"Mommy! Daddy!!!!" Shoshi yelled at the top of her lungs as she looked down at the Mystical Valley.

Struggling, she couldn't free herself from the strong arms that were wrapped around her, helping her escape. She did not know who he was, but she had seen him many times when he visited her parents. He was very nice, but extremely serious.

Dragons...golden dragons...about an entire army were sent to assassinate her family, to assassinate her. Unable to hold back her tears, Shoshi wept uncontrollably as she watched her parents being brutally slaughtered by her race, her own kind. Her father had commit a horrible act. He fell in love, married, and had a child with a human. An illegitimate child was all she was.

Flying higher and farther away, Shoshi could see nothing but the roof of her home. Flames shot out and covered the whole property that once belonged to her parents. Everything that she had known since childhood is gone. Everything and everyone she had loved dearly were gone...all gone...

"Mommy, daddy, I will avenge you...one day I will.." Shoshi vowed solemnly to herself as she watched her home burned to ashes. "When I become strong enough, I will come back and obliterate the golden dragons. I will make them suffer for what they've done to you..."

* * * * * *

"I came back, mother, father. I've come back to take revenge on those who caused you to suffer.." Whispering to herself, Shoshi looked at the deserted ground that was once her home. The only home she had known since childhood. "...for your sakes, I will make them suffer..."

* * * * * *

Filia looked around her and saw Saichiroh-sama standing there with other golden dragons behind him. Her mother had just died recently due to an incurable illness. As for her father, she was never sure of the cause of his death. Some said that he commit a crime, but her mother told her that he did an honorable thing. No matter what others said, Filia had always believed that her father wasn't the kind of man who would do sinful acts. He was a kind man and always had a reason for his actions.

"Filia, since your mother died from an unknown illness and your father was prosecuted, I'll be your guardian from now on. As of today, you'll be a priestess serving under Karyu-ou-sama, the Fire Dragon King." Saichiroh-sama once told her.

Holding on to the locket around her neck, the last memory of her parents, Filia prayed to their spirits for comfort and security. Ever since she'd lost her parents, Filia lived in solitude and nostalgy. She wanted so much for all of this to be nothing more than a dream, a nightmare. When awaken from it, she'll see her family again...

...but it wasn't a dream.

Filia tossed around in her sleep and finally awaken.

"That dream again...why am I dreaming of the past?"

Filia felt around her neck, touching the chain of the locket her parents gave her. She opened the locket and looked at the picture inside. It was her as a little girl, being held by her two loving parents. Seeing the picture again, old memories come to mind, bringing tears to her eyes.

"Why? Why did you both have to die and live me here alone? Mother, father, why? Why...?"

Unable to hold back her tears, Filia slammed her hands on the bed and wept in silence...

* * * * * *

Outside of her shop, the silhouette of a person materialized on one of the trees. The dark figure was tall, slender and in one hand, he held the unmistakeable trademark of a staff. Looking at Filia's shop, the figure continued staring.

"What's that weird feeling I'm sensing? Something is definitely wrong..."

With that, he disappeared into the darkness of the night.