Disclaimer:  I don't own LoD.  Serem is mine though

I've never seemed to fit in.  Its not like I didn't try to fit in, but something always seemed to single me out, and after a few…incidents…that I couldn't explain, people started trying to avoid me altogether…the first time that I remember something happening was 10 years ago, when I was 8 years old.

*Flashback*

10 years ago

I stepped back from the other kid.  He had been picking on me, and had me trapped in a corner.

"What, the little freak wants to run away?  Too bad."  He grabbed me and shoved me into the wall.

"Just leave me alone…" I whispered.

"What was that?  I didn't hear you."  He reached toward me and something in me snapped.

"I said, LEAVE ME ALONE!"  I felt a strange surge of energy, and punched him hard in the stomach, then jumped back when I heard a sizzle.

Right where I had punched him, there was a circular burn, about the size of my fist.  I stepped away from him, and ran.

*End flashback*

I climbed out my window, and sat down on the roof of my house.  Looking up, I saw a shooting star, and I thought, please just let me find somewhere I belong…

There was a sudden flash of light below me, and I peeked over the edge of the roof, and saw a small, perfectly round stone emitting the light.  I jumped off of the roof, grabbed a branch of a tree that overhung the house, and dropped silently to the ground, and picked up the stone.  It was completely black, except for a white slit that made it look like an eye.  As I held it, it began to emit a dark sort of light with a few streaks of white in it as well.

I pocketed the stone, and turned to climb back to my room, but I heard a tearing noise behind me, and when I turned around, there was a…hole in the air.  I don't know how else to explain it.  There was my yard on one side, and a forest on the other.  My curiosity getting the better of me, I stepped through the hole.

I emerged on a path in the forest, but when I turned around to look at the hole, it sealed up behind me.  Great…I thought, I don't know where I am, and there's no way to get back home…now what am I going to do…?

My musings were cut off by a sudden roar from further down the path.  Not wanting to be killed, I turned and took off in the other direction.

I turned a corner in the path, and practically ran into some guy wearing red armor, and a couple of mounted soldiers.

"Hey, who are you?  Are you with AAAHHH!"  The soldier was cut off by the arrival of the thing from before.  My first impression of it was that it was a giant praying mantis.

The two soldiers took off, and I was right behind them, until I realized that the third guy wasn't with us.  I spun around, and ran back down the path.

I saw the guy a few seconds later, getting whacked around by the monster.  I felt a surge of energy, a fireball formed in my hand, and I flung it at its eyes.

The fireball seemed to stun it for a second, and the guy took the opportunity to run.  I cut through the trees, and soon caught up with him.  We spent the next few minutes dodging attacks from the monster and falling trees, until we emerged at the base of a cliff.

A black-haired lady dropped down from above us, grabbed the other guy and motioned me to follow her, and we ducked behind a large boulder just as the thing came into view.

"What is that th…"I whispered, and was cut off by a hand over my mouth.

"If you don't want to die, be quiet," she whispered.  Needless to say, I shut up.

The monster scratched at the cliffside for a moment, let out a roar, and turned back the way it came.

"What was that thing?" The other guy asked.

"A dragon.  But it's strange…that town could have been destroyed even without the aid of a dragon."

"Town!? Do you mean Seles!?" He demanded.

When she nodded, he started running down the path, but was stopped by a hand on his arm.

"It's too late for you to do anything now."

 "I don't care!  Seles is my village!"  He shook her arm off, and ran down the path.

I took a few steps after him, then stopped and looked back at the lady who had saved us a minute ago, and I felt like I knew her from a long time ago.  You know, the feeling that you get when you haven't seen someone for years and then meet them again.

"You know, I feel like I know you from somewhere…but that can't be possible, I've never been here before…"

She gave me a searching look that felt like it went straight into my soul, and after a moment, gasped, and looked as if she had seen a ghost.

"You…what's your name?"

"It's Serem."

"Serem….you even look like him…." She whispered, then, louder, she said, "Well…Serem, it's not too wise for you to be wandering around here unarmed." She smirked a little then threw me a short blade.

I caught the blade, unsheathed it, and looked down at it.  The blade was about a foot long, and the hilt was beautifully carved and looked like a dragon's head.

"Th-thank you."  I stammered, but she just waved it off and walked away.

I sheathed the blade, and ran down the path toward the village.

Well, there's chapter one done, hope at least some people like reading it…  Depending on how many reviews I get for this, I may or may not continue it…