Hey, I still don't see any replies yet, so I'm putting in another chapter. Here is chapter 3!

Meru walked outside of her house in Donau the Flower City and out to the pier. She was still her same old self. Her and Guaraha visited the Wingly Forest occasionaly, but just a few people still didn't like them in the forest. She sat down on the dock and took her shoes off. She dipped her feet into the clear, sparkly, blue water. She loved being able to relax, but it was always so boring! She remembered how many things her and the group had gone through together. She still didn't believe that it really happened. She couldn't believe that it was here, in Donau, that they had all met her. She smiled and giggled. She took her clothes off so that she was only in a bra and underwear and jumped into the water. The sparkly blue liquid felt good on her skin on the hot day that it was. She floated around and watched the clouds, the Moon That Never Sets just beyond them. Someone called her name and she lost her concentration on floating and fell underwater.

"Meru! Meru, stop goofing around! You got a letter!", the person called. Meru surfaced.

"Wha. . . oh. Coming Guaraha!", Meru called. She swam to the dock and climbed out. She put her clothes on and walked back to the house with Guaraha. She went into the bathroom and grabbed a towel and started drying her self off and she wrapped another towel around her after she took all her clothes off. Guaraha went to the table and grabbed the letter. He handed it to Meru and she opened it. It read:

Dear Meru,

I hate to intrude upon you at such a time. Three years apart and I just pop in with a letter. But I have some news. You remember Princess Emille from Tiberoa right? Well, last year I had to go on business run to Tiberoa for the king and while I was there, Princess Emille asked to talk to me. We walked up to her room and SHE proposed to ME. Can you believe it? Well, the wedding is in three months and I am requesting that everyone who went on that journey three years ago attend. Shana, Haschel ( I'm having him tracked down. Who knows where he went in search of Claire? ), Dart, the whole "gang". I just hope you will come. I hope to see you soon!

Love,
Albert

"What does it say?", Guaraha asked.

"King Albert, the guy I told you who went on that journey with is getting married and he's invited us! The wedding is in three months, but everyone else is probably going to Tiberoa early. We should go pack! We are going to the castle of Tiberoa!", Meru exclaimed. She jumped up and down. She was going to see everyone again. She just wondered if Rose was going to be attending. Guaraha looked sad.

"Guaraha? What's wrong?", she asked, sitting down next to him at the table.

"I don't want to go. I've never been around other people like that, besides at our wedding. You should just go. You knew everyone better than I did.", Guaraha said, his head hung low.

"Oh, Guaraha! You don't need to feel out of place with Dart and everybody. They like you! Shana and Rose thought you were kinda sexy.", Meru said in a playful voice.

"Really? Hahaha. You kill, Meru. You really do. Well, alright. I'll go. But only because you insist!", Guaraha said. Meru kissed him on the cheek and hugged him.

"Oh thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!", Meru squealed in delight. She dashed upstairs and came down an hour later all ready and packed.

"We're leaving now?", Guaraha asked.

"Yep! Come on! I wanna see everybody!", Meru said. She opened the door and tossed the luggage out. The she walked to the table and grabbed Guaraha and shoved him out the door onto the luggage. She grabbed a piece of paper and wrote, "NOT HOME", and hammered it to the door and walked out. She pulled Guaraha up and grabbed some luggage and started walking toward the exit of Donau and towards the barren lands before you entered the Twin Castle.

Rose walked outside of the house she had built on a far away island away from Endiness and sat down at the edge of the water.

I wonder, how is everyone doing? I'm the Black Monster, I have hate built up inside me. So, why do I feel sad that I'm away from their presence?, she asked herself. She took out her Dragoon Spirit and looked at the dark purple stone. Inside she saw the happiness that she had once known while on that journey.

How could I have lied to Dart. Dart was Zieg's son and I loved Zieg. Dart could have been my son if I someone had told me Zieg was alive. I felt happier when I was around Dart. So why did I have to leave, Rose thought to herself. She put the stone back in her pocket and toyed at her choker before she picked up a rock and tossed it as hard as she could at the water. The rock disappeared and she was hit in the head by something. She turned around and took out her sword.

"Who's there?", she called.

"It is I. The one from who is destined to find his daughter.", a voice said.

"H. . . Haschel?", Rose asked. A man in purple armor with age on his face but youth in his eyes came around from behind the house.

"How'd you know?", Haschel asked. He laughed and walked to Rose.

"How'd you get here?", Rose curiously asked.

"Dragoon Spirit. I've been looking for Claire and used this to help me.", Haschel said like it was obvious. He led Rose inside and they sat down.

"Did you get it?", he asked, looking out the window above her stove.

"Get what?", she asked.

"The letter?", Haschel asked.

"What letter?",

"The letter from Albert!"

"Albert sent a letter?", Rose asked. Haschel laughed.

"The King of Serdio, Albert has sent out a letter. He is marrying Princess Emille from Tiberoa and he's invited everyone from the trip. Didn't you know?", Haschel asked.

"No.", Rose said. Haschel laughed.

"Well, I was attacked by Serdian soldiers when I had spotted Claire. They gave me the letter and I went in search of you to see if you knew, cause I knew you might not.", Haschel said. "So are you going to go?" Rose thought about Dart, and Zieg and what she wanted to do.

"Yes. I'll go.", Rose said. She got up and the two walked onto the beach and transformed into Dragoons and took off towards Tiberoa.

There is the third chapter. I hope someone replies to this. I like it. Like I said though, romance will come later in the story. So, keep reading to see what happens! Stay tuned to see the next exciting chapter of "This Is Really Happening"!

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