YAY! Another chapter! I am going to need characters soon so please, if you are out there, send me something to help out. Although, it seems I am merely talking to myself... OH WELL! It is here when people want to read it. :D Enjoy!
When I woke up, the first thing that I noticed is that I was not in darkness, nor in light. No, I was in a barren looking place with people holding bows everywhere. 'They look dangerous, it might be best to stay away from them…' I thought as I looked around some more. To my left and saw a house with an older woman standing outside of it. 'I wonder who she is. She is really pretty.' "Hiya!" I nearly fainted at the sudden voice. I whipped around to see who had said that only to see a girl with pointed ears and short pinkish hair. She was fairly cute with her icy blue eyes matching a not too dirty outfit that looked like a warrior. The top was dark blue with sea-green sleeves going to her elbows, it went to her mid-thigh and was tied at the waist. The pants were sea-green as well and went to about her mid-calf. I starred at her dumbfounded, no one really talked to me in my past life. 'If I could really call it that' I thought bitterly, looking back on what little I had done. She seemed to think the look of scorn on my face was because of her and looked rather hurt. "I'm sorry I scared you, I just wanted to introduce myself because you look like a nice person. I'm Pennelique. I'll leave you alone if you want now." She sighed and turned to leave.
"W-wait!" I squeaked, not used to talking to people, "I should b-be the one a-apologizing… I-I'm just not used t-t-to talking to p-p-people!" I nearly shouted, locking my eyes on my shoes, which I only now noticed were an interesting pair of lilac boots. My clothes had changed too because I now wore a pair of lime green stockings reaching my mid-thigh, stopping an inch away from my pink shorts, and a light pink robe thing that had a high collar, a slit going up on one side and lots of belts and white designs. I heard laughing and peeked up to see Pennelique rolling. "W-what!?"
Chuckling still, she replied, "Nothing, I just didn't expect someone who looked like you to be shy. Normally those who don't want to draw attention wear darker colors but you, you're wearing some of the brightest colors I have ever seen. What is your name?" she smiles at me in the same manner that Nao had before she sent me off.
"Tyrannia…" It came out as more of a whisper but she still caught it, her smile widening.
"Well then, Tyrannia! Why don't we become friends? I could even show you around if you like…" My ears twitched at this, causing the metal earrings to jingle. 'I do need to find Castanea… maybe… having a friend could be good!' I nodded my approval and before I could extend my hand for a hand shake, Pennelique grabbed my wrist and brought me to the house I was looking at before. "This is our chief's house, you are going to want to give her that letter before we go anywhere."
I hadn't realized I was carrying it until now, I turned it over in my hands as we reached the woman who was now looking at us intently. She paused in her movement when she noticed the letter I held. "You've brought me Nao's letter?" she asked as she grabbed it from me and read it over, nodding when she finished. "Nao's been recommending quite a few Milletians as of late. We've had quite a few Milletian visitors lately." She paused to fold the letter neatly in half before placing it in a pocket of her robe. "Your name is Tyrannia, isn't it? Welcome to Fillia. I'm Castanea, and I oversee all of Fillia." I stared at her in awe. She was beautiful, smart and most likely strong. I almost forgot about Pennelique since she stayed silent for the entire exchange. "I'm going to have to first let the owls know your name, Tyrannia. The owls are the ones that bring you quests as well as your rewards, so we'll have to make sure that they can find you." 'Owls? That's cool…' Standing stock still, I watched as she took her finger and wrote something in the air. "Remember that we, the elves of Fillia, will always welcome you. I'll teach you how to receive quests from owls, how to complete quests, how to use bolts and how to fight. Pennelique, why don't you help out and then show Tyrannia around?"
'I am going to go insane if I'm forced to stay here any longer!' I thought as I continuously ground the now harvested wheat into flour. Mom had been working me like a pack mule since five a.m. three days ago and I had had it. 'Tonight.' I thought proudly, 'Tonight will be my great escape.' And so for the rest of the afternoon, I contrived a plan to escape.
'First, wait until she is asleep…' I tiptoed through the house and down the stairs to the door. 'Second, be as quiet as night itself…' making no sound I scurried out the door, shutting it softly behind me. 'I'm glad I oiled that today. Third, run like hell!' and that was exactly what I did. I ran sturdily through the bare fields, having worked them for the past few years, it was no problem. I didn't slow until I was in the nearest town which happened to be Tir Chonaill. I slowed to a fast walk on the outskirts since it was always littered with wolves, both white and grey. They even appear as giants sometimes. When I got to the small wooden bridge I decided it was safe to rest so I sat down. After a while I started getting tired so I laid down, my mom never comes here, she goes to Dunbarton for everything so I knew it was safe to nap. I haphazardly sprawled out and slowly drifted to sleep.
'What? Where am I?' I thought frantically as I twisted around to survey my surroundings. Nothing. Just black everywhere. Suddenly there was a flash of light of to my right. I turned toward it, welcoming something besides the surrounding emptiness. I saw something in the light, human in shape. I called out to it but no sound came out. Soon I could see the figure. It was a female with elf ears that were angled downward. Her hair was a golden brown, the bangs going down her forehead and the sides were braided to her shoulders. The rest was down. She wore a light pink cloak that was open at the bottom up to her hip, showing light pink shorts and lime green stockings. There were belts all over, metal ones and a bigger lime green one around her waist. White designs cover the cloak right up to the high collar. She also wore lilac boots that went past the ankles, also donning a belt around the base of the toes. She looked like she was an angel with all the light around her. Something glinted in her right hand and I saw it was a dagger with a gold hilt. Something about her made me confident. Confident that I will be helpful. Confident that I won't fail. Confident… that I will meet her. The light began to fade and I knew I was waking up, I didn't want to but I had to. 'I will find out who she is.'
By the time we were done with training it felt like my legs were made of jelly but it was worth it in the end. I now knew how to fight with a sword, counter, block and smash as well as some basic magic. I was feeling confident that I could take care of myself now and I had Pennelique and Castanea to thank. Speaking of them, Castanea had said to return within the hour for my first quest so Pennelique had taken it upon herself to make sure I saw everything Filia had to offer before then. We walked past the wedding hall, the bank, the clothing store, the weapon shop, the general store and she even took me by the healer's house before the hour was up. Everywhere I looked were rocks, sand and guards, if it wasn't for the lake in the middle I'd have thought it unbearable. We got back to the chief's house and Pennelique waved good bye before heading off to where I assumed her house was. I walked up to Castanea and she smiled when she saw me, though it didn't reach her eyes. 'Something is wrong… what could have happened?' I thought warily as I stopped in front of her.
"Well, did you enjoy your tour?" I nodded curtly, wanting to get straight to the point. She caught this and sighed before taking a deep breath. "For you quest, I need you to do something special for me. Since you're new, nobody really knows who you are so you are perfect for this. You will be a spy, I need to know what the giants are doing because there have been reports of suspicious activity." She pauses to hand me a scroll. "This is the location, leave immediately and only stay as long as necessary. Also, go see Atrata, she will tell you how to get there. Do you understand?"
She stared expectantly down at me, making me feel smaller than I already was. I cleared my throat, "Yes Ma'am." I said shakily. She smiled again and nodded before dismissing me. I sighed and headed for the healer's house that was just down the road to go see Atrata.