Author's Note: Well, I'm going to call this my first "official" fan fiction. I did post another one, called The Adventures of Dry Bones, but that is going to take a back burner compared to this series. I really want to make this story the very best that I can. I worked especially on the fact that I tend to give the only the skeleton of a story without enough details and other meat. I hope that is not the case with this story. Please read and review!

New Lands

Prologue: Beginning of a New Journey

Part 1: Surprise Visit

The plains were silent except for the gentle breeze that rustled the sea of grass. No bandits to disturb the serenity of the scenery today. A lone woman, looking about 20 years old, was standing in front of her ger. She knew that she needed to visit Bulgar for supplies since she was low on food and hunting was not very good at this time of year; yet she just could not move from this spot. She felt the breeze swaying her hair.

A young man, looking about 21 years of age, was traveling across the plains. His green cloak swaying in the breeze. He figured that he was almost there. He could not wait to see her again; and being able to surprise her was just a bonus.

It had been a year since the battle with Nergal had ended. Since then, he had traveled all over Elibe, honing his tactical skills; and he even learned some anima magic (particularly, thunder magic) while in Etruria. And now, he was on his way to surprise a good friend, whom he had a crush on.

From afar, he could see her standing in front of her ger – the same ger where he had first met her when she had found him on the plains and brought him to her ger. "Lyn..."

As Lyn stood and felt the wind on her face, she thought out loud, "I wonder where William is at this moment? I hope he is somewhere with a breeze at least half as good as this one."

"No, it's about the same over here," replied William as he moved towards Lyn.

"Huh, William?" sounded Lyn as she slowly turned around. When she saw him she yelled, "William! How have you been?" as she ran over and hugged her friend.

"Oh … Um … Well, okay, I guess," William stammered as he stumbled back a step, not used to being hugged, especially by a girl and double especially when that girl was Lyn (even though she had hugged him countless times during the time they were traveling with Eliwood, Hector, and the rest of the heroes who defeated Nergal).

"What are you doing here? Why didn't you send word that you were coming?" Lyn asked as she released him from her hug.

"Well, I wanted to surprise you. Surprise..." William replied with a simple wave of his hands. "Were you surprised?"

"Of course!" Lyn replied. "Come inside, I was about to ma..." Lyn dropped the sentence right there as she remembered that she had to go to Bulgar for food and supplies today.

"What's wrong, Lyn?" William inquired.

Feeling a little embarrassed, Lyn explained, "Well, I was supposed to go to Bulgar for supplies today, but I got distracted by the breeze and lost track of time."

"Well, I guess I'll just be on my way then," Will said nonchalantly.

"Wait, really? Why? I can be back in like two hours if I hurry." Lyn quickly said in order to convince William to stay.

Will started to laugh a little as he said, "I'm only joking, Lyn. I would never just walk out on someone I'm visiting because they have no food. I'll even go with you to Bulgar, Lyn."

"Jerk," Lyn said as she fake punched him in the shoulder. Now they both were both laughing. As they started to calm down, Lyn added, " The sun is starting to set, and by the time we get to Bulgar, it will have completely set."

"We could either go now and get a couple of rooms for the night at the inn there, or we could stay here and go first thing in the morning," Will said.

"I'm sure that we can scrape something up to eat tonight. Let's stay here for tonight, " Lyn replied.

Later that night as they were eating a small meal of a half loaf of stale bread and some dried meat, Lyn asked, "So William, what have you been doing since everyone parted ways?"

William thought a moment before saying, "Let's see, I traveled all over Elibe expanding my tactical knowledge, learned some thunder magic while in Etruria, and am now married."

"Married? I didn't think you would get married already, " Lyn said kind of aloofly. "Have you settled down, yet?"

No longer able to control himself, William burst out laughing and quickly explained, "I was just kidding, Lyn, I'm not married yet. I'm not ready for that."

Unfortunately, Lyn didn't seem too amused. "You jerk!" Lyn yelled and walked out of the ger leaving William just sitting there in regret. After a minute, he said to himself, "I'm an idiot." He then stood up and walked out of the ger.

"Lyn, I said I was sorry," William pleaded. "I thought you would react the same way you did when I feigned leaving."

"Well, you were wrong," Lyn chided.

"Well, the only thing to do is sit right in front of the door and block your way into the ger until you accept my apology," William said as he sat in front of the ger entrance.

"You will give up first," Lyn said. "I was born on these plains; so I am use to the cold nights of the plains."

"We'll see," William added.

THREE HOURS LATER...

"I knew he would fall asleep eventually," Lyn smiled. She stealthily walked toward the entrance, but as she was stepping around William, He suddenly sprung up and ensnared her with his arms like a big hug.

"Gotcha!" William happily cheered.

"H- H- How did you..." Lyn stuttered out of pure confusion.

"I knew that if I feigned sleep for long enough you would feel confident enough to try and get past me," explained William. "Of course, in order to deceive you I had to run the risk of actually falling asleep so you would believe it."

"Alright, genius, how do you plan on getting me to accept your apology?" Lyn aksed.

"I'm just going to hold you right here until you do," William simply answered.

They then heard a low rumbling sound, and they both suddenly collapsed laughing. "Looks like that meal was lighter than we thought," William laughed.

"Okay, I accept your apology," Lyn laughed.

After talking more about what each one had been doing (Luckily, William had learned his lesson and stuck to the truth.) for about another two hours, they finally went to sleep. Lyn slept in her bed, while William slept in a big Sacaen Papasan chair.

End Part.

Author's Note: Well I hoped you liked the first part of my story. Please review!

P.S. I love Papasan chairs. They are so comfortable!