Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy or its characters. The people I mention in here are merely my rendtions of the chosable characters in the game. I shall not do another disclaimer later on in the chapters unless this becomes a problem. Now that the tedious part is over, enjoy ^^
Swiftly stepping through the movements, she slowly swept her leg through the air, silver hair swaying behind her like a tail. Silently, she reached to her back before quickly twisting her hand on the switch, releasing the racket that was pinned to her back. Catching her weapon, she spun around in a circle, batting away the imaginary enemies. Twisting the weapon, she grasped it with both hands before slashing it down and holding her stance, straining her muscles before straightening. With a small smile, she latched her weapon back into its cover before walking off to the town square. The goodbye with her family had been more difficult than she had expected. True, the words had been relatively calm and cheerful, but…
She stood facing her family, unable to say anything to calm their fears or soften the harsh reality of their parting. She knew that it was difficult for them to let her go. She couldn't blame them. After all, the life of a caravaner was never guaranteed. Yet each on of her family stood their, locking back their fears so that they could send her off with a smile.
Her father, Zeh Gatt, stretched slightly, his face breaking out into a grin. "Well, now we've got one less helper come harvest time! But somebody's got to protect our crystal's glimmer, I reckon," he started, his gruff voice calming her despite the current situation.
Nodding, her mother touched Zeh Gatt's shoulder, offering him a silent comfort. "That's right, dear," Rah Sie continued, both to her husband and her daughter. "Without myrrh, the crystal would fade and the miasma would take us all…" She stated, word filled with wisdom and experience from when she to belonged to a caravan.
"Don't worry about your chores. I'll pick up on the slack when you are gone," her brother, Gan Noo assured her, grinning in his foolishly boyish way. Silently, her sister took a step forward, tapping him lightly in the back of his head before looking at her.
"Send us any seeds you find, and we'll be sure to plant them!" Ever the oriented one, Foo Kloo added this with a chuckle, knowing that she would be sending samples of all the exotic plants she found on her journey.
Holding back her tears, she nodded to all of them, grinning confidently despite her inner turmoil. Was it really okay to leave them? The farm was having trouble enough with her here. How much more difficult would it be when she left. Still, she knew that she would be the one chosen, had even looked forward to it a while ago. But to go through with it…
Startled out of her thoughts as a warm hand clasped her shoulder, she looked into the ever youthful face of her father, the sight instantly calming her frizzled nerves. "You may have a lot of traveling ahead of you, but we'll see you again in a years time," he claimed, tightening his grip fractionally in assurance before stepping back.
Realizing that it was true, she grinned slightly and nodded, raising her fist to her chest. "You can count on me. I will be back soon," she claimed, a part of her usual personality regaining itself even as she turned to walk away, knowing that her family was waving in encouragement behind her.
It was a bittersweet thing to think about know, even as she walked with her fellow travelers. Her family, no, the entire village was counting on her and the other teens to bring home a chalice full of myrrh. And they believed in her. Unable to help herself, she smiled softly, though she looked up when she heard a soft chuckle. Seeing the clavat female, Erin, that she was traveling with smile kindly at her, she nodded in reply. Though, she was somewhat curious as to why she was sitting in the back of the wagon, knowing that she wasn't one to skip out of exercise. Seeing the head of the small lilty male in her friend's lap, her grin grew more. Oh, I am not going to let Yuti live this down, she thought, though part of her was comforted by the knowledge of his exhaustion. After all, no one wanted to travel with a fighting robot that never tired.
Stretching, she sped up her pace somewhat so that she was ahead of the caravan, walking next their leader. While she did, she scanned the green fields they were traveling past, dimly noting to herself that this was the farthest away from home she had ever been. "Na Suki." A voice drew her from her thoughts. Blinking, she turned to face the person who spoke, noticing that it was her leader.
"Liam?"
"…are you going to be alright," he asked after a moment, startling her slightly. Almost immediately, she grinned, amber eyes lighting up fractionally.
"Of course. It is not like this will be forever, right," she commented, grinning even as he turned away, though she could tell that some of the tension in his frame had disappeared. Chuckling lightly, she looked up at the sky, smiling as a spare breeze toyed with her yellow skirt and silver hair. And so our journey begins…I can't wait.