Me: Sigh.
Tenebrae: Why are you writing this?
Me: I have writers block on my other story.
Aqua: So you're writing this?
Me: Yes. Someone do the disclaimer.
Aqua: Yinyangsymphonian does not own Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of a New World. She owns the girl and the figure.
Me: Congrats, Aqua! You win a prize! (Tosses her cookie)
Aqua: COOKIE!!!!! (Runs away with cookie)
Ch.1 an Empty Wasteland
The rolling landscape that was once teeming with life now looked empty. A few dead trees were scattered here and there and a few gnarled weeds tinted with the color purple were scattered about. This was what was seen for miles on end. It only ends around the temples to the summon spirits. Many towns have sprung up around these areas. The small city having the most trouble in these times was the city around the balcruf mausoleum. The wind seal. The city itself was bustling with almost as much activity as the imperial city was but any visitor would say they had a harder time with food. Those that lived there hardly had enough food to go around. The mausoleum was no place to farm ether. The traps in the temple made it too dangerous to farm. It was forbidden to even go into the ruins. But, as most of us will know, that never stops some people. A young girl no older than 14 easily picked her way through the traps with practiced ease. She had black hair tied back in a ponytail with an orange ribbon and sapphire blue eyes. She was wearing a long sleeve dress with a tan bodice and a green skirt. She also had a gold bracelet on her right wrist with a red ruby set in the mount. The entire way she was humming a tune that had popped into her head. Eventually she found her way to a small patch of strawberries, picked some and ate one. "So good!" she said to no one in particular. She filled a basket she had with her and quickly went to the entrance. She stuck her head out and looked around. No one was in the immediate vicinity to see her come out of the ruin so she could get away with going there once again. However…
"What are you doing here, girl?" Three soldiers had been on guard at the entrance. The mayor decided to post a guard at the ruins when footprints were seen in the area. The girl stiffened and backed into a wall.
"I-I…" She glanced left and right searching for a way to escape.
"You aren't supposed to be here. It's forbidden." One soldier said.
"Uh…" The girl was wide eyed.
"What's this?" another solider grabbed her basket and looked in it "Strawberries?"
"What?!" The other guards said at the same time.
"It's strawberries." The other guard said.
"Where did you get those?" The third asked the girl.
"I…grew them." She answered looking down at her feet
"Grew them? Sorry girl, No one can grow these here." The guard said laughing.
"I can! And everyone else can too! You just have to find a way to disable the traps!" She exclaimed.
"There is no way. Those that can won't help us." One of the other guards glared at her.
"Well…maybe we can find a way on our own." She looked at her feet again.
"Come on lass. We'll take you to the jail until we can find your parents." The first guard said grabbing her and dragging her away.
"Interesting…" A figure in the shadows watched this from the roof of the ruins.
Corooooooooo the figure looked around to find the source of the noise. The girl looked around to find the source as well. Neither could. The guards continued to drag the girl off and the figure followed them in the shadows.
Me: that's a start.
Aqua: You know the girl is a rainbow.
Me: Gasp! Your right!
Girl: I'm a rainbow?!
Me: Yup.
Girl: How?
Me: in your description I put every color of the rainbow. Or close enough.
Tenebrae: Please review and tell us what you think of this chapter.
Me: Yes. Please?