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Disclaimer: I don�t own Dragon Knights. If I did, I wouldn�t
be writing this fic.

A/N: Okay, here is the second chapter of my latest fic, and
probably the only one to get another chappie. I spent my whole vacation writing
this so I hope it�s good. I would also like to thank my reviewers and my beta
reader!

The Book of Counted Sorrows

Chapter 2- In the Morning Light

Soon, the morning came; it�s warm rays bringing life to a
new day. The light in the windows was catching dust as it floated around. The
breeze brought in the gentle smell of morning, with the faint smell of the
flowers. A few birds began to sing cheery tunes, bringing a sense of peace over
the gentle dawn.

Currently,
many of the occupants of the palace slept in their beds, comfortable and content.
However, one person was up at this hour, feeling neither, and was restless with
a strange feeling coursing through them. This person was the mysterious Lily,
who had been roused from sleep.

She
wandered the halls, a little lost in the vast palace. Before long, she came
across the library. She looked through the books, looking for nothing in
particular, just anything that caught her fancy. She soon came upon a
particularly thick book. She couldn�t see the title, but it looked like it
would put her to sleep. So she grabbed it off the shelf using both hands. She
then walked over to a chair near a still burning fireplace.

She curled
up in the chair and place to book in her lap. She looked at the title and
smiled. �The Demon Bible� was written faded gold letters on the leather cover
of the book. She laughed, what would the Dragon Lord be doing with a book like
this in the palace. �Tsk, tsk. He would be happy to know about this.� Her smile
faded as she remembered.

She opened
the book and began to read. As she was about one-third of the way done, her
eyes began to close. She yawned a few times to remain awake, but soon
surrendered to sleep, her head resting against the back of the chair. A few of
the suns rays fell on her face, giving her an angelic look.

Lykouleon,
decided at that moment to walk in. �Just where I though you would be,� he
whispered. He brushed a few bangs away from her face, smiling at how peaceful
she looked compaired to before. He felt this connection with her that could not
be explained. His smile then changed to confusion when he saw a book in her
lap, written in the youkai language.

He removed
the book with curiosity and closed it so he could see the title. �Eh� I didn�t
know I had that book,� he sweat dropped. He placed it on the table next to the
chair. He looked at her, and then around them. �I don�t want to wake you� what
to do.� He thought for moment and then grabbed a blanket from the other chair
and covered her up.

He placed a
kiss upon her forehead. �I�ll leave you here and come back for you later.� He
then turned and walked back to the door. Before he closed it, he turned back
and smiled at her and then left. He walked through the halls silently,
wondering if anyone else was up. Maybe Alfeegi.

*

Before long, the sun was shining directly above
Draqueen and signaling that it was noon� or rather lunchtime. For once,
everyone was gathered in the dining hall, probably hoping to see the mysterious
Lily. However, their food wasn�t set up like it normally was� something was
going on.

The Knights
and Officers, turned when they the door open. They saw Lord Lykouleon standing
in the doorway, smiling as always. Nothing seemed to get him down.

�Where�s
the food?� Thatz asked before Rune hit him in his side, with his elbow. �Ow��
he muttered, rubbing his injured side and slightly glaring at Rune who was also
glaring back at him.

�I hope you
don�t mind if we eat outside. Rasaelene has made a wonderful lunch so that we
may have a picnic with our guest.�

�Lily�s
awake? Does that mean we can ask our questions now?� Rath asked, very excited.
The other sweat dropped. At least he was showing some kind of emotion. After
Cesia died (and there was much rejoicing *waves a white flag* Yay!) he had
become distracted and distant. He didn�t care much about what was going on
around him. At least now he wasn�t thinking about those damn demons.

Lykouleon
smiled, and nodded his head and then lead them to the garden. As they neared
they heard the sound of the fountain and the laughter of two females. It
rapidly caught their attention�

�By the way
you describe those two, they sound like a married couple.� They heard a
cheerful voice say. It didn�t sound like Rasaelene at all. They didn�t think
Lily sounded like that considering how she spoke last night.

�Hello ladies,�
he said smiling at them. �I hope you don�t mind if I ask, however, I over heard
you talking about two people and I was curious as to who you were talking
about?�

The two
ladies stood to greet them, before Lily spoke up. �Lady Rasaelene was telling me
about the people of the castle and she was describing to me about the
relationship between Ruwalk and Alfeegi.�

The others
laughed, as Alfeegi blushed lightly, angered by the comment as innocent as it
seemed. Ruwalk just smiled and laughed with a hand behind his head. �Yup, that
sounds about right,� he said hitting Alfeegi on the back in a brotherly manor.
Alfeegi gave squeak of surprise before glaring and crossing his arms and gave a
little sniff of indignity. They all but missed the jealous look in Kai-sten�s
eyes as he laughed along with them.

After they
calmed down, they began to sit down on the ground. However, before Thatz could
sit down he was glomped by Lily, almost knocking him over. Thatz was briefly
shocked before he wrapped his arms around her waist and hugging her back with a
goofy grin on his face.

�Long time
no see, ya big glutton,� she said laughing.
She stopped hugging him but threw an arm around his neck as they sat
down. Her eyes radiated warmth, happiness, and laughter, but hidden deep within
those depths was the wisdom of the gods and one who has seen too much.

�So how do
you two know each other?� Rune asked curiously.

Lily just
looked at Thatz, telling him to tell the story. He nodded his head.

�Well, I was treasure hunting somewhere�
I can�t exactly remember where. Well I got lost and I found myself somewhere
else. I think I was on Arinas somewhere�� he looked at Lily.

�Some trap
Kharl built seeing it was near his castle. I was around, returning home from a
visit to a friend, when I found him. So I helped him out, and we both ended up
in Dusis,� she continued for him.

�After that
we�ve been friends� but we spilt when she had to return Arinas and I became a
knight,� he finished. Lily nodded her head.

�Interesting�
so you live in Arinas.� Tetheus asked.

�Sometimes�
but most on the time I�ve been traveling in Dusis� looking for some things,�
she answered, but her voice left no room for questions about what those things
were. From there the conversation turned to chitchat.

Rath looked at her long and hard
and came to one conclusion. �You�re youkai,� he stated, and then moved so he
was directly in front of her, staring in her eyes. She stared back, no emotion
flowing through her violet orbs.

�Rath, stop
being rude,� Rune said, harshly. That caught Rath�s attention and he moved back
to his place between Rune and Kai-stern.

�She�s not
just youkai, she�s also an elf,� Rune muttered, silently, but the others had
heard him, and he blushed slightly and mumbled an apology. Lily just smiled,
making him blush even more.

�Right you
are,� Thatz said, pulling Lily into his lap and holding her close. If the
others hadn�t have known they were good friends, they would have though they
were a couple. Lily gave a yelp of surprise, but continued to smile as she
settled into his lap. She was not going to answer their questions on her blood,
they could just ask Thatz. �She also a dragon,� he said as he bit one of her
ears that showed the pointed tip of a dragon.

�Ow. You
asshole. Don�t do that,� she said getting out his lap and slapping him, which
made him fall down the rest of the way to the ground, from his sitting
position. She then moved to sit next to Lykouleon. They were laughing at Thatz
who seemed to have recovered some.

�What was
that for?� he mumbled, rubbing the side of his face where a red handprint was
showing. Lily just huffed and crossed her arms.

�Now, Lily,
let me introduce you to my Dagon Officers and Knights,� he said once he got
over his fit of laughter. �This is Tetheus,� he said, pointing to a dark-haired
man sitting next to Rasaelene. He had a stern look on his face. Tetheus nodded
his head at her.

�Ruwalk,� he said pointing to the
person next to Tetheus. He held out his had which she took and then kissed it,
while giving her a wink. She just smiled.

�Alfeegi,� he said pointing to the
man with aqua hair, next to Ruwalk. She shook his hand and said pleasantries,
but her eyes lingered on his. What she saw behind his copper eyes were a
mystery to her, and she wanted to figure it out.

The next person he pointed to was
light blond haired man with yellowish gold eyes hidden behind his glasses.
�Kai-stern,� he said and she shook his hand. She too looked into his eyes and
into his soul, like she did to the others before him and to the ones after. She
knew she was going to have problems with those two.

�Rath,� he said motioning to the
man next to Kai-stern. He had black hair with a little patch of his bangs dyed
white. She looked into his crimson colored eyes and knew that he was going to
be Hell to live with. She had heard about him through Thatz. When their hands
met, she felt the fire of his soul, and she knew that the two of them would
never understand each other.

�And Rune,� he said pointed to the
blond elf sitting next to Rath. When she shook hands with him, she liked him
instantly. And so she smiled and it made Rune feel happy, because he understood
that smile for it was used amongst all elves.

�And you have already met
Rasaelene,� he finished and then sipped his tea, and let everyone take it from
there. He smiled his all knowing smile and then began to eat.

�It�s nice to meet you all,� she
said, smiling. She too began to eat, as did the others. She kept quite,
listening to the conversations around her. She then noticed that they sounded
like one big family and she felt like an intruder upon their happiness. Once
she got what she wanted, she would be out of their lives forever, and she would
go back to her Master, and live the remainder of her life in blissful peace. If
only she knew.

�So, Lily, where are you from?�
Ruwalk asked, trying to avoid any questions about her particular bloodline.

�A town called Makototen. Its
location is non of your concern,� Lily stated with a tone that none dared
question, not even Rath.

�I�ve been there before,� Kai-stern
said. �Right before Nadil destroyed it,� he said looking straight at Lily.
�I�ve seen your eyes before� though you were much younger then.�

�Yes, I thought you looked
familiar,� she said looking away from him and somewhere else than their curious
gazes. Damn him, she thought.

The others wore looks of confusion.
Did these two know each other? However unlikely� it seemed very strange. Many
of the others had never heard of it, except in legend� about the dragon it his
and protected.

Her gaze looked to the far
distance, her eyes glazed. �You and I never spoke though. I always saw you by
the tavern, except that one night�� and then she stopped. The far-away look in
her eyes left and she shock her head. �How silly of me to get caught up in the
past I would rather forget about. Besides it never could have happened� You
weren�t there��

The group did not know what she was
talking about� maybe Kai-stern, but it seemed he, too, was also confused.
However, Alfeegi finally figured out why Kai-stern had spent all his money on
that particular journey that Alfeegi didn�t know that Kai-stern had gone on�
without filling out the paper work.

�So that�s why you weren�t here
during the festival all those years ago? And without filling out the forms and
how all that money disappeared unless Ruwalk had a hand in it, which I wouldn�t
be surprised,� he said raising an eyebrow. His voice was deadly calm. It
worried all those there, except Lily, who was left in the dark. She would soon
learn the ways of the palace.

�Um�� was all Kai-stern could say.
He raised his hands up in defense and sweat dropped as Alfeegi looked at him
with anger flaring in his copper eyes.

Lily smiled. She may not have been
in Draqueen long enough, but she could see what was going on around here. Her
smile lessened when she remembered that she was disturbing their peace, and
every moment she waited, the Darkness that followed her would soon come upon
them. She couldn�t have that.

She cleared her throat and stood
up, dusting her self. Alfeegi stopped killing Kai-stern for a moment to look up
at her, like everyone else. The afternoon lift highlighter her hair, giving her
a more lovelier appearance, than last night. Kai-stern saw the entranced look
in Alfeegi�s eyes and immediately disliked Lily. She was going to take Alfeegi
from him, and just when he was getting attention.

�Well, I�ll be on my way to town,�
she said looking at them and smiling. As she turned to leave, Rune got up.

�I�ll go with you,� he said walking
over to her.

�I�d like that. Thank you.� Rune
held out his arm and she gracefully took it. Now it was Rath�s turn to be mad�
Rune was his� he glared at Lily. He was going to make sure she didn�t have him.

Then abruptly, Lily turned around
and looked at them, she could sense their emotions� what strange people. �Thatz
forgot to tell you something else.�

They all looked at Thatz, who
seemed to realize what he had forgotten. He was about to say it when Lily beat
him to it.

�I�m also Human.� With that she and
Rune left. When they turned to look at her, she was no longer there.

�Wow� all four races��Ruwalk
mumbled. The rest of the group nodded their heads.

�No doubt, she�ll be wonderful to
have around. It�s nice to see a girl around here instead of all these
gentlemen,� Rasaelene said drinking the rest of her tea. �Well, if you will
excuse me,� she said getting up. �I bid you a good afternoon.� With that she
left for the palace.

Once they could not see the Lady,
Lykouleon cleared his throat. �There is something I need to discuss with you
about Lily. I�m sure she will tell Rune herself.�

The remanding people looked at
Lykouleon expectantly. Their lunch forgotten, even by Thatz.

�Well, it�s
about damn time someone explained something,� Rath said impatiently. Alfeegi
glared, but did not say anything.

Lykouleon
let out a sigh, considering what he was about to say. �No doubt, you have heard
the rumors and legends that surround Makototen?� he asked.

The others
nodded their heads. They were curious to find out what he was getting at. When
they heard him sigh and saw the serious look in his eyes, did they truly see
the severity of the situation that surrounded Lily.

�The
legends, the rumors� They are all true.� Shock filled all of their faces, but
nothing was as more shocking than what they were about to hear. �Lily is��

A/N: A cliffhanger� I know I�m evil. I�m not going to say
anything about the next chapter, or it will give it away and I can�t have that
now can I?
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