Hi Hi! After having an account for five years I have finally decided to upload something. I've discovered that I can write this better while procrastinating/in the middle of a class lecture or work. Well, I've got a week of school left so I will try to upload as best as I can. I've already got this all outlined and written down five chapters so... this will probably be long and I hope you like it. I will probably not answer any plot questions because I'm super secretive and I've got it all planned out... mostly. I'll most likely answer if I missed something important. Anyways, instead of studying for a test I decided to upload the first chapter so here we go!
Also, for copyright I don't own Slayers, but wouldn't that be awesome?! Support the official releases cuz I sure do!
My name is Arella.
At least I think it is.
How can I think that is my name? Well, it should be obvious, I have amnesia. Either way, don't call me Arella, I go by Ella.
Yeah I know, incredibly clichéd…At least I think it is.
How did I end up with amnesia? I don't remember. In fact there are so many questions that I can simply answer, "I don't remember" to. How old am I? I don't remember. When's my birthday? Kind of the same thing but I still don't remember. I can guess that I'm in my late teens but then again I can be immortal and look this way forever, maybe what gave me amnesia was meant to kill me but couldn't because I am immortal.
Whatever, I'm getting off topic.
So, I live in a farming town with my parents. Well, they say they're my parents. My hair is raven black like my "mother's" so I guess they're my parents. I don't feel any deep connection to them though. I wouldn't be surprised if they just found me and decided to make me they're own, because I feel practically nothing. Don't bug me about that, I don't remember them! They were there when I woke up and cried when I didn't remember them so I went with it. I act like their daughter only because I don't want to make them cry. It just sucks, you know, making people cry like that. I don't mean to, so I put up with this daughter crap.
Seeing as how I'm a girl, I don't have a lot of farm work to do. Jana, or mother or whatever, used to keep me inside to help her sew. She told me I always used to do it, but I can't sew for squat, so I don't know what that's about. She says the amnesia must have made me lose that skill but I can still read. Shouldn't that be gone too? What do I know?! I'm no expert in this stuff. Now I go to a community sewing class to learn with a bunch of five year old girls. They're so good at this and so proud of it too. I hate this, I may get it eventually but little girls are mean.
I help cook too, and thankfully I'm better at that then sewing. Jana doesn't like how much I can take in, unladylike she says, and so she cuts me off. I am always starving but apparently I'm supposed to be some dainty young female so she doesn't care. Gorin, or "dad," however is much nicer to me. He brings me some of the crops to eat when he comes in. I'm getting used to him.
If you can't tell I'm not happy here. It's been almost two months and something inside me tells me that this is not the lifestyle I was meant to live. I want to run out, I feel like I must have gone exploring or something in life. I want to leave, but Jana says that's what got me in this situation to begin with. If so, maybe I am Arella, meant to live a boring life I'm unhappy with. Wanting to explore and the first chance I get I get bopped in the head and wake up with no recollection of anything. That's what Jana says anyways.
So, everything just changed. Seriously! I was coming home from stupid sewing class when Gorin got trapped beneath the wagon hitch. I went to help, and it was hard but I got him out. I cut my hand and when I held it… it started to heal. Gorin saw this and had a weird look on his face. I'm not sure what it means. Either way, after I made sure he was ok I ran to the library to find anything I could on magic.
Like I said, I live in a small farming town, so there was only one book. But this was fascinating! It wasn't a book of spells, but just a small encyclopedia of magic creatures and types of magic. I read it all and took it home. I figured out that I had unconsciously used white magic. I wanted to use more.
I knew that one must study this art so I tried to. I couldn't get it to work again! I honestly cut myself again (don't judge me) and had to deal with that for a while. Jana wasn't happy with this and spent more time avoiding me. Gorin was well, more distant than I was used to. It hurt but I couldn't mind that, I felt like I would finally learn something about myself.
Well, the day came when I decided to leave. I informed Jana and Gorin at dinner and they were not happy.
"Look!" I yelled. "I am finally learning something about myself! Why can't you let me be happy!?"
"We can't let you wonder off into the world in your state. You've never left this town before, maybe when you become normal… maybe…"
"Normal!? I know my memories are out there and I want to find them! It won't happen here!"
"You're not leaving."
Well, who are they to stop me? I mean, other than my parents. So I left. It was night time, they were asleep and I went as far as I possibly could. Don't get me wrong, I kept track of where I was going, I was planning on coming back, I just needed a sort of map. Well, whatever, I was off on my adventure just like every teenage girl should be.
There's chapter one. Don't worry I'm bringing the other characters soon, it just takes a while.