Yay! I'm back from my loooong looong vacation! Did you miss me? I missed you! Even though the beach is nice and all, it gets repetetive after a week and I was ready to get home to my bed and my computer. (I took my game system for the evenings when we got back to the hotel.) But it was pretty interesting. We went deep sea fishing and caught a 4-foot baracuda (is that how you spell it?) So they're going to stuff and mount that for us and it'll be coming home in about 70-90 days. Long wait, huh? But you didn't come here to listen to me. You came here because I've FINALLY managed to update!

In a strange twist of fate, Lilith was once more taken by dark forces; but so was Zaphair. It is now up to the rest of the group to rescue

them...

"Dangit!" Alos cursed. "That's the second time she's been taken!" Pella frowned, and was about to say something when Lily interjected.

"Don't worry too much. The blame lies within all of us. I personally could have done a better job of protecting them." Everyone else

nodded. "Hey, Pella, let's go ast moth- I mean, the king and queen for help!" Eulara exclaimed brightly. They set off quicky for the

palace.

"You are the necessary ones? Naren't they a bit...frail your majesty?" DarkMoon jeered. "You just wait, my brother will DESTROY you

for taking me!" Lilith yelled angirly through the crystaline blue bars separating her from freedom. DarkMoon laughed. "You don't have

much manpower, little girl. Lilith growled at him. "Please...Stop this..." Zaphair sobbed. Ozurion snorted indignantly. "As if, DEAREST

sister. You hold far to much power and...value to simply let loose." Ozurion sneered. "But...why? Why are you...s-so...dark?" Zaphair

asked quietly.

"This is troubling indeed..." The scaled king said. His brow was furrowed in deep thought. "Is there nothing we can do?" Tarra asked,

feeling helpless. "There may be something..." The queen started, causing everyone to perk up. "Tell me...is Lilith the one that carried the

emblem?" She asked. Narina nodded. "Yep!" "...I thought so...Here is what you must do..."

"Dark? Haven't you ever wondered, sister?" Ozurion sighed. Zaphair blinked. "Wondered...what?" He sighed again. "You're so ignorant

sometimes...didn't you even think of why I looked different than you? Why did our father never show his symbol around others?"

Zaphair looked down. "...no..." Both Lilith and Zaphair scurried to the back of the cage when Ozurion approached them. "The answer is

simple..."

"The emblem recognizes her spirit. It has a special connection to Lilith. Ask for its help and it will guide you." The queen finished. "It is

just as you said then." Pella remarked. "The emblem reacts to the power of one's mind. If your will is strong enough...It will come..." The

king and queen nodded. "Then let's give it a try." Alos said. As their concern for Lilith and Zaphair poured out from their souls, the

emblem began to shine with a blinding intensity...

"Father and I are not wind vaikal. We never were." Ozurion said smuggly. "Wh-What!" Zaphair asked in disbelief. "We're of the

darkness tribe. Dad never wanted anyone to know that...so he hid his power." He grinned knowingly. Zaphair nearly fell over from the

shock. "...I...I...-" "That's right dearest sister. We're nothing more than half-breeds. Filth! But there's more than that. There is

much more."

"Wha-What's going on!" Alos yelled. The giant flash slowly receeded and standing before them was a yellow and orange humanoid

spirit. "What is that?" Flores hissed. "It has been so very long since I have been released from the emblem. I am sure every legend of my

existence has all but dissapeared...along with the other legends..." The spirit said. "Other legends?"

"You may nopt know...but we are more than mere half-breeds, Zaphair' And that girl there is more than a mere human." Ozurion pointed

to Lilith. "H-Human!" Lilith asked. "B-But I'm...a winged!" Ozurion snickered. "Actually, you're neither." He replied matter-of-factly.

"Then answer me one question. If Zaph's not what she appears to be, and I'm not what I appear to be, then what ARE we? Lilith asked.

She was getting irritated by his snide remarks.

"The spyrit legends. That is what I am called: Spyrit." The creature said. "Spyrit! It can't be..." Flores gave spyrit an incredulous look.

"Do you know something Flores?" Bolman asked. "Before I...left the fire world, we were taught the spyrit legends. The legends of how a

mystical fire spirit was sealed within the emblem upon its creation' and how that same spirit was the light that would lead the pure of heart

to the goddess." Spyrit nodded. "You are a well-educated vaikal." It said. "So then Lilith's-?"

"A goddess, girl. That's what you are. A descendant of Iria. You command the dragons. Your's, and the power of a royal demi-dragon

are needed to unlock the emblem's secret." Ozurion nodded to Lilith and Zaphair. "I'm...a princess?" Zaphair asked quietly. Ozurion

nodded again. "And a very special one. Not only are you the princess of the Aeros (wind)...you are also the princess of darkness. Power

like that of pure darkness cannot be immitated by anything." He said. "But...you...-" "Even as we speak, Spyrit is probably tracking you

down." He added. "...Spyrit?"

"She is a goddess, a descendant of Iria. There is no time for shock winged one!" Spyrit said when Alos opened his mouth to speak. "It is

time we retrieved the goddess from the darkness." Everyone nodded. "Right!"

Now learning of the spirit within the emblem, as well as Lilith's secret, it was about time they went to stop Ozurion's plans...

Whew! That was more tiring than I thought. Even with it already writen out! It wasn't bad but I could've done better. It's probably because I haven't been updating in forever! Jeez, I should be a more considerate person...Heh, anyways, I've got the next part writen out too, but I'm going to wait atleast a day (or a few hours if people tell me) before I type it up and post it here. I'm going to go prowl through the rest of the internet so, ciao!