Missing Keeper

By: alphacadet0520

Disclaimer: Don't own anything and never will.

Summary: A young Keeper was lost, presumed dead, when her parents took her to see the rest of her crew when she was four. Now in her teens and facing an uncertain future, the Keeper decides to finish what was started a decade ago.

A.N.: Please bear with me. I'm working with a very bad migraine at the moment…but I've actually got this story pretty much formulated in my head. Also, I do own what isn't familiar with you lot and will put notes (if needed) at the end of the chapters for other things aside from it.

December 07: I'm having to replace this chapter to make the writing of this fic easier on me. Trust me, it will flow better. There are only a couple of lines removed but still...

January 08: Just revising this chapter again to combat a problem I'm having writing chapter 2. I will have a new chapter up soon!

May 08: More revisions to help with the continuity of this fic. Trust me, it should (hopefully!) be of some help when writing this. I have changed Arethrenias name because the name is proving to be a little difficult when typing and reading it. I've chose Aida instead. I just think it sounds better.

Prologue

The sea was angry and a young girl clutched at her mothers skirt.

"Mamma! What's happening?" she whimpered.

Her mother swept the little girl up into her arms and looked at her partner.

Her partner looked back, frowned then gave her a little soft push forward.

"But…Leon-!"

"Go, Juliet! Get her to Dragon City and get her to her "family" there!"

"Leon! If they ever found out-!"

"Juliet," Leon whispered, "getting her to the Keepers and getting her to met Stewardd is far more important than me! She will be lead by Stewardd and she needs to know she can trust him!"

Juliet swallowed then carefully stepped into the lifeboat with her little bundle.

Leon lowered it and it crashed into the thrashing waves below.

Juliet sobbed and held her little girl close. She may have to loose her lover tonight, but she wasn't about to loose the future of the Keepers Crew too.

Hours passed and the sea calmed down.

Juliet rocked her daughter quietly, singing hymns of the old Dragon Priest Order.

The little boat rocked dangerously, then again. It stopped, and then it rocked again…ands again…and again and again and again until the boat capsized and Juliet let go of her daughter.

Juliet started panicking.

Her daughter, however, kept her nerve and started swimming to the surface. She broke the sea barrier and looked around, treading water.

"Mamma?" she cried. "Mamma! Mamma! MAMMA!"

She felt her face stinging and knew the warm salt water and the cold salt water were becoming one.

She started singing one of the songs her mother had taught her.

"I'm a drop, in the ocean,

Drop of emotion,

I'm apart, of the ever-changing tide!

I can rise up as rain,

I can fall down like thunder,

I'm just a drop, in the ocean!

Drop into the ocean!

Drop into the ocean!" 1

Many Years Later…

A hand fell upon her hair and a girl cracked open one of her blurry eyes.

"Good morning, Miss Capers. Whilst you have been sleeping, you have missed the end of school bell."

Aida Capers sat up and realised that everyone had left the room.

"Oh! Sorry Miss!"

Yawning and stretching, Aida smiled at her RE teacher. 2

"Gonna have to learn to go to bed earlier."

Her teacher smiled and said, "You can be quite odd at times, but…I'm sure there is a true reason for it."

She gathered up her equipment and stuff and dumped them in her bag before pulling on her coat.

She hurried off out of the room, crying, "Bye Miss!"

Her teacher smiled and watched Aida hurry down the corridor.

"Goodbyeyoung Keeper. But be mindful of your back. Danger lurks in every direction for you. Be careful."

So good? Bad? Let me know by review.

1 I do not own this song. It's a song from my Junior school and I can only remember that part of it. It just seemed fitting.

2 R.E. Religious Education and trust me, you'd be able to sleep in this lesson too. It's boring half the time!

If I have done anything to upset or offend anyone, please let me know and I'll see what I can do about it.

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