Here I am again. Heh. I slacked off, so this is updating later than it should. It's because I was trying to figure out what the damn 'fire emblem' in fire emblem 7 is. If you know, will you please, please, PLEASE tell me?
Caught up in a battle that was never expected to happen, the group find themselves fighting with a vaikal tribe. Zaphair is too afraid to
fight and so she hides below decks. Now, we shall see how things unfold...
The tightly-packed group waited nervously as the vaikals shrieked and circled indecisively around the ship. "It's like they're...looking for
something..." Lilith commented. "Zaphair's a vaikal. D'you think they're looking for her?" Natti asked. Claudane nodded. "That's probably
it. Why else would they be so cautious..." "Well regardless, we have to defend ourselves." Alos said sharply. Everyone nodded in
agreement. "One thing be sure. Them beasts're tricky 'n smart uns." Wilbert said.
One of the vaikal flew over to the 'ring-leader' of the assault. "Well!" The grey vaikal snapped impaciently. "S-Sir! The goddess' child is
being protected by them all, but Zaphair is nowhere to be found..." The vaikal said nervously. "I'm sure that she's there!" The leader
snapped. "Those...human soldiers. They seem to have been less than adequate for such a simple task as keeping a large group of
creatures away from a boat. They even thought that I was some sort of man. Peh! When our dragon brothers are released, they will die
out quickly..." He murmured to himself. "Soldier! Close in for the attack and try not to harm the descendant of the goddess. She's
required to release the fire stone! Even if the vessel is sunken, Zaphair will escape. Of this, I am sure." The soldier nodded and flew off to
issue the orders. "May your people be wiped from history like a dirtstain from cloth..." The grey vaikal flew up higher to survey the
damage that would be done.
"Look, Bolman. Something happens on the high-seas..." The red-headed woman pointed to a patch of black spots circling around some
other object. "Don't those dots look kindof like...dragons, Flores?" The blacksmith human asked. Flores shook her head. "That's
impossible, dragons no longer exist on this plane. They must be Vaikal. I can sense their energy...It's so negative..." The woman shook
her head again. "But there's another one...Yes, it seems that the negative vaikal are attacking the good one's friends. Come, Bolman. We
shall aid them." The woman hurried out the door where she burst into flames and errupted as a pale red and dark red dragon. Bolman
grabbed a hammer and jumped on her back. With a mighty roar, Flores took to the sky.
"There's so many of them, nya!" Narina exclaimed. Claudane selected a large silver sword. "These weapons won't do much against their
hide, but the silver ones may be stronger..." He said. Nathen nodded and picked up a silver lance. "Here they come!" Lilith shouted as the
vaikal shrieked again and dove towards the boat. "You'll not take my boat down! Not today!" Wilbert growled. With a mighty swing, he
knocked one of the wyverns on the head with his battle axe and sent it spinning into the water. It popped up a minute lateras a human
head with a terrible looking wound on the side. "Wilbert's got the right idea! Hit them hard, no holding back!" Alos shouted to everyone,
lunging at a wyvern that was a little TOO close.
"Flores, are you sure about this? I mean, fighting your kin." Bolman asked the dragon-woman. She snorted. "You humans are so
indecisive. Of course I'm sure! They are evil vaikal. Not my kin." Flores explained. Bolman decided that it would be best to not ask any
more questions at the moment.
"Miss Lilith! Another one's coming!" Nathen shouted. "What?" She yelled in exasperation. "Don't...hurt her!" Zaphair called. "She's a...f-
friend..." "Ah, Zaphair! You shouldn't be up here nya!" Narina cried. "I...I must...he-help my...friends." Zaphair's body was surrounded
by the tell-tale transformational wind as she changed once again into a mint and white dragon. "Zaphair, are you sure?" Alos asked her.
She nodded. "I-I can...talk t-to the other...vaikal." She said, flying into the line of attack. "Be careful nya!" Narina called.
"Flores look!" Bolman pointed to Zaphair as she flew towards them. "That must be the other vaikal that I could sense..." Flores
comented. "Y-you...are a vaikal...like...m-me..." Zaphair said to Flores. "That is correct. Tell me...what are you doing fighting these dark
vaikal?" Flores asked, motioning with her head. "Th-they...attacked us...please...help us sister." Zaphair asked shyly. "Bolman. The black
vaikal are bad. We must help this one." Bolman nodded and they followed her into the fray.
Lilith used her wind magic to stun a black vaikal that had come at her and Natti was repeatedly firing arrows at it. "Not...a problem! We
can...take them!" Natti panted. Claudane and Nathen were on another side of the boat picking off a weaker vaikal while Alos and
Wilbert were smashing one between them. Zaphair and Flores were chasing ones that weren't on the boat. Steering them away with jets
of wind and fire while Bolman would knock out any that came within reach of his hammer. Lily would heal any of them that came over to
her. "Keep it up! We're winning!" Lilith shouted.
"S-Sir! They've got us at every turn! What shall we do?" A wounded vaikal flew over to the leader. "Grr...cursed fire drake. She
encouraged Zaphair to resist us! There are scaled coming to aid them in another boat too. Flee! It won't do for us to all die!" The leader
commanded. Somewhat relieved but with a damaged pride, the vaikal retreated from the fight.
"We did it!" Natti yelled. She ran over and gave Nathen a big hug, which caused him to blush. "We all did great, but we can't forget that
help we got can we?" Alos asked, motioning to Flores and Bolman. Flores was in her human form now and was standing next to Zaphair
as well. "Yes...thank you..." Zaphair said turning to them. "It is dutiful to protect friends innit?" Bolman asked. Lilith nodded. "You have
our gratitude. May we ask for your names?" Flores nodded. "I'm Bolman, and this is my dear wife Flores." Bolman said. "There will be
others come to help us soon. Let us wait." Flores said. Everyone nodded in agreement.
True to her word, a small boat of scaled came to offer them aid soon after. Commanding the boat was none other than the king's advisor,
lord Maronis. Soon, they would reach the center island...
Well, it's about time that I finnished this! Flores, Bolman and Maronis are all Kusabi Makabe's characters. If you want to tell anyone that you think they're awesome, tell him. (or I can tell him for you.) Ciao, and have a good time!