Here's the next chapter as promised :3 Cheria, Asbel and Malik make appearances. Please Read, Enjoy and Review.

Disclaimer: I don't own Tales of Graces. I only own Lata and her adoptive family.

I woke up to a knocking on the door. The sun, as I could tell through the window in my room, was already partially up.

"Come in," I called, starting to sit up.

A girl with dark pink hair came in. As soon as she saw me, she rushed over. "Oh, don't sit up," she said. "You'll hurt yourself more."

I stared at her, confused. Then it finally dawned on me; this was the healer that the knight had mentioned would come. Slowly, noticing the pain reawakening from my sudden jolt, I laid back down.

As soon as I laid back down, the healer placed her hands on my side. I slightly jumped but managed to calm myself back down enough to observe what she was doing. A bright glow shone from her hands, enveloping the wound. Within a minute, it was completely healed.

"That should be good," she said. "Not to pry, but what happened to you?"

I looked away. "Did the knights not tell you?"

She shook her head.

"Well..." I trailed off but it seemed to get the point across.

"Its alright, you don't need to tell me if you don't want to."

"Thanks again," I said.

"Ah, excuse me for being rude," she said. I looked at her, confused for a second. "I'm Cheria Barnes."

"Lata Aurelia," I replied, smiling. "Nice to meet you."

"It's nice to meet you too, Ms. Aurelia."

"Just Lata," I told her, my last name reminding me of my worries.

She nodded in agreement. "The knights should be coming later today to ask you about what happened."

"Alright, thanks," I took a glance at the door to see if they were coming yet.

"Well then. I need to get going," she said. "It was nice to meet you, Lata."

"Same," I replied.

She left my inn room and I got up. My reflection in a mirror near the edge of the room caught my attention. Pieces of my blonde hair were sticking up at strange angles and my ponytails were tangled and falling apart. I needed to get washed up quickly.

By the time I finished washing up, it was about noon. I was on my way out to get something to eat when I accidentally bumped into a guy.

"Sorry," I said, turning to apologize. The guy was a bit taller than me with dark red-brown hair that stuck up a bit in a few places. He had bright blue eyes and looked somehow familiar, though I couldn't exactly place why. I felt my brow furrow in thought, wondering if I had met him before.

"Are you Lata Aurelia?" A deep voice asked, turning my attention to the guy's companion. He was much taller than me and had dirty blond hair and a beard. I couldn't tell the exact color of his eyes from just the glance I got but they seemed to be some sort of brown color.

"Yes," I responded. "That's me."

"We're here from the knights," the tall guy said in the same deep voice from earlier. "We need to ask you a few questions about what happened in Orlen."

"Alright," I said reluctantly. I had been trying to push that matter to the back of my mind since last night but... if they had news on everyone then... My stomach rumbled as if it was annoyed that it had been forgotten.

"Captain," the reddish haired knight said, looking up at his older companion. "Should we talk over food?"

"Yes, great idea Asbel," the Captain nodded, arms crossed.

I went along with the two of them to a bar called Tactics. As we entered, the bartender looked up.

"Ah, Malik! Finally decide to take me up on my offer?" He called out.

"No, I have more to do still," The Captain, Malik, replied. He led us over to a table and offered me a chair.

After we ordered, the knights looked at each other before Asbel spoke.

"So, what do you know about what happened in Orlen?"

I looked at the wall, trying to recall the details of what had happened. It wasn't too hard since it was still fresh in my mind, imprinted there from the shock.

"I- I had gone out into the woods to practice," I started. The words had to be forced out but I could feel myself getting closer and closer to just spilling out everything. "I had had a nightmare the night before and needed something to distract me. I wasn't out there very long but when I came back, the town was in flames and there were these… wolf-like monsters."

"Did you try to fight them?" Asbel asked when I stopped for breath.

I shook my head. "No, I didn't. There was something about them… Something that told me that I wouldn't be able to beat them. Plus, there were too many for me to take on by myself."

"Then?" The Captain said.

"Then I ran. One of the wolves fired a beam or something that scathed my side but I managed to lose them in the woods," I said. Neither of the knights offered any comments.

"Here's your food," a waitress said, setting down some plates on our table. I stared at my curry for a bit before taking a bite. The others also started eating their food. Asbel had gotten non-spicy curry and the Captain, Sea Bream Porridge.

I was the first to be done eating, not even finishing all of my meal. It didn't taste right but I had forced myself to eat enough to calm my protesting stomach. While the others finished eating, I gathered myself and my thoughts.

"Do you want to continue?" Asbel asked when he finished eating.

"Sure," I nodded. "I guess I collapsed after I got away from the wolves and the knights found me then sent me here. That's about all."

"Did the healer come by?" The Captain asked.

"Yeah. She came by a few hours before I ran into you guys."

"Good," he said. "Now we'll just need you to help us with an official report and we'll be done."

"Thank you."

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