Part 1: Prologue: A rebellion begins.
Daein. 5 years after the events involving Micaiah, Ike, Ashera, and Yune. Micaiah is seeming rather different and beginning to take some travellers prisoner without reason. A boy, Elijah, a mage living in Navessa, the capital of Daein, has seen the difference and has decided to try to band up a rebellion even if to just make Micaiah see the error of her own ways.
Elijah travels to an encampment with Laguz and Beorc living in it to try to find anyone who will listen to his words, even at the cost of his own life due to the trust placed on Micaiah after the five years of servitude to her people…
I walk into the small encampment, keeping my light green hair under my hood to keep from attracting attention. My eyes dart from one person to the next, seeing the majority of people looking at me. Most of the people seem rough and don't care about a human life such as myself, so I continue onward, knowing that there are some buildings on the other side of the encampment. I reach the halfway mare before one of the people grabs my shoulder and turns me. "Ah!" I gasp out in slight fear, noticing the man has an axe and has the attire of a lowly bandit. "Let me go, you goon!"
"Cheeky little punk, ain't ya." He says, grabbing my hair painfully. "Not very many mages coming through here. 'Specially ones with a Navessan cloak." He laughs heartily and picks me up, Holding my arms still.
"Boss, let's see what he has in his bag." Another bandit says, peeking into my bag that's strapped to my shoulder still. He fumbles around, dropping my herbs and vuleneraries. "Ooh. A green book. Worthless." He chunks my Wind tome, me hearing it thud on something other than the ground.
"I said, let me go, you hethans…." I look around quickly, seeing eight or nine of them gathered around me. "Go pick on something your own brainwaves. Like some rocks."
The bandits laugh and the leader starts to carry me off, them following before he stops, shivering some, "Su-su-sub-human?" He stammers, backing up.
I hear a male voice speaking,"You heard the kid. Let him go, or else you'll have to deal with me. Also, while you're at it, give him his stuff nicely. Got it?"
I suddenly drop to the ground and then my tome, herbs and vuleneraries land next to me before I can respond. I grunt in slight pain for being handled so harshly. When, I get my things back in my bag, I look up to see a laguz staring down at me, his blonde hair and cat-like ears make my initial assumption of him being a cat laguz. "Thanks, um….."
"The name's Kito. Are you alright, little one?" He grabs my hand gently and helps me up. I nod to his question and look away nervously. "No need to be shy. I'm usually with my brother when I'm in town, so nobody really pays me mind," he says. "So, have you got a name, or do I have to play a guessing game?" He grins and his tail twitches playfully.
"Elijah," I say softly. I start dusting myself off and take off my extra cloak, revealing my clothing underneath. I wear a red shirt and black pants along with a black cloak lined in red.
"Interesting name. Anyways, care to follow me? You'll be safer with me, plus the bandits are watching us while sharpening their axes. We need to keep as few people injured as possible. They'll follow us." He grabs ahold of my arm gently and walks towards the end of the town nearest us. Just as he predicted, the bandits follow us. We both turn to the bandits.
"Well aren't ya both bold. We have an eight to two advantage." The leader says, pointing the other bandits to their positions.
"Bravo. They can count." I whisper to Kito, making him laugh a little.
"Quiet, ya punks. We'll show you to tussle with the Grey Bandits." The leader says.
One of the bandits shivers in happiness next to the leader, "Let's get them, boss Ley"
"In due time. Let's weaken them first." Ley says.
I put a vulenerary in Kito's pocket. "For good measures. Can't afford you dying for my cause."
Kito nods and then transforms into a cat. A large cat, but a cat nonetheless. I grab my tome from my bag and hold it in my hand tightly. "Nervousness clouds the judgement," I hear Kito say before snapping out of my nervousness and getting ready for battle.
One of the bandits rushes towards me and I read the incantation of the spell before a blast of wind surrounds him and knocks him off his feet. As he tries to regain his composure, Kito jumps on top of him and slashes his throat, killing him. I suddenly tense up at the blood and take a step back. Is that what's going to happen to me if I mess up? Of course it is….I'm a person. A living being….Gotta….
"Elijah, watch out." Kito says as he slashes down a bandit who's about to cut me down. I stare at the guy before letting my fear well up some inside me and shooting another bandit with my magic. This time, it cuts the bandit up killing him and leaving 5 more bandits.
"Thanks, Kito." I start incantating another spell as Kito runs to the bandits. I notice that Ley is not where he was. Where did that filthy guy go? I notice him coming up from behind Kito as Kito single-handedly claws down two more bandits. "Ki-!" I manage to get out before a bandit swipes at me, missing narrowly. I hit him with a spell and turn back to Kito, who's taking down another bandit, not noticing Ley behind him. "Kito, behind you!"
Ley's axe hits Kito in the ribs, cutting him some. Kito lets out a yell of pain and transforms back into his original form. I incantate the spell again and hit Ley hard, knocking him away from Kito. "Augh! Ya little runt! I'll cut you to bits!"
"Thing again, asshole." I say, peppering him with another spell before he swings at me. He falls and dies feet from me. After verifying that he's dead, I kneel next to Kito. "Kito, drink this medicine. It will help you feel better." I pull out my very own vulenerary and pour some into his mouth before dripping some onto his wound. I'm not strong enough to carry him. What will I do?
"Allow me." I hear a woman's voice say before turning my head to see a female laguz, seeming older than Kito himself. "I'm his mother and watched the whole fight. You did well against the bandits, little one." She picks up Kito with one arm, swiftly bandaging his wound and carrying him. "Come. You have no need to stay here." She walks off slow enough for me to keep up.
After a while, we come across a rather large cottage and she enters it first, still carrying Kito. She takes him to a back room and lays him on a soft bed. I follow her and sit on the floor next to where Kito is laid down. "If you don't mind ma'am. I'm going to stay here with him so I can know if he fully recovers."
"Hold on, child. I don't even know your name. My name is Isador." I notice her hair is a dark brown instead of blonde like Kito's, so I look at her. "Yes, I am his mother. His features are identical to his father's," she says gently.
"Oh. Well…..my name's Elijah. Nice to meet you miss Isador." I bow my head some and look back at Kito, worry overcoming me again. Please be okay. You were hurt all because of me…. You don't even know me…. Before long, I feel sleep drag me into its embrace.
Well, that's all I have for now. Hope you liked it. And yes, I do like the dramatic approach every now and again. =3