Meg Griffin - I Can Be A Hero, Too!

A Family Guy FanFiction written by Week85

Family Guy is created by and/or is property of Seth MacFarlane

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===Chapter 4: A Kindred Spirit===

Meg and Lily are sitting in front of the fountain. Between them is a basket of fruit. Meg is biting into a pear.

"That's quite a story." Lily says. "But do you really think your father will kill over a television set?"

Meg shruds her shoulders. "Well, not anymore." she answers. "Like I said, I just wasn't thinking straight last night."

"Being left behind can have that effect on anyone. I should know."

Meg tilts her a head a bit to the side. "What do you mean?"

"Well, I wish to return to the Regal Lands with the other 3 spirits of Octl."

"Spirits of Octl?"

Lily sighed, then prepared to tell her story.

"The Octl Realm is governed by 8 elements. Ice, Thunder, Earth, Water, Metal, Plant, Wind, and Fire. For each pair of opposing elements, one spirit is assigned to watch over them.

"Vanna, the Spirit of Seasons, watches over the elements of Fire and Ice.

"Macy, the Spirit of Technology, watches over the elements of Thunder and Metal.

"Grace, the Spirit of the Planet, watches over the elements of Wind and Earth.

"And I'm the Spirit of Nature. I govern the elements of Plant and Water.

"The four of us lived in the Regal Lands. At the center of the Octl Realm, the Regal Lands is a place of great beauty. We all lived there peacefully, under the rule of the great King Gover."

"I don't get it." Meg says. "If you miss the Regal Lands so much, why not just go back there?"

"It's too dangerous." Lily explains. "The Doom Knight roams Pelica Forest, attacking and killing anyone he comes across."

"But what if he finds this place?" Meg asks.

Lily looks out over the fountain, staring at the glowing green stone. "Not to worry." she says. "The light from the Nature Stone conceals this place from Doom Knight and his evil forces.

"As long as the light shines from the stone, we'll be safe here."

Meg looks out at the stone. "But how will you ever escape from the forest and return to the Regal Lands?" she asks.

"I must wait for the The Champion." Lily answers. "Only he is powerful enough to defend against Doom Knight."

"The Champion?"

"He is King Gover's most powerful knight, and the Guardian of the Octl Realm.

"When we, the 4 spirits, were forced out of the Regal Lands, King Gover sent out The Champion to find and bring us back. So far, Vanna, Macy, and Grace have been safely returned..."

Meg looks at Lily. "And he hasn't found you, yet?" she asks.

Lily looks back at Meg. Sadness can be seen in the spirit's eyes.

"It's been almost two years since I was seperated from the other spirits." Lily answers. "The others were found in mere days afterwards, and yet, here I am... alone..."

A tear comes from Lily's eye.

"Have they forgotten about me?"

Meg begins to reach her hand out and console Lily, but she doesn't. The way Lily is right now, the sadness that she is overcome with, is quite similar to what she felt when she fell into the hole earlier today. It still lingers a bit inside of her.

She is familliar with this kind of feeling of abandonment, but what could she say to make it better? This is something that she accepted in her life.

Did she?

If Meg trully accepted the fact that she was just, on her own, then why was she crying when she escaped from Doom Knight's Blood Wolf things?

This feeling, that's still on her mind is something she would not wish upon anyone. Not even her worst enemy. And right now, her new friend is heavy with it.

Meg wanted to comfort Lily, to tell her that everything will be okay. But how? What can she say or do that will make everything better? She had to to something.

Without thinking, she acts. Meg leans forward and hugs Lily. "I'm sorry." Meg says, with tears in her own eyes. "I'm sorry that you've been left here by yourself."

Lily doesn't move for a few seconds. Her sad facial expression is replaced with one of shock and surprise. A few seconds later, it's replaced with a faint, but unmistaken expression of happiness. Lily hugs Meg right back.

"Thank you, Meg." she responds.

It's night.

Back in Pelica Forest, near the hole where Meg fell through, a piece of her tattered hat was still on the ground. Soon, the wind picked up lifting it off the ground. The winds, originating from the north, carried the piece of Meg's hat south through the trees and branches of the forest.

After breaching the edge of the forest, it lands on the street, pass the Forest Preserve sign. Brian just happened to be standing there, meeting the piece of the hat where it hit the ground. He picks it up, then takes a couple of sniffs with his big dog nose.

"Meg." he says, pulling out his cellphone.

Back at the Griffin's house, Lois is pacing back and forth by the phone. Peter, Chris, Anna, and Stewie are sitting on the couch. Lois' path has her walking between thm and the broken television.

"Hey, Lois, do you mind?" Peter starts. "You're blocking the TV!"

Everyone looks at Peter. "But Dad." Chris starts. "The TV's broke."

Peter looks back at Chris. "Hey, money or not, TV is TV."

Everyone just stares at him for a few seconds longer. "What?" Anna asks.

The phone rings. Everyone's focus turn to Lois as she picks up.

"Hello?"

"It's Brian. I think I found Meg!"

"Where?"

"Meet me by the Forest Preserve down the street!"

"We're on our way!"

Lois hangs up. "It's Brian! He thinks he knows where Meg is!"

Everyone springs up and runs out the door. Chris, holding Stewie, is the last to leave.

"So I guess we're off to bring our dogs home, huh?" Stewie says.

"Dude, shut up." Chris responds.

The next morning.

Meg is sleeping in the same bed as earlier. Without warning, Lily bursts through the door, waking her up.

"Meg!" Lily shouts. "You have to get up, now!"

Meg puts her glasses on, then turns on the lamp. Lily looks really stressed out.

"Lily!" Meg starts. "What's wrong?"

Meg then notices the big stone in Lily's arms.

"Is that..."

"The Nature Stone! It lost it's powers!"