"You have pretty hair."
Those were the first words she ever said to me.
The she in question is a little girl hanging upside in a tree wearing a white hood, white t shirt, dirty blue jeans and no shoes.
I had lived in the wilds since the loss of my village, never entering any settlements unless I need supplies or medicine. I chose to train alone. In the wilds of was kill or be killed. And when your a child it even worse... so why was an 8 year old girl out here?
"My name is Summer Rose who are mister?"
Well that answered one question, now how to find out what she wants and why she is out here and what she wants.
"What do you want brat?"
"Just wanted someone to talk to," was her reply.
"Why don't you bug your friends or family then?"
"I'm an orphan and everyone says the village would be better of without my freaky silver eyes."
Well damn, didn't know Humes could be racist against their own kind.
"Then why bug me kid?"
"Because you look as I feel," she replied sadly.
Well...fuck.
"Where are you stating kid?"
Why do I care? I just met the brat, I know. However I saw her eyes. They are dead, like mine.
"Out here" was her only response.
Double fuck.
"You asked my name, all I have is my family name as my parents died before they could name me. You can travel with me but expect to pull your weight when we make and brake camp."
Little did I know that with that one sentence my life would change for the better.
We traveled together through the kingdoms for the next year as she tried to get me to not only talk more but smile more.
2 long years after we met she decided I needed a name instead of calling me Birdy, Coal Hair or anything else like that.
I didn't see the point but I had worked to long to keep her from being as depressed as she was when we met.
She got a book when she went into get supplies in a village in Mistral.
She would read it every night trying to find a name for me.
Then Vauco happened.
She went into town alone to get some "feminine" things.
God do I wish that I went with her that day, I might have made made it in time but by God I still fear and have Nightmares about what would have happened if I didn't make it.
