Dragon: All right, because I'm lazy I'm not going to answer reviews. You people are just going to have to read the story.

Shadow: Concerning if this is going to be a Thatz/ Rune or not, well apparently we're just suppose to hint at it but nothing really happens in the story. So those of you who want the pairing can use your imaginations and those of you who don't, I'm trying to make sure iceheart doesn't put anything to creepy in it.

Ice: The reason we're doing this is because someone mse decided to review for a non-Thatz/Rune more than once. Actually, she reviewed at least six times.

Shadow: Well we wouldn't have had to go through this if you hadn't decided to "help" us write the story.

Dragon: Guys, can we just get on with the story before one of you kills the other?

Ice and Shadow: Fine.

Ice: We don't own, you don't complain.

Shadow: Note to Tintlet fans, you are going to hate this chapter.

Origins of Innocence

Chapter 2

Child and Creation

Thatz ran down the street back toward the Dragon Castle. He didn't know what was going on but he knew that Rune was in danger. 'Come on,' Thatz thought willing himself to go faster. 'I don't believe I'm the Demon Lord's son, but it doesn't matter right now. Rune's my friend and it doesn't matter who my father is anymore. I have to save him.'

Little did Thatz know how much knowing whom his father would matter.

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Rune blinked and looked innocently up at Nadil. His hair was now black and his skin was paler.

"Hello little one," Nadil said almost lovingly. He had his weapon back and now nothing could stop him from killing the Dragon Lord.

Rune looked around and then back at Nadil. "Where are we?" Rune asked, his voice sounding like that of a lost child's.

"We're in the Dragon Castle. They stole you away from me and now I've come to get you back."

"That wasn't very nice."

"No little one, it wasn't. But, now we must go find Thatz."

"Thatz?"

"My youngest son. The Dragon Tribe took him as well."

"Oh, I remember him. He has green eyes and red hair with a cut across his face. That's him isn't it?" (1)

"Yes little one, that's him." Nadil smirked and then turned to the door. "And it seems he's coming right now."

Thatz ran in the room only to see Rune standing beside Nadil, now in his true form. "Rune…" he whispered knowing that Rune was now under Nadil's control.

"Thatz!" Rune shouted happily shocking Thatz. Rune ran toward him and grabbed one of his hands smiling innocently at him. "Are you coming back with us?"

Thatz gasped lightly when Rune touched him. Something was awakening within him. He could feel it. There was something demonic in him and Rune's touch had awakened it. He could feel it taking over his body. 'No,' he thought. 'I really am the Demon Lord's son. I really am part demon. No, it can't awaken inside me. I'll only end up hurting the Dragon Tribe.' Thatz tired to fight it but it was too late. The demon in his was now awake.

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Tetheus ran through the halls of the Dragon Castle trying to find Thatz. He met up with Rath and Lykouleon and ended up searching for the Earth knight with them. The Dragon Lord and Fire Knight were worried by the fear in Tetheus's eyes.

They finally came to the library and found the two knights, along with the Demon Lord. They saw Rune in his true form.

Thatz, however, was now in his true demonic form. He had midnight blue hair and sharp claws. His eyes were cold and he looked at the Dragons with a passionate hatred. Instead of their usual green, they were now a bloody crimson. They looked exactly like Nadil's.

"I'm taking back my creation and my son," Nadil said stepping in front of Rune, blocking him from the Dragon's gaze.

"What?" Lykouleon whispered in shock.

"They're not yours to take!" Tetheus shouted at him while Rune, who was becoming scared, gripped onto the back of Nadil's shirt.

It wasn't Nadil who responded to Tetheus's comment however. Thatz's crimson eyes flashed and he spoke in a clod voice no one recognized. "How dare you speak to Lord Nadil with such disrespect," then added, "traitor."

"Traitor?" Tetheus asked keeping the emotion out of his voice but inside it really was hurting him that his newfound nephew would call him a traitor.

"Yes, traitor. You have demon blood and yet you join the Dragon Tribe, the very people who wish to destroy us," Thatz said as Rune moved away from Nadil and took hold of the back of Thatz's shirt instead.

"Thatz, you idiot!" Rath shouted at him. "Don't you remember who you are? You're a Dragon Knight!"

Thatz hissed and threw an energy blast at the Fire Knight. Luckily for Rath, it missed his head by half an inch.

Before he could throw another blast Nadil stopped him. "We must get the innocent one out of here before they take him back," he whispered so only Thatz could hear. Thatz nodded and along with Nadil and Rune, he vanished.

"Tetheus, what the hell is going on?" Lykouleon demanded after a few seconds of a shocked and uncomfortable silence. Tetheus sighed and began to tell Lykouleon what he had learned about Thatz and Rune. He knew there was no way to avoid it.

"So, Nadil has two heir's we didn't even know of, and Rune's the key to our destruction. Things keep getting better and better," Rath muttered

"Well, we have to find a way to suppress the demon in Thatz and get both of them back," Lykouleon said.

"If I may Lord Lykouleon, what if Rune is also the way to defeat Nadil?" Alfeegi asked. He, Ruwalk, and Kai-Stern had come into the library to see what was going on just as soon as Tetheus began to tell everyone about Thatz and Rune.

"What do you mean Alfeegi?"

"Well, according to the bartender, Nadil found out that innocence was a more powerful weapon than anything else. He didn't say anything about it not being able to work only on the Dragon Tribe. And besides, Nadil left as soon as he had both Thatz and Rune and didn't take a chance to kill you, Lord Lykouleon."

"He may be right," Tetheus said. "There is a good chance that Rune could also destroy Nadil."

"That's probably why there wasn't even a rumor of Nadil's creation," Rath added. "If Nadil was creating something that could kill both him and the Dragon Tribe he would have kept it a secret."

"Is there anyway we could ask the Star Princess?" Ruwalk asked. When everyone looked at him like he was crazy, go in Tetheus case, just looked at him, he added, "She's the one hid Rune with the elves wasn't she?"

"Yes," Tetheus answered.

"So, she might know more about this than we do."

"How do we find her though?"

"Well," Alfeegi said looking around the room, "this one of the largest libraries in Deus. It should have something about her in here somewhere."

Everyone agreed and began searching through books. They were soon joined by Cenozura and the Dragon Queen who had come looking for them wondering where they all were.

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Tintlet didn't want to look up. Her crime had been great enough that the other remaining elves had used their powers to summon the souls of the pervious Fairy Elders. All five looked down on her, the emotions in their eyes were between hatred and complete shame and disappointment in her.

"Do you understand what you have done?" one of the Fairy Elders asked after the long silence that had followed after the explanation of what she had done.

"Yes, I was weak and I gave into him. I'm so sorry," she whispered.

"Tintlet, we were all entrusted with this secret. Many of us died to keep the Demon Lord from finding him, and now our deaths have been in vain. You knew, took an oath, that no matter what happened you would die before reveling the secret. What you have done is punishable with a sentence worse than death."

Tintlet looked up in shock and gasped. "No please…" she whispered.

"Princess Tintlet, you are here by stripped of your title and inner light. You will forever be banished from all elfin realms."

For an elf to be stripped of their inner light was like taking away most of their soul. They were left with only a little bit of their soul so that they could still feel pain. They were banished to wonder the world for an eternity, forever dying, but never begin able to.

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Dragon: Ok, so we were mean to Tintlet, but she's an annoying little…

Ice: If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.

Shadow: Since when did you ever follow that saying?

Ice: …I plead the 5th

Shadow and Dragon: Someone kill her.

Dragon: Anyways, I'm really sorry this took so long. I hope to have another chapter up for Moon Goddess before Feb.5, though I might not be able to but we'll see.

Ice: Anyways, review if you want the next chapter.

1: Something we actually all agree on. We all think Thatz looks better with red hair so deal with it if you don't like it.