My Sword. My Shield

FxA

By: Niño F. aka F00l3Al2

A/N: I just rewrote the first chapter a bit, to and try to make it more detailed. Enjoy Chapter 1

"Thoughts"

"Normal"


Chapter 1

"I must find myself a rival, so I can be strong as my brother".

It was nighttime, but certain thoughts plagued the mind of a young green paladin, as he walked the camp of the Renais army.

"But, who should I ask? Seth certainly is a wise choice, but I cannot ask someone of a higher stature to be my rival. I cannot ask Forde, because I want to surprise him with my new skills."

After that thought, he looked up and saw someone who just might fit his requirements.

"Perfect."

A blonde girl stood out in the open, practicing with her lance. She turned, and Franz noticed that her face was shining with sweat as she lunged, stumbled and lunged again. Franz mentally nodded to himself with approval and walked up to the girl to tell her about his proposal

"Hello there, um…. Amelia? Is it?"

"Yes it is, and you're Franz?"

"Yes, that's right. So I'm wondering, how have you been doing now since you joined this army?"

"I'm doing great, being around people around some woman helped me feel more relaxed and that mostly everyone around the same age helps as well."

"That's great! Well anyways, the reason why I wanted to speak to you was, I want you to be my rival."

"Does this mean I have to fight and kill you now? Because I don't think Lady Erika would like ally's to kill another ally." Franz silently laughed at her amusing statement.

"No, it's more than that, it's like I try to better than you and you try to be better than me. It's the best way to train, you will always have a goal to achieve, and the great ones always had goals to motivate them."

"I see, but why? I don't think I can match up to your expectations." She looked down feeling ashamed of herself. "I'm still a trainee, I would not last one second against a seasoned cavalier such as yourself."

"Hahaha, why do you doubt your own ability? If train like this though, you will forget all your doubts. If you with heart, you will be strong, like my brother said to me when I was a bit younger. You see, my brother also has a rival, and they argue, fight and push each other to their limits, and they respect and grow together. When they're fighting for heart, it means their friendship in their rivalry." Saying it all with a sense of envy in his voice.

"But I don't think I am that qualified to be even out on the battlefield, all I do is practice hard with my lance and do my best. I am clearly the weakest person in this army and all I'm doing is holding everyone back." She said with guilt in her voice.

"Even so, awhile ago, Ross was the weakest person in army. He could not even raise his axe right at the time, but he didn't care. He tried his best and worked hard, and look at him now. Respected by Lady Erika, strong enough to take down three heavy knights. That is why I chose you. Let's work hard. And be the best of the best out there. But remember one thing, I shall go and be a great paladin knight, with his sword raised high. I hope you choose some other class to master so we can also even ourselves out in battle when we fight together."

"Ok, then I get to be a great knight, so I can defend the weak with my great shield. I'll try my best so both you and I can improve on our skills. I must go now; I need to rest for the night. Good night Franz, it was pleasant to meet you. I hope we can talk like this again."

Franz only gave a polite nod, as Amelia entered her tent for a good night's sleep. As he was walking back to his tent, more thoughts seem to enter his mind.

"Amelia sure is an amazing person. I'm surprised someone from Grado can be so nice. Though I wonder why she was red the whole time I talked to her. Was she catching something? I hope not, or I would have to find a new rival already."

He suddenly trips over a long objects, and while he was getting up, recognized the object to be Amelia's practicing lance.

"Might as well return it, don't want anyone else tripping over it like I did."

He turned around, and was greeted by a surprising sight, Amelia changing clothes. Immediatly he turns red at the her almost naked body.

"Well, she still has not seen me. Should I stay longer and watch herand recieve a beating? Or go run away,forgot the whole thing, and avoid getting an injury?"

He started to think about, while he continues staring at her changing form. Finnaly he gets an answer from himself that seeing this much is enough and just go before he gets jabbed up hole number two.

"I'll just leave her lance beside her tent and hope she gets it tomorrow."

And quickly he makes his escape like thief being chased. What Franz didn't know was that as he was leaving, a certain cavalier was watching him as he walked away from Amelia's tent.

"Franz…."


A/N: Well here it is, my first story. Hope you like it. . I really want to improve my writing skills, so please be a bit easy and please give me constructive criticism