(AN: eeveefairysparkle messed up last chapter)
Yes I did, I originally put that this story took place a year after the game and three years after the blood purge. I was under the impression that the game was two years after the blood purge. It was brought to my attention that this was not the case. I have fixed the chapter and it is now one year after the game and two years after the blood purge. That is six months between the blood purge and the start of the game, a few months for the actual game, and about a year after that until the start of the story.
(AN: Thanks to AntiSora for pointing that out.)
When the group arrived in Iselia Genis noticed that Cast seemed nervous.
"What's wrong?" asked Genis. He had become more protective of his new friend after he learned of his amnesia.
Slightly annoyed, because Cast didn't see himself any differently because of his amnesia and didn't like people treating him differently, replied "nothing, I'm fine. I'm just nervous about meeting so many new people."
"Don't worry too much," said Raine, "I already let most of our friends know that we were bringing a guest. They all can't wait to meet you."
"Thanks," said Cast, with a smile.
After the failed attempt to find the ruins Raine had decided to return later to search again. Genis wasn't too thrilled and asked if he could stay in Iselia instead. Raine agreed that he could and asked if Cast would like to stay in Iselia, continue the search with Raine, or if he was going to continue on his own. Cast decided that it would be more fun to travel with Raine on an adventure than to wait in Iselia and he certainly didn't want to start traveling by himself again.
"Finally, going on adventures is fun and all, but it's nice to be home," said Genis as the group walked into Iselia. "We're meeting in the school house; follow us, Cast."
As Cast walked into the unfamiliar school house he looked around. The rest of the group had already arrived and turned to see the newcomers. Right away a boy in red with brown hair and twin swords jumped up and said, "Hey guys, glad you finally made it." To Cast, who was staying back to avoid attention, he said, "Are you Cast? Raine wrote to me saying you were coming. My name is Lloyd," and stuck out his hand in a friendly way.
Cast, not used to such large groups, hesitated for a moment, but quickly smiled and shook Lloyd's hand. "Yes, my name is Cast. It's a pleasure to meet you, Lloyd."
"Name's Zelos Wilder," said another boy with bright red hair. Zelos smiled and patted Cast on the back.
"I'm Presea," said a small girl with pink hair. Cast noted that while she spoke softly she had a surprisingly strong handshake. He also noticed that Genis seemed to be blushing while she was there.
"Regal Bryant, at your service," said a tall man with blue hair. He seemed like the kind of man that Cast naturally looked up to.
"I'm Colette. It's nice to meet you," said a smiling blond girl. There seemed to be something almost angelic about her Cast thought. He then realized that Colette must be the chosen of Sylvarant that he had heard about and that she would actually have angel powers.
"Sheena Fujibayashi, pleased to meet you," said another girl, this one with black hair and wearing light purple.
Finally, a girl with long, light brown hair with flowers in it walked over with another boy, this one with blond hair and green eyes. Cast realized that by process of elimination this boy must be Emil, but what was strange was that he could have sworn he recognized the name but this boy was in no way familiar to him.
"Hi, my name is Marta," said the smiling girl, "and this is Emil." Sure enough, this boy was Emil Castagnier. Emil didn't say anything but was blankly staring at Cast, making the already uncomfortable Cast even more nervous. After a few moments Marta elbowed Emil in the side to get his attention.
"Oh! Sorry, hi," said Emil with a start. He held out his hand and smiled, but he still seemed distracted. Cast decided to let it go and went to talk with Raine and Regal who were discussing the recent trip looking for ruins.
Meanwhile, Lloyd and Genis, who had noticed Emil acting strangely walked over to him.
"Hey, you okay? You seem kinda out of it," said Lloyd. Emil, still watching Cast, only nodded.
"Do you know him? Cast said something earlier about your name sounding familiar," said Genis.
Emil winced and asked, "What can you tell me about him?" in a strained voice.
"Not much, he has amnesia so he doesn't remember anything about his past. He said he probably lost it two years ago, in the blood purge of Palmacosta," said Genis. This time it was Lloyd who winced, for more explainable reasons. Even though he did not cause the blood purge he was blamed for it. Most people knew now that he was innocent, but old memories die hard.
After a long pause Emil finally said, "I know who he is. I've never met him but I am completely sure of it. He is Emil Castagnier."
Le Gasp! Anyway, tell me what you think! Hey, where are you AN… AN?
(AN: Huh? Are we finally done? You took your sweet time about it. It's been what, a week?)
Yes I know. I could make a whole bunch of excuses about how busy I've been, but really, I was just intimidated by this chapter. I don't do well with large numbers of people in one scene; it's hard to write them in character. So, I've been putting it off. Sorry.
(AN: Bye bye)