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Claude opened the door of his house and stepped in quietly. The time was twelve o'clock midnight. He switched on the light and sat down on the soft sofa at the living room. He was alone, though. ' Huh, that hurts... ' He mumbled quietly. He looked at the ring he was wearing. His eyes revealed sadness as he stared at the ring. ' I simply can't endure this torture anymore'

After feeling better, he stood up and headed to his room. As he opened the room door, his eyes widened upon seeing the crystal on his desk glowed a shade of white light. He stepped closer to the floating and glowing crystal. The crystal kept glowing and glowing. " Fiery, what do you want to tell me?" He asked. The crystal glowed again and a creature that seemed like a fairy appeared. She looked at him warily. 

" Sir Heath, something's gonna happen! " The fairy, whose name was supposed to be Fiery, said nervously.

" What is it, Fiery? Is it about Mirage? Tell me!! "

" No, not about Mirage. But, the princess! The Princess is in danger! " She alerted.

" What? Are you sure?! "

" Yes, sir! She's in pure danger! "

" Oh, my! " He quickly used his magic, flying out of his room and tried to get to ' the princess ' as fast as he could.

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Addea lay down on her bed, looking to the ceiling. Her mind seemed to be drifting away. She did not know what exactly got into her mind that made her head aching. She felt like yelling for the pain but she couldn't even bring herself to say a single word. ' Hell you nuts! What's this pain for?! ' She closed her eyes and bit her lower lips. ' Oh, my! It really hurts! ' Her heart yelled.

PRANG!!! CRASH!!!

She was taken aback as the windows crashed all of a sudden. A violent wind that seemed to blow her away entered the room. " What's this?? " She cried. A short after, she saw a silver haired man floating above her. She didn't notice when did he entered her room. When the windows crashed? " Who... Who are you?! " She asked nervously. Her voice began to shake. 

The man did not answer. She could hear Mr. Andrew's voice and some of the palace maids knocking her room door rapidly. " Princess! Princess! Are you okay? What happened?! " They went on until the man raised his hand and began chanting in a language Addea did not know. As soon as he finished chanting, the whole palace exploded unexpectedly. " Argh!!!!!!!! " Addea cried and shut her eyes as hard as she could.

When she opened her eyes, she gaped as she saw the great palace had turned into burning debris. Everything in the palace had been destroyed. Fear started to surge through her body. " Who are you? " She asked fearfully. 

" You don't have to know who I am, " the man answered.

" What do you want? " 

" Simple. My only, mission is... "

" What? "

" My only mission is TO KILL YOU!! " As soon as he said it, he raised his hands and somewhat things that looked like fireballs appeared, floating around his body. " Oh, man.. This is crazy.. " Addea stood up and gathered her strength. It's as if she knew what was going to happen. Her instinct told her to run.

" DIE, Princess Terra Addea!!! " ZOOM! The VERY large fireballs made their way towards Addea, following their master's order. " Wargh, I must be dreaming!! " She ran as fast as she could, hoping to run away. " Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Useless, Princess. You would never get away from my spell. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!! " The man laughed like a mad person and sent more spells, now thunderballs to KILL her. " Thunder ghosts! "

" Stop this! We could talk! " She begged but he paid no attention to her. She continued running until suddenly, her legs stuck and she fell onto the ground. " Oh, HELL! " She tried to get up but she couldn't. She tried until she became conscious that the fireballs and the thunderballs was just a mere second away from her. She shut her eyes sharply and screamed. " Nooooooooooooo!!!! "

" Thunder nova!! "

CRASH!! BANG!! BOOM!!

Moment passed.... Addea opened her eyes and blinked. She examined herself and found that she didn't receive any wounds. ' Eh, what happened? Am I dead already? ' She thought. She turned around and saw a figure was standing right in front of her. He was... " Claude? What the hell are you doing here? " 

However, he didn't answer her. Was he the one who saved her using a Thunder Nova?? " Well, well, well... if it wasn't The Guardian of Fire and Thunder, Heath Lockhart... " The man who tried to kill Addea laughed mischievously. " Heath Lockhart? Claude, your real name is Heath Lockhart? " Addea blinked in bolt from the blue. 

Claude/ Heath didn't answer. He stared at the silver haired man fiercely. Addea looked at him and then at the silver haired man. She noticed some similarities of them both. Their faces looked alike. The only thing that made they looked different was their hair colour. ' They can't be twins.. ' She thought silently.

" Get away, Heath. I'm going to kill the princess!"

" Don't you ever dream of it, Keith!! I will protect her till the last drop of my blood! " Heath jerked back. That did it. The silver haired man's name was Keith. They seemed to know each other. " Okay, Heath, if you don't want to move, I'm afraid you'll have to die with the princess. Prepare for it! " Keith's ring glowed and a broad sword appeared in a nick of time. He pointed the edge of his sword to his rivals. " Take my Hell Fire! " He commanded.

" Addea, stay behind me and don't move! " Heath demanded and prepared to face Keith's Sword Magic. Keith's Hell Fire attack them like mad that Heath have to use his Firewall to protect himself and Addea. " Urgh, c'mon, Heath. You can handle this! " Heath told himself.

Addea just could see the both fought helplessly. ' I feel like this had happened before but... When? ' Her mind asked. She felt the pain in her head can't be endured anymore. ' God, it really hurts! ' Flashes of images began drifting in her mind.' Huh, what's this? ' She saw a world with dark sky, armies, people were fighting and screaming, the wind blew very violently and she saw a scene where a man was being killed as the edge of a sword stuck into his belly.

" No... " She said softly. The wind beside her started to move strangely, as if it was circling around her. " No... Stop... " 

Heath and Keith halted as they felt a strange aura coming from where Addea was sitting. " Addea, are you okay? " Heath asked as her body began to float in the air and release a white light, glowing. Keith saw this and got more panic. " Hell, the princess is going to wake up! " He decided to use this oppurtunity to kill her. " ANCIENT!! " He summoned. A group of meteors from the sky appeared and began making their way to attack Addea.

" Stupid, butt head, Keith! " Heath cursed. He tried to get nearer to Addea but his legs were stuck. " Addea, run!! " " No, stop... " Addea began. It seemed like she did not care about the upcoming meteors. " Die, princess! " Keith laughed.

" I said..STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " She yelled at the top of her tongue. A very bright light appeared, blinking Heath and Keith sights. The wind turned to be a typhoon. " What's going on?! Addea, control your power or you might die! " Heath cried.

The light became brighter and brighter that Heath and Keith could not see anything. Heath cried again, " Addea!!!!!! "

--- To be continued --
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