Chapter Four

The Unwanted And The Damned

"Hey Heero? You enjoy last night then? We saw you this morning all snuggled with Wufei." Heero blushed and turned away from Duo. Duo just latched around his shoulders.

"Seriously though 'Ro. It's great you and Fei are together. Maybe he can make you smile." Heero smiled slightly.

"He already did. What's taking him so long in there?" Duo leaned against Zechs happily, the blonde had remained silent, just watching the two friends converse.

"I'm sure he's fine Heero. Him and Adara must just have a lot to talk about. Duo! Stop that!" Duo grinned from where he had begun licking Zech's neck. Just then the door opened and Wufei walked out. He still looked tired and the bandages on his ribcage didn't seem to be helping much. They all stared at the number of cuts and bruises on his chest and stomach. Some were quite old and others from yesterday's battle. He smiled at them and motioned them to follow him. He led them into a room with enough chairs to seat them all comfortably. He motioned them all to sit and settled himself in his usual position of legs under him, before grimacing and putting his legs down.

"Damn ribs, can't even sit down comfortably now. Anyway, since I'm the last Mystic it's my decision whether or not to answer your questions from when you first got here. So, I'm going to tell you the truth now. Even though Adara doesn't want me to!" Adara looked up from her place at the doorway.

"I simply think they are too young to understand fully."

"Adara, don't forget they are nearly 100 years old, Zechs is even older! He should especially be able to understand this." The woman pouted.

"But 'Fei. Everything has been going fine so far-"

"So far Adara the kings are dying and this needs to be sorted as soon as possible. Now please close the door, this is not for the servants ears." Adara bowed slightly and exited the room, closing the door firmly behind her. Wufei turned back to his friends.

"Right then! Don't say anything until I finish ok? You're all from this world originally. Your parents sent you all to that world because of the Necromancers here, it was considered safer. But then the wars started and we had no way to bring you back. So I was sent to protect you and make sure you could live the remainder of your lives there in peace. But now your parents want you back here. Zechs, your parents are alive, and live in Sonie, Quatre, your mother and father are in Crystall, Trowa, your parents are in Solaria, Duo yours are in Breeza and Heero, yours are in Firna. The thing is, they kind of rule those countries. You guys are all the heirs to those countries. You're all princes." They all stared in shock. Finally Quatre spoke up.

"Princes? We're all royalty? Where are we now?" Wufei smiled.

"Right now we're in the village Meeher in Breeza. The royal city is less than a day's ride away." Duo's eyes sparkled.

"I have parents! Less than a day away! Can we go? Please?" Wufei grinned.

"Of course we can go. I'll have the horses brought around shall I?" Duo jumped up from his seat and started bouncing around the room, singing and yelling in his excitement. Wufei simply walked to the door and whispered something to the servant stood outside. The servant nodded and left and Wufei sat down next to Heero, who was still in a state of shock. Wufei smiled and went back to watching the others rejoice, leaving Heero to his thoughts.

'I'm a prince? I have a family? This is all so wonderful, but also so strange. I wonder if we could visit all our parents soon.'

"Tell me Wufei, where do we go now?" Wufei looked over at Quatre and brought out a map. It was divided into eight large areas. He spread it out so that everyone could see it.

"These are the eight countries of Avallia. They each represent one of the main elements. Sonie represents earth, Breeza represents wind, Crystall represents water and ice, Firna represents Fire, Solaria is Light, Celestia is holy and Dracaena is darkness. This small one is Mystica. It's right in the centre because every country gave up a little of their land to form it, so that The Mystics were never far from trouble. We're right here now, near the centre of Breeza. It's around a day's travel to the Royal City, there Duo can meet his parents." Duo's grin widened and he