"Hm? Your Highness, where is your bracelet?"
"My bracelet? It's… gone. Where could it be? Did that man--"
"I'll find him!"
I remember awaking to these voices. I was freezing for the most part, except where Sadie was laying on me.
"Don't worry about it, Seth. That bracelet was a gift from my father, but Ephraim needs our help. I can't let sentimentality get in my way of duty."
This was a girl's voice. Someone about my age.
"No, Princess… We must retrieve your bracelet regardless the cost. You cannot lose it. Let's go. We must hurry."
This was a guy… sounded a little older. But… "Princess"? What the hell? I opened my eyes. It was dark, but I could see the moon, which was partly covered by clouds. Wait… the moon?
I sat up. I was surrounded by trees…Where'd my bed go? Sadie sniffed, and got off my lap. I looked around and shivered. I was freezing, and I didn't recognize where I was. I looked down, and I felt my eyes grow as I pulled my legs up to my chest.
I was completely naked.
I heard more voices: "Franz, get Gilliam and the others- we're chasing a thief."
"Y…yes, General Seth."
I didn't know what to do. Slowly, I got up, and hid behind a tree. I looked in the direction the voices were coming from. Before I found them, I remembered what they'd said: "Princess", "Franz" and "Seth"? Those were the names from that game… The game! I'd fallen asleep playing it. Now… now I was dreaming! Ha!
I smirked. With a new confidence, I walked right out of the woods and into a clearing. The first thing I saw was a girl in a yellow dress. Her hair was blue. What is it with that? A lot of these characters seemed to have unnatural hair colors.
"Excuse me…" I said, finding my voice quieter than I'd intended. She turned.
The girl's face lost color almost immediately. I could feel my cheeks get warm, even though I knew it was a dream. "I was wondering if you could help me out…" I unintentionally flashed a shy smile. That was a lady-killer at school, so it was kind of an automatic thing around girls.
I thought she would scream. She looked ready to. Rather, she turned quickly and called, "Seth!"
I froze. Who was she calling?? I searched my memory. Seth… Seth…
The guy on the white horse!
"Princess Eirika??" Both the blonde kid and Seth came running. Seth also had an odd colored top, though it was more natural than blue. I became suddenly very self-conscious, though I was strong and relatively muscular.
Seth's first reaction was to move 'Eirika' away. He stepped in front of her and kept his arm out defensively. The blonde kid, who was actually smaller than me, put his hand to his sword's hilt. His face was red, though, and he kept his eyes at my face.
I quickly put my hands up to my chest and showed them my palms, "No, no… I just… err… need clothes."
This was a stupid dream.