Note: I do not owe Last Exile world setting, Sophia Forrester, Alex Rowe, Vincent Alzey, Urbanus, Silvana etc. But I do owe the plot and a couple of original characters. The next chapter will be much longer, hope you got interested in the story. So let's start…
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Forgotten magic
Chapter 1: Instead of Prologue
Sophia looked again at the battlefield. She had won but the price was high as ever. The heart still throbbed heavily when she was thinking about him. Even the new peaceful skies of Disith and Anatoray couldn't take away her sorrow. "Why do I always have to pay even for the smallest joys in my life, even for the dearest people?.. Alex…I don't believe that you're dead…"
The wind didn't answer. Outside the bridge of Silvana driving snow continued its dance covering the corpses of Guild ships as they had never existed before. Through the curtain of white mist remains of battered Urbanus could be hardly visible, broken-down in two parts
it careened on the port side and now was nothing more than a pile of useless metal.
Sophia Forrester turned away from this pitiful sight. She looked confidently ahead of her, leaving past doubts and hopes behind; she looked ahead in the future…
Vincent Alzey leaned against the window-frame. Heavycargo was flying at the full speed towards Claim Solais, an Anatoray flagship commanded by Madthaine duke of Norikia. Vince, now a captain without a ship, had a faraway look in his eyes. "Farewell my sworn friend…I guess you are happy together with Yuris out there, anyway you have found peace at last… perhaps for the first time in your life…", Vince smirked. The first mate approached him reporting duke's message meanwhile aircraft was landing in the hangar.
Vincent headed towards the exit without response and looked at the window for the one last time. His sight was still seeking a grey ship far above the clouds that rumored to be invincible. "I know you wanted him to stay instead of me…"