This chapter is all about Serenity's past. It's how she got to Central, why she was covered in blood, what she is, and what her real name is...

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"Lord Dio?"

"Yes?"

"...Why is it that I serve you and not Queen Delphine?"

"Because, she entrusted me with you. And when she does that, I can't say no."

A little girl, about 15, with long silver hair and aqua eyes stared out the window of the Guild ship. She looked depressed as she asked a bunch of questions to Dio. She looked over to Lucciola, who was with Dio, playing chess. She smiled a weak smile and turned back towards the window.

There was a commotion from the Guild saying that there were two large ships outside, shooting at them. The ship leaned over to one side and then the other as it was getting hit . The little girl ran over to Dio and Lucciola and hid behind them both. Dio looked down at her.

"It's okay, Ten. They're not gonna get you. After all, you're our key to Exile."

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Just for people who don't know...' ten' in Japanese means 'heaven'

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She stared up at him.

The ship shook as a voice came up over the PA.

"We've been hit! I repeat, We have been hit! The ship's going down!"

Ten started to panic a little as the ship turned to its side and hurled itself towards the Earth. Dio grabbed a bag and handed it to Ten.

"Open it!"

Ten opened it and a tiny dragon came out. It flew to the middle of the room and grew to about 20 feet. Ten was put on its back and the dragon broke through the window and flew down to the ground.

Just before it made it to the ground, the dragon was shot at by enemy ships. It hit the ground with such a force, that Ten flew and hit the ground 50 feet away from it. She barely had the strength to look up and see a telephone booth in front of her. Ten saw the ship going down and she watched as the ship crashed far away.

She wanted to cry, but she couldn't. She wasn't human. Ten was anatromically created being, not a human girl. The tears wanted to come, but nothing. She looked at her clothes and gasped as she saw that they were covered in the dragon's blood.

Ten tried to get up, but she suddenly felt very dizzy and realized that the memory had been hit. She soon forgot everything that happened and fainted on the ground...

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Serenity tried to break free from Delphine's grasp, but Delphine wouldn't let go. Dio ran up to his sister and started to yell at her.

"Delphine! I thought you were dead! How did you escape!"

"The same way you did, Dio dear."

Serenity looked at Dio and asked, "How did you escape Dio?"

"I escaped right before the ship hit the ground. I used one of the dragons, too."

"What about Lucciola?"

Dio turned and his eyes teared up. He shook his head as tears ran down his cheeks. Serenity gasped lightly and stared at the floor.

Havoc walked over to Serenity and put his hand on her shoulder. He looked at her as she looked up at him, and he smiled at her.

"It's okay..."

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Back at HQ, Hughes was trying to leave to find Serenity, but his work held him back. It was about three hours since Havoc's call came in and he was getting nervous.

All of a sudden, something flew by the window of his office, and Hughes shot up and stared out the window. He threw his chair back at the wall and ran out the door. Hughes ran downstairs and was stopped by a fellow soldier. Hughes stopped and his face was shadowed over. He turned to the guy with a terrifying look that looked like he could kill someone. The soldier nervously let go of his shoulder and Hughes zipped out the door. He ran down the street yelling Serenity's name.

There was a little gray ship sitting in front of him and fhe stopped and looked at it strangely. A little girl with short red hair popped out of the back seat and a boy with spiked blonde hair popped out of the first seat.

"Hey! You need help?"

Hughes was relieved to find someone that would help him and he ran towards the ship and jumped inside.

"Hi! I'm Lavie and this is Claus!"

"Hi. I'm Hughes."

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Serenity tried to fight Delphine and she kept missing as Delphine dodged Serenity's attacks.

"Aw, c'mon now. Didn't I program you to fight better than that?"

Serenity stopped and her eyes shrank as she heard her name being called over the sound of an engine. She turned and saw a vanship racing towards them. It landed behind them and three people hopped out of it. Serenity saw Hughes and tried to run to him, but Delphine held her back.

Hughes stopped as two star shaped ships circled around him. Serenity turned to see a pair of guns from each ship pointed at him. Her eyes turned violet and the ground started to shake a little. Delphine got nervous and let go. Serenity jolted over to the ships and jumped on top of one of them. When she jumped off, it exploded. She was about to go to the next one, but there was a loud bang and she fell to the ground. Her eyes went back to normal and she looked up.

Hughes fell to the ground with his left leg completely gone.

"DADDY!"

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