The Lost Princess

My first trip to Domina and what do I encounter? A guy who looks like a desert bandit, attitude included. His name, I learned later, was Elazul. After I pried the guy off the poor, innocent girl at the tavern I managed to figure out why he was so mad. His friend had gone missing and he was desperate to find her, even if it meant scaring every local within a 10 mile radius. I offered to search for her with him and he actually refused! The nerve! He goes around causing an uproar and then when someone offers help, he refuses! I swear, men are such idiots!

The tavern girl whispered something to him and I suddenly found myself being manhandled towards the door, stating that we were headed for the Mekiv Caverns while I grumbled "I thought you didn't want my help?" That guy had some nerve.

So we get there and Elazul says she is there. How should he know? We haven't seen anyone, except that crazy onion kid who thinks I'm some legendary hero (someone's gotten into the old lady's liquor cabinet. tsk tsk tsk )

Elazul proceeds to drag me further into the cave. This guy has no manners at all, I swear. At least I know that the girl isn't really lost. She was running way. I don't blame her. He didn't even talk on the way! He sliced through the monsters and continued on, leaving me behind him. Why did he even bring me if he was just going to leave me?

Bah, okay, enough about that idiot. We did come across another girl down in those caves. She looked really out of place, what with the flowers she wore and the green dress. Elazul seemed wary of her, but then again, he's probably like that to everyone. She warned me to 'stay away from these people or something bad might happen'. Elazul got a bit pissed but I was just confused. These people? What people? If she was talking about Elazul I already know that. I'll end up pleading insanity after I kill him.

But that was when we heard the roar. You know, one of those blood curdling roars that makes you wanna run the other way? Elazul, being the idiot he is, ran right to it. Oh yes, let's quicken our death. That sounds sooooo much fun! I guess his idiocy rubbed off because I found myself following him. Guess I'm not one to talk, eh?

When I saw what had roared...I sort of wanted to turn around again. I mean, you would too if you saw King Kong's relative there. He must've grew up in the caves cause he sure wouldn't fit in the entrance.

And did I mention how smelly he was? My god! Didn't he know what a bath was?? Well, I guess he never will, seeing as how we killed the thing. Believe me, we were doing a BIG favor to every nose in the world.

Well, in the end we did find his friend. She had been hiding in the bushes while we fought that ape. At least someone has some sense to hide from it. Pearl, as her name turned out to be, looked to be a very fragile girl. The complete opposite from Elazul. How did she get mixed up with him anyway?

That's when I noticed something odd. Pearl had a...gem?..around her neck. It was hard to notice at first, as she had a lot of white on and the gem just so happened to be white. But it was there. It wasn't attached to a string or anything like. It was simply there. I examined Elazul's neckline and he had one too. Perhaps this is what they woman had meant by 'these people'?

Elazul didn't give me much time to dwell on it though. His obnoxiously loud voice was ordering her to follow him. I had to resist the urge to slap him upside the head. Who did he think he was, ordering her around like that?? The girl was obviously already timid enough. Actually, she was a bit of an airhead as well, now that I think about it. She came out like she was taking a stroll in the park, then told Elazul she had been thinking again and got lost. Perhaps he is good for her...if anything, his loud voice would jolt her out of her trance.

Its been quite a day really, meeting some ass, and then rescuing his girlfriend from an ape. Sounds like some bad fantasy movie. Great, this means my part is the sidekick. Don't sidekicks usually die? If not, I'll probably end up getting horribly injured sometime soon.

Until next time.

-Azhure, the sidekick in the bad fantasy movie.

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A/N: I am only going to say this once because I do not want to trouble anyone with these tiresome author's notes. I do NOT own Legend of Mana. I own a copy of the game, yes, and I own the guidebook. But I do not own the game personally. Now, with that out of the way, you wont have to see another authors note again unless I think its needed. But I dont. Sooo...enjoy the rest of the diary.