Long time eh everyone? I've been busy with…things ¬¬ Like homework (?) and endless hours on levelling up my assassin Tessia on llro's Ragnarok Online. What? I like extreme gaming !!!!

11th March, New moon

One year has passed since my encounter with Lyn. I've been staying with Blaze as her protector and loyal companion. I have been further training my skills as a Shaman but something still troubles me…Master Heintz…He didn't had to die and what he said about my master, it just doesn't make any sense at all! I am so confused right now and I really don't know what to do.

I miss everyone back in Caelin. I miss Lyn with her positive attitude, Florina's shyness, Serra's noisy and loud voice, Will's graceful shooting skills and Sain…I miss him a lot. Maybe I truly am an idiot. Why am I so intrigued by this man's childish yet caring personality? Is it because I like the type that always has words of comfort for their partners? Or is it because this man really did understand me…bah, what do I care, I doubt I could ever see him again and I don't plan to.

Lucius has magically disappeared somehow…or maybe I haven't been paying attention to the world lately. Me and Blaze have encountered Kyo and Tohru several times but never stick around. I wish they both would hurry up and marry. It would be nice to attend their wedding since I am a friend of Tohru's but then again seeing such happiness in her eyes has always made me so damn jealous。Oh well, we're not all perfect…the hell am I saying?! Oh geez I miss Sain a lot. I just wish he was right next to me, whispering those gentle kind words in my ears. If I had a wish I would want it to be that my loneliness will disappear and I can have eternal peace finally. To have a small family in the countryside where I can feel the gentle breeze blowing past my face.

"Victoria!!!!"

It was Blaze.

"Enough with your diary entries we need to find a place to spend the night. I'm so damn exhausted…"

Victoria shut her book tightly and snuck it under her coat. She smiled weakly at the thought of her perfect fantasy and quickly hurried to keep up with Blazes footpaces. They had recently arrived in Pherae, the country to where Eliwood was born in. Victoria wondered if she and Blaze would get a chance to see him again. Well, he was a very charming young man with radiant flaming hair. Victoria just kept thinking about him which would make her a bit of a slut. She just kept smiling and smiling which sent shivers down Blaze's spine since she was watching her very movement. She knew something was up with her but she couldn't put her finger on it. It was none of her business yet she felt that it had something to do with her. The tactician sighed since she couldn't understand someone like Victoria with her big shaman clothes which made her look like a penguin. She thought she looked 'emo' as well because her clothes were…black! Totally black with bits of purple here and there, and maybe a bit of pink! Her white beads that fell from her hair didn't count but…all that black! Blaze just starred at Victoria for a while and didn't realize she was starring till Victoria came up to her and just starred back. It was a war of the stares. Who would win? No-one knows but then a dog came up barking just at that moment. That broke the silence and the starring contest.

"Aww geez, that was kinda gay. Damn dog!"

Blaze was now shouting in her head and she began to scowl at the dog which whimpered in fear. Victoria could only just laugh and pat the dog. It barked with glee but then ran away. "Strange little beast" thought Victoria. She began to make her way to the inn leaving Blaze standing in the middle of the town square still shouting in her head.

The inn was empty. Not a soul in sight apart from the inn keeper. This was strange but it didn't surprise her since a war was going to happen. It was just a lucky guess but she could tell that something bad was going to happen. Something really bad. She stopped for a while and gazed at the ceiling thinking once again. This was a bad habit of hers since at childbirth she always starred at the ceiling or at the sky depending on her location. She would be thinking about a lot of things that was going on like why she didn't have a lot of friends, why she was chosen to be a shaman, why she couldn't see her parents and a lot of random things. Her favourite question was why she liked cheese with its disgusting smell and its solid body. She didn't know but she thought that maybe her mother ate a lot of cheese so that's why liked cheese. Sometimes this question confused her and frustrated her that she ended up blasting something with her powers. She would get into trouble for doing that but during when her punishment was being decided she would be thinking again. Her thinking finally stopped when she heard a loud bang on the door. It was Blaze.

"Vic, get your butt out here! Something's happening!"

"Bingo." Something did happen after all.

She hurried outside with the inn keeper following her trail. It was a raid. Bandits where attacking the village. This didn't surprise her since it felt like old times. She took out her Flux book but was once again stopped by Blaze. Her hand stopped Victoria's hand from opening the book and she shook her head.

"Too many people here for you to cast a Flux spell. You might injure an innocent villager."

Victoria nodded in agreement and closed the book. A green-haired cavalier with yellow armour rode past them both but stopped and went back to them.

"Are you both familiar with the ways of battle?"

"Indeed we are but why should we help you insolent human…" mumbled Victoria in her head.

"Yeah we are. Need our help?" Blaze smirked. "About time we got some action! OH YEAH!"

"Very well but I'm afraid you both will have to come with me. Get as many people that can fight and meet me at the back."

"Oh ho! Fleeing are we? You humans are SO pathetic…"

Victoria scowled and went directly to the back of the village. She couldn't be bothered to find another human that could help aid them in battle. Blaze went around the village avoiding the bandits as best as she could and the cavalier just went to slay some bandits that went in his way. It was roughly 15 minutes since the assault of the bandits and Victoria was getting impatient. "What was taking them so long to find a worthy human that can fight" she thought. Then, footsteps were creeping closer and closer. It was Blaze and that cavalier with a little girl at the back. She had green pigtails and judging that she carried a bow, she was an archer.

"Ready to go…?"

"Yes now follow me."

They ran past the bandits and fled to the East. "Why east?" thought both Blaze, Victoria and the girl. By going that way they'll be exiting Pherae but they all just stayed silent and followed the cavalier. They both trusted his sense. Soon they could see an old knight talking to a…lording? A red haired lord with blue armour to be precise. It could only mean one thing. It was Eliwood! Victoria's heart skipped a beat and flushed. Blaze knew exactly what was going on now. It made perfect sense. She missed Sain after one measly year and yet she harboured feelings for this Eliwood.

"Typical Victoria…"

As they grew closer Eliwood finally noticed them and smiled.

"Why, hello Blaze and Victoria! It has been a while now hasn't it? How are you?"

Blaze stepped forward and bowed. "Well met Eliwood. It has been some time…"

"Oh come now, this is a time to be happy about, seeing old friends such as yourself."

"If you idiots are done we have a battle to win…" Victoria shouted in her head. This 'joyous' meeting was irritating her. Something like this would make her happy but there was just something so disgusting that she hated so much she could take out her flux tomes and cast a hell of them everywhere.

"Ahem…Lord Eliwood…" coughed the cavalier.

"Ah yes Lowen. What is the matter that is happening down there?"

"Bandits sire. I managed to get a villager out of there just in time."

"Oh shut it. You were merely slaying bandits for your own satisfaction."

"Bring her forward."

The green pigtailed girl stood before Eliwood and bowed.

"My name is Rebecca sire and my village is under attack. I beg for your assistance to get rid of them. Please."

"…you make me sick…"

"Very well. We'll help you drive these ruffians out of there."

"Thank you my lord" Rebecca curtsied.

"Ah this feels like old times doesn't it Blaze?" piped Eliwood.

"Feels like one hell of a great battle today. Bout time I got some action. Muahahahaha"

Blaze cackled like a mini maniac and everyone just stood one step away from her. Victoria just couldn't be bothered to move since she was used to Blazes violent nature. They all crowded round for a short while to understand the battle plan. The cavalier, Lowen, would be stationed at the front with Rebecca right behind him to snipe down anyone and Eliwood nearby to throw in the final blow. Marcus was just there to protect Eliwood and Blaze thought there was not much use for him since the old timer was a Paladin already. She stationed Victoria right at the back to cast Flux spells in case a powerful opponent came by. Victoria didn't object but she did wish that she would at least get herself a decent kill. Thoughts of really gory slaughtering entered her mind and she imagined herself casting a storm of flux spells and everything just incinerated in her all-mighty power. A grin crept its way to her mouth. Blaze saw and noticed that her eyes were different than before. Something was dangerous about her.

Lowen slashed, Rebecca shot and Eliwood…well he poked! To Victoria and Blaze's opinion, since this was the first time they saw Eliwood fight, it was so hilarious. They understood that the Rapier is a really swift sword but it looked so much that Eliwood was poking his enemies to death! They couldn't help but laugh so hard but tried their best to conceal it as it was rude to laugh at a lording such as him. Marcus glared at them both when he heard them but quickly looked at Eliwood making sure he wasn't hurt. They were nearing a village and bandits had surrounded them. There was no escape. According to Blaze's calculations survival would be 3/10 even with Victoria's powerful flux spells. It seemed like this was it when suddenly out if nowhere, two Fighters came out of the village and began to slaughter them. In both Victoria and Blazes opinions it was pointless. "Axe versus axe? You gotta be kidding me…" they both thought.

"Fear not my lord!" yelled one of the fighters. "We shall deal with these ruffians. You go after their boss!"

"I thank you" whispered Eliwood.

Rebecca was shooting down bandits but when she was getting another arrow, she noticed that her arm was red and her hand was bleeding. Quickly, she got down and opened one of her Vulneries. It was her last one. Blaze wasn't too far away from her so she ran towards her.

"Um…Blaze. You wouldn't mind if we got some more vulneries would you?"

"Uh…no. Spending money on healing products shouldn't hurt I guess. How many do you need?"

"Well I just used my last one, Lowen needs one and well I think that's it."

"Counting that, and throwing in myself and Victoria since we forgot to buy some more, that makes four. Go run to the shops and quickly get us some. You don't want us to rot and die out here now do you?"

"No milady. You can count on me!"

Rebecca grabbed the money that Blaze had in her hand and ran towards a nearby shop. Blaze turned to her right where she saw the fighers, Eliwood, Marcus and Victoria. She was doing nothing at all. Her hood was covering her eyes and she looked so creepy. Like one of those 'Black Fang'. Her eyes were starting to glint in a golden colour with hints of red in them. She stood away from the rest and stayed at the back as if she had a restraining order against them. The white pearls that hung from her hair were swaying gently against her black and purple hair. Her head was tilted to the side but then she straightened it and took out her tome. Blaze had specifically told her not to use it unless a powerful opponent came by and was about to destroy them all but the flux spell was coming towards her! What was she going to do? Was Victoria acting rebellious? Did she secretly intend to kill Blaze? She ducked and heard a scream right behind her. She felt no pain but a loud thud on the ground. Slowly, she turned round to find a Brigand, lying dead and emotionless, then slowly to Victoria who walked right up to her.

"You gotta watch out for yourself. Do you wanna be so careless and get killed? What would we do without a tactician like you? We'd die and suffer that's what! Don't be so foolish next time."

She snorted and walked towards the village. Eliwood and his party were running up to see what had happened. When he saw the brigand lying there next to the tactician he felt nauseous. "Who did this?" he asked. Blaze was too frightened to speak but slowly pointed to Victoria. Eliwood starred at her, his eyes filled with fright. "A shaman that killed a brigand in one hit? Impossible." Rebecca was running with the vulneries in her hand but she was disappointed to see that she missed all the fun.

"Party poopers" she thought.

The villagers were gathering all the broken things that the bandits destroyed and began to fix them. Many men were working on rebuilding their houses and the women mended pots and chairs and other small things.

"My apologies for the damage that the bandits caused" bowed Victoria to the village leader.

"It's no trouble at all. I'm just glad that everyone is safe. Thank you for getting rid of them."

"I shouldn't take all the credit. You should thank Lord Eliwood and Blaze as they were the ones who commanded this battle."

"L-lord Eliwood is here? It…it's such an honour that a lording is here. I must go thank him. Please excuse me."

The old man ran towards Eliwood who was standing outside, leaving Victoria to watch the villagers hurry and scamper about doing things that she thought was amusing.

Everyone decided to help out the villagers and they decided to stay for the night. Everyone was asleep except for Blaze. She got up and quietly walked outside for some air. She was surprised as she saw Eliwood outside too.

"My lord."

"Why, hello Blaze. Could you not sleep?"

"I'm afraid not. Something troubles me."

"And what would that be?"

There was an awkward silence but it was soon broken.

"It's Victoria. I fear that she is a dangerous person. I have a feeling that she will eventually kill us all. I know, it is kinda stupid to say but I noticed that her eyes were different today. They were golden with slight bits of red. Usually they are just dark brown but today there were so different I wanted to scream and run away! Please forgive me if I am making you uneasy my lord."

Eliwood nodded gently. "I understand Blaze and believe me you are not making me feel uneasy. I can understand your concern for her for I, too, think that there is something about her that makes me feel…how would one say…"

"Insecure?"

"Yes that's it. But for now I think we should trust her. Should anything happen I'll speak to her."

"Thank you my lord. Well, goodnight."

"Goodnight Blaze."

Blaze bowed and went back into the inn. Upstairs, Victoria was watching them.

"Pah, think I am dangerous? You haven't seen anything yet."

She lay down in bed, pretending to be asleep so when Blaze came in she would think that she was asleep all this time. Blaze did come in and she sighed. Her talk with Eliwood made her happy yet scared. She crept back into bed and fell asleep. Victoria got up and looked at her. Her left eye, brown, while her right eye was that golden colour. In her mind there were two people. Herself and a black figure. They were standing in a completely black room. The only noticeably person would be Victoria.

"They don't trust you anymore my dear child. You should just ditch them. You can manage without those pathetic weaklings."

"No I shall not! Blaze is my friend whether she trusts me or not. I shall stick by her for the rest of my life because that's what true friends do!"

"Ah yes but what happens when they decide to abandon you? What will you do then?"

"I will look for them and when I do I will ask them why they would do something like that."

"Well good luck on that. I can assure you, they will hate you eventually and you will be broken like that time."

"Do NOT mention that again! You already know how much I can't stand that memory!"

"But it is the truth and when that happens, you will come to me again…"

The black shadow figure disappeared into the darkness leaving Victoria frantic.

"Come back here! I haven't finished talking!!!"

She snapped back into reality and noticed that her hand was on Blazes neck as if she was about to strangle her. She leapt back in fear, her hand on her chest, and she panted. She could feel her heart beating rapidly. "Maybe it was right. I will kill them eventually…" she thought. She shook her head and decided to forget about what had happened today. Lying in bed, she was looking at the ceiling yet again with one question in her head. "Will I be free?"

Authors notes: So it's a sucky chapter yet again. At least your reading it :D For those who are confused by this chapter I'd be glad to answer your questions. Just post it on a review or whatever and I'll reply you as soon as I can.