To: Aise
I didn't mean to switch back an forth between 1st and 3rd person P.o.V, it was habit, I usually write in first person I was just trying it out because detail is supposedly easier to write in third person. If I do it again feel free to hit me with multiple items. As for the italics, I have no fcking idea why it messed up, on my word document all of the flashbacks are in italics, but when I went to check the story, bits of speech and paragraphs aren't. However I fixed my Italics problem. Thank you, I'm very glad you took you time to help me. I'm going to try my best to make better the elements you pointed out.
To: Satsu's death messenger
What's wrong with telling you I liked your story? Anyways thanks for the review.
But I would love to know if there is there any way to use html here, on my previous posting site we had to use html and I have grown accustomed to it. Also My editor (friend) has moved away, therefor I have no second opinion so help will be extra appreciated, though I finally got Microsoft word (something with spell and grammar check hugs it) so the mistakes might not be a profound as before. After an extremely long authors note, for those of you reading and not reviewing, and the one person who did review here's the next chapter!
2. Why Do They Always Knock Her Out?
In the Prontera chivalry on the northwest side of town four adventurers were speaking with a commanding lord knight about the attacks.
"You can't just sit around and do nothing!" yelled a priestess banging her fist on the desk.
Her red hair gave the impression that her head was on fire and a fury flashed in her green eyes. Had she not been so angry, she would have been quite a beautiful sight. There was a knight, an assassin and a wizard behind her trying to calm her down.
"Sarah, there's nothing we can do now anyways. The citizens are safe." Said the knight.
The priestess just turned around and glared at her. The knight's face turned as pale as the piece of parchment on the desk. Making it contrast with her brown eyes and black hair.
"Am I the only one who noticed the dessert wolves and scorpions drawing closer to the city of Morroc?" she yelled in frustration.
"Sarah, there's no reason to get so worked up, it might just be a change in their moving patterns." The assassin replied coolly.
"So basically, you think that it's okay to not do anything till people get killed!" she yelled.
"Miss, there is no solid proof that those animals are going to attack." Replied the lord knight she previously had her anger channeled on.
"That doesn't mean anything! You can't just sit here while people get killed!" The priestess yelled.
"I cannot waste our budget on unmade attacks!" yelled the lord knight.
"Fuck this! If your not going to do anything I will!" yelled the infuriated woman.
She muttered and prayer no one could hear while holding a blue stone. A warp portal appeared infront of her at the spot she dropped it when she was finished, and the knight, the wizard and the assassin shortly followed by herself walked through it and disappeared in a showcase of lights.
Anna, Silver and Chiaki were now moving through the Sogat desert trying to get to Morroc. Anna had never seen so much sand in her life. The entire area was an ocean of sand. Anna, being used the cool humid air of Payon, was having a hard time adjusting. She was starting to feel weak and sick. Her skin was flushed and dry despite the hot weather. She felt tired and slightly dizzy, and was having hallucinations. A few second ago she thought she saw the Pillsbury doughboy doing the waltz with a cactus.
"Can we stop for a second, my head hurts?" asked Anna
"Grit your teeth and bare it you stupid bitch!" yelled Chiaki
"Of course we can rest for a second, and Chiaki, perhaps it would be better if you didn't talk anymore," said Silver glaring at Chiaki.
"Oh like you wanna stop just because a fourteen year old girl has a headache!" yelled Chiaki
"This is obviously This is the child's first time in the desert! She could get seriously ill!" Silver yelled straight back
"If we stop she'll be in the heat longer!" Chiaki retorted.
"You're so aggravating!" yelled Silver.
As the two girls argued Anna could feel her knees beginning to tremble and her dizziness increase.
"Big brother look at this!" yelled Anna excited.
"What is it Anna?" he asked leaning to his knee so her could see what the young girl was holding.
She extended her hands to show a small scale.
"Anna, Where did you get this?" asked Katsura
"I found it by the cave when I was playing." Said Anna
"Anna your not supposed to go by the cave." Said Katsura sternly.
"Are you going to tell on me?" tempted the little girl.
"Nah, what mother doesn't know can't hurt, but don't go back there." Said Katsura.
"Okay!" exclaimed Anna happily.
Anna woke up in a small dirty room; the light outside was gone. Anna guessed it was about ten at night. She got up still feeling alittle weak and lit a candle on the nightstand next to her. She took the candle and walked over to the window. She recognized one thing: sand. Everything else was something new, from the merchant stands on the side of the walk, to the amazing amount of people up and night. She guessed most of them were thieves seeing as they went into a house with an empty or slightly filled bag, and came out with the bag bulging out more than it had before.
'Well this town rolls out the welcome mat.' Anna thought sarcastically to herself.
Anna left the window side and went to the door to see if Silver or Chiaki could tell her what happened. She walked down the stairs to hear people talking downstairs.
"Damn it! Tell your customers to leave! If they don't leave they'll die!" yelled a woman in frustration.
"Like I care, I'm in this for the cash." The innkeeper replied
"You heartless bastard!" she heard a different female say.
She also heard the unsheathing of a sword and it seemed as If the woman who just yelled was about to kill the innkeeper. She closed her eyes waiting to hear a scream and the sound of a sword slashing threw flesh but it never happened.
"Ayla this man is not worth it." She heard a man say.
"Let's get everyone out ourselves." Said the first female voice.
"If you harass my customers I'll have you kicked out." Yelled the innkeeper.
"If you want your customers to come back they have to be alive!" yelled the second female voice.
Apparently the woman had not sheathed her sword for when her footsteps went toward the counter The innkeeper pleaded for his own life and said they could do as they please as long as she doesn't kill him. Anna heard footsteps moving toward the stairwell, she quickly yet quietly moved up the stairs and closed her rooms door behind her with a click.
She got under the blankets on her bed and tried to put them on her as neatly as they were when she woke up. A knight walked into the room. She had long black hair the seamed to dance behind her as she walked and the only thing that could be seen behind her helm and iron chain were two brown eyes.
"Miss, wake up please." She said quietly shaking her awake.
Anna opened her eyes to show the woman she heard her and she was wide-awake. The woman continued to shake her as if not noticing that. It wasn't until two minutes afterward that Anna started to get annoyed.
"You can stop shaking me, I'm awake." Said Anna irritably.
"Oh sorry, I hadn't noticed." Said the knight laughing nervously
"Don't shake people whom you've stood on. By the way Anna how are you feeling now" Said an assassin standing in the doorway.
"How do you know my name?" asked Anna, confused and now slightly scared.
"Since Sarah didn't think to just warp us to Morroc, she instead warped us to the Morroc fields which was coincidentally the exact spot where your friends were treating you for heat stroke. Your mage friend gave us quite a beating till we calmed her down for standing on you." Said the assassin
Anna couldn't help but laugh at the last statement. The assassin had midnight blue hair and light blue eyes, so light Anna thought they were Silver, his eyes mesmerized Anna for a second. The assassin moved closer to the knight and whispered something in her ear.
"Anyways, you and your friends are going to come with us for now, so get your ass up and moving." Said the assassin.
"My name is Ayla, and this is Alex." She said gesturing to the assassin behind her.
Anna got up and went to the closet where her normal clothes hung. She gestured to the Ayla who unlike Alex hadn't left and she moved out the door and began to wake up the other people staying there. Anna quickly got dressed and ran to catch up to the rest of the group. Silver and Chiaki were already dressed and with Ayla and her friends. Everyone left the inn, all novices and first job adventurers stayed with Ayla while Alex and two others lead the way the west town exit.
"This is the only exit with no enemies, going through this area should let you all avoid them." Said a priestess in the front.
She had red hair and green eyes. To magnify the Christmas feeling when looking at her she wore red priestess wardrobe and a Santa hat. There was a wizard behind her. His cloak was a green color and his hair a similar shade. He had his back to her so she couldn't see his eyes. He seemed agitated from the way he talked.
"I'm telling you Sarah, the wolves might not be there but the scorpions should have moved in there by now. We can fare wolves better than scorpions." He said agitated.
"This is the best plan we have right now." The priestess said almost as agitated as the wizard.
The wizard sunk back. When he got far enough behind for Anna to see his face it was full of fear and shame. His eyes were a dark brown. Anna most likely guessed that priestess was not one to be bargained with. The night sky was scattered with stars. She could clearly see orians belt and the dippers. Anna gazed at them, remembering the starry nights in Payon.
"Not as many as there are in Payon." Anna thought aloud.
"Pardon?" asked Silver to the side.
"Oh nothing." Said Anna.
Anna felt uneasy. They entire time she was alert to every moving shadow, every sound. She looked around taking in every detail of the land. Anna stopped abruptly. She noticed to her left in the shadows was the figure of an insect about as large as her torso. It looked much like a lobster, until it got closer. Upon the realization of what it was she could not help but scream. Alex and the wizard looked over to see the cause of her alarm was none other than a scorpion.
"ahem Now what's the best plan we have Sarah?" the wizard yelled to the priestess infront.
Anna put five arrows on her bow and shot them of at the same time sending a shower of arrows at the dozen others that appeared. They were too powerful for only herself to fight, not to mention there were so many. She remembered Payon and realized what was happening. Anna could not help but notice Silver speaking with the wizard. They began chanting; a few seconds later two safety walls appeared. First all novices were escorted through by Sarah. The scorpions were far more dangerous than the zombies were but Anna stayed anyways. She wanted to help.
They continued to get people out but Anna refused to leave. She wanted to prove she didn't need everyone's help, that she could defend herself. Desert wolves on all sides circling their prey. The assassin jumped into the middle of the circle and fought them off. After they were vanquished He knocked Anna out by hitting Anna with the broad side of his katar and handed her to Ayla who would then take her out of there when everyone was gone.
"Anna!" Katsura said letting Anna know he was back.This had been the last time Anna had ever seen Katsura. She ran up him and looked happily into his brown eyes. They held the same mischievous glint as they always had. Anna and Katsura went to the target practice area up by the cave. Ever since she turned 10 when he came back he would Show Anna some moves.
"This is called Arrow Shower. It's a lot like Double strafe except these arrows fan out and hit many targets, and of course there are more arrows involved." He said
He showed Anna what to do and then watched Anna try to do it herself. When she got it wrong her encouraged her to try again.
"Anna, hold the bow like this" He moved her hand downward alittle, "When your alittle faster I'll show you how to do it with multiple arrows at a time. For now this speed is good for learning."
They kept practicing and by the end of the day she had mastered the move. Her mother called them for dinner and they had their annual Katsura-came-home-so-it-has-to-be-good dinner and went up to their rooms. In the morning Katsura left and the family said their good byes.
"I'll teach you Arrow Creation next time I come back." Said Katsura as he turned his back and left.
Anna once again found herself waking up after being knocked unconscious, this time to the soon-to-be-familiar sound of fighting.
"You didn't have to knock her out you dumb idiot!" yelled Chiaki
"For once I agree with her, knocking Anna out was completely unnecessary." Said Silver.
"And you said you respected women better than me." Said the wizard with a laugh.
"He does you lecherous moron!" yelled the knight and the priestess in unison.
"Back to the subject please." Said the assassin.
"What yelling at you?" asked the priestess.
Anna walked into the room and sat on a chair. She glared at the assassin and asked him:
"Where are we?"
"You're in the Crimson Twilight's guild castle. The city of Morroc has been destroyed." Said Alex (the assassin incase you forgot)
"And unfortunately, there wasn't enough time to save the citizens." Said Ayla
The priestess twitched and walked away. Her blazing red hair covered her face.
"You and the people at the inn were spared. We tried to save someone else, however, it failed." Said Ayla.
"My resurrection is so useless…" the priestess added quietly.
Anna decided the priestess obviously didn't want to talk about it so she let it go and relaxed by the fire. 'This place, feels safe.'
"Well let's all introduce ourselves!" suggested Ayla happily.
"My name is Matt-"started the wizard only to be cut off by the priestess
"No your name is Matthew." She said perking up.
"I told you not to call me that!" he yelled, "anyways, please call me Matt, and I am known and the fire wizard in the guild."
"My Name is Sarah, I'm Mathew's older sister and the guilds youngest priestess." Said The priestess.
"DON'T CALL ME MATHEW!" yelled Matt
The Priestess only giggled and stuck her tongue out. Anna could not help but laugh at their behavior.
"ahem Anyways, I am Alex, an assassin of no guild title." Said Alex
"You have a title, you just don't like it." Said Ayla in a teasing way.
"I do not have any title." Said the assassin, his voice wavering and a blush forming on his face.
Anna had to admit Alex was rather handsome, especially when blushing. Had she not but angry with him, she would have enjoyed this moment.
"His title is the Usagi Ninja (rabbit ninja, which is actually going to be my title in game when I join a guild XD)." Said Sarah with a triumphant smile.
"I am Ayla, The knight of 100 colors, seeing as I always dye my hair or switch my armor for variety in colors." Said Ayla smiling.
"I'm Chiaki."
"I am Silver, I'm glad to meet you all." Said Silver bowing.
"And last but not least, I'm Anna." Said Anna smiling as well.
I end it here because I think I'll save the rest for next chapter, it's probably bored you with it's longness anyways. And of course I can only make a great time skip (ex. A week) when switching chapters.