Chapter Fourteen: Knight in Shining Armour

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56th day of Aries, 8 AJ

Time: 1500

Dawn hit the ground with a thud. Hope continued to tumble through the air. Dawn groggily lifted her arm, trying to slow her daughter with the Light. A blur caught Hope in midair and placed her gently on the ground. The creature reminded Dawn of an eagle. It stepped in front of the seven year old. The shadow from earlier walked over to the helpless girl. He lifted his hand and the creature protecting Hope was sent flying. The shadow loomed over Hope. He lifted his blade and was about to chop the girl's head off when a rip in spacetime materialized. A man clad in white armor lunged out of the rift. He blocked the shadow's strike and kicked him away from Hope. The shadow snarled.

"Who do you think you are?"

The white knight stood still. "Etro's Champion."

"Hah! Etro is dead!"

"No, she isn't."

"Bah! And how do you think you can kill me?"

The white knight twirled his blade. "I balance life and death on my blade!" The knight lunged at the shadow without giving him a chance to retaliate.

The shadow lifted his blade and attempted to block the knight's blow. He was sent reeling and the knight swung again. The shadow struggled to fight back. Every move the shadow made, the knight easily blocked. Dawn caught a glimpse of the knight's visor and it startled Dawn. The man's visor was blood red and it had vampire-like fangs. The knight kept pounding away at the shadow, ending the duel by disarming the shadow. The knight twirled his blade and plunged it into the heart of the shadow. The shadow melted away and trapped spirits sprinted away into the unseen. The knight stood there, silent as a statue. The knight turned and Dawn saw that his visor was no longer blood red, it was a soothing blue. The style of the white knight's visor reminded Dawn of the visors of the Militia Pilots. The knight walked over to Hope, who was bleeding by the nose and mouth.

The knight sheathed his sword on his back and helped Hope up onto her feet. She looked up at the man who saved her. NOBLE's logo was painted on his armor. The knight gave her a small nod and walked away. Dawn picked up Hope and spoke a quick spell to heal her bones. Dawn looked at the knight. His fighting style reminded her of Hearth's. Where is he? Where has his luck taken him now?

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