"Hm, she seems worse for wear,” one of them finally spoke. Setting her device down the lady walks over. “Poor thing.” She says her eyes shiny with a bright orange as she leans over Dawn.

‘There are clocks in her eyes?’ Dawn stares at her.

She grabs Dawn’s arm pulling her up as she carries her over.

“Satoshi get the poor thing some water,” she tells a young boy. Satoshi sets down the fruit and rushes to the kitchen grabbing a cup and filling it with water.

“Here,” he says handing it to her. Dawn stares in silence observing the people around her. The lady that picked her up had black hair and...

‘Wait...’ Dawn thinks, ‘her eyes were just orange now they’re yellow? Am I seeing things??’

“What’s your name child?” The lady with yellow? Eyes asked handing off the cup.

“Oh... um Dawn. Dawn Hamasaki,” she stutters out taking a sip.

“I’m Miu Azula,” she smiles. Dawn nods setting the cup down. “Geez Nanami you have the poor girl stuttering and exhausted.”

“I saved her, I am not carrying her too.” Nanami says in a defensive tone.

“Don’t you think it’s already too many people here. It’s going to be crowded,” a new voice says. Dawn looks over as a young girl around her age sets down her book and gets up. She has long black hair and blue eyes. However, her skin is a pale gray color.

‘Hm? She looks so familiar. Who do I know with freckles and pointy ears?” Dawn thinks as she closes her eyes trying to remember all the people she has met.

“Don’t be like that angry tomato,” a knife clatters on the floor as blonde hair floods Dawn’s vision. “Hi~ I am Celestial Neuville, my friends call me Celeste.”

Dawn nods as Celestial shakes her hand with unseen force. “Welcome Dawn to the Dragons. We’re the bringers of justice ready to strike down the evil Legion.”

“No one even agreed to that dumbass name Celestial.” The pale girl grumbles. “I guess since I must introduce myself I will. I am Soo-Hun.”

‘Soo-Hun? Nope never met her hm that’s weird...’ Dawn wondered.

“My mom already said my name earlier but I’m Satoshi,” Dawn turned back at the boy, his green eye sparkling as he smiled. He has the same hair color as Miu but a mysterious scar on his right eye.

‘Is he blind in one eye?’ Dawn observes before noticing movement. She looks over at the last person in the room. ‘I almost forgot she was here’ The woman has short black hair, her eyes a beautiful shade of pink and the same pointy ears as Soo-Hun. Dawn waits for her to introduce herself, but she remains silent.

“That’s Soo-Jin" Nanami says instead. “She’s probably in her own little world and hasn’t bothered to notice you yet.”

“O-oh...” Dawn says a little deflated at being ignored.

“On to other things,” Nanami moves on walking in front of the group. “Dawn listen carefully. We are offering to let you stay here until we all clear our names from the Legion.”

“We? You guys were also-”

“Yes. Everyone here was wrongfully blamed for a crime by the Legion,” Nanami continued seeming annoyed at the interruption. “If you do not want to stay here that is fine, however, I will knock you out and take your memories of this place. We cannot afford any mistakes.”

Dawn eyes widen at the thought of being knocked unconscious by someone.

“Geez don’t scare the poor thing,” Miu argues, her eyes now a shade of green as the clocks tick.

‘Okay now I know I’m not crazy... maybe it has something to do with her magic?” Dawn reasons. “Ms. Nanami... I accept I want to prove to my brother that I did not harm our mother and find her killer!”

Nanami nods silently. “Soo-Jin please show her to her room.” She looks at Soo-Jin who raises her eyebrow. “Because Miu and I have other things to do, just please.”

Soo-Jin nods, getting up from her chair floating just a few inches above the floor. She motions for Dawn to follow.

“So, your magic is wind that’s so cool. I always wanted to fly but it is hard with water,” Dawn chuckles. Soo-Jin does not respond continuing to float ahead. “Um... you must have a lot of aura if you can float everywhere. That must take a lot out of you.”

“...” Dawn is met with more silence.

“Are you Soo-Hun's mom? You guys have the same hair and pointy ears... Like Mine!” Dawn smiles. At that question Soo-Jin nods.

‘At least she responded I suppose,’ Dawn reasons as they arrive at a door. Soo-Jin does not speak but her actions say enough. Dawn opens the door seeing an blank room. ‘A bed, dressers and windows, that’s all? Guess I’ll have to decorate myself...’

“Um... Thank you Ms. Soo- HUH?” Dawn turns around to see no one. “I guess she already left.”

Dawn walks inside and lays on the bed, her body immediately giving out. ‘Damn didn’t realize how tired I was...’ her eyes closed.

There is a loud crash as Dawn jumps awake, “What the-?” She hops off the bed and runs out of her room.

What she finds is nothing. The others are just sitting around the living room as if she was the only one who heard the crash.

“Um... What was that noise?” Dawn asks quietly.

“Ramira. She has night terrors sometimes. You’ll get used to it,” Celestial responded.

“Night terrors? Wait who is Ramira?” Questions swirl in Dawn’s brain.

“Oh, she was asleep when you arrived,” Satoshi answered. “Sorry we forgot to mention her.”

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“Mention who? Me?” a voice comes. Dawn turns around to see a girl with grey eyes and short purple hair. Her purple glasses made her eye color pop, as her caramel skin shines in the light.

“Are you Ramira?” Dawn asked.

“Hm? Yes. And you’re the recruit Ms. Mazoku mentioned.” Ramira stated matter-of-factly. Dawn nodded.

“Ms. Mazoku, I seemed to have broken one of the windows, do we still have the materials to fix it?” Ramira started walking past Dawn.

‘Huh? A window, what type of night terrors are these?’ Dawn thought.

“You broke it again?” Nanami asked as she sighed. Ramira nodded as she opened the cabinet to pull something out. She walks back to her room and closes her door.

“You would think she would move her bed from her window especially considering how smart she is.” Miu says while laughing.

“What type of night terrors break windows...” Dawn whispers.

“Ramira’s obviously. She never expands on what they are about, but we respect her privacy,” Celestial whispers back. Dawn jumps not expecting to be heard. Celestial chuckles walking toward her room.

“Tomorrow we will have a meeting... something came up,” Nanami said before walking into the kitchen.

“Uh oh... that means something bad has happened,” Miu smirks patting Dawn on the back. “Don’t look so worried Dawn it won’t be anything to bad and plus the three adults here won’t allow you to be hurt.”

Dawn nods looking around noticing Soo-Jin. She seemed to be muttering to herself before she scoffed. Miu notices it as well, frowning.

“Hey Soo-Jin,” Miu walks over, putting her arm around Soo-Jin, who looks annoyed. She then drags her away and Dawn swears she saw red in Soo-Jin's eyes.

‘Why are everyone’s eyes changing colors. Ms. Miu’s could be from her magic but what about Ms. Soo-Jin's? Her magic is wind which shouldn’t affect her eyes... Could she be? No there’s no way she’s a Reaper, right?’ Dawn’s thoughts run wild. ‘Reapers are when a Lunar and a human or mage share a body. Usually the human/mage is the host, and the Lunar is like a parasite. At least that’s what my father explained to me.’

“Something wrong?” Satoshi asked.

“No... I’m just tired,” Dawn smiled and turned around to walk away.

She arrived at her room, her mind still wandering. ‘Father often said Reapers are bad people and cause war but... if Ms. Soo-Jin is a Reaper is she bad?’

Dawn pondered endlessly as she lay down closing her eyes.

The next morning came as Dawn sat up groggily.

“Ugh I hate mornings,” she complained as she looked around. ‘Oh right... I’m not at home anymore.’

Yesterday replayed in Dawn’s head. ‘Oh right Ms. Nanami wanted us to meet... But what do I wear I have no other clothes...’

Dawn sighed as she stood up and walked out her clothes from the previous day feeling sticky and gross. She reached the living room seeing everyone else.

“You made it,” Celestial smiled.

“And you look gross,” Soo-Hun added getting up. “We look like we wear the same size, come on.”

Dawn stood in shock at not only the insult but the demand. She then nodded following her.

“Soo-Hun can I ask a question?”

“Do as you please and most people minus one call me Ruby.” Soo-Hun stated opening her door. It was filled with supplies and disorganized. She had steel and forging materials all over the place. The only clean section was a small corner with a picture of what looked like Soo-Jin and a small boy. Weirdly enough, Dawn noticed the little boy looked like he could be her brother.

‘Same skin, eyes and freckles? He looks more like me than Makoto does...’ Dawn thought. “Who is he?”

“None of your business. Here,” Soo-Hun tossed some black shorts and a purple shirt at Dawn. “Take a bath too, you stink.”

“Thanks, I guess...” she mumbles. She walked to the bathroom and took a shower. Feeling rejuvenated she skips out and heads back to the living room.

“Thanks Rubes I feel much better,” she smiles.

“I said Ruby not whatever that is.”

Dawn just chuckled as she sat down.

“Now that we’re all here shall we begin Nanami?” Miu speaks.

“Yes. There is someone named Anuva. He is a Reaper and enemy number one at the moment. He has somehow figured out our whereabouts and intends on giving them to the Legion.” Nanami starts.

“What Lunar is he hosting?” Celestial asks.

“Enmei, the elemental being. From what I know Anuva has no magic of his own, but Enmei can use any element making him quite formidable.” Ramira begins to explain.

‘How does she know all that’ Dawn wondered.

“Ramira is correct. However, that aside we need to deal with him. Think of this also as a test to see where you children are at physically.” Nanami continues, “He isn’t very strong so the three of us will stand aside and allow you guys to handle this. Of course, we’ll step in when needed.”

“You want us to fight a Reaper, on our own?” Satoshi asks.

“Yes.” Nanami states. There is silence before Dawn speaks.

“Um... I don’t have any of my stuff... including my weapon. My magic isn’t the best so...”

“Ruby?” Nanami looks over as Soo-Hun sighs.

“Fine.” She gets up and walks over. “Weapon type, and characteristics in full detail now.”

“Um... two handed sword, heavy and um color doesn’t matter. Well, it does but you know...” Dawn began to stutter. Soo-Hun sighed, grabbing her and dragging her back to her room. She then guides Dawn to a back room filled with weapons and tables of materials.

“Look around and pick one, tell me any adjustments needed. If we are to fight, we don’t need you holding us back because you can’t speak up.”

“Um... Alright,” Dawn looks around taking soft steps as if anything too big will break the beautiful display of weaponry. She spots a silver dagger and stops. The dagger is shiny and glimmers in the light. “Woah this is pretty.”

“I thought you used a sword?” Soo-Hun comments.

“I do... Maybe if it isn’t too much could you make a sword that looks like this? Unless it is a lot of work then it’s fine you...” Soo-Hun ignores her as she grabs the dagger and walks away.

“Now scram I will tell you when it is done.” Dawn nods awkwardly as she leaves the room walking past the picture from before. She stops looking at it once more but continues on.

“It might take a little bit of time,” Dawn says as she walks back out. The others look over and nod.

“That’s fine we aren’t in too much of a hurry,” Nanami states as she gets up and walks into the kitchen.

“I have a question,” Satoshi said.

“Hm?” Nanami asked.

“How will you know if we need help? I mean you three won’t be there so that makes it hard and I doubt we’ll have time to call you,” he explains.

“Hm that’s simple. I’ll just use my all-seeing eye... oh.” Nanami speaks before realizing her mistake. The room becomes quiet as we stare at each other.

“And you always complain about us not thinking before we speak,” Miu jokes as the tension is thick.

“What the fuck do you mean all-seeing eye?” They hear Soo-Hun as we turn. She comes out holding the same dagger in her hand. She walks over and tosses it to Dawn. “Press the button on the bottom and it forms into a sword.”

“Ms. Nanami would you like to elaborate on your all-seeing eye?” Ramira asked.

“As I assumed you all guessed... I am or was a part of the Legion. However, allow me to explain,” Nanami starts to speak.

“Explain what exactly how our number one enemy tricked us all?” Soo-Hun interrupts.

“Soo-Hun I think we should let her explain. I have a feeling it will make more sense,” Ramira states walking over to Soo-Hun who calms down and nods reluctantly.

“Thank you, Ramira. My wife and I originally formed the Legion to stop criminals and make this world a better place. It was going well at first until... The God of Control took over her brain and made her different. She began to falsely accuse people who were in the way of the Legion or Gods. I couldn’t stand that, so I escaped and left. She caught me but I saw a glimmer in her eyes for a second she was in control and let me go, that’s how I know I can save her.” Nanami explains as she looks down her expression now solemn.

“I’m sorry Ms. Nanami,” Dawn talks. “We’ll do whatever it takes to save your wife and stop the Gods.”

“Speak for yourself. Who said I wanted to fight fucking Gods,” Soo-Hun complains.

“They’ll come after you anyway so what does it matter?” Dawn asks back.

“Whatever just know when push comes to shove, I am not fighting Gods for anyone other than myself,” Soo-Hun said. Nanami just nods in response.

“I am not expecting anyone here to fight my battles. We all have our own goal it just seems now they align,” she explains. Soo-Hun nods walking toward Soo-Jin.

"So how exactly are we going to take this Reaper guy down?" Dawn asked as Ramira smirked.

"I have a plan would you all like to hear?" She does not wait for a response as she walks into the kitchen away from the three adults for Dawn and the others to follow.

Soo-Hun walks past into the kitchen as Satoshi follows.

"Might as well see what she has in mind," Celestial skips. Dawn sighs and follows already fearing for the worst.