A/N: This story is being adapted from a storyboard for a Phantasy Star game I was developing in RPGMaker. I don't think I'll ever finish the game, but I hate to see a good story go to waste. Therefore I plan to (slowly) publish it here. People familiar with Phantasy Star 1 will find numerous easter eggs in here, but there are others from across the series as well. Also, since there's such debate on how to pronounce some names in the PS series, I will say now that our protagonist's name is pronounced MY-enn. Oh, and Phantasy Star, Sega, Japan, and the Earth don't belong to me. Enjoy!
"Wake up, my child."
Myen opened his eyes groggily as the gray and brown confines of the family den slowly came into focus. His mother's smiling face scanning from his sisters to him. However he could see the slight twinge of sadness behind his mother's eyes whenever her gaze fell upon him. The uneasy look instantly jogged his memory of what the coming day will bring.
"You should eat something before you go to see the Council."
Myen complied with his mother's suggestion. The scorpion-tail meat tasted especially delicious this morning. Myen sighed as he realized that this will probably be the highlight of his day.
Upon stepping out of the family cave, he noticed his neighbors milling about outside. Their gazes towards him held the usual apprehension, as they always have before. He had been used to it, but his normal acquiescence did not surface today. He gave them a mocking stare as he walked past, in step with his mother in the lead. On their way to the Council chambers, they passed by a fountain. Myen sighed as his dark face reflected back at him from the water. He could see his mother's yellow body in the reflection as well.
"Myen. We of the Council of Musk Cat Elders have made our decision. Due to the charge of not being a normal yellow musk cat, we hereby order you to leave the village at once. There is no appeal for this offense. Please collect your belongings and leave at once."
Myen could hear his mother's sobs as he tucked his tail between his legs and walked out of the chamber. Out of the cave complex that he had called home for the entire length of his existence. Out of life as he knew it.