1All right, I can't believe that I finally get to write these few chapters. I'm guessing on three chapters for the war to take place over, so be prepared. There will be lots of excitement. Anyway, I've had the ideas for this war in my head since I began writing the first chapter, so don't be offended if your ideas aren't in here. Oh, and if anyone has any suggestions for Storm stories for me to write, give me ideas by sending a personal message through my profile page. One-shots, sequels, or the prequel I was considering. Whatever, I'm open for suggestions as far as that goes. I will see what I can come up with. Well, here goes.

Chapter 20: The Hour of War

Storm and the others lined up in the middle of the field. On the other side was Pronyma, leading her Desian army, consisting of about four hundred or so soldiers. Storm and her band of nine members were outrageously outnumbered. Storm flew up into the air and waited for Pronyma to do the same. Pronyma flew above her army and flew towards the middle, Storm doing the same. They ended up around a hundred feet from each other.

"Well Storm, this may be easier than I thought, you seem to be outnumbered," Pronyma pointed out.

"Well Pronyma, perhaps you should look more closely," Storm replied as she looked behind her.

The rest of her group had no idea what Storm was so confident about. They looked behind them and saw Yuan bringing in a large army of Renegades. But even with these reinforcements they were still drastically outnumbered.

"Big deal, so you've got a few more soldiers, you'll still be wiped out by my army," Pronyma laughed.

"I wasn't done," Storm said as she looked to the skies. From the distance a multitude of angels flew onto the field, prepared to fight. They were all equipped with either swords or spears. They had more life and personality on them since Cruxis had been destroyed. Storm and Pronyma's armies were now evenly matched and both were ready to fight. Storm had managed to call in her reinforcements just in time, and had saved her group's necks.

Pronyma gave Storm a death glare and flew back towards her army, Storm flew around and landed near hers. She flew down to where her friends were and greeted Yuan.

"Thanks for coming on such notice," she said as she hugged him.

"Hey, when Derris Kharlan is in stake, we move quickly," he replied.

"What's the plan?" Lloyd asked.

"Head on assault, the angels will attack from the air and everyone will take it from the ground. I'm assuming that you can lead your troops Yuan?" Storm asked.

"Yes, but I would like to have Sheena, Raine, and Genis accompany me. We could use the Summon Spirits and Raine and Genis' magic," Yuan replied.

"Good. Lloyd I expect that you, Regal, and Presea can also help the soldiers," Storm said.

"I'm ready to kick some Desian butt if everyone else is," he replied enthusiastically. The others nodded in agreement.

"Great, now Kratos, Zelos, and Colette will lead the angels. If things look grim, get everyone to safety and I'll try to take care of it," she added. "No one touch Pronyma, she's mine," she ordered with fire in her eyes.

"Let's do this already," Sheena said as the group split up into their groups. Zelos and Storm gave each other a quick hug and kiss before they went their separate ways.

Storm flew up and decided to give her army a little inspiration. She flew up to the level her angels were flying at and flew along the line and yelled to everyone, "It all comes down to this battle. No matter what happens out there, never give up hope, never surrender. This is for Derris Kharlan, we can't let her win. If she does, life will return the way it once was: lifeless. We can't let that happen, we must protect what belongs to you all. For Derris Kharlan!" Storm yelled as her army cheered.

Pronyma, on the other side of the field, was flying across her line, "It's time to take back what rightfully belongs to us. We can't let Derris Kharlan fall into the hands of the humans. It's time to finish what Mithos started. Remember, you're fighting for your rights. For the Age of Half-Elves!" she yelled as her army cheered.

Storm and Pronyma both gave the signal to their armies to attack and the battle began. Both sides charged and when the two sides met, it seemed as if the ground shook from their impact. Kratos led the angels into combat from above, attacking Pronyma's soldiers in the back of her army. Genis, Raine, and Yuan attacked with their magical attacks, launching them hundreds of feet, causing serious damage to her lines. Angels, Renegades, and Desians were all falling quickly. There was bloodshed and death all over the place as soldiers were ripped apart by each other. Lloyd was showing off his impressive sword skills, while Sheena was flooding the field with the help of Undine.

Storm flew up to Pronyma at full speed, with Pronyma coming at her as quickly as she could as well. They collided, throwing each other backward from the attacks. The two were attacking each other hundreds of feet above their armies. Storm went to attack Pronyma, who was able to move away quickly, landing a blow to Storm in the back, sending her flying to the ground. Storm stopped short a few feet from the ground and turned herself around and flew back up towards the leader. Pronyma attempted to attack Storm with her Leonasium attack when she reached her but Storm managed to teleport behind her and attack Pronyma with her Death Eater attack instead.

Pronyma recovered and the two looked at each other mid air. Storm was about to attack when her headache returned, full force. She looked over at Pronyma who seemed to be suffering from the same thing. Suddenly, Storm left the battlefield. It felt just like in the forest when she saw the vision of Spiritua, except she didn't know where she was.

She tried to look around, and soon realized that she was in the Tower of Salvation. She saw Spiritua, the two boys, Kratos, and what appeared to be a member of Cruxis. It looked as if she was watching Spiritua turn into an angel, just like Colette once had. She stared on and knew that Spiritua was unable to say anything. This scene reminded her so much of all the things she once went through with Lloyd and the others. There was her father, standing around, watching the whole scene unfold as Spiritua looked to her friends. Unlike her last time, no one was trying to save her, instead they all looked happy. She looked to Kratos and saw the pain in his eyes, she could tell that the deception of the event was killing him inside.

Suddenly, she heard what sounded like Spiritua's voice. She didn't know how it was possible, but she assumed that she was hearing Spiritua's thoughts before she lost her life.

"I have lost so much more than my life because of my duty as the Chosen. I lost my dignity, my freedom, and my soul. It is because of the people of this world that I must die. I will die for them and I was treated worthless my whole life by everyone I knew. I swear, they will all pay for my suffering. I will shed the blood of all the people in this world to repay for my pain. I will make them all suffer for what they did to me," Storm heard Spiritua think before her soul was lost to the angel of Cruxis, ending her short life.

Storm remembered Mithos telling her of the failed vessel Spiritua, When her body didn't work she was killed off completely, making he sacrifice pointless.

Suddenly, it grew dark around the Tower of Salvation as the darkness crept over her vision. She saw the eyes that had haunted her in the past.

"No! It can't be," Storm gasped as she awoke from her vision.

"Haha! I didn't even have to kill you Storm. It seems as if Spiritua had something to settle with the world, and she knew I was the best choice to carry on her wish. I guess family ties don't go that far," Pronyma laughed maniacally as she began a gruesome transformation. Large, black wings erupted from her back as she was infused with Spiritua's power.

The wings, were feathered like real wings and were covered in blood. A black aura began to spill from Pronyma's body and it suddenly erupted violently as Storm was thrown backward from the energy. She was slammed into the ground several hundred feet behind her side of the battlefield. Kratos saw her fall to the ground, and called the remaining troops back. The army retreated as Pronyma continued her transformation.

"Derris Kharlan will belong to me!" she laughed as the black darkness began to change the mid day, sunny sky into a pitch black night sky. Storm looked up and was hardly able to see anything through the darkness. Pronyma landed alongside her army, and lining them up created a large firewall in front of them.

Kratos and the rest of her friends surrounded her and the scene from her dream returned to her (A/N check out chap 1). Lloyd still had a look of determination on his face, but it seemed he was only using it to cover up the fatigue and hopelessness that he really wished to expressed. Her father was scouting the area for any signs of a way to help their chances of winning. Everyone else in the group had already seemed to have given up hope. They had realized that without Spiritua's reincarnate on their side, their chances of winning were impossible.

Well, there you go. That's the first part of the war. Storm and the gang will try to keep fighting, but it won't be very good. Anyway, keep reading, don't give up on me yet. Anyway, I hope you liked it, I'm sure everyone's jaws are at the floor by now. I love twisting the story on everyone. I always thought it was funny when everyone kept reviewing throughout the story thinking that Storm was the reincarnate, but she wasn't. I was always busting up laughing at my computer, it was hard to keep it a secret. Anyway, please review and tell me what you thought. Remember, if you want to see more Storm, give me ideas by messaging me at my profile page. Thanks!