Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters pretaining to Grandia 2, but i wish i did. I only own Claudice, Fiore, Naria, and others to be seen. Well, that seems about it and on with my pointless story. "Who Are You?" "What did happen, I can't really remember. It all seems a blur. Everyone has a past, but why does mine seem to hide from me. Wait, I do recall something, or someone. He seems so close to me. Almost everynight I've been having the same dream over and over again. What does it mean, is it my past, or something I created to make myself believe it as my past. This dream confuses me. I will find out what it means, I'll unlock as soon as I can see the whole picture." It was a beautiful, warm summer morn, the sun was creeping higher and higher into the sky. In the middle of a large forest, a large, beautiful house can be seem. It was a blue house with tall pillars that had stone dragons swirling up them. All around the house were flowers that seemed to bloom forever. There were large Sakura trees in full bloom and there were many birds singing in the trees.The land seemed to spread out for miles. It was truly a magnificent sight to behold. A small girl about the age of 5 with long golden hair came running by, laughing without a care in the world. Just behind her was a taller boy about 7. He had short, spikey turqoise hair. They ran after each other in a game of tag, enjoying the warm sunlight which was now in the highest point of the sky. Unknown to the children, a pair of cold, red eyes were watching their every move. "Come on, Elena, I'll race you to the lake." "Fiore, wait up, you know I can't run as fast as you." The young boy turned his head slightly around and gave the blonde a sly smile. " I know, that's why I want to race you", the boy said through his smile. Elena just gave him an angry look. When both got to the lake, they took in their surroundings. The lake was large and clear. It seemed to sparkly with the sun's light, making a lovely design on the surface of the water. Fiore picked up a rock and skipped it across the lake. Elena watched in awe as the stone traveled to the middle of the lake, making ripples across the surface."Now, you try, Elena." "I can't throw it as good as you, my rocks don't even skip, they sink like rocks." Fiore gave a small laugh."Well ,Elena, it is a rock and rocks sink, besides, the rock sink because your throwing in wrong. Here, throw it like this." Fiore took Elena's hand and moved it in a throwing motion. "Oh, I get it now." Elena picked up another rock and used the method Fiore just showed here. Elena threw the rock and it skipped a pretty good distance. "See, I told you, you could do it." "Fiore, we better get home. Mom and Dad are probably worried about us." "Ok, come on, Elena." The two began to run to the large house where they were greeted by two adults. One was a tall man with blond hair that went by the name of Claudice. The other was a medium sized woman with long, brown hair that went by the name of Naria. Claudice took a step forward and began to tap his foot at the young children. "Where have you two been? Your mother and I were getting worried."" Dad, nothing happened, and even if it did, I wouldn't let anything get near us." Naria gave her son a serious look. "Fiore, I know you are strong, but there is a lot of danger out there." "That's right, what if you got lost or attacked? You would be in big trouble." Fiore and Elena looked down in defeat and walked into their house. Naria followed them, but Claudice stayed behind. He sensed another presence, an evil presence that wanted to do them harm. Claudice turned to go inside. He gave one more look and then departed into his home. The next morning, Elena and Fiore left bright and early to do some exploring. As Fiore walked along, he picked up a large stick and began to swing it around like a sword. "Fiore, what are you doing?" " I'm practicing my sword skills so i can become as good as Dad. Dad is the greatest warrior in the world. Nobody can beat him." "I wish I was brave and talented like Dad." Fiore gave her a questionable look."What do you mean, you're brave and talented. You always help me and stuff. Hey, let's play a game. I'll be the great warrior and you can be the princess I save." "Ok, that sounds fun." As the two began to play, a shadowy figure stepped in front of them. He had cold, black eyes and hair. He had a scar that ran down his face and a sword with dry blood on it in his hand. Elena and Fiore backed away from him. The figure began to advance forward. When Elena and Fiore reached the wall, Fiore stood up and blocked Elena. The figure gave a small chuckle. In one quick motion, the figure lifted Fiore by his collar with one hand. He brought Fiore close to his face. Elena was horrified. The figure looked at the scaried Fiore."Well, well, well, if it isn't Claudice's son and daughter. You know I really dispise your father. He gave me this ugly scar. Now, I think I should do the same thing that happened to me." The figure threw Fiore next to Elena and lifted his sword up. Elena and Fiore screamed in horror as the blade came down. But, the blade stopped. Elena and Fiore looked up and saw their father block the attack and then, in one twist of his blade, Claudice broke the figure's sword in two. The figure backed away and grinned. "Hello, Claudice. Long time, no see. Don't worry, I'll be back." With that, the figure just disappeared into the trees. Claudice gave one more look at the place where the figure stood. He turned to his children and carried them home. When Elena and Fiore got home, they went straight to bed for it was now night. Claudice informed Naria about the events that took place that day. Claudice decided that it would be best if they all left in the morning. Then, they went to bed. Hours later, the figure returned. He crashed through the window and knocked over the lantern by the window. Claudice got his sword and went to confront the figure. Naria went to get Elena and Fiore out of the house. Claudice faced the figure and stared at him. " Still after me, Shin?" "I'm going to love this." Shin charged at Claudice and the two began to fight. As the two blades clashed, the oil from the lantern caught fire from the sparks of the blades but, the two kept fighting. When Naria and the children got outside, Naria saw the house in flames and paniced."Listen you two, I want you to get away from here as fast as possible." Fiore and Elena were confused."But what about you and Dad", asked a frightened Elena. Naria didn't say anything. She gave both children a kiss and ran towards the burning house. Claudice and Shin were still fighting. As time passed, Claudice began to weakenand Shin got the upper hand. "Aw, what's the matter, Claudice? Are you too tired from taking care of your kids?" Claudice just stared at Shin with pure hatred in his eyes. As Shin was about to make the final blow, Naria stepped in and threw a large stone at Shin's head. The stone made a direct hit and made a huge gash in Shin's head. Shin touched his wound and stared at the blood on his hand. Shin became furious and took his sight off Claudice and focused on Naria. " You will pay dearly, Naria." Shin charged at Naria and within seconds, Shin's blade went right through Naria. Naria sank slowly to the floor and formed a pool of blood around her lifeless body. Claudice was inraged. " You will pay for your deed, Shin. I'll fight you till my last breath." Claudice began to power up his strongest attack. ' If I use the RAGNAROGH SLASH I'll kill Shin, but I'll use all my strength as well. My life is no matter. As long as Elena and Fiore live, that's all that matters', Claudice said mentally. With that, Claudice unleashed the RAGNAROGH SLASH. There was so much power in the attack that Shin couldn't avoid it. The attack hit Shin, cutting him in two. Shin's slashed body fell on the floor, motionless. Claudice also fell and closed his eyes. The attack destroyed Shin, but also destroyed the graet Claudice as well. Elena and Fiore witnessed the whole thing. when they realized everyone was dead, they ran into the woods. Elena began to cry but Fiore was there to comfort her. After hours of walking, Fiore and Elena were lost. Out of nowhere, two monsters jumped out at them. Realizing they had no chance against the monsters, Fiore and Elena began to run. Fiore spotted a fork in the path. " Elena, we have to split up to try try to lose 'em. You take the right and I'll take the left. We'll find each other later." "But...." Fiore cut her off, "JUST GO!!!!!!!" Each took their path, but the monster split up and followed both. Fiore disappeared into the darkness of his path while Elena ran down hers. Elena kept running until she came to a cliff. Elena was cornered. As Elena stood at the edge, the monster casted a HOWL! spell, knocking Elena over the edge. As Elena plummeded down, screaming, something unexpected happened. Just when Elena was about to hit the ground, something caught her. Elena looked up just to see that see had been saved by a young girl about her age. The girl had long brown hair and something strange. this girl had a long purple tail(picture Mewtwo's tail) and white angel wings. Elena was so shocked that she passed out. When Elena woke up, she found herself infront of a church in a strange village. Elena looked around to see if that girl was around. The girl was no where to be found. Suddenly, the door of the church opened. An aged priest and his wife came out. They took Elena in and allowed her to stay with them. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Elena awoke with a cold sweat in her bed. "Why must this dream keep haughting me." Just then, Elena's minstrel friends, Becky, Brandan, and Jim, came into her room. "Elena, what's the matter," asked a worried Becky. "Did you have that dream again," asked Jim. Brandan gave a yawn and said, "You mnid, I need my sleep to drive the van tomorrow and plus we got to perform". Becky and Jim gave him looks. Elena smiled at her new friends. Becky had waist-length, brown hair and goat ears and small horns. Brandan was very tall and muscular. He had brown hair and wore a blackish sweatband around his forhead. Jim was half the size of Brandan(he's smaller than Roan) and he had dirty blond hair(he looks like the Jim from OUTLAW STAR). Becky and Brandan were 18 and Jim was 14. Elena smiled again. "Don't worry, I'm fine. It's late so let's go back to bed." Brandan gave a relieved look, "Thank you, God". With that, Brandan left. Becky and Jim shook their heads and sighed and followed him. Elena laid back down still thinking of her dream. She tried many times to find Fiore and Find the strange girl who saved her. Elena soon fell asleep and began to dream about her adventure with Ryudo, Skye, Millenia, Roan, and Tio.