1Hi everyone! I just wanted to thank my most devoted fans: Kratos Wilder and Cai-nikz! Thanks so much for all of your support. You make me enjoy writing. I will keep writing as long as I have people who read my story.
Okay so this chapter is starting right where the last chapter ended. It is still night and they are still at camp. They will soon arriving in Luin. Enjoy!
Chapter 4: Lloyd and Sheena
"Hey, what's the matter, can't sleep?" Lloyd asked Storm as he sat down next to her.
"Huh? Oh, I was just looking at the stars. They remind me of home. When I was a kid my father would always show me the stars. They always help me relax and fall asleep," replied Storm.
"Really? My dad always showed me the stars too. It must just be a dad thing"
"Do you still talk to your dad? Where is he now?"
"My mother died when I was only three, but I don't know what happened to my real dad. A dwarf named Dirk raised me and so I think of him as my dad. My real dad probably didn't survive. But even though he died when I was three I can still remember sitting on his shoulders while he showed me the stars," replied Lloyd.
"I understand how you feel. My mother and brother died when I was only two," Storm said sadly.
"I'm sorry. What happened to your father?" Lloyd asked.
"He's still around but I don't see him very often anymore. Once I became a mercenary I left home and haven't seen him since," Storm answered.
"That's too bad, but at least he's still alive," replied Lloyd trying to cheer up a seemingly depressed Storm.
"Yeah..." Storm sighed.
"Hey! What are you doing on this journey anyways? What makes you want to help the Chosen?" questioned Storm.
"I want to see Colette regenerate the world. I want to see a world with no more human ranches and Desians. I don't want anymore victims and I don't want anymore useless killing," relied Lloyd.
"No more victims, huh? The world will always have victims," Storm answered.
"There has to be a way," replied a determined Lloyd.
Stupid kid can't he see that nothing he can do will help. The half-elves will always be persecuted. Little does he know that Colette will soon become one of his victims when she helps Lord Yggdrassil.
"Well, I guess I'll head to bed now. See you in the morning Storm," Lloyd said as he got up to go to sleep by the fire.
"Yeah, see you in the morning," replied Storm as her eyes began to wander back up to the endless sea of stars.
Too bad I can't sleep. I wonder what it must be like?
The next day
"Keep away from Lloyd!" cried Genis as he snatched one of Lloyd's sandwiches and began to run.
"Hey get back here I need that one. I've only had three!" cried Lloyd as he began to chase Genis.
Storm stood back and watched confused at the bizarre behavior of the two children.
"Catch Colette," Genis yelled as he hurdled the sandwich at her.
When Colette caught it she began to run, laughing as Lloyd desperately tried to keep up. Suddenly Colette tripped sending the sandwich flying and eventually landing at Storm's feet. Storm bent over and picked it up wondering what to do with the seemingly prized possession. She looked at it and tried to figure out why everyone wanted it so badly when suddenly she saw Lloyd charging toward her.
"Run Storm! Don't let Lloyd catch you!" screamed Genis.
"Okay," replied Storm as she began to evade Lloyd. Suddenly, the memories of playing came back to her as she began to tease Lloyd with the sandwich. She would slow down just long enough for him to catch up and then she would speed up.
I thought Mithos stopped her from playing? She still won't show any emotion though. She still won't laugh or smile. Maybe these kids can help bring back her soul. Maybe there's still hope for her. Kratos thought to himself.
After the keep away game with Lloyd the group began to walk towards Luin. They soon arrived at what they believed was once the beautiful city of Luin. But, everything was broken and destroyed. The city looked completely abandoned.
"Wha...what happened here?" questioned Colette.
"I don't know but it doesn't look good," replied Lloyd.
The group began to search through the city, looking for any sign of life when they saw a young girl who was bleeding and hurt on the ground. They immediately ran over to the girl.
"It's you again," Raine said to the mystery girl.
"You know her?" questioned Storm.
"Yeah, she keeps trying to kill Colette," Genis stated.
Her clothes they look like they're from... no it couldn't be... could it? Storm thought.
"You're hurt! What happened here?" asked Lloyd.
"The entire...city was...attacked by Desians...they were...hiding some escapee...from the nearby human ranch," the girl replied.
Suddenly a man ran down the street, tripped, and fell in front of the group. Not too far behind him came a monster.
"Stay back you monster!" cried the young girl as she jumped in front of the man preparing to attack.. The monster, though attacked her and ran off leaving the girl bleeding in pain on the ground.
"Professor, she's hurt, please heal her," Colette cried as she ran over to the young girl.
"Colette, she's our enemy. We shouldn't help her. She may try to kill you again," replied Raine.
"Please, you have to help her," Colette pleaded.
"I don't see the harm in it," Kratos added.
"Fine. But I swear you're all too soft-hearted," Raine said as she went over and healed the young girl.
"You...you saved me?" questioned the girl.
"Yeah, you tried to save that man you can't be all that bad?" Lloyd sais to the girl with a large smile on his face.
"Thank you. My name is Sheena. Um...I know you probably don't trust me and all but can I ask you all for a favor. Can you help me rescue these people? I owe them room and board for when I stayed here and I want to help them. They didn't deserve to be carried off to that human ranch. Could you help me? I'll do my best to return the favor," pleaded Sheena.
"Yes, of course we'll help you. I want to help rescue those people as much as you do," replied Lloyd.
"Fine with me," Kratos agreed.
"You're all nuts! You think our small group can defeat a whole human ranch full of Desians?" Storm replied.
"Hey, we beat all the Desians back in Palmacosta and now we have two extra people. We'll be fine," replied a very confident Lloyd.
"Alright if you say so," Storm gave in.
They have no idea what they're getting into. Magnius was an idiot. Of course they would be able to defeat him. Kvar is in a whole different league. It'll be a miracle if me and Lord Kratos are able to defend the Chosen from him. I will not let you down Lord Yggdrassil!
That's it for this round. Next, Storm and party meet Kvar. Author note: Storm has never met Kvar and is pretty much getting all of her information from what Mithos and Kratos had told her. So tell me what you think.