Welcome to my forth chapter! I realized it was a mistake sucking the suspense out of the story last chapter, so I added more to make up for it, I hope you enjoy! Oh, and I only have 3 reviews at the time I wrote this, so I would really enjoy more.

Isaac woke up early that morning. This time, beating the mercenaries up. Well…most of them. One of them was awake and watching Isaac. With nothing to do he found a small patch of flowers and sat down. Suddenly, he heard a voice.

"Velen." The voice cried out. Isaac turned around to see no one but Lethe, looking strait at him. "I'm sorry…are you talking to me? You seem to have the wrong name."

She came closer. "No, I do not have the wrong name. I know now that you are Velen, and a laguz." Isaac got up. "You are mistaken Lethe. My name now is Isaac." Lethe growled and said "Your name now?"

Isaac nodded in agreement. "Yes, Velen is my old laguz name. Isaac is my current beroc one. Between those two names are many, many others." "I don't understand Velen, why would you betray your laguz heritage, lose your tail and learn to fight like a human? Most importantly, why did you just disappear without saying anything?" she snarled

"That…that was out of my control." Isaac said "Now if you excuse me, I should go help Ike and the group. We need to make it to the port soon if we plan on meeting getting to the port." As he walked off he said "Tell no one."

Back at the camp

"So, Soren. You going to talk to me yet? Or are you just going to glare at me like your contemplating how to kill me." Soren was doing just that. "Fine then, but if you give everyone the cold shoulder, soon the only person left unfrozen to talk to will be yourself."

Isaac had already packed up and was ready to leave. It seemed everyone else was as well. As they departed he noticed a few people above them on hills in the bushes. They were probably about to ambush the group. He quickened his pace to catch up with Ike. "Hey, there are some bandits up there, they look like they are going to ambush us." Ike stared up at the bushes. "Your right, lets keep the charade up that we don't know they are there." At that moment the soldiers attacked.

"AMBUSH!" Ike yelled. Everyone got into their positions, Oscar, Titania, and Boyd gathered around the mages and Ryhs to keep them from sustaining injuries.. Everyone else branched out and started to attack the bandits. Isaac took his tome and tied it around his neck, unsheathed his sword, and charged. Ike was dueling with the general. Lethe and Mordecai were taking at least a third of the bandits. Isaac joined in with them, using his magic to blast away from a distance.

Finally a good portion of them where down. Ike had defeated the general and the rest of them where retreating. "I'll go follow them to see where they go." Isaac said as he ran after them.

He followed them as closely as he could, but it came to his attention that his yellow clothes wouldn't blend in with the bushes very well. "Crap, they are going to notice me." He thought. There were about one hundred soldiers left. A little more than Isaac could deal with. "I can't track them unless I…No, I can't do that." He ran back to the mercenary group and made up the excuse that he lost them.

They walked along for a good amount of time before night came and they were forced to set up camp. Isaac disappeared at this point and never showed up for dinner. He strode over to his tent and sat down. "Can I really trust her not to say anything?" Suddenly, Lethe walked in. "Yes, you can." She sat down next to him. "I never got my answer, why have you lost your laguz attributes?"

Isaac stared at the ground for what seemed like hours. Finally he said" I guess I can tell you. It all started when…"

End of Chapter

Ya, that was a somewhat corny. Sorry if Lethe is out of character. I'm currently playing through Path of Radiance again just to study what her character is like. Thank god for the support conversations I found online. Remember, please review