Reis Dular opened her left eye cautiously and looked around to make sure she was alright. Then, she determined it was and opened the other eye. She got up and sauntered around a bit, until she realized that this was her old hideout underneath Goland Coal City back when she was a dragon. The dingy walls, candlelit hallways, and dirty floors didn't bother her much when she had scales and claws and giant teeth but-
'Wait,' she ran her tongue over her teeth. Huge. With two fangs bigger than the rest. Hastily, she spun around, looking at herself. Purple scales covered her entire four-legged body, a large purple tail protruded from her hind side, claws on her hands and feet, well she supposed they were all feet now, and scaly ears. She had the full dragon package.
"Finally," came a gravelly voice from her left. The Holy Dragon spun around and looked at the face of an old adversary. "It's about time."
"Sinogue," the Dragon growled. "I thought we killed you."
"Yes, your little human boy toy took care of that," Sinogue snarled. The ancient Archaic Demon stepped from the shadows and waved one of his blood red claws. "He was far too… human for me."
"Well, we never would have worked out either," the Dragon growled. "You were far too… demon for me."
"Ah, maybe I was before," Sinogue smirked. "But now, you're as much a demon as me. That human body you had was so disgusting. All thin and fleshy. And the blonde hair…" The demon shivered. "So repulsive."
"I happened to like it," the Holy Dragon retorted.
Sinogue shrugged. "Whatever. This isn't about your nauseating human form anyway. This is about saving all forms of existence from some unknown face who's goals are way too evil even for me. But in order to do that, we need to get you the hell out of here."
The room disappeared. Suddenly, they were standing in the middle of a foreign town. The houses were poorly constructed, and people in foreign dress were running around all over the place. Two dark skinned children, presumably twins, were chasing a dog. Then, she didn't know it, but now she presumed that these children were Rafa and Malak Galthana.
"Where is this place?" the Dragon asked, but Sinogue just put a claw to his lips and nodded in the direction of one of the houses. A dark skinned woman clutching a baby in her arms for dear life was running out of it, She wore a red headband covered by a white head piece, baggy off-white pants, an off-white shirt, and blue shoes with a curl at the end of them.
"Dragon!" she yelled. "Dragon attack! Marik, Marik, where are you?"
"Here Ishizu," her husband yelled. "I'm over here."
"Oh thank Ajora I found you in time," the woman said, out of breath. "Malak, hold onto your sister for me." The Holy Dragon was right, one of the children chasing the dog came over and held the child the woman carried. Malak couldn't have been more than eleven or twelve. He and his sister ran to a safe location.
"Are you ready honey?" the man said.
"Of course," the woman replied. "Let's kick this thing's ass."
The creature that sauntered out from behind the house greatly disturbed the Holy Dragon.
"That's me," she thought out loud.
"Yup," Sinogue replied. "You attacked this village. Fortunately, that couple did more damage than you did."
"Marik and Ishizu Galthana," the Holy Dragon stated, and Sinogue nodded. "So I didn't really do anything evil?"
"You ate a couple of chickens," Sinogue shrugged. "You're no Darth Vader, but it's a start."
"Do Rafa and Malak know that-" the Dragon started until she was shushed by Sinogue."
"This is where it gets good."
The dragon roared and shot out a jet of sky blue flame at the couple. The wife dodged to the left, and the husband to the right. The husband ran a distraction for, to the Holy Dragon's discreet dismay, the seemingly dim-witted dragon while his wife charged up a spell and muttered something about the 'power of the wind'. As the husband was running, he tripped over a discarded Oak Staff, and the dragon loomed over him, charging up another jet of blue fire. Suddenly, out of nowhere, the wife yelled "Diamond Sword!" at the top of her lungs, and a symbol appeared above the dragon and a mini tornado swirled around it. Disoriented, the dragon shot fire at the whirlwind around it, and that gave the couple time to arm themselves. Both grabbed a rose colored sword covered in magic runes and a ring with a blue glow emanating from it. Then, they bowed their heads and closed their eyes and began to chant. As the wind around the dragon dissipated, it slunk towards the couple, but they only chanted faster. Suddenly, the sky opened up, and everyone, including the Holy Dragon, stared at the clouds separating and the light shining through. Then, Holy energy swirled around the dragon, and white streams of Holy came up from underneath it, piercing its armor-like skin. It fell dead in seconds. The Holy Dragon was horrified. Everyone came up to the couple and began to congratulate the couple and bring them, but Rafa came up to the dead dragon and stooped sown to it.
"Are you okay?" the child asked. The dragon didn't move, and young Rafa cocked her head sideways. "Why did you attack us? Or were you just hungry? You don't look so mean. Mommy and Daddy hurt you a lot, didn't they? I wish you didn't die."
The Aquarius Stone that hung around the dragon's neck glowed a blue light, and the healing power of the Waterbearer flowed through the body of the dragon. It lifted its head groggily, and looked through half opened eyes. The young child was slightly startled, but she smiled at the dragon as it got up and sauntered off into the woods, miraculously avoiding the eyes of the girl's brother and parents.
"So, Rafa saved my life?" The Dragon was stunned and amazed.
"Yup," Sinogue said. "And you thought your years as dragon were totally bad. Not a friend in the world. And you stayed away from the one person who could help you. You ignored him. Believe me, helping you is the last thing I want to do, but I've been promised passage into Heaven, which is a golden deal for a demon. I promised to play nice with all the stiffs up in the sky and to get you out of limbo, and I get out of Altima's realm."
"Altima runs hell?" Reis asked. "Well, that seems appropriate."
"No, Altima runs the demon dimension," Sinogue mentioned. "A lot of people make that mistake."
"Listen to us," the Dragon said. "We're talking. Like a couple of old friends."
"We're not friends," Sinogue said. "But this is a start." He waved a claw and Reis felt like she lost a couple hundred pounds. She put her hands to her head. Hair. And hands, feet, teeth instead of fangs. The scene between Rafa and the dragon disappeared.
"Sinogue, I don't know what to say," Reis said, hands still roving her body making sure she didn't have any scales left over.
"Hey," Sinogue snapped. "Don't get all friendly with me. I can't stand it. Makes me all queasy."
"Goodbye," Reis said, and was blinded by a flash of white light.
A/N: I kinda like Reis, and I felt the four words that she said in the game (Beowulf I missed you, that was it) led her to be WAY underplayed. Of all the characters, even Kanbabrif had more lines. Who's he? Most people don't know! (he's one of Goltana's aids, he was present when Delita killed Gelwen) Anyway, I'm playing up her and Beowulf and all the other characters I thought the game didn't do justice. Well, all the ones that are still alive anyway. And more depth on the rest of the characters. And of course more trivia. Next is Reis's love, Beowulf, and some history of their past together.