Spiral: Hey, y'all, it's me again. Okay, before we start the story, there are some things you should know:

This story kinda branches off from book 7, with the whole spring of purification thing, remember when Rath asked himself if he would be happy if his memories were erased? Yah, well, this has to do with that. . .'cause that's the whole point of the story. . .

Er, uh. . .I guess that's it. . .I hope. . .

Okay, let's get this story started

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Days of Forget

Chapter one

The shores of Lya, capital city of Kuulia

"I can't believe you let Kirukulus get me again! Now I'm a Sacred. . .AGAIN!"

"Have I told you that you're annoying me like heck. . .AGAIN?"

"SHUT UP! AT LEAST YOU'RE NOT AN ANIMAL!"

"WELL YOU'RE A LOT MORE ANNOYING NOW THAT YOU ARE ONE!"

"ARGH! ARE WE THERE YET?!"

"FOR THE LAST TIME, NO!"

"You're always the opposite of me!" Cesia frowned and crossed her arms-wait, no-'paws'. Her long furry ears twitched with every new sound, and her large, almost feline, silver eyes glared at the boy whose shoulder she was riding upon. There was no long black and purple hair, or violet eyes. She was an animal, a Sacred to be exact. One of the many curses she held was to turn into this creature when coming in contact with a certain type of tree.

"Well, you're always the opposite of me!" Rath leaned on the silver railing, and looked out into the ocean. No sight of land was in view yet, and the captain hadn't said anything about reaching Lya anytime soon. He sighed and ran his fingers through his black and white hair. Crimson red eyes darted here and there, scanning the water.

"Well, when we get to the Spring of Purification, you better watch me!" said Cesia.

"Oh, so now you WANT me to watch you?" teased Rath, smirking.

"NO! That's not what I meant!" Cesia said, blushing slightly, "Just make sure I don't stay in there too long!"

"Yah, yah, I've learned my lesson. You forgetting your memories is a lot harder on me than it is on you."

"Well, SOR-RY for the inconvenience!"

"Ah, forget it, I'm too tired right now to argue. . ." Rath yawned. Stretching his arms, he made his way back down to the lower deck, where the passenger rooms were located.

Once he got to his room, he placed Cesia on the table, and then fell onto the bed, hands behind his head. He stared at the ceiling, thinking. On and on he thought, about the one thing that bothered him the most, ever since the one day Cesia had forgotten her memories. 'If I lost all my memories. . .would I be happy?' He concentrated on a black speck on the white ceiling and thought more. 'As I am now, I can never truly be happy. Not with my past. And it's all the Dragon Clan's fault.' And he continued to ponder these thoughts. Staring at the ceiling as the minutes passed.

Cesia looked up at Rath from her makeshift bed of handkerchiefs and a basket that he had made for her. 'Thinking again. . .honestly, that's all he does nowadays. . .but I wonder what he's thinking about. . .' Cesia wondered for a moment, and then shrugged, lying back down into her covers. 'It's probably nothing. I just wanna become a human again.'

The deep tone of a bell rang out through the boat. The captain's muffy voice boomed in the speakers. "Entering Lya Harbor. We will be docking in about half and hour."

"Hm? Hey, Rath! We're almost there! . . .Rath?" Cesia once again looked up from her covers to the boy.

The Fire Dragon Knight's arms dangled off the side of the bed, and his eyes were closed peacefully. The slightest sounds of snores came from him as he dozed.

"That's just great," grumbled Cesia to herself, as she made her way out of her basket. "We're finally here and he decides to take a nap." She elegantly leaped from the table, to the soft, carpeted floor. "Now, how to make my way up there?" She thought for a moment, staring up at the bed. Then a thought struck her. "Psh, how stupid am I? I'm an animal for Dusis's sake. I've got claws." Cesia jumped and latched herself into the cloth of Rath's shirt. Crossly, she made her way up the boy's arm and leaped gracefully onto the bed, right beside his face. "Wakey, wakey, sleepy head." She muttered as she stared at his unopened eyes.

Rath grumbled something and flipped over to his other side, almost knocking the small Sacred off the bed.

"Hey!" yelled Cesia, as she scrambled away from the edge of the mattress. "Watch it!" In her anger she dug her small buy sharp claws into his hand.

Rath murmured unheard words and turned back to face her again. Cesia squeaked as arms were wrapped around her, putting her in a death-hug.

"Hey! Let go!" she yelled, "I'm not some kinda-" She paused as Rath held her closer. He was shivering. ". . .Rath?"

Rath murmured and held her ever closer. "N-no. . .I. . .I d-don't like the c-cold. . .l-leave. . .leave me alone. . ."

"Rath?" Cesia stared at his face. He actually showed an emotion. He looked scared. 'Maybe he's having a nightmare?' she thought, gazing worriedly at him, "Ack! There's no time to worry about that! I have to wake him up!" She dug her teeth into his hand.

Rath jolted awake and yelped as pain seared into his hand. Cesia dug deeper as blood trickled down his cold white skin.

"Cesia?!" yelled Rath, shaking the girl off and slamming her back onto the table. "THAT FRIGGIN' HURT LIKE HELL!" he roared.

"You wouldn't wake up, so I had to do SOMETHING," she said, crossing her paws, "The captain just announced that we'd be docking in Lya soon. That' why I had to wake you up."

"Well, you could have done it less painfully!" He placed his hand under the faucet and let the water run. He instantly took his back as the water touched him, face turning pale.

"What is it?" asked Cesia, confused at his act.

"It's c-cold. . ." he whispered, so that Cesia could barely hear him.

"Er, yes, the water is cold. . .but water's supposed to be cold, Rath." She scampered onto the sink counter and looked up at him. "Rath, is something wrong?"

"I don't like the cold," he mumbled, getting back to his normal self and turning the faucet on again. This time, though, he waited for the water to turn warm.

'Something's wrong with him,' thought Cesia, taking her normal perch on the Fire Dragon Knight's shoulder.

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Spring of Purification

"OW! THAT HURT! YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO THROW ME!" yelled Cesia angrily, human head emerging from the water's silvery depths. Raven-colored locks swished this way and that, violet bangs hanging in front of equally as violet eyes.

"Wow, you're fast!" murmured Rath sarcastically, flinging his black traveling cloak in the girl's direction. "Get out here and change. . .ah. . .AH. . .ACHOO!"

As Cesia hastily swung the cloak over her shoulders, she looked in the boy's direction. "You know, you've been shivering and stuff a lot lately. . ."

"You're point?" mumbled Rath grumpily, getting up from his grassy seat.

"This spring is supposed to cleanse you. . .if it works for curses, maybe it'll work with colds?"

"Doubt it," said Rath, turning his back to her and starting to head back to the town.

"Oh come on! It's worth a try!" argued Cesia, slipping into her clothes in the cover of forest trees. After buttoning up her shirt, she put herself between Rath, and the path back to the town. "Just try it!"

"I don't want to!" snapped Rath, shoving her out of his way.

"AND WHY NOT?!" snapped Cesia back.

"OH, so you WANT me to?!" sneered Rath.

"THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT!" shouted Cesia, cheeks turning crimson.

"Well the be quiet!"

"ARGH! JUST LISTEN TO ME!" Cesia brought forth her right arm and extended out her thumb and index finger. Light breeze turned to heavy wind and whirled together to create a circle around the girl. She pointed her arm at the surprised boy and made a gripping motion with her hand.

Rath shouted out in both surprise and anger as he was picked up with a great force, which almost squished his lungs, had not Cesia been controlling it. As the wind carried him in mid-air, Cesia put her arm back, then flung it forward, like a baseball player making a pitch.

The Fire Dragon Knight was hurled into the Spring of Purification. Icy cold water filled his lungs and every other opening in his body. He choked, gagged, and hastily tried to swim back up. . .but. . .

'Damn it! I can't swim!' thought Rath in fear and anger. He clawed the water with all his might, but he didn't get anywhere closer to the surface. 'If I stay in here too long. . .I'm gonna. . .forget. . .my memor-'

And his world went black.

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"Rath?! My God, RATH?! Are you okay?! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU COULDN'T SWIM?! I had to dive in a drag you out, you twit!"

The soaked Cesia leaned over the equally as soaked figure of Rath. The boy's eyes were closed, and no response was heard.

"RATH!" shouted Cesia, half screaming. She grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him hard. "WAKE UP, DAMMIT!"

"Hn?" the sound escaped from Rath's lips as his eyes slowly lifted open. He sat up straight and blinked.

"FINALLY! I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD! GOD, RATH, YOU SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME!" shouted Cesia in relief, letting go of the Fire Dragon Knight's shoulders. She waited for an angered response, but was surprised when none came. ". . .Rath?" she turned to face the boy eye to eye.

Rath stared back at her and blinked. "Who are you?"

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