Okay okay okay, I reuploaded the 4th. Turns out I uploaded the old one rather than the new one so It had quite some incosistencies. I just noticed it this morning so sorry if it confuzzled you.
The usual Disclaimer: I do not own GC or any of its Rights. I do however own my OC's
"Ugh... so tired..." Quagmire said as he was dragging his shears along. "I can't believe I've managed to get this far."
Quagmire looked up to see the sun almost setting. "Three more hours before the sun sets. It's not like I have a deadline but it'll be quite a bummer to fight in the dark. Especially against that red head." Quagmire said walking at a steady pace.
"Oh you're finally here!" Lire greeted with a smile.
"I thought you went back to the cabin." Quagmire said.
"Oh well, we got bored waiting and decided to watch the last match."
"So you mean everyone's there?"
"Well Sieghart could barely move so he stayed behind. Know anything about that Quagmire?" Lire said teasingly.
"Well he was going to kill me if I didn't do something." Quagmire said in defense.
"It's best we don't keep Elesis waiting. She's been looking forward to fighting you." Lire said as she walked in the opposite direction.
Quagmire followed behind her a few paces.
"They're here." Ryan said shading his eyes from the sun as he looked over the horizon.
Quagmire and Lire made their way to the last training arena where everyone except Sieghart was. Elesis stood in the centre of the area sword at the ready.
"I didn't think you would make it." Elesis said as Quagmire approached her. "I hope you're ready Mr. Gardener."
"As I'll ever be." Quagmire replied.
"Okay guys keep the match clean. We wouldn't want either of you dying." Arme said as she refereed the match. "Start!"
At that, Elesis and Quagmire charged towards each other and locked blades. Quagmire managed to clamp his shears on Elesis' sword but wasn't able to close the hinge as Elesis twisted it free.
"I wouldn't want you to cut my sword in half." Elesis said in a confident tone.
"I see you know about one of my tricks." Quagmire said.
Elesis charged at Quagmire again doing an overhead slash. Quagmire blocked the attack easily and deflected Elesis' sword. Elesis then did a sweep kick and knocked Quagmire onto his back. Elesis jumped into the air and was planning to slam her blade down onto Quagmire. Quagmire, upon seeing this, rolled out of the way and Elesis' sword mad a noticeable crack in the ground. Quagmire rolled backwards and back onto his feet resuming his defensive position.
"You'll never beat me by just playing defence." Elesis said as she dislodged her sword from the crack in the ground.
Elesis again charged at Quagmire but this time Quagmire jumped into the air and landed on a tree. Elesis then slashed at the tree, cutting it in half with ease.
"Don't hurt the trees!" Ryan said from the sidelines.
"Sorry Ryan but it can't be helped." Elesis yelled back.
As the tree fell, Quagmire jumped up again as Elesis withdrew. Quagmire noticed that Elesis was standing over the crack which her sword made a while ago. Quagmire threw his shears at Elesis but she jumped back to avoid it. The shears then lodged itself in the crack.
"Ha! You missed!" Elesis yelled at Quagmire.
"That's what you think!" Quagmire yelled back.
Quagmire then landed on the shears which we're still lodged in the crack flinging rocks everywhere. Elesis got peppered with rocks the size of a fist and dropped her weapon. Although it was a perfect opportunity, Quagmire couldn't attack with his shears as they we're still in the crack. He then resorted to a simple punch to Elesis' gut.
Elesis fell to her knees clutching her gut as Quagmire retrieved his shears. Quagmire was about to pin her down when she picked up her sword and blocked Quagmire shears. She twisted the sword and successfully disarmed Quagmire. Quagmire withdrew out of Elesis' sword's reach and avoided a slash. Quagmire looked back and saw his shears impaled in a tree a few meters away.
Quagmire did a turn and ran towards the shears. Elesis intercepted him and blocked his path to the shears. For a few seconds, the battle was stuck in a deadlock. Elesis and Quagmire eyed each other to try to predict each other's moves. Quagmire then picked up a stone and in one fluid motion threw it at Elesis. Elesis swatted it out of the air and created an opening. Quagmire dashed towards her and threw a kick, but instead of landing it on Elesis, he kicked the shears full force. The shears twisted enough so that the tree was cut in half and was going to fall on Elesis.
"The tree!" Ryan once again yelled form the audience.
"Ryan keep quiet." Lire said cupping her hand on Ryan's mouth.
"Buh the twee." Ryan said with Lire's hand still cupped on his hand.
"I promise that we'll plant new ones when it's over okay?" Lire said smiling.
"Well okay if you say so." Ryan said in reply.
Elesis rolled out of the way of the tree but was forced to abandon her sword to dodge the tree. Quagmire also left his shears in the debris. Elesis threw a punch at Quagmire which he blocked with his hand. Elesis then delivered a kick which hit Quagmire's gut. Elesis then got behind Quagmire, grabbed his stomach and bent her back. Successfully doing a suplex. Quagmire fell to the ground reeling in pain. Elesis was about to kick him again but Quagmire regained his composure and rolled out of the way.
"Oh you're still conscious?" Elesis asked.
"Just barely." Quagmire said spitting out a bit of blood.
Quagmire, as a desperate attempt, flung sand around so he could have a bit of time to escape. Elesis shielded her eyes from the sand and bought enough time for Quagmire to get away. Quagmire ran to the debris of the fallen tree. Elesis also ran to the tree and they both retrieved their weapons. They both took a back step and readied their weapons.
They bother charged at each other full speed and their running was enough to cause dirt to fly everywhere and obstruct the view. When the dust cleared, it was seen that Quagmire had his shears pointed to Elesis' neck and Elesis' sword pressed against Quagmire's chest.
"I guess it's a tie." Arme said, using her magic to clear the dust.
"Uh... Do I pass?" Quagmire asked.
Elesis opened her mouth to say something but got cut off.
"Sorry Quagmire, but this was not an official test." A voice said from behind them.
All eyes turned towards the voice and they saw the Knightmaster
"We've received report that the Queen of Serdin was kidnapped right before she sent the letter which stated you needed to test Quagmire." The Knightmaster said.
"So that means that the letter was fake?" Ronan asked.
"Yes it was." The Knightmaster answered. "It also means that someone forged the letter right after the Queen was kidnapped. We suspect that it was Kazeaze's doing but we can't figure out how she could've forged the letter and gotten a hold of the royal seal."
"You're saying it was an inside job?" Lass asked.
"Most likely." The Knightmaster said.
"And what do we do now?" Ryan asked.
"This will be your mission," The Knightmaster continued. "We traced the Queen's whereabouts to a small town in Ellia called Hamesu. Your job is to get her back in one piece and eliminate Kazeaze, since her castle is in Ellia anyway."
"That seems easy enough. Except for the eliminate Kazeaze part." Quagmire answered.
"Yes I can say that it sounds easy, but of course another problem presents itself." The Knightmaster said. "Gaikoz has laid siege to the ports of Kanavan halting all boats en route to Ellia."
"So let me get this straight. We go to Kanavan, take down Gaikoz, search for the Queen and then eliminated Kazeaze?" Elesis asked.
"Exactly." The Knightmaster said.
"Well you guys better get going." Quagmire said.
"What do you mean? Aren't you coming with us?" Amy asked.
"Well it wasn't an official test. That means I'm not part of Grand Chase." Quagmire answered.
"Oh I almost forgot, before the Queen got kidnapped, she ordered that you be brought back to the castle. Since you we're unconscious she wrote an official manuscript saying that you are part of Grand Chase." The Knightmaster said. "I forgot to give it to you."
The Knightmaster then handed Quagmire a piece of parchment with the Royal seal on it.
"So you're saying that I am part of Grand chase?" Quagmire said as he read the piece of parchment.
"Yes. Now you guys go back to the cottage and prepare for the trip to Kanavan tomorrow." The Knightmaster said. At that the Knightmaster turned around and walked away.
All of them then walked towards the cottage where Sieghart was.
"I still think I could've beaten you if the Knightmaster didn't interrupt." Elesis said quite bitterly.
"Weren't we tied?" Quagmire replied.
"I meant in the tie breaker! The TIE BREAKER! I would've won against you hands down." Yelled Elesis.
"Sure, sure, whatever you say." Quagmire said with a grin on his face.
"What was that grin?" Elesis screamed.
"Nothing."
"It was something."
"No it wasn't."
"Yes it was!"
"Would you guys shut up?" Arme yelled as the two we're arguing. "We have enough trouble on our hands now that the Queen's been kidnapped and you guys insist on arguing on something completely irrelevant."
Both Quagmire and Elesis fell silent at those words and didn't say a word until they got back to the cottage.
"Sieghart." Lass called as he knocked on the door.
"Yeah, it's open." Sieghart answered.
All eight of them entered the cottage and sat in the parlour.
"Have you heard the news?" Jin asked Sieghart.
"About the Queen?" Sieghart replied.
"Yeah. The Knightmaster stopped over here and informed me."
"What do you think we should do?"
"Well it's pretty obvious."
"Obvious how?"
"We do exactly as we are ordered."
The room fell silent after Sieghart declared what he thought they should do.
"You really think we can take on Kazeaze with just us?" Ryan said. "I mean, she made a war last five years and she's killed thousands of people. What chance do we have against her."
"I'm sure we can pull it off." Lire said optimistically.
"We should get some rest." Lass suggested. "We're off to Kanavan tomorrow."
Everyone acknowledged Lass' suggestion and went upstairs to their respective rooms.
XXX
"How could you let this happen?" Kazeaze yelled to one of her Anmon subordinates. "Now the Grand Chase have pinned my location!"
"I'm sorry my mistress. I will not fail you again." The Anmon answered kneeling in plea.
"You certainly will not!" Kazeaze answered as she raised her right hand and the Anmon burst into flames. "Get me Will." Kazeaze said to the Anmon she was talking to in the black mist.
A black portal opened up on the far end of the room and Will walked out of it.
"You called for me Milady?" Will said as he kneeled as a sign of respect to the Queen of Darkness.
"Yes I did. I need you to make sure they don't get to the ports before Gaikoz has successfully fortified it enough." Kazeaze said. "You'll buy some time and delay them enough so that Gaikoz can prepare himself."
"How do you expect me to do that, Milady?" Will said still in a kneeling position.
"I don't know, injure one of them or something. Just incapacitate them for as little as twenty-four hours." Kazeaze replied in an annoyed tone.
"It will be done." Will said as he was standing up and leaving the room.
XXX
"You couldn't save them... Your last remaining family... They're gone..."
Quagmire woke up the next morning with a start. He looked outside and the sun was still behind the horizon and the landscape was covered in fog. He yawned when suddenly a loud crash came from the room beside his. Quagmire ran outside to see Jin sitting on the floor on the opposite side of the hall where a barrage of stuffed animals we're coming from. Jin was shielding himself from the rain of toys.
"What's happening?" Quagmire thought as he saw Jin looking up to see him.
"Quagmire! Tell Amy it was an accident!" Jin said still shielding himself from the toys.
"You so did that on purpose!" Amy retorted still throwing stuff at Jin.
"Wait, I don't follow, what happened?" Quagmire asked as Amy ran out of stuff to throw.
"Well he walked into my room without knocking!" Amy replied pointing at Jin. "And I still had my facial mask on! I know you guys would never understand but being seen in a facial mask is quite embarrassing!"
"I told you, I thought it was the bathroom. It was dark and I was half asleep!" Jin said as he stood up.
"Guys please, It's too early to be arguing." Quagmire said. "I'm sure Jin didn't mean to walk into your room, after all, the bathroom is right next to your room."
"Well I guess so. But don't let it happen again!" Amy yelled at Jin.
"I promise it will never happen again." Jin answered throwing his arms in the air as a sign of surrender.
Amy then picked up her stuffed animals and stormed back into her room, slamming the door. Jin sighed as a sign of relief and walked over to Quagmire.
"Thanks, man I don't know what I would've done if you didn't interfere." Jin said.
"I know all too well how a girl's rage can tear a man to pieces." Quagmire replied.
"How so?" Jin asked.
"Well back when I was still in grammar school, there was this girl in my class who I teased." Quagmire started. "I know it's unsightly to see a boy picking on a girl but I was still a kid back then."
"What happened?"
"Well she finally cracked one morning and ended up killing my pet hamster." Quagmire said in a sad tone.
Jin couldn't help but laugh.
"The death of a hamster is not a laughing matter Jin." Quagmire said.
Jin laughed harder at Quagmire comment and Quagmire couldn't help but laugh with him.
"The point is," Quagmire said after laughing. "Never get a girl angry. You're probably going to regret it if you did."
"Yeah I grasped that concept this morning." Jin said chuckling. "Oh, and by the way,"
"Yeah?"
"I remember you saying that you we're going to be fifteen soon when we we're at the throne room back in Serdin castle."
"Yeah I did say that."
"The exact thing you said was 'in five days.'"
"And..?"
"That was five days ago. Happy Birthday Quagmire."
"I almost forgot." Quagmire said a bit sadly.
"Well a lot of things happened like being invited to Grand Chase, the test and you losing your-" Jin stopped before he could finish the sentence.
"No it's alright. I'm done grieving." Quagmire said as he put his hand on Jin's shoulder.
"Have a good one Quagmire." Jin said walking to the staircase going downstairs.
"Yeah." Quagmire said walking to the bathroom door.
A few hours later, the whole Grand Chase team was awake. Most of them were at the breakfast table while Arme was in the kitchen preparing breakfast.
"So does Arme do all the cooking?" Quagmire said sipping a cup of Orange Juice.
"She's the only one who knows how to cook." Lire replied.
"I know how to cook!" Ryan yelled.
"You can only cook Elven food. Something which us humans don't enjoy. I mean it would be fine if only you and Lire we're going to eat it but we need food that we can all eat." Sieghart replied.
"Well you do have a point." Ryan said as he sank back into his seat.
Arme walked out of the kitchen with plates of pancakes and eggs. She used magic to levitate the plates onto the breakfast table. She then levitated a cake out of the kitchen. The cake was then laid in front of Quagmire.
Happy Birthday Quagmire!
From Grand Chase
The cake said.
"Happy birthday." Arme said with a smile.
Everyone greeted Quagmire a happy birthday and each of them got a slice of the cake.
"This is a great cake Arme." Ryan said with cake still in his mouth.
"As expected of our cook." Lass said with a smile which made Arme blush.
"This is the best thing that has happened to me in the past few days." Quagmire said with a grateful expression on his face.
"Well you are one of us." Jin said.
All the other agreed except Elesis who sat on her chair in silence.
"What's the matter Elie?" Amy asked.
"Nothing's the matter, and I told you not to call me that." Elesis said in an annoyed tone.
"There is something wrong. Usually you jump at sweets like they we're pray, but you've hardly touched your slice of cake." Ronan answered.
"Aren't you guys worried at all?" Elesis asked as she stood from the table meriting the attention of everybody in the room.
"Worried about what?" Ryan asked as he got himself another slice of cake.
"I mean, we've been tasked to rescue the Queen! Not to mention take down the Queen of darkness. It all rests on our shoulders." Elesis answered.
"Oh don't worry about that, I'm sure we'll succeed as long as we work together and keep an eye out for each other." Lire said optimistically.
"I, in fact, am a bit concerned on how we pull this off." Sieghart said. "We still have no plan. How do we get to Hamesu? How do we rescue the Queen? How do we rid the world of Kazeaze? It's these unknowns that are likely to be the death of us."
"I'm sure we'll figure it out." Lass answered.
"Speaking of which, when do we set off to Kanavan?" Quagmire asked.
"We're ready to go I presume?" Sieghart asked.
All of them nodded in agreement.
"We'll leave in an hour then. Stock up the potions, weapons and whatever you will need on the journey." Sieghart said as he left the dining room and was on his way to his room.
Everyone else followed and went to their respective rooms to get all they needed for the trip ahead. An hour later everyone was at the front door and ready to go.
"Got everything you need?" Ronan asked everyone.
All of them nodded, acknowledging that they we're ready. They walked towards the east where the border or Serdin and Kanavan was. After a few hours of walking, they reached the gorge which separated Serdin from Kanavan which was called Gorgoe of Oath.
"Halt! Who goes there?" A tall guard in a thick suit of armour said.
"We are the Grand Chase, we were the ones tasked to take down the Queen of Darkness and rescue the Queen of Serdin." Ronan answered. "And who might you be?"
"I am James, an Elite Lancer." The guard said as he gestured to the lance which was twice his size saddled on his back.
Before they could finish conversing, a loud roar was heard in the distance.
"What was that?" Lire said readying her bow.
"I don't know." Amy said looking out into the distance.
"It's the Drillmon." James said.
"Drillmons? You mean they haven't been driven out?" Ronan said.
"Sir, they have been chased away but Drillmons are a stubborn bunch. They keep coming back." James said as he readied his lance. "We can't get a hold of their alpha leader so we can't drive them away effectively. We only ever managed to thin their numbers until they eventually retreat. I'm sorry but my duty as a guard gives me the authorization to close down the gorge in the case of a Drillmon infestation. You may not pass at this time."
"What?" Elesis yelled. "You mean we walked all this way to be stopped by some idiot in armour!"
"Elesis, watch what you say." Lire scolded.
"Don't tell me what to do blondie!" Elesis yelled.
Elesis drew her sword to threaten James but he readied his lance and did a quick stabbing motion at Elesis. Elesis closed her eyes as to bear the pain of a piercing lance through her but to her surprise it wasn't painful at all. She opened her eyes and saw that a drop of black blood fell on her nose. She looked up to see that a Drillmon above her was impaled on James' lance.
"Please, miss. You cannot stay here. You must retreat to a safer location." James said retrieving his lance from the dead Drillmon.
"Hey, how about we help you?" Jin suggested.
"Help me?" James said rather puzzled.
"I mean we are Grand Chase, the best warriors of the land." Jin replied.
"If you can find it in your conscience to help a guard like me." James said.
"Excellent, then if we clear the gorge, we can pass right?" Ronan said.
"I don't see why not."
"Well then what're we waiting for?" Elesis said as she regained her nerve to speak up again.
The Grand Chase team and James charged forward the Gorge of Oath, taking the enemies they encountered on the way. Elesis ran at a Drillmon and slashed her sword at it cutting it clean in half. Arme used a spell that sent all Drillmon in the area flying. Amy ran at the army of Drillmon waving her chakrams around her creating a path to the middle of the crowd. Lass threw daggers at the Drillmon and Sieghart killed a few with on slash. Jin threw a fireball which set a Drillmon on fire and Quagmire snipped at a few cutting them in half. Ronan froze half of the enemies with his white orb and Ryan smashed them into the ground. It was not long before they face a Drillmon which was a bit larger than the others.
"It's the Alpha Male." James said. "We get rid of that and the Drillmons will never return."
The Giant Drillmon then threw an orb of energy towards them which hit the ground with a powerful explosion scattering the team. Arme recovered quickly and yelled Lightning Bolt which paralyzed the Drillmon. Quagmire charged at the Drillmon and jumped on its back. The Drillmon struggled to get Quagmire off its back but before it could shake Quagmire off, Quagmire managed to snip off his wings. The Drillmon cried out in agony and got angrier. It then slammed its drill into the ground sending rocks flying everywhere. It kept doing this and the team had to take cover behind a nearby boulder.
"What do we do now?" Lass said as he peeked over the top of the boulder almost getting hit by a rock.
"I don't know." Ronan said with a frustrated look on his face.
"I've got an idea." James said.
All eyes looked onto him and he proceeded to explain his plan. "I am a lancer. Us lancers are trained to charge at an enemy lance first and knock it back. We avoid damage by wearing thick armour."
"And how does that relate to our situation." Jin asked.
"Look behind the Drillmon." James said.
"The gorge is behind him." Amy said looking past the Drillmon.
"What? No! You won't survive it!" Quagmire said in an objective tone.
"It's the only way to kill it now. You've successfully snipped off its wings so it can't fly and it will fall to its death." James said readying his lance.
"But in doing so you won't survive the fall either." Lire said in a grim tone.
"It's a sacrifice worth taking so that you guys can take down the Queen of Darkness." James said as he took his charging position.
"Wai-"
Before Quagmire could even finish the word, James ran full speed at the Drillmon. The rocks it flung dented his armour but did not pierce it. He successfully impaled the Drillmon onto the tip of his lance but he kept running towards the gorge. It was not long before both the Drillmon and James fell off the cliff and fell to the bottom of the gorge.
The Grand Chase went out of cover and looked over the edge.
"He fell straight down..." Ronan said trying to look if James managed to grab onto a ledge.
All of them had grief on their faces but they knew that they could not dwell on the death of their new friend. They walked along the gorge and eventually came to a rope bridge.
They all crossed the roped bridge and after a few more minutes of walking, they saw a sign. The sign read:
Kanavan, 20 kilometres east.
XXX
"Have you arrived at Kanavan?" Kazeaze asked.
"Yes Milday." Will answered to the black mist in his room which he rented at the local inn.
"The Grand Chase has arrived. Be sure to stall them long enough for Gaikoz to make preparations." Kazeaze commanded.
"It will be done." Will answered.
Writing when your sleepy can cause a lot of trouble for the story... Once again I'm sorry for the confusion.