Thanks for the review Ninjapanda! It has come to my attention on the relationship of Light and her brother Lloyd. They haven't seen each other in 2 and a half years so I waned to add a distance between them. Don't worry though I will repair their relationship later on and don't forget Lloyd is acting strange as well I wanted to make sure that applied even to his sister. Well on with the story!

Chapter 3

Light's pov.

I didn't want to upset Emil. The last thing that needed to happen was for him to get mad at me. My brother acted so differently. I guess it has something to do with me being dead and then suddenly coming back to life. I hope he's okay.

I glanced up when the town came into view. It was a pretty little town. I wonder if Lloyd came here.

"I should hide…," Tenebrae stated and began to disappear.

"Huh? W-why?" Emil asked taking a step back. "You didn't have anything to do with those monsters did you?"

"Of course not…but it would attract unwanted attention!" he answered.

"Hey Emil can I meet your family?" Marta randomly asked.

"U-um..no..we should see the mayor first…," Emil stuttered quickly.

That's right his Uncle was mean. Maybe his Aunt is too? We started to head to the mayors house, but had a run in with these people called the Vanguard.

"Eek!" I jumped out of the way as the man named Hawk took a swipe at me.

"Deep darkness that consumes all…destroy my enemies with your dark pillars of shadow…," I chanted panicking. "Black Judgment!"

He was thrown back with blood oozing from his wounds. He panted and tried striking me again. Emil came running over and blocked his attack. Another Vanguard came up behind me. Reacting on in pulse I knocked him off his feet and punched him in the face when he went down. Lloyd had taught me how to swipe someone off their own feet, but I could never do it quite right. I found that Emil and I were surrounded. Slowly I began to panic even more than I was. We couldn't take them all on! Emil continued to lash at them in wild swipes of his sword. He hit quite a few. I had to kept dodging since the only attacks I could do was spell artes.

"Deep darkness that consumes all…destroy my enemies with your dark pillars of shadow…," I once again chanted panicking. "Black Judgment!"

That threw almost everybody a good 5 feet from me. I took this time to run to a clear area away.

"Deep darkness that consumes all…destroy my enemies with your dark pillars of shadow…," I shouted. "Black Judgment!"

This took out a good many.

"We need to get out of here!" Tenebrae shouted.

We made a run for it. I would trip and stumble ever so slightly still slightly unfamiliar to the paved ground. It would take some getting used to walking on all terrains let alone running. We came across a fountain square. In the middle was a statue of my brother Lloyd. At that moment I had many questions I needed to ask him. Now wasn't the time to ponder on them for some more soldiers appeared. They were different that the Vanguard.

"That's the Church of Martel!" Marta gasped.

"The Church of Martel?" I wondered.

"Hand over Ratatosk's core," the giant of a man snapped impatiently.

"Go my servant! Strike!" Tenebrae commanded.

An imp appeared and rushed forward towards the guards. Emil and Marta took that chance to run. I was to stunned and forgot how my legs worked. When I finally remembered the guards were already on top of me and dragging me to the leader.

Emil's pov.

I stopped glancing at Marta when we got into the woods. That's when I realized Light wasn't with us anymore. I looking around in sheer panic.

"Light? L-Light were are you!" I shouted.

"Quiet they will hear you!" Marta snapped.

I turned to her.

"We need to get out of here!" Tenebrae stated.

Suddenly we heard Magnar make an announcement that if we do not turn ourselves in Luin will pay for our mistakes and will be destroyed using divine punishment. Light was still there and I didn't want to have the townspeople hurt.

"Marta go turn yourself in..," I murmured.

"But…!" She started.

"They will destroy Luin if you don't! They will destroy it just like Palmacosta!" I shouted at her.

She starred at me in shock and hung her head.

"Your right…I'll go…" with that she left.

"Emil..You just sent Lady Marta to her death…Ratatosk's core cannot be separated from Marta unless she were to die. The core needs energy from her body," Tenebrae stated plainly.

"T-Then we need to go tell her!" I snapped.

"She already knows…," he murmured.

My eyes widened in shock. Tenebrae was right I did sent her to her death. I'm such a horrible person.

"Alright I'm going after them!" I exclaimed.

"You sure?" Tenebrae asked.

"Yes!"

"Then I will come with you."

We ran off to stop Magnar and save Marta. I hope Light is alright as well.