Standard Disclaimers apply. I haven't played the game for a while, and my memory of the names of certain people and places have slipped my mind. I will edit the chapter when I have played it. P.S Lot's of Point of View changes in this chapter. I reserve all my rights in this story, meaning Get MY permission before posting this, using my Original Characters, or my plot on any other site.

Legend of Dragoon: The Aftermath
Chapter 4

I sensed distress from one of the Dragoons, "Leo, I gotta go." I said, getting up, pulling my sword out and running towards the docks. People were staring at me weirdly as I passed them, making megg feel awkward. Even from a distance I saw this big, giant guy with a Mohawk. Then I saw Shana, which got me going, I ran over towards the carts that people were doing business from, I jumped on one and leaped off a wall behind it, I felt the surge of heat as my body was surrounded with the Red-eye Dragon armor. I flew over and caught his ax before it Shana, the giant looked at me, turning his head he asked, "Dart? That you? Tell Shana give back Dragoon. It mine."

I shook my head, "It's not Dart, I'm Ike, and please don't hurt Shana." I said. Wait! This must Kongol, the previous Golden Dragoon. Kongol's faced became increasingly red, he swung his axe at me, I blocked it with my sword, "You not Dart, and I kill you now, my orders." He swung his axe sideways, it struck my sword and sent me flying upwards at an angle, "Alright, that's it buddy, Flameshot!" I tossed my sword up and gathered the Fireball, placed it at my side and threw it at Kongol. He brought his axe up, but when the Fireball hit it, the ax flew from his hands and into the water.

By now, the other Dragoons had gathered, Dart was checking to make sure Shana was okay. "Ike, it's okay, Shana is fine." Dart said, trying to get me to stop from defending myself from Kongol. I was distracted for a moment that gave Kongol the perfect moment to strike. I was blindsided and was thrown from my Dragoon form. My vision faded as two men with platinum hair and silver armor approached me.

Nobody's POV

As soon as Ike fell, the others rushed to his aid; only to be stopped by two Wingly warriors as Kongol picked him up and two more Winglies teleported them all away. "Ike, No!" Dart shouted. Dart noticed the Dragoon spirit falling from high up in the sky, he rushed over to catch it. A Wingly appeared in front of him, the Wingly punched Dart in the gut. As quickly as the Wingly appeared, a Rapier could be seen protruding from his chest. The Wingly disappeared into nothing as the Rapier exited his body, "Here's the Dragoon spirit back, Dart." The stranger said.

Leo had joined the rest of the group as well as Crystal; everyone except Leo and Crystal gasped when they head the Strangers voice. Dart looked up and saw underneath the hood, he jumped up and asked, "Rose, is that you?" The hooded figure removed the hood and revealed herself. "Yes Dart, it is me, I have changed greatly however. Allow me to tell you how Zieg, Lloyd and I survived that explosion." Rose began to spin a tale of how she survived the destruction of the Moon That Never Sets:

"After you had escaped, Lloyd took the Dragon Buster from Zieg and cast a spell on himself, and then he teleported us away from there, into the Eastern country. I don't know what happened after that until Lloyd caught up with us. He still had the Dragon Buster, and threatened to kill us with it unless we did his bidding, which we had to do since our Dragoon's were stolen from us. We were in a weakened state after that battle and we went to a secret Wingly city, where there was an organization that wanted to storm the Forest of Winglies and kill Ancestor Blano, from there they would then attack the other Wingly cities, using magic to control their minds. He told us to change our look so no one would recognize us. I had to cut my hair very short and give up most of my armor. From there we headed to Indels Castle and Lloyd established control there. I didn't want to do it, but he forced us to. Somehow, Lloyd got control over some powerful magic and we were his slaves. After that, he took us to the Black Castle and placed a Wingly Leader there. Then, we did the same with Tiberoa's castle. Albert, please don't be angry with Zieg and I, we had no choice, he was controlling us, we took your wife into custody and she has been in the Eastern country for the past 6 months. We were headed to Mille Seseau when I had managed to fight against Lloyd's control and knocked him out. Zieg wasn't strong enough to break free and took Lloyd back to Serdio."

Everyone stood there, shocked that Lloyd had grown so strong in the past year. Rose walked over to Albert, placed a hand on his shoulder and said a simple, but filled with emotion, "Sorry Albert, after we rescue Ike and Zieg, we will go to the Eastern Country and get your wife away from them." They heard a cackling in the distance as Lloyds figure faded into existence. "You stupid Dragoons all think the same; you can't rescue Ike, Zieg, or Albert's wife. Once Ike reaches the Winglies Eastern Capital, we will extract the Dragoon's spirit from his body, killing him as well as obtained the power of that spirit. I am not going to tell you our plan this time; Ta-ta for now." Lloyd disappeared in a flash of green light.

Rose finished removing her cloak, revealing her infamous Rapier, and new, sleeker, Dark Blue armor. Her equally Dark Blue hair was now hanging just a pinch past her ears, her body also looked a bit thinner than before. All-in-all, she looked like a cat. "So, what is our plan of action?" Meru chimed in, concern written on her face.

"I think we should split up, half of us go to the Forest of Winglies and tell Ancestor Blano about this new threat, while the others go to the Eastern country and rescue everyone else." Haschel said, "We obviously know Meru will go to the Forest, and I am willing to go as well." Meru looked at Haschel and started giggling. Albert walked into the conversation, saying, "I will go as ambassador for the Humans, as I did last time. Is that okay Dart?"

Dart nodded his head, "Okay, then it's decided, Meru, Haschel, Miranda and Albert will travel to the Forest of Winglies, with Ike's mother to protect her. Rose, Shana, Leo, and I will go to the Eastern country." Miranda's eyes grew large, "Why must I go to the Forest as well? You would have no healer in the party." Dart shook his head, then retorted, "We have Shana's Gold Dragoon magic, and Rose's Astral Drain, and Leo has Ike's bag of healing items and food. Your party will consist of Meru's healing magic, Albert's Rose Storm and your healing magic."

Miranda knew she had been defeated, "Fine." She snapped, and said nothing else on the subject. They split what money they had between Dart and Meru, the leaders of the two parties. They split there ways.

Miranda's POV

I knew it was a bad idea for me to go with the others. But, as we were walking away from Dart and his party, I knew what he was getting at. "Hey, when we reach Mille Seseau, I am taking Ike's mother to Deningrad; she will be much safer there than the place the other Winglies want to attack. Dart made a very foolish choice." Albert and Haschel seemed to understand, Meru looked like she was having an inner conflict.

Haschel's POV

I knew Ike's mother should be forbidden from me, but I can't help it. She is beautiful, "Miranda, the party needs your healing powers, how about I take Ike's mother with a letter from you explaining your situation." Miranda didn't think anything of it and agreed. Meru and Albert could see through me like crystal clear water. As Miranda was writing the letter that night, I explained what was going to happen to Crystal. "I am going to fly you to Deningrad when we reach port in Mille Seseau, I will make sure your safe then rejoin my companions."

Dart's POV

I had an uneasy feeling sending Miranda with the others, but they needed her healing magic, and I knew Leo wouldn't sit back while we rescued he friend. We let the others have the ship and transformed into our Dragoon forms. "Dragoon Spirit Special!" I called out, my Dragoon armor started to surround me, the combined light from our Dragoons blinded everyone. I rushed over and scooped Leo up, I placed him on my back between my wings and we all flew from the cloud of dust and light. "Whoa, this is… really high up." Leo said, grabbing onto my back even harder. I chuckled; remembering my first time flying, I about shit myself. Now, flying is about as natural to me as Sword fighting.

But, we had no time for thinking stray thoughts; we had to get to Serdio, then the Eastern country. I could almost see Donau on the horizon, "Everyone, is it possible to use the magic boosters, like when we escaped the Moon That Never Sets?" Everyone nodded their heads, "Alright, on 3. 1… 2… THREE!" I pushed magic into my wings as I felt the space around me seem to stretch around me (A/N: Kinda like in the movie 2 Fast 2 Furious, when the people use Nitrous Oxide). Donau was speeding towards us, as we flew over the city; the people probably saw streaks of color across the sky.

We were approaching the Tiberoa-Serdio border and we were shocked, to say the least, at what happened next. We bounced right off the border and were sent plummeting to the ground. I flipped around and grabbed Leo and shielded him with my arm as we hit the ground, creating four large craters in the desert earth. "What the fu-" Leo started to say before Shana cut him off, "Hey! Don't use that language around ladies." I chuckled at that. I released Leo and concentrated magic in my cannon. "Everyone, charge your most powerful attack."

"Divine Dragon Cannon!"

"Crater Arrow!"

Darkness Destroyer!"

My Cannon fired, which was soon joined by a giant Earthen Arrow, which was also followed by a large Dark Blue Beam, the three attacks seemed to merge together, "Triple Axis Attack" The three of us said as if by some Ancient knowledge of the spell. The huge swirling beam collided with the Barrier and reflected off it, sending it right back towards us. I thought we were doomed until it suddenly stopped and disappeared. We were all stunned, what happened to the attack?

Ike's POV

I wasn't completely unconscious; I could hear and feel everything they were doing to me. "Yeah, put him in with the Indels Queen and the Divine Dragoon's father; make sure they are all comfortable." I heard a voice say. I kept my eyes closed and my breathing slow, but even; I needed to keep a good ploy while I bided my time and let my energy and magic restore itself before I made an escape.

My body was hoisted up and thick, bone-chilling chains were secured to my wrists and ankles. Zieg recognized me, "Ike! Is that you?" He asked, "It's okay, they're gone; you can talk now." I opened my eyes and shook my head. "Wow, if you saw through that easily, then they probably knew too. I am gonna need to concentrate and restore my energy if I am gonna break out of here. However, I will attempt to transform." I gathered all the fire I could feel as a Human and pushed it towards the Dragoon Spirit in my pocket, the orb started shining with all the light it could; when it faded I was clad in my armor and broke the chains.

Nobody's POV

The Wingly commander was genuinely shocked and frightened that the boy could transform. "He shouldn't have any magic left. I drained it from him as we were carrying him here. Detain him at all costs," Seeing his men doing nothing, "NOW! You stupid, lazy morons." His voice boomed, all the Winglies under his command started moving around like flies on a carcass.

Ike's POV

I saw numerous Winglies flood into the room, "SHIT!" I shouted, I pointed my sword at the chains around Zieg and the girl, "Flameshot!" fire shot from my sword (A/N: I had major déjà vu writing that part, has that happened to you? Lol). They were freed, "Zieg get on my back, with the girl."I said simply, Zieg complied and climbed onto my back, I flew up into the air and floated as the Hollow, Translucent red energy surrounded us and the rainbow rings rotated around it pushed out from us, "EXPLOSION, urrraaaaggh!" I brought my sword down to the ground, magical lava and fire erupted from the ground around us, spreading in all directions. The Winglies screamed, shouted, and cried in pain as they were severely injured, melted, or killed in the attack, "Wow, even I have never seen a fire attack with such ferocity. What were you channeling there?"

I didn't hear him as more Winglies flooded into the room, "Okay, you guys are really pissing me off now. Explosion!" I released another explosive fire attack, more Winglies died for nothing more than stupid reasons. "Zieg, are you ready to get out of here?" I heard a large door screeching open and saw him.

This Wingly guy was huge, with massive metallic armor on him. "Let's see you use that pretty little fire spell work on me." He taunted. My vision flooded with red as he said that. I let Zieg and the girl down on a high enough surface that they wouldn't get hit by my explosion spell. I whirled around and charged toward the Wingly Commander. He brandished a sword and deflected my attack. I didn't falter in my attacking; I kept jabbing, blocking, and slicing at him until we were both getting extremely tired. I could feel myself beginning the de-transformation, but I couldn't afford for it to end now. I felt a deep magic inside myself rise to the surface. My body was re-energized; I could tell the Wingly could sense that.

"What is with you, you look, act, and feel like a human. But that's not all you are, I can tell." He observed. I nodded my head, "Of course I am not just a human, I AM A DRAGOON, the Dragon Knight!" I shouted. I charged at him again, "Take this, Flameshot!" I summoned a fireball and shot it at close range. The resulting explosion sent us both flying backwards. I felt a new spell set into my brain.

Wow, quite a long chapter. Lol. :D You might also have noticed that Ike used his Dragoon without it being with him. All will be explained in the next chapter.