"Serge! It's been a long time! How's Arni?" spoke Dario.
"Well. The village is doing well." replied Serge as he motioned toward Omega. "This is a friend of mine, Omega Zeal. I've been helping him search for an important item that he seems to have lost. We were wondering if it might be somewhere in Vipor Manor's treasury."
"Sure. Come in, please. I am Dario." he said as he motioned for Serge and Omega to come inside. "What exactly is it you are looking for?" asked Dario.
"My Weapon, the Omega Blade. I have an important battle upcoming, and I'll need my sword to do well." I said.
"Must be quite an opponent. After seeing the way you fight, it would have to be someone, or something really powerful." said Serge.
"Correct you are, Serge. I must fight myself, or, to be more accurate, my double. He is absorbing all of his doubles to make himself more powerful. I am the only other one left. In a manner of speaking, I am fighting every double of myself that existed in any other dimension." I told them.
"Wow. That sounds like it'll be quite the battle. Here we are." said Dario as he opened the door to the treasury. "All weapons are kept in the area." he said as they walked to one side of the room.
"This is all of them?" I asked.
"Yes, is it here?" replied Dario.
"No, it isn't. But thank you anyway." I said with a slight smile on my face.
"Perhaps Steena can be of help. We should head over to Guldove next." suggested Serge.
"Alright." I replied.
"Would you two like to stay for dinner tonight? You do look a little famished. You could head out in the morning." said Dario.
Serge and I agreed. We first got cleaned up while dinner was being cooked, then we sat down and ate a delicious meal while conversing with Dario. I learned more of Serge's adventure, and of his dimension travelling experience. We also learned how Dario turned the Manor into an orphanage. Serge asked if Dario wished to join us on our quest, but he declined. He needed to stay here to take care of the children. After dinner, and some more conversation, Dario showed Serga and I to our rooms for the night. That night I had an odd dream.
I dreamt of my childhood. Particularly of a friend I had back then. He was an orphan, shunned by all the other children. I alone became his friend.
The dream was of me fighting him, but I had never done such a thing. Before I could pursue the dream further, I awoke. Serge and I ate breakfast, said our goodbyes and thanks to Dario, then headed back to Termina.
We had to look for Korcha, as he was running around town, but that didn't take long at all. He asked where we wanted to go to next, and Serge told him, we wanted to speak with Steena. He took us to Guldove, and Serge brought me to Steena's hut. Because Serga and Steena were friends, we were allowed to enter. I told Steena my story, and that I needed to find my weapon. She told me that we could find what I was searching for on the Island of the Dead. After thanking her, we made our way to leave. Serge had exited, but Steena called for me to come back before I left.
"Yes?" I asked.
"There are other matters that trouble you." she said.
"...yes." I replied.
"You have had a strange dream." she said.
I simply stared, shocked that she knew.
"In the future, the message your dreams are giving you will come to pass. That is all I can say." she then sat down, going back to her business.
I left, thinking about what she said to me. Serge asked if I was okay, and I said I was fine. Now was not the time to mention my dream to him, because I still didn't know what it meant. 'Message of my dreams' does it have something to do with the boy I once knew? Only time would tell, I suppose.
Korcha took us to the Island of the Dead. He didn't want us to be gone for long, because he was scared of the place. Serge and I continued inland, looking for my sword.
Before long, we had come to the center of the Island. We saw nothing. Just as we were about to leave, something started to rise from the ground. First we saw a scythe, then its body came up.
"Lynx?!" said Serge.
"Time to fight?" I asked.
"You know it." replied Serge.
We pulled out our weapons, and readied to fight. We did an X-Stirke, knocking Lynx backa few steps. He then stuck a hand out at us and said 'Forever Zero'. The powerful black magic attack knocked the wind out of us, but we were able to wheather the attack. Serge cast Luminaire, and I cast Supernova, and together we finished off Lynx.
"You knew him?" I asked Serge.
"Just a shadow of a past enemy. Happens a lot around here. We probably ought to go before something stronger appears." he said.
"Alright." I replied, a little dissappointed that we didn't find my sword.
When we got back to Korcha, he mentioned seeing some take off in another boat in a hurry with something shining like the rainbow with them. Instantly I knew that someone had taken the sword just before we got there. I told Korcha to hurry after whoever it was. Soon we arrived at Termina, just in time to see a ship leave for the mainland. We had to wait before another ship was ready to leave for the mainland, and then we bid farewell to Korcha, and had to wait until the ship docked at Porre. Once we had arrived, we asked some locals about the mysterious person. A few of them said that he was last seen just outside of town. As we followed, I noticed where a portal had been opened recently.
"He used a portal here. Let's go." I said as I used my pendant to open the portal.
When we reappeared, after a little searching, we discovered that we were in the year 1002 AD. Not knowing just where to start, we headed north toward Guardia Castle...