Chapter 1 - Ziala
"Father what's wrong?" I find my father sitting at the table looking at a letter. He glances up at me and contains his casual normal smile, "It's nothing of importance Ziala, you should go and play with the other kids." I nod and andI look back at my father a bit hurt but I leave the house. I skip along the roads when I hear my name getting called, "Big Sister Ziala you're here!" I look over and I smile, "Kiki, Narua, and Loe how are you three doing? Where is Zazu?" They frown and look away. "What happened?" They continue looking away and I start frowning. They glance up at me and look a bit scared, "They have come to draft him to fight in the dungeon." I turn cold and I look around, "Where?" They point towards the plaza and I race off.
I slide from each rooftop until slide onto the ground in the plaza. I find Zazu holding himself to the ground and soldiers pointing spears at him. I grab a soldier by his collar and I throw him against the wall. "What the!" I grab his spear and I turn it back at him. "Who the hell is she?" Another soldier comes up to me and tries to grab me but I kick him in the stomach. He lands on the ground squirming in pain. "Leave now and don't mess with our village again!" The soldier scram and I throw the spear into the ground. I hold my hand out to Zazu and I return to a natural smile, "It's okay they're gone now Zazu." The young boy gets up and starts crying as I hug him.
His mother thanks me and takes Zazu back. I slowly turn around until I feel a hand on my shoulder, "Ah miss…." I turn back around to see a young girl looking at me and I smile, "Yes?" She twiddles with her thumbs trying to find the right question, "Can you help me and my mother? These bandits have been harassing us recently and it's getting worse every day." I ponder for a minute and I smile, "Sure, I'll do what I can to help." The girl starts smiling brightly and I laugh, "Let's get going then." She nods and walks me over to their caravan. I pick the spear back up and I follow the young girl.
When we reach the caravan, the girl rushes me to an older woman. "Who is this Zua?" The little girl jumps up and down, "She agreed to help us with the bandits." The woman looks me up and down and frowns, "Zua, we can deal with the bandits ourselves." I glance at the older woman and I smile. Suddenly a creepy voice rings, "Well what do we have here It's more travelers alone" I glance over to find these ruffian guys walking closer. I hold the spear up and I point it at them "Leave these ladies alone you ruffians." They glare at me and pull two swords and They strike me. "Quite the attitude, you have there." I kick one of the guys in the stomach and he falls to the ground. I switch the spear for the sword and I hit the sword out o the other man's hand. I hold it against his neck and I frown. "If I ever catch you trying to harm travelers once more I will make sure that you never walk again." They nod and they rush away.
The young girl smiles at me and holds her mother's hand. "Thank you umm…" I smile and I hold out my hand. The older woman smiles and takes my hand and shakes it, "The name is Ziala." She smiles and goes to her caravan and opens up a container and stumbles back, "What the!" I slowly walk over and help the lady up. "There's someone in the container. I don't know how she got there." I walk over to the container and I see a young girl in it. She moved and blinked a few times at me and shrieked, "Please don't open without permission!" She closed the barrel then I walked over to it and opened it up, "Excuse me? Why are you in there?" She looked up, "Don't you see? It's dark narrow and so comfortable!" I frown and I pull her out. "Come on you have some explaining to do." I look over at the two ladies and I smile, "I'm sorry for the trouble this one has caused you." They nod and I drag her away.
We stop halfway back to my home and I turn around to face the strange girl, "Who are you?" She looks at me and smiles, "Why I am Yuni, a traveler." I sigh loudly, "You are seriously strange." She taps her staff and the wind picks up, "How so?" I sigh and I give up, "Do I even need to explain. Anyways I need to stop by my house real quick." She nods and I turn around to walk again.
When we reach my house the door as open and the lights were out. I rush in and I find soldiers hounding my father. "Let him go!" They turn around and they notice me, "Young lady I'd advise you to leave and let us do our business." I kick them in the back of their legs and I feel cold. "What did my father do?" The soldiers get up and about tackle me. "Your father and another brat here haven't accepted the summons to battle in the dungeons." I slap them each and I glare at them, "I will take the place of the both of them. Now leave." They looked reluctantly and Yuni taps her staff and they flew out the door, she waved, "Bye bye!" I stared at her and grabbed her by the arms and shook her, "What are you?!" She smiles and I growled, "Why I'm just a human. Why?" She says and I scream, "To hell that you are a human. No human can fling people out of a building!" She shrugs, "Fine I'm a Wizard!" She twirled and smiles. I roll my eyes, "Yeah sure, wizards don't exist."
I rush over to my father and I help him up. "Ziala you don't have to do this." A tear rolls down my cheek and he pushes it away. "Of course I do. I have to protect my family and the children here from getting taken." Yuni looks out the door and saunter out, "I'm going to go explore." She leaves and my dad looks at me, "Who is she?" I look over at my father and I smile, "It's a friend." He looks up at me and sits down on the couch and rests. I pick up the house debris and I go to my room and I go to bed.
The next morning I wake up bright and early. My father was sitting on the couch and he was holding something. He hands it to me and I stare at it confused. "What is this?" He looks at me and sadly smiles, "It's my precious sword. I'm giving it to you. Use it carefully. It's a katana. A foreign weapon I know, not commonly used but it'll probably work for you." I nod and I wave goodbye with a smile.
I exit my house to find Yuni leaning against the wall. "You're really going aren't you?" I nod and I smile, "I need to be there to protect my family. When one's in trouble I'll be there to help." Yuni sighs, "I can't stop you, but perhaps I can give you some guidance." She taps her staff and smiles. She walks to the cliff and I frown, "Who the heck are you Yuni?" She looks back at me and grins, "I told you. I'm not human nor am I like you." I run toward her and she disappears. Her voice lingers in the air, "Like I told you, I'm a just a traveler." I stand there for a few minutes just staring, "Weird person, she is." I finally set off to reach the dungeon.