I woke up to the sun in my eyes; I realized I had fallen asleep. I sighed at took a look at the clock. It was only 6:00; I still had loads of time.

Groaning, I pushed myself off my bed and started my usual morning routine, starting with a shower. It was misty outside, a good day since I never really liked the sun too much. I stepped out still in my pajamas and dried and brushed my hair. When I started dressing it was about 6:30, I decided to wear pants and thick boots today, since we would be walking through some mud, along with a T-shirt and a light jacket.

"Morning!" Ronan ran in the room just after I put on my shirt, surprising me.

"Ronan!" I yell blushing furiously, "What if I wasn't done changing? Knock first!"

"Sorry…" He laughed sheepishly, "I was just too excited for the mission today… but it's not like I would see anything even if I did walk in on you like that." He giggled like a little girl, covering his mouth with his hands.

"Do you want me to take you or not?" I sighed; he could get on my nerves sometimes.

"Sorry," He gasped, as if I had meant what I said, even though it was only a joke.

After I dismissed Ronan, telling him to start packing, I started packing as well. A few change of clothes, 8 bottles filled with water, a blanket, an easy-make tent, and ten books to keep me company when I'm bored. It may seem odd that one little backpack can fit all of this, but it really can. My backpack is a bewitched backpack with space as big as my room on the inside; it is also light as a feather. Apparently Ronan didn't know this because when he had raced back to my room in anticipation for the mission he dropped his jaw as I shoved in my second staff, my extra staff, and my emergency staff along with some other weapons that I may someday use. I'm sure they will come to use someday, really!

"Woah!" Ronan exclaimed and plopped down beside me on the floor, examining my backpack.

"Cool huh?" I smiled but flicked him when he put his head inside my pack. "Ronan…" I sighed, he never grew up.

"Yeah…" He muttered, sort of in a daze. I wonder what he saw in there.

"Anyways, let's get going!" I announced, standing up, it was already 7:00. That definitely caught his attention.

"Yeah!" He jumped off the ground and ran out the door. "Come on, hurry up Arme!" He laughed as he ran down the stairs. I could hear a few screams and many 'sorry's coming from the oh-so-excited boy.

I shook my head and simply went to catch up with the blue haired spell knight. That was no way to behave for a noble's son, also the fact that he's 17 doesn't help.

"Hurry up!" I could see Ronan at the entrance, waving to me. I quickly caught up with him and stepped out into the garden. I could hardly see anything in the thick mist. Suddenly something grabbed my hand.

"Don't want to get lost, right?" Ronan smiled down at me and held up our hands, "Smart, huh?"

I don't know what kind of face I made but Ronan was laughing like crazy as I felt my face grow hot. Oh my god, oh my god… I'm so embarrassed…

"Arme, you're so innocent!" He giggled when he calm down a bit. That's what everybody said. I'm already almost 15 and haven't dated a single boy once in this life! Even Elesis said that she had a boyfriend before! And obviously Ronan had way more than she did. I always felt as if I was the only one, as if I was getting slowly left behind. I've always supported the two lovebird friends of mine but I was so bad at love when it came down to me. Nobody had ever said they liked me even a little bit; maybe it was because of my smart-ass attitude or my appearance. Or maybe-

"I'm not that short!" I shouted, thinking of my height, surprising the boy beside me.

"Uh…" Ronan looked at me awkwardly, "I never said you were short."

I'm sure I had never been as red and embarrassed in my whole life.

Ronan was never really allowed outside his town, which is most likely why he acted like a 3 year old the whole way. When we passed through a fair he was, quite literally, in a frenzy, especially when he saw one of those travelling shops that bring goods from Ellia.

"Arme," He called, "Come here for a second!"

"What? What is it?" I reluctantly strode over him, a little afraid of his overexcitement.

"Which one do you think Elesis would like?" He asked a quietly, blushing a sweet shade of red.

"Hmm, let's see." I smiled, it was good to know I was still needed by Ronan for these kinds of things. "Hair accessories, huh?

Ronan nodded.

"I think a yellow or white one would suit her." I suggested, "They go good with red."

"What about this?" Ronan held up a large yellow rose hair pin.

"Something smaller?"

"This?" This time it was an elaborately jeweled design with circling diamonds.

"Too flashy." I shrugged.

After a while of fussing Ronan had decided on a hairpin dotted with small yellow glass flowers that had red jewel centers. It would look good on Elesis. After all, she was very beautiful when she took care of her looks even a little. Many noble girls would plaster beauty products all over their faces; of course they too were pretty but Elesis' beauty looked much more natural. And I, I could definitely never match up to her looks either, I was too simple.

We walked for a while after that, Ronan having calmed down a bit since we had passed two towns already, he was starting to get used to being in crowded streets with people buzzing around for Saturday shopping. We soon reached the end of the town and were walking through a small field of grass.

"Arme!" Ronan yelled when the wall started to come into view, "Arme, Arme, Arme, Arme-"

"What?" I shouted back at him, annoyed as hell. Won't he ever shut up?

"Isn't it great? I can't wait to go outside!" He gasped, not taking his eyes off the great brick gate even for a second. He spared me a glance when he noticed I looked quite bored and gave me a shake.

"Arme!"

"O-oh, yeah, well. If you get to see this wall almost every day like me you'll stop getting so excited I guess. So sorry I'm not worshiping your superb wall, I just don't really think it's that great." I sighed, swatting his hands off my shoulders.

He gave me an insulted look for a moment and then pulled me towards the wall.

"Let's go then" He smiled, seeming to have recovered from my disinterest and pointed to the entrance.

"Hey, Ronan," I frowned ,"I just realized, I never asked why you ever even wanted to go outside the wall."

He beamed at me a little, "Well, I thought you'd never ask! I guess I've always wanted to fight for real, in the real world. I'd like to travel the world and save people, but I doubt anyone would let me, so I'll be thankful with just protecting my home."

I looked at him thoughtfully.

"What if you actually will become a hero one day?" I asked, a little jokingly.

"Hmmm, that would be great!" He laughed and smiled as he seemed to relish the happy thought.

"Ah, Arme!" I looked ahead and saw the guard whom I had become friends with; Anthony, and waved to him.

"You're taking another mission?" He sighed, "You took one yesterday!"

"Well, it's just the little troublemakers I take care of. If it were anything serious I would go in a party so I'm never really over working."I laughed sheepishly.

"I guess so." He nodded, "they're always sending people out on these small missions but they never really send anyone to Ellia. If we want peace we've got to kill the heart of the problem."

"You're right, but I'm not sure exactly who'd they'd send since even Seighart never returned." I gave a little sideways glance to Ronan who I had forgotten was here. He was looking between us, going back and forth.

"Ah," I tapped Ronan on the shoulder, "This is Ronan, he's coming with me today." I smiled.

"Ohhh, Ronan!" Anthony laughed, "That Ronan! I've heard of you!" He sniggered as he shook Ronan's hand, giving me a look of superiority. I suddenly regretted what I did.

"Don't make any useless comments Anthony." I glared at him; it was obvious he was going to tell him my feelings towards Ronan who was just stupid enough to not realize it himself.

"H-happy to meet you!" Anthony chuckled nervously, looking at me carefully out of the most corner of his eyes.

"Same here…" Ronan muttered and he too looked at me weirdly. I looked away, ignoring them both.

"A-anyways, I think we should hurry up with that mission." I babbled, trying to take my mind off my explosive secret which was very precariously held in Anthony's clutches. Why did I even end up telling him?

"All right then," Anthony grinned as he opened the door for us after unlocking it with his keys; he also went in with us open the door leading out of the wall. Inside the wall was a little musty and its walls were lined with racks of weapons and other equipment for defense. It seemed war with Kaze'aze was upon us, at anytime she could strike and we didn't know when. Right now was only a brief moment of peace.

"Amazing…" Ronan gulped and looked around in awe. "This is the real Kanavan wall."

"Yeah, you don't get out much do you?" Anthony smiled, "Must be your first time." I smiled as well. Most citizens get to come see the wall as children, at least it still has the same awing effect on Ronan as it does on the elementary school kids.

"Here," Anthony said as he thrust the door open, "See you."

"Bye," I called as I stepped outside Kanavan, outside safety. I would have to take my job very seriously and protect Ronan, that' my first priority.

"See you," Ronan also waved goodbye, before looking around and breathing in a deep breath.

Outside the wall felt as if we were no longer safe, we were no longer protected. It felt almost as if we had left the entire world behind and were walking out to whatever lay outside. It felt free. Almost noting could be seen due to the mist, I was beginning to have second thoughts on bringing Ronan, I mean, what if something happened, what if he got hurt? I started to walk and Ronan following shortly after, my boots made a squishing sound as it stepped through the mud and lightly brushed the tall dewy grass that reached up to my knees.

"Finally…" Ronan unsheathed his sword and gripped it tightly; he looked very nervous and happy all at the same time.

I smiled, "Excited?"

"Well, yeah! It's my first time out here!" He exclaimed, even jumping a little to express his happiness. I giggled.

"It'll take some time to reach the place; we're going to be getting rid of the orcs that are close by." I told Ronan, but he still looked like his trigger finger was itching. "Ronan, you look like you need to kill something!"

"Let's hurry," He urged, ignoring me. "We need to get rid of the problem, right?" I giggled again. He was very serious about this. I was the one who was supposed to be alert. I took out my staff, it wasn't safe anymore.

We walked for some time without talking; I often glanced up at Ronan to see him focused and serious on. I smiled. Must be great for him, he was finally getting what he wanted. No matter how much I ever tried, I would never get what I want. But it was fine, I was still happy.

As we neared the Orc Temple the grass started to fade out and a pebbly path took its place. We were very close.

"We're close." I told Ronan, who looked at me and nodded. "Ready?" I smiled, "You should be very careful today, it's quite foggy…"

"Yeah…" He smiled back, "So, how long are we going to be here?"

"Until it's 5:00."

"I see." He nodded, "Lots of time."

"Yeah," I nodded back, "Look, over there!" A blurry shape stood where I had pointed my finger, it seemed to turn towards us.

"Go get it." I nudged at Ronan who stiffened up nervously and gripped his sword tightly. He charged at it with a little yell, I laughed.

"Well, I guess I should be even more careful from now on." I muttered to myself and summoned a strong wind to clear away some of the fog revealing a trio of unsuspecting orcs who I quickly zapped. It was going to be a long day.

"Th-this… isn't that hard!" Ronan called over excitedly as he thrust his sword mercilessly into his victim's chest. I nodded; it was good to give no second thoughts, especially to orcs.

"You might, but this is pretty boring stuff for me." I called back, after stone cursing some nearby orcs.

"Is it?" He seemed to be in thought, "You know, this is completely different from my training, I've never… you know… killed…anything." His voice dragged as he lowered his sword to look at me.

"Ronan!" I yelled and fired a ball of fire straight at the orc that was advancing on the unaware knight. I sighed a sigh of relief as it hit the orc square on the head causing it to fall, lifeless. Ronan stared at the orc with a face of disgust, dropping his sword.

"You okay?" I asked, while slaying some orcs that had started towards me. Ronan shook his head and picked up his dropped weapon and took out orcs that were around him.

I could relate to him, it was hard to kill as if it was nothing. But it was what had to be done, or else there would be nobody to protect the humans, nobody did it because they enjoyed it.

We fought in silence for a while and I noticed Ronan was starting to get mobbed by the orcs, I dodged past the creatures to Ronan, all the orcs knew we were here, we were surrounded.

I stood back to back with Ronan facing the orcs, he looked worried.

"Alright, I'm going to use a meteor spell, stay close to me." I said and Ronan nodded in return.

"I'm ready." He gulped, he had never seen me use my most destructive, wide ranged spell.

"Meteor!" I called as I swung my staff down. Ronan looked up, mouth agape, to the falling fire rocks crashing down on the entire temple. It was quite a violent sight, the orcs were getting impaled and burned, just being close to a meteor would scorch their skin. Blood sprayed all around us in frenzy as orcs tried to take cover but it was futile, like rats in a trap, they couldn't escape. Ronan looked around in horror, and then at me.

"That was wicked," He managed to say after trying to find the words in his mouth, "Arme, I didn't know you could summon such a strong spell."

"Well, get used to it, you're going to be coming with me often." I smiled but Ronan simply stared at me. I sighed, "Ronan, I have to be merciless, they're just orcs."

"Yeah, I guess I'm just not used to lots of blood." He muttered, a little depressed.

"Don't worry," I reassured him, "I've been there."

Ronan looked at me sadly, I got a strange feeling. He knew I had been at this job since I was a child of 9 years. I used to go on many quests in my guild for my training. He felt sorry for me.

"Ronan, I-" but I couldn't finish a flash a white was all I could see before the sharp, unforgiving blade of a dagger was swung towards me. I had not seen that someone else was in the area, it was too foggy.

I quickly ducked and dodged it, taking a chance at tripping my opponent by swinging my leg at his feet but they were swiftly evaded as he jumped.

"STAY BACK!" I yelled, but Ronan was frozen stiff. I was punched in the face; I was at a disadvantage, having to protecting Ronan.

I felt my lips numb as I returned the blow with a lightning bolt, which caught the opponent as he was about to stab at me, as he writhed in pain I could see he was only a boy around my age. He was tall and pale with snowy white hair and was dressed completely in black. Who was he?

I quickly stone cursed him, petrifying his body but leaving his head so he could speak.

"Who sent you?" I demanded, pointing my staff at his neck. He didn't speak, he simply glared at me.

"A-Arme, who is he?" Ronan stuttered, the color was drained from his face.

"Shush, Ronan." I frowned, not daring to take my eyes of the enemy.

"Ronan, huh?" The boy smirked. I widened my eyes, I shouldn't have said that.

"Ronan Erudon?" He slowly looked over at Ronan who simply stood, petrified.

"Ronan, stay behind me and stay on guard, this guy's after you." I ordered. I couldn't tell him to go back, what if this kid had allies with him? This was very bad, if he was after Ronan it meant he was most likely working for Kaze'aze. Ronan nodded and hesitantly stepped carefully around the boy.

Just then something I had not expected happened, the curse broke free and the boy pounced at Ronan who was had not yet reached me. I wasn't out of mana, he had dispelled my magic. I fired a small bolt of electricity over towards the white-haired boy fighting Ronan on the ground; I couldn't fire anything bigger for it would hit Ronan. It seemed to have works because Ronan kicked the boy and rushed towards me after painfully standing up. The mysterious boy recovered quickly and dodged as I fired another bolt of electricity at him. I could barely see him, it was foggy and he was far too quick. I growled in frustration and casted a shield around Ronan, a saver that would protect until it was attached with a strong enough force.

I caught a hint of black and white before I was cut in the stomach with a sharp pain. It was only for a split second but I knew the boy was bent down and very close to me on my right and currently had his head turned away, I took this chance and put my arm around his neck in an attempt to choke, I could tolerate the pain.

He seemed surprised by my quick recovery and stomped on my foot, I didn't budge. I tried to hold him down but his struggling was slowly working.

"Ronan, help!" I cried desperately, Ronan who was only watching with fear nodded and slowly approached us. I could see him hold up his sword ready to strike.

I waited.

He wasn't attacking, he was afraid to hurt the boy. I swore, frustrated.

"Oof!" I flinched as I was elbowed in the ribs, the boy quickly broke free and grabbed my arms behind me, I could feel my staff being pulled out of hands and my arms being tied with a cold chain. The boy charged at Ronan, I didn't want to resort to this but I had to.

"Tell them everything when you get back!" I yelled as I teleported Ronan back to Kanavan. He looked at me with wide eyes before he disappeared, the boy reached where he was standing only a second too late, he glared towards me, he hadn't expected that.

I collapsed, I had no mana left, teleporting someone like this usually used up most of my magic, it obviously used up more without my staff, It had drained me of all my energy.

I slowly shut my eyes, I was done for.

Second chapter, yay! _;; How was it? you obviously know who the white haired boy is, XD;; please tell me your opinion on it, like maybe I have something to fix on, or you'd like me to inclue an idea you have or etc ^^; I've decided I'm only using Elesis, Arme, Ronan and mysterious boy who you know know the identity to for this, but if you'd really like to add in the others then maybe you can persuade me? I'm planning to continue the story after this is over since this is obviously before any of them join the chase.

Well, review and rate, thank you for reading! ^^