We arrived at Iorys this morning. Draco and I were both pretty overwhelmed at the sight of the Yggdrasil tree and how its roots overgrew the whole town. Draco actually tripped over one earlier and hit himself with the butt of his rifle. It was pretty funny. We went the guild to get ourselves registered as adventures, then spent the rest of the day getting acquainted with the city. We visited a few food stalls and I even picked up a diary to jot my thoughts down in.
Actually, I suppose there's quite a bit I'm missing. I'll go back a bit and cover everything from the beginning until now.
I have something called amnesia. Basically what that means is that I don't have any memories from before a certain point. The earliest thing I can remember is waking up in a field with Meg looking pale hovering over me. When she saw I was awake, she ran and got Draco and they both helped me into their house where I rested for a bit. Draco said that they had never seen a Celestrian before and Meg kept staring at my ears. Apparently they're Earthlains. I don't really know what any of that means though, aside from them having round ears. When they asked me what I knew about myself and I said I couldn't remember, that's when they told me I had amnesia. They went into the other room for a bit and came back, asking me if I wanted to live with them. I didn't really want to impose but didn't have anywhere else to go, so I accepted. Meg shared with me that it felt lonely with just the two of them in the house ever since their dad disappeared and their mom died and after that, there was no way I could refuse.
And ever since then, they've been my family. We've all shared chores, work and whatever else to get by. The look on Draco and Meg's faces when they saw me use magic for the first time was priceless. Though I guess in their defense, my face must have been a sight worth seeing as well. According to a few books we rented at the library, Celestrians are naturally gifted in handling magic. Throwing an ice lance at Draco every so often definitely made sparing more interesting.
It started pretty infrequently at first, but gradually increased over time. At night, I would have dreams of a large tree that would stretch far into the sky. When I'd wake up, I would feel the strongest desire to go to that tree, but get frustrated when the reality of it not existing would hit me. I ignored it for a while, but when the dreams started happening every night I felt the need to tell Draco and Meg. They told me what I was dreaming about sounded a lot like the Yggdrasil tree in Iorys and I immediately started thinking of how to get there. I'd stay up late at night thinking about rations, travel routes and what essential objects I would need to bring if I was going to make it to Ioyrs in one piece.
I left early one morning before the sun rose. I knew if I told either Meg or Draco they would've tried to stop me, so I had to leave in secret. It sounds heartless, but I desperately wanted to find out who I was. Goodbyes are always painful anyway. I got to the edge of the village before Draco stopped me, to my surprise, wearing full armor and slinging his rifle and shield over his back. He told me that he knew this day would come and if I absolutely had to leave, he wanted to come with. So we wound up settting out for Iorys together.
Which brings us to today. Realizing we wouldn't be let anywhere close to Yggdrasil unless we formed a guild, we settled on the name Herogard and formed a two-man party. The guildmaster gave us a funny look and explained that the Yggdrasil labyrinth is quite dangerous, suggesting we take another party member with us. As we sat in the bar discussing our options, we saw the most amazing thing. There was a man making unwanted advances on young woman with rabbit ears. (Draco told me she's a Therian.) She timidly pushed him away and sent him flying nearly halfway across the bar! Draco and I exchanged a look with one another and approached her. Draco did most of the talking and if I remember correctly, the conversations was as follows.
"Excuse me! We're the Herogard guild. That was an impressive throw! Have you ever thought of becoming an adventurer?"
She jumped up in her seat, looking at the both of us with wide-eyed fear. She was probably thinking two more men were going to make advances on her and was contemplating whether she should run or not. She spoke carefully, and her eyes kept darting back and forth.
"Not really. I hear the labyrinth is really tough. Only the strongest of strong make it through alive. I'm also a little low on en and I hear that adventurer stuff can be really expensive."
Draco didn't let this discourage him. He removed the coin purse we brought from his belt and let it hit the table with a combination of a dull thud and jingling. He beamed at the Therian woman.
"Tell you what! What if we made you a deal? We purchase all of your equipment and you join our guild!"
"I still don't know if I can commit to that sort of thing. I'm just a simple baker."
"You only have to try it for a day. If you don't like it, we won't force you to explore any more. Though I hear materials found in the labyrinth can fetch quite a few price..."
The woman's ears perked up when she heard that, and she agreed to join us. She introduced herself as Filo and we agreed to meet her in the city's center tomorrow morning. Draco's asleep right now, snoring as he normally does and I'm writing by the candlelight of the inn window. Funny enough, the inn is run by a Therian woman. As a sidenote, I grew quite excited earlier today when I saw other Celestrians for the first time. Draco had to remind me that it was rude to stare.
I can see Yggdrasil from my window. After all those years the tree that tempted me, always out of my reach, is now right in front of me. It's a surreal feeling. When I sleep tonight, I don't know if I'll dream of it or if I'll have a dreamless sleep now that I'm finally here. On the topic of sleep, it's starting to get late and if we're going to venture into the labyrinth tomorrow, I need to get to some rest. I guess I'll write more as we progress through the labyrinth.