Through the Eyes of a Servant

by DragonDancer94

Neige was a simple and humble servant to Lord Darcia the third for 200 years in her past life, and despite his cold attitude towards her, she still remained loyal. But moments before her death she was filled with utter hatred...And a reason to come back. Meeting Cheza will give her something that was taken from her when she was a child...And getting revenge will be nice too.

1. Chapter 1

The giant city sat underneath the imposing night sky, the enormous dark buildings reaching towards the stars they would never touch. The streetlights flickered as a small, hooded figure walked down the damp streets. Her short boot heels tapped against the ground, falling in synch with other passerby's footsteps. She suddenly stopped and looked to a worn bench where another woman was sitting. She made her way over to the bench and sat down next to the woman without a thought. She took a long pipe from underneath her hooded poncho, put the tobacco inside, lit it and took a long puff. She exhaled and spoke in a light, feminine voice. "You had no idea how much I needed that." The other woman looked at her and said. "Ya know, It stopped raining hours ago. You don't need to keep your hood up." She then reached over and brought the hood down, revealing the woman's face. She had dark purple hair in two loose buns with small strands framing her face, she also had light green eyes that looked like they had seen far too much. She smiled and said "You never change do you Neige?" The woman called Neige let slip a faint smile and said "I guess not. But then again, neither do you Rene." Rene smiled and said "We may not, but life sure does. I never would have thought that the change would be this dramatic." Neige took another puff of her pipe and let the smoke slowly exit her mouth. She 'hmmmed' thoughtfully before chuckling softly "It makes you wonder what would be worse. Being reborn into a war torn world, or rotting in the pits of Hell."

"Is there a difference?" Rene asked with a smirk on her face. "Well I suppose Satan wouldn't let me have my pipe now would he?" Rene laughed at this but suddenly became serious when Neige's eyes widened. "Neige? What's wrong?"
Neige stood up and whispered "She's here." Rene felt her heart skip and without missing a beat, she began to follow Neige who had begun to walk towards the city gates.
The two of them reached the gates without much incident aside from a few homeless beggars asking for change. There was a large, armored guard at the gate and he asked in a booming voice "What business do you two have outside the city at this hour?" Rene started to run her fingers through her curly, dark brown hair, something she always did when she was nervous as Neige recalled. Neige replied to the guard "We have business that is strictly our own." The guard glared down at her and growled "You should know by now that none are allowed outside the gates after dusk." Rene looked at the sky and saw the faintest glimmer of sunlight fading. "But it's still dusk for a few more minutes!" The guard glared down at Rene who tried to keep a straight face but was letting her fear leak through. He growled and said "Fine. I'll let you out, but you won't be allowed back in until sunrise." They both breathed a sigh of relief and stepped through the massive stone gates the guard had cranked open. As they stepped out into the wasteland that was the outside, the both looked at each other with a knowing look in their eyes. "Soooooo. You do know where we're going, right?" Neige looked at Rene and smiled and said "No. Not really." Rene's jaw dropped and she grabbed Neige's shoulders and shook her in a comical fashion while screaming "How could you not know something like this!? I was trusting you and now we're gonna die!" Neige sighed and said "I said I didn't REALLY know where we were going...But I have a hunch." She then pointed a gloved hand towards the rising moon. "Where the full moon rises over the horizon, so will the maiden of the flower appear."
Then she looked at a confused Rene and said" Book of the Moon. Page 122 passage 14 paragraph 7. You would know it too if you paid attention in class."
Rene pouted and muttered "Okay miss smarty pants, so lead the way instead of quoting dusty, boring books." Neige smiled and said "Certainly. Now let's go." They both began to head off into the coming night in search of the one person who could help them realize their wish.