Chapter 4
"Brother..." Nino said finally, "but I thought... mother said you were dead."
"You mean Sonia?" I grumbled
Then Eliwood came and notice that I was talking to Nino, and Jaffar moved back behind Nino.
"Kevin!" Eliwood called, "what's wrong?"
I looked at Eliwood and said, "Are you guys fighting the Black Fang?"
"Yes Kevin why?"
"Alright me lads!" Fargus shouted below the deck, "Lets show them how to really fight.
"Let's go Nino." Jaffar said
"But-"
"No buts."
"Alright..." she muttered
"Wait!" I shouted
The two were running away and returned to their own ship. When I reach the plank, their ship started to move and force me to fall. But luckily Kent got me in the nick of time.
After dinner I went outside and was looking at the night sky. I was confused ever since I last saw my sister. Then I heard someone coming out. It was Eliwood.
"What's wrong?" he asked
"Remember that girl you saw," I said, "that was my sister."
"So you do work with the Black Fang?"
"Used to, I left when I was young."
"But why?"
"Sonia..."
"Who's she?"
"My stepmother," I said, "she killed my real family."
"How did you know?"
It was a long story. When I was 10 my sister and me were living happily with our Stepfather, Brendan Reed, and my stepbrothers Lloyd and Linus. But Sonia never spend time with us and she was meaner than any human I ever face. But we were living happily. Life was good, until...
"Until what?" Eliwood asked
"I can't say it."
"It's okay, I'm not forcing you to..."
"Is just that it's too hard for me to describe it, "I called, "I can see it. But I can't say it."
"Do you ever dream about it?"
"What do you mean?"
"I notice that when you sleep, you were talking to yourself."
"I have nightmares."
"We all do," Eliwood's voice was quieter than usual, "I fear that my father..."
"What happened?"
"It's a long story..."
He was telling me what has happened, his father disappearance, Lord Darin gone insane and the Black Fang trying to kill him. Since the conversation is getting too boring I decide to change the subject. We were taking a lot of stuff and then...
"So Eliwood," I said, "do you like that girl Lyn?"
"Are you crazy? We are just friends" Eliwood's face turned red
"Then why are you blushing?"
"Alright, you got me."
"Knew it."
"But I'll never get her." He joked
"What are you talking about?" I said surprisingly
"I know she prefer to have Hector than me. I mean he has muscles and... I'm skinny."
"Hey!" I complained, "I'm as skinny as you and almost all the girls down there want to be with me. And beside we almost look alike, if I have red hair."
"I guess you're right." Eliwood laughed
"And even though Lyn likes Hector better you should be happy."
"Why?"
"They are your friends," I looked at the sky, "you want them to be happy right? Even though he get's the girl."
"Sort of," Eliwood said, "thanks Kevin."
"What are friends for?" I replied
We've reached our destination. Dread Isle. No doubt about it. The name fit the island. The forest looked like monsters that will eat you and a dense fog that surrounds us. Something tells me that whatever the Black Fang is planning is something we shouldn't tamper with. But that uncomfortable feeling disappeared when Hector's voice boomed out of nowhere.
"To Dragon's Gate!" Hector called
"Please father," Eliwood muttered, "be alive."
"Dragon's gate." Ninian muttered
"What's wrong Ninian?" Lyn asked
"...Nothing."
Hearing those words, that uneasy feeling came back to me once more.