Hey all, this will be my first fan fiction posted here. I won't talk too much, I will explain things better as we go along. This story, although having short chapters, has quite a few of them; as we get further in the story however the chapters will get longer. I will say this before I begin; this story has been in the making for 3 years...it is my pride and joy. Honest review's are appreciated, it will help me in my future endeavours. Feel free to ask any questions. Well I will get started, I hope you enjoy my story: The Drifter - Final Fantasy X.
Chapter 1
Deep in the forest lands of Kalmantore, a warrior roused from his nightmare. Kuunas woke in a cold sweat, the noises of the night still gripped the land; the sludge frogs burped and the forest harpies screeched to the dark lit sky. Kuunas got up, like most Potente's (who are a race of elf) he was about the size of an 11 year old. He was fairly tall for a Potente and he was solidly built, training as a palace guard made him quite muscular. As a Potente he was trained for ambidextrous swordsmanship, although when he had to do guard duty he had to use a spear. Kuunas wore his dark brown hair short and spiky as normal Potente's would wear it, and he had green and blue eyes which stood out well. He wore mostly green which helped to blend into the forest, he wore a green shirt and baggy green pants. He wore a brown leather belt and soft leather boots, on the buckle of the belt was the Kalmantor insignia; a green and yellow boot.
He was in his mud house on the forest floor, he had an hour until he had to do guard duty again; he hated it because it was so boring. It had to be done though, so he tried to tame his wild bed hair and finally gave up after 10 minutes; he walked out his door and started for the palace guardhouse. The sweet scent of the forest greeted him as he got closer to his destination, the first signs of dawn stood out from the endless rows of trees. Kuunas lightened up a bit, it looked like it would be another beautiful day and he didn't stay grumpy for long. He reached the guard house and he was greeted from his best friend Amica who nearly looked identical to Kuunas except she was shorter and was a female, she also had her hair long that reached her shoulder blades.
"Katsekuysa Kuunas" Amica said cheerfully, she spoke in the Potenteian language which is the second language that was mainly used for old rituals. Kuunas responded with the proper phrase, "Takenekuysa Amica my friend" Kuunas said while smiling. Amica and Kuunas had been friends since they were 5; they met in the guard academy. They entered the guard house and picked up their spears for guard duty, they had to relieve the guards that did the night shift. They relieved the guards then got to their posts; they stood outside the palace gates and started to talk. "You know Kuunas, I heard the Princess is the most beautiful of all the Potente's" Amica said with a strange look in her eye. Kuunas chuckled and said "What, you mean she is much beautiful than you Amica…I think you have competition", Kuunas laughed out loud and Amica turned red.
"Well Amica, one day the Princess will emerge from the walls of the palace and we shall find out, hey" Kuunas said cheerfully. Amica nodded but the focus was then shifted to a cart that was pulled by a hulking marsh beast, a hooded rider was sitting on the cart. This rider was strange he was quite large, almost twice the size of the two Potente's, he also had a blue broad sword lying next to him. Kuunas asked for an invitation which was the only way to enter in the palace, the hooded rider passed a white parchment to Kuunas, he then read it. It had the Potente insignia in the corner of the parchment; he was allowed to go in.
Kuunas gave the parchment back and motioned him to go in; Amica motioned the gate keeper to open the silvery gates. The rider whipped his reins and moved through the doorway, leaving Kuunas and Amica to go back to their post. "I wonder who that was, I had a really strange vibe from him" Amica said with a bit of worry in her voice. "Don't know Amica, we might find out when he comes back out in a few hours" Kuunas said with a strange tone, Kuunas agreed with his friend; just before the rider entered the gate he got a bad feeling; his heart felt icy. Kuunas shook away the feeling that something was going to happen and shifted his focus to his post.
OOC: I know it's really short but as we go further into the story, as I said earlier, they will get longer.