Standard Disclaimer stuff. 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. From this point forward, when the group is separated there will be semi-short chapters with each group and their leaders Point of View. For example, last chapter featured Dart and Ike's POV, seeing as how they both are the leaders of a group. This chapter will feature Meru's POV. Parenthesis will distinguish dialogue between the Dragon and its possessor.

Legend of Dragoon
the Aftermath Chapter 5

(Red-eye, what is this new spell, I don't know how it works. Can you tell me anything?) I asked the Dragon, Zieg shouted, "Ike, watch your back!" I didn't even look back; I just pushed myself forward, the Wingly's sword missing me by mere inches. I whirled around and sent another Flameshot at him. He dodged it easily and flew towards me, my strength faltered for a moment and that's when he struck. I felt a horrible, sharp pain enter near my stomach. I thought Dragoon armor was near impossible to breach; only the Dragon Buster could do it. He pulled the sword out, that's when I saw it. The glowing energy sword, Zieg shouted, "Noooo!"

Nobody's POV

Zieg lunged from where he was, and landed right on the Wingly's back. He pulled his sword up to the Wingly's neck, "One move and I will kill you. NOW, heal his wounds." Zieg shouted at the Wingly, who had no choice but to do it. He couldn't die now. He needed his own blood to complete the dark ritual his associates and himself were planning. The magic worked its way through Ike's body, repairing broken nerve connections, and healing the poison the Dragon Buster inflicts. The Wingly teleported away from Zieg, which he could've done the entire time; he just needed Ike at top health for the Ritual as well. "Re-tie them up, NOW!" More Winglies entered the room and started cleaning up their friends, families, and enemy's bodies and a select few tied Ike, Zieg and the Indels Queen up.

Ike's POV

I felt the sharp pain and burning throughout my body as I felt my world crumbling to the ground. My Dragoon armor disappeared and I closed my eyes. I could feel the life draining from my body and Zieg's shouting at the Wingly. All of a sudden the pain was gone; I could feel my limbs twitching. My eye sight was returning, but I was still incredibly tired using so much energy in such a short period of time. I let my eyes close shut and just rested. I faded in and out of consciousness for a short period of time, until I just went out.

Meru's POV

I couldn't explain how, but I could sense Ike's presence far away from here. I could only do that with other Winglies, more importantly, my own family. I would have to ask the Ancestor to be sure. We docked near Neet, Dart and Shana's hometown. "Okay, now I am going to take Crystal to the castle." Miranda said, Transforming. I spoke up, "Stop! Dart had a reason for telling us to take her to the Forest of Winglies. The enemy needs power and bases close to the Forest. Deningrad is the closest Ancient Wingly city to the Forest. Not to mention the good Winglies rebuilt the Signet room, and they would need it to summon the Moon That Never Sets." Miranda looked livid.

"Now look here you little girl, this is adult business, I am a Sacred Sister of this country, the one live in. I could have all the Winglies evicted from that forest; so back off you stupid little Wingly." Miranda shouted. I wasn't going to take that sitting down or standing up. "Miranda, you really don't want to make ME mad. I am the only one who could get YOU into the Forest of Winglies." Miranda picked Crystal up and started flying, ignoring me completely.

"Hey, get back here. I will not be ignored by some pampered little b-" I rethought my words, "princess." I flew off towards her; my Wingly wings grew a bit bigger, allowing me to catch up to Miranda. "MIRANDA, listen, I will not allow you to take Crystal to Deningrad." I said, Miranda swung her arm out at me, nailing me right in the nose. I faltered and lost some height and speed. I pulled my Dragoon spirit out of my pocket and grabbed it tightly, "Blue Sea Dragon, lend me your strength, please." I whispered, my Dragoon Spirit start shining brightly.

My Dragoon armor surrounded me; it faded like water running over me. "Diamond Dust!" I shouted as tendrils of Ice and blocks of Ice fired out towards Miranda. It hit her and she dropped Crystal, she started screaming as she fell. I swooped down and caught her. Miranda stopped and turned, "Look, you pompous little bitch, I am taking this woman to Deningrad, back to my master so he may lure Ike and the other Dragoons there and steal their souls and Dragoon Spirits. No one will stop me." She pulled on her bow, when she released it nothing happened.

I got it, Miranda has a very pure Dragoon Spirit, and since she is clearly being controlled or just flipped her lid, her Dragoon refused to use magic or attack. I put Crystal on my back and swung my hammer at Miranda, which connected with her head. She de-transformed and started to fall; I used my Wingly magic and kept her floating behind me. I flew back to the others; I tossed Miranda on the ground. Crystal had passed out at some point, "What the hell happened?" Haschel exclaimed.

"Oh, she was acting like a bitch so I knocked her out!" I said excitedly. Haschel shook his head, "No, I meant Crystal, how is she?" Haschel took Crystal from me and laid her on the ground. He put his fingertips to her neck, "Meru can you heal her? Her heart rate is low." I nodded and stuck my arms out in front of me as I flooded magic into them. I started a chant and Crystal lifted up from the ground, a faint green orb surrounded her and tiny green orbs flew into it. Slowly, from there, they faded back into nothing. Crystal slowly lowered back to the ground.

Haschel stood up and ran at me, his fists raised. I jumped up and dodged, "hah-hah, Double Punch" I saw Miranda fall down. Haschel turned towards me and said, "She was going to attack you Meru, I had to save you. You're my favorite girl in this group." Any conversation would become really awkward after that. We all just kinda walked, Haschel carried Crystal and I had Miranda floating in front of me. We reached the entrance to the forest and I opened the rift. We stepped through and were greeted by Wingly warriors; their faces softened after they saw it was the Dragoons. "Oh Meru, you and your friends are safe!" My father said and ran over to hug me, my mother joined him.

"There's no time we have many things to tell and ask the Ancestor. We need to reach him, now." I said, my mother and father understood. The other Winglies pooled a small portion of the magic and teleported us directly to the Ancestor's room. "Ancestor, please, we need your help." I started saying, but the Ancestor held his hand up. "I know child, I have foreseen these events when you were here last. I know the Winglies are gathering forces and we sent thousands of Winglies to Deningrad. Meru, there are more Winglies than you seem to think. I know the Ancestor of the Winglies in the Western and Northern Countries. Between the three of our Forests, we have nearly 1 million Winglies. Unfortunately for us, so do the enemies. They have massed their forces since the end of Dragon Campaign."

(A/N: Yeah, I know I am making the Winglies sound way too overpowered, but come on, with their magical powers and ways to manipulate each other, 2 million Winglies doesn't sound that much between four countries of Winglies, the Southern Country doesn't have any Winglies whatsoever.)

"Ancestor, could you take Miranda and Crystal to the medical area and treat them?" I asked, the Ancestor agreed and had them taken out, followed by Haschel. The Ancestor then said, "I have been able to break through their barriers and have been watching over Ike, Zieg, and Emile. They are all fine, but I have something I must share about Ike. Albert, can I ask you to step out of the room? This is a matter I must discuss with Meru only." Albert obliged, bowed, and exited the room via teleporter.

The Ancestor turned back to me and started the discussion, "Meru, there is only one big thing to be said here. Ike is a Wingly as well, and as much as it disgusts me, he is Lloyd's little brother, born 18 years ago, not only that but he is half-brothers with-" he was interrupted by a lookout, "Sir, Winglies from the Eastern Country are approaching, about 2,000 of them."

I spoke up, "Ancestor, I request permission to lead the attack, they have hurt too many of my friends so far." Ancestor was stunned that I would ask for such a big task. "Meru, I am sorry to say that, you cannot lead the attack…. Alone, ask your friends Albert and Haschel to lead the ground warriors, you may lead the air warriors." I started jumping in glee, then quickly composed myself and ran off to find Albert and Haschel in the medical area, getting treated and restored, "The Ancestor told us to come here. He has some pretty amazing powers." Haschel said, the Winglies insisted that we wear some of their armor, even though we would be fighting as Dragoon's for the majority of the fight.

The three of us were walking down the long corridor back to the front of the Forest, we reached an ancient looking teleporter, luckily it still worked. We arrived in front of the Winglies, I flew up and started talking, "Everyone, the Ancestor gave us the okay to lead you into battle. Please trust me when I say that we know how to fight Winglies. We fought against Lloyd and Melbu, not to mention three dragons and passed the trial of the Divine Tree and The Moon That Never Sets." The Winglies started cheering on each other.

"Alright everyone, ground troops follow Haschel and I. We will be transforming into our Dragoon forms as soon as the battle starts. I will cast some defensive magic on us; can I ask some of you to help with that in the back? Haschel will lead the rest." Albert said, the trust and loyalty radiating in his voice. The Winglies all started chanting a battle cry. "Let's go, charge!" I shouted.

"BLUE SEA DRAGOON"

"JADE DRAGOON"

"VIOLET DRAGOON"

"LEND US YOUR STRENGTH TO FIGHT AGAINST THE EVIL WINGLIES!"

The three of us burst into light, our Dragoon armor surrounding us, but in a different way, our armor was sleeker, like Rose's before we left, our armor covered our entire bodies, and "This must be the new transformation Rose told us about. (A/N: I know it wasn't said in the story, but like most things about my writing style, it will be explained later). Albert and Haschel must be thinking the same thing. (Meru, it seems I have evolved, and in doing that, so have you, I have learned a new spell, Frozen Dragon special, it requires quite a bit of energy, but since this transformation it won't take as much.)

"Blue-Sea Dragon! I summon you to help me with this spell, FROZEN DRAGON SPECIAL!" I shouted, the Blue Sea dragoon erupted from the ground, sending enemy Winglies flying backwards. The Dragon roared and shot a freezing cold beam of Ice towards the enemy. It struck shield and shattered it, freezing some Winglies, while others dodged. We were above the old Capital City, more importantly, above the coliseum. Horrible memories flashed through my mind. Albert flew up to me and shook me gently.

I woke up from my thoughts and pushed Albert out of the way, taking an earth based magic directly, I cried out in pain and started going down. "Thunder God Attack!" Haschel shouted, vaporizing the Winglies around me. He caught me as I fell from my Dragoon form. "Thanks Haschel, I got it from here." I pushed magic into my back, where my wings formed. "Wind Tempest!" I heard Albert shout, sending Winglies flying backwards. "Rose Storm!" Rose petals fell to the ground, shooting up to protect our allies when they were trying to strike.

"Violet Dragon, help me out here! Thunder Hammer attack!" A giant hammer fell from the sky, Haschel grabbed it and slammed it into the ground, killing at least 20-50 Winglies. We heard a horn and orders being shouted, "Return to the base at once!" We weren't about to let them get away that easily, we fired our best attacks, "Blue Sea Dragon, help me!" My armor surrounded me and I flew to confront their commander, Albert and Haschel following.

"Diamond Dust!" I called out, feeling a small bit of magic flow through me and strike him. He fell to his knees, halting his army, allowing the good Winglies to attack them more, whittling down their numbers further. "You are so dead now, buddy, how dare you think you can attack us? We were prepared. Don't even think about trying to take Deningrad, we have that area protected as well as the Ancient signet cities."

The commander pushed us all away with magic. "I will not be defeated by you, you stupid, insolent humans and traitors." We readied our weapons; he summoned a staff with a blade on one end. "Bring it on, you pathetic Dragoons." He said, trying to taunt us.

That's part of this fight, a cliffhanger, I know. Boss Battle next. But I need to sleep and recharge myself and work on the next chapter