Yes, finally a new chapter :3 Rainbowkittyblossomwings wrote this one and the next one. Anywho, please read, enjoy and review.
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Sodia looked around the forest like place she had fallen in. A trail was on it yet she had no idea where it led.
"Commandant!" She called, "Where are you?" She asked looking sad. "Come on, mutt."
Repede growled at being called that.
"No time for growling, we have to find the commandant. I have to be by his side." She didn't give another look behind her as she followed the road.
Hours and hours of walking ensued for the two companions, they soon found that the path they were on was not the safest, sometimes monsters would attack them.
"I am an imperial knight! I will not let you get in my way." Sodia announced, taking out her sword and slaying the creatures in her path. Repede just watched her from a safe distance, defending himself when needed and looking at her as if she was an idiot.
Eventually Sodia came upon a bridge across the water. It was made out of a tree.
"This must lead to civilization!" Sodia decided, "And then we can pursue looking for the commandant even more!" Repede put his head down in shame of the single-minded girl.
She crossed the bridge careful to not fall into the water and continued along her path.
Eventually she came upon a cave in the forest.
"Well, dog...This might lead us to civilization..." She decided, using her hands and sword to destroy some vines in her way she and Repede ventured into the cavern.
Repede growled at a foul smell.
"What's that smell?" She covered her nose. "It smells like rotten eggs!" Repede used his paws to cover his own nose. Sodia continued onward trying to take breaths only through her mouth. Eventually she heard the sound of crying.
"Is that a monster?" Sodia whispered to Repede. The closer they got the more the smell increased and the crying sound got louder. It sounded very human.
"Hello! Is someone in here? I am Sodia, of the knights. If you need help I am ready to aid you." She yelled. The crying made a mangled sound and stopped.
"G-go away." A stifled cry yelled, it sounded like a little girl. Sodia moved forward, knowing that helping little girls was part of her duty.
"Are you trapped in here? Don't worry, I'll help get you out!" She walked into the open cavern where the little girl was curled in a ball in a giant nest. She held a stuffed animal. The girl had long pink hair and a black dress.
"Go away! Mommy doesn't want people disturbing her rest." The girl cried.
"Your mother?" Sodia asked, she looked around and noticed the source of the smell, a roasted corpse of a monster and cracked eggs. The place they were in was obviously a monster's den. Sodia jumped to the worst conclusions that the little girl's mother had been killed by a monster. Geez, this girl was probably going to grow up to be in the hunting blades.
"It's all right." Sodia tried to be comforting, "Your mother is probably watching from somewhere better."
"Somewhere better?" The little girl asked, looking up from her crying.
"She's in the after-life watching over you." Sodia gulped. She wasn't much good at doing this comforting thing. She inwardly snickered to herself. She was probably doing better than Yuri did.
"After-life?" The little girl asked
"Yeah, watching over you wanting you to be happy, stuff like that. Your mom wants you to be happy." Sodia advised
"Happy...But Mommy, I can't be happy without your help! Ion has left me for that mean Anise!" The girl cried. Sodia had a wave of sympathy run through her she understood having someone leave you for someone mean and not worth their time. Even if Yuri had helped her she still thought that he shouldn't be hanging around Flynn.
"Your Mom can't help you now. You have to help yourself. Stand by your friend's side and protect them no matter what. Show them that you're more reliable than that other person." She advised balling her hand into a fist. Repede made a bark of agreement.
The little girl sat up and looked at Repede, his bark awakening her a bit.
"You think so?" She asked Repede. He nodded and made another barking sound. "Thank you..." She whispered, she got out of the nest to pat Repede on the head. Repede seemed fine with this.
"You actually like this dog?" Sodia asked surprised. This dog was Yuri's accomplice, thus she didn't enjoy his company quite that much.
"He's nice." The girl nodded. "What's your name?" She asked. Sodia was about to tell her that she couldn't communicate with a dog when the girl answered one of Repede's barks, "Repede? That's a nice name. You remind me of some of my siblings. My name is Arietta."
"How'd you know his name?" Sodia asked suspicious.
"He told me." Arietta answered simply.
"He told you? You can understand him?" Sodia asked, what kind of girl did she meet who could understand monsters.
"Yes." Arietta answered.
"But he's a monster! An animal, a dog." Sodia pointed out.
"My siblings were animals too." Arietta answered.
"Wasn't your mother destroyed by a monster though?" Sodia asked confused by her prediction, "Shouldn't you hate them?" She paused, "Wait...What about your siblings being animals?"
"My mother was killed by humans. Not monsters. You humans say I guess that she was the monster, but she just wanted to feed my brothers and sisters." Arietta told her.
Sodia looked at her in dismay. This girl's family was monsters? She had to get this little girl to someplace safe away from this crazy monster lair.
"Please come with me, I can help you." Sodia told her.
"Why should I?" Arietta asked
"I am a knight." Sodia told the girl. Arietta narrowed her eyes.
"Which division?" She asked
"I'm with the commandant." Sodia answered. Arietta's expression seemed to soften.
"I guess you've been sent here for me then." She shrugged, "All right. I'll come." She took a place next to Repede and followed Sodia out of the lair.
Sodia wondered what she would do now that she was still lost, had misplaced the commandant, and had a young child making idle chit-chat with a dog with her.
Sodia's life had indeed taken a turn for the weirder.
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