The Caravan of Hope

Chapter 32: Ignelsa and Metatron

The picture above is Metatron.

I dedicate this chapter to Secret__27. Her books are really good, if you want to read them.

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Daiko shows up on the screen. Her eyes are red, and she looks tired.

"Hey journal, I'm sorry I haven't turned you on in quite a while. But...I feel like I'm sick. The Caravan of Hope was the book that sold the most volumes ever. Those who didn't like the manga read the light novel. How cruel can fate be by ending the book in a place where it shouldn't end?"

She sighed. "If only I were there. I could end the book the proper way. I could... save Bella from being blind, or Alex from being too tortured. I can find out what kind of girls Alex likes, since they never mentioned it. And-"

But before she could continue, there was a loud thump outside. Daiko took the camera and pointed it toward the window, where there was a flaming headed girl with a red and orange cat in her arms. Daiko opened the window, and the girl fell to the ground, with the cat jumping out of her arms.

The cat went up to Daiko and mewed, "Please help me human!"

Daiko screamed, saying, "Y- you're a talking cat!"

"Yes I am! I'll explain it later, but please wake her up! I can't do it!"

Without any hesitation, Daiko puts the camera down and runs out of the room. The cat looks at the camera and paws it a little. That's when Daiko comes back with a glass of water and pours it on top of the girl.

The girl sputtered and sat up. What was surprising was that she had no emotion on her face: no anger, confusion, or sadness at all.

But the cat mewed and said, "I knew it! You smell like a better human than the ones we've met earlier!"

"Daiko. My name is Daiko." She wiped her hands on her pants. "So... Who are you guys?"

The cat mewed in surprise. "Silly me! I forgot about that! My name is Metatron." She hopped over to the girl, who was fiddling with the camera. "And this is Ignelsa... Hey! Don't touch the camera!" Ignelsa stopped playing with it.

Daiko scratched her head. "So, I'm confused. Last time I knew, Aqua didn't have magic, thus no talking cats. So what are you?"

The cat mewed in pleasure. "Silly Daiko! Well, I guess I'll tell you:

"Dragons the kind that you see in tapestries and books used to exist, but they decided to hide themselves one day. Dragons can do anything with ease, including change form.

"But dragons can only change into the form that you see as dragons with a trusted animal companion,which they can make into a talking animal is they want. If not, they turn crazy. That's why eastern interpretations and western interpretations of dragons are different.

"So that's why I can talk!  And we have a mutalistic relationship together. Besides the love and compassion we share with each other, we help each other with doing things we can't do. For example, I can't punch through walls, so Ignelsa does it for me, and she can't speak or show emotions for some reason, so I talk for her and show the emotions she wants to show."

For a little, Daiko didn't say anything. Worried, Metatron asked, "Do you believe us?"

Daiko smiled and patted Metatron. "The Lord says to believe everyone, so I believe you." But she looked confused. "So why did it look like you were running away from something?"

But before the cat could answer, a bunch of men stormed into the house, some holding the three back. One of the men went up to them and bowed saying, "Hello ladies. My name is Conrad Evento. I am the head of the FBI (A/N non Americans, FBI is undercover government)." It was the same man who was on the back of the red dragon.

"Don't listen to anything he says Daiko!" Metatron shouted. "He wants to perform experiments on us!"

"What?" Daiko looked surprised, and Evento nodded. "I guess you could say it like that, but it's absolutely not like that! This is for the benefit of humanity! Finding out how dragons work in order to provide magic to humans so their lives could be better! In fact, we have a successful vial of magic after three years of working on it!"

He held up a vial of greenish liquid. "Drinking this can give the drinker magic!"

Without her face changing, tears rolled down her face. Metatron hissed at him. "You demon! You killed the dragon in order to get that vial! And worst of all, that dragon was Frosch, who's Ignelsa's-"

She looked at Ignelsa and paused, because she was crying even more. Then she continued, changing what she said. "Who's Ignelsa's friend."

Evento smiled. "And quite powerful too." He turned to Daiko. "Now Miss Daiko, don't you believe me?"

Daiko looked at Metatron and said, "I believe you." Metatron let out a small wail. "But that doesn't mean I trust you."

She kneed the man who was holding her as hard as she could in the groin. Then, she grabbed the vial out of Evento's hand.

When she saw that the men were after her, she opened the vial and drank the contents down.

Evento widened his eyes, and Daiko went on her knees, her hands clasped together. "Mi Dios, let it be so that I could get a magic that could help me save Ignelsa and Metatron."

Actually, I could give you any type of magic you want, said an inhuman voice.

Daiko looked surprised. "Really? Then give me the magic of making anything I sing come true."

Ah, you're smart girl. You choose a powerful magic that you can control. If you make it anything you say, then you can't tell a lie ever. But sing... Like I said, smart. Ok, you'll have it.

All around Daiko, green light flowed in a magic circle.

"Okay! More creatures to experiment on!" Evento moved in closer to Daiko.

Ignelsa looked like she had enough. She punched the man who was holding her. Evento noticed this and shot her in the head.

Metatron howled. Daiko looked like she had enough too, since she said, "Let's see if my magic works!"

She sang:
"Ignelsa, Metatron and I are in a place far away from here,
But it's fine cause we're together."

Daiko then found herself in a place that was not her house. Metatron ran over to Ignelsa's fallen body. "Dragons can only be killed with a blow to the head... she's dead!"

Daiko didn't seem to stand it. "I'm going to bring her back to life!"

Before anyone could stop her, she sang, "Ignelsa is alive again!"

And since there is always a price to bring someone back to life, the price is that you can never go back to Aqua, said the inhuman voice.

Daiko's heart pounded. "Ok. I'm glad it's small."

Ignelsa sat back up. Metatron whispered something in her ear, and she nodded.

"Daiko, you're so nice!" Metatron said. "And since you saved Ignelsa and you can never came back to Aqua, we'll create a world for you! What kind would you like?"

Without hesitation, Daiko said, "I want Rawk!"

Metatron was confused and about to say something, but Ignelsa stopped her, nodding.

And Daiko found herself in front of two men, one who was a ghost and the other living. It was Zaecondis and Xanolemnad.

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Btw, I see that some of you haven't read the Hearthfell arc (chapters 13-18). At least read chapter seventeen, because Daiko is going to mention things from that chapter.

Next chapter, events that happened earlier in the book entirely through Daiko's point of view!