Youth Alliance
"By the Throne of Yord!" exclaimed Amber as she woke up, "Where am I?" She found herself in a bedroom of someone's house, lying on the bed. A bandage was wrapped around her forehead, as well as her right arm. Alan lay on a rug nearby, his wounded side patched up as well. It all looked so homely to her. But where was she? Was what happened in the snowstorm only a figment of her imagination?
"Well, you're at my house. My Partner, best friend, her Partner, and my kid brother carried you here after you lost consciousness. My name is Teefa, what's yours?" inquired a familiar voice. In came the girl Amber had seen before she'd passed out. But she wasn't alone this time, others had come along too.
Next to the girl named Teefa was a man of about the same age. He had brown hair and blue eyes. His long tunic style shirt was blue, while his pants were white. Short leather boots were on his feet, and a leather belt was around his waist. Hanging from that belt was, of all things, some sort of long sword.
A purple haired girl of about fifteen was off to the left of Teefa. She had blue eyes, and looked like she was mad about something. From the movement of her lips, Amber was a good lip reader; it appeared as if she was angry that Teefa had killed the Demon when she wanted to do it. Amber had seen that type, always ready for a fight. The girl had on a white sleeveless dress, black shoes, and a heavy coat.
The man next to her was fifteen and had bright red hair and blue eyes. Like the other man, he had on a tunic style shirt, this one in gray. His pants were deep blue, held up by a leather belt, and he had on leather boots as well. Also, like the other man, he carried a sword. But this one was shorter and broader than the one the first man carried around. Amber wondered what was up with these people and swords.
The final human in the room was a thirteen year old boy with long white hair and green eyes. He had on a blue shirt, and white pants, like the first man. But this shirt wasn't in the style of a tunic, and it had black stripes around the shoulders, around the neck, bordering the bottom, and at the end of the sleeves, which ended in a diagonal slip. Leather gloves covered his arms up until the sleeves, and he also had on black shoes. From the look of him, he appeared to be a timid boy, standing behind Teefa's back.
Another creature was in the room with them. It was a small white tiger, with yellow stripes instead of the regular black. Also, a mane of hair much like that of a horse covered its head and neck. Amber had a guess that it was the Partner of the boy; there was power in the creature. But he was awfully young.
She told her rescuers, "My name is Amber, a Neutralizer in training. We were moving to the valley, me and my parents as well as mom's Partner, when the storm hit. Alan and I got separated from my mom and dad. Then that monster attacked, and you know the rest. So, what is everyone else here called?"
The brown haired boy was Rooks, Teefa's Partner. They called the girl with purple hair Lufia, she was the best friend. Max, the red headed boy, was Lufia's Partner. Teefa's brother, the white haired boy, was Donnie. Finally, the tiger was Sky, and she was an enigma. Teefa had finished summoning her Partner about a year ago, and Rooks had responded immediately, when suddenly something lit up the air in the room. Then, the dimension opened again, and Sky fell into their world. Never in the history of the whole world had a Magic User summoned two Partners at once. They couldn't even have two at the same time unless they took the test to become Divine Sorceress. The Elder was stumped, but let it go at that.
Teefa looked at Amber. "So, you were living in the mountains before. My mom has a friend up there, but she hasn't seen him in awhile. I never met him. But I do know that the Mihan Demons have never come to that area, so it's not surprising that you were taken off guard by the attack. They are a difficult foe when you do know what you're doing. Imagine them when you have no idea they even exist at all."
"You call them Mihan Demons," Amber replied, "My father used to live in the valley as a boy, we are moving into his old house, but he never spoke of them. So why in the world are they just appearing now?"
Teefa then told Amber the tale of the Mihan, how they had vied to destroy the world for countless millennia now. The greatest danger ended with the Supreme Commander's death at the hands of her mom twenty years ago. Lacking leadership, the Mihan were now blindly attacking the Guardian World. Thus, the job of the Magic Users was to now eliminate any that they found. Both hers and Lufia's parents were in the corps that defended the people of the valley area. However, even non coalition members were helping.
"We, that is me and Lufia, have formed the Youth Alliance. The two of us and our Partners go around, trying to kill the Mihan as well. After all, the national guard isn't full proof. They don't let anyone under the age of eighteen join, since they sometimes go on deadly hunts, so we've went off on our own. Mom can go kill the ones holed up in an area making trouble, we'll pick of stragglers," Teefa told her.
Donnie exclaimed, "Hey! Teefa, what about me? I'm a magic user too. I can fight the Mihan. You are not the queen of the world. So why wasn't I mentioned when you spoke about your little Youth Corps?"
Teefa looked to him. "What about you? You have little control over your own magic, and your spells go out of control or don't activate. Besides, you can't even summon power from the Earth or Water Orbs. We only discovered them six months ago, in that cave. Lufia mastered Fire and I gained control of Lightning by the end of the day. It's not that difficult, yet you can't do it. Donnie, you are still an apprentice to me. When you can master an Orb, and cast spells without difficulty, you'll be a full member of the corp."
Lufia explained that the four Elemental Orbs were a treasure they'd discovered on the first mission of the Youth Alliance. There was the Staff of Lightning, Wand of Fire, Sword of Earth, and Spear of Water. Long ago, they were sealed into the gems that adorned their handles. She and Teefa quickly gained control of one, learning to turn it into the weapon locked inside. But none seemed to react to Donnie in any way.
At that moment, movement was heard coming up the stairs. "Teefa, is the girl feeling any better? I hear you and Donnie arguing, so that must mean that she's ok enough for you to bother her with it." Up came a woman with orange/blond hair worn in two ponytails that stuck out on the side of her head. Her eyes were green, and she had on a warm robe over her nightshirt. Amber began staring, this was the girl. This was the same woman whom her father had said was the one he had loved when he was a young man.
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Teefa's Last Words…
Kind of funny that Lena's daughter's the pyro, right? Well, let's just say the era they now live in plus spending a lot of time hanging with Teefa, had an effect on her. Ok, most of these names are connected in some way. And just so you know, I've been playing RPGs since I was a small child; hence old game references. You will find spoilers for the games in there; but I highly doubt anyone who wants to play them hasn't done so already since they are SNES era.
Teefa is the name of a Princess in the game Arcana (Japanese name Card Master: the Seal of Rimsala). She was under an evil spell and controlled by the main villain; the same man who murdered her father. And she's a kick ass sorceress to boot. Rooks is the name of Arcana's hero. It is him and Teefa's former bodyguard, an elf named Darwin who free her from the spell in Chapter 4, allowing her to come back to help in Chapter 5. He's a swordsman who uses the power of the four spirits (one at a time aids you in combat), as well as magical cards.
Lufia is the name of the heroine of Lufia & the Fortress of Doom (Japanese name Estopolis, which makes more sense since she isn't around for the 2nd game prequel, 3rd game sequel, and sidestory prequel). She is in fact the first true human incarnation of the Sinistrael of Death; Erim (her first incarnation was Iris, but she was more of a disguise to walk among humans than a physical form like Lufia & later on Seena). Her powers of sorcery were the best in game, but vanished once she sacrificed her life to kill Erim and then was brought back as a normal human being. Max is simply my name for the nameless hero in Lufia & the Fortress of Doom. He's her childhood best friend and a swordsman who is descended of the famous heroes Maxim & Selan; who died saving the world the first time the Sinistraels appear.
Amber, as I said earlier, is named for her eyes. Donnie is supposed to be like Darwin from Arcana. That's because when I was a kid and only saw part of the game since mom and dad played while I slept, I thought Darwin was her and Salah's brother.
Sky is short for Skysplitter. She's an original Digimon called a Toranmon (the n is silent) who was created for a Digimon parody of Arcana. I liked the character so much that I brought her back as part of my wacko world on my website, and now as a character in this fic.