Hello, so the actual fic is going tobe about either Ranulf or Janaff cause there arn't enough fics like that. But I'm also going tomake a fic for Soren too

Disclaimer: Again,I own nothing, so sad I know.

Prologue 2: New ideas

She screamed…and then played dead…

The cat was bewildered…it was only a small girl that had scared him half way to a heart attack. Not to mention she was a terrible actor. Does she really believe I'll fall of that? He shifted from his laguz form into one less terrifying for the young Beorc. Cautiously he walked over to the young girl, kneeled down, and poked her "I won't eat you ya'know…"

She quickly sat up, eyes still closed but slowly opened one "Really?" disbelief had been evident in her voice.

"Ya'know, Beorc children don't taste good, to chewy." obviously sarcastic, but curious what the girls reaction would be. She quickly laid back down returning to her horrible recreation of what a twitching corpse might look like. "Your horrible at pretending." he half laughed. At least she's entertaining. "How long do you intend to slay like that?" The girl merely opened an eye and then closed it once again. Perhaps entertaining wasn't the right word? Strange or Weird? The Laguz smirked "Girl, what is your name?" The girl opened her right eye, only to close it once more. Maybe funny? With a pretend echo of pain in his voice he dared to target conversation once more. "Ya'know, laguz don't eat humans…are we really so scary?" The small girl didn't move for a moment, but then opened her eyes-both of them this time and sat up.

Finally the girl spoke up in a matter-of-fact way with a finger pointing to the sky. "But daddy says sub-humans are mean creatures that attack humans." His response was merely the twitch of an eye at the word sub-human.

Irritable…"Well, that's not true at all, and we laguz dislike the word sub-human, remember that little one." he paused "Now what is your name little Beorc?"

The small girl only looked at him in confusion. "What's a Beorc?"

The laguz chucked and stood up. "A Beorc is a human. A laguz is what you called sub-human. But calling a laguz a sub-human is a very mean thing."

"OH!" Realization hit her like a stone hitting water. And with her best pout she apologized as quickly as she could manage. "I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, Mr. Laguz!"

He a soft sighed, almost annoyed but remembered she was only a small child. But then again she wasn't a very bright child… "My name is not Mr. laguz, I'd have you call me Raiva if you don't mind…" The girl furiously nodded. "And yours?"

Again she apologized "I'm Nephi but I call me Fey! Pleased to meet you Mr. … Riva!"

"It's Raiva"

Fey jumped at the correction. "Sorry!"

Raiva looked at the ground near the well and noticed what the girl had dropped when she woke him. It was a water bucket and in terrible condition. "Water?" Fey shrugged confused with a slight squeak of a 'huh?' "You came here with a bucket. Shouldn't you be getting your water?" She perked up quickly.

"Oh yeah! I have to go Mr. Raiva." The girl stood up quickly and turned around. Raiva stood up and tapped her shoulder now holding her sad excuse of a water bucket. He wouldn't have been surprised if it had multiple leaks between the small wooden walls.

"Oops! I almost forgot!" She grabbed the bucket from his hands and ran over to the well, she attached the bucket to the rope and dropped it in. For a moment the only sound heard was the wind and the sound of foot steps. Raiva walked over to the girl, took the rope from her and after a splash pulled the now full bucket from the well.

"This is probably a bit heavy for such a small little Beorc. I'll carry it." Raiva smiled as the girl made pointless attempts to get the bucket back, only to give up in the end.

"Fine, but you can't let momma see you, you'll scare her." Her response gave way to a frown on the man's face.

"If that's what you think, little Beorc." Fey turned to the man with a scowl.

"My name is fey remember? You don't need to called me Beorc anymore." Raiva nodded and fey began walking up the trail once more. "So Mr. Raiva, why were u sleeping at that well?"

"hmm… I've been traveling for a while, the clearing near your well just looked warm enough for a napping spot."

Fey turned around and started walking backwards up the pathway. It was no challenge for her since she walked it every day, but her staring at Raiva made him uncomfortable. "So are you really a cat?"

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Said I'd update in a couple days so I decided to end the chapter there. Tell me what you think. Sorry its to short.