The TWISTED AROUND part of the title of this story implies that I twisted a few things around. Like, Yuri is a girl now. If you do not like FemYuri, do not read!

Otherwise, please enjoy!

Yuri's POV

It's been 3 years sense I left home. Shinou came back and told me that, if I stayed with my family or went back to Wolfram, they would all die. So, here I am, traveling with 8 orphans. I've spent 2 years in the Lost Lands, and then a year as a war refugee. Now, Shinou has appeared again and has told me that it's time to return to the castle.

"Tell us the story, sissy" Abby yawned.

The 8 orphans are 2 sets of siblings. Drew, Don, Abby, and Gabe are siblings from the Lost Lands. I was there about a year before I started to take care of them. Tiff, Rob, Liz, and John are war refugees whose parents died as soldiers. We're all a family now.

"Again?" I laughed. They all nodded in response. "Ok" I sighed.

I started telling this story to the children of the first clan I was with. I got into the habit of telling it as a nighttime story to the young girls.

"There was once a very tired wanderer traveling the Lost Lands. She was confused and scared. She wanted to return home to her castle, where she had loyal friends. But, there was a threat. She'd been warned not to return home because the threat would harm her friends. The wanderer loved her friends too much to risk their safety. It broke her heart every second, but she continued to wander deeper into the Lost Lands."

Everyone snuggled deeper into their blankets, watching me contently as I told my story.

"She wanted someone to hold her at night and guard her as she slept. She didn't want to be alone. But, she kept her smile. She would lie down every night and look up to the sky in awe of the bright stars. She would imagine her friends watching those same stars. And, with that, she would fall asleep."

At that, they all laid down.

"She would wake up every morning, greeted by the sun. But, one day, she met a child in the Lost Lands. The wanderer was sick by then, having been unable to find food or water for days. When she woke up, she found herself in a warm bed, surrounded with the smells of herbs. The wanderer was scared of the strange people, but grateful that they had saved her life."

I still laugh at myself for the way I acted, not understanding the customs of that tribe.

"The wanderer was taken in by the tribe after she showed her power and saved them from an angry dragon. They called her many things. The elders called her Black Shadow for her stealth, the women called her Blade for her skills with blades; but, everyone called her Sister in respect and recognition. They accepted the wanderer as their own sister, as if she was blood kin."

It still amazes me, in fact. Knowing what I know now, I'm shocked they even let me stay. They should have been fearful of an outsider like me. There's a reason they're so deep in the Lost Lands. But, they did accept me. They taught me their ways.

"Then, a threat came. All the warriors in the tribe gathered while the others hid away. But, the threat was too much. Even with the wanderer's power, the great darkness flooded through the village. The demonic beasts killed many warriors. When the wanderer woke up, she was too wounded to walk. But, in the distance, she heard a groan of pain. The wanderer used her arms to drag herself through the destruction and then helped the wounded man. Together, they slowly gathered the living warriors. They went back to where the others were hiding to find all of them unharmed."

I still have scars from that battle. No matter how many healers I see, the scars will not fade. They are a constant reminder of the threat that faces Wolfram and the others.

"The warrior stayed with that tribe until Shinou appeared to her. He told her that the threat she fought was the threat that kept her from returning home to her castle. Soon after that message, she left that tribe. She needed to warn others of this threat. So, the wanderer quickly made her way across the Lost Lands, warning whoever would listen. But, now, the wanderer has a new mission."

"She's going home" Liz giggled.

"Yup" I grinned. "She's going home to warn her friends. She's going to then gather everyone she can and prepare for a really big attack."

"And, after that, the wanderer can be with her friends. No more wandering. She'll go back to being the queen."

I finished. "And she'll bring her siblings with her."

They all went to sleep after that, content as they thought of their futures. I fallowed them to sleep.

Ok, I know it's short. If you've read any of my other stories, you know that short chapters are a bad habit of mine. But, don't worry, I'll be a fast updater!

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