Legacy of the Dragon's Flame

by Argus456

2000 years has passed,and the magic dimension has been discovered by the Pangalactic Federation which believes that the inhabitants are a threat.The rest of the summary is in my profile.Please R&R.Crossover with Star Ocean:Till the end of Time and others

22. Chapter 21

Author's note:I hope you enjoyed the last chapter as much as I've had cause this chapter should be just as good,I think. I guess I have nothing to say except, 'On with the story!'
p.s:I just noticed that the name of Ronand's assistant,Celina is actually the name Cedric Palladium's own wife Selina with a C so Please bare with me as I change the name of Cedric's wife to Marila. Thanks

Disclaimer:I don't own anything that's related in any way to Winx Club,Star Ocean:Till the End of Time and any other miscellaneous details like Mobile Suits from the Gundam Series and Dragon Booster but I do own the plotline and the Ocs

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(The Royal Grace,Manor Gardens)

The manor that the group was staying at was like a miniature version of Eraklion's palace,with a small private garden at the rear with a fountain constantly releasing an unending flow of water as Argus and Reina were taking a stroll in the peaceful garden,hand in hand,unaware that Rosa was nearby,hidden by an invisibility spell she learned so that she could pull pranks unseen but it's purpose was change as she wanted to confirm whether Argus has true feelings for her best friend or not.

"You know what Argus ?" Reina leaned into Argus' arms as they continued walking, "What ?" Reina was hesitant to talk at first but a gentle nudge from Argus assured her, "Well...Are you sure that...our relationship is right ?" Argus stopped in his tracks,uttered a chuckle as he squeezed Reina's shoulders as he wrapped an arm around her, "What's wrong about our relationship ?,we love each other,we'll be each other's pillar of strength,I'll support you as you'll support me...." he twirled her around like a dancer before catching her in his arms which made her 'squeak' as she blushed before Argus straightened her back up again.

Reina blushed as she turned away, "...but...what about our royal duties...our parents,what would they think of us..." she started trembling as her doubts started rising,she felt Argus' hands on her shoulders,she blushed even brighter, "..but I'm...eng-" before she could say it,Argus hushed her with his finger, "Don't worry,even if they don't understand,we can still elope...." this made Reina happier but the doubt still had a hold on her, "....but..."

"No buts.....If it makes you feel any better,how about I sing you a song that was taught to everyone on Eraklion so they can sing it it to their beloved but there's also a special version,which each heir sing to their true and only love...." he cleared his throat as his hands moved,creating a rune that started emitting music that was pleasant to the ears and the eyes as the rune created multicolored music notes that danced in the air,

Here you are,
Daylight's star,
Made out of miracles.

Argus lifted Reina's head up with his hand as he gazed at her facial features,smiling gently as the song soothe their souls,even Rosa was affected by the intoxicating music as she swayed her body to the music but she remembered that she was suppose to be hiding so she stopped but she still enjoyed the musical notes that danced about,

Perfection,
Of your own,
You alone,
O so incredible

The musical notes circled around Reina,hiding Argus from her view but she still heard his voice as he sang,

Each atom,
Sings to me!
'Set me free!'
'From chains of the physical!'

'Oooo free me,O free me!'

The veil of music notes dispersed,creating a slight breeze,rustling her hair as she saw Argus directly in front of her but they seemed to be separated by a glass-like force-field which worried Reina but Argus just smiled as he continued singing,

The mirror melts
I'm somewhere else
Inside eternity

Where you on,
Outstretched wings,
Sing within,
The Garden of Everything......

Like the lyrics said,the force-field melted and to her shock,so did Argus but his voice was just above her as she turned her sights upward to see Argus,sitting in one of the trees which was near Rosa's hiding spot but the invisibility spell kept her hidden,the music notes gathered below Reina's feet,before lifting her towards his location but he disappeared again in a bright flash of fiery light but his voice still lingered as the song continued,

Where memories,
Call to me....
Backward dreams ?
Or phantom reality ?

Call to me....they call to me....

Transparent images of Argus in different poses appeared all over the place but they all had their hands outstretched to her,inviting her to join him but try as she might,each one she touched,the phantom images disappeared. She was about to give up until another transparent hand stretched out to her,although she wasn't in the mood,she decided to go for one last try and it paid off as the hand was solid as Argus lifted her into his arms,bridal style and more music notes surrounded the two,a myriad of colors,like those of another realm,

And so here we are,
Lovers of Lost Dimensions,
Burning supernovas of all sound and sight!

Argus caressed Reina as he inhaled the sweet smell of her hair,kissing her forehead as he made his way slowly towards her lips,singing in between intervals of each kiss,

Every touch,a temptation.....

Reina felt embarrassed as Argus kissed the middle of her eyes,feeling his hot breath on her face which made her blush and Rosa was amazed at how smooth her brother was as he kissed the tip of Reina's nose

And for every sense,....a sensation.....

Argus moved in for the kiss on Reina's lips as she closed her eyes and prepared herself for the moment when Argus' lips would make contact with hers but....

"Your Highness!Stop!" the music notes disappeared in puffs of rainbow-colored clouds,ruining the romantic mood as Argus still held Reina in his arms before he set her down gently,Oliver had interrupted the kiss as he looked displeased, "What's wrong Oliver,can't you see that we wish to be alone ?" "I'm sorry your majesty,I'll just-" he turned around before remembering what he was suppose to say, "Beg your pardon but you shouldn't shouldn't be involved in a relationship..."

Argus frowned at this, "What do you you mean ?" Oliver cleared his throat as he brought out a tome that was fairly old as the leather bound cover was starting to wear down, "Well,I've been looking up on past events of the Royal Family and I've stumbled upon an interesting discovery....ah! Here it is....1st of January 4983 T.D,Prince Argus' parents,King Leos and Queen Marya had traveled to another kingdom to meet it's ruler as to discuss the future of their two kingdoms and at the end of the discussion,the young infant prince was seen getting along quite well with the young infant daughter of the royal friends and thus,the two were privately engaged and are to be married once Argus has reached the age of 20 and take over the throne of Eraklion 2 years after this marriage but the information of who the princess is or what kingdom her parents rule are unknown to me...." Oliver then shut the book,leaving Argus stunned.

Argus was then yelled at by Reina, "You lead me on!You lied about having feelings for me didn't you!" Argus tried to explain something he didn't know about, "But I-" "No buts!I can't believe you,yo-you...you lecher!" Reina then slapped him in the face before she left running,with tears evidently streaming down her face as her heart was broken,leaving Argus standing there,shocked by both the pain inflicted by slap and the unnerving news of his previously unknown engagement as he just stood there,while Oliver just watched as Reina ran past him.

".....I guess I'll tell the servants to retrieve your belongings from Alfea then..." Oliver quickly but silently left as Rosa released her hold on the invisibility spell and approached her brother, "Argus....are you okay ?..." Argus just stood there like a statue,only his now shallow breathing showed that he was real, "Leave...." Argus' voice was deeper and slightly distorted as he was holding back cries as his throat struggled to hold it in while talking which worried Rosa as she knew Argus can get very emotional when he's like this,she got closer to him "..but brother I-" Argus turned around swiftly as he slapped her in the face,the force sent her falling onto the ground 2 feet away, "Leave!!" Rosa started backing off,knowing that her brother would do more than just a slap to the face if she decided to stay any longer.

Once Rosa was out of sight,Argus let out a scream that could be heard throughout the Royal Grace, "Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!"
Everyone stopped their activities as they witnessed the amazing sight of the Dragon's Spirit as it soared into the air as it let out a sorrowful roar,saddening the hearts of everyone that saw it as it disappeared while Reina was still crying as she curled herself into a fetal position in her guest room,her tears wracked her body with guilt and sadness as the sounds of Argus' cries were heard out in the garden.

Sera entered the room to see Reina crying as the sounds of Argus' cries was heard but muffled in the distance, "Are you alright Reina ?" Sera sat on the bed next to Reina as her crying calmed down to a sniffle but as she tried explaining,she started crying again as she buried herself in Sera's lap,Sera comforted the crying girl as the distant cries of Argus' anger and sadness was also heard,mingling with the muffled cries of Reina.

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(Spirit Realm,Stellar Castle)

Like Bloom,Stella also had a large castle but of course she had to share it with her ancestors,so she decided to build a castle for herself so she could be alone with her husband,Brandon. The castle itself looked like an exact replica of the Solarian Palace,including the surrounding scenery of the Solarian gardens as a portal opened up with Bloom and Skye walking out of it before it closed up,they breathed out a sigh of relief as they sat down in the shade of a tree.

"I hope Stella doesn't mind us coming here unannounced." Bloom sighed as she adjusted the ruffles in her clothes as some fairy-dust came off, "Don't worry sweetie,Stella won't mind you coming at all." Bloom looked sideways to see Flora coming out from behind the tree,she was still the same cheerful person,wearing an elegant emerald green dress as her wavy brown hair was decorated with lilies, "Hey there Flora,didn't see you there,where's Helia ?" Skye asked as he greeted his long time friend with a gentle hug.

"I'm over here my friend." Skye saw Helia walking up to the three of them,wearing clothing similar to Flora's,carrying a small Dragon-Hound pup in his arms, "Brandon and Stella called us here since one of their Dragon Hounds were giving birth." the newborn pup yawned as it cuddled into Helia's chest as the girls admired the adorable pup as it slept,despite the Spiritual Realm being the afterlife,it was still a place where life thrived as the ones that had passed on as the ones that had passed on who were worthy built new lives in this eden.

"Ahh!" Bloom suddenly doubled over in pain as she clutched her chest,Skye went to her side immediately, "Bloom!What's wrong!" Skye was panicking as the inhabitants of the Spiritual Realm never feel pain unless it had something to do with the mortal realm,including the current keeper of the Flame, "Argus....I'm sensing great anger and sadness from him.....,I must go to him!" acting upon her motherly instincts,she started creating runes that began circling her, "What are you doing ?" "I'm going to my son." Skye then knew what the purpose of the spell she was casting, "Bloom!Don't do it!You may not make it back if you do it!" but his words fell upon deaf ears as the runes increased their speeds before a bright flash blinded the three.

Once the light dimmed away,Bloom was gone as Skye just sat there on the ground,staring at the small scorch mark on the dirt ground as the soft cries of the Dragon Hound pup as the bright flash had disturbed it's sleep as Flora and Helia immediately tried to calm it down but the cries only grew louder as Skye grew worried for his wife

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(Alfea,West Wing Tower)

Cedric Palladium had returned to the school earlier after he sent the young nymph home,he was currently conversing with his wife on his cell phone, "Yes Marila,I understand,I'll be sure to tell him. Bye then." he shut off the device before pocketing it,he saw the Royal Grace just meters away from the campus grounds,he just sighed as he stood there until he heard the powerful roar of a dragon, "A dragon ?....Here...?" he tuned his elven ears to the source of the roar as he pin-pointed it towards the domed-colony of the Royal Grace as he sensed an incredibly powerful source of magic was pulsating with energy.

"My goodness,what's going on in there ?" he wasn't the only one to had heard the roar as each and every person that had heard the roar was watching the 'Galleon-like' craft land just outside the school.

Cedric wanted to see what the source of power was so he opened up a portal that would take him directly to the source or at least near it as possible as he had no idea where he might end up since he only had a vague idea from his son's letters on how the interior of the vessel looked like, "I hope I don't end up in the machines..." with a small breath,he gathered up his courage and leaped into the portal before it disappeared.

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(Kaleb's Lair,Throne Room)

The throne room that was filled with a number of skeletal guards that were staring at Nostrom who was walking nervously up to the throne with their hollow eye-holes as their creator knelt down at the foot of the stairway. "Y-yo-you cal-called for me Lord Kaleb ?" his voice was shaky as he saw a floating monitor beside Lord Kaleb's throne and the monitor transmitted the clear image of Ronand,the child inventor from his post on Andros and the expression the young inventor was not of the pleasant variety as the grim look on his youthful face made him look much older and intimidating.

"As you've been told,Ronand had an invention that was supposed to be presented to me,please explain the details Ronand..." the floating monitor flew up to Nostrom's aged face,the glare from the child inventor was frightening which somehow made the necromancer tremble in his knees,the monitor flew back to Kaleb's side, "Yes my lord. My invention,the Replicator Ray,allows the user to...for example,you want a well trained army in an instant but the forces at your disposal are hardly worth anything in battle,you can just input the proper data into the Replicator Ray and use it on anyone and anything to create the person or item like you want a warrior to train your army into a better fighting force but the device grants you exact copies of that warrior. With that device,you can create a massive fighting force from a pile of scrap with just the push of a button....but!"
During his pause,Ronand's sights set upon the trembling form of the necromancer, "...but...the prototype was found missing,along with the data chips used for the replication of the Specialist's Jet Stormers and slivers of bones along with some Phantom Dust(1) was found where the Replicator Ray was kept and I traced the clues to their source..." With a snap of his fingers,a robot came out of the shadows,carrying a tray with a cloth covering it's content,the monitor 'sprouted' a pair of arms that took the cloth away to reveal a skeletal head that bore the mark of Nostrom's Elite Guards, a dark crescent moon with a curved dagger across it,it was also coated in purplish dust that made the skull somewhat transparent.

Nostrom was evidently trembling with fear as Lord Kaleb examined the item in question, "I see that your proof is more than enough to convince me of Nostrom's actions." the robot was dismissed as it went back into the shadows,Lord Kaleb got up from his throne and descended from his shadowed throne and into the dim light but as his mysterious face was revealed,nothing was seen as his face was shrouded in darkness since he manipulated the shadows to keep his visage hidden.

When Lord Kaleb reached the trembling form of Nostrom,he knelt in front of the aged necromancer, "Nostrom,my faithful adviser,as this is your first offense to me,I'll let you go....." Nostrom believed that he was free to go so he bowed several times in front of his lord, "Thank you!Thank you my lord!Thank you!" he was stopped when Kaleb disappeared and instantly reappeared sitting on his throne, "..but!You must still be punished!For depriving me of a powerful asset in my plans!You are hereby ordered to assist Ronand in his research and his menial labor on Andros!" Nostrom knew that Lord Kaleb had plans for taking over the Realm of Tides,Andros to start his conquest of the Magic Dimension as the world held countless resources that could aid Lord Kaleb's conquest of the Magic Dimension but from the reports he read about Andros,although they had severed their means of contacting the Magic Council for help but the number of casualties inflicted upon their own forces by the mermaids and Androsians were numerous while they suffered only minimal damage thanks to a mysterious fighter(A.N:hehe). At least doing this was better than being punished to the full extent.

Before he walked out of the room, "Oh,take Morak with you as well." from a shadowed corner of the room,a distinct breathing sound was heard as the bright red eyes of the demon flashed for a moment,showing a vague image of Morak's demonic form, "Of course my lord." Nostrom bowed again before leaving the room,followed by Morak who was dressed in a cloak and hood,hiding his face from curious eyes of the skeletal soldiers.

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(Storm Jet 01)

"Alright,we're near Red Fountain now,I'll try contacting them so that we won't encounter anymore hostilities from anyone here." Fayt proceeded adjusting the communication frequency to match Red Fountain's own com-link while Albel examined his newly acquired Crimson Pride while Cliff gathered up the parts that had fallen off the Valorous Gauntlets but Izak was no where in sight.

"Guys ?Do you feel a draft ?" Fayt shivered a bit as his outfit didn't provide much warmth,Albel was used to the cold as his hometown Airyglyph had winter all year round while Cliff had his bulky muscles to ward off most elements of nature, "Dunno,maybe you can't handle the air-conditioning." Albel smirked at the little joke while Fayt huffed in anger before going back to the communication controls.

If they had investigated further about the source of the draft,they would've found an opened hatch that led to a platform sheltered from the wind and Izak was by the railing,admiring the sky,even though he was a machine,the emotion chip installed into him gave him the unusual persona of a naive child and yet the maturity of a grown man which was quite confusing especially to Izak himself.

" 'sigh' I wonder what's little Jon-Jon is up to right now ?" suddenly Izak's body stiffened as he went into something similar to a seizure but androids don't have seizures or flashbacks...

(Flashback ?)

Izak's vision was at first filled with static as his system played back a video feed from an unknown source,he instantly saw that he was in a garden of sorts,with a fountain in the background,a little boy that looked a lot like Jon-Jon but looked a bit like himself as well,the child was carrying a puppy in his arms.

"Thanks dad,Willy is the greatest!" 'dad ?' Izak heard his own voice chuckle, "Willy is it ?That's the name of your new pet ?" the child giggled as he grinned, "Yeah dad,I'm going to go play with him now." the child then ran off to a nearby playground before his vision went back into static.

"Zack ?Are you alright dear ?" the static kept coming and going,Izak managed to make out the image of a young woman sleeping in a bed and he was in it with her, "Yeah,I'm pretty much okay....but shouldn't we prepare to evacuate the Earth in case those....demons actually get here ?" more static overcame his senses before the woman could reply.

The last scene he saw was that of complete chaos,massive spheres of dark energy were destroying the area around him,the young child and the young woman were with 'him' as they ran towards a transport ship but the puppy in the child's arms got away as the child ran to it, "Samuel!" the woman went back to retrieve the child as well as 'Zack' who followed closely behind ,"Gina!Where's Samuel ?" they immediately saw Samuel trapped under a pile of debris,he held the puppy close in his arms as the little creature licked it's master's face in hopes of cheering him up, 'he' tried lifting the debris up but it was too heavy and he saw that a sphere of deadly energy was heading for them,they all then hugged each other in their final moments before static overcame the final image.

(Flashback End ?)

Izak's system came back online as he whispered, "I love you,my beloved family......" he then looked down at his hands which were visibly shaking which he stopped as he got back into the ship since it was starting to land in one of Red Fountain's hangar bays.

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(Royal Grace,Garden Ruins)

During Argus' outburst of his emotions,he had unconsciously tapped into the Dragon Fire's destructive power as each cry he uttered,had created a concentration of power on random areas which then imploded the next moment,creating craters in the previously occupied area,scaring the servants who had tried to approach the angered young prince but that wasn't the only problem,he was emitting an intensely fierce aura which repelled the manor guards who were asked by Rosa to somehow keep Argus' 'rampage' in check while she gathered help.

"Your Highness!Please!Calm yourself!Aaahhh!" the guards were suddenly blown away by a phantom dragon that roared as Argus' emotions continue to run amok,forcing the guards to retreat less they want to lose a limb or their lives,thus Argus was left alone once more.

"Rrahhhhhh!!" Argus punched the stone fountain as it turned into dust fragments,crumbling from his aura,he then felt a jolt of power which racked his body with pain as it started changing in an unnatural way.

In the far corner of the garden where it was still safe and untouched,Cedric was appeared from his portal and ended up in the branches of a tree before falling rather comically into a rose bush,being pricked by the thorns in the process, "Ouch!That smarts!...huh ?" he heard the cries and he also sensed the incredible source of power that he had detected earlier but the sheer power of the magic had soon reached that part of the garden,the plants then caught fire, "Oh my!I got to put them out!" Cedric tried every single spell that was suppose to douse the fire but it only seemed to feed the fire as it greedily absorbed each spell's magical energy,rendering them useless.

"The fire....could it be....the Dragon's Flames ?" he knew the various effects that the sacred flame could have on the keeper since he had learned them from various sources,including Avalon who had helped Bloom master her powers in her last years at Alfea,he tried to move towards the source but the power given off kept him at bay so he had no choice but to stay put until the energy subsides.

Reina had relatively calmed down a bit but she was still weeping as her heart was still aching,Sera took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears away from her face, "There now,tell me what happened between you and Argus okay ?" Reina nodded as she sat down on the carpeted floor until Trevor burst into the room, "Look out!" a sonic boom then shattered the windows,flying glass shards heading for the two girls, "Damn!" Sera activated her compact shield and stood in front of Reina but not a single shard hit her shield.

"Arghh!" Trevor went to his knees as he had used his magical powers to increase his speed and created a barrier but not before a few of the glass shards had stabbed into his arms and legs,crippling him as he tried pulling them out albeit painfully. "Get to the main hall,Rosa's calling for all of us to get there and I think whatever caused that sonic boom is the reason....ah!" he yelped as he pulled another piece of glass from his knee. Sera wanted to help Trevor out but his voice had become quite stern so she and Reina left the room.

At the main hall,Rosa had created a barrier to hold back Argus' aura while the servants tended to the wounded guards who had been hit with that sonic boom earlier,Oliver were currently out at Alfea to retrieve the royal siblings' belongings and Rylon was gone as he had gotten off to check on the Specialists stationed there and both were unaware of the current situation,Reina then rushed into the room with Sera beside her, "What's wrong Rosa ?" her friend pointed to the lone figure of Argus crying out in rage as he destroys another section of the once lush garden. "What's wrong with him ?" Reina had a good idea of what was but she hoped that she was wrong,

Rosa just took out a small tablet from her pocket before turning it back into the Dragon Fire Tome,flipping to the section about Argus,she managed to strike a 'deal' with the book in a manner of speaking that it would cause the prohibited section to be faded away so she wouldn't be able to read it but the rest showed a few details of the Dragon Fire's potential, "This is the first time in known history that a keeper of the Dragon Fire was male but all past keepers had problems with their emotions as they were quite fragile,the past keepers were female and knew how to keep their powers from taking over by using it when they transform,allowing them to disperse the excess energy in their fairy form but Argus is a mage and mages are only able to release excess energy through meditation or combat and since the Dragon's Flame has unlimited energy,the former is Argus' only form of calming himself down...." an uprooted tree struck the barrier before it broke into tiny splinters of wood.

"...and Argus hasn't performed his scheduled monthly meditation in days....." Rosa then collapsed,crying as she dropped the tome onto the floor, "It's hopeless!He'll burn out his life force before the Dragon Fire even stops!He'll die!"(wasn't expecting that weren't you guys,I know,too much drama but what the hay) Reina gasped at the news but she was suddenly surrounded by a fiery light as it entered her being but no one noticed this, 'Let me borrow your body for a moment' a gentle voiced asked as Reina allowed this unknown presence controlled her body as it moved towards the barrier which opened up on her command and closed up after she passed it.

"Reina!Get back here!" Rosa had seen her pass through her most powerful barrier like it was nothing and the fire-like aura of Argus didn't even try to stop her,as if they respected her,Reina turned her head sideways so that she could speak with Rosa, "Don't worry my dear,I'll be fine....Bloom magic Winx!" she went through her transformation but the result was different as instead of Reina in her red fairy form,it was Bloom in her emerald fairy outfit,it now had crimson fringes,signifying her evolution in her original life.

"....Bloom ?....." Bloom then flew towards Argus who had by then transformed into a weird hybrid of himself and a deformed version of Efreet's armor,Argus was still crying,the tears from his own face was normal but the other half which was the armor's shed tears of molten lava which burned the ground,the moment he saw Bloom,he curled into a fetal position as the hybrid armor continued taking over his body, "A forced transformation...." Bloom whispered as she saw the heart breaking sight of her son,suffering and deep inside,Reina saw this and unconsciously caused her eyes to shed a tear.

"Argus....." Bloom said in her gentle voice as she knelt down next to the reincarnation of her son and hugged him, "It's alright...mommy's here...it'll be okay,mommy is here to keep the bad things away....." Argus then hugged her as he started responding according to an experience he seemed to have attained in his past life, "Mommy!Please don't leave me!" Bloom ran her hands through Argus' bangs as she kissed him on the forehead,calming Argus' emotions as the armor faded away before he lost consciousness.

Bloom then released her hold on Reina's body but before she gave him an advice, "Stay with him please,he needs you....." then Reina returned to her normal outfit and fainted on top of Argus. "Reina!Argus!Are you...alright ?" Rosa came up to them to see that they were sleeping,she sighed as she rubbed her forehead, "Alright,Sera was it ?" Sera nodded in response, "Okay,can you take Reina to her room,the servants should be able to carry Argus back to his....on second thought,I think I'll have the servants set up another bed in brother's room." a servant was jotting her words down "What,for your highness ?" Rosa smiled as she started a spell to restore the garden. "Oh,something like that."

Somewhere near the front of the manor,Oliver had returned with every single item belonging to the three royals but the servants had gotten themselves stuck in the doorway with the large stacks of luggage in their arms, "Alright,everyone come back out and separate the luggage into smaller piles and move in one by one and come back to retrieve more later." While the servants did as they were told,Oliver decided to go around to the back of the manor through the garden but when he passed by a rose bush,he heard rustling as Cedric came out of it complaining, "Darn it,that sonic boom sent me back into this prickly rose bush..." the elven teacher looked at the newcomer, "Son ?" "Father ?"

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(Diplo I,Leingod Room)

The room was silent save for the soft snoring from the occupants as they slept peacefully but Maria wasn't as she tossed and turned about,somehow pushing the other girls away and they were apparently in a very deep sleep as Peppita snorted a bit when her face was temporarily smothered with Maria's pillow,Maria's expression was full of fear as she was having another nightmare....

(Maria's Nightmare)

The dream had started with a happy beginning,the day she became Mrs Leingod. The wedding took place on Elicoor II,in the city of Aquaria,countless people were flocking to Castle Aquaria where the chapel was situated to witness the wedding,Mirage and the other girls were the bridesmaids but Nel refused to go into the room with Albel there without a weapon so she wore a unique white version of her own clothes that resembled a bridesmaids dress and her daggers were cleverly hidden in the ruffles of her skirt,Albel was persuaded by Woltar to wear the tuxedo that Fayt had provided but he'd refused to be without his Crimson Scourge while Cliff still wore his regular outfit since he couldn't find a suitable tailor on time.

As the last guests sat down,Arzei the king of Airyglyph and Romeria,queen of Aquaria stood in front of the couple as the two started repeating the words of the wedding vows that Fayt had requested them to use (Since I'm lazy and I don't exactly know the vows,I'll just skip to the last line)

"...and by the powers invested in both of us and the Holy Mother Apris,we pronounce you husband and wife." as the two sovereigns presented the two with gold rings,although the two were supposed to be presented with something more elaborate,they asked for this as they wished for something of the wedding to be simple.

For some reason,the scenery in her dream changed from that to a terrible nightmare as she suddenly found herself in an unfamiliar location,it looked like a vast open field with a tower-like structure in the distance but the scene before her was horrifying as the field was covered with bodies of young men and women as their blood trickled down to bathe the ground in red

'No!What is this!' she saw that a battle was going on nearby a group of teens were fighting a massive army of monsters and one by one,the small group dwindled in their numbers but a person rushed to their rescue as she saw the familiar attacks of her husband's, 'Air Raid!' a barrage of air shots dispersed a cluster of the monsters.

'Fayt!' she rushed towards her husband to help him but the closer she got,the farther Fayt went as he continuously fought to protect the teens but soon,they were all killed as Fayt kept battling,now for survival but one of the monsters delivered a lucky hit as it tore a gaping wound in his sides,severely crippling him as he fell onto his knees as he continued fighting a hopeless battle.

Maria cried as she tripped on a body and to her horror,it was Cliff's as his face was filled with fear as a large hole was where his chest was suppose to be and she spotted the familiar metal limb of Albel's as it was covered in blood and entrails, clutching the head of a dead monster but the limb wasn't connected with Albel's shoulder as it just laid there,she screamed in terror as she saw a monster finally plunging it's sharp claws into Fayt's exposed back as it came back out from his chest,his mouth drew out blood as he uttered his final words, 'Ma..ria....I love...you...' he then became limp as Maria screamed 'Faaaayyyyt!!!!!'

(End Dream)

"Maria!Wake up!" Maria snapped her eyes open as she found herself seated in the pilot seat of a Cutter class Fighter as she had her hands gripped firmly around the controls with just the ship one push of a button away from lift-off, "Wh....Why am I here ?" Mirage quickly rushed towards the confused girl as she hugged her gently, "You were sleep walking,you were crying as you went out of the room,thank goodness that Sophia saw you enter the hangar before something else had happened." Maria then started crying as she remembered the nightmare,Mirage was worried that Maria might get into one of her mood swings again so she prepared herself to hit Maria's pressure points to paralyze her if needed but she showed sympathy as Maria was like a daughter to her.

"What's wrong honey,is everything okay ?" Maria just hugged Mirage tighter as she cried even harder as she uttered out parts of her nightmare,Mirage couldn't properly understand what Maria said between her sobs but she had a good guess that it had something to do with Fayt, "It's alright,he'll be alright and we'll need you to be fine and healthy when he comes back,alright ?"
Maria nodded as she suddenly fell asleep.

A small crowd by then had gathered around the small craft as Mirage came out with Maria cuddled in her arms sleeping,she looked so helpless like a newborn baby as she slept in Mirage's arms,Sophia rushed towards them with her staff in hand, "Does she need any healing ?" Mirage smiled as she shook her head, "No,but a good dose of a Sleep spell might help her." Sohia nodded as she followed Mirage back into the Leingod Room before she placed a Sleep spell on her, "Siren,sing thy melody to calm our souls,Sleep...." with that Maria became less restless as she slept much more peacefully. "Come on,we should all get back to our room for sleep,I'll stay back to watch over her." Sophia nodded as she and the others left the room.

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(Diplo II,Medical Bay)

"'Yawns'....Where am I ?" he woke up to see the familiar ceilings of the Medical Bay, "Oh right,I fell asleep with..." he turned his head sideways and came face to face with Cecille who was still asleep and something suddenly jerked him in the back as he unintentionally kissed Cecille and he was later blinded by a flash as a resounding click of a button was heard.

"Got it!" Zeke cheered as he made a dash for the exit but Jake grabbed his communicator and activated the control link to the ship's system and turned off the gravity,rendering Zeke's escape futile as the medical bay's equipment,namely the robotic arms used to restrain rowdy patients grabbed him and pulled him towards Jake.

"Hand the camera over,now!" Zeke tried to pull a puppy dog look but the glare from Jake's eyes cancelled it out as Zeke reluctantly hand over the camera that he managed to scrap together from the salvaged camera that Jake broke was salvaged and improvised into a new one. "Thank you." Jake gave his friend a mischievous smile as he uttered a symbology spell, 'Firebolt!' the small device was burned into ash as Zeke groaned in despair before every device in the room was restored in their original positions.

"Now don't do that again or your paycheck is forfeited,understood ?" Zeke nodded as he exited the room,Jake heard a giggle behind him as he saw Cecille awake and giggling, "Your cute when your all commanding like that...." she placed her hands on Jake's cheek as she leaned in closer to Jake's face,puckering her lips for another kiss,this startled Jake as he blushed to the point that he resembled a beet.

"Umm,Miss Sanders....Cecille,I don't think that we should do this!We are only colleagues!" he was getting frantic as he soon saw that Cecille's uniform shirt was unbuttoned and saw her undershirt which hugged against her body quite tightly because the Striker's cockpit was hot and had caused both of them to sweat profusely,Jake tried one last excuse, "You're delirious from the heat!" he was almost screaming as Cecille just cupped his other cheek with her remaining hand as she moved in for the kiss,she smiled seductively, "Oh I'm delirious alright from the heat alright...." she surprisingly removed her hands from Jake who was relieved,believing that Cecille had just snapped out of her hallucination but it was far from it as she turned her attention back to the still nervous Jake, "...I'm delirious from the heat of passion!!" she then jumped onto Jake and fell onto the floor as the bed sheets tangled up Jake's arms. Soon,sounds of muffled cries was heard as Jake tried to call out for help but it was mostly muffled out by Cecille's kisses on his lips.

Meanwhile,Zeke was whistling as he flipped the small disc where the pictures that the camera took was stored,he had made the camera so that each picture taken would be stored immediately to a backup memory disc in case the original was destroyed, "Zeke's gonna be having an auction tonight!" he then pulled out various items from his pockets as he commandeered a hover tray from the cafeteria and placed a sheet of silk upon it so as to make it more attractive before arranging the items on it but he then started becoming worried as he frantically searched his uniform for something, "Oh no!I lost the Pheromone Potion(1)!" After a while he gave up and decided to proceed with his auction which was unauthorized by the way, "Alright everyone!I have items up for bidding!Might I interest you good people in the recording of the mystery song along with hints of who the singers that sang that song ? Well,the bid starts at a thousand Fol!" the moment he said it,more higher bids were made as Zeke's smile grew bigger, 'If this keeps up!I can retire early from the military and be back home to win that wager!' he then slammed a spoon on a plate as a makeshift mallet, "Sold!At ten thousand Fol to the lovely young cadet!"

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Pheromone Potion:In the Star Ocean game,it's an item that decreases the affection rating but here,it affects the person's hormones,amplifying the person's emotions for example,love or anger but in this case,love. Meaning that Cecille's small crush on Jake has turned into full blown passion. I leave it to your imagination of how Cecille took the potion.
Side-note:I'm in a way moving Jake's relationship along,hope you enjoyed this Shinryu cause the plotline for this segment was specially created for you and if any of you readers wish for something to happen,just tell me in your reviews.

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(Meanwhile at Red Fountain,Saladin's Office)

Fayt and co. had been waiting inside Saladin's office for the technicians to complete the repair of Cliff's gauntlets,they had been discussing certain topics concerning the Federation's so-called assault on Red Fountain earlier.

Saladin was showing the video recording of the battle that happened a few days ago,Fayt was rubbing his eyes to make sure they were seeing right,while Izak,Cliff and Albel were intently watching the scene unfold before them in the screen. When the recording ended,Saladin sighed, "As you can see,the report I had sent to Olsen is true." Cliff huffed as he played back the recording as he then pointed out certain things on the screen when he paused it, "Mr Saladin,would you mind circling the spots I'm pointing out ?" "Certainly." Saladin pulled up a holographic keyboard and then circled in the spots which Cliff pointed out.

"Thanks,now zoom in on the circled areas." Fayt and Saladin gasped, "My goodness!They all look alike!" Cliff smirked as he explained his theory, "I have a theory that these fake Federation troops are just copies and are being used to assault your school and from what you told us,you are the main training school for the defenders of this entire dimension,so if your school goes down,then the entire universe has to depend on their individual run-of-the-mill fighters,thus meaning that someone is trying to cripple the dimension's fighting force." the ones who hadn't noticed the similarities nodded as they understood his theory, "that and the fighting style of these copy troops have a violent style than the ones I had to knock out in my Quark days."

"I see what you mean I-" Saladin was interrupted when a young cadet Specialist entered the room in a rush, "Headmaster!There's another unit of those soldiers coming this way and they have what looks like the Army of Decay backing them up!" Saladin immediately stood up as he followed the young cadet towards the door,he turned back towards Fayt, "I'm sorry young man but I have dire matters to attend to." but instead of nodding in agreement,they all took out their weapons,Cliff just took out a pair of Mythril Gauntlets to temporarily replace the Valorous Gauntlets, "No way man,we're helping you out whether or not you like it." Cliff slammed his fist into his palm, "Cliff's right,we can't just sit here while you guys fight for your lives out there." Albel just sheathed the Crimson Pride as he huffed in impatience, "I don't care whether or not you maggots live through this battle,I'm just there for the thrill of battle." Izak simply nodded as he flashed an innocent smile, "I'll be there to fight those bad-guys so they can't get at Jon-Jon."

Saladin saw the resolve in each person's eyes,he sighed in defeat, "Very well,I'll put each of you in charge of a squad just in case. Follow me then." the small group followed Saladin out as the far-off sounds of marching was clearly heard as the Fake Federation Troops and their sizable backup force of Beast Troopers and Juggernauts followed closely behind as they got closer to Red Fountain for another assault.

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(Space Near the 15th Militia Spaceport,Andrew Heinmann's Location)

After the engines of the rocket boosters had burned out,Andrew signaled for his officers to move out of the makeshift barge to see a horrific sight, "My god!" the Spaceport was in ruins,small explosions occurred as parts of the station fell apart,several droids were seen repairing as much of the station they can with their small number of units, "Sir,this must have been Schlling's doing...he's already done enough with the death of the Woglinde's crew...but this ?"

Andrew balled his hands into a fist but calmed himself down before he did something brash, "We better contact the spaceport before landing so as to avoid hostilities." but then,the Space Station started firing it's remaining cannons upon the four Zakus but the Zaku's specially reinforced armor managed to protect them for the time being. "Darn it!Get a com-link running,we'll use the container as a shield until then!"

While the four Zakus hid behind the container,a small group of fighters were deployed to attack them. "Is the com-link established yet!?" one of the officers yelled out as he batted away a laser shot with the Zaku's axe while Andrew was reading through the manual's extra edition, he then controlled his Zaku to adjust the machine gun's configurations before he fired on a fighter which hit it dead on but instead of exploding,the fighter just lost power to it's weapon system as well as the capability to move,Andrew quickly used the EMP Machine Gun to his advantage as he fired it at the remaining seven fighters before moving on to the defense turrets on the station,rendering them completely useless.

"Come on,let's collect the fighters and move to the docking station,they'll never believe us unless we're there in person." "Yes sir." the four Zakus then gently grabbed onto each fighter and carefully put them in the slightly dented container and pulled it along as the Zakus made their way towards the currently defenseless spaceport.

(Docking Station)

When the four mobile suits entered the docking zone,they saw nobody so they first put each fighter with their pilots on one side of the docks with the Zakus had to secure themselves by gripping their large fingers on certain parts of the interior.

Unfortunately,when Andrew and his officers got out of their stolen machines and were suddenly met with the sounds and sights of a few dozen guns raised and aimed in their direction, "Halt!Put your hands in the air!Comply with our orders and we'll see if we can lessen your punishment." one of Andrew's officers confronted the armed guards, "Now don't you dare talk to Commander Heinmann like that!" he was hit in the gut by the butt of a guardsman's rifle.

"Arghh!Darn that hurt..." he uttered before he was pulled back up by Andrew, "Easy there,we just survived the Woglinde's capture,we don't want another casualty do we." "Everyone!Put your guns away!You can't treat our commander's uncle like this!" a person wearing a full-body pilot suit that also covered his face approached the one of the guardsman complained, "But sir!He could be in league with Schilling!" the young man took away the rifle before taking out it's battery pack and handing the rifle back, "Now correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Schilling the one that almost caused the decline of Heinmann's military career ?"

After a while,the guards dispersed when they finally understood the situation, "Forgive my men for their behavior,they've been on edge since the attack by Schilling's forces." the person removed his helmet to reveal an Expelian youth with a face and hair almost exactly like that of Jake's own looks with the exception of the longer ears,he opened his eyes to reveal amber red eyes, "I'm David Schultz,son to the captain of the Woglinde,Wayne Schultz and by the looks on your faces,I take it that he died in the aftermath of your escape."

Andrew cast his sights downward, "We're not sure whether or not your father was there,we only found bodies of officers,your father might still be alive." Andrew tried lifting up the mood, "As much as I would like to think that,the chances of him being alive is highly unlikely,he is a man of virtues and would rather die than cower and let his subordinates die because of him. Come,follow me to my office." the small group of officers led by their commander followed David in hopes of finding a way to stop Schilling from achieving his goal.

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(White House,Charles' Presidential Office)

Charles Scotts was busy working on something as he typed in various information into his computer,a knock was heard on the oaken door as Charles answered, "Come in." the door opened and General Wilde came in with his subordinate,Elliot Greves wearing a normal Federation uniform,he was carrying a rather thick folder.

"General Wilde and Special Agent Lieutenant Greves reporting." both of them saluted which Charles responded with his own salute, "At ease gentlemen,have you obtained the information I requested ?" Wilde gestured for Elliot to present his report and the young agent gave Charles the folder.

Opening the folder,Charles found several reports and picked the first one of the pile, "The designs on the Invisible,thank you Agent Greves,this and the other reports will be very useful,is there anything else to report ?" Elliot nodded, "Yes Mr President,the report I've given you is still incomplete as the more secured files on Schilling's data is still being recovered by Ron's team and he's requested that you grant him access to the Federation's data banks so as to speed up the search." Wilde was a bit startled at Elliot's request but Charles had expected this.

"I thought he would've asked for that....fine,grant him a VIP access card and be sure to check his clothes for any strange gadgets or tools and have a guard accompany him. If he's still the same from our college days,he'd probably try to read all that classified data instead of doing research. You may both leave now."The two military personnels saluted before they exited the room,leaving Charles to read the first report of more to come.

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(70 S.D,Esteed Household)

The week had gone by without incident and it was the night of the Costume Dance,Sophia came out of her room dressed in an elegant red dress with a long skirt that had pink ruffles circling around it and was quite close to the ground,Sophia wore a pink hair band to hold her hair in place and a small pink mask was also in her hands,she put on her red high-heeled shoes before applying a bit of make-up to her face,after she was done,she smiled at her reflection in the mirror, "Alright,time to get Tom ready." she started walking towards to Thomas' room,the sounds of her high-heel shoes clicking and clacking along the way.

"Knock,knock,Tom,are you ready yet ?" Sophia asked as there was no sound from the room,the girl frowned at this as she opened the door to see that the lights were off,she tip-toed into the room to see if Thomas was asleep or something,she then heard whistling as well as the sounds of the shower being turned off as Thomas came into the room in a bathrobe while whistling a British tune.

"Oh hello there Miss Sophia....my you look beautiful!" Sophia blushed at his compliment but remembered that they were suppose to arrive at the dance in twenty minutes, "Come on,you need to get changed!.....I'll turn around so hurry up." Sophia's face was burning up as she remembered that he was only in his bathrobe. "Done!" Sophia turned around to see Thomas wearing a black tuxedo with the usual accessories of a bow-tie and a flower in his front pocket,he was holding a satin box in his hand, "Here Miss Sophia,I wanted to give you something....as a way of saying thank you for helping me fit in around in this new world....." Thomas opened up the box to reveal the gift which to Sophia's delight was a tiara fitted with small diamonds and a red ruby as the centerpiece as it sat on it's velvet cushion.

"Oh Tom!It's wonderful!" Thomas smiled at Sophia's happiness, "Now,let me put it on you." Thomas removed Sophia's hair band and replaced it with the tiara,Sophia then took a look at herself in front of Thomas' mirror and she hugged the young teacher, "Thanks,it's so beautiful,it must've cost you a fortune!" Thomas chuckled at this, "You have no idea but it's worth it to see you happy like this..." Sophia hugged him even tighter as he patted the slightly thinner wallet of his.

"Come,we're going to be late." Thomas pulled Sophia gently along as they exited the house and got aboard the taxi that had waited for them, "Where to guv'ner ?" Thomas was amused at the driver's accent and certain familiar features were shown as the driver smiled, "To the Bachtain University please." the driver tipped his hat as he started the vehicle, "Righto guv." the 'driver' nodded as he started his vehicle towards the campus.

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(Spirit Realm,Stellar Castle)

"Ughh....not again..." Argus groaned as he noticed that he was back in the Spirit Realm again,he tried getting up but he felt something or someone was pinning him down and he was in for a surprise, "What the ?Bloom ?" his 'mother' got off him but she immediately fell over but her 'son' caught her in time before he heard the familiar voice of Skye, "Hey guys!I found them!" Skye ran towards the two as he waved to them.

(Sometime later,Inside Stellar Castle)

Argus sighed as he reclined into a comfortable chair,Bloom was in an identical chair next to him as Flora and Stella who was the same as always,dressed in a beautiful yellow and orange gown along with a number of jewelery. The two were placing some unusual vines that Flora just created from her magic on his skin which stuck on like glue while the other ends of the clinging vines were attached to Bloom.

"Explain to me again why we're doing this ?" Stella let out a sigh of exasperation before explaining to Argus the situation again, "Alright dearie,even though you're the reincarnation of my friend's son,I'll explain this one more time..." Argus gulped as Stella's expression of being annoyed was scaring Argus, "...alright,your mom just used up most of her powers that had remained mostly dormant after the day she passed away,the leftover energies of her mortal body was transferred to her new spiritual body which is currently in need of magical essence to get her to wake up or else she'll keep sleeping until it's restored on it's own,which would takes years if not decades." Stella was still explaining when Argus interrupted, "..and what does it have to do with me ?" Stella glared at Argus who had shut up, "The reason why you're here is to transfer part of your energy to restore Bloom's ans since you're the only one with the largest source of Dragon Fire around here,well....you get the idea. Got it memorized dearie ?" he nodded before Flora started explaining on what to do.

Meanwhile,Skye was talking with Brandon and Helia,like Stella,Brandon wore clothes that made him look refined(think a slimmer version of Stella's father's clothes), "Come on buddy,she'll pull through this like she always does." Brandon cheered up Skye a bit as Helia fed the newborn pup some milk from a small baby bottle, "Yes and besides,Flora and Stella are there to help her as well as Argus too is there." Skye nodded as he smiled a little bit more, "Thanks you guys."

While the men continued their pep talk, "Alright,when I say go,you must concentrate your energy into those vines as they'll transfer them into Bloom,restoring her back to normal....alright,now." Argus closed his eyes as he concentrated on his magical energy into Bloom's unconscious form as the magical energy traveled through the vines and into Bloom as she slowly regained
some of her energy as she woke up and the vines automatically detached themselves from both of their skin as they turned into seeds which Flora collected.

"Good to see you awake sweetie." Flora said as she help Bloom up from the chair before she was hugged by Stella, "I appreciate it Stell but you're crushing my back." Stella released Bloom from her 'hug' "Sorry about that." the doors opened up as the little Dragon-Hound pup ran into the room and despite it's small size,tackled Bloom as it started licking her face before the boys ran into the room to retrieve the runaway pup, "Sorry about that girls,he got out of Helia's...Bloom!You're alright!" Skye then embraced Bloom in a tight hug but fortunately,Skye controlled his strength.

When everything was said and done,Bloom then noticed that Argus was unconscious as he laid there on the chair. "Aww,for a 'mighty' Specialist,he looks so much like a helpless baby when he's asleep." Flora cooed as she saw Argus in this rare state of slumber but the strange thing was that he was growing pale as he spontaneously released a surge of power that was actually just a fraction of the excess energy of the Dragon Fire's power as he faded from the Spirit Realm and returned to the Mortal Realm,leaving the group of people confused of what had just happened.

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(15th Militia Spaceport,David Schultz's Office)

Just like everything else on the Space-station,David Schultz's office was affected by the attack by Schilling's forces as it was in disarray but it served it's purpose as David and Andrew sat down in the two seats there while Andrew's officers were escorted to the Residential Quarters.

As one of David's officers saluted and exited the room,David started, "I noticed that the Mobile Suits you've commandeered from Schilling's forces are Zakus are they not ?" Andrew nodded, "I see,well let's get to the point,your nephew had been working on similar designs,he managed to complete a prototype Mobile Suit codenamed:Striker which could have been used but it was with Commander Cain." Andrew eye's went wide as he heard this, "When did he get a promotion ?"

"Didn't you know,the President had him promoted just after he left in the Diplo II and the fleet." Andrew sighed as he settled down into his seat. "Now then,although the Striker is not here,we had managed to construct several variants of the Striker..." David pushed a button as the wall behind him opened up to reveal four Mobile Suits,each with a distinctive design as several technicians in the partially weightless room,continued to fix several parts of all four units that were incomplete.

"....unfortunately,the pilots that were trained to pilot these units were killed when the station was attacked." Andrew raised his eyebrow, "And the reason you're telling me this is....?" David turned towards Andrew, "Well,I need you to pilot one of these units along with your officers since you and your team are the only ones currently with the highest chance of piloting the G Units.....So,do you accept ?" Andrew thought this out but he then replied, "I'm too tired to decide right now but I'll think about it."

David understood as Andrew seem like he really needs a good sleep, "I understand,my subordinates will escort you to your quarters." Andrew smiled in appreciation as he rubbed his weary eyes as he followed David's subordinate along the halls to the comfy bed in his new room.

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(Woglinde,Equipment Storage Room)

During the capture of the Woglinde,an officer pushed Wayne Shultz into the room when he was knocked out,the last words that the officer said to him before he closed the door, "I'm sorry sir,but you must live so that Schilling can't carry out whatever scheme he has."

Several hours later,Wayne woke up with a groan as he touched the back of his head where he was hit earlier but before he could recover completely from the hit to his head,he heard the sound of footsteps just outside the door, "Hmm,thought I heard something in there,better check it out." Wayne Schultz quickly scrambled behind large a box containing weapons of all ranges.

A man wearing the signature uniform of Schilling's forces entered the room with a weapon that looked very similar to the extinct Vendeeni's Disruptor Rifles,the armed guard searched the room,starting with the racks of Phase Rifles in the back of the storage room,Wayne knew that he would be eventually be discovered so he slowly reached into the weapons cache he was hiding behind and took out a Laser Weapon. Slowly creeping up to the oblivious guard,Wayne swung the club he had created from the Laser Weapon,knocking the guard out with a strong hit in the back of the guard's head and the guard went out like a light. "Now,let's get a new change of clothes shall we ?"

Sometime later,Wayne came out wearing the guard's uniform which was a little to large for his body but it served it's purpose as he hid his long ears under a cap that the guard was wearing but it was a bit tight but he just patted the Laser Weapon he put into his pocket,he shoulder the guard's rifle as he marched down the hallway,in hopes of finding out what had happened during the time he was knocked out.

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(Spirit Realm,Dragon Fire Palace)

When Bloom went back to the Spirit Realm,Reina had inadvertently tagged along for the ride and ended up in the flower garden just in front of the gates of the palace and she was still asleep,since nobody ever visits the gardens unless they were there to pick flowers since gardeners weren't needed as the flowers always grow back the next day.

Two people found her sleeping in a bed of clovers,the two turned out to be Riven accompanied by his wife Musa,they wore clothes that look almost the same as their old ones but much more reserved, "Who is this girl Riven ?" Musa knelt down beside Reina and Riven did the same as Riven checked her pulse, "She has a warm pulse and has a strong amount of magic in her,she must be from the Mortal Realm,come on,let's take her in to see Bloom." Riven then carried the still sleeping girl through the gates of Dragon Fire Palace. When they had left,the bed of clovers she slept on suddenly turned into a bed of flowers.

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(Meanwhile,On the Royal Grace)

While Rosa's restoration spell repaired the damages Argus caused,Sera was roaming around the manor,thinking about a particular red-headed Specialist, 'I know that I would've gotten hurt if he didn't come in front of me like that....' just at that moment,she stumbled upon a small trail of blood on the carpeted floors, 'Trevor!' Sera quickly followed the trail of blood to it's source and hoping that he's okay.

Sera sighed in relief when she found Trevor sitting on the bed in his guest room,wearing a pair of well-worn jeans and a white shirt with a simple red vest as he painfully extracted a few more glass shards from his right arm,the other three limbs were already bandaged but using your own left hand to bandage the other arm was quite difficult as Trevor kept getting tied up by the bandages and with each attempt,he became more like a mummy,Sera giggled at the comedic display as the tied up Specialist noticed her.

"Come on,let me help you out." Sera unwrapped the 'mummified' Trevor before wrapping some of the bandages on Trevor's swollen arm which was still bleeding a bit but the healing saves he applied slowed it down but it still hurt as he winced when Sera finished wrapping it but patted it a tad to hard, "Oops!Sorry about that,here let me make it up to you." Trevor looked at her as he rubbed his arm, "You can start by not doing that again,at least until my limbs heal up." Sera nodded as she sat closer to Trevor before talking again, "Well,I came here to say.....thanks for...you know...saving us back there." Trevor smiled as Sera thanked him.

"You're welcome but Sages have sworn an oath to assist Specialists if necessa-" Sera then kissed him on his cheek before she made a run for the door but stopped just outside the door, "Thanks...for being a hero." Trevor just sat there,touching the spot where he was kissed,his lips curved into a smile.

(Garden Area)

Oliver was having a talk with his father in order to catch up for the three years lost when Oliver accepted the position as an adviser of the Eraklion Court,they managed to talk up to the events that had happened a few minutes ago, "Darn it,I shouldn't have told him about that engagement until I've found out more about it!"

Oliver hit his own head as he called himself stupid over and over until his father knocked a bit of sense into him, "Now see here son,you did it because you wanted to follow your duty to your king but you must know when to break the bonds of duty and follow what you decide for yourself."

Oliver smiled at his father's advice, "Thank you father,I-huh ?" he noticed that Cedric was nowhere in sight,he only saw a portal that closing up. "Oh father..." Oliver sighed as he dusted off the dirt in his trousers as he walked back to the manor before an announcement was heard, 'Attention please,the Royal Grace is now out of Magix's orbit and is preparing to perform a Dimensional Jump(1) to Eraklion' "Great,I hate Dimensional Jumps,they always make my magic Topsy-turvy." Oliver then continued his walk back into the mansion.

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Dimensional Jump:A fast way for large ships like the Royal Grace to travel,the process is relatively simple as four mages pour their magical energies into the engine which then starts a machine that will create a portal to the desired destination in a shorter amount of time than necessary in conventional methods.

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(Red Fountain,Third Defense Line)

Red Fountain had managed to set up a number of defensive positions,seven in total all around the school as several Specialists in the rearward defense lines were still hurrying to get themselves ready and alert should their fellow heroes fail in their duties.
Fayt and the others were part of the third defense corp....in fact,they were the only members of the corp with each of them a squad of five Specialists,a total of twenty four fighters,to fend off any and all attacks by themselves if the first two defense lines are overrun.

Fayt look at the Specialists in each squad and compared the the other defense corps,they at first glance seemed ill-prepared as their numbers seemed insufficient to fight back such a large enemy force and the Specialists in the squads seemed to think so too. Cliff walked up to Fayt and whispered, "These guys may look tough and they might be too but considerin' that their only sophomores,they might last about fifty minutes but that's it,these guys seemed to be trained to fight only in teams." Albel had heard their conversation, "These maggots would probably fall to pieces should even one of them fall."

Izak sighed as Albel's words seemed to lower the morale of the Specialists under their command, "Don't worry about what Mr Nox said,we'll be fine. The first two lines have the seniors and we'll take care of any stragglers that slip by nothing more,got it ?" the Specialist Squadron Captains nodded and smiles were evident on each of their faces but the smiles faltered as a large explosion occurred just between them and the first two defense lines.

"What the!Fayt!Clear that fire!" Cliff started charging up a Symbology spell of his own,Fayt had already charged up his spell, "Ice Needle!" a ball of ice appeared above his head before a barrage of icicles went for the fire that separated the first two defense lines from them,the ice melting into water dousing out the fire but only to see the senior Specialists retreating from their positions and Fayt noticed that all of them were severely injured.

"Damn it!Those maggots from the frontlines were defeated so easily!" Albel yelled as he pulled out the Crimson Pride,the blood-red steel gleamed in the sunlight, "It's time that we help." Izak stretched out his hand where a digitizer's beam shot out and created a Beam Scythe, "Glad I made friends with him. Alright!All squadrons,assume your defensive positions,we'll move in for close combat!" the Specialists obeyed as they see from each of their 'leaders' stances showed that they are capable warriors.

"Alright guys,ready to do our thing ?" Fayt brought out his Levantine while Cliff dismissed the spell he was going to use and slammed his fists together, "Yeah,I'm ready to kick some butt." Izak hefted the Beam Scythe onto his shoulders, "Ready and willing!" Albel slashed the air with the Crimson Pride with created a small but strong air wave, "Ready when you are maggot." Fayt nodded as he stared down the oncoming enemy forces they'll be soon facing. "Charge!" the four of them ran headlong into battle while the Specialists watched in wonder as they soon defeated one enemy after the other.

(Behind the School)

Since most of the Specialists of the school were in the front lines fighting the large enemy force,no one except a small number of Rookie Specialists were there, "Darn!I wanted to be in that battle." a young Specialist complained before he was suddenly hit by a flying tree,instantly knocking him out, "You want a battle eh ? Let me entertain you then!" A tree was ripped off it's roots as it was hurled at the small number of Specialists who dodged the attack.

"Show yourself you coward!" from the shadows of the forest,Axilles came out,along with a small force of Grunt Soldiers(1) accompanying him. "Coward am I ?Let me introduce you to a whole new world of pain!" Axilles tried rushing the ill-prepared rookies but an Energy Dagger hit the front of his armor, "I wouldn't be so confident if I were you!" Rylon fell from the sky,wielding his massive curved broadsword which crashed onto Axilles' equally massive mace before they fell back away from the force of the attack.

Reforming their battle stances,they glared at each other, "So you must be the mighty general of this assault on Red Fountain." Axilles lowered his mace as he started laughing, "Ahahahaha!You're right!I,General Axilles am going to crush this pathetic school into the ground!" Rylon smirked at this 'This oaf's is easily excited,I may use this to my advantage' "Yeah!You're also the most excitable person I ever met in my life too." this angered the enemy general. "What!That's it!You've made me mad!Grunts!Attack!"

Rylon just smirked as he put his hand in front of his lips and whistled, "Alright ladies!Time to do your stuff!" at that moment,several fairies flew in and started blasting the Grunt Soldiers who had to retreat from the blasts of magic, "Let's play fair shall we,you lose you get the heck out of here but if you win,I'll pull the fairies from this fight to make it a fairer fight." Axilles just nodded as he readied his mace for one-on-one combat. "Let's go!" the both of them shouted as they charged each other.

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Grunt Soldiers:A combination of the undead and the Army of Decay as the basic skeletal structure while the Larvaes covered them and mold into a stronger version of the Beast Troopers but they are just as easy to take down as the regular Beast Troopers.

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(70 S.D,Bachtain University,Holo-Deck)

Since the Holo-deck was the only place in the school big enough to hold the party,the hologram system was programmed to simulate the atmosphere of each song played out,Sophia laughed as she ran into the room as it started a song that she liked and coincidentally,Fayt was the DJ as he wore a black leather jacket with a fur collar and black leather pants that had two belts,forming a cross at the waist,he had dyed his hair brown and had a fake scar across his face.

"Fayt ? What are you dressed as ?" Fayt just took out something that looked like a cross between a revolver and a sword, "I'm Squall Lionhart,a powerful Gunblade Specialist and for tonight,I'm the school DJ. Any requests ?" Thomas nodded as he took out a disk and handed it to Fayt, "Yes and please play it after this song is finished,I need to see someone about a costume." Fayt took the disk and raised an eyebrow at the name of the song, "Whatever you say Thomas but I gotta say,this will be an interesting night." Fayt chuckled as he started working on the setting of the next song.

Thomas had rushed out of the room,only to bump into someone wearing awhite trench-coat with a blue shirt that has a cross insignia and a pair of khaki pants,the person also had a fake scar on his face, "Um,excuse me but who are you ?" the person laughed a bit as he took out a Gunblade similar to Fayt's, "The name's Seifer Almasy Gunblade Specialist...Just kidding,the name's Rolph Johnson but you can just call me Johnson. I gotta go now,my co-DJ might need a little help."
Johnson waved goodbye as he ran into the holo-deck,Thomas had already run off by then.

Thomas sighed as he tapped his foot several times, "Come on,come on,where are you ?" "Right here guv'ner." the taxi driver from earlier walked up to him, "Cut the act James,no one's here." James Rosen smirked as he waved his hand and the driver's clothes were replaced with a tuxedo similar to Thomas',he gave Thomas a small chip, "Here you go Thomas,just be glad that I took the trouble to scan through those catalogs."

Inserting the chip into his shirt pocket,his tuxedo turned back into his regular clothes, "Thanks,I'm glad that my clothes can change,now then..." he snapped his fingers,but the change of clothes weren't the ones he wanted so snapped his fingers again and again until he smiled, "Thanks James,I have to go now....care to join the dance ?" James shook his head as he pointed up to a hover-limo and a rope-ladder dropped down, "No thanks,I got my own party to get to,have fun and go get them tiger." Thomas nodded as he slipped in on white mask.

Meanwhile,Sophia had just danced through a whole song but nobody asked her to dance with them but she was fine with it as she sat down on a seat in the corner of the room. Bored that nobody had asked her,she groaned as she saw everyone else dancing but she noticed someone put a white gloved hand before her, "Care to dance ?" Sophia stared at the mysterious but handsome stranger who is offering to dance with her,the man was wearing an outfit that made him look like a prince from one of her favorite fairy tales,he even had a gold crown on but his face was hidden by an ivory-colored mask that hid his identity but he was quite dashing,even with the mask on,a song started as the scenery changed from that of a disco club to that of a Victorian-styled Ballroom.

"Alright!This are your DJ s Seifer Almasy and Squall Lionhart proud to play a song requested by our mystery guest! Give it up for T.L!" a spotlight shined on the mystery man, "Well my dear ?" Sophia was hesitant but accepted his hand and a fanfare of music started,trumpets and bugles were blaring,cymbals clashed at intervals,violins playing softly and rising in volume and many other instruments were played as holograms of them floated about near the DJ Platform.

Masquerade!
Paper faces on parade...
Masquerade!
Hide your face,
So the world will never find you!

T.L danced with Sophia as she nervously her hand was on his shoulder while the other was in his hands,T.L's other hand was around her waist as they danced to the tune of the music, "Are you alright miss,we can stop if you wish." Sophia shook her head and spoke softly, "No,I'm alright,it's just that I wanted to dance with someone else,a friend of mine but he's not even here..." T.L knew who Sophia was talking about but decided to play along, "Don't you fret,I believe that your friend is just fine." Sophia was comforted by this and continued to dance.

Masquerade!
Every face a different shade...
Masquerade!
Look around-there's another mask behind you!

Flash of mauve...
Splash of puce...
Fool and king...
Ghoul and goose...
Green and black...
Queen and priest...
Trace of rouge...
Face of beast...

While the dance went on,Tyson,the school bully was dressed in biker clothes was looking intently on Sophia as she danced with the mysterious guest,he glared at the man as he crumpled his plastic cup, 'She's suppose to be mine!' he growled as he gathered the members of his group.

Faces...
Take your turn,take a ride
On the merry-go-round...
In an inhumane race...

Eye of gold...
Thigh of blue...
True is false...
Who is who...?
Curl of lip...
Swirl of gown...
Ace of hearts...
Face of clowns...

Faces...
Drink it in,drink it up,
Till you've drown
In the light...
In the sound...

But who can name the face...?

T.L smirked as he twirled Sophia around as her skirt swirled around her legs,before pulling her back to his side,the pink mask on her face only accentuated her emerald-green eyes and Sophia peered into his blue irises 'Where have I seen those eyes before ?' Sophia wondered as they moved as if they had choreographed the moves for months as they danced like professionals. 'Glad that father made me took dance classes in the third grade'

Masquerade!
Seething shadows
Breathing lies...
Masquerade!
You can fool any friend
Who ever knew you!

Masquerade!
Leering satyrs,
Peering eyes...
Masquerade!
Run and hide-
But a face will still pursue you

What a night!What a crowd!
Makes you glad!
Makes you proud!
All the crème de la crème!

Watching us watching them!
And all our fears in the past!

Sophia by then had calmed down and enjoyed T.L's company as they laughed and danced in the simulated Ballroom,Fayt smiled at their happiness 'Hope you enjoy this night together,it's one of the many to come' Fayt felt some one tap his shoulder,it was a girl wearing a beautiful blue gown and she had a simple but elegant mask on her face as her obviously dyed black framed her face. "Umm,care to dance with me ?" Johnson nudged his friend's shoulder, "Go on,I'll cover for ya." Fayt thanked his friend as he took the girl's hand, "May I know who I'm going to dance with ?" the girl was a bit hesitant but gave him a familiar name, "Call me Rinoa."

Fayt took her hand as he introduced himself, "My name's Fayt. Well Rinoa,let's dance to our heart's content." 'Rinoa' smiled a bit as she nodded before they went to the dance floor. While they did this,Tyson had already gathered a number of his 'friends'
and they were ready to carry out his orders, "What's your order boss ?" Tyson just became angrier as Sophia danced with the mystery guest, "Nothing yet but here's my plan...." they huddled around him as he discussed the plan.

Six months!
Of relief
Of delight
Of Elysian Peace

And we can breathe at last!
No more notes!
No more ghosts!
Here's a health!

And here's a toast:
To a prosperous year!
To the new chandelier!
And may it's splendor never fade!

Six months!
What a joy!
What a change!
What a blessed release!

And what a Masquerade!!

With that,the song was over with Sophia wrapped in T.L's arms,both were breathless from the dancing but they were too happy to care, "Thank you..." Sophia was happy that someone had asked her to dance with them but there was a nagging feeling that she knows T.L quite well, "Well then,shall I get you a drink before the next song starts ?" Sophia nodded before T.L walked off to the refreshment table but when,he was out of sight,a leather-gloved hand covered her mouth before she could scream as she was suddenly taken away by unknown assailants,making her tiara drop to the floor.

The room changed to a more outdoor appearance of an open clearing under the full moonlight,the next song started as 'Rinoa' thanked Fayt for the wonderful dance as her 'watch' suddenly started beeping as she had to leave but when Fayt went through the door,she was nowhere in sight but a small beam of light was fading away but he didn't notice it as he went back into the room.

(Space,Cutter)

"Phew!That was close but why did I take all that risk for just a dance ?" Maria then remembered what a wonderful time she had with Fayt,she smiled dreamily but Lieber's face appearing on the screen ruined it, "Miss Maria!You have to come back immediately!The crew is starting to wake up!" Maria sighed as she turned the connection off and set the Cutter to go into Gravitic Warp.

(Bachtain University,Holo-deck)

In the land of twilight,Under the moon
We dance for the idiots
Ring-around-the-roses,Jump to the moon
We sing with the castanets

Thomas who had briefly took off his mask to wipe off the sweat he accumulated from the dancing and put it back on to be T.L again before anyone saw him. He walked to the spot where he was suppose to give Sophia her drink but instead of finding her,he found her tiara on the floor...

In the land of twilight,Under the moon
We dance for the idiots
Ring-around-the-roses,Jump to the moon
We sing with the castanets

Thomas dropped the two cups of juice as it spilled onto the floor but no one was there to slip on it,he picked up the tiara and slipped it into his clothes before dashing out into the hallways to look for Sophia.

I will sing for crescent moon
Dancing with the castanets
As the end will come so soon
In the land of twilight

Thomas was getting frustrated as the Red Star Shard in his pocket glowed a bit, "Where are you!Miss Sophia!" he continued running about aimlessly as he kept calling out to Sophia

I will sing for crescent moon
Dancing with the castanets
As the end will come so soon
In the land of twilight

Sophia was being held against her will as her hands and feet were tied up. Tyson leered at her struggling form, "You're mine,you hear me!I'll have you all to myself as my girlfriend..." Tyson moved in to forcefully kiss Sophia but she kicked him in the groin,since her legs were tied up and she was wearing high-heeled shoes,it hurt..a lot!

Now you are watching us outside the circle
Wanna be in the company
Boy,but you are lonely
Dance with nobody
Run away child,to your hiding place

"Why you damn stupid bitch!I'll get you for this!" Tyson took out a small cylindrical device which was actually a Laser Weapon and a dagger was created from this,Sophia screamed as Tyson got closer and closer to her.

High and loud,the sounds of your bell of twilight...ringing..
All alone,it rings and echoes in the twilight

Thomas had heard Sophia's scream for help, "Sophia!" he ran towards the source of the screams and came face to face with a bunch of Tyson's gang members who were holding metal staffs and one of them was carrying a handgun, "You know what Tyson said!Get him!" they moved towards Thomas,ready to attack from several directions,the Astral Blade materialized into his hands, "You people have made me angry,so move or you'll be hurt!" but the gangsters just ignored him as they rushed him

In the land of twilight,Under the moon
We dance for the idiots
Ring-around-the-roses,Jump to the moon
We sing with the castanets

The doors to the gym burst open as the door was demolished,Thomas was standing on top of an unconscious member of Tyson's gang and the rest were behind him,groaning about pains in their bodies as Thomas had used the flat end of the Astral Blade to defeat the delinquent students. He stepped over the knocked out delinquents as they groaned about the pain.

"Get away from Miss Sophia....Now!!" Tyson didn't pay any mind to Thomas' shout as he stepped away from Sophia who had fallen unconscious from the shock of fear, "You want me to leave my girl alone,fat chance!" he then turned the dagger into a stun rifle which he used to fire on Thomas who evaded as he used the Astral Blade to defend against shots that he couldn't dodge. "Damn it!Get away from her now!" Tyson ignored his words as he moved closer to Sophia and lifted up her face as he decided to licked her cheek but before he could do so,he felt a strong pain in his left shoulder as he saw the Astral Blade pierced through the arm sockets but no a single drop of blood was spilled, "H-h-How?" Tyson uttered as he dropped the de-activated Laser Weapon.

Thomas' appearance has changed to a more deadly serious look as he was emitting a silver aura and began speaking in a booming voice, "You have caused fear throughout this academy that I can tolerate but you have crossed the line when you tried to force a one-sided feeling to an unwilling girl,though I will spare you your life. Punishment must be given,...Let Justice be done!" he twisted the Astral Blade as the sword's magic caused the spiritual harm to Tyson's body was so intense that he instantly collapsed but the pain was gone just as quickly as it came but a burning sensation was left on his limp shoulder as he no longer has any feeling in it. "What did you do to me ?"

'Thomas' only glared at Tyson, "I have rendered your arm useless,it'll remain that way until you've learned your lesson." he then returned to normal but the glare was still there, "Understood." Tyson nodded meekly as he ran off before his gang woke up and ran off as well,fearing that they'll receive more physical punishment from the Astral Blade's keeper. Thomas looked softly at Sophia as she also woke up,Thomas removed the ropes that had tied her up, "Are you alright Miss Sophia ?" Sophia was trembling as she started crying in his arms. "It's alright,everything is going to be alright...." Thomas comforted her as he patted the small of her back.

High and loud,the sounds of your bell of twilight...ringing
All alone,it rings and echoes in the twilight...

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(Spirit Realm,Elemental Region)

The Spirit Realm is more than on big place,it's actually split into different regions with the elements protecting the main Spirit Realm and Argus was in the domain of the Water Elemental,Undine who standing over Argus, "Arise Keeper of the Flame,the trial of the Water Elemental is beginning."

Argus groaned as he got up,he then noticed that he wasn't wearing his royal garbs anymore,he was wearing his Red Fountain civilian outfit but it was totally different as it had more qualities of a battle-suit than a civilian outfit,his blazer had been emblazoned with designs of the Dragon Fire upon them as well as the rest of his outer clothes,the only thing that wasn't covered with symbols or emblems was his white undershirt where his pendant was hidden in,he also found out that he was wearing a pair of red fingerless gloves

"What do you mean trial of the Water Elementals is beginning." the female Elemental sighed as she stretched out her hand as a trident appeared in her hand, "It means,that you'll have to face me in pitched combat and see if you're worthy to be my master." Undine went into a fluid battle stance while Argus took out his longsword that was strapped to a scabbard by his side,
Argus took his own stance before Undine started the battle with a yell Surging Waves! A large surge of water appeared out of nowhere and went for Argus, 'I'm suppose to fight that!' Argus gulped as he saw the large body of water coming for him.

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Author's note:This is my longest chapter up to date and I'm quite satisfied with it but that's my opinion,tell me yours in your reviews.

Today's WiVo:
I'm going to make Argus use the weapons that Efreet had given to him and I'm thinking up names for them but you the readers can make your own suggestions.
Efreet had given Argus these equipment:
A sword
A shield
A staff

Have fun thinking up the names. Oh!And thanks to Anesha and Shinryu for the wonderful reviews.
This is Argus456 signing off.