Lost Memories, New Friend
Nina woke up in a bed in the town of Urkan Tapa the next day. She held her hand to her aching head, and realized that she didn't know where she was. Not only that, but she didn't remember a thing about her past. Who was she, and where did she come from?
"You're finally awake," the doctor stated, "Good, I was getting worried. Lucky the guards at Angel's Tower heard some sort of powerful magic being cast, and investigated."
"Where is this? Who am I? And where do I come from?" she inquired.
The doctor told her, "I don't know who you are or where you come from. But you are now in the town of Urkan Tapa. We are the home of the chosen people who eliminated the Enemy of God."
Nina was confused. "Enemy of God? Which god, and what enemy?"
"We never say the name of our god or our enemy," he said, "It is slanderous."
"What will you do with me? I have no where to go now," she complained.
The doctor informed the child, "We have an orphanage in this town. You will be sent there later on today, once you have eaten, and gotten dressed in some better clothing."
* * *
After having some breakfast and putting on a new red dress, Nina headed to the orphanage. She looked over the faces of the other children, and saw them seemingly backing away. The child didn't know exactly why, but she heard many whispers, among them "outsider" and "might be a demon".
The headmistress glared at them. "Now children, this is Nina. She will be joining us today. Please, be nice to her. Remember, God will punish you if you don't behave."
But that threat did little more than to keep Nina from being picked on. As the day went on, she was just ignored by the other children. The usually happy girl was starting to get depressed.
"Hey, Nina," called out a young girl's voice, "Do you want to play with me?"
Nina looked around. There, she saw a young girl who was about her age - - eight-years-old. She had long green hair and eyes, and wore red clips in her hair. The girl was wearing a black dress, and black shoes. In her eyes, Nina could see a sign of relief, and happiness at her being there.
"Sure, I'll play with you. What's your name?" she asked.
The girl replied, "My name is Helen. I'm so happy that someone finally wants to play with me. I've been here for nearly a year now, and everyone just ignores me because I'm an outsider."
Nina realized that was what the others were calling her. "Why would that be a reason to ignore you and me? We're all just kids, what could we have done to be scorned by them?"
"This is a very religious people," Helen stated, "They believe that their ancestors won a war over the enemies of their god over 400 years ago. But one of the warriors who fought in the war still believes that the enemy will return one day, so he didn't go to sleep like the others. So these people worry that the evils of the past are going to come in order to get revenge on their people. But I still have no idea why they believe that we would be demons. If we were, wouldn't we kill them now instead of waiting?"
"Helen, how about you and me stick together from now on? We're both different from them, and they don't want to play with us. So we'll just play together," she suggested.
Helen inquired, "What do you want to play? Tag? Dress Up? Hide and Seek?"
Nina thought for a moment. "How about Dress Up? It's no fun to play the other ones with only two people. Who knows, maybe if they see how nice we are, they'll want to play with us."
* * *
But the other children never did get used to Nina and Helen. They still treated the two girls like they were outcasts. Not that it bothered either of them. As long as they had each other, they were able to have some kind of fun. It wasn't to bad being only two, there were many things they could do.
Helen had told Nina her story shortly after they'd met. She'd woken up in an old mine nearby, among a dead group of spelunkers about a year before. Most likely, two of them were her parents. Like with Nina, she had lost her memories in the accident. After escaping the trap, she'd limped into town. Then, the orphanage took her in. But the other children scorned her for being different and of unknown origins, and she'd had been all alone until the day that she met Nina.
After they got to know each other, they found out how similar they really were. Like Nina, Helen was an attack mage. But her spells were slightly different. She could use the first and second level of the fire, ice, lightning, earth, wind, and wind/fire spells. Nina, on the other hand, didn't know magic from every element, but instead knew some level three spells, as well as some assistance magic. But for some reason, neither could learn one another's magic.
Nearly two years passed since the two had met. Both girls were approaching their tenth birthdays, Nina's coming one week before Helen. Although the other children were just ignoring them as usual, the girls had decided to have a small celebration together, just like last year.
When Nina woke up on her birthday, she found something was different. She seemed to have a new weight on her shoulders, literally. The young girl looked in the mirror, and saw something strange. On her shoulders, was a pair of beautiful white wings. Although she didn't exactly know what clan she was, this didn't help her any bit. Only the Winged Clan had such wings, but their size had been greatly reduced since ancient times. A full grown adult was lucky to have wings this size, but hers would most likely grow with her over the next few years, until they were even more graceful.
"Nina," Helen stated, "Those wings are really pretty. You're so lucky."
But Nina didn't feel any better with her friend's comment. It just brought her to wonder who she really was. If she wasn't of the Winged Clan, then where did she come from?
- - - -
Why does Nina have wings like this you ask? It's part of the story. You'll have to read on to find out why? And what's with the magic being unlearnable, she could learn it ok from Masters in the game? Well, Masters have a certain power to enhance their students with powers. Nina and Helen are not Masters. Without a Master, you can only learn spells that are in your Clan's list. Here's the list of spells that Nina and Helen can use. Basically, think of them at Lv. 99, and having learned all the spells.
Nina: Gust, Frost, Jolt, Simoon, Blunt, Weaken, Iceblast, Slow, Typhoon, Lightning, Drain, Leach Powder, Blizzard, Sirocco, Myollnir, Escape, Warp (both added due to the fact that you have nothing to be able to do that with in the game), and a secret spell that is added in later chapters.
Helen: Flare, Frost, Jolt, Tremor, Gust, Simoon, Fireblast, Iceblast, Lightning, Quake, Typhoon, Sirocco, and another secret spell that is added in later chapters.
All spells are race related. I actually based it on the spells of Ryu, Teepo, Nina, Rei, Momo, as well as characters from the other games to make a chart on what spells are for each Clan.
Nina woke up in a bed in the town of Urkan Tapa the next day. She held her hand to her aching head, and realized that she didn't know where she was. Not only that, but she didn't remember a thing about her past. Who was she, and where did she come from?
"You're finally awake," the doctor stated, "Good, I was getting worried. Lucky the guards at Angel's Tower heard some sort of powerful magic being cast, and investigated."
"Where is this? Who am I? And where do I come from?" she inquired.
The doctor told her, "I don't know who you are or where you come from. But you are now in the town of Urkan Tapa. We are the home of the chosen people who eliminated the Enemy of God."
Nina was confused. "Enemy of God? Which god, and what enemy?"
"We never say the name of our god or our enemy," he said, "It is slanderous."
"What will you do with me? I have no where to go now," she complained.
The doctor informed the child, "We have an orphanage in this town. You will be sent there later on today, once you have eaten, and gotten dressed in some better clothing."
* * *
After having some breakfast and putting on a new red dress, Nina headed to the orphanage. She looked over the faces of the other children, and saw them seemingly backing away. The child didn't know exactly why, but she heard many whispers, among them "outsider" and "might be a demon".
The headmistress glared at them. "Now children, this is Nina. She will be joining us today. Please, be nice to her. Remember, God will punish you if you don't behave."
But that threat did little more than to keep Nina from being picked on. As the day went on, she was just ignored by the other children. The usually happy girl was starting to get depressed.
"Hey, Nina," called out a young girl's voice, "Do you want to play with me?"
Nina looked around. There, she saw a young girl who was about her age - - eight-years-old. She had long green hair and eyes, and wore red clips in her hair. The girl was wearing a black dress, and black shoes. In her eyes, Nina could see a sign of relief, and happiness at her being there.
"Sure, I'll play with you. What's your name?" she asked.
The girl replied, "My name is Helen. I'm so happy that someone finally wants to play with me. I've been here for nearly a year now, and everyone just ignores me because I'm an outsider."
Nina realized that was what the others were calling her. "Why would that be a reason to ignore you and me? We're all just kids, what could we have done to be scorned by them?"
"This is a very religious people," Helen stated, "They believe that their ancestors won a war over the enemies of their god over 400 years ago. But one of the warriors who fought in the war still believes that the enemy will return one day, so he didn't go to sleep like the others. So these people worry that the evils of the past are going to come in order to get revenge on their people. But I still have no idea why they believe that we would be demons. If we were, wouldn't we kill them now instead of waiting?"
"Helen, how about you and me stick together from now on? We're both different from them, and they don't want to play with us. So we'll just play together," she suggested.
Helen inquired, "What do you want to play? Tag? Dress Up? Hide and Seek?"
Nina thought for a moment. "How about Dress Up? It's no fun to play the other ones with only two people. Who knows, maybe if they see how nice we are, they'll want to play with us."
* * *
But the other children never did get used to Nina and Helen. They still treated the two girls like they were outcasts. Not that it bothered either of them. As long as they had each other, they were able to have some kind of fun. It wasn't to bad being only two, there were many things they could do.
Helen had told Nina her story shortly after they'd met. She'd woken up in an old mine nearby, among a dead group of spelunkers about a year before. Most likely, two of them were her parents. Like with Nina, she had lost her memories in the accident. After escaping the trap, she'd limped into town. Then, the orphanage took her in. But the other children scorned her for being different and of unknown origins, and she'd had been all alone until the day that she met Nina.
After they got to know each other, they found out how similar they really were. Like Nina, Helen was an attack mage. But her spells were slightly different. She could use the first and second level of the fire, ice, lightning, earth, wind, and wind/fire spells. Nina, on the other hand, didn't know magic from every element, but instead knew some level three spells, as well as some assistance magic. But for some reason, neither could learn one another's magic.
Nearly two years passed since the two had met. Both girls were approaching their tenth birthdays, Nina's coming one week before Helen. Although the other children were just ignoring them as usual, the girls had decided to have a small celebration together, just like last year.
When Nina woke up on her birthday, she found something was different. She seemed to have a new weight on her shoulders, literally. The young girl looked in the mirror, and saw something strange. On her shoulders, was a pair of beautiful white wings. Although she didn't exactly know what clan she was, this didn't help her any bit. Only the Winged Clan had such wings, but their size had been greatly reduced since ancient times. A full grown adult was lucky to have wings this size, but hers would most likely grow with her over the next few years, until they were even more graceful.
"Nina," Helen stated, "Those wings are really pretty. You're so lucky."
But Nina didn't feel any better with her friend's comment. It just brought her to wonder who she really was. If she wasn't of the Winged Clan, then where did she come from?
- - - -
Why does Nina have wings like this you ask? It's part of the story. You'll have to read on to find out why? And what's with the magic being unlearnable, she could learn it ok from Masters in the game? Well, Masters have a certain power to enhance their students with powers. Nina and Helen are not Masters. Without a Master, you can only learn spells that are in your Clan's list. Here's the list of spells that Nina and Helen can use. Basically, think of them at Lv. 99, and having learned all the spells.
Nina: Gust, Frost, Jolt, Simoon, Blunt, Weaken, Iceblast, Slow, Typhoon, Lightning, Drain, Leach Powder, Blizzard, Sirocco, Myollnir, Escape, Warp (both added due to the fact that you have nothing to be able to do that with in the game), and a secret spell that is added in later chapters.
Helen: Flare, Frost, Jolt, Tremor, Gust, Simoon, Fireblast, Iceblast, Lightning, Quake, Typhoon, Sirocco, and another secret spell that is added in later chapters.
All spells are race related. I actually based it on the spells of Ryu, Teepo, Nina, Rei, Momo, as well as characters from the other games to make a chart on what spells are for each Clan.