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Chapter Two

Aqua Maiden

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The moonlight danced through the leaves on the forest's trees, illuminating the face of the Wolf Laguz, who lay fast asleep on the bank of a beautiful lake. He lay naked, the night breeze ghosting softly along his toned body as he breathed gently, sleeping delicately on his back. His left hand lay outstreched on the ground to his side, while his right hand lay softly on his defined chest. He didn't awake as a stronger, yet still breezy wind blew across his body, caressing his face before flowing off into the trees.

Slowly, a ripple in the lake appeared, fanning out to the edge of the water, slightly splashing the bare feet of the Laguz, who stirred ever so lightly, tilting his head to the side. Something at the center of the lake was moving, causing the water at the edge of the formerly still pool to wash over the feet and ankles of this young man, and he grunted quietly. Something long, thin and flexible wormed it's way upwards from the surface, curling itself at the tip as it stood outstreched. It gave way quickly, falling down into the water by the Laguz hard and making a large splash.

Finally, after being covered in ice-cold water, the man awoke with a gasp, the freezing water flowing quickly off of his naked form. His chocolate brown eyes flickered open as he heard an unusual noise, something slithering across the wet ground. He immediately tried to jump up from the ground, but the monstrous arm was too fast and wrapped itself around his ankle, slamming him back down to the mud. He cried out, but nothing came to his help. The tentacle forced it's way around his ankle and up his leg, wrapping itself tighter around the Laguz's body.

Suddenly, three more tentacles emerged from the water and joined the first, another wrapping around his other leg and the other two contstricting his chest and arms. He tried to focus and shift into his Wolf form, but the pain was too much and he couldn't concentrate in that position. The tentacles dragged him towards the water and he howled, something, anything to get help. No response.

Soon enough, he was completely submerged, holding his breath as he discovered that the lake was deeper than he thought. He followed the tentacles down to something in the water that looked sort of human. A teenage girl, or at least she looked to be, but in place of her legs were eight tentacles- she was an octopus! The Laguz's eyes opened wide and he gasped, shocked even more that he could breathe.

The girl had four tentacles free, and these were now directed to him as well. They wrapped around him, eventually forming a cocoon of sorts around him and trapping him inside this coffin of tentacles. He was crushed slowly and painfully, screaming in agony.

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The black-haired, wolf-eared man breathed slowly, "Then... then I wake up."

Alyssa sat in silence, staring blankly at Garra. "And these dreams... it's the same for all Laguz?"

Belleza rose from one of the three chairs Alyssa had brought in for them, "Not exactly. Not everyone ends up naked, that's just Garra. Are you surprised?"

Fallon spoke softly, "And... for the Bird Laguz... there's no octopus girl. It's what seems to be a male, a frog, in fact. We are all dragged under by its tongue." The winged man blushed heavily, obviously embarrassed about being bested by a giant frog.

"Okay... I understand," Alyssa spoke uncertainly, "But what do you want me to do about it?"

Belleza was again leaning on the pillars by the doors. "It's that," she said firmly, "The mark."

Fallon nodded, "We... we don't know that it would work. It's just that... you know. Micaiah, Queen XV of Daein was able to see into the future at times of need. We were hoping that maybe you could, too."

"But I can't-"

"Pleeeeeease?" Garra pouted. He was then jabbed sharply in the back by Fallon, who then blushed and laughed nervously.

"Oops. Ha... I slipped."

Belleza smiled knowingly and Alyssa raised a brow. She was suddenly thrown down, however, as an unknown force shook the room violently.

A loud rumble could be heard from the Nevassa Palace courtyard, and a large chunk of marble shattered the window in the throne room, shards of the stained glass raining down upon the people inside. Belleza instinctively clutched Alyssa's arm and swung her around behind the throne, both of them crouching down so they weren't sliced to pieces.

Alyssa lifted her head from the ground, her eyes scanning the shimmering, glass-covered floor. There, in a heap on the floor, was Garra, spreading himself wide to cover Fallon from the shard rain. He slowly rolled off the Hawk, arching up in pain as the glass embedded in his back were pushed in deeper, blood slowly forcing its way out through the slash marks in his flesh.

"Garra!" exclaimed Fallon, sounding half-worried, half-angry. "What the hell was that?"

"Impulse," he chuckled weakly, forcing himself to stand up.

Belleza stood and ran over to him, helping him stand steady. "Garra! That looks... no... we need to get that glass out..." For the first time Alyssa could remember, Belleza didn't know what to say.

The blonde stepped up slowly, nodding as she gained confidence. "Keep him still."

Fallon still looked unsure. He held Garra's waist securely, "What are you going to do?"

"Just keep him still."

Belleza nodded, holding the wolf perfectly still as Alyssa grabbed a tome that had been thrown to the floor. She shook the glass from the book and read slowly.

Lux Lucis Extremos,

I swear by the light,

Purge thee of darkness!

Arclight!

She held the book steady, and a faint light was emmited from the tome itself. A few more waves of light flowed out and faded, until a large burst of light was directed from the pages straight at Garra. He howled in pain as the light coarsed through him, pushing the shards back further and further until they dropped one by one out of the Laguz King's bloody back.

Garra stretched, sighing in relief as he felt that all of the glass had been removed. He breathed heavily, regaining his balance.

"Belle... what, what did that?" asked Fallon, clutching Garra to him tightly. Alyssa handed him a Concoction, which he rubbed into Garra's wounds, a slightly numb sting setting in the cuts. Alyssa joined the other two in staring at the Lioness, who stared hard at something out in the courtyard.

"Get ready. Garra, Alyssa, hunt around and pack as many healing items as you can in this, along with Alyssa's spellbook."

"Wh... Why?" cringed the Wolf.

"We're leaving. Garra, are you well enough to shift and run?"

"Yeah. Just give me a few minutes."

Belleza nodded, "Fallon, come with me. We have some distraction work to do. Alyssa, you escape with Garra. We'll meet you up when we can."

A loud screech sounded, shattering more glass in the room and a large tentacle wrapped itself around the tallest spire of the fountain in the courtyard.

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End of Chapter Two

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Author's Notes

Yeah, a pretty eventful and confusing chapter, I know. I know that the dream sounds a bit perverted, but that's only because it IS Garra's dream, y'know. :)

Anyway, please review the story, and vote on my poll! :)

That's all for now, I think.

~Soul.