Mt. Roneal; a freezing and stormy place. Most people would have completely avoided this place, but this is where the Passage Ring is. Every direction all you could see was a white snow and ice. The firs wind ripped through you and chilled you down to the bone.
"Hey, what's that?" Luke pointed over to a lump of snow that has traces of colour in it. As the party drew closer they realized there was something buried under the blanket of white. Guy brushed some of the snow off and gasped when he saw what lied there. It was a boy, probably no older than 15 years old.
"My goodness! What on earth could he be doing here with such thin clothing and no weapon either?" The princess enquired. It did not really matter to them, they had to get him to town fast; his lip was blue and he looked extremely frail. Guy picked up the boy and started to make his way towards Keterburg.
Along the way everyone took note to the child's appearance. He had long chestnut hair, and when in the suns light there were streaks of a purplish-red in it. The clothing which he wore was extremely odd, like nothing they had seen before, and also very unsuited for this regain of the world. The only thing they know about him was that he must have a liking for books. They know this for in his left hand was a thick green covered book that he held tightly.
Once in town they went to the room they had rented, not acknowledging any of the strange looks they got from any for the bystanders. Guy gentle placed they boy onto one of the beds while Tear started a fire. Now all they could do was to wait for him to wake up.
After an hour or so, he started to awake. He sat up slowly and placed a hand upon his forehead. "Where...am I?" He had a rather lulling voice, it sounded like wind chimes on a summers day. When he raised his head from his hand and looked around the room he found several piers of eyes upon him.
He retreated to the far corner of the bed and pulled his legs to his chest. "Wh-who are you people? And how did I get here?" His voice was shacking, most likely out of fear for his situation. No one could balm the poor child. "It's alright; we're not going to hurt you." Tear drew closer to him and reached out her hand to touch the boy, he only drew farther away. "You're in Keterburg. We found you unconscious in Mt. Roneal and brought you here."
He only gave her a confused look. His amber eyes showed no understanding; as if he had no idea what they were saying. "Please won't you tell us your name?"
"Gail...My name is Gail." No one said anything for a long time after that. They all just stood there, looking at this boy. "I wonder..."The Colonel was the one to break the silence. Mieu, bounced over to Gail and looked at him with curious eyes. Gail looked back at Mieu the same way; he reached out his hand and petted him on the head. He eventually let go of his legs and pulled Mieu onto his lap and hugged onto him. "Mieuuuuu!"
"What is it Colonel?" Anise chirped. She did not look at Jade; her gaze remained on this strange boy whom had taken a strange liking to Mieu. "He reminds me a lot of people I once read about...I thought it was nonsense while I was reading it, people from another world. But his clothing and speak seem to match the description. Also the words in this book of his are unreadable, just like the example in the text I learned about his kind from."
Gail's attention left Mieu at the mention of his book. "Please give me back my book." He got up from the bed and grabbed it from Jade and held it close to his heart. "Does that book mean something to you?" Luke asked. He was scratching his head wondering how anyone could like a book so much; it was hard for him to understand because he had never liked them at all.
"Yes, it does. My mother gave me this before she died."