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The group of five now closing in on the village. The arrival of knights in the village has began to cause a commotion in the village. A line of villagers meeting the group at the front gate giving them their regards and blessing for a safe trip.

Arme smiled and waved as they passed the crowd waiting for them at the entrance to the village. She seemed happy with the attention they were receiving. After the crowd died out though her memory of Amy and Lass' errand to the village passed through her mind.

She quickly turned around to see how Lass fared with the crowd of people. She was shocked to find the blue thief missing from the group.

"Amy where's Lass?" she asked.

"'I'm not sure I barley noticed he was gone too." the dancer replied her tone filled with worry."Arme I don't want him to get depressed again."

"Is something wrong ladies?" the old mage asked both girls

"We seem to be missing one of our group." the mage replied

"Oh I see its of no concern though you three will be plenty." said the man returning to walking down the street "Now please make haste we don't want to keep them waiting."

Both girls let out a sigh before following the man.

Arme was halted though when she felt a tap on her shoulder. Turning around she could see Dio was a step behind her

"What wrong Dio?" she asked

"Don't worry about him he dashed above the houses when you were distracted with the crowd." He stated. "Most likely he'll be waiting for us down with the caravan."

Arme nodded and continued walking. She hasten her steps hoping she could hurry to make sure Lass was ok.

After another few blocks of walking and cutting through the square the group arrived at the village's second entrance. Coming into the clearing three small carriages could be seen. There was a small group of people gathered around a small fire where a pot was boiling. Most of them wearing royal mage robes and a few being covered in royal knight armor.

"Its really doesn't seem like you need us." Dio stated at the sight of the mages and knights.

"I know you would say that but we refuse to take chances young knight." The old mage replied as he walked over to join his group.

Arme began to frantically search for the missing thief. She took notice of the bright red armor of knight master close to the group and walked over to ask of Lass' whereabouts.

Closing in on her it could be seen she was speaking with Lass.

"Lass!" she cried out turning her hastened walking into a quick jog.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"You should have told us that you were going on ahead without us." she replied

Lass stayed quiet. Arme could see a bit of pain in his eyes.

"I'm sorry Amre." the thief whispered as he walked off alone.

She was about to follow after but was stopped at the sound of knight masters voice.

"Arme I'm sure there something going on that I don't know about but it will have to wait call Amy and Dio we must go over the mission plans with you three since Lass already heard it." Knight Master ordered.

Amre waved her hand towards the demon and dancer motioning them to join her by knight master's side.

"Ok you three the mission plan is to make sifts of when you knight will be active. One team active during the day and one at night. Lass has already agreed to take the first night slot so we need one more for night."

"I'll do it!" Arme shouted out

Amy was surprised by the mage's yell and hopped aside while Dio just scoffed.

"Understood. Dio and Amy you two shall be lookout in day and Arme you'll be joining Lass at knight. Now knights I realize this is an easy mission but even so deserves your full potential. So if you do come across any trouble do not hold back."

"Yes Knight Master" all three knights cried out.

"Perfect I'll be taking my leave then knights. I expect a good report from you when your mission is done." Knight Master said as she walked over to her personal carriage.

The three watched as their leader entered and left down the road.

"Um guys I'm going to go check on Lass." Arme stated as she begun to walk in the direction she went.

After a few steps though she was halted by a hand clinging to her shoulder.

"No allow me there's something I'd like to speak with him about." said the demon releasing his grip on the mage.

Arme a little confused just stood and watched as the demon walked off.

Lass had walked over to a cliff a small distance down the path the caravan would be traveling.

"Master are you ok?" the violet fox asked

"Yes Kumi I'm fine you may return to your card for now I'll call you when I need you." Lass replied as he held out the card he called her with.

The fox demon bowed and returned into the seal that appeared around the card again.

"Hey!" a voice came from behind Lass. Turning around he could see it was Dio.

"What do you want?" Lass grunted.

Dio grabbed the box he had received from Sieghart and tossed it to the thief.

"What's this?" Lass asked

"Just open it and put whats inside in the palm of your hand." Dio ordered.

Lass just sighed and began to open the small box. Inside was a brilliant clear jewel that seemed to glow even with a lack of light.

He placed it on the palm of his hand just as the demon ordered. For a few seconds he sat motionless focusing his gaze on the gem.

As he began to turn to ask Dio was this gem was he was stopped when he felt a burning sensation in the palm the gem was in. He refocused his gaze back to the gem to see it had changed in color. No longer was it clear but a violet color and had extremely dimmed.

"What? What is this?" Lass cried out in shock.

Dio stayed quiet and walked towards the thief taking the gem and replacing it inside the box.

"Hey answer me! What just happened!" The thief shouted.

Dio ignored him and proceeded to walk away.

"Dio!"

"You'll know when the time is right." the demon mumbled as he walked back towards the caravan.

Lass was left in awe at the sight of the gem. For such a brilliant jewel to turn into a tarnished gem. Lass mind was bewildered.

"Sellion!" Dio shouted.

The black dragon came down from a near by cliff landing in front of his master.

"Here takes this to Sieghart and bring it right back." Dio commanded as he handed the box containing the gem to the dragon.

The black dragon let out a roar before taking off to the sky back towards the castle package in hand.

"To think his dark power already flustered and we haven't even started this mission yet. I can't begin to imagine what would happen if he lost it again."

Reaching back to the caravan resting spot it could be seen that the pot filled with food a brief moment earlier was empty and being cleaned out. It seems the caravan would be moving out soon.

"Dio!" Amy called out at the demon. "Come on the old man would like to speak to us."

Before being able to agree Dio was being pulled by the energetic dancer towards one of the carriages. Being pulled around to the back Dio could see this carriage was the one holding the cargo of ancient text.

"Good your here well let's begin." the old mage stated at the sight of Dio arriving at the carriage. "Now first allow me to give a late introduction. My name Darmen I am the third royal mage of the queen of Serdin. I am also the leader of this caravan and will be the one over seeing all acts of this group. Now to business as you see inside this carriage is the main cargo you will be protecting. If we run into any trouble I must command that you immediately position yourself to defend this with all your might. Seeing as you two will take the Day shift I have took the liberty to make two beds inside this carriage for you two to rest during the night. When trouble brews you will be woken up to join in the defense and you will do the same with the other two during the day. Any questions?"

"No sir." both knight replied

"Perfect now seeing as the sun will be setting soon you may go ahead to settle yourselves in to sleep." Darmen said as he made he way to the driver's seat of the carriage grabbing the reigns.

"I'm going to go say goodnight to Arme and Lass." Amy said as she skipped off alone.

Dio just scoffed and looked up into the sky to see Sellion returning from his errand holding the box from before and a letter.

"What's this?" he questioned

Peering over the letter he could see it was a letter from Mari to Arme.

"How dare she use Sellion for a messenger pigeon." he scoffed.

Annoyed he opened the letter and began to read. He paused in shock at what he read.

"Lass' sister!"

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Guys im rly sry this is so late ive been very busy lately.

I even had to scrap the halloween special I was working on.

Seeing as I feel im falling behind I already started on the next chapter and should have it posted by the end of the weekend