Tales of Legendia – A New Generation
Norma goes missing
10 years later..
"Watch me daddy!!!"
A young girl with long black and red hair leaned backwards, her left foot in mid air and right hand holding a spear, ready to aim. Her skin was tanned and her eyes were two brown burning orbs. She wore a blue polo shirt and a pair of familiar looking zebra patterned pants.
She threw the spear with full force and watched it with high hopes. Behind her, a proud father wearing the same pants, only larger in size, watched his 10 year old daughter make the shot. It was Moses Sandor, a very proud father of this young girl.
Poing!
"Looky that Daddy! It's a bullzeye!!" the girl ran towards the red-headed man and hugged him tightly. "Whaddya think o' that, huh?"
Moses laughed and patted on the girl's bandana, which was wrapped around the girl's head. "Ya did a great job, Niki!" he commented. "How about we go to the Bakery and buy some Pizza?"
Niki grinned and hopped around madly. She has certainly got her father's genes. "Yay!! Pizza!"
A short introduction about this young bandit girl. She has adopted most of her father's DNA. She grins, moves, talks and walks like our cheerful bandit, Moses. At the age of 7, Moses had already trained her to use a spear.
Moses felt very proud of his offspring, but he feel… rather sad nowadays.
Few years ago..
Norma kissed Moses while Niki, who was on the sidelines, made a face that reads 'Eww!'. "I'll be back, Red, so don't you worry about me," said the mother. "I'll just have to collect another crystal fragment of the Everstone, then I'll be back in no time!"
Niki, who was still at the age of 5, wondered what was going on. "Mommy," she whimpered. "Where you goin'?"
Norma carried Niki in her arms and kissed her on the cheek. "Mommy's going away for a while." She explained. "But I'll be back soon, okay?"
Seeing that things were okay, Niki grinned widely and nodded. "Yup!" she piped.
Moses and Norma embraced one more time before they parted. "You come home soon, 'kay?" Moses asked again.
Norma bopped him on the head and laughed. Niki laughed too that she ended up rolling on the floor! "You worry wart! I'll be fine!"
Moses sat on the dusty floor, rubbing his head, chuckling. "Okay, okay! I was just makin' sure!"
With that, father and daughter watched the mother take the Duct, which was heading for the Crystal Forest, and waved good-bye.
2 years passed by..
Niki had growned up to 7 years old, and yet, no sign of Norma coming back home. Moses was sick of sitting there, training Niki without Norma watching them, and decided to gather a search party to look for Norma.
"C'mon, guys!" he announced to C'saba and his other bandit members, "Look for her and make sure you won't come back empty-handed!"
The bandits raised their spears and howled their war cry, then set forth to the Crystal Forest. All of them decided not to take the Duct, just in case Norma got lost in another area.
After days that seemed like weeks came, C'saba came back to report.
"Moses," he started.
Moses looked at C'saba with full attention. "What? Did you find Norma?"
C'saba bit his lower lip, hesitating.
"Well?" asked Moses again, this time, more firmly.
"Moses.." C'saba said again. "We.. We tried.. But.. We can't find her.. She's gone."
A deathly silence filled the air.
"Gone.." Moses looked down, his red moppy hair covering his eyes. "Gone? Whaddya mean 'gone'?!" He looked up, his left eye flaring with anger. He stepped forward to C'saba and grab hold of his collar. "She can't just go 'poof' and be GONE!"
C'saba was shaking violently, for he hadn't seen Moses look so angry. "I'm sorry, Moses!" he pleaded. "But we couldn't find her! We searched everywhere from our old Bandit Lair to the Crystal Forest itself! She's gone missing, Moses!"
Moses released C'saba and glared at him. Then finally seeing the truth, he sighed and the raging anger surpassed. "I see.." he whispered. "So if you can't find her, I'll look for her mehself!"
He was about to exit the tent when a small hand slutched to his pants.
"Don't go daddy." Said a tiny voice.
Moses instantly melted and looked down to his feet, where little Niki was looking up to him with big teary eyes. She had heard everything.
"I'm scared daddy," she said. "If you go, you'll be lost too, just like mommy."
Moses listened, his mouth was gapped and his eyes still looking at his daughter.
"If you go daddy," continued the daughter, "Take me too."
In the end, Moses couldn't go. He couldn't bear imagining his baby girl get hurt by the monsters in the Crystal Forest.
C'saba and the others still search, but in vain. Until then, the painful day came when a fellow bandit returned with one small possession.
"Moses," said the bandit. "It's… It's Norma's wedding ring."
Moses looked at the bandit's palm, where the small blue jeweled ring lay. He took it to his own hands, and his heart froze ashe saw the engraving inside.
'Moses and Norma 4ever'.
The truth slapped him in the face.
Norma was indeed, gone.
End of Chapter 1