A/N: And now, my final two favourite characters of the game (though one is barely introduced in the game, so I basically made up his personality)

Disclaimer: I dO nOt OwN tAlEs Of VeSpErIa.

When they finally were both back to working, it was with decidedly less vigour than before. They acted mostly stiff, their eyes dark as they silently lugged rocks back and forth. At night, they would only glance at each other before burying themselves under their covers.

As the days went by and the tower grew larger, another floor was added. Usually Yuri would be working on the top while Flynn worked at the bottom, making them even less likely to see each other. It was on one of the rare days when they were both working on the bottom that the stranger arrived.

He was tall, his red eyes glowing and white hair flowing down his back. It was one of the hotter times of the day, when most of the slaves were taken back under the shade and only those who had displeased Barbos were outside. The two boys found themselves working on the same part for the first time in several months, though they showed no outward sign of even being bothered that they were near each other.

Barbos and several other Red Eyes were napping, the rest of them talking or gambling between themselves. The man went into the tent where the slaves were sitting talking quietly. They looked up, surprised to see the visitor.

"Please, do not be alarmed. My name is Duke. I have noticed this structure being built, and would like to offer the freedom of one of you. I'm afraid I can take no more than one, however, though I will return to free the rest of you as well."

The slaves looked excited at the prospect of freedom, and looked almost ready to turn on each other to be the one who was freed, when a woman stood up. Everyone looked at her, but she kept her gaze on Duke.

"You may be able to take only one adult, but can you take two boys?" she asked. Immediately the others quietened down, nodding in agreement.

"I should be able to. Why would you offer this up, though?"

"They're too young. They've been separated ever since they arrived, and punished any time they come together. They may perish soon if they aren't given the chance to escape. So..please."

Duke nodded. "Where are they?"

She motioned to the tower, and Duke headed out, being careful to avoid being seen by the Red Eyes. He spotted the two boys and headed over to them.

Yuri glanced up as Duke approached, and the white-haired man froze. His eyes were empty, showing no proper emotion, and it made him wonder what they must have been through to get this far.

"Do not fear me. I am here to free you and your companion."

Flynn went still as Yuri blinked, then they slowly shook their heads.

"Barbos'll just chain us up again," Yuri mumbled, turning back. Duke shrugged, about to turn back, when he paused. Their hands were clasped together tightly, as if they were scared to let go. 'Separated ever since they arrived'...though it appeared they needed each other just to live.

"...You will not be caught. I can assure that. The other prisoners opted for you to go, rather than themselves."

"...Well, they're idiots," Flynn muttered.

"Flynn.." Yuri said quietly, glancing at him. Flynn caught his eye, then tilted his head ever so slightly. Yuri bit his lip, then nodded. Flynn sighed, then looked up at Duke.

"..You guarantee we won't be caught? That nothing'll happen to Yuri?" he asked.

Yuri glanced at him, but Duke nodded. "I guarantee."

Flynn looked at Yuri. "You should go..."

"I'm not going without you."

Flynn glanced back at the Red Eyes, then grunted. "Fine. Lead the way," he said to Duke. Duke nodded, starting off. The two boys glanced at the guards then hurried after him, Yuri stumbling slightly but Flynn quickly pulling him back up.

One of the Red Eyes seemed to hear something, as he glanced up and looked towards the tower before standing suddenly.

"The prisoners! Two of the prisoners are escaping!" he shouted.

The others quickly came to attention or woke up, and Barbos heaved himself out of his chair. He quickly realised who it was and scowled.

"Get them!" he ordered, and the Red Eyes quickly gave chase.

Yuri glanced back, then looked at Flynn. "Flynn...!" he cried. Flynn looked back as well then bit his lip, before pushing Yuri infront of him. The purple-head glanced back, but Flynn shook his head.

"Just run!" he ordered. He looked over at Duke, glaring. "I thought you said it was guaranteed we wouldn't be caught!" he snapped.

"You doubt my words?" Duke asked.

"You don't seem to be sticking to them at the moment!" Flynn replied.

Duke gave a faint smirk, then stopped and lifted a hand. The two boys stopped a moment later, looking at him as if he was crazy.

"What are you doing?!"

"Elucifer! Come to me!"

For a moment nothing happened, then there was a loud roar and a large dragon-like creature flew down, coming to a halt infront of Duke. The Red Eyes and Barbos came to a halt, staring at it, while Duke leapt onto it's back and turned to the two boys.

"Get on," he ordered. They hesitated then ran forward, Flynn helping Yuri clamber up. Yuri turned and held out his hand, which Flynn grabbed, and soon the two boys were seated behind him.

Duke nodded, then patted the dragon. "Let us leave, Elucifer," he said. The dragon roared in reply then took to the sky, leaving Barbos and the rest of them behind.

They had been flying for a while, and the few times Duke had taken people across the world on Elucifer's back, most would fall asleep. However, the two boys - despite being obviously exhausted - remained awake, gazing at the scenes around them in awe.

Finally they came to the island, and Elucifer landed, tucking his wings to his side and waiting until everyone had slipped off his back before closing his eyes. A moment later he changed, becoming a Krityan with short black hair and bright green eyes. He smiled gently at the two boys, who were now staring at him.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Elucifer," he said, holding out a hand.

The boys hesitated then shook it one at a time. "Flynn Scifo," Flynn said, taking his hand first. Yuri grabbed it next, grinning.

"Yuri Lowell. Thanks for rescuing us," he said happily.

"My pleasure," Elucifer replied, returning the grin. He motioned to Duke. "This guy is Duke, my best friend. He's a little hard to get along with, but I hope you can put up with him," he said.

"So I'm not the only one with a serious best friend?" Yuri asked, smirking at Flynn. The blonde rolled his eyes and turned away.

"How did you boys even get there? Shouldn't you be with your parents?" asked Elucifer, confused.

Yuri went quiet, gazing at the ground. Flynn glanced back at him, then stepped towards him, taking his wrist.

"Do you want to tell them?" he asked quietly.

"Well..they did save us..."

"You don't have to if you don't want to."

Yuri frowned, then shook his head. "No...I think we need to," he replied, before lifting his gaze to the two men. They looked a little confused, though Duke's face remained mostly neutral.

Yuri sighed. "My parents are both dead, to my knowledge. I...came from the Kingdom of Evalicia...I was the son of King Zane. King Kane, who had just taken over Zaphias, attacked our kingdom, so we had to run away. I think Flynn and I were the only ones to escape."

"And you had both lived there your entire lives?" asked Duke.

"No...Flynn arrived a few months before the attack," Yuri replied.

"Oh? Why did you go there, Flynn?" asked Elucifer.

Flynn hesitated. "My..my parents both died, but my Dad pointed me to the capital..."

"What were their names? You never told me," Yuri said, though his face was expressionless.

Flynn glanced at him, considering, then shrugged. "My parents names were Damon and Lana. They were the previous King and Queen of Zaphias."

The group was silent for a moment, then Yuri nodded. "Yeah, I know."

Flynn looked at him in surprise. "Huh? How? I never told you..."

"I guess you don't remember...You visited my place when we were three, with your parents. That's when we first met."

"How long have you known, then?" asked Flynn, confused.

Yuri looked at Duke. "What's the date?"

He quickly told him, and watched as the two boys stared. Then Flynn went white.

"We...we were there two whole years!?" he cried.

Yuri blinked. "Then...I've known two years, I guess."

"I don't even understand how we survived that long! The average life for the slaves was four years...and we're kids. We should have died ages back!"

"Stop being depressing," Yuri sighed, bumping his head lightly.

"Do you two have anywhere you need to go?" asked Elucifer.

They shook their heads. "We didn't really have a destination, anyway. We just wanted to get somewhere safe before the knights caught us," Yuri explained.

"You were being chased?" Duke asked.

"Yeah...Lost a lot of sleepless nights because of it."

Elucifer bit his lip. "You've gone through a lot for kids. How old are you, by the way?"

"Well...I turned nine last month...what about you?" asked Flynn.

"Next month," Yuri replied.

"That makes me older than you, right?" Flynn said, smirking.

"Don't rub it in," Yuri muttered.

"That is besides the point," Duke said.

"What this idiot's trying to say is, would you like to travel with us for a while?" Elucifer asked.

The two boys blinked, glancing at each other. After a moment they nodded.

"That..would be really great, if we could," Flynn said.

"So long as you are able to mostly look after yourselves, then you will be allowed to come with us," Duke said.

"We can look after ourselves, don't worry," Yuri reassured him.

"Then, welcome aboard!" Elucifer grinned, ruffling their hair.

A/N: Right, so Elucifer. Let me explain you a thing:

On tumblr, while looking for pictures of Elucifer's Entelexia form to base his dragon form on, I came across a little text post saying something along the lines of 'Elucifer was probably the opposite of Duke. So, black hair and green eyes'. Thus, Elucifer was born.

I don't know if all Entelexia can have human forms, I don't know if Elucifer could, but I'm going headcanon and deciding Elucifer did. And this is who he was. :3

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