Chapter Two: Grave Mistakes.

"Elsword? Elsword!" The cry echoed down the halls throughout the house. The first to react was none other than Elesis, shooting upright at the sound of her brother's name being cried in distress. She rolled out of bed and bolted out the door, putting on her robe in a hurry. Rena and Raven were also quick to react, following the crimsonette down the hall to the source of the cry. Not caring for manners Elesis barged through the door to Aisha's room with her shoulder.

"Aisha! What happened?!" Elesis demanded, seeing the magus bent over the collapsed mound of her brother. Aisha remained quiet, still as stone.

"Aisha? Are you alright?" Rena asked more delicately, coming up to her.

"I…" Aisha was in tears. Rena finally looked down at Elsword and gasped.

"A-Aisha! What happened to Elsword?" Rena managed to say; dreadfully confused at the predicament at hand. Elesis pushed past them and just stared at her sibling, unconscious on the floor and no longer the same. The face has softened, the chest protruded outwards, the hips more pronounced.

"What did you do!?" Elesis growled. Rena shielded the sobbing mage from her, glaring at the hothead as a warning to calm down. By this time the others had come and were all equally confused.

"I…I was working on a p-potion….and since Elsword was so mean d-during the game I told him to help me test it. I-It was just a simple gender change potion, but he should have passed out!" Aisha explained through the tears.

"Everyone calm down." Raven said, stepping in and gently picking Elsword up and earning a twitch from Elesis. He took her to the bed and laid her down, pulling the sheets over her, "It's not like Elsword is dead."

"How do you know?" Elesis said coldly.

"If everyone wasn't busy interrogating Aisha they'd have noticed Elsword is still breathing." Raven said, his voice making it clear he was calling the knight an idiot. Everyone went silent.

"Let us move to the living room." Eve said. She snapped her fingers and her servants appeared before her, "Oberon. Ophelia. Stay by Elsword and monitor her vitals and movements. Report all updates to me via live video feed." Both Nasod servants nodded their heads and took their places next to Elsword. Everyone returned to the living room and sat down, Ciel bringing out some tea and snacks to aid in easing the tension.

"Now, Aisha, what exactly was this potion supposed to do?" Chung asked, him and Rena sitting beside the mage.

"Well…it was just a simple gender potion. Temporarily making Elsword a girl."

"Why would you even need it?" Add sighed.

"There's lots of uses for it. Tactical surveillance, undercover, acting as a fake double for an important figure, and helping fill in roles in performances." Aisha said, "I just wanted to help out the Elder Performing Arts Society since they are always needing female roles…"

"Well, then Elsword shouldn't be a girl forever then, maybe it was just an allergic reaction?" Ara pondered.

"Elsword is moving." Eve said suddenly. Elesis went to get up but the regal Nasod motioned for her to stop, "She is not awake. The motion was small, her left index and middle finger twitched exactly 0.57 millimeters."

"Oddly specific but better than nothing." Lu yawned, she was exhausted.

"I'm going to say this," Elesis began, standing up and staring at Aisha, "If anything turns out wrong with my brother…it's on your head." She said.

"I…understand…" Aisha solemnly replied. The crimson night went upstairs and Eve knew she had entered Aisha's room, seeing her enter through Oberon's visual feed.

"The only course of action is for us to go to sleep, and await Elsword's awakening." Eve said, standing up. She smiled at Aisha, "Aisha, why don't you accompany me to my room for the night? Elesis seems to not have any intent to leave Elsword's side and it is best not to move her."

"A-Alright…" Aisha sighed, she felt terrible. Eve made a note to keep her away from sharp objects for the time being.

"Well, good night guys." Rena said, trying to be cheerful. It failed miserably, everyone was worried.

The house was neigh void of sleep that long, weary night.

"Nngh…." I felt awful. Did I hit my head or something?

With slight effort Elsword slowly opened her eyes. The room was odd, a shade of purple, she thought, and littered with rectangular objects. They felt familiar but she couldn't place it. She slowly sat upright.

"Where…am I?" The crimsonette, unaware, looked about and her eyes settled on a figure standing in the shadows of the curtains. As she moved to extend her hand she heard something.

"Ah, you are awake Elsword." A woman came inside. She looked stunning, emanating a force of pure regality. She stopped at the edge of the bed and kicked something out of sight.

"Ack!" Another girl's voice graced their ears.

"Elesis, wake up. At least one Seighart is on schedule today." The first girl said.

"Is Elsword-Elsword!" A girl with long crimson hair sat up and upon seeing her launched herself at Elsword, wrapping her arms around her, "Are you okay?!"

"Uhh…"

"Elesis, I request you to leave us for the moment." Eve said suddenly.

"What are yo-Urk." Elesis turned and stopped short. Reluctantly, she left the room and Eve sat down by the bed.

"Will you tell me your name?" Eve said.

"Uhh….El..sword?" She said, it seemed to be what that girl called her.

"What is your birthdate?" Eve pressed flatly, covering her concern.

"I….don't know."

"How many sides does a two dimensional square have?"

"A square?"

"Oh dear…" Eve sighed. She stood up, "Elsword, please, return to bed." The queen stated before turning and leaving. Elesis would not take this news kindly so she brought her servants with her. Everyone else had already woken up and were sitting at the table, waiting for Elsword and Eve.

"Ah, Eve, how's Elsword?" Rena asked instantly. If he didn't make it to breakfast Rena would let it slide this time given the circumstances.

"After breakfast we will all be seeing Elsword individually in Aisha's room." Eve said, confusing everyone, as she calmly sat down with Ophelia offering her tea.

"What do you-Hey!"

"Oberon." At his master's orders Oberon firmly held Elesis in place. Chung went to speak but Eve cut him off, "The potion seemed to have had an adverse effect, causing Elsword to suffer from amnesia." Everyone gasped but she didn't pause, "As to how severe I do not know. Furthermore she is still female, I do not know the likely hood of her changing back." Eve looked at Aisha for aid, who was already flipping through her little note book.

"Let me go damn it!" Elesis growled.

"E-Elesis, calm down." Ara said softly.

"Hell no! My only family has lost their memory and you want me to remain calm at that?!"

"Yes." Ara, Rena, and Eve all spoke together.

"Panicking will only worsen the situation further." Eve said.

"And you would want to be calm in order to make the best first impression you can." Rena chastised, already done eating. She stood up, "Now, I am going to start." Elesis struggled to get up but Oberon stood strong as the elf vanished up the stairs.

Opening the door to Aisha's room the maiden saw Elsword staring out the open window at the bed.

"Elsword?" She called to her gently, approaching as the crimsonette turned her head.

"Who are you?" She asked.

"I'm Rena." She sat down next to her, "Do you remember me at all?" Elsword frowned and shook her head. Rena warmly smiled and wrapped an arm around Elsword's waist, "I'm one of your friends."

"Really?"

"Yes, as was the girl with white hair you met before. Her name is Eve."

"Eve…" She repeated the word, trying to glue it into her mind. She looked back at Rena. She just felt she could trust her, "Rena…do you know what happened to me?"

"You were helping our friend Aisha with a potion but it made you lost your memory." Rena thought it best to not point out Elsword was formerly a boy to avoid confusion, "You have what's called Amnesia, which means you're having trouble remembering things."

"Oh, sorry." Elsword apologized.

"Don't be, it's alright." Rena patted her shoulder. There was a sudden and urgent knocking on the door, "Now, you're more than likely about to meet your sister, so I'll leave you two alone." Rena hugged her briefly before leaving the room.

While Elesis had her lengthy talk with Elsword, Rena met with everyone in the living room to hear the full plan. They all agreed it best that Elsword was never told that she was originally a male, as it could cause some nasty side effects.

"At least she hasn't regressed." Rena breathed, leaning against Raven on the couch.

"So far." Eve said; it remained to be seen.

"At least she's alright." Aisha breathed.

"If Elesis gives you any manner of trouble you come right to me Aisha." Rena gave her that blessing. They could faintly hear Elsword and Elesis talking upstairs.

"Gee, one day and this happens." Lu sighed.

"Never a dull moment." Chung chuckled nervously.

"Guys." Everyone turned to see Elesis standing with her sister in the doorway.

"Yes Elesis?"

"Elsword wants to meet everyone at once, not one at a time." She explained. Raven got up off the sofa and went to his arm chair, Rena patting the seat for them to sit down.

"So….H-Hi everyone." Elsword said nervously, sitting down with her sister.

"Hello Elsword." Ara said; Chung waved warmly to her.

"So, let's just start fresh." Rena said, looking at Elsword, "I'm Rena. You could say I'm the motherly figure of the house." She looked at Raven. Elsword followed the gaze.

"Raven." He said simply. Elsword felt he was being rude but everyone else knew what it really was. When Raven was thinking hard on something, he became very quiet.

"Raven is the other parental figure around here, don't worry he's just a quiet guy when he's thinking." Elesis said, patting her sister's leg.

"Oh, ok."

"I'm Chung." The prince began, "I'm actually the prince of Hamel, but I much prefer living here with all my friends." Chung nudged Ara with his elbow.

"I'm Ara Hann." She said, "I'm not native to this province, but I made too many close friends to go back home." She smiled, looking right at the amnesiac to prove she was one of them. Eve finished her tea and set it down, Oberon immediately taking the empty cup.

"As you have already known, I am Eve. These are my servants, Oberon and Ophelia." Both Nasods curtly bowed, "Should you have any need or questions, do not hesitate to ask them for aid, they have very specific orders to assist those in the dwelling." Elsword nodded.

"I'm Aisha." The violet young lady introduced, "I'm somewhat of a bookworm; I'll do my best to answer any questions you might have."

"So….Elesis, Rena, Raven, Chung, Ara, Eve, and Aisha?" Elsword ran through the names again and they nodded.

"I'm Lu, and this is my butler Ciel." The refined demon said, "We just moved in yesterday so, we never really got to know each other."

"Uh huh." Elsword nodded. Add rose and went up to her, taking her hand and kissing it gently.

"You may call me Add. I'm an intellectual like Aisha." He said. Elesis was using every pound of tolerance in her to keep from putting Add on the floor.

"So, that's everyone!" Rena said. Elsword looked around, she wondered what everyone would be like, and if she'd even fit in.

"Come on sis." Elesis rose, "I'll show you your room."