didn't take us longer to get here.

It took us ten minutes to get to the town.

"Ah, Losta, the Wingly town." Mariath read the sign out loud.

"Crystal!!" The friendly voice of my brother put a smile on my face.

"Lloyd!" I felt like running up to him and hugging him, but I let him come to me.

"Are you okay?"

"Well, the scar on my arm is bleeding again and I'm not quite sure what's wrong with my leg, but I'm gonna go see a doctor...no matter how much I hate doctors..." I told him. "Other than that, I'm fine."

"Everyone else is here too." Lloyd glanced over at Mariath. "Who's she?"

"Introductions will hafta come after I visit the doctor..." I really hated doctors. "I still don't see why I can't just use a potion..."

"Because a potion may not heal it completely. Now, come on. I can carry you there." Lloyd picked me up and carried me towards the doctor. "Then you can get some sleep."

XxXxX

The doctor poked at my leg.

"Now, what happened?" The old man continued to poke at my leg.

"I fell and hurt my leg." I said in the most sarcastic sounding voice. "Now stop poking at my leg and figure out what's wrong with it!!"

The doctor raised my leg and pain shot through it.

"OW!! WHEN I GET BETTER I'M GONNA-" I never got a chance to finish my threat. More pain ran through my leg. "OOOOOWW!!!" It was a good thing Lloyd had my sword or else it would've cut this guy into little itty-bitty pieces.

"It appears that it may have a fracture." The doctor said.

"AND I'M GUESSING POKING HELPED YA FIGURE THAT OUT!!!" I hated doctors even more now.

"A healing potion should heal it enough for you to walk on it, but it'll take at least two days for it to heal completely." He told me.

"Whatever. I'm leaving now." I stood up and made my way out of the room. Lloyd waited for me.

"So?"

"Gimme a healing potion. NOW." I was really ticked off and it was all that doctor's fault. Lloyd tossed me a potion. Once I finished it, the scar sorta healed and the pain in my leg went away. "I'm gonna get some rest now." I made my way towards the hotel. Lloyd followed.

XxXxX

I had a good sleep, and no one bothered me. Well...almost no one. Which was quite lucky for them 'cause I was still pretty ticked off. Hajeri was nice enough to bring me some food though, and I was nice enough not to yell at him for waking me. It was now morning, and I felt really good. I hopped outta bed and spun around. No pain. I ran out of the room and ran down the stairs. I did trip though, but I turned it into a flip and landed safely on my feet.

"Looks like your leg is much better." Lloyd greeted me at the bottom of the stairs.

"Yep. Where's everyone else?"

"They're waiting outside for you." Lloyd left the hotel and I followed.

Everyone was indeed waiting right outside the hotel. I stood beside Lloyd as we joined the group.

"Mariath has already told us what happened." Ace said to me.

"That's good." I glanced over at Boralo, who seemed very nervous. "What's wrong, Boralo?"

"Nothing." He stared at the ground. "I'm gonna browse around a bit." He walked off.

"And I thought Hajeri was grumpy." Phirala watched him leave. Hajeri glared at her and she sorta scooted behind Rose. Rose rolled her eyes.

"So," Milro put his hands behind his head. "can we eat now?"

"We've already eaten, Milro." Mike said to him.

"I know that, but I'm still hungry." Milro sounded like he was pouting. "Can I-" He was cut short when a Wingly woman, dressed in a dark blue dress and who looked to be about forty in human years (which makes her quite old in Wingly years), ran up to me and hugged me.

"Oh, Crystal!! I never thought I'd get the chance to see you again!!" The woman squeezed and I felt like I was gonna die of suffocation 'cause I couldn't breathe. She eventually let me go and hugged Lloyd. "And it's nice to see you too, Lloyd!!"

I sorta just stared at her. "Who the heck are you?!" I asked her as Lloyd pushed her off.

"Yeah, I'd like to know the exact same thing..." Lloyd said.

Everyone else just sorta stood back and waited to see what would happen next. Milro looked around to see if anyone BIG would run up and nearly knock us over.

"I swear. Your parents never told you about me?" The woman asked us two. When we just stared at her in confusion, she finally decided to answer our question. Or not... "Well, I think we need to talk in my house. C'mon now, dears." We honestly had no choice to go or not 'cause she grabbed both of our wrists and dragged us off.

The rest of the gang followed us as we were dragged inside a two-story house. The woman seated us on the couch and she took a seat in a rocking chair.

"I shall explain." The woman began to rock back and forth. "My name is Sophia. I was Boralo's bodyguard during the Dragon Campaign. Melbu Frahma first assigned me to be his bodyguard when he had decided to train Boralo as his apprentice. Which I didn't agree with because Boralo was the complete opposite of Melbu. Boralo didn't like the way the Humans were treated the way they were, and Melbu did. Well, after I had committed the crime that I did, I was sent to Zenebatos. Of course, I escaped. Several years later, I met up with Boralo again. He was a handsome, young man and quite shocked to see me because he thought I was dead because Melbu had told him during the campaign that I was dead. We fell in love and one thing led to another. The next thing I know, I'm pregnant and Boralo disappears.

"I was very mad at him for a long time, but after I had my baby, I sorta forgave him in a way. I mean, he gave me a very beautiful baby girl." Sophia had a dreamy look in her eyes. "I raised my daughter alone and everything was great. Even when she got married and had two kids of her own."

I was a quick thinker and I had added everything up. "Wait. You had a daughter and she had-Oh my Soa..." Yep. I had just figured it all out. "You're our grandmother and......BORALO'S OUR GRANDFATHER!!!!" I actually felt like I was gonna faint. Lloyd just seemed dazed.

"Yes. He is. I'm a bit sad that Zandreath never knew he was her father. But, at least her kids know..." Sophia smiled.

I just sat there and stared at nothing in particular thinking the same thing over and over: Boralo's my grandfather. Everyone else was shocked, but I don't think they were as shocked as Lloyd and I.

"Oh, and Milro, I do believe there's someone here to see you." Sophia's smile grew wider.

"Wha?" Milro looked confused.

"C'mon out, dear." Sophia seemed to be talking to someone else. A young Wingly woman came down from the stairs to our left. She was in a short black skirt, a tight white, sleeveless shirt, and tan boots. She had shoulder-length wavy silver hair.

"R-Raine......" Milro now was the one who looked completely shocked.

"Milro!!" The young Wingly, obviously known as Raine, ran up to Milro and hugged him. He hugged back. "C'mon, let's go catch up on things." Raine smiled as the two left the house.

"Who was that?" Selistia asked. She sounded worried.

"That's Raine. She's the daughter of a good friend of mine. Her and Milro met a few years ago but I didn't know that they were still together." Phirala explained.

"And I thought he didn't like Winglies..." I muttered as I narrowed my eyes. "Seems like he likes that one a lot." I was looking out of the window. I had said that because Milro and Raine were kissin'.

"Milro and Raine, sittin' in the tree, K-I-S-S-I-" Phirala was cut short when someone whacked her in the head.

"I'm beginning to regret teaching you that song." Saphira had finally spoke up. She glanced over at Mike. They both smiled.

'They're obviously okay with each other now.' I smiled and I caught Hajeri staring at me. Once I turned my head to look at him, he quickly turned his head and looked elsewhere. 'Mmmmmmm......' I shook my head then looked at Selistia. She seemed......sad. 'Oh no. She liked Milro...' I sighed. 'Poor Selistia.'

"Well, you guys can stay here if you want to." Sophia broke the silence.

"Okay. We need a place far away from that doctor." I narrowed my eyes as I said this. 'He's an evil doctor.' "Well, I'm gonna go for a short walk in the opposite direction of the doctor..." I hopped up and made my way out of the house. I put my hands behind my head as I walked out of the town in the opposite direction of the doctor. Yes, I really hated doctors and I was indeed paranoid. I've actually been called paranoid several times...but that's not important right now. What is important is that I was now in a forest. Nice, eh? I didn't walk that far into the forest when I had chose a big tree to sit by. I removed the sheath with my sword in it and laid it beside me as I sat down and leaned up against the tree. I closed my eyes.

"You look relaxed." Hajeri said to me as he sat down beside me.

"I am relaxed. It's so peaceful out here..." I opened my eyes and stared up at the clouds. 'Such a bright, sunny day...'

"I've got something for you."

I looked to my left and watched Hajeri pull a silver chain out of his coat pocket. On that silver chain was a tear drop pendant that looked to be about three inches long. The pendant was a dark blue with black swirls.

"It's beautiful..." I said as he put it on me. "Where'd you get it?"

"Ya know that Magical Staff? Well, I...I took the staff's stone, melted it and formed a tear drop out of it, then to get the color, I put some of my own magic in it." Hajeri told me.

"Thank you." I was shocked that Hajeri would do such a thing for me. When I turned to look at him, you would never believe what happened next. He......kissed me!! This made me even more shocked than before!! His arms went around my waist and I put my hands on his shoulders.

XxXxX

I must've fallen asleep a bit later after the kiss 'cause when I opened my eyes, I was leaned up against Hajeri and his arm was around me. I closed my eyes and smiled. He must've been asleep too. But what happened next woke us both up.

Some grabbed Hajeri by his shirt and jerked him up. This made me fall on my side 'cause I was leaning on him and he wasn't there anymore. My eyes shot open and I saw Lloyd punching the daylight outta Hajeri.

"LLOYD!!!" I quickly stood up.

"WHAT WERE YOU DOING WITH MY SISTER??!!" Lloyd sounded really, really, really mad. I had never seen him this mad before.

I ran over to him, grabbed his shirt, and pulled him off of Hajeri. "Leave him alone, Lloyd! Please!!" I begged him.

"Why should I?!" Lloyd tried to punch him again, but I got in-between the two and Lloyd froze. "Move, Crystal."

"NO." I stood my ground. "I won't let you hurt him. We weren't doing anything, I swear." My heart was beating really fast now. "Please, just leave him alone."

The stare Lloyd gave Hajeri sent a shiver up my spine and I thought Lloyd would push me out of the way and kill Hajeri.

"Crystal, you're fifteen. You shouldn't be with this guy." Lloyd had calmed down a bit and was fifteen percent angry now.

"But I can be if I want to! You're not my father!!" I yelled.

"YOU'RE FIFTEEN!!" Ninety percent angry. Yep, I was being me and making things worse. That's how much bad luck I have.

Now I was losing my temper on my own brother. "YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHO I CAN LIKE AND WHO I CAN'T SO JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!!"

"FINE THEN!! HOW ABOUT I JUST LEAVE PERMANENTLY?!"

"FINE!! THEN LEAVE!!"

Lloyd transported. After he transported, I calmed down a lot and had just now realized what I had done. I had driven my brother away.

"Oh my Soa..." Tears blurred my vision. 'What have I done? He's my brother and I just...told him to leave permanently...'Without thinking, again, I ran through the forest, not really caring where I was going. I finally stopped after five minutes of running and I was now lost, but I didn't really care. I just stood there, eyes closed and head down. 'My temper has always gotten me into trouble...now it's driven away my brother...' I took the pouch off of my belt, opened it and pulled out the Future Dragoon spirit. "Why did you give this to me to take care of, Dragoon Queen? WHY??!!" Out of rage, I threw the spirit. Instead of hitting the ground, the spirit flew off towards Losta. "SEE??!! I'll just RUIN things!! I always ruin things......" I leaned against a tree and slowly fell to the ground.

My brother and now the Dragoon spirit were gone...and it was all my fault... I began crying and it slowly began to rain. So I just sat there, in the rain, crying until I fell asleep.........

XxXxX

Dream

I opened my eyes and found myself standing. Everything around me was dark. I could see my hand in front of my face, and the rest of my body, but nothing else. At least until a bright flash of light nearly blinded me two seconds later. I had covered my eyes when that bright flash of light lit up the darkness around me. Now, when I opened my eyes, the darkness was gone and it was really bright. The light around me dimmed so I could see without getting blind. The Dragoon Queen was in front of me and I jumped when I found her there.

"Don't scare me like that!" I told her.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." The Queen stared at me. "We have a lot to talk about, Crystal."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I kinda figured we did." I said as I quickly remembered what happened earlier.

"I see you and Hajeri have been growing feelings for each other. He really cares about you. He would risk his life to save yours, as he has done several times."

"Ya don't hafta tell me the obvious..." I wasn't really in a good mood right now.

The Queen stared into my garnet eyes. "Do you trust him?"

"How do you know if you trust someone completely? I mean, they could turn on you so easily." Now I was the one asking questions.

"Can you trust him since he has risked his life for yours?"

I thought for a bit. "I guess..."

"You'll need to learn how to trust someone in order to complete your journey. You can't complete this journey by yourself." The Queen explained to me.

"Well, maybe I can complete this journey by myself." I crossed my arms.

"You can't be afraid to trust someone."

"I'm not afraid." I told her.

"Your stubbornness will get you in more trouble than your temper, Crystal." The Queen said. "You have already lost your brother and the Dragoon spirit, but if you continue to be stubborn, you'll lose a lot more."

"I'm. Not. Stubborn." Yes, I was being stubborn not admitting that I am stubborn.

The Dragoon Queen smiled. "You will find out soon that you cannot do this alone." She faded away and everything around me darkened again.

XxXxX

I woke up and rubbed my head. 'I'll show her that I can do this alone.' I summoned my sword back to me and put the sheath back on my back. "I'll go find that cloaked guy and kick his sorry butt by myself." I was indeed stubborn, just like my mother, and a bit overconfident. I touched the pendant on the necklace that Hajeri had given me. 'I'm sorry, Hajeri, but I have to do this...' I began walking straight. Hey, I'll eventually find a town... I had began a journey...by myself.........