Me: Hey guys! I got this idea from a random dream I had. So, I decided to make a story on it. Now, I shall stop 'Talking' so you guys can enjoy! I hope the Grand Chase characters are not too OOC and I hope Vanilla is not a mary-sue (I doubt she is because she isn't super powerful and all-knowing and everything else a mary-sue is)

Disclaimer: I don't own Grand Chase, just my OCs Vanilla and Willow!

Chapter 1: Introductory and New Friends

Vanilla sat on a rock and shut her eyes. She was doing her daily meditating until she heard voices.

Vanilla was, most likely, a human but she had no idea how she got on the island or what age she is (she says she's 17 but it's just a guess). She's short with dark brown hair and has opal eyes. Vanilla has many nature skills from being in the wild and she's considers herself as a quick person. She's also good in combat, training everyday on the island with her cat, Willow. Vanilla uses a javelin which can be used for melee or ranged combat.

Her house, which is on an island close to Xenia, is a little beach side home which looks pretty old, but is in good condition thanks to Vanilla. Around the house is all grass, sand, and palm trees. There are some monsters on the island, but not too many. The monsters are usually sneaky and quick but Vanilla has battled them a lot so, she can predict their every move by now.

Right now, Vanilla was doing her meditation until something distracted her. The sound of other people. She was always bothered by this since she'd had been alone most of the couldn't socialize with many and sometimes she longed to do that so, the sound of others talking was a bit distracting and made her miss her old life, whatever that was. She tried to ignore it but when she heard the sound again, it was coming from behind...right behind her. She didn't catch it coming, so she ended up jumping, literally. Vanilla looked back to see a group of a few people staring at her.

"Who are you? One of the monsters on the island?", asked the red-haired girl. She obviously can't tell the difference between a human and a monster, Vanilla thought.

"Shouldn't I be asking you the same? Excluding that second question...", Vanilla said.

The red-haired girl was about to object but the blonde girl gave her the signal not to. "Miss, can you please tell us how to get off this island. Our means of transportation to this island seem to have..." The blonde girl trailed off, probably forgetting the next word.

"...Died.", said the silver-haired boy.

Vanilla thought for a moment. If I let them leave willingly, I'll be still left alone, unable to see the world and unable to find out about my own past. But...

"Okay, I'll let you guys leave IF you defeat me in...", Vanilla slightly paused. "...a game of tag!"

Everyone blinked in confusion. "If any of you guys end up tagging me, you win." Vanilla said.

"That's too easy!", said the red-haired girl. "I want a real challenge."

"Ahh~but here's the catch. You can only tag my forehead." Vanilla said, poking her forehead. "Also, if I spot you or you try and attack, I'll either cast a sleep spell on you or run in an instant. There's no time limit, meaning this can go on as along as forever. Get it? It starts now!"

Everyone blinked and Vanilla was gone. The group looked around the area, seeing if she was hanging around. "Okay...she's not here. What just happened?", asked the purple-haired girl.

"Well, whatever happened, we have to find her. Split up and search the entire island for her!", said the blue-haired boy.

Everyone split up and began searching for her.

Vanilla's POV

Hah! They're so slow! This will probably take a few days. Better be ready to wait a long time. I said, hiding in the bushes with Willow. Even though this was going to take a while, I couldn't afford to back inside the house. No, I thought, Have to stay hidden. Wouldn't want them to win so easily. I looked around, just in case. For all I knew, they could stumble across me.

I prepared myself for the most boring 24 hours of my life, which I can't stand. Then an idea popped in my head. "Hey! I'm in the bushes!", I hollered out loud. I heard some bushes rambling and I made a little sprint for it. I turned around to see the orange-haired elf boy trying to sneak up on where I was before, only to find Willow, my cat. Willow didn't like strangers much so she ended up destroying his face. The cat ran back to me and we climbed up a normal tree.

"I almost feel sorry for that guy. You did a good job, Willow.", I said, as Willow purred and I scratched her ear. "Wonder if anyone else heard me?" I heard something coming from the ground. It was red-haired girl who was after me. She was steadily climbing the tree but wasn't very good at it. She was determined to catch me, though. I had a coconut with me and decided to throw it at her. She instantly fell and got knocked out, in which gave me the chance to get the heck out of that tree, along with Willow, of course.

I am now behind a huge boulder in front of the bakery shop (Yes, this island has a bakery shop. No, I don't run it. Other people do though). I was feeling damn hungry so, I decided to get inside the bakery. When I look through the open door, I see the gray-haired boy ordering cherry pie! My belly felt like it was twisting inside out. I had the feeling someone was going to notice me and I was hungry. I ran back to the boulder, only to find that somebody decided to take it. Though, the person was motionless.

'Poke it!', my mind said.

"No way!," I said to myself. "I ain't that stupid! Silly mind.."

'Ain't you pretty stupid, saying that out loud?', my mind said. 'Anyways, I know you wanna poke him...or her...or it.'

"Fine. One poke. Just. One. Poke.," I did a poke-and-run. I ran past the bakery, which smelled awfully good at the moment, making my stomach churl. I ran past a few of those people. I ran to my house, which I then realized was guarded by the blonde girl. I ran back and after a while I ran into a tree. See how much running I did?

It was getting dark out and the sun was going down already. I needed to find a nice hiding spot to sleep. I hoped those other people sleep, too. I found a good spot in between trees. I sat down and slept on one of the tree's trunk. Not as comfortable as my bed, which was soft and warm. My sleeping area felt cold, damp, extremely rough, and a bit sandy. Not the ideal hiding spot but, I've done this many times so I'm used to it. I fell asleep in my spot along with Willow in my arms.

A few hours later...

Willow was purring like mad. She scratched me on the arm, just enough to cause a little scratch mark. Nothing bad. "What is it, Willow? You hungry?" Though I knew she wasn't hungry, because she could go for days without food and not purr about it. This was different. Willow walked off on me, which wasn't like her and she started purring over and over again. I walked over to where Willow was and ended up tripping on something big. It was a body! That's what Willow was talking about the whole time.

"Okay, that's it. We're gone...", I said, quickly standing up. Willow looked at the body cautiously then blinked. You could tell she was watching if the body made a move. I scooped Willow up in my arms and we walked off, being as cautious and quick as possible. We slipped under a tree, far away from those other people and slept. It felt exactly the same as our other spot but it had a safer feeling to it. I just knew it.

Next morning...

I awoke from what possibly looks like 5 A.M. in the morning. I wonder if they're awake...I asked myself. Willow wasn't awake yet, not until 2 hours later. I took her up in my arms again and walked. I'm bored out of my mind and I wanted to end this game quickly.

'Aww...you wanna end this so quick? It seems fun!', my mind said. Yes, my mind has a mind of its own. Don't know why, though.

"Shush mind!", I said as I made a shh... sound.

'You really have to stop talking out loud to yourself. People will think you're crazy.'

"But I ain't crazy!", I said, really annoyed.

'Hey! You did it again! You talked out loud to yourself.'

I sighed. 'Hope you at least feel a little sorry for me. After all, I'm stuck with know-it-all mind for life. Anyways, I was walking until I heard something coming from the bushes. It was one of the monsters on the island. It looked like some hairy slime. Its body was like jello and was squishy to the touch. But at the same time, it was covered in fur. It made a sound like 'Kwerp!'.

"You again? I have no time for you.", I knew it was going jump above my head so I waited until it was directly above my head and I stabbed it with my javelin. After that was done, I went on. Willow woke up in an alarming way. It was unusual for her to be waking up almost as early as me. After all, it's only been a few minutes since I actually did wake up. Duh, something was wrong. All of a sudden, I actually did start to feel a bit uneasy.

I kept walking on because I didn't want to stay there. It made me feel a bit weird. All of a sudden, four figures jumped from different trees down. I closed my eyes and braced myself because well, I didn't feel like running away. 'Opened my eyes and saw that one of them had poked my forehead.

"Ha ha! Guess you win!", I said excitedly.

End of POV

They walked along the sand, looking for the others. "Have any ideas where your friends are?", Vanilla asked, unsure.

"Not sure...", said the red-haired boy. "We split up when the game started.."

"You guys should have a rendezvous point!", Vanilla said. "So...what are you names? I mean, we didn't have the chance to meet properly!"

" 'Name's Jin.", said the red-haired boy.

"My name's Amy~! Nice to meet chu~!", said the pink-haired girl.

"Dio.", the demon said.

"...Zero.", the gray-haired demon said.

Vanilla was excited about meeting new friends, like always. "Nice to meet you guys!" She chirped. "My name is Vanilla. Vanilla val Verdu Lille. But just call me Vanilla for short." She stopped talking for a moment like she was thinking. "I remember it meaning Vanilla-covered Lily."

"Wow! That's a pretty name!", said Amy, seeming excited. "Thanks", Vanilla said, also seeming as excited as Amy. They kept on walking forward and they stopped at the annoyed red-haired girl, who seemed determined and thought the game was still going on. She was muttering to herself and she walked around in the bushes.

"Found Elesis!", called out Jin as the red-haired girl came out of the bushes.

"Huh?", she said before looking where Vanilla is. She became irritated. "Hey! It's you again! I'll get you!"

"Don't worry. The game is over already.", Vanilla tried to be nice to Elesis. Elesis just looked confused and said nothing. "C'mon! Let's go find your other friends." Elesis grumbled, but moved along with the others. Willow woke up to see unusual faces.

"That's a cute cat you got there!", said Amy, petting it along its ears. Willow purred slightly, shook her head, and settled down while Amy just petted her. "Thanks!", Vanilla said, again.

"So, who are you?", asked Elesis. Vanilla smiled sweetly and said, "My name is Vanilla val Verdu Lille. But just call me Vanilla."

"So, Vanilla, why did you challenge us to a game of tag?", Elesis asked.

Vanilla looked back at her and replied, "I'll say when we regroup your friends, Kay? I know someone other than you is going to ask me that and I don't want to repeat myself."

Elesis just shrugged and they all walked side by side. Sooner or later we found the silver-haired boy eating a slice of cherry pie. "Lass? You were eating cherry pie all this time!"

"Sorry," was all Lass just said. He shifted his attention towards me. "I see you guys found her."

"Her name is Vanilla.", said Elesis. Lass just continued eating his cherry pie and waved to Vanilla.

"Hi! So nice to meet you!", said Vanilla. She waved back at Lass, who got up and kept eating his cherry pie. Everyone stared at him but he didn't seem to be bothered. They kept on walking until they found everyone else, who was probably waiting. Everyone greeted each other and the new friends Vanilla found introduced her to the others.

"Hey...where's the old man?", asked Elesis, even though Vanilla had no clue who she was talking about.

"Haven't seen him.", said Ronan, looking around. "I thought you found him."

"And I thought you did...", said Elesis. "Ugh...now we have to go back and look for him."

Vanilla thought for a moment. She thought she could be of help. She tapped Elesis on the shoulder and she stopped. "What do you want?"

"I think I can help.", Vanilla said, clearing her throat. "I did see someone from your group behind a rock, sleeping-"

Elesis cut off Vanilla and said, "Yeah that's him. Where did you see him?"

"Near the bakery.", Vanilla said. Lass had an awkward grin on his face as he and Vanilla both said, "We know where the bakery is!"

Vanilla and Lass lead the way while Elesis and the other followed along. Vanilla had been to the bakery all the time. She either clears the monsters around the bakery (she gets free food as a reward), works there (ends up getting free food...again) or, buys a treat for herself there. Vanilla knew the path to the bakery by heart.

"Take a left...then a right...you should see a palm tree. From there, go straight...until you come across a rock-"

Vanilla was again, cut off by Elesis who said, "There's the old man!"

'Congratulations, you did something nice for your friends.', Vanilla's mind seemed to chime in. 'Now if only you did that for me...'

"Who'd want to help you?", Vanilla whispered really softly so that her new friends couldn't hear.

'Now that's just mean, Vanilla. I know you're nicer than that!', Mind said. Vanilla did an imaginary glare at it.

'Love you too', the mind said sarcastically. It stopped chatting and Vanilla continued to join the group.

"Now, who wants to lift him back?", Elesis said. Her teammates stepped back. Vanilla shook her head and said, "Someone can teleport him back. Now who's a mage here?"

"Arme, teleport the old man back.", demanded Elesis.

"Say please!", Arme demanded back. Elesis struggled to say 'Please', which confused Vanilla a lot. Finally Elesis said, "Please..."

With the wave of her wand, Arme had teleported him back. They stood there and then saw the bakery. The group ran inside and ordered cherry pie. It smelled fresh from the oven, like how the bakery smelled itself, fresh from the oven. They all returned to Vanilla's place.

"Do you guys want to rest up for a while? I'm more than happy to share the hospitality.", Vanilla smiled as she said that.

Everybody waited for their leader to say something. "Sure. We'll rest up and then move on tomorrow.", said Elesis.

The team obeyed and Vanilla let them inside the house. Most of them were amazed to see how clean and decorated the house was. Vanilla let Willow out of her hands and the cat scurried off. Vanilla offered to make dinner, with the help of Arme. While making the dinner though, Arme suddenly stopped.

"Vanilla, can I ask you something?"

"Sure! Ask away Arme!"

"Are you always this happy?", Arme had a confused face while speaking.

"Of course." Vanilla paused for a moment. Her smile faded. "What? You find it weird that I'm happy a lot?"

"N-No! I like being happy too.", Arme said, a little shocked by the change in Vanilla's voice.

"Don't worry. You didn't offend me. I get that a lot from the visitors and the people on the island.", Vanilla said, happy all of a sudden. Arme was relieved that Vanilla wasn't mad. But she was still wondering if she was hiding something from them, already. Vanilla and Arme were done making dinner and they served it to everyone, including themselves.

"You still haven't told us the reason for your challenge!", Lire said. Vanilla stopped eating and gulped the food in her mouth. She sighed and said...

"Isn't it obvious? It was a test. And you passed.", Vanilla said, smiling. "It's time for me to ask a question. Who are you guys?"

"We're the knights of Grand Chase from Bermesiah.", Elesis said, proudly.

"And you guys are stopping evil in its tracks and fall into trouble wherever you go?", Vanilla guessed.

"That's the idea.", Lass said.

"WOW! That's so cool! You guys get to travel, like, almost every day!", Vanilla said, stunned and fascinated by this 'Grand Chase'. "I would go and explore the world but I don't want to go alone, if you know what I mean..." She scratched her head. "Hmm...If you guys don't mind...I'll join you guys to stop evil!"

"Can you actually fight? Or, defend yourself at the least?", Ronan asked.

"Oh, I am capable of both! You don't have to concern yourself.", Vanilla said smiling cheerfully.

"Then it's settled.", Elesis said. It was followed by a number of 'Welcome to Grand Chase!' by a lot of the more friendlier people.

Vanilla showed everyone to their rooms. "Since theirs not enough rooms to accommodate 12 people...I had to put at least 3 people in each guest room." People nodded and she continued to show everyone their room. Before they went into the guest bedrooms, Vanilla made an announcement. "Please make sure not to damage anything. Thanks!"

Vanilla's POV

Once I got into my room, I got bored pretty quick. There was barely anything to do but sleep. Willow came into the room and sat on my lap. Even though I could play with Willow, she would probably cause chaos. I'm not taking the chance, especially with visitors here. There was also books in my room, but..

There was a knock on the door. Willow bounced off my lap and I opened the door. It was Arme. "Hey Vanilla, have any books on spells?"

"Yeah I do. Should I get the biggest one for you?", I said, giggling.

"Sure thing! I love reading up on spells!" Arme said as Vanilla quickly went to go get it. She got the book, but it was hard to carry. It was more than 2000 pages and it had a dusty, hard, brown cover. I struggled to get to Arme and while doing that, the book almost slipped out of my hands. Arme casted some sort of magic spell that made the book float. I was shocked to see that.

"Thanks Arme!", I said, still surprised.

"Your welcome!", Arme stopped for a moment and looked back to see how bored I was. "Are you okay?" she asked. I looked to see that she was still there.

"I'm fine. Just bored.", I said, with the bored expression.

"You could read one of those books...", Arme said.

I lowered my head in despair. "I don't know how to read...maybe spells but it would have to be in another language..." I turned my head away.

"I-I'm sorry if I-", I cut off Arme.

"It's okay. You didn't offend me.", I said, trying to smile. But it was a really fake smile. Arme left the room and closed the door behind her. Up to this day, I still feel ashamed that I can't read. I don't cry about it but, it makes me feel emotional and different. I decided to go to sleep. It was the last thing I can do. After all, I should get a good sleep for the adventure ahead of me tomorrow!

Did you like the story?

Sorry if it's a bit boring...but I'll get better!

Notes:

1. Vanilla's mind is actually a spirit with an actual name!

2. Vanilla is mostly happy. There's always that time when she either fakes her happiness or just gets really angry.

3. Willow understands human speech sometimes