Disclaimer: Do I really have to do this well. . . If I had millions of dollars I would buy this. But I don't so I guess this isn't mine. None of it is.
In case you need me I will be in the corner crying now. O-hey this is my first fanfic. So please review. I have noticed that there are not a ton of Relm fans here so if you are one please review. Thanx.
Oh yeah there are quotes at the beginning of every chapter. I put them there cause they're interesting and my sister gave them to me. So I don't own them either. I don't even know where most of them are from. And they probably have nothing to do with the chapter most of the time so. . . Have Fun
Goodness in a little box
Chapter 1 Black Devil
For I do not do the good I want,
but the evil I do not want is what I do.
"Leave me alone!" The girl screamed. What else could she do? She was only 6, she was surrounded by monsters, and she had no idea how to fight by herself. "Where are you Grandpa?" She whimpered quietly.
This 6 year old blonde was named Relm. She knew never to travel outside of Thamasa by herself, but she was never one to listen to directions. She stared at the ground panting. She had run for the last 15 minutes, trying to get away from these huge beasts. What little Relm didn't know was that these were not just monsters, these were Chimeras. These mythical beasts were the strongest ones on her island.
'Why was I left alone? Do they hate me this much?' Relm knew that she was about to die if she didn't think of something. But all she thought of was how alone she was. 'First Dad and Mom. And now Grandpa would not even care if I was eaten up.' Then she couldn't take it. She yelled, "What do you want me to do?" And then fell to the ground, sobbing.
The Chimeras were obviously a little confused, they tilted their heads slightly. Perhaps they had never had a victim act like this before. 'Sure Relm, sit there and feel sorry for yourself. You are a stubborn kid who can do anything. Think!' She didn't know what else she could do. So she cried. The tears were starting to spill over her eyes when she saw something, something quick. She tried to wipe her eyes, but she kept crying. She couldn't see anything through all the tears.
Then she saw it again, something black and quick. This time she looked up and realized that all the Chimeras were all dead. The bodies all around her. She had never seen so much blood. All the blood everywhere. Goddess, there was blood. There was something strange about all of this. Something had changed, but now wasn't the time to think. Chimera's were attracted to blood and more could be here any second.
Suddenly she was staring straight into the eyes of a beast. Huge, black, cat-like eyes staring straight at her. They were piercing her soul. The last thing she remembered was falling and hearing something. Someone was yelling her name, but she was to tired. She needed a nap. She was to young for all of this so she slept for hours.
She woke up and sat straight up. She bumped her head on something. "Owwww!"
"Yeaoooh!"
She looked around and realized that this was her bedroom. And her Grandpa looked very angry, "What do you think your doin' kiddo? That was quite at shock you had."
"What? What shock?"
"Well, first I have a question youngin'. How did you get into that battlefield?"
"It wasn't a battlefield when I got there, DUH." So she told him all about the beautiful cliff she found and the inspiration. She didn't want to have no Fuddy-duddy ruining it for her (at this, Strago twitched his mustache to show he didn't think he was a 'fuddy-duddy'), so she packed up her supplies and left. That was when she got lost.
"And I wouldn't have if you had let me go out before."
"Sure blame the not-so-old-man for all your. . ."
"Umm. . .Excuse me this is my fic. .umm . . I mean story." She continued with her story. When she got to the part about the Chimeras chasing her Strago got a little upset. "You were being. . CHASED!!! I should have been---"
"Please stop. I am okay and that is all that matters. Well, that was when it saved me."
"It ?? What was an it??"
"I don't know. It was huge, black, and really strong. It took on 7 Chimeras, and won. It was scary and . . .I can't even describe it." She knew that the 'black' was not completely evil. It was scary and strange, but it did save her. How could she explain that to this superstitious old man.
"This 'black' thing, was it a devil? It had to have been. . . Nothing else could take down 7 Chimeras that easily."
"But it saved me." Relm replied quietly. 'It was something different and alone, but not evil. Why would something evil protect me?'
All the while Strago stared at Relm, who seemed deep in thought. She wasn't really his, not by blood anyway. When he found her, he knew she would be strong. He tried so hard to teach her that all magic could be good or bad, but she always seemed to be thinking about something else. Never interested in magic, all children in the village could use it but her.
She only showed an interest in drawing. Only drawing, not playing with kids, not playing video games, only drawing. But was that so wrong? Did it have something to do with her past? Or was this devil just some figment of her imagination?
Relm, knowing none of this, just smiled as her grandfather appeared deep in thought. "Grandpa, will you teach me how to fight? I don't want to need anybody's help." 'Especially, a devil's help.'
This little 6-year old was the most independent person Strago knew. She stood up beside the bed at her full height of almost 3-feet. This little girl stood straight up next to her grandfather. And he smiled down at her, not knowing how hard she would have to fight to live though the next few years. And she would fight.
Well That was it for chapter one I swear the next will be longer. O-yeah, like I said I would really like reviews. I also like puppies and rainbows and . . .Wait what? O right Please review.
