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Chapter 2: The Meeting

With everybody riding on Filia's back, it didn't take long to reach the first crater. What they saw there was not any space rock, though. Instead, they saw a group of six people grouped around an entryway to a gigantic red dragon-looking thing. The six people were fighting against a veritable horde of bandits, trolls, and other things that are a pain in the ass in large groups. It appeared that three of the six were good with magic and were casting spells that the gang had never seen before. Out of the other three, one was shooting the things with one of those 'gun' things that Jillas had cooked up, one was just punching anything that got in front of him, and one was cutting down tons of bandits and other things with a beautifully crafted sword with a gun fitted in the handle. This seemed intriguing to the gang so they landed in the middle of the group.

"Need any help?" Lina asked who appeared to be the strongest mage of the mysterious group, who was a woman in her mid-twenties and wore a blue duster with white wings embroidered on the back.

"That would be wonderful," replied the woman, throwing some kind of fire-based spell at the group of people.

"All right then, get behind me and make sure I don't get hit while I'm casting," said Lina, and started chanting.

"Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond blood that flows,

Buried in the flow of time is where your power glows,

I pledge myself to conquer, all the foes who stand,

Before the mighty gift bestowed in my unworthy hands,

Let the fools who stand before me be destroyed,

By the power you and I posses… DRAGON SLAVE!"

After the attackers were completely destroyed, the group got down to introducing themselves and finding out what was going on.

"Okay, I'm Lina, the blond idiot is my husband Gourry, the girl with black hair is Amelia, the chimera is Zelgadis, the freak with purple hair is Xellos, the blond girl is Filia, and the kid with teal hir is Val. Now, who are you and where did you come from?" asked Lina.

"My name is Rinoa, the guy with the sword is Squall, the girl in the yellow is Selphie, the guy with the cowboy hat is Irvine, the spazz with the tattoo on his face is Zell, and the girl with glasses is Quistis," replied Rinoa. "As to where we came from, we were flying to Esthar in the Ragnarock-which is the thing behind us, by the way-when Selphie saw this weird ripple-like thing in the air. She flew into it, and we lost power. We crashed here and all of those things that wanted to kill us showed up. Beyond that, you know the rest."

"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you, Rinoa," said Xellos teleporting in front of her upside down and making her jump. "Now can you tell us a little bit more about your group of companions?"

"There's not really much to tell. Me and Squall got married soon after we defeated Ultimecia, and Irvine proposed to Selphie a few weeks after that," replied Rinoa.

"So your those people who defeated Death Fog's strongest monster lord? I am honored to meet you," Xellos said, impressed.

"Who-" began Squall, who had walked over, but at the same time, there were the sounds of at least two explosions from the place that the second light had landed.

"Sorry to interrupt this wonderful conversation, but we have to go," said Zelgadis as he walked over to Filia. "Hey, Filia. Can you carry us over there?"

"That won't be necessary," replied Xellos, to everybody's surprise. "I can take all of you over there faster than Filia can fly, and I think we need to be there right now."

"And how do you plan to do that?" asked Zelgadis incredulously.

"Like this," replied Xellos, and, still smiling his trademark smile, slammed his staff into the ground. There was a blinding flash and when everybody at the crash site could see again, they were flying through an endless blue void.

A/N: Sorry if the chapter was a bit short and boring, but don't worry! I'll make sure to put some fun stuff in the next chapter. Hopefully it will be up soon. Please review!