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Legend of Dragoon: The Aftermath
Chapter 3
"Oh no, what have I done?" Albert asked more to himself than anyone, "I pushed them out to sea, knowing full well that there could be a dragon in those waters, it is my fault they are dead." Meru, the spunky silver-haired girl smacked him in the back of the head and said, "Albert, they are still alive, look." She pointed towards the darkened sky near Prison Island. Meru let her Wingly magic flood her body and her wings appeared and flew up into the air, her eyes squinted tightly together, but still open, "Yep, I see them, I also detect the Dragoon spirits with them as well, but the magic hasn't been released, the dragoons must not deem them worthy yet. Can everyone transform yet?"
Albert couldn't, he had used too much magic, Dart as well. Haschel, the old fighter from the village of Rogue mused the question of, "Where's Kongol, I haven't seen him since we landed." The others soon came to this realization as well. "Look! There's his dragoon spirit." Shana called out, rushing over to find and pick the spirit up. It started glowing and surrounded Shana with it's light. When the light died down Shana was clad in golden armor that seemed to fit her body like a second skin. Everyone gasped, including Shana. (A/N: Also, if haven't played the game, Shana used to be the White-Silver Dragoon until the party reached the Crystal Castle of Deningrad, Miranda became the new W-S Dragoon). Shana said, "I guess the world still needs me as a dragoon, but I am worried about Kongol."
"Shana, I don't mean to sound too insensitive, but we need to go help Ike and Leo." Miranda said with just a touch of sensitivity in her tone. Shana nodded her head and said, almost as if by some ancient knowledge of her first Gold Dragoon spell, "Earthen recovery!" Everyone's started glowing, including the townspeople who had been injured from the fight. Dart and the others Transformed in their dragoon armor and flew off. The wind felt good, they glided through the air like it was the most natural thing to them. "I see them now. Whoa! What did Ike just do, it looked like an addition, and he looks completely shocked and angry." Meru said, flying beside the others with her Wingly wings, She had wanted to save her Dragoon until she needed it.
Ike's POV
I was hit, thrown backward and nearly off the ship, Leo grabbed my arm, "You want my answer to that question?" He asked me, "I don't think we can kill this thing." I was getting discouraged, even after cutting it's tentacles off, it still came at us. But suddenly, I felt a huge warmth fill me, and my fighting spirit was revived, I pulled the sword out and charged, jumping from the boat I started slashing, "Double Slash; Sonic Speed Slash!" Were the two additions I used. The Serpent reared backwards, like it was coiling up for an attack, I was on its head, and I raised the sword above my head and rammed it into the Serpent's head. IT started to shake it's head and I was sent flying through the air.
"Ahhhhhhhh, oh my god, I am gonna die." I shouted, feeling a total sense of weightlessness. That's when the warmth in my body got even hotter, eventually engulfing me in the heat. I felt my body being surrounded by a thin, blue under armor type stuff. When the heat had reduced I was left floating above the sea, I was wearing Red Armor. "What the hell? Where did this come from?" I asked, completely mystified. That's when I noticed Dart and the others had arrived. He flew over to me, "I know the power of the Dragoon is overwhelming, but we need your help in keeping Regole away from your friend and mother, okay?"
I nodded my head and Dart quickly explained the most basic Fire magic I could use. "So, throw your sword above your head, concentrate on that fire you felt just before the Dragoon activated, focus that in your chest, then throw it at Regole, got it?" I nodded my head again as the others went off to hold Regole back. The ship was nearing ever closer to Regole. I thought impulsively and flew, shakily, down to the ship and with all my might, pulled the ship back away from Regole. Dart noticed this and was hit sending him flying across the sky. Once the ship was far enough away I flew over to Dart and helped him out of the water, "I am so sorry Dart, I should've just atta-" He interrupted me, "NO, never apologize for saving people you care about, I almost made that mistake."
I flew back over and put Dart on the ship, then flew into battle, "Eat this Regole," I threw my sword far into the air, I concentrated on that First Fire I felt, I pooled it into my chest, and then placed my hands on the right side of my body, "Flameshot!" I called out, throwing the huge ball of fire at Regole, it struck him in between the eyes, he started thrashing around, and Shana, Haschel, and Albert were holding his head form destroying the boat. Miranda and Meru were trying to stop the water from sucking anything towards it; Dart had transformed and was pulling the boat back with ease. I felt the Power of the Dragoon fading quickly from my body. My vision was going black, I was falling. I know someone caught me before I blacked out.
Ike's Mind
I was floating, kind of. I tried to even myself out; I saw flashes from my own memory, then I came upon a large red space. It came rushing towards me, or I rushed toward it, either way I was confronted by a large Red Dragoon and two figures beside it. "So" The voice of the Dragon boomed, "You are my new vessel, as were Dart and Zieg before you, I want to make one point clear right now. Don't EVER use my power to better your own life, I will move on." The figures became clearer, revealing Dart and someone who looked like him, only older. Zieg stepped up first, "I am going to show you how to keep your Dragoon magic under control when you're not in Dragoon form."
Zieg had transformed into Dragoon form, "So, I take it you know the first and considerably weakest dragoon fire magic, Flameshot, There is several more spells you can learn, but I will leave you to discover them yourself." Zieg continued to explain certain aspects of controlling my magic as a human. Then, Dart took over and taught me how to fight as a Dragoon, also how to fight while flying. I was breathing heavily afterwards. "That. Was. Intense." I gasped for breath. Zieg had long since disappeared with the dragon. Dart stuck his hand out to shake hands, I clasped onto his forearm and we shook. "Now, you need to wake up and let your friends and family know your okay." Dart said, fading to nothing.
Real World
I shot up in bed and gasped, that was such an intense dream, but I learned so much about the history of Zieg, Dart, and the Red-eye Dragon. Leo and my mother came running into the bedroom section. They both threw their arms around me. It dawned on me that I barely knew Leo, I had met him only 5 days ago ._.
"Oh my god, I thought you would never wake up, then Dart told us to come in here." My mother cried. I hugged them both, "I learned so much about how to control the Dragoon spirit and the magic it provides me with." I talked about all I had learned while unconscious, my mother and Leo were totally absorbed in it. I had just finished getting myself dressed in clean clothes when Dart walked in. I whirled around and gasped, "Dart, you scared the crap out of me. Oh, and thanks for teaching me so much about the Red-eye Dragon." I said, thanking him. He just waved it off, "Well, we are about to dock at the port city Fueno. From there we will spend a couple days and then set off to Tiberoa. I have other business to attend to so I will join back up with everyone after I am done. It's time to relax after everything that has happened."
Dart left and I soon followed, the ship was being tied down and everyone disembarked. I took my mother to the spa and paid for the next two days so she could relax and unwind and stop worrying about Leo and I so much. She thanked me and left into the spa. I sensed the other Dragoons near, but I could not see them, I was becoming mesmerized by the sense of the other Dragoons. So it scared the living daylights out of me when Leo jumped on my back and shouted, "Hey Ike!" I jumped and he went tumbling backwards. "Dammit Leo, don't do that." I gasped, on the verge of hyperventilating.
He just laughed at my shock, then he got kinda serious, "Ike, I realized we have only known each other for 5 days, we need to learn more about each other." We just walked and talked through the city and site saw. I learned that he used to live in Serdio until his father was killed and he was sent to live with his uncle. "That sucks dude, what about your-" He interrupted me, "Don't even ask about my mother, I am never talking about that ever again." I wanted to ask more, but decided against, didn't want to ruin our new friendship.
Okay, I had a serious case of Writer's Block trying to figure out what to write next. So I ended it.