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CHAPTER 1: A NEW WORLD

"Hello?"

I heard someone. Were they talking to me? All I could see was darkness. I wasn't sure if I was dreaming or not...

"Are you alright?"

I couldn't recognize the voice. Who was the person talking to me?

"Wake up!"

I forced my eyes open. I was lying on the ground and hovering above me was a man with short blonde hair. He wore red armor that carried many scratches. I could tell, he had seen many battles. Standing next to him was a fairly large red dragon. That startled me a little. As I glanced around, I saw that I was standing the middle of a clearing. A dense forest surrounded all sides of us, indicating that I was far from civilization.

"Are you alright, Miss?" He asked me.

"I think so..." I replied nervously as I forced myself to my feet. I kept glancing at his dragon cautiously. "Where am I?"

"Right in front of Grado's boarders. What happened to you?"

"I'm not sure." I admitted sheepishly wondering what 'Grado' was.

"What's your name?"

I thought for a second. My memory was foggy and I couldn't seem to recall anything. But luckily, one word repeated in my mind.

...Darian...

"My name is Darian." I said to him.

"Darian..." The man repeated. "That's a nice name."

Aw, how sweet of him.

"My name is Glen." He said. "I'm a general of Grado. I'm also known as, the Sunstone."

"And what's that?" I asked as I pointed to the red dragon next to him.

"Oh, this is my wyvern." He replied casually, as if owning a dragon wasn't something out of the ordinary.

What's going on? I asked myself. What is this place? It's like I'm in a different world. Nothing seemed right. My mind was so hazy and I couldn't seem to remember much at all. The faces of people I once knew were no longer in my consciousness. I could only remember bits and pieces from my past and none of it looked like the place I was standing in now.

Is this a dream? I wondered. That's it! It's all just a dream… I really wanted to believe that, but something deep within me told me otherwise.

"Well, Darian, what kingdom are you from?" He asked me.

I shrugged and said, "I don't know..."

"What do you mean, you don't know?"

"I don't remember anything."

Glen looked thoughtful at me. "Could you have amnesia?"

I didn't say anything. Could you blame me for feeling a little freaked out by all of this?

"Do you know how old you are?" Glen asked.

"Sixteen." I replied.

"Most people that have amnesia can't recall their age." Glen explained. "Seeing that you can, I'm going to guess that you don't have amnesia."

"Well...I think I kinda do." I replied. "I don't remember much at all. But I do know this; I'm not from any kingdom here. I don't think I'm even from this continent."

"Really?" He asked. "Where are you from then?"

"...Another world..?" I replied, almost questioning the words coming out of my mouth. He continued to stare at me, obviously unconvinced with my theory.

"I know it's a bit hard to believe." I said. "But it's the truth." Then I remembered about my MP3 player in my pocket. Seeing that this place looked to be a medieval world, he would have no idea what the device was. I pulled it out and showed it to him. "See this? It's an item from my world. I bet you don't have anything like it here."

He shook his head, but now he seemed even more surprised than before. "No. We don't. You've showed me your proof. But I want to know this; why are you here?"

Heck, I wish I knew the answer to that. "I just magically woke up here." I explained.

There was an awkward silence between the two of us for a moment. Then he let out a sigh. "I'm sorry to say but, I can't protect you. You won't be safe anywhere right now. We're in the middle of a war. My kingdom is trying to kill the twins of Renais and defeat the army that both are trying to build. The most I can do for you now is to take you to a village where you can stay for the time being, but I cannot guarantee your safety."

"It's all right." I said. "I can take care of myself. Don't worry about me."

He helped me onto his wyvern and he flew me to the nearest village. The flight was amazing. I was really flying on the back of a dragon! That's right reader; feel envious of my adventures!

"Is this your first ride on a wyvern?" Glen asked me.

"I think so." I replied. "I don't recall dragons existing in my world."

"But then again, you don't remember much of anything." He said. He turned back to me and gave a faint smile. Up till that point, he had kept such a stern face that I thought the guy couldn't smile. He shifted his attention back to steering his wyvern.

"I still don't feel this war is right." He said, the seriousness in his tone returning. "Our king, Vigarde, has changed so much in such a short period of time. We've killed the ruler of Renais. The kingdom is in shambles. Why did Emperor Vigarde even start this war in the first place? I just don't understand any of this..."

A few minutes later, we landed in front of the gates of a small village that was in the middle of a forest. He helped me off his wyvern and the two of us stared at each other for a long while. It's not every day a knight meets a girl from another world. And it sure isn't every day I wake up in some random world for reasons unknown.

"Glen." I finally spoke up.

"Yes?"

"Thanks a lot."

"No problem. Take care of yourself, Darian." He hopped back onto his wyvern and flew away.

"Now what do I do?" I quietly asked myself. "I should have asked that guy for a map."

Just then, something from the distance caught my eye. It was a group of travelers. The one leading them was a young woman with long blue hair, gold armor and a red skirt. I figured I might as well ask for directions.

"Um, excuse me." I said to her. "Can you tell me where I am? I'm kinda lost."

"Well, you're right in the middle of Za'ha Woods." the woman replied.

"Za'ha woods?" I asked, chuckling a little.

A man with short red hair walked over to us. He wore armor and I could immediately tell he was a knight. "Is there something funny?" He asked sternly.

"Yeah, I'm just laughing at the odd names of the places here." I replied.

"Well, you now know where you are, so move aside so the rest of us can pass." The knight said. "Unlike you, we have important matters to tend to."

"Who says that I don't have important matters to take care of either?" I retorted. "Unlike you, who probably know this place like the back of your hand, I happen to be a stranger here with no memories of my home. And unlike you, I have no idea where I'm going and just want to find a way back to my world."

"What are you talking about?" The woman asked. "What do you mean "your world"?"

"I come from another world. Plain and simple. I woke up here and have no real memories of my home."

"You speak nonsense." The knight said. "Lady Eirika, we have wasted enough time here. We must hurry forward."

"But, we can't just leave her here, Seth." Eirika argued.

"I have proof." I said as I reached into my pocket and pulled out my MP3 player. I handed it to her to let her examine. "Bet you don't have anything like this here."

"What is it?" She asked as she looked it over.

"It's a music player." I held up the two ear buds. "Put these in your ears and I'll show you."

She did so and I turned the music device on. I played a song for her and she quickly yanked the ear buds out of her ears. She looked horrified by the device. "You-You do come from another world."

"These things are pretty common back where I come from. It's not something to be scared of." I assured her. "But I had to prove to you that I wasn't lying."

Just then, a boy with spiky dark green hair ran over to us. He looked pale and scared to death. "Eirika! There's some weird creature about to attack us!" He shouted.

We turned to see a monster that looked like a flying eyeball. I would have laughed at how stupid it looked, but it launched lasers at us from its eye. We ducked out of the way just in time to avoid its attack. Six other creatures just like that appeared and sided with the first one. I turned to my left to see strange wolves that had red fur and the main of a lion. They snarled at us and howled loudly. I turned to my right to see decaying zombie's coming after us. What was going on?

"You, girl," Seth called.

"My name's not "you" or "girl". My name is Darian." I corrected.

"Darian, how good are you with a weapon?" He asked.

"I have no idea."

He tossed me an iron axe and rushed over to attack the monsters. "We can't look after you. I'm sorry to say, but you're just going to have to defend yourself."

One of the eyeball monsters floated close to me. He prepared to launch another laser attack at me, but I slashed him in the eye before he could. The monster shrieked in pain and fell dead on the ground.

"How lovely." I said sarcastically as I charged for another monster. I attacked one of the zombies with my axe. The creature was slow and clumber some. Taking that guy down was no issue. Either I was good, or these guys sucked.

I then attacked one of the wolves. I might as well keep up my winning streak, besides, how hard could a little doggy be? Well, a lot harder than he looks. I swung my axe but the wolf evaded my attack with little ease. He jumped up and tried to bite me. Just then, the spiky haired kid from earlier dropped an axe on the mutt's head. The wolf collapsed to the ground. I guessed it was dead after it stopped twitching.

"Are you going to join our group?" The boy asked.

"I guess so..." I replied with uncertainty.

"Great! The name's Ross. Welcome aboard, Darian!" He returned to fight the monsters that continuously attacked. And so the killing spree continued. We fought for about a half an hour until all the monsters were dead. I racked up about seven monsters that day. I was quite proud of myself. I had no idea if I ever fought any enemies with a weapon in my world, but I had to say, I surprised myself with my sudden skill.

When the battle ended, I walked over to Eirika and Seth and asked, "I don't mean to impose, but could I stick with you guys for a while?"

Eirika looked at Seth with a worried expression and then she said, "We're in the middle of a war. You'd have to fight a lot more than you did today."

"It doesn't bother me." I replied. "I don't have anywhere else to go."

"I don't think it will do any harm to let her come along." Seth said. "She handled herself quiet well today. With a little training, she could turn into a seasoned warrior."

Maybe this Seth guy wasn't as bad as I thought he was. He turned out to be really nice, actually. And so, I joined this large group of warriors. Once everyone was ready, we began the march. Eirika and Seth talked with me as we walked.

"We need to tell you what's going on." Eirika said. "You see, we're in the middle of a war. This all began when--"

"I was already filled in on the details about the war not long ago." I replied.

"Really?" Seth asked. "By who?"

"His name was Glen." I said. "I think he said that he was a general in the Grado army. But he told me about how they took down this Renais kingdom."

"I see..." Eirika said thoughtfully. "Did he say anything else?"

"Actually, he told me he was against this war. He said that he felt that what his kingdom was doing was wrong. He seemed pretty depressed. He also said that the twins of Renias were still on the loose and they were building up an army. I Sure wouldn't want to be in their shoes right now."

"Um...Darian?" Eirika said.

"Yes?"

"We are the Renais army. I'm one of the twins Glen spoke of."

My jaw dropped and I could just barely mutter "I'm sorry." I felt pretty bad for what I had said.

"It's alright," She said. "You didn't know."

"Yeah, but I should still watch what I say." I said in an apologetic tone. "But, who's the other Renais twin and where are they?"

"My brother, Ephraim, is currently leading a small army into Grado."

"That's dangerous. Your brother must be very courageous."

She nodded. "I just pray that he's alright."

I knew that this subject must be pretty hard on her. I could tell that she was really worried about her brother. But I just couldn't think of anything to say. I only knew Eirika for a short time. I wasn't sure what I could say to cheer her up.

"Darian, you're from another world." Seth said. "What's your world like?"

"I'll tell you what I can remember, but my memory is really foggy." I said. Actually, I knew more than I thought I did. I could remember going to school on a daily basis, but I couldn't remember my friends, teachers, or fellow students. I told them about cars, planes, televisions and computers. I could remember video games, although I couldn't come up with any of the names of them.

"Your world seems much different than ours..." Eirika said.

Not much else happened after that. We talked for some time until we began to notice that it was getting dark.

"Princess, it's about time we set up camp." Seth noted.

Eirika agreed and so the troops were halted and told to rest up for the night. Everyone set up tents and began to disperse into small groups to talk amongst each other. I felt left out. The only ones I knew were Eirika and Seth and I didn't want to bother them any more, and they were talking about some important battle stuff. I didn't want to get in the way. I knew that it was about time to make some friends.

...But...everyone looked so serious. I was a little intimidated to talk to anyone. I walked about aimlessly until I found two people talking together. One was a girl with short pink hair and the other was a boy with blue hair tied back into a pony tail. They both appeared to be my age so I figured I could be friends with them.

"Um, can I sit with you guys?" I asked them nervously.

"No, go away." The blue haired boy said.

The girl shot him a glare and said, "Of course you can. Are you new to the army?"

I nodded.

"Great, so are we." She said, smiling. "My name's Neimi and this is my friend, Colm."

Colm gave a little wave and friendly grin.

I waved back. "The name's Darian." I sat down beside Neimi. "You guys don't look like soldiers. How'd you end up here?" I asked.

"Well...I'm not exactly sure." Neimi said. "It just sort of happened. You see, Colm here stole Princess Eirika's bracelet and the army went to find him. I was looking for him too and found out he went to the hideout of some bandits that destroyed our village. They had taken my mirror from me and he went to go steal it back from them."

Colm folded his arms. "You mess with my friends and you're messing with me. And I don't play fair!"

Neimi smiled and continued on with her story. "I met up with Eirika and her team and I asked them to help me find Colm. We went to the bandits hideout and found him. Then we defeated the bandits and their leader, and we stuck with the army after that."

"Did you get your mirror back?" I asked.

"Well, duh she got her mirror back!" Colm said, sounding almost offended. "Colm, the master thief, got it back for her. That's what happens when you give me a job; guaranteed results! Oh, by the way..." He said as he held out my MP3. "What the heck is this thing?"

I searched my pockets and found nothing in them. "When did you--"

"I told you, I'm a master thief," He said proudly. "Now, what is thing?"

"It's an MP3." I replied.

"What the heck's an empeethree?"

"It plays music."

"Music?" He said excitedly. "I want to listen to some music!"

I took the music player from him and put the headphones into his ears. I turned the device on and played the first song on my play list. He gave this bewildered look and stared at me.

"I've never heard music like this before." He said. "It's...catchy."

Colm took out one of the ear buds in order to hear us but kept the other one in so he could keep listening to the song. "You need to give this guy a better name." He said. "Empeethree is an ugly name."

"It doesn't have a name." I said. "It's an inanimate object. It doesn't get a name."

"You should name him Roy." Colm said. "Roy's a good name."

I shook my head. "I'm not going to name it."

"How about Hector?" Colm kept going.

"What if it's a girl?" Neimi asked. "You can't name it a boy's name if it's a girl."

"Your right." Colm said. "How about the name Mia, or Beelzebub?"

"Umm...Beelzebub isn't a girl's name." She replied. "What about Micaiah?"

"Yeah, Micaiah's a nice name."

I smacked my fore head. "The thing doesn't have a gender."

"Oh! Then in that case, anything could work." Colm said. "We should give it a really cool and powerful sounding name. How about Shabranigdo?"

Neimi gave him a confused look. "No one would be able to remember that."

"How about Eliwood?"

"I like the name Ike."

Colm snickered a little. "That's a stupid name. That's about as bad as Empeethree."

"No it's not."

"Yes it is."

"I'm not going to name it Ike or Eliwood!" I shouted.

"I thought you said you weren't going to name it at all." Colm, replied.

I closed my mouth and decided that it would be best to let them come up with something.

"What about Marth? That's a cool name." Colm said.

Neimi nodded. "I like that name."

I sighed. "Marth will do."

And that's the tale of how my MP3 obtained its name and how I met my first two best friends in this mysterious world that I would journey through. But why was I here? What brought me to this world in the first place? Hopefully, the answers would come to me in time...