Xellos teleported in the throne room on Wolf Pack Island with a serious, bemused look on his face. What was different about Filia? There was something he sensed in her that wasn't her, or at least, it wasn't her entirely. In fact, it reminded him a lot of—
"Xellos, my pet. What are you doing here?" Zelas, the Beast Master, his creator and mistress took a long drag on her cigarette. Zelas regarded him coolly while lazily swirling her glass of wine. "Shouldn't you be following that Inverse girl?"
"Yes Mistress. However, it seems there is a— a problem." Her cat-like eyes narrowed.
"A problem? What kind of problem?"
"With Fil— err, the dragon girl. She has come back."
"I see. And how is this a problem for you?"
"Something, I feel, is wrong with her. She is not the same. And the masoku Naiga is hunting Filia, for unknown reasons." Zelas shifted in her throne.
"This is the Dragon Maiden you visit every so often?" Xellos hesitated noticeably, but then nodded nonetheless. "I see. Well, then, I have a new task for you. You will continue to follow Lina Inverse, but your real task is to observe the dragon girl. Find out what she is hiding and why Naiga wants her dead. Do you understand?"
"Hai, Mistress." Xellos bowed low and began to phase out, when she stopped him.
"And Xellos? If any harm should befall the dragon before you complete your task, I shall NOT be pleased. You will see to it she is safe." Xellos nodded and teleported out to the road that his "companions" were starting out on, but decided to simply watch them from afar for the time being.
His eyes landed on the dragon maiden that was his mission. A sigh somehow escaped him as he observed her. Filia. He hadn't seen her for a few months now. Not since… And now he was supposed to watch her and protect her. She was now his charge. L-sama must have a cruel sense of humor, he thought bitterly. Ah well, enough of this…
"I'm back! Did you miss me?" Xellos teleported directly in front of Lina, causing her to squeal and fall back.
"Xellos!" She snarled "Where have you BEEN!"
"That is a secret!" Xellos reply cheerfully. He quickly peek a glance at Filia and she was watching him with so many emotions mixing together that even his masoku senses could not decipher one from the next.
A/N: I know I took forever! Sorry! I just didn't know where to take this. Reviews are the best thing to keep me going! So if you do read the story and enjoy it, or have something you aren't sure about, let me know!