Imil was a peaceful village, residing in between ice covered mountains and frozen forests. The people who lived there inhabited quaint, small huts with snowy straw roofs and oak walls. They were normal people, excluding the fact that they possessed the power of psynergy in great quantities and they were guardians of the eminent Mercury Lighthouse. Other than that issue, they were as normal as adepts could get. Except...one girl, who had been christened the true Guardian the minute she was born. This girl was Mia.
Yells and shrieks of laughter could be heard all throughout Imil. In the heart of the village, a snowball fight was in progress. One of the many boys scooped up a pile of snow and shaped it into a sphere. Glancing around, he saw his friend. He aimed and struck her right in the face. Gasping and choking on the cold snow, Mia whirled around, trying to find the culprit. She saw Alex laughing his head off at her response. Flushing, she grabbed a handful of snow, used Frost on it, and hurled it toward Alex's stomach. He immediately stopped laughing and crouched down. Emitting a small groan, he fell forward into the snow. "M-mia...I-I'm sorry...I won't l-laugh a-again...just...don't do that anymore..." Alex gasped.
With a triumphant smirk, Mia blew a raspberry at him, and pretended to not see his pain. Mia rolled her eyes after seeing Alex turn white, and told him to stand up. Alex obeyed, and Mia unceremoniously let psynergy course through her hand into Alex. After a couple seconds, he was as good as new. Right when he got up, immediately, Mia threw yet another snowball at his face, and ran off, giggling.
The young healer reached a small river that had not yet frozen. She sat down on the bank, and humming a quiet song, took off her boots and let her feet dangle in the water, oblivious to the frigid cold. Her reflection had a slight pink tinge in its cheeks from the cool air. Her light blue hair was messy from the snowball fight. Scowling at what her mother would say once she saw her appearance, Mia almost got back up, but suddenly she noticed something sparkling in the crystal clear water. Overcome with curiosity she reached down and grabbed it. Frowning slightly, Mia scanned the chipped silver bracelet in her hands. She shrugged to herself, stuffed it into her robes, and ran down the snow covered hills to her huge house which lay on a steep hill, isolating it from the rest of town.
She went inside and prepared to slip quietly into her room when her mom turned a corner and stood in front of her, frowning.
"Mia! Didn't I tell you to not play roughly???" Mia's mother, Elaine, glared at her.
"Sorry, Mom…I, uh, didn't notice er...that I messed up my hair, and um, my, uh, clothes," Mia answered lamely.
Elaine sighed. "Well, that just means that you won't be going outside and playing with the boys anymore. I have told you a thousand times already, you are a healer! Healers are ladylike, polite, and certainly not anywhere near the state of untidiness you're in! You are a disgrace to the entire family!!!"
Mia grimaced. She glared at her mom. "I HATE BEING A HEALER!!! FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT!!! FIND SOMEONE THAT WON'T BE A STUPID DISGRACE TO THIS STUPID FAMILY!!!" She screamed and ran up to her room with tears in her eyes.
Mia sat on her bed for a long time, silently cursing her mother and everyone else for forcing her to become a healer. She hated being called a tomboy with disgust every time by her parents, she hated them not allowing her to fight like all the boys could, she hated everything about being a healer—from the politeness down to the last psynergy. Angrily, she threw her pillow to the floor and stomped on it. It didn't help. Why didn't they get some other idiot to be a stupid healer? Someone who was willing and didn't do every task with a dirty look at the requester.
Someone knocked on her door. She ignored them. They knocked again. She yelled in frustration, and felt a sudden cool wave course through her body. She yelped and saw that Psynergy light was moving around her body in a steady pulse. Extremely confused, Mia lost her mind and scampered around beating at the lights. "EEIIII!!!! GET IT AWAY!!!!" she screamed.
The person at her door knocked loudly, and said, hesitantly, "Mia...Are you okay?" It was Alex. Mia continued to ignore him while attempting to destroy the lights by punching herself (a.n.: I told you, she went insane ^_^;;). Suddenly, she wasn't there. Complete emptiness, coldness, and shock went through her for a couple seconds as she was suspended in nowhere. A burst of air announced that she was finally on solid ground. Gasping, Mia looked around her new surroundings. With her mouth open with shock, she noticed that she was in the middle of a back of Grizzlies.