Authors note: Okay people, this isn't Vivi. The mage in this story is, however, Vivi's type. As in he looks like Vivi in the beginning. He does change in chapter 2 tho. Now that I got that out of the way, for those who read the first 3 chapters of The Mages of Narai, this story tells how Sazukies parents met and all. It will tie in the first story I written so....... Well just enjoy ok!!!! Good =]. Let the story begin.
The sun was shinning brightly in the sky that morning. To brightly for one individual who laid on the ground. The pair of off yellow eyes slowly opened to greet the shinning sun. The eyes squinted from the sun.
Ow....... That hurts. Why is it so bright? I don't remember it being bright like this...What's this? Why is it all around me?
He looked at the shattered pieces of wood that lay all around him. He picked up one of the pieces and examined it.
Huh? More? No, it's people.... How do I know that?.....What are they doing? They're all huddled together in a crowd....... How do I know these things?
He got up on his feet shakily. His legs were unsteady wobbling as he took his first step. He walked slowly to the crowd of people, hoping that they could help him. He needs to know who he was and how he got here.
"Wait! There's another one!" screamed a woman pointing to the mage child. The people of Lindblum wanted to know what happened to some of the cargo ships that disappeared a few months ago. They expected to find people not small child like mages. They heard what happened in another small village and didn't want to take the chance of letting them live.
"What should we do?"
"Should we kill it?"
"They destroyed that small village! Of course we should kill it!"
The mage was shocked at what he just heard. Kill it? He raised his hand to ask a question when he felt a knee hitting him in the diaphragm. He gasped for air as he collapsed to the ground. He heard the crowd roar as they came down upon him with waving fists, one man brought his hammer with him and swung it at the boy smacking him in the side of the head. The heard aloud crack like sound as the tool met his skull. The saw stars after that. Everything and everyone were blurred. Fortunately some of the people were hitting them selves and weren't paying any attention, so the boy was able to crawl out of the onslaught and limp away quietly. He was frightened. He didn't know what to do or where to go. He was alone in a big world.
He walked what seemed to him like hours when it was actually just 20 minutes. He noticed that he was by some sort thing that was moving towards him then away from him. He didn't really know that it was water or that he was at the beach. He walked closer to it not knowing why. His thoughts then went back to the crowd witch tried to end his life.
Kill it? Why did they want to kill me? Did I do something wrong? Maybe I shouldn't have moved.......
He clenched his arm and felt very dizzy. The hammer had fractured his skull not bad but left a terrible scratch witch bleed heavily. The collar of his shirt was covered in his blood and was spreading quickly.
Oooooohh......My head....hurts...so..much
He fell face first into the sand. The waves crept closer to him as high tide rolled in.
"What a BAD day! We got absolutely NOTHING!" a young cat like creature exclaimed as she walked down the beach with her old friend. They were both Narainians, a kingdom of cats. The two were talking about their hunt when they spotted something just lying in the water.
"It..... It looks like a small child..." The older Cat said.
"Are you sure Nyomi?"
Nyomi nodded. She was small for a Narainian only reaching 5'. Her fur was a light tan mixed with a snow white. Her friend was smaller then she only being 4' but then again she was much younger then Nyomi. She was gray with white mixed in too.
"Maybe it's food." the younger mentioned as Nyomi walked to the strange object. As she got closer the object became more visible and looked more like a small human child. Nyomi gasped when she realized what it was. It was a Mage child. She rushed to him to help him get out of the water. She picked him up and carried him far away from the crashing waves. When she laid him down she immediately noticed he wasn't breathing. Nyomi laid him on his side to get the water out of his lungs but it wasn't helping much. She wrapped one arm around him and squeezed his chest just enough to push all the water out. It was a success. The boy coughed up the rest of the water and begun to breath. He opened his eyes slowly and saw Nyomi who was smiling.
"Is he ok?" The young cat asked as she sat next to Nyomi. That's when the boy started to move and squirm in Nyomi's arms.
"We better take him home with us. Look at his injuries." She got up with the squirming mage and quickly started to walk fast back to their home in the forest. The mage kept squirming to get free from the cats. Nyomi knew that if he didn't stop either he'll hurt himself even more or she would drop him causing more injuries. She decided to stop for a minute to calm him down. She changed the way she held him to a position were a mother would hold a crying baby. With a calm soothing voice Nyomi spoke to the frightened child.
"Shhhhhhhh. It's ok. You're safe now. No ones going to hurt. It's ok." She softly stroked his back as she spoke. He slowly stopped squirming in the arms of this person who seemed to want to help him instead of harming him. He didn't understand why. Why was this person helping him? He soon didn't care. It felt good to be held and spoken to in the matter that Nyomi was. Nyomi smiled when she saw his calm face. She didn't change the way she held him but she continued to walk to a shabby look in house.
"You're really good with kids Nyomi" the younger cat opened the door for her friend. The house didn't look like much from the out side but the inside much better. It had everything that two people or in this case two cats needed. Nyomi took the boy to a chair that had some thick cushions.
"Kit. Get me some bandages and sling from the closet." she looked to the kid "What's you name small one?" The boy didn't answer.
Name? What's a name?
Nyomi saw the confusion in his eyes. "Do you have a name?" The shook his head no. She sat there thinking for several minutes when Kit giving her the things interrupted her thoughts she asked for. She quickly wrapped the boy's head in the bandaged. The left side of his jacket was covered in blood. She then tied a pipe like metal to his arm and stuck it into the sling. Her eyes light up at the thought of what to call the boy. She was about to tell him but couldn't after seeing him passes out from lose of blood. She decided to tell him later while picking him up. He started to wake up as Nyomi slowly settled him in her hammock bed. He was about to speak but Nyomi stopped him.
"Don't talk you need to rest Brigade." He looked at her for a moment before he realized that she had given him his name. He smiled at her witch made Nyomi feel good. She then spoke softly to him "Lesson one little one. Not everyone is filled with hatred" she kissed the little mages bandaged forehead. Brigade smiled again then closed his eyes to sleep.
Honestly I think it was pretty cute =]. But wait this story isn't done. I still gotta write the other chapters and tie it in with The Mages of Narai. Let me know how you liked this one cuz I want to know. Oh and don't be mad that Vivi ain't in here cuz this fic is for all mages and mage fans see ya {=]