I was walking through the woods on that stormy day. My ears were soaking wet as I trekked through the tree filled land. It was times like this that I wished that fire hadn't happened. I wished I could have Lethe by my side. Lethe would encourage me. Actually, she wouldn't. She would start cursing at the sky for raining on her and her little sister. I smiled at my imagination. I let out a high pitched sneeze. "I gotta get some food. If I don't, I'm gonna starve." I said as I sat down, tired from my long walk. I stuck my head up in the air and took a big whiff of the air around me. I could smell the faint smell of squirrels. I got to my feet and started running towards the smell. Even though I was exhausted, I would gladly run a mile to get to food. When the squirrel was very close, I transformed into my laguz form. I dropped down, wiggled my butt, and leaped. I landed on the squirrel and let out a meow of victory. As I proudly picked up my catch, which was still living, I heard a noise. It wasn't a natural forest noise; it was a low and deadly growl. I looked around to try and locate the noise.
Suddenly, a giant tiger leaped on me. It was obviously a laguz. It wasn't a normal tiger laguz, though. It was... blue! In shock, I dropped my squirrel. It quickly ran over to the blue tiger. The tiger licked the little animal. I was frozen in shock. The blue tiger glared at me and let out a roar. I was out of energy, so I turned back into my human state. I let out a shriek of terror. I tried to run away, but tripped and fell. The tiger started to walk towards me. I screamed and shouted "I'm sorry! I'm just so hungry! I usually don't eat the squirrels!" I could feel tears starting to run down my face. When I looked up, I was alone. Even though the creature I had encountered was extremely scary and probably thought I was its food, I would rather have that near than being alone. I despised the feeling, even though I had gotten used to it. To be honest, I didn't even know where I was. I knew I was in the woods, but I had no clue which country I was in. Since I just saw a laguz, I assumed I wasn't in Begnion or Daein. I was fairly sure I wasn't in Goldoa, because I would probably be dead by now. The Goldoan dragons were heartless beings. I always imagined what it would be like to live in Gallia. It seemed like such a wonderful place. Tons of laguz would fill the streets. I would, for once, be able to fit in. I would never be alone. I would have friends.
I hadn't realized that I had started to talk a loud. "I would be... Oh Goddess why! Why did those cursed humans come and take them away!" I was now sitting on the ground leaning over. Tears wear coming out of my eyes in buckets. "My beloved mother who had worked so hard to keep me and Lethe healthy and well fed. All Lethe wanted to do was protect me. All I wanted was... was... to... to have a happy... a happy life! "I shouted. At this point I couldn't stop crying. I was getting vivid flash backs of the fire. The fire that took Lethe and my mother's lives. I crawled over to a tree. The treed was big, old, and sturdy. I leaned against it as my eyes turned into waterfalls. I must have worn myself out. I fell asleep. When I woke up, it was sunset. I figured that it would be a good idea to get food. I chose a direction to walk in and kept that direction. I began to faintly smell fish. My head was down. I didn't have the mental strength in me to hold it up. As the fish smell got closer, I quickened my pace by just a small amount. Eventually I reached a river. It was rich and full. I almost walked into it, but I saw the edge while I looked at my feet. I managed to catch a fish or two before I fell asleep again. Since I was extremely depressed at the time, I hadn't noticed that Castle Gallia was right in front of the river. As I slept, I hadn't realized how much commotion had taken place. As I presently slept by the river, a cat laguz had spotted my through a castle window. Thinking I was someone else, he ran down and picked me up. He had picked me up so gently, I didn't even wake up. As it turns out, the girl who he thought I was had seen the man who picked me up. As she ran down, she shouted something. It had woke me up, but I couldn't make out what she said. Noticing that I was off the ground, I started to flip out. The man accidently dropped me on the ground.
"Oh Goddess! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to drop you, it's just that you shocked me when you spazzed." he said as he leaned over me. "Wait." He said as he stood up and looked between me and the other girl. "If you are..." he said as he looked at the other woman "or you are" he said as he looked at me. "I'm so confused!" he shouted as he started to run in circles. I sat there confused. The other woman walked over and slapped the man.
"Get a hold of yourself, Ranulf. Would you panic like this on the battlefield!" she shouted.
"Sorry Lethe, or is that Lethe", he said as he pointed to me, "are you an imposter. Or is the other one an imposter"
"Are you blind!" She yelled at him flailing her arms in the air. She walked over to me, grabbed my arm, and yanked me upward. I made a small whimper noise to show that I was scared. The woman pointed to my head. "Look. Her hair is ugly and messy. It's also braided. I grabbed a piece of my hair. I knew my hair was messy, but could you blame me. I hadn't touched a brush in decades. She then pointed to my legs. "She wears leggings. The belt on her leg is also blue" she then squeezed my arm. "She also wears the weirdo arm things." I jammed my eyes shut to keep myself from crying.
"LETHE!" Ranulf shouted at her. Ranulf walked up to me. "Lethe, go back to the castle" I assumed she left because I heard footsteps going away. "I'm sorry miss. Please excuse my extremely rude associate." he said gently. I opened my eyes, but I regretted it. Tears came pouring down my face as I managed to talk.
"T-that couldn't be. L-Lethe loved me. That's not her." I moved my hand to my face to try and wipe my tears. "I'm sorry. I'll leave now." I said as I started to turn around.
"No. Don't leave. What's wrong? If it's about Lethe calling you ugly, please don't take it personally. She hates people who look like her. Really on the inside she misses a few people that she was really close to. Also, I apologize for mistaking you. You two look so much alike. What's your name?" he asked. I couldn't believe how sweet he was being.
"I'm Lyre" I said as I started to look up. I then noticed a figure running towards me and Ranulf. I really didn't want to see Lethe again. I had been insulted enough in one night. As it got closer, I noticed it was blue. It was the blue tiger from earlier! I put my arms behind me and started to crawl backwards. My eyes started to get teary again. "I'm sorry! I don't usually eat squirrels, but I hadn't eaten in days! I'm sorry! Please don't kill me." I shouted as tears formed rivers on the side of my face. The tiger growled at me.
"Hold up. What's going on? Mordecai, what is it?" Ranulf said as he walked right in front of the tiger. The tiger transformed. He was an old man. He wasn't extremely old, but he was old compared to Lyre. He had light blue hair and large muscles.
"Skrimir is having emergency room check. Skrimir checked Ranulf's room, but Ranulf wasn't there. Skrimir asked Mordecai to find. Skrimir mad." Mordecai said in a voice that didn't match his appearance.
"CRAP! Are you serious?" Ranulf shouted.
"Mordecai doesn't joke about inspections" Mordecai said in a serious voice. Ranulf turned to face me. I was still sitting on the ground. I had stopped crying, though. "Who is Ranulf's friend?" Mordecai asked. I was now standing. I was also shaking because I was cold, wet, and scared.
"This is Lyre." Ranulf said, seeing that I wasn't going to answer the question. He walked over to me. "I'm sorry I have to leave on such short notice. You have a house, right." Even though I was embarrassed, I shook my head no. "Were do you live then?" Ranulf asked, concerned. Before I could answer, I saw a large red animal running towards us. I shook and took a few steps backwards. "What's wrong?" he asked. I pointed in the direction in which Lethe had left and Mordecai came from. Ranulf turned around. "Oh Goddess. This isn't going to end well." Ranulf said. As the figure got closer, I got more and more scared. When it was about ten feet away, I ran and jumped into the river. This wasn't one of my brightest ideas because the weather was horrible. It was extremely cold and raining. This was the only way to cross the river, though. I swam as far as I could before I had to lift up my head for air. I had gone about twenty feet from where I had started. I saw Ranulf running for me. I went under again. I went to the very bottom of the river as I swam. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it to the top in time. I blacked out.