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Ice: Can we put some Lykouleon/Rune/Nadil in this chapter?

Dragon: Um, Ice... I'm not even going to answer that.

Ice: But why?

Dragon: You know why! Now stop bugging me and do the disclaimer!

Ice: Why do I have to do it?

Dragon: Because your being annoying and if you don't I'll send Shadowwill after you.

Ice: Fine. Dragon and I do not own Dragon Knights, and neither does Shadowwill.

Dragon: All right, now on with the story.

"Normal Speech"

'Thoughts'

/gods of the shadow/

Memories/Dreams

"gods of purity"

Chapter Two

Remember Who You Really Are

"MOTHER!" Chandrakant shouted as he watched in horror as the whip came down across his mother's back. She had lost a lot of blood and he knew that the gods of the shadows could kill a god of purity. He was trapped beside the Lord of the shadow creatures, unable to get to his mother.

"Please stop it! I'll do whatever you want! Just stop hurting my mother!" Chandrakant pleaded turning to with the shadow creature.

"You'd do anything?" he sneered, turning away from the bloody scene before him and to the Child of the Stars. "Even give your own life in exchange for her?"

Chandrakant looked at him in fear for a few seconds before he nodded. The Lord of the Shadow Creatures raised an eyebrow in surprise. This child could be no more than six, if that. It was not bravery that he was displaying. No, the child was just to naive to know what would happen to him.

"Chandrakant, no!" he heard his mother yell. He turned around to face her. In all of her torture she had never shown fear. But, now that her son's life was on the line, she couldn't do anything but yell at him to run.

"It's too late, moon goddess," the shadow creature declared. "Your son's life is in my hands now."

The moon goddess glared at him. Before he could do anything she uttered a spell under her breath that would give her son her power as well as send him to earth, frozen in time.

"NO! STOP HER!" the Lord of the Shadow Creatures yelled, but it was too late. Chandrakant had the moon goddess' power and he had disappeared.

Rune's tears mixed with the water. He sat under a small waterfall, letting the water fall over him and relax him. He finally understood that he was indeed Chandrakant, and that he was the key to the shadow creatures' victory over the earth. He knew he couldn't let the Shadow Lord use him, but he didn't know how he was going to stop him. He didn't have the Water dragon, and it seemed as if his dragon power had vanished when he had began to remember who he truly was.

He sighed. The Shadow Lord had brought him to his hideout. The shadow creatures had glared at him, but some wore evil smiles on their faces. He knew that there was no way to escape them, and that he was stuck here. He wanted to leave, he wanted the dragons to come and get him, but he didn't want them to die. He knew that is what would happen if they did. The shadow creatures were just too strong for them.

"/Enjoying your bath, little one?/" he heard a cold voice say from the shore of the lake that he was bathing in.

"What do you want?" Rune asked in a cold voice.

"/Ah, you seem just the way I remember you./" Rune felt the Shadow Lord's eyes roam over his naked body, but he didn't care. He had lost all hope in being rescued, though that didn't mean that he would bend to the Shadow Lord's wishes.

"/You should come out of there before you catch cold,/" the Shadow Lord said in an almost caring voice.

"Since when do you care if I get sick or not?" Rune asked, not moving from his position under the waterfall.

"/Since I need your power. You cannot be sick./"

"I don't want to give you my power." Rune's eyes widen at this. He had just spoken in a language of the gods of purity. He couldn't understand how he had remembered that, but it shocked him to no end.

The Shadow Lord hissed as the words of the gods of purity reached his ears. He growled and held his hand out, palm facing Rune. The elf gasped when he suddenly how himself hovering three inches off the ground, right in front of the Shadow Lord. "/You are never to use that language again,/" he demanded. "/Is that understood?/" he growled.

Rune just glared at him once more. "I will never listen to you,' Rune growled. The Shadow Lord hissed in anger once more and then threw Rune toward the base of the stone cliff that was near the lake.

"/Get dressed. Come to my chambers when you're done,/" the Shadow creature growled. "/And if you don't there will be servants hunting you down. It will be easier on you that way./"

Rune stood up breathing heavily. As he slipped the long, black robe around himself, he began thinking of why the Shadow Lord wanted to see him once more. The only thing he knew was that whatever it was, it wasn't good.

Lykouleon looked up as Rath and Thatz rushed into his office. The two were breathing heavily and there was fear in their eyes. Lykouleon knew that whatever had happened, had something to do with Rune and it definitely wasn't good.

"Rath, Thatz! You two should know better than to storm in here like that!" Alfeegi yelled at them.

"Rune..." Thatz managed to get out before he began to try to regain his breathing once more.

"Child of the Stars..." Rath finished for him.

Lykouleon looked up, shock clear in his eyes. "Are you two saying that Rune is the Child of the Stars?"

Rath and Thatz both nodded as the room fell into a shocked silence.

"Where is he?" Alfeegi asked, voicing the question that was on everyone's minds, though most feared the answer too much to ask.

"The Shadow Lord has him." Everyone turned around to see Nadil, Shydeman, Fedelta, and Saabel standing there.

"What do you want Nadil?" Lykouleon growled at him.

"What do you think? If the Shadow Lord gets the Water Knight's power then he'll kill you and I wont be able too."

"Are you saying you want to make an alliance with us to get Rune back?" Lykouleon asked, a hint of amusement in his voice.

"You know exactly what I'm saying, Lykouleon!" Nadil snapped at him.

After a few minutes of silence, Ruwalk spoke. "So, where do we start?"

"We have no idea where the Shadow Lord would have taken him, so we can only wait for the shadow creatures to make the first move," Fedelta answered.

"But, they might have Rune's power by then," Thatz added.

"Unfortunately, it is the only thing we can do right now," Lykouleon said. He then turned to Nadil. "I know you wont break your alliance with us as long as the Shadow Lord is alive so you may stay here if you wish."

Nadil nodded. "It will give us a chance to come up with a plan."

Somewhere close to Chantel the earth shook with violent force. The Temple of the sun god rose from its hiding place. In many other areas all over Dusis the other temples of the gods of purity rose .It was a sign that the final war between the shadow creatures and the gods of purity was about to begin.

Dragon: All right, I hoped you all liked that chapter. We'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as possible, though it might take a little while because we wont be able to get together that much.

Ice: Yeah, school's evil.

Dragon: Anyways, review and tell us if you want the next chapter or not.