20 Chapter 20

Mr. Rosier growled at Lovell as Scarlet yelled at her father, Zephyr hid behind Lovell as Zero watched it unfold. In the next three days, Lovell made sure that the gear was ready and that they had everything. Knowing that it would be a long road before he rejoined Gale and Lance. Lovell looked over to see Zero and Zephyr resting on the couch. He smiled as he woke them to get ready. Lovell felt almost like a father to them the way he took them in, as they awoke, Scarlet walked in to see if everyone was ready. Lovell was telling her that he just finished checking over everything, while the twins got up. A servant walked in, letting them know that breakfast was ready in ten. Scarlet nodded at the servant as they left, as the twins finished getting ready.

Sitting down to eat, Lovell noticed that Scarlet's father was missing. "Hey Scarlet, where's' your father at? I thought he would see you off on your first journey?"

Scarlet put her fork down, "He left last night to the capital, the king has summoned all the leading family heads to a meeting about the what happened in Marewood twenty days ago. Something about Lunatica's reincarnation being seen there? Why?"

Lovell stood up, "Are you sure that she was seen there?!"

Scarlet surprised by his reaction. "Yes, a young woman with silver hair and eyes with ivory skin was seen leaving with three young men one believed to be Prince Gale of Grand Dale."

Lovell sat down, smiling, "They found her, they found her." Tears ran down Lovell's face.

Scarlet and the others looked at him; Zephyr shifted in her seat, "What do you mean, Lovell?" Zephyr was trying to make sense of what was going on.

Lovell grinned, "Well, Gale was with me before I left, and I said that I need to find myself and that I would return as so as I did. One of the other two males is Lance, his longtime friend, that I met back in Stonebeak, and well, after that we travelled for a short three months, but I told them I was searching for Luna, the woman you described, as I made a promise to her to always protect her."

Scarlet was surprised that he knew them, "So, is she the real deal then or is it not that—"

"Yes, she was a baby at the time I last saw her, but the mark was in her, no doubt about it," Lovell interjected himself. "Did you hear where they were heading, it might save us a trip." Scarlet shook her head. "Ok, let's finish eating and get to Summerwind!" Lovell was brimming with excitement to finish the first leg of his journey finally.

As they, walked the streets of Summerwind, Lovell noticed a person run by that looked like Gale, he turned to see but lost sight of them right away. Shrugging it off, the thought, as he saw the inn, made his way to the inn with the others. Scarlet got them two rooms for the next five nights, giving them time to go and ask for information about Lance and Gale's whereabouts.

"Hey, Scarlet! I'm heading out for a while; I'll be back for dinner." Lovell is letting Scarlet know as she and Zephyr settled into their room. He headed out to the plaza, looking around he noticed someone in the distance tacking a change Lovell called out to them. "Lance! Lance, is that you?!"

Looking around, Lance noticed someone in the distance, calling his name. He squinted through the crowd to see that is was Lovell. "L-Lovell! Is that you?!" they ran up to each other. Grasping each other's forearms, Lance looked up and down Lovell, "I-I can believe it you are here and you… you seem different? Different in a good way, though."

Lovell smiled, "Yeah, a lot happened over the last twenty-four days, but I heard that you and Gale are travelling with Luna and one other?" Letting go of each other.

Lance nodded, "A lot happened with us as well, oh and when we found Luna, Fang was with her, just as Mrs. Humbly said, he is—"

"Is what, Lance?" Fang walked up behind him, Lance jumped, turning to meet Fangs glare. Looking at Lovell, "and who are you?"

"I'd say the something Fang Krisnik, son of Terrance Krisnik, known as Azoth Wolf now though." Lovell sneered at Fang. "Also, I'm Lovell Krisnik, your younger half-brother."

Fang stared at him, "so you know already about—" Lovell nodded. "Ok, then let's talk back at the inn." He points in the direction of the same inn, Scarlet and the twins were at. Lovell let him lead the way as Lance followed behind.

As they reach the inn, Zero waited outside with Zephyr, "You know your late Lovell, and Scarlets mad?" Looking up, he notices Lovell was with tow others. "You know them or something—ouch!" Lovell smacked him across the head. Zephyr winced as she watched.

"Sorry for his behaviour, he is someone I picked up, anyway it looks like all of us are staying at the same inn so, why don't we all eat together," Lovell suggested to them, Fang and Lance both nodded. "Besides, Scarlet might be more understanding otherwise, hopefully?"

Lovell walked in with them as they headed off to get Gale and Luna to join them, Lovell looked over to Scarlet sitting at a table tapping the table as she watches him. Swallowing his fears, he pulled another table closer, as the twins gathered the chairs. "So, who was that you walked in with?"

Lovell felt a chill in the air as Scarlet was ready to boil over. "That was Fang, my half brother and Lance, that I had already mentioned back in Fallmist."

Scarlet dropped her mouth. "Tell me you are kidding?" Lovell shook his head; Scarlet sat back. "They went here, and fate brought us to them. Now…now why is that?"

Fang and Lance returned with Gale and Luna. Lovell noticed something had happened to Gale; he didn't look the same as he left. "What happened to Gale?" Turning to Lance. Lance explained what happened; Lovell looked at him, "At least your alive Gale, I don't care if you are human, daemon or heck an elf, just as long as your alive."

Gale thanked him as he smiled. Luna walked over to Lovell, "Its nice to meet you, Lovell, I'm Luna." She extended her hand to him. Lovell felt lost in words as his face turned red. Luna looked at him, "Is something the matter?"

Lovell panicked, "N-no, n-not at all!" Lovell could figure out what was going on with himself why he felt some jumpy as his heart raced at the sight of Luna. "Ah, r-right, this is Scarlet, Zero and his sister Zephyr." Lovell was trying to get his mind distracted. "Scarlet, her help me recover after an incident that ill explain later, back in Fallmist, and that where I also met the twins."

Scarlet extended her hand to Luna, "Its nice to meet you."

Luna softly smiled, "Likewise, I'm just happy I found all of the warriors now."

Lovell almost fell out of his chair, "Wait, all six Ren-Ky warriors are here?"

Luna nodded, "though I could only find them after finding you, though." She clasped her hands together. "To think, Lance the Winds of freedom, Gale the Lightning of strength, Scarlet the Earth of Kindness, Zero the Flames of Courage, and Zephyr the Waters of Knowledge would find their way to you Lovell, the warrior of light."

Lovell looked at her, his eyes darkened, "No, I'm not the warrior of light." Luna tucked her hands in, his face stiffened. "I'm the warrior of light and darkness of balance." Lance leaned on the edge of his seat as he heard the words come from Lovell.

Luna stared hard into Lovells eyes to see a fire that hungered for blood and the fire to protect. Luna stepped back. "Wait, but I thought that the champion of light when tempted by—"

Lovell sighed, his face turning red once more. "Well, I am different where I have the darkness fever, still coursing through me." Placing his hand on his chest. "But someone showed me that I could control it if I excepted and understood the true meaning of what good and evil is." Lovell smiled as he looked at everyone. "I think I should explain what happened, shouldn't I?" They all nodded, Scarlet order the food, knowing what Lovell was going to say. "Ok then, let's start with the fact I was captured by the Faremin forces when I was suffering from the brunt of the fever."

Gale leaned forward, "You were captured?!"

Lovell nodded, "Yes but I was unaware till I came to from the spirit realm, where I was dragged in by a woman named Ulva—"

"Wait, was this Ulva a wolf beastman with a grey coat?" Fang stood up suddenly. Luna grabbing his shirt, tells him to sit down.

Fang sat down, Lovell looked at him, "Yes, she said she knows my—our father, as well as Morris." Lovell shook his head, "Anyway when I came to, I was brought to Mourn Fortress—"

Luna cut him off, "Wait, that's a two-month journey here?"

Lovell glared at the others, "Will anyone let me finish before asking more questions?!" Seeing that Lovell was irritated at them already, they shook their heads. "Now, after I woke, I met someone within who helped me escape, but at the same time, Azoth showed up." Fang stiffened as he listened. "The person who captured me told me who I was and a little about who my father is." Lovell clenched his pants, remembering what Ulva had said. "Though I was there for a short while the Dark lard himself had originally ordered for my death, changed it so that I would be bait in finding Luna. For the reason's unknown to me, the person, Kyle, told me the plan and decided that I had to leave soon then he had predicted, he had me learn the spell teleport, to try and get me out, but I choked till Ulva came back. For some reason, Azoth was in pain seeing her, which allowed me to tell me to trust my magic, and I got out." Lovell looked at Scarlet, "After escaping, I somehow ended up at Scarlet's doorstep, and I had been there for sixteen days before leaving to here four days ago."

Lance stared at him. "Did they try and convert you to join?"

Lovell closed his eyes, "Yes, my captor did and the leader of the fortress as well, but as you can see, I refused, but I think I would have if it weren't for Ulva saving me first."

Fang shifted his weight. "Lovell, should I tell them about 'him,' or do you want to?"

Lovell looked over to Fang, "I will…" Luna and the others confused on what was going on. Turned to Lovell, as he turned away, "The person we are referring to is our grandfather on our fathers' side." That all sat, waiting to hear it. Lovell sighed, "Our grandfather is Lord Damora, the dark lord himself."

Luna and the others stared at Lovell; Fang sighed, "It's true I never told you because I wait till we found Lovell."

Luna started shaking, "So, you," she turned to Fang, "A-and you, Fang, are Faremin?" Fang nodded, Lovell couldn't look at her. "So, all this time you—"

"Luna, I thought the same thing about the Faremin, and Kyle changed my mind." Lovell could find the courage to turn to talk to her. "I found out that the dark lord forces his citizens to either forced labour. Or they are forced to join the army. They don't have the freedom to do anything, and there may be a resistances within their forces, just like Kyle or—"

The sound of screams rang outside, he and the others ran out, while Luna sat still, Scarlet touched her shoulder. "Lovell is right, about this, he is an example of what good can look like from within the darkest moments of any situation even if they are the enemy." She ran off to join the others. Luna closed her eyes, realizing that she was right as she went off to help in any way.

Looking around Lovell, Gale and Fang were fighting Faremin soldiers with the local hunters, while Scarlet, Zephyr and Lance helped get the citizens to safety. Luna went to help with supporting the citizens. But Lovell flew past her, looking over she noticed a man that looked like a boy she knew walked over to him. He smiled in enjoyment.

Luna tucked herself in, "River?!" He stopped as Luna said his name.

He looked over, "Luna? What are you doing here?" River turned to face her, the dust floating between them, as time seemed to stop for them.