Chapter 1: Fang

"Galdo, what were you thinking idiot? You could have died from that stunt." I yell at him.

I know what you might be thinking. I should be happy that he's alive and that he sacrificed himself for us, but dammit I don't care. He made us really scared for him after that moment.

Galdo replies, "Hehe… sorry bud."

"Fang, can't you just be happy for one moment." My fairy partner, Eryn chimes in. I swear, she can be crazily annoying sometimes, but I let her go this time. After all, a master fencer like me has gotta keep their servant happy.

"Alright, whatever, just don't go doing stupid things all of a sudden."

Galdo raises up, removing the last bandage present on him. "I'm fine now, no more dumb stuff from me." Unveiled is a large scar on his belly, in an x formation.

Marissa, Galdo's kind and gentle fairy comes in. "Oh Galdy-kins, what did they do to you."

"Ah, don't worry Marissa, those guys can't break me." Galdo stretches his arms and puts on a large smile. "See, I'm already ready to go again."

"Hang on Galdo." I begin. Galdo's a tough guy, but I'm still suspicious. "You can't just shrug off injuries like this within a couple of minutes after recovery. If you fight, you'll end up just damaging yourself again."

"And then we'll have to wait for this whole process again." Eryn finishes my thought.

"Oh come on, I wanna go slay some real evil beasts."

"Well, I haven't forgiven you for your stupid act, so rest a couple of days, got it?"

It's true, I'm still mad about that. Although, I'm actually pretty happy that we got to see Galdo like how he used to be. Well, except for his large scar. Eryn and I begin leaving the hospital. Like always, I'm one step ahead of her.

"What are we going to do now, Fang?" She asks.

"Go to the pub and make some money. Maybe we can get Galdo something from the shop."

"Aww Fang. I knew you weren't all mad at him."

"Jeez, I do one thing that's nice and I get teased for it. Maybe we shouldn't get him a gift after all." You see what I mean by annoying.

"Wow, don't you do the same thing all the time." She laughs.

"Alright, alright, let's just get going already."

Accepting every quest we can from the pub, we head towards Sol Field. The large and grassy terrain is the perfect environment to fulfill all these quests with ease.

Then, me and Eryn do what we normally do, just slay every monster in sight and check back at the pub to see which quests we actually completed. Eryn argues that it's not the most organized way to do things, but she's too lazy to continually move locations for every quest, so we stick with my method.

An hour passes, uneventful, but relaxing nonetheless. "Alright, I think that's enough for today. Let's head back." I suggest. Eryn is out of my sword and following me in person instead.

We head home to the inn, but on our way, is the flower shop of Emily. Emily is the sister of Apollonius. Oh boy, do I sure have the history with that guy. Sadly for Emily, he's dead. He used to be one of Dorfa's greatest warriors. Eventually, however, he became addicted to the blood of the Evil Goddess, which he believed to be wine. He's such a stubborn idiot. I thought it would be real cool to have him on our party, but he was too blinded by honor to accept the antidote we gave him. Although he helped support us in defeating the Evil Goddess, it didn't have to go like this.

"Oh. Hey Fang. Hey Eryn." She says to us.

"Oh hey Emily, me and Fang would like to know if we could get some flowers." Says Eryn, making decisions on her own. I didn't even think of stopping by the shop, and have no idea she suddenly made the decision.

"Of Course, you guys can pick anyone you see."

I'm sorta afraid to talk to Emily. She could be mad at me for what happened to her brother. I didn't kill him directly, but maybe she believes that because I killed Apollonius in the own timeline, that would affect him negatively in this one.

Eryn, who I guess sees through me, whispers in my ear, with a harsh tone. "What are you doing, say something. You can't blame yourself for his death forever you know."

"Alright, I'll think I'll take this own." I reach for a dark purple flower, pretty big, so I only take one. "How much will it cost." I ask.

"You guys can have it for free, you've helped me and my brother out. It's the least I can do." She says, softly.

Normally, free things are awesome, especially when you have to pay for Lola's crazily overpriced products. Now, for whatever reason, it doesn't feel right. "I can pay for it, me and Eryn have plenty of money."

"That's surprising of you Fang. You always take free things." Eryn knows me pretty well.

"Fang, do you, perhaps… feel guilty for Apollonius." She stings me with a question, and I get a small panicking jolt. "You didn't do anything wrong, he's the one who made the mistake." It's clear that she's sad. I guess I would be too. I know the feeling of losing the people who mean a lot to you. I want to say something to her, but she starts moving to her room. "Please just take anything you like. Don't worry about me."

"Poor girl." Is all that Eryn says. I wouldn't be surprised if she's also lost.

We don't remain there much longer, but before we go, I drop some gold into the jar of donations. Eryn sees me, but I think she also feels the same way. Our departure begins as we walk out the door.

"Hey Fang, you ever get the feeling that we're being watched." Asks Eryn. She starts looking around us, hoping to find out what's driving her senses.

"That's sorta random for you to just spew out." I tell her.

"Yeah, but I just have this weird feeling, and a Fairy's intuition never lies." She looks generally worried, but she always gets worked up over nothing, so I don't really think anything's wrong.

"Well don't worry, you're with the one who defeated the evil goddess without any trouble, things will be…" I can't finish my sentence, due to the interruption of a dagger heading straight towards us. Me and Eryn manage, luckily, react quickly enough to move out of the way, with it only hitting my flower and pinning it to the ground.

"Quick, Fang, we gotta get outta here." Eryn and I start running immediately. As I turn back, I can't see anyone, but another blade heads toward us. In we want any chance of avoiding our invisible assailant, we have to run as fast as we can. Running in a panic, we take turns and twists to try and escape to safety. I set an immediate destination towards the inn. As we run however, not another blade is thrown. Eventually, we make it to the inn.

"What was that?" Eryn asks.

"Well whoever it was, we must have scared them off with our awesome power. They've probably lost track of us after the second throw and fled." I say. I'm not actually sure who our attacker was, or why they wanted us dead, but I guess there's a point of success where eventually others just become envious of you. Hey, if you want to challenge the mighty Fang, I'm more than happy to accept it, but you can't just sneak up on me like that. You have to say it right to my face.

"What on Earth are you two doing?" Says the second most annoying voice I've heard on my journey, behind Eryn, of course.

"Tiara, you wouldn't have had anybody thrown deadly weapons at you recently, have you?" Eryn asks, causing Tiara's face to show great confusion.

"What kind of question is that? What happened to you two today to warrant such curiosity?" Tiara seems both baffled and curious at the same time.

Telling her our story probably won't do much help, since I'm confused myself, but I Figure might as well. "Alright, so it all began when we walked out Emily's shop."

Tiara interrupts me like always. "Wait, why were you at Emily's shop?" Now, she was much more interested than before.

"Oh well, this is gonna take a while."

A/N: First time uploading on this. Any criticism, both negative and positive is appreciated. Preferably, I would enjoy if you say both what you like/dislike so I know what habits to keep and drop, but it's your choice.