Ch.1: Journey's Start
"Hey, Sephira! Sephira!" A voice yelled angrily and Sephira awoke in the tree she was resting in. She looked down to see one of the villagers standing below the tree. She sighed, "What is it!"
"You forgot to do your job and protect the village. Three men just risked their lives fighting off dangerous coyotes!"
' "Coyotes… You came all the way here to ruin my relaxation just to tell me about puny coyotes!"
"Uh-uhhh… Puny?"
"Yep… Puny. I've killed things much worse than coyotes."
"Um… worse?"
She sighs and sits up. "Yeah… like ferocious demons and monsters."
"I'm sorry to have bothered you. But keep in mind that Meena is looking for you so you'll play with her. She looks up to you Sephira. She has been ever since her parents died. You're all she's got now. Don't forget that." The man bows and goes back to the village. Sephira laid herself back down on the tree branch. She thought about how Meena's parents died, just like hers. "Better go see what Meena's up to."
She hops out of the tree and starts down the trail to the village. The wind blew through her silver hair with ease. She flicked her bangs out of her face as she entered the village entrance. A little five year old girl with brown hair ran towards Sephira in excitement. Sephira knelt down and smiled brightly as Meena ran into her arms and hugged her. Sephira pulled back, "Hey Meena! What are you doing?"
"I was waiting for you to come back home."
"Well… I'm here now."
Meena jumps up and down, "Come play with me!"
"Hehe… Okay Meena." She follows Meena into a little house. She sits on a chair at a little table while Meena searches through her things. Meena came back with a box in her hands. "What's that Meena?"
"It's the last thing I have of my parents. It's a music box but it doesn't work."
"Let me see…"
Meena gives Sephira the music box. Sephira examines it closely. "This shouldn't be too hard to fix. I'll fix it for you."
"I can't ask you to do that for me."
"It's the least I can do. Your family took me in basically when I ended up here."
"Thank you Sephira."
"No problem." Sephira looked outside to see that it was suddenlt getting late. "Meena, you should get ready to go to bed."
"Okay." Meena went into her room and changed into her pajamas. She walked back into the kitchen and had Sephira brush her hair. When Sephira was done, she brought Meena into her room and tucked her into bed. "Now you just go to sleep known ok?"
"Ok."
"I'll see you in the morning… Goodnight."
"Night."
Sephira walked back into the kitchen and sat at the kitchen table. She brought her wing forward and started to fix her feathers because they were ruffled a bit. The sounds of the night prowled throughout the village.