Chapter 4
Ilyana was still asleep and obviously is missing out on breakfast. She seemed to be a little tense while she was sleeping, like something was telling her that she needed to be somewhere. Ilyana then gasped and woke up. Not this feeling again…The feeling I got from yesterday's dream… She rested her head on her hand. I feel so tense now… I bet I'm not going to be hungry today; I'll stay in bed this time… Ilyana placed her head on her pillow and covered her body with her blanket.
Mia was watching her from outside her room. "Don't tell me she is still in that sad mood!"
"What are you doing Mia?" Ike walked over to her.
"Hey Boss, err… I'm just checking on Ilyana that's all!"
"Is she doing alright?" Ike decided to check on the mage from outside her room. "She is just sleeping. Shouldn't we wake her up?"
"I bet she wouldn't eat breakfast today like yesterday."
"That doesn't sound like her…"
"I know…"
"Is she sick?"
"I don't know…" Mia lied she did know but she had a feeling that Ilyana didn't want to get anybody else involved in her problem. Telling how Ilyana didn't talk about this with Mia.
"Well see if she will eat breakfast." Ike started to walk away.
"Aren't you going to see as well!"
"I can't I have to hide so Aimee doesn't find me and I don't want to hear the name "Ikey-poo" too!"
"Ikey-poo, where are you!" Aimee was from a distance, it sounded like she was coming closer.
"If you tell her what direction I went to I'll put you in kitchen duty!" Ike ran to the left direction of the hall.
"Poor guy." Mia said as she saw the spiky blue-haired lord running away. How old is Aimee anyway? Isn't Ike too young for her?
"You, dark purple-haired girl, have you seen your commander?" Aimee was walking towards Mia.
"Nope haven't seen him all day." Mia didn't want to be in kitchen duty unless Oscar teaches her how to cook. Say did Boyd ask Oscar yet?
"Doesn't anybody keep track of their own commander!" Aimee walked away upset.
Mia stuck her tongue out at Aimee because of that comment.
"What are you doing Mia?" Ilyana was standing in front of her door rubbing her eye.
"Nothing, let's go to breakfast." Mia grabbed Ilyana by her hand and marched towards breakfast.
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Ilyana didn't eat breakfast like yesterday. Mia and Ilyana were walking around the fort.
"Ilyana what is wrong now?" Mia looked at her seriously.
"I have that strange same feeling again like yesterday… And I feel tense too…"
"I wonder what that necklace is doing to you!" Mia looked at the blue necklace around Ilyana's neck.
"Please Mia let's not start this again…"
"Ilyana we are worried about you! You aren't eating you, want to stay in bed, you feel strange and tense!" Mia started to have a tear in her eye, ever since Boyd told her about the accident and Tormod telling her about the necklace she started to feel scared.
"…" Ilyana couldn't respond to it, she wanted to be strong and wait for her strength to bloom but without the necklace she might die by the other enemies. "Mia, if I'm too reckless with the necklace I could get hurt like the other day but I'm not going to be reckless anymore until my true strength blooms." Ilyana just walked ahead and Mia stood there not wanting Ilyana see tears running down her eyes.
"Ilyana…" Mia sobbed. She closed her eyes and ran the other way crying. I don't want you to die! Don't die! She then tripped and fell on the ground hard. "This sucks!" Mia's left cheek was facing the ground her eyes were closed. Then she heard foot steps coming, the foot steps stopped. Mia opened her eyes and saw Boyd standing right next to her holding his hand out. Mia looked at him and then looked at his hand.
"Grab my hand…" Boyd said. Mia grabbed it, and then Boyd helped her up.
"Thanks…" Mia had her head down not wanting Boyd to see her crying.
"I already know that you are crying…"
"…" Mia just kept on crying. Boyd was looking for something in his bag of healing items, he pulled out a handkerchief.
"Why d-do you have a handkerchief with you?" Mia asked
"Just in case if Rolf bleeds a lot then I could tie this around the wound but that never happened." Boyd gave Mia the handkerchief. Mia gave a little smile and wiped her tears away with it but she kept on crying.
Mia placed her head on Boyd's chest. "I don't want Ilyana to die!" She sobbed. Boyd placed his hand on the swordmaster's back. "That accident and the true nature of that necklace scare me… What if her magic got out of control and killed her!"
"Mia that will never happen… If she gets hurt we'll be there to heal her." Boyd responded. Mia looked at him with amazement.
"I thought you always reckless and stubborn but it turns out you have a sensitive side."
"Heh I guess I got it from taking care of Rolf when he was baby…"
Mia's eyes widen she was really amazed, and then she just hugged him. Boyd hugged her back.
"Are you guys done yet?" Tormod was running to Mia and Boyd. The fighter and swordmaster pushed away from each other. "Does that mean you two love each other…?" Tormod mumbled.
"NO!" Mia and Boyd yelled at the same time.
"Why are you even here!" Boyd asked.
"Ike told me to get you two because we have a mission!" Tormod explained. Boyd and Mia ran back to the fort and Tormod followed them.
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They were at the battle field; it was raining there too. There were 27 soldiers on the enemy side. They were scattered around the area, so the mercenaries had to split up into four groups. With Ike was: Oscar, Titania, Nephenee, Gatrie, Mia, Boyd, Rhys, Largo, and Ilyana.
Okay, I can't be reckless… Ilyana don't be reckless! Ilyana waited for an enemy to come by. The feeling came back but Ilyana just ignored it. Mia was keeping a close eye on her so was Boyd. Then a fighter was sneaking behind Ilyana with his axe high up on the air waiting to spill her blood.
"Ilyana, watch out!" Mia yelled as she gave the soldier in front of her a thrust and killed him.
Ilyana dodged the enemy's axe. "El Thunder!" She easily killed him.
"El Fire!" A sage was attacking Ilyana, she quickly dodged that too.
"Take this El Thunder!" She killed him as well. 2 soldiers were about to attack but she killed them too. The necklace glowed brightly and Ilyana started to feel weak, that dream really paralyzed her. She fell to her knees and looked down at the ground.
"Ilyana!" Mia was about to run to her but a sage stopped Mia right on her tracks with an El Wind attack. "Ahh!" Mia fell down she was injured badly. Boyd killed the sage and ran to his friend.
"Are you alright? Here take this elixir." Boyd handed her the healing item. Mia used it and felt better.
"Thank-you…" Mia got up from the ground then 6 soldiers were behind them. They were about to kill Mia and Boyd! Ilyana saw them and she got up.
"El Thunder!" Ilyana yelled the magic killed all 6 soldiers. Then the magic backfired and electrocuted Ilyana. "Ahh!" Ilyana was knocked out she fell to the floor. Mia and Boyd ran to her.
"Ilyana, wake up! Wake up!" Mia sobbed.
"Rhys! Get over here quickly!" Boyd yelled to the bishop. Ike, Rhys, and the others heard Boyd's yell and then ran to see what was wrong.
"What happened to Ilyana!" Rhys asked as he was healing her.
"Mia and I were about to be killed by 6 soldiers but Ilyana killed them all then her magic backfired at her…" Boyd explained.
"Why would it backfire?" Ike mumbled to himself he was confused and never seen this happen. "It looks like all the enemies are gone. Let's take Ilyana back and let her rest…"
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Ilyana was asleep for 6 hours. Mia, Boyd, and Ike were watching to see any changes, to see if she is moving a muscle or her hand.
"Mia, Boyd, you guys know something do you?" Ike said looking at them. His face was serious and he doesn't want to hear any lies.
Boyd looked at Mia and nodded his head and she nodded back. "We do know something…" Boyd finally said.
Mia reached out for Ilyana's necklace. "This necklace is no ordinary necklace; it has special powers that increases thunder magic into a high level. It can get very dangerous if you are too reckless, it might even cost your life. This is the cause of the accident the other day and today. A woman gave this to Ilyana so she could survive while waiting for her true strength to be unleashed…"
Ike's eyes widen. "When Ilyana wakes up we have to get this away from her…"
"Yes sir…" Boyd and Mia said at the same time. They waited all night they even fell asleep while waiting.
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Mia woke up and notices it was morning. She looked at Boyd and Ike sleeping and drooling on the floor. "Eww… Wake up you two…" Mia was so sleepy she couldn't make her voice loud. Mist came in and looked at the two boys with a freaked out look.
"I guess I better wake them up before they soak the floor with spit…" Mist took her staff and started poking her brother on the cheek with it. "Ike, wake up! Wake up!" She kept on poking him. She then had an idea. "Oh Ikey-poo where are you!"
Ike's eyes opened with fear and then he jumped up. "Ahh, keep her away from me!"
"Calm down Ike it was just me!" Mist said. Ike glared at her.
"Why am I covered in spit?" Ike looks at his shirt with disgust.
"It is your own spit Ike you and Boyd were drooling on the floor." Mist looked at Boyd and walked to him and started to poke him in the cheek.
"Wake up Boyd, if you miss practice you'll have to do kitchen duty!" Mist said sarcastically.
Boyd's eyes opened, and he jumped up. "I DON'T WANT TO DO KITCHEN DUTY!"
"I was just kidding!" Mist said perkily. Boyd just glared at her.
"I'm going to change my clothes…" Boyd walked to his room.
"I'm going to change my clothes too…" Ike walked to his room too.
"Ilyana is still asleep… I hope she gets better…" Mist's perky attitude turned into a worried attitude.
"Me too…" Mia looked at Ilyana then when she looked at the blue necklace her eyes were filled with anger. Her fist was shaking. If I see that women face to face I'll make her regret that she ever gave Ilyana this necklace!
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It was the afternoon, Ilyana was still asleep, and Mia was still watching her. "Why won't you wake up?" Mia puts her head down on the table that was next to Ilyana's bed.
"Mia we have to go take care of top class berserkers and bandits…" Boyd was standing in the door way. Mia got up and walked to him. "She'll be alright…" Boyd placed his hand on her shoulder. Mia hugged him.
"I hope you are right…" Mia whispered. She stopped hugging then both of them ran to the mercenaries.
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It was a few hours later the mercenaries haven't came back yet. Ilyana was alone in the fort still sleeping.
Ilyana wake up now! Your friends need your help! Find the courage with in and conquer the necklace's will use its energy but don't let it get you down! The voice sounded like the woman who gave the necklace.
Ilyana please wake up!
Ilyana woke up. "I must save them! But where are they!" Ilyana jumped out of her bed.
Head west, there you'll find your friends. This time it was the dragon from her dream. Ilyana listened to the voice in her head and ran to where her friends were.
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"This sucks…" Ike mumbled. All of them were trapped in cages like wild animals.
"Hahaha, we have defeated the Greil Mercenaries, the ones who defeated the King of Daein, Ashnard." Laughed the boss berserker, his hair was black, his eyes were brown and he was very muscular too…
"Well digging holes that are 19 feet deep and covering them up perfectly is cheating!" Calill said she was in the same cage as Ike and was standing right next to him too.
"Well it is not my fault all of you fell inside them!" The boss growled. His face was close to Calill's face.
Calill waved her hand up and down in front of her face and backed away. "Well not taking a breath mint is your fault, buster…"
"I like you, maybe I should spare your life and you could be my bride!" The boss said.
Calill freaked out. "OH GOD! NO! I RATHER DIE!" Calill wanted to cast a spell but they had her tome.
"Fine, but you don't know what you are missing gorgeous." The berserker turned away.
Calill's freaked face turned into a disgusted face. She walked next to Volke it was hard to get there since they were all squished together. "Volke, can you get us out of here?" Calill whispered to him.
"I can't because I can't move and if we weren't squished I'd get us out of here but the berserker would spill all my blood and lock the door again." He whispered back.
"Well there is no use into asking Sothe." Calill mumbled to herself.
Mia and Boyd were together. "I wonder if Ilyana has woken up yet…" Mia sighed. Boyd's eyes widen as he looked behind her. "What is wrong?"
"Ilyana has come…" He pointed to the purple-haired mage running to them to save the day.
"Boss look, a mage is coming!" A bandit informed. The boss looked at her when she arrived.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"I'm part of the Greil Mercenaries and I want you to let them go!" She yelled at him.
"Hahaha, fat chance boys finish her off!" The bandits all were running towards her.
Please blue necklace, don't backfire at me. I'm your user and I'm not afraid of your powers! Ilyana's heart meant it then the blue necklace glowed except of glowing into a sky blue color it glowed into a snow white color. Ilyana suddenly smiled, her tense and bad feelings went away and courageous and happy feelings kicked in. "El Thunder!" Ilyana held both of her arms up in the air then a huge ball of electricity formed on her hands. Her friends' eyes glowed with amazement as they watched and all the bandits that were attacking her stopped dead in their tracks their eyes filled with fear.
Ilyana moved the ball in front of her. "GO, ATTACK THEM NOW!" The ball of electricity shot out of her hands and went straight to the bandits.
"AHH!" They screamed. Once the ball hit them the screaming stopped and the bandits were gone except for their boss.
"Alright Ilyana, you are the coolest!" Her friends cheered with amazement.
The berserker whistled then 4 dragon Laguz appeared then they transformed.
"Let's see if you could defeat us!" He threw his short axe at Ilyana, Ilyana stepped to the left side the axe ripped a part of her clothing that was next to the thread of the necklace. Then the thread broke a part and the necklace fell to the ground. Ilyana tried to pick it up but she was stopped by one of the dragons by his dragon breathe. Ilyana had to dodge it because if she didn't she would die. Then the dragon whipped its tail and it whacked the necklace away.
"Oh no!" Ilyana kept on dodging the berserker and his dragons' blows. What am I going to do? She thought for a moment, she is still filled with courage and she can feel the thunder dragon's presence around her. I can beat them without the necklace!
"Prepare to die!" The boss swung his axe at her Ilyana back flipped away from the axe and the axe just slammed the ground. The dragons were suddenly behind her and the berserker was close to her. "Surround her now!" The dragons surrounded her.
"Oh no, she'll be…" Mia sobbed.
"No she won't! Soren throw your El Wind tome to Ilyana and tell her to do that trick you accidentally did 2 weeks ago." Boyd told Soren who was next to him.
Soren gave a sneer. "Ilyana catch!" Soren threw his El Wind book to Ilyana. Ilyana saw it coming to her and she caught it! "Do that trick I accidentally did 2 weeks ago! You saw it right?"
"Yes!" Ilyana yelled. Ilyana gave a short jump. "El Wind!" She pointed the magic under her then the wind pushed her up very high. She landed on the cage that her friends were in.
"Good job!" Soren told her.
"Thank-you Soren!" Ilyana squeezed the book through the rails to Soren he grabbed it. Ilyana then jumped off the cage and ran away from it and then she focused on the dragon's presences. "El Thunder!" She screamed it out like she did in the dream. She glowed yellow and then the same circle appeared with lightning shooting out of it and forming the dragon. The mercenaries' eyes grew with more amazement. The dragon was complete and it was very huge and scary. The berserker and dragons froze. "GO ATTACK THEM NOW!" The dragon strikes them and it ends with a giant explosion!
The mercenaries were alright but they couldn't see if Ilyana was alright because of the smoke.
"Soren use your tome to blow the smoke away." Ike commanded.
"Alright, El Wind!" Soren's wind blew the smoke away.
They all gasped because of what they saw. The enemy was gone but Ilyana was lying down on the ground like she was dead… She was dusty and a little bit of blood was running down her mouth. Some of the girls started crying.
Mia cried the most. "Ilyana…" Mia sobbed. Ike rested his head on the rail he was really upset… Soren just looked at the purple mage sadly. Mia was crying very hard, Ilyana was like her best friend, Boyd wrapped his arms around her and Mia buried her face in his chest.
"Commander Ike, I'm hungry…" Ike looked at the person who said his name. It was Ilyana! She got up wiping the blood off her chin.
"Ilyana, you are alive!" Ike cheered. The rest looked at her with happiness.
"Huzzah!" They cheered.
"She is alive!" Mia and Boyd yelled.
Ilyana walked to them and opened the cage everybody ran out to compliment her. Ike, Boyd, Mia, Soren, and Tormod were the last ones.
"You were amazing!" Tormod said
"Thanks…" Ilyana responded.
"It is a good thing you watched me do that trick!" Soren said.
"That became very handy!" Ilyana cheered.
Mia hugged her. "I'm so happy that you are alive!"
"Mia you are squishing me!"
"Sorry!" Mia let her go.
"I saw you and Boyd hugging!" Ilyana said in a silly tone. Mia just blushed.
"We weren't really hugging we were so squished together that it looked like we were hugging!" Boyd explained. Mia was nodding in agreement.
"Hehe, come on let's go get you something to eat! You were great with out the necklace." Ike said.
"The necklace, the woman wanted it back!" Ilyana looked for it.
"Don't worry my friend, I have it right here." The woman walked to Ilyana. She was holding the necklace. "You have finally unlocked it! You won't need this anymore my friend."
"Thank-you for all your help!" Ilyana said.
"You are welcome now if you don't mind I'll be on my way."
"Wait who are you anyways?" Ike asked.
"My name is Aria. I help mages that doubt their selves." She then disappeared.
"A person who helps mages that doubt their selves." Ike mumbled to himself.
"Well she did a good job I don't doubt myself anymore!" Ilyana said.
"That is great." Ike responded.
"Let's go eat now!" Ilyana ran ahead the others followed her. Thanks to Aria, Ilyana doesn't doubt herself and she has unlocked her true strength.
End of Story
