Well, here's the next chapter of the story. I think that this one is almost done and that the last one for the Dark Age series is coming up. I hope that you're all enjoying this story so far. I'm sorry to all my reviewers that I haven't been very good about replying to your reviews, but I have been super busy. Updating becomes difficult after awhile. I've got a full time job, college to get ready for, plus a second job on the weekends. It gets tough, but I want to make sure that I at least get time to update the story occasionally. Sorry if I haven't replied, but I don't know if I can. I hope one big one is good enough. Thank you so much to Raspedra Twilight, fUtUrE LlOyD, RoyalFanatic, Mez 10000, Daniel the Dragonfly, The Supreme Dragon Knight, Silvan Arrow, Kratos Wilder, and Kararu Rinamino for your reviews for the last chapter. You really have no idea how much they mean to me. Thanks and enjoy the next chapter.

Chapter 14: Raid

"Where are we going Anna?" Kagerou asked his cousin as they were flying towards Heimdall. This time Storm took Martel, helping Anna with the load.

"Well...have you ever tried to make a pact with the Summon Spirits?" Anna asked him, wondering just how much their mother had taught them.

"Well, yeah, Mom taught me and Martel, but we've never been very good at it. We haven't tried very often, but we have tried to," Kagerou replied. "But you didn't answer, where are we going?" he asked once more, determined to get an answer.

"We're going to a city of eleves. It's called Heimdall. When we get there we want you and Martel to try and form a pact with the Summon Spirit that's there. Your mom wants one of you to take over this spirit for her. It's your final test to see if you can be a summoner," Anna told him.

"Really! She thinks that we're ready to try on our own?" he asked excitedly.

"Yep, just make sure to do your best," she reminded him as they began to descend as they came upon Heimdall.

Once their group had landed Storm looked at Mithos who was obviously thinking of some way to get them all into Heimdall so they could make their way to the forest. There was a pretty large amount of mana being used to hold up the barrier around the entrance. There were two soldiers guarding the entrance that were using their magical abilities to create and maintain the barrier for the village. They would have to distract the soldiers enough to allow someone to even get close to the village.

"Storm, your family should be allowed in the village," Mithos told her. She looked at him, shaking her head.

"No, I am now a criminal of this village. I stole one of your Crystal shards from here. They will not accept me here," Storm explained to him.

Mithos thought for a few moments before replying. "Maybe we can use that as our advantage," he thought out loud as he went to Storm to explain his idea to her.

Before long Storm was right outside of the barrier. She was standing there, trying to get the attention of the guards at the entrance. After enough flying around she managed to gain the attention that she was looking for. Mithos, Kagerou, Martel, and Anna all watched from behind their hiding places as they watched their plan unfold.

"Look, it's Storm Wilder! Catch her quick before she escapes again," one of the guards yelled to the others as he pointed in Storm's direction. Storm landed on the ground and watched as their group made their way to her, letting the barrier down so they could use the man power to catch her.

Once the barrier was down, Mithos and the others rushed out and ran by them all as Storm released her wings and flying right over them in the nick of time. The guards, realizing that they had been tricked ran after the group, releasing a few Fireball and Lightning attacks on them. Mithos and Storm both took a few hits, pushing the children out of the way of the attacks, taking the attacks themselves.

More soldiers arrived at the entrance to try and stop them with man power as the magic users followed up from behind. Storm and the others were going to just fly over the foot soldiers, but the mages behind them put up another barrier in front of them. Now, the mages and Mithos' group were locked out of Heimdall. The only problem for the elves was that they had nothing protecting them in front. They were using a lot of mana just to hold a continuous barrier, that's why they had to constantly switch out guards. Storm and Anna turned around as Storm released her Bloody Lance attack on a few of them, taking what was left of their mana as they fell to the ground, weakening the barrier. Mithos was a little surprised that Storm could use such a dark attack, but he decided that it was an effect of her rage on her powers. Not only were they making her stronger, but they were allowing her to learn new powers as well. The others were attacked by Anna's Dark Sphere attack. Once the last of the mages were knocked out and the barrier was gone, Mithos' group only had to make it past the soldiers.

Storm pulled out her sword and got ready for the attack as Mithos and Anna got ready with their own powers. Storm came at one and began to exchange blows with him with her sword. They fought back and forth, her opponent beginning to become a hassle. Finally, she looked over to Mithos who was getting tired of the whole situation too. They both released their Outburst attack, knocking two of the soldiers out. Anna was using a combination of her Leonasium and Aggarasium attacks to first blow the soldiers off their feet before knocking them back with her powerful attacks.

Storm; however, didn't see as some more soldiers came up behind her, but was alerted to their presence by Martel. Storm moved to the right quickly, avoiding a fatal blow to her back, but getting a deep cut in her arm. She clutched her now bleeding arm as she attempted to fight back against the soldier. Finally, Mithos came to her aid and went behind the soldier, stabbing him the back, killing him instantly. Storm fell to one knee as she felt blood seeping through her fingers as she attempted to apply enough pressure to stop the bleeding, but not succeeding. Mithos walked to her, placing his hand over her arm. Soon, she felt a warm sensation pass over her arm that she recognized as his First Aid technique. She took her hand off her arm, seeing that it was completely healed over.

Once the rest of the soldiers were finished off the group continued into the village, none of the residences daring to go after the group. They walked into the forest without any verbal objections by any of the citizens of Heimdall.

The elder watched as Storm walked silently behind Mithos. He sadly shook his head as he quietly muttered to himself.

"If only she knew who she really was. But...she's blinded by her past...and Mithos," he sighed.

Well, that's the end of this chapter. Hopefully the end of this chapter will be explained eventually, but if I don't get to it, it's because when I go to college I don't have enough time to write. If that happens I'm sorry. Hopefully I'll get to that explanation. If not, pretend it was never there or something. Sorry... Anyway, let me know what you thought. I know that it was kind of a pathetic chapter, but hopefully the next one will be better. Remember that this one is almost done! Thanks and please review to tell me what you thought.