Chapter 2
"Nils has a little friend? That would explain why he has been going into the forest with food . . . did they see you?" Hector was talking with Matthew, who had just explained everything concerning Nils to him.
"No! I'm not THAT bad a spy!! . . . . I did see Legault though. He was probably curious. Or maybe Raven sent him. You know how that mercenary hates the kid." Matthew replied, and crossed his arms, sighing afterwards.
"I think the only thing preventing him from killing Nils is Eliwood. He says that if anyone hurts Ninian's brother, then they would have to leave the army and all that. I personally think that he's trying to show off to Ninian though. . ." The young lord laughed. His thief companion laughed with him.
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Guy was walking around the camp, obviously bored out of his skull. They hadn't moved in DAYS!!! They had just left small port town near Valor, and progress was going slower then a snail! It was driving many of the group either crazy, angry or both. It wasn't a good sight to see Raven angry.
"I know what you're thinking Guy. Erk has already complained to Ainda, Lyn, Hector and Eliwood. Lyn says that they should be moving in about a day or so. We just need to verify our information." Lucius tried to convince the young myrmidon. Guy was still looking at him like he was nuts. And he looked cramped, in a sort of way.
"AUGH!!! THIS IS DRIVING ME CRRAAAAZY!!!!" Guy screamed into the sky. That brought everyone's attention over to him. He looked around, and sighed. "Buh-bye now!" Then he dashed off. Then everyone was looking at Lucius.
"Ummm . . . hi!"
"Oh, it's just Lucius."
The gender challenged monk then sighed. "Why is my life like this?" He thought, as he walked off to his tent. It was time for him to pray to St. Elimine to probably get everyone to stop calling him a girl. Who knows what he prays for?
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Shuff shuff shuff. Something was crawling through the bushes. Looking through all the plants, the small child looked at the small army. Avian sighed. They seemed like a some-what extended family! If only she had a family . . .. She really wished she could have one again . . ..
"PSSST!! What are you doing this close to the camp?" Nils asked her urgently. He knew that she couldn't respond, but he felt like asking anyway. I guess it made him feel better or something.
The young girl just sighed. "I know . . ." He patted her on the back. "I want to introduce you to them!!! . . . . Let's go back, and I'll give you some food! How's that?"
Avian nodded slowly. She was creeping through the bushes like an animal, or even a thief. Time did that to ya, when you had to live in there for about half your life. You'd be good at sneaking around too.
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Nils' flute played its music throughout the battlefield. Bandits had come and attacked them during the night – fortunately there were some people on night watch (Guy, Canas and Fiora), and now they had to fight for their lives. Some of them were knocked unconscious before the night watch noticed the bandits, so there were about 9 fighting party members. Nils was one of them.
"How could they've come up against us during the middle of the night?" Hector hissed to Lyn, as their weapons finished the lives of two more bandits.
Lyn wiped her forehead free of sweat. "I don't know, Hector! But they've incapacitated the others, and we can't get any help! We'll have to ride this out!"
"We don't have any healers available!!" Hector cussed in frustration, taking his anger out on a couple more bandits.
"Behaving like that won't get us ANYWHERE!!"
Thunder was heard again. Erk must've been one of the few fighters there. "Heh . . . These bandits are TOO easy! I would've expected more of a challenge!" The young anima mage thought, as his spell did its job. "We should be through them faster then a knife through bread!"
Some heavy footsteps came from behind Erk. "I wouldn't count on THAT, mage!!" Erk quickly turned, and barely got hit by an axe. Blood spread from his arm into his clothes quickly, and he hit the ground after falling from the axes impact.
The bandit turned around, after feeling some pain in his back. Matthew had just pulled his sword out from the bandits' back, and was starting to back away.
"You won't get away THAT easily!" Another bandit had come up to Matthew, and hit him in the back of the head.
"Matthew!"
The bandit fell over dead, courtesy of Legault's small blade. Matthew looked up at him, after wiping off some fresh blood from his eyesight. The Hurricane just smiled at him, and dashed off, leaving Matthew to figure out what to do next.
"heh . . . Looky what I have here!!" The main bandit, who was named Aaron, had just gotten a hold of someone, and was now giving that person a headlock.
It was Avian.
Nils looked scared, frightened, and felt those emotions. "Avian!!"
"WHO?!" Lyn, Hector (who wasn't as surprised as the others), Fiora, Erk and Canas exclaimed simultaneously.
"Uhh . . ." Nils sweat dropped (this: ;), worried about what he would have to explain to everyone once this fight was over.
If they lived by the end of the battle, anyway.
Her pleading eyes looked at the rest of the weary group. They seemed to look at everyone, begging to be set free.
"Look at that poor kid! We have to help her!" Fiora exclaimed, immediately feeling sorry, and gaining a position on her Pegasus.
Aaron grinned. "Hmmm . . . I'll let this kid live, if you give us your valuables!"
They looked at him like they were hiding a laugh. But that's what Hector did. Everyone ELSE, however, just tried to slip away from him, and tried to pretend like they never met the man.
Aaron sighed. "THIS IS A YOUNG GIRL'S LIFE AT STAKE!!! DON'T YOU WANT TO SAVE THIS KID?!!"
It was Lyn's turn to sigh. "I think I can take you out, without that girl getting harmed."
The bandit just started laughing like he was crazy after hearing that, and thinking for a bit. "You must be nuts! A woman like YOU?! Don't make me die from laughter!!"
She gripped her Mani Katti. "You're gonna be sorry!" She smiled sweetly at him. Before Aaron knew it, there was a blizzard of blades, and he fell over dead.
The small girl got herself off the ground, and ran over to them, hiding behind Hector, and she started to shiver in fear.
"Figures, she hides behind ME" Hector thought, sounding a teensy bit ticked off.
"AAH!!! AARON'S DEAD!!!"
"RUN AWAY!!" They all started screaming. Without a leader, they were like a chicken without a head. In only a few minutes, the entire battlefield was completely rid of bandits, leaving only Hector and Eliwood's group left.
After a long pause, Lyn walked up to Avian and asked her who she was. Avian remained silent.
"So, who exactly is she, Nils?" Hector smirked.
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Hey, I updated! Better late then never!
Nils: TT Now everyone's probably forgotten about this story.
Hector: Whiny little brat . . .
"Nils has a little friend? That would explain why he has been going into the forest with food . . . did they see you?" Hector was talking with Matthew, who had just explained everything concerning Nils to him.
"No! I'm not THAT bad a spy!! . . . . I did see Legault though. He was probably curious. Or maybe Raven sent him. You know how that mercenary hates the kid." Matthew replied, and crossed his arms, sighing afterwards.
"I think the only thing preventing him from killing Nils is Eliwood. He says that if anyone hurts Ninian's brother, then they would have to leave the army and all that. I personally think that he's trying to show off to Ninian though. . ." The young lord laughed. His thief companion laughed with him.
()
Guy was walking around the camp, obviously bored out of his skull. They hadn't moved in DAYS!!! They had just left small port town near Valor, and progress was going slower then a snail! It was driving many of the group either crazy, angry or both. It wasn't a good sight to see Raven angry.
"I know what you're thinking Guy. Erk has already complained to Ainda, Lyn, Hector and Eliwood. Lyn says that they should be moving in about a day or so. We just need to verify our information." Lucius tried to convince the young myrmidon. Guy was still looking at him like he was nuts. And he looked cramped, in a sort of way.
"AUGH!!! THIS IS DRIVING ME CRRAAAAZY!!!!" Guy screamed into the sky. That brought everyone's attention over to him. He looked around, and sighed. "Buh-bye now!" Then he dashed off. Then everyone was looking at Lucius.
"Ummm . . . hi!"
"Oh, it's just Lucius."
The gender challenged monk then sighed. "Why is my life like this?" He thought, as he walked off to his tent. It was time for him to pray to St. Elimine to probably get everyone to stop calling him a girl. Who knows what he prays for?
()
Shuff shuff shuff. Something was crawling through the bushes. Looking through all the plants, the small child looked at the small army. Avian sighed. They seemed like a some-what extended family! If only she had a family . . .. She really wished she could have one again . . ..
"PSSST!! What are you doing this close to the camp?" Nils asked her urgently. He knew that she couldn't respond, but he felt like asking anyway. I guess it made him feel better or something.
The young girl just sighed. "I know . . ." He patted her on the back. "I want to introduce you to them!!! . . . . Let's go back, and I'll give you some food! How's that?"
Avian nodded slowly. She was creeping through the bushes like an animal, or even a thief. Time did that to ya, when you had to live in there for about half your life. You'd be good at sneaking around too.
()
Nils' flute played its music throughout the battlefield. Bandits had come and attacked them during the night – fortunately there were some people on night watch (Guy, Canas and Fiora), and now they had to fight for their lives. Some of them were knocked unconscious before the night watch noticed the bandits, so there were about 9 fighting party members. Nils was one of them.
"How could they've come up against us during the middle of the night?" Hector hissed to Lyn, as their weapons finished the lives of two more bandits.
Lyn wiped her forehead free of sweat. "I don't know, Hector! But they've incapacitated the others, and we can't get any help! We'll have to ride this out!"
"We don't have any healers available!!" Hector cussed in frustration, taking his anger out on a couple more bandits.
"Behaving like that won't get us ANYWHERE!!"
Thunder was heard again. Erk must've been one of the few fighters there. "Heh . . . These bandits are TOO easy! I would've expected more of a challenge!" The young anima mage thought, as his spell did its job. "We should be through them faster then a knife through bread!"
Some heavy footsteps came from behind Erk. "I wouldn't count on THAT, mage!!" Erk quickly turned, and barely got hit by an axe. Blood spread from his arm into his clothes quickly, and he hit the ground after falling from the axes impact.
The bandit turned around, after feeling some pain in his back. Matthew had just pulled his sword out from the bandits' back, and was starting to back away.
"You won't get away THAT easily!" Another bandit had come up to Matthew, and hit him in the back of the head.
"Matthew!"
The bandit fell over dead, courtesy of Legault's small blade. Matthew looked up at him, after wiping off some fresh blood from his eyesight. The Hurricane just smiled at him, and dashed off, leaving Matthew to figure out what to do next.
"heh . . . Looky what I have here!!" The main bandit, who was named Aaron, had just gotten a hold of someone, and was now giving that person a headlock.
It was Avian.
Nils looked scared, frightened, and felt those emotions. "Avian!!"
"WHO?!" Lyn, Hector (who wasn't as surprised as the others), Fiora, Erk and Canas exclaimed simultaneously.
"Uhh . . ." Nils sweat dropped (this: ;), worried about what he would have to explain to everyone once this fight was over.
If they lived by the end of the battle, anyway.
Her pleading eyes looked at the rest of the weary group. They seemed to look at everyone, begging to be set free.
"Look at that poor kid! We have to help her!" Fiora exclaimed, immediately feeling sorry, and gaining a position on her Pegasus.
Aaron grinned. "Hmmm . . . I'll let this kid live, if you give us your valuables!"
They looked at him like they were hiding a laugh. But that's what Hector did. Everyone ELSE, however, just tried to slip away from him, and tried to pretend like they never met the man.
Aaron sighed. "THIS IS A YOUNG GIRL'S LIFE AT STAKE!!! DON'T YOU WANT TO SAVE THIS KID?!!"
It was Lyn's turn to sigh. "I think I can take you out, without that girl getting harmed."
The bandit just started laughing like he was crazy after hearing that, and thinking for a bit. "You must be nuts! A woman like YOU?! Don't make me die from laughter!!"
She gripped her Mani Katti. "You're gonna be sorry!" She smiled sweetly at him. Before Aaron knew it, there was a blizzard of blades, and he fell over dead.
The small girl got herself off the ground, and ran over to them, hiding behind Hector, and she started to shiver in fear.
"Figures, she hides behind ME" Hector thought, sounding a teensy bit ticked off.
"AAH!!! AARON'S DEAD!!!"
"RUN AWAY!!" They all started screaming. Without a leader, they were like a chicken without a head. In only a few minutes, the entire battlefield was completely rid of bandits, leaving only Hector and Eliwood's group left.
After a long pause, Lyn walked up to Avian and asked her who she was. Avian remained silent.
"So, who exactly is she, Nils?" Hector smirked.
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Hey, I updated! Better late then never!
Nils: TT Now everyone's probably forgotten about this story.
Hector: Whiny little brat . . .