A/N: Surprise! I'm not dead! But this does not mean i am fully returning to fan fiction. Out of all honesty I actually miss working on this story as i had planned so much for it, so to speed it up this chapter is a bit rushed. Oh and I am now sorta more free now so I can update more regularly. Yes i know i said that before, but life got in the way. So here it is, chapter six. Oh and don't kill me plz.

Chapter six: Everything changes

"You okay?" Elsword muttered, drawing a glowing red rune on Aisha's left forearm.

It was now the day of Requiem ball and Aisha still hadn't fully recovered. Aisha chose not to say anything, biting her lip to try and force back any sound she would make. The two were in the lounge; a couple of minutes after Aisha had arrived home. Raven entered the room, with a pail of water in his hands, with Ara by his side with cloths.

"Has Rena informed her sisters yet?" Elsword asked solemly, just as Aisha winced as he finished the red rune.

"Presently only lady Specka has been informed," Raven answered. "As for lady Noah, her whereabouts are still to be found."

"Go figure," Aisha muttered under her breath, enough for the other three to hear. The other three did not say anything, knowing the present situation within the Glenstid family. Aisha nodded.

"You may leave," she said, and with that both Raven and Ara bowed before leaving the room. Once they were gone, Elsword finished up the last rune on Aisha's arm.

"I'm done with the left arm Aisha," Elsword stated, gently putting down her left arm onto the bed.

"Thanks El," she replied, closing her eyes, letting out a long deep sigh. "Man I really screwed this up for us didn't I? Tomorrow is the Requiem ball and everything-"

"You don't have to worry about that," Elsword promised.

"But that's when I am officially announced as your wife," Aisha replied.

Elsword opened his mouth to say something else, but instead decided against it. He looked at Aisha's face, and raised his to her cheek gently caressed it.

"There are many opportunities for that," Elsword stated. "Right now your health is more important than some announcement. You are my wife, and I am your husband, and no stupid announcement is ever going to change that."

The purple haired girl looked up into her husband's crimson's ones, a smile plastered on her face. Elsword returned the smile, continuing to caress her cheek. Slowly he leaned forward, and Aisha feeling a similar urge did the same. Their lips were just about to touch when all of a sudden the door burst open, as a red haired woman stormed inside.

"Elsword I'm here," Elesis shouted. "Dad wanted me to make sure your attire was proper enough for the ball tonight…"

There was an awkward silence as both Aisha and Elsword were frozen in place, not sure what to do. Elesis on the other hand stared at the position both teens were in, before coughing slightly.

"Perhaps later then," Elesis teased, before slowly exiting the room. "Sorry for the interruption."

Once the door closed, both red-faced teenagers backed away from each other.

"So I better get ready for tonight," the rune slayer stated, standing up.

"Don't go dancing with other girls," Aisha teased, watching him about to exit the room.

"Don't worry, there's only one girl I want to dance with," Elsword answered, opening the door.

"And who's that?"

"Who do you think?"

And with that Elsword left the room, leaving Aisha by herself. When the door closed, a sad smile was situated on her face as a single tear dropped from her eyes.

"Why am I crying?" Aisha wondered out loud. "I can always dance with him some other time."

Yet a little nagging feeling at the back of her head thought otherwise.

It's been a while since Hamel Castle was this lively. With every magician in the world (or those that could make it) were present as this was a 20th anniversary of the Nasodian war. Inside the grand halls everyone was dancing or eating to their hearts content. Everyone was enjoying himself or herself. Except for one grand archer, tapping her thigh, deep in thought. Rena eyed the hall nervously from one of the pillars. Something wasn't right and she had that nagging feeling for a while now ever since she saw the cavern of nasods. It was like something was watching her from within the hole. And now all she could think about were the nasods. What purpose did they have? Wally was intelligent, yet why did he not use the nasods within the caves? Were they failed experiments? Rena tapped her thigh furiously. A gentle hand was placed on her shoulder, causing her to snap out of her thoughts.

"It's a night of partying, a once in a lifetime celebration," Raven stated, not stepping out from the shadows. "Yet you don't seem to be enjoying it for some reason. Care to tell?"

"What are you? A psychiatrist?" Rena snapped.

"Well, technically I did graduate with a masters degree," Raven answered, smirking slightly. "And I can tell that you are hiding something big."

The grand archer bit her lip, thinking whether she should 'consult' Raven or not. Her thoughts were destroyed when Raven held out his hand, walking into the light of the room.

"It is best to consult when one is relaxed," Raven stated. "Care to dance?"

Seeing no option for the butler to stop pestering her she accepted his proposal and gracefully walked with him to the dance floor. Rena, being a famous magician and the possessor of unrivalled beauty, the sight of the blonde magician walking hand in hand to the dance floor with an unknown man was the start of many conversations.

Raven and Rena ignored them, and started to dance.

"So, are you in the mood to talk now?" Raven asked, effortlessly flowing gracefully with the music.

"This is what you consider relaxing?" Rena replied.

"Well it's this or offering you a drink," the blade master replied, leaning towards her ear to whisper the last part. "And getting drunk with a beautiful woman such as yourself…well people might get the wrong idea."

"So how is it different from dancing? We have a lot of people staring at us."

"Well, it's a lot better than staring at us while we are completely wasted isn't it?"

Raven twirled Rena in a spin, before gracefully dipping her in accordance to the music.

"So where did you learn to dance?" Rena asked, desperately trying to change the subject.

"I studied dancing when I was younger," the man replied. "But let's get back to the topic at hand. Why are you so worried?"

Rena bit her lip as she went down into another dip, before coming back up, staring straight into the butler's amber eyes. She continued to stare into them silently, thinking how to express her thoughts.

"I believe Wally means to start another war."

And at that precise moment there was a scream as the ceiling caved in, as nasods fell from the ceiling. Soon a battle had started as magicians fought against the nasods. Growling, Elsword ran through the hall, occasionally blasting nasods with a rune, or aiding others. But the magicians were losing this fight. They were scarcely outnumbered, held no weapons and had no chance against a nasod at close quarters. Elsword growled, creating two runes in his hands, before throwing them at two nasods, exploding on contact.

'Damnit, there's too much of them!'

The boy ducked as a nasod's fist barely missed him, before the rune slayer responded with a freezing rune, as the nasod was buried in a large icicle. From behind, a blow had caught him on the side of his head causing him to stumble slightly. Turning around he created a rune, throwing the nasod back through the walls of the castle. As the walls collapsed, he could see the city on fire. The capital city was falling…no, that's wrong, the city had already fallen. But what about Velder? His home? He had to warn them!

"Aisha," Elsword realised, running through the hall we searched for Raven, who was currently fighting two nasods. Raven struck one down, and before he could get the second one, the rune slayer had already threw an exploding rune, destroying it.

"Raven," Elsword said. "I need you to take me to Velder this instance."

"But young master-"

"That is an order!"

Staring into Elsword's worried eyes, Raven nodded.

"I understand, I shall do as you command."

Grabbing Elsword's shoulder Raven teleported the young boy. The world seemed to warp around the runeslayer, before his surroundings changed to the familiar scenery of his mansion's gate.

"Thank god the nasods haven't reach…"

Elsword stopped talking as he saw the metal gates were open. Fearing the worst the boy ran through the gates, only to stop once he saw the state of his home. Or what was left of it. The mansion was now a pile of rubble set alit. Elsword fell to his knees.

The Sieghart mansion was now in ruin. Velder and Hamel, the two main cities have fallen. Many magicians died that night. In one night, the nasods had won the first battle. And the second nasodian war, had begun.

And now I feel guilty for that cliffhanger. So anyways, if you are wondering, no Raven's main ability is not teleporting. Raven's magical ability revolves around movement, which includes moving people to different locations in the world. Why? Well i wanted a simple magical ability for a character that excels at pure physical combat. Lento does not count as he was intended to be an OP character. I will not say why, but I will explain in later chapters. So as usual, give me your thoughts in that review section down there and I'll hope you have enjoyed my story so far.