Spiral: argh. . .WAY. . .too. . .much. . .math homework. . .
Disclaimer: I don't own dragon knights. . .no duh, 'cause if I did, I'd be rolling in dough and not be having math homework. . .
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Chapter 2
"So. . .you're Cesia?"
"Right."
"And I'm traveling with you. . ."
"Right."
"And I'm a Dragon Knight. . ."
"Right."
"And. . .what's my name again?"
"Rath, your name's Rath."
"Oh, right. . .Rath. . ."
Cesia sighed. Raven-colored locks lay down upon the wood of the café table. Her head was rested upon her hands. She sighed again and stared at the boy in front of her.
And the boy stared back, an expressionless expression on his face. Blood-red eyes pierced into Cesia's violet ones.
"What is it?" asked Cesia, as she realized that the Fire Dragon Knight wasn't about to switch his gaze anytime soon.
"It's just. . .I don't remember you," said Rath, resting his head in one hand and stirring the straw in his soda with the other.
"You don't remember anything! Your memories were erased!"
"Really?"
"Yes, really!"
"But. . .I don't remember that. . ."
"ARGH!" groaned Cesia rather loudly. She leaned back in her chair and rubbed her aching forehead. "Now I know what Rath felt like when I lost MY memories. . ." she mumbled to herself.
"Um. . .what are you doing?" asked Rath, cocking his head to the left in a curious fashion.
"Nothing, nothing. . ." muttered Cesia, straightening back up in her chair.
"Okay then. . ." Rath stopped his stirring of the straw and laid his head in both hands. "By the way. . .what's my name?"
"ARGH!"
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"You say he lost his memory?"
"Yes, my Lord."
"And. . .you don't know how to get them back?"
"Er, no. . .my Lord. . ."
"So. . .it's all your fault, eh?"
"Y. . yes, my Lord," muttered Cesia nervously. She looked down on the extravagant amber-colored carpet of the Dragon Lord's study.
Lord Lykouleon chuckled brightly and got up from his grand seat behind a rather large, elegantly carved desk with papers towered up high above the Dragon Lord's head (thanks to White Dragon Officer Alfeegi). He strode over to stand an arm's length in front of the girl, and put a gentle hand on her head. "I'm kidding, kidding, Cesia. You are not to blame."
Cesia looked up into the golden eyes of the Dragon Lord and stared thankfully. All this time, she had been blaming herself for the erasing of the Fire Dragon Knight's memories. But the Dragon Lord, so kind, did not wish to blame her. "Thank you, my Lord."
"No, no, thank you," said the Dragon Lord brightly, running his fingers through his golden hair. "You brought Rath back to us. I'm sure Alfeegi will be very pleased with you. He's been rather. . .angry, with Rath's escape from the castle."
"I'm sure you're right," murmured Cesia, sweat dropping, 'I thought Alfeegi was ALWAYS angry, no matter what. . .' was her real thought.
And as if on cue. . .
"MY LORD!!! WHERE IS RATH?! YOU BETTER NOT BE HIDING HIM!!! IT IS HIS DUTY AS A DRAGON KNIGHT TO STAY HERE AND GUARD THE CASTLE!!! HE SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR RUNNING AWAY LIKE THAT!!! WHERE IS HE?!"
Highly polished, genuinely crafted, wooden doors were rather crudely swung open. A fiery aura of anger was surrounding a mahogany-haired man with a "hair tail" and hazel eyes. He stormed over to the Dragon Lord, aura of anger following him, and seemed to blow up in the Lord's face.
"WHERE IS HE?!"
The Dragon Lord cowered behind the safety of his desk and sweat dropped heavily. "I. . .don't. . .know?"
"YOU DON'T KNOW?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW?! YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE TO SEE HIM SINCE HE CAME BACK! STOP HIDING HIM AND TELL ME WHERE HE IS THIS INSTANT!" shouted the White Dragon Officer Alfeegi, half screaming.
"Why don't you ask Cesia?" muttered Lord Lykouleon, pointing at the girl standing besides the Dragon Officer.
Cesia slightly jumped into the air as Alfeegi's menacing glare quickly pinpointed her and bore deep down into her mind.
"WHERE. . .IS. . .HE. . .CESIA?" uttered Alfeegi through gritted teeth.
"Um. . .just so you know. . .Lord Lykouleon just ran out of the room. . ." said Cesia, pointing at the desk.
"WHAT?!" Alfeegi turned to look at the desk, and most definitely, the Dragon Lord was gone. "WHERE DID HE GO?!" he shouted, turning back to ask Cesia.
But the girl was gone, long gone. She had taken her chance to run out of the room and get as far away from the frightful White Dragon Officer as possible. She ran as hard as she could in a dress and then-
WHAM!
"Cesia? Hey, Cesia, are you okay? Where did you go? I know you told me to stay in that room, but. . ."
"Rath?" mumbled the violet-haired girl, rubbing her forehead and using her arms to push herself into the sitting up position.
And her assumption was correct. The Dragon Knight of Fire's blood-red eyes were staring into her own.
"Yah, that's me. . .well, at least according to you. . .did you forget who I was, too? I know I did. . ." said Rath, a little too cheerfully. He offered a hand to Cesia and pulled her up onto her feet.
'Geesh, he's giving me an even worse headache,' thought Cesia to herself. "Let's go back to-"
"Rath? Cesia? You're both back?" came a voice from behind them.
Both, girl and boy, turned around to face the speaker. Long, blonde locks went past the Water Dragon Knight's waist, and beautiful bright blue eyes stared questioningly at the two. Rune carried a stack of papers in both arms and haphazardly attempted to wave hello.
Cesia waved back to her half elf friend, but Rath just stared curiously, then changed his sight back on Cesia.
"Cesia. . .do I know this girl?"
With memories erased, how would Rath know that the word "girl" set off a bomb?
Different colored papers fluttered around this way and that as they were suddenly let go of from the grip of the Water Dragon Knight. "WHAT. . .DID. . .YOU CALL ME?" uttered Rune through clenched teeth. You could picture the fire spouting from his mouth.
Rath quickly hid himself behind Cesia and looked over her shoulder. "Cesia, she's scary. . ."
"Rath, SHUT UP!" urged Cesia, backing away from the Water Dragon Knight whom was drawing closer.
"Why? That girl's scary! Maker her go away!"
"RATH!" Cesia slapped a hand over the boy's mouth and secured it there tight.
Rune was coming ever closer to the cowering boy and girl. He was gripping his sword in both hands, prepared to kill.
"Now Rune, please, this is a big misunderstanding!" squeaked Cesia, her height making the scene much worse for Rune was several inches taller than her, making him seem even more frightful. "He didn't mean to call you a girl, he just-"
"JUST WHAT?!" hissed Rune, ready to strike.
"Just-"
"Geesh, just chill, Blondie."
SPLASH!
At that moment, a bucket of water emptied over Rune and positioned itself on top of his head, coming down to cover his eyes.
". . .THATZ!!!" roared Rune, yanking the bucket off his head and throwing it at the newcomer.
Earth Dragon Knight Thatz dodged the bucket (plus several other things) and walked over to stand next to the now soaked Water Dragon Knight. He pounded Rune on the back and smiled cheerfully. "You chilled enough now, Blondie?" asked the brown-haired boy sarcastically. Dark green eyes danced with happiness and joy. He had a scar running diagonally from the top right corner of his forehead to the bottom-left corner of his left cheek, and another one shaped as an X right next to it.
"Rath, Rune is a boy, a BOY!" whispered Cesia, taking this interception of the Earth Dragon Knight to explain Rune's outburst.
"Well how was I supposed to know?!" whispered Rath back, not coming out from behind Cesia.
"Rath! Cesia! How's it going?!" asked Thatz cheerfully, making his messy hair even messier my ruffling it up with his hand.
Rath looked over Cesia shoulder again and stared at the newcomer. "Who are you?"
Thatz curiously stared at his comrade of Fire. "You're joking, right?" he asked, folding his arms behind his head.
"Nope. Who are you guys?" asked Rath, finally coming out from behind his Cesia shield.
Water and Earth Dragon Knights stared questioningly at Cesia. "What's wrong with him?" asked both in unison.
"Um. . .well. . .you see. . .it's a long story, must I explain?" Cesia sighed and rubbed her forehead once again.
Blonde and brunette heads nodded up and down.
"Argh, fine. . .but it's gonna take a while. . ."
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"So that's why. . ." mumbled Rune to himself as the story was told.
"Heh! Funny!" remarked Thatz, ruffling up Rath's hair, "Alfeegi's gonna kill ya!"
"What's a feegi?" asked Rath, head cocked to the side, while ruthlessly slaughtering the White Dragon Officer's name.
"That's ALfeegi, Rath, not "feegi"," corrected Rune, crossing his arms and frowning, "Honestly, I never knew you to be such a twit."
Rath continued to stare at the blonde, confused, and asked another question. "What's a twit?"
Rune fumed for a few moments, then cooled down. He rubbed his forehead grumpily and shook his head; blonde locks swaying to and fro. "Never mind. . ."
"And the worst thing is. . .I don't know how to get his memory back," sighed Cesia, "Last time when it happened to me, I just snapped out of it. Actually, I don't really remember what happened. . ."