The closer we got to the dimensional breach, the more of a sinking feeling I had and the louder my ears rang. Something was wrong. I couldn't tell what is was or who, however. Shit. Why can I never do anything correctly? 'You've been gone for far too long.' Aska's words rang in my head. Was it already that bad? Can Origin really not take it anymore? Before we entered the dimensional breach area, I stopped in my tracks and sighed.

"What's wrong?" Jude asked, all of them turning around to look at me.

"I don't... I don't exactly know," I whispered. "But, if anything goes wrong, please let me handle it. Get as far back behind me as possible."

"What are you talking about?" Elle huffed, putting her hands on her hips.

"Just, promise me you'll let me handle it," I told her.

"Is there something you're not telling us?" Alvin cocked an eyebrow at me.

I sighed again. "Just promise me."

Ludger looked around at everyone and then nodded. "Alright."

I walked past the group to take the lead. "Thanks."

As we walked the path to the top of the cliff, my sinking feel was at its worst. I shook my head slightly, getting any nervousness out of my head. I had to be strong now. I had to protect these people. I had to protect Kresnik. He was the only hope now.

"What's the matter with Jude?" Elle tugged on my coat.

"It might be because of Milla," Leia answered.

"Milla?" Elle wondered.

"This is where the breach was before, right?" Alvin interrupted, making sure to change the upsetting subject.

"Did it vanish once the schism dispersed?" Leia questioned.

My eyes widened as I realized. "In this world, the schism is still here."

"Elympios and Reize Maxia are still separated in this dimension!" Leia exclaimed.

A bright light came to be in front of us. This was not Aska's light however. Not in the slightest.

"Is that the spirit with flowing hair?" Jude yelled as the light dimmed and a spirit was floating in front of us.

"If the other worlds were like this, the sacred land should be safe," The spirit said, not looking directly at us.

"Wait, the sacred land?" Elle ran past me. "Is that the land of Canaan?"

"Elle!" I shouted to the girl.

"Ah!" The spirit eyed me. "My little sister."

"Little sister?" Alvin gulped. "So, you're-"

"I am the Guardian of the Land of Canaan; The Great Spirit Chronos," The spirit's voice boomed. "My dear sister. I haven't seen you in years."

I smirked and put my hands on my hips. "Two millennia to be exact, or can you not count?"

Chronos rolled his eyes. "Can you be any more sarcastic?"

"Yes, I can as a matter of fact," I giggled slightly.

Chronos put his hand on his forehead and shook it. "You're infuriating."

"Aw, but isn't that what you love about me?" I clasped my hands together and gave the sad puppy eyes.

Chronos waved a hand at me. "I'll just hurl you into the abyss like I did with the new Maxwell, who decided to side with the humans."

My grin turned into a gritted frown and I sent a black beam at him. "How dare you!"

Chronos deflected the beam, giving a cheeky smirk. "Oh? So now you care about spirits?"

"I've always cared about spirits," I reminded him. "But I care about humans as well! That's what Great Spirits are meant to do!"

Chronos hummed and threw a hand up into the sky. Underneath Elle grew a bright, purple circle. In front of her, dark spheres appeared and were aimed right at her.

"Elle!" I rushed towards the girl and pushed her in back of me. Throwing my hands up, I blocked the spheres with a small dark wall. "Elle! Get back to Ludger!" The girl, obviously frightened, nodded slightly and ran back to the group.

"Why do you protect these humans?" Chronos asked.

"I think you know why!" I unsheathed my sword and pointed it at him.

"Achlys-"

"Get back Alvin!" I exclaimed. Alvin grunted, but did as he was told.

"Answer me," Chronos demanded.

"Because I am a Great Spirit. It is my duty to protect humans and spirits alike!"

"Stop with that!" Chronos scolded. "Humans are weak minded and have no place in this world!"

"Who's the infuriating one now?" Growling, I put my hand on my neck and breathed in sharply.

"N-No," Chronos stuttered as a symbol appeared on my neck. It looked like the the cover of Ludger's pocket watch.

"Yes," I looked towards the spirit who was gently floating down to the cliff side. "I am the Guardian of Kresnik, my dear brother."

"Wait, what?" Ludger took a step back into the middle of the group.

"I'm so confused!" Elle whined.

With the blades on his arms, he charged at me, ready to slash my face open. I blocked his slashing with my blade and jabbed at him. He disappeared from sight and reappeared up above, and used his trinity bits. With my dark spheres, I blew the bits up and sent the rest of my spheres at my brother. He flew around them and rushed towards me, using tetra assault. I back flipped out of the way and blasted him back even farther with incineration wave.

"Bright lights soar from the sky and burn the earth to dust," My hand shot up into the air. "Falling stars!"

Black fireballs fell from the sky and pounded the ground around Chronos, creating a massive smoke cloud. But of course, he flew up high into the air and shook of the ash.

"I don't feel like fighting you anymore," Chronos yawned. "You were always so weak without me. It's not even fun."

"Everyone all right?" Rowen and Leia came running up the cliff pathway. "What the-"

"He doesn't even have a scratch!" Jude exclaimed.

"Time for you and your humans to die," Chronos brought his hand up in front of him and a blast of dark light came forth right at us.

I put my hands together in front of me, ready to deflect this beam, but suddenly, Julius stepped in front of me and blocked it himself.

"Julius?" I cocked my head.

"The watch!" Julius wheezed, glancing at Ludger. "Give it to me!"

Ludger extended his arm out, holding the watch and Julius grabbed his arm. Julius glowed and transformed into his chromatus, and was able to deflect the beam, making a rift at the edge of the cliff. Julius grabbed Ludger's arm and jumped into the rift.

"Bye brother!" I winked and jumped into the rift right after them. Hopefully, the others would follow.


"What's this?" I asked, looking down at the watch in my hand.

"It is a pocket watch. A symbol if you will," The gentle voice told me.

"Why are you giving this to me?" I whispered, letting the watch fall from my hand.

Picking it up, he handed it to me again. "I want you to help humanity."

"So, go against my brother and Maxwell?" I asked, blind eyes looking up at him.

He nodded. "I know this may be tough, but if you truly believe that humans can change, that humans are worth fighting for, you can do it."

I stared at the watch, saying nothing for a while. Was I meant for this? I don't know if I could. My brother had always been my dearest friend. Could I go against him? Well, I guess I had already gone against him and Maxwell as well. How much more pissed off can they get? Well, much more, but I realized I had to do this. I had to do this for Milla.

I clutched the watch and nodded. "I'll do it," The watch floated out of my hand and molded into my chest, showing only a glowing design of the cover of the watch. The symbol glowed bright and then disappeared.

"Good luck, Guardian of Kresnik."


"Achlys!"

I shot up and opened my eyes. "Chronos!"

"Relax! Relax!" Alvin grabbed both my shoulders and shook my gently. "Everything is fine."

"Where are we?" I asked, frantically looking around the room.

"Nia Khera," Alvin told me, sitting on the edge of the bed next to me. "You weren't waking up once we got through the rift, so we brought you to the inn in Nia Khera."

"We?" I cocked my head to the side.

"Hi!" Elle jumped up to the side of the bed.

"Glad to see you're awake," Rowen stepped up to the bed also, grinning ear to ear.

"Where's everyone else?" I asked.

Alvin shrugged. "We don't know."

I dropped my legs over the bed and stood up. "Let's go check around."

"You should rest a bit," A voice that wasn't any of there's told me. I looked towards the door of the inn to see Julius, back to his original form. "You exerted yourself a little too much in that fight with Chronos."

I waved my hand dismissively at him. "I'm fine."

"Are you sure?" Alvin asked with obvious concern on his face.

I nodded. "We need to find the others."

Alvin sighed, but reluctantly followed me outside with everyone else. Why did Chronos not want to fight anymore? Why did I just stop fighting when he said that, was a better question to ask. He was vulnerable and I had the chance. Was I not able to do it? Was I too weak? Was I still hoping that my brother would see things my way and live in harmony with the humans?

"Ludger!" Elle's squeal entered my thoughts and I looked to where she was running to. "Hey you big dummy! Don't make me worry like that!"

"Looks like everybody's okay!" Leia smiled.

"Of course!" Alvin winked at the teenager.

Ludger's GHS made us all go silent as he picked it up. "DODA here. After analyzing the coordinate deviation of the fractured dimension, we've determined there's a high probability it contains a waymarker."

"I knew it," I mumbled under my breath. "They are trying to take the trial."

"If a waymarker is found, it becomes your top priority, no matter what the Great Spirit says."

Elle glanced at me and then back to Ludger. "What's a waymarker?"

"They're clues to Canaan's location, all hidden in deeply fractured dimensions," The voice over the GHS answered. Julius walked up to Ludger, grabbed the phone and hung up.

"Leave the rest to me," He said giving back the phone and extending his hand. "I'm taking that pocket watch."

"Not until you tell us what's going on, Julius," Ludger hissed at his brother.

Julius looked at me and I nodded, giving the okay. Julius sighed, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "Origin's trial. Don't worry. You can still turn back."

"Julius-"

Julius put a hand up at me and shook his head. "Not now."

Ludger hesitated, but dropped the watch to the ground and turned away from his brother. It's funny. I actually understand how he feels.

"Would you mind taking your family drama elsewhere?" That voice. Could it be? We all turned around to see what looked like Milla. "You humans are giving me a headache."

"Milla!" Elize squealed.

"Wait, do I know you?" Milla asked, obviously confused. "I'd remember such a motley crew."

"She's not the prime dimension Milla," I whispered to everyone. "Be careful."

She walked past everyone and kneeled down next to Rollo. "You hungry, fat cat?"

"Meow."

Milla giggled and stood up. "I bet you're always hungry, c'mon," Rollo meowed again and followed the woman.

"Rollo! Wait up!" Elle shouted, running to catch up with the cat.

"We should follow them Ludger," Leia instructed. "She might be the catalyst!"

"Right," Ludger nodded and started running after Elle, Leia and Elize following.

"After you big bro," Alvin sassed, walking up to Julius.

"I don't need a minder," Julius hissed at my fiancé.

"Yeah well, you're getting one anyway," Alvin smirked. "So now, you have the honor of my constant supervision."

"You're not going to try and pound my face in again, correct?" Julius muttered.

"If it comes to that, then yeah," Alvin winked and walked past him.

"I feel so trusted," Julius laughed to himself.

I watched as the rest of them walked away. Gazing up to the sky I let out a small snarl. Damn you Bisley. Damn you to Pluto. Now I would have to get involved. Especially with my brother running around through the fractured dimensions. I huffed and proceeded to follow the others to a little house in the far south. Ludger was already scolding Elle who was eating some sort of soup. We all walked throughout the house as though we've never been here before. Julius was greeting his cat with a smile.

"Fancy looking' feast you have there, Rollo," Julius laughed.

"Milla made it for us! It's super tasty!" Elle announced. "Milla's really into cooking, but she says no one in the village will eat her cooking! I wonder how come?"

"What do you people think you're doing in my home?" Milla slammed the door behind her.

"Hey!" Elle greeted. "The soup wasn't gross at all! Thank you!"

Milla blushed and turned her head away. "Well, you must be eating some pretty terrible stuff if you thought my cooking was good."

"I eat great stuff!" Elle told her. "My daddy makes all my food for me, and he's a super-duper good cook! He'll spend hours and hours making his special soup! He's the best cook ever! Yeah."

"If it's that good, maybe I'll ask him for the recipe," Milla smiled. The door opened and in stepped Muzét with her eyes shut for some reason. "Oh, welcome back."

"Ew," Muzét snarled. "You've been concocting that putrid human food again, haven't you?"

"I'm sorry, Muzét," Milla put her head down. "These people were hungry. I couldn't just-"

SMACK.

Muzét had smacked her across the face with the back of her hand. "You know how much I hate that smell!"

I tapped my chin with a finger. Muzét was definitely the catalyst. More than likely, the first of the waymarkers as well. We had to get back to the prime dimension, but I couldn't let Bisley get the waymarkers. Ludger had to obey his boss though. This was difficult. Well, the only thing to do now is... protect Ludger.

"Shadow!" The scream jolted me out of my thoughts.

"Come again?" I asked like the name was no big deal.

"Why do you never listen to me, Shadow?" Muzét growled.

"Wait, what did you just call me?" I asked, furrowing my eyebrows.

"Don't play dumb with me!" Muzét hollered. "Come with us! Now!"

I hesitated, looking at the rest of the group.

"Just go," Alvin whispered, pushing me gently towards them. "We'll come get you."

I nodded, following Muzét and Milla out the door. Milla warned the rest to leave before we returned. Oh darkness, where are we going? How did Muzét know that name? I didn't understand one bit. For over 2,000 years, I've always been known as Achlys. Was it so different in this dimension? Was I not living among humans? Well, I must have not lived among the humans because the schism was still there. I've always wanted to destroy the schism.

We walked up to Milla's shrine and Muzét grabbed my arm. "You stay here, Milla."

"Y-Yes Muzét," Milla bowed as Muzét floated us up high above the ground.

"Hold on! Don't go so fast!" I screamed at the spirit.

"Shut it!" She screamed back, shaking me tremendously.

We landed on the summit and she tossed me to the ground. Muzét threw her hands up into the air and started chanting for Maxwell to speak to her, but he wouldn't. I was kind of scared and worried for myself. I was tremendously worried about the others, however. I would have to explain to them why she called me Shadow too. Well, maybe I would just avoid the subject. I didn't really want to talk about that name. Not anymore.

"Why won't you respond to me?" Muzét asked the sky.

"Let's go back to the village-"

"Why has he sent you?" Muzét suddenly growled at me. "You always wanted the schism gone, but now he sends you? Why are you here? To check up on me, isn't it? Isn't it!" She put her hands over her face and then... turned into a black demon of sorts. The catalyst.

I grabbed at my sword handle, ready to pull it out if I must. "Calm down Muzét. Maxwell didn't send me here for anything."

"You want to destroy the schism! I knew it!" She screeched and threw a binding sphere at me.

I stepped out of the way and unsheathed my sword. "Muzét! Relax!"

"Achlys!"

I glanced behind me to see Alvin, Ludger, Leia, Elle and the fractured Milla coming up the summit.

"Al?"

"I'll just kill you all!" Muzét shouted.

I linked up with Leia and darted back to cast artes next to her. I grabbed at Muzét with the dark misty arm, but she was able to break through it easier than I expected. Thankfully, she was more interested in attacking Ludger, Alvin, and Milla than Leia and I. Leia prioritized casting healing artes and I prioritized either casting artes to stun Muzét or dispelling her artes completely. Alvin was thrown back into me and we were both knocked down to the ground with him on top of me.

"Alvin...," I wheezed. "I can't... breath."

"You've never complained about me being on top of you before," He winked.

"Uh!" Leia yelled, blushing furiously. "We're in the middle of a battle!"

"Right," Alvin hopped off and went back to join Ludger and Milla.

Julius, however, was behind me, gripping at his arm. Was... was he changing already? Did he use it that much already? Damn it! I just... couldn't do anything. Again. It was my fault. Muzét suddenly screeched and fell to her knees.

"Stay down, you're hurt," Milla told her, walking over and kneeling down right in front of her sister.

"I don't need your pity," Muzét spat. "You putrid, pathetic, pitiful human!" Muzét got on top of her and started to choke Milla. "Die! Die! Die!"

Ludger transformed into his chromatus and stuck his weapon in between the two women. Muzét flew around and started casting dark spheres at Ludger until his weapon flew out of his hands. I started running towards him in order to block the next attack, but Muzét stopped. Milla had struck her with Ludger's chromatus weapon straight through the heart.

"You. You made me do this!" Milla cried.

Muzét turned around with the weapon still sticking into her back. "No human can harm me."

"I'm not any human! I'm your sister!" Milla screamed.

"Milla!" Muzét screeched, but Ludger had taken up his weapon and thrusted it into her back once again. She eventually disappeared while her catalyst was still on Ludger's weapon tip. The world started to crumble around us, sending us back into the prime dimension, but Elle ran to Milla and held her tight.

"So, the fractured dimension is kaput?" Alvin asked.

"Yes," I nodded, staring at the waymarker in Ludger's hands.

A groan came from the other side of the cliff. "What just happened?"

"What?" I practically jumped out of my skin.

The fractured Milla was standing there holding on to Elle's hand. Was she? Yes. She had to be. But... oh my darkness. She can't fall into Bisley's hands! I glanced at Julius who glanced back with an equally worried look.

"What the hell is that Milla doing in our dimension?" Alvin questioned, glancing at me for the answer.

"I... I," For some reason, I couldn't form words.

"What happened to Muzét?" Milla asked frantically. "Someone tell me what's going on!"

"I-I destroyed your world," Ludger replied.

"Huh? Then, where are we now?" Milla asked.

"Our world," Leia answered. "It's different from yours."

"Quit talking nonsense!" Milla snapped. "What about my sister? She's back to normal, isn't she?"

All Ludger could do was shake his head.

"I'm afraid the Muzét you knew is gone," Alvin murmured.

"Along with the rest of your world," Leia added.

"Well, I do know one thing," Milla growled and slapped Ludger across the face. "You lied to me, dammit!"

Elle stood in between the two. "Quit it! Ludger was just doing his job!"

"His job?" Milla hissed. "What kind of job involves destroying worlds?"

"One that will ultimately save the prime world," I glared at the fractured Milla.

Before the situation could get more intense, Ludger's GHS rang and he picked it up. "Ludger?" It was Jude. "Are you okay? I guess you destroyed the catalyst, right?"

"So, you all made it back too," Relieved, Leia smiled.

"Yeah, we're fine. Elize and Rowen are with me."

"Mission accomplished guys," Alvin said, looking at me. "Let's regroup."

I sighed. How was I going to explain myself?


"Thank goodness!" A sweet smile from Elize is what greeted us back in Nia Khera.

"We took returning to the prime dimension as a sign of your victory," Rowen cheered.

Jude gasped when he saw that Milla had returned as well. "How in the world?"

"When Muzét was beaten and we were returning to the prime dimension, she was just... brought along," Ludger explained.

"Unbelievable," Jude muttered.

Julius snatched the waymarker out of Ludger's hands. "Just admit it Ludger. You don't have the stomach for this job."

"Julius-"

"Achlys, please," He hissed at me.

"Don't you talk to her like that!" Alvin growled, taking a step towards Julius, but I put an arm out to stop him.

"Very interesting," A voice cackled from behind us. "So, that's how you made your new friend there. What a fascinating tale."

Julius grimaced. "They were waiting for us."

"Mr. Rideaux!" Jude exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"

"An odd question for your new department of directional affairs director," Rideaux crossed his arms and gave a slight frown. "Well done former Director Kresnik. Recovering the waymarker must have been quite the ordeal."

"No more so than speaking with you," Julius huffed.

Rideaux smirked. "Ah Julius, you know what it's like to crush the hopes and dreams of the young and foolish, don't you? For instance, when you rigged your brothers entrance exam so that he wouldn't pass?"

Ludger glared at his brother. "You did?"

"That... that's not...," Julius stammered, not knowing what to say.

"Heed me Ludger. As your new Director, I have orders for you," Rideaux told the young man. "Get the waymarker from Julius and give it to me."

Ludger hesitated. Would he do it? I watched as this slowly played out, with Ludger taking his sweet ass time. Ludger charged at Julius, taking the waymarker out of his pocket and taking a few steps back. I cracked my knuckles and took a step in between Rideaux and Ludger, narrowing my eyes at the man in red.

"What does Bisley want with the waymarker, exactly?" I asked him.

"The Guardian doesn't know? Rideaux stifled a laugh. "Pitiful. Did you forget who you are?"

"I know who I am, Rideaux," I growled. "Now answer me."

"Ludger," Rideau put out his hand and Ludger passed me, placing the waymarker with Rideaux. "If the Primordial Spirit of Darkness wants to know what Mr. Bakur wants to do with the waymarkers, then I insist you come with us and you too, former spirit."

"Now, wait just a second," Alvin interjected.

"You can come too if you don't trust us with your lovely fiancé," Rideaux smirked. "You might actually learn a thing or two about her that you didn't know."

"You're an ass, you know that," I snarled.

"No, I didn't know that. Ah well, you can all come!" Rideaux exclaimed.

"Fine, we'll come."


"Ah," Vera greeted us with her usual expressionless face. "Mr Bakur has been expecting you," She gestured for us to follow her. "Especially you, Achlys."

"I expected as much," I mumbled.

"I'm confused about all this!" Elle cried.

"You and me both," Milla said.

"Mr. bakur will explain everything," Vera assured.

"Is glasses guy okay?" Elle asked.

"Glasses guy?" Vera cocked her head.

"Julius," Jude reiterated.

"Oh, h-he's fine," Vera stuttered, moving us into Mr. Bakur's office just in time to see that Julius was fine after all, but was being held by two guards.

"Excellent work, Ludger," Mr. Bakur congratulated. "You've gone above and beyond the call of duty. You must be proud of your talented brother."

"That's enough," Julius muttered. "Don't go praising him for this."

"You got that right," Milla huffed. "Doing his job meant destroying my world."

"They told me about you. What was your name again?" Bisley asked the woman.

"Milla. The former Maxwell."

"You're serious?" Bisley scoffed.

"Pretty skeptical for a destroyer of worlds," Milla huffed.

"Enough with that," I growled at her.

Bisley nodded. "It's not because we want to. It's to protect the prime dimension. Also, we do it to reach the Land of Canaan."

"I knew it!" I stepped in. "You are trying to reach it!"

"Of course, Great Spirit," Mr. Bakur laughed.

"Canaan?" Milla cocked her head. "The throne of the Great Spirit of the Void, Origin, guarded by Chronos."

"You were serious about the whole Maxwell thing," Bisley looked impressed. "I can see that now. Legend has it, Origin will grant the wish of the first human who comes before him to plead his case."

"Bisley!" Julius shouted, but said nothing more because the guards held him back.

"That was the pact we made eons ago by humanity and spirits. The four primordial spirits."

"The four were Maxwell, Chronos, the Great Spirit of the Void and Shadow," Milla concurred.

"Or as Shadow is better known as, Achlys," Mr. Bakur nodded to me.

"Th-That's your real name?" Alvin stuttered.

I sighed. "Yes. It's my real name... as a spirit."

"This pact came to be known as Origin's trial," Bisley continued.

"Present yourself to the Great Spirit of the Void and any wish will be granted," Jude pondered in amazement.

"Anything at all?" Ludger asked.

"Yes," Bisley avowed. "The Void gave birth to the whole creation. Its Great Spirit, Origin rules over all of his kind. A being so powerful could surely grant anything and everything."

"Why did they agree to this pact?" Rowen asked.

"Great Spirit?" Bisley turned to me.

With a sigh I complied. "To test your will, resolve and strength. To see if you were worthy... of being kept safe."

"Or you just find it humorous to watch humanity struggle and suffer," Bisley added.

"The Great Spirits wouldn't do that!" Jude snapped. "At least, not Achlys."

"Heh, they bear no love for us," Bisley replied.

"That's not true!" I told him.

"Oh? Does your brother truly love humanity?"

I took a step back in surprise. "I... N-No."

Elle stepped into the middle of the group and screamed. "Someone get to the point already!"

"Ditto that guys," Alvin agreed. "We have the waymarker already, let's just go to Canaan already."

"If it were that simple, alas it's not," Rideaux wagged his finger at my fiancé.

"A single waymarker won't get you to Canaan. You'll need five in all," Bisley continued. "This is but the first: Maxwell's Temporal Blade."

"The other's are Long Dau's Dust, the Seafall's Phantom's Eve, the Ark Sentinel's Heart, and...," Vera grimaced. "The final one is still a mystery."

"Unfortunately, all of these items have fallen through the proverbial cracks of the prime dimension," Rideaux said.

"So, we find them in the fractured ones, is that it?" Jude asked, surprisingly furious.

"Precisely," Rideaux nodded. "If a waymarker exists in a fractured dimension, it would have to be the entity that differs the most from its original nature in this one."

"In other words, the waymarkers will always be the divergence catalyst," Jude repeated. "And bringing the lost waymarkers back to the prime dimension is the real mission of Spirius agents."

"Not everyone is suited for a mission of this nature," Bisley started. "An agent must have the power to carry matter from one dimension into the prime one."

"There is a specific name for someone who possess that power," Vera interjected. "They are the Keys of Kresnik."

"And by 'they', we mean you Ludger," Bisley nodded.

A sigh of relief escaped my lips. Thank the darkness. They didn't realize that it was actually the girl. Elle. Thank the Lord Maxwell.

"So, why is Spirius trying to get to Canaan?" Jude asked. "What's your wish?"

"Achlys?" Bisley gestured to me.

"You really do like torturing me," I huffed, crossing my arms. "They have to wish that all fractured dimensions be destroyed."

"And what are we supposed to do about that spirit Chronos flying around trying to kill us?" Leia asked, not so politely.

"Well," Bisley breathed. "If the chromatus doesn't help, we always have her," Bisley pointed at me.

"What's he talking about? What's going on?" Alvin asked me.

"My, my, you really don't know a thing about your fiancé at all," Rideaux shrugged. "But, I guess it's not your fault."

"Origin bestowed upon her the ability to best her brother," Bisley continued. "To help us Kresnik's. She is known as the Guardian of Kresnik."

Rideaux flung a dagger at my chest, it immediately shattered and my symbol appeared before everyone.

"I said it before and I'll say it again, no," I sneered. "I've watched you Kresnik's for 2,000 years. All you've been able to do is bicker, argue, and wage war with each other, making even more fractured dimensions. When I do decide to help one of you, you stab my back like you did to your ancestor. I'm finished."

"Achlys," Leia whispered, clasping your hands together. "This... this isn't like you."

"I thought you loved humans," Teepo sniffed.

Ludger turned to me with a glare. "You sound like your brother, you know."

I gasped, eyes widened and then with a solemn look painted on my face I tilted my head down to the floor. "Y-Your right. I do sound like him. I'm sorry."

"So, you're going to help us?" Bisley smirked.

"Yes," I raised my head to glare at him. "But only because Ludger shows promise. Not because of you."

"Fair enough."