Through Purple-Pink Skies

Prologue

"Little Daisy?" Daisy looked up, tears filling her chocolate brown eyes. She saw it was only Grim, a venomancer who was usually quiet. Grim had pale white skin, black hair, aqua eyes, and a dark blue color around her eyes. Daisy remembered she once asked about the make-up around her eyes, and she replied with: "I'm hiding my insomnia!" Daisy didn't know what insomnia meant, but she didn't want to bug the older female too much.

"What's wrong, kid?" Grim asked, kneeling down to her height and gently placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Sniff... Sniff... A B-Bucktooth Lynx took my panda toy!" she told the venomancer through sobs. She saw the female grow angry as she stood to full height, getting her bow and arrow ready for a fight.

"Don't worry, Little Daisy," she said with a smile. "I'll get your toy back, and get even with that lynx for ya!"

"T-thank you!" Grim ran off after waving goodbye to Daisy, and crossed the bridge, muttering a hello to the guards. Once across Creeping Stream, she scanned the area, finally finding a Bucktooth Lynx with a toy panda in its jaws. Readying her arrow and taking aim, Grim fired, the arrow going right through the monster's side. It snarled in pain and glared at the venomancer, who smiled back. It charged at the female, who just shot another arrow. This one missed, making Grim tch in anger. She just kept firing until the monster went down. She then laughed, picking the toy panda.

"Hopefully the kid won't come across the bridge again." she muttered, walking towards the water and washing the blood away. She then crossed the bridge once more, not having a liking for the water.

"Little Daisy~! I got your panda toy back~!" Grim sang happily, walking over towards the child, who gasped in both surprise and happiness. Daisy knew Grim fought well, but that Bucktooth Lynx was both strong and scary in her opinion.

"Yay! Thank you, Grim!" Daisy squealed happily, hugging the toy.

"No problem. Now, I don't want you crossed that bridge again, ya hear?" the older spoke, watching as the girl nodded. "Good. Now, is there anything else you need?"

"Um... yeah! My kite's string broke, and my kite flew off! Could you get it back for me? Please~!" she asked, looking at the girl with big eyes.

"...It's across Creeping Stream, ain't it?"

"Yes."

"Okay. I'll be right back!" Grim once more ran off, crossing the bridge, and walking along the path. She suddenly stopped, finding Daisy's kite stuck on top of a tall totem pole. The venomancer sighed, before jumping onto a tree. Positioning herself in the right angle, Grim jumped, managing to grab the kite. She fell to the ground, not being able to land on her feet, but her right arm instead.

"The thing's I'll go through for this kid." she said to herself with a small chuckle. Before Grim left, she killed another Bucktooth Lynx, since it was trying to follow her. She hated it when monsters tried to follow, finding that she had done nothing wrong, and they were attacking for no reason at all. But, as long as the monsters didn't try to hurt Daisy, she was okay with them trying to attack her. She didn't know what it was, but she found a need to protect the girl and make her happy.

"Here ya go, kid!" Grim smiled down at the girl as she handed her her kite. Daisy giggled in happiness, happily taking the butterfly kite.

"Thank you!" she spoke happily. "I can't wait to get new string and fly it!"

"When I have some time, I'll take you flying," she said, making her eyes widen in surprise.

"Really!?" she gasped, her smile growing larger.

"Yeah. I can't say when, but I will!" she promised. Gently placing her kite down, Daisy gave Grim a hug, making the venomancer flinch by the sudden contact.

"Thank you thank you thank you!" she squealed. The older female smiled, wrapping her arms around the younger.

"You're welcome, Little Daisy."