Chapter 6 Memories

Kez-Kez let out a soft sigh. "Where are we going Min?" she asked annoyed "We've been trekking in this woods for hours, I'll be surprised if the King doesn't get on our asses, or if we get attacked by something here." Kez-Kez went on rambling about what would happen to them. But Min-Min didn't say a word to her, just keeping her eyes forward, thinking to herself.

Buildersith trailed behind them, getting slightly annoyed by Kez-Kez's constant rambling, but also worried a little for Min-Min. 'She isn't normally this quiet...I Wonder what Kez has done now...' He thought, kicking the leaves as he walked. "Hey are you even listening to me?" Kez asked annoyed, obviously knowing she wasn't. Kez started to get an uneasy feeling as the wind blew past her.

Buildersith grew increasingly annoyed.

"Okay, someone tell me what's going on, or I'm just going back to haven by myself?!" He asked in an unhappy tone. "What has Kez done to annoy you so much Min? And were are we even going?!" The young knight questioned the two older more experienced ones.

Buildersith gulped. He was frightened slightly, but he just looked down at his feet and didn't say anything. 'What's with these two...' he thought. Min just kept her eyes ahead. The atmosphere died and so was everything else it seemed, all the tree's, grass even, started to grow dead. 'Wait…what's up with the forest...All the trees and plants, they're all...burnt?' Buildersith thought to himself, moving uncomfortably in his amour. They continued to walk, in silence for a while, as the debris around them got worse, it just added to the suddenly saddened auras of the 3 knights. Min came to an abrupt halt. Buildersith also grew uneasy as he had his gun already in his palms.

"What's going on here...?" he asked in a more gentle tone. "What happened?" his voice seemed to get slightly more jittery; he got the feeling that the burnt-up surroundings had a story, a sad story.

"I had a feeling we were being led here..." Kez sighed softly, taking a few steps so she stood next to Min-Min. "this place holds a lot of memories... and yes they are sad... But it gives us reason to hate that king of ours." Awkwardness seemed to surround them as no one said a word. Not sure what to say.

Min walked forward, to get just enough distance between them. Buildersith looked around, for what he saw he couldn't describe, he didn't have words, they simply wouldn't come out. Kez forgot about all the arguments and realized how worthless they all are, there's such a bigger picture, something Buildersith would be oblivious to know, but he'll know sometime. It saddened her, as she noticed the small ruins of a village forming. She recognized it immediately, even though she never lived here herself, it just felt like a second home. "What is this place?" Buildersith asked without thinking. Kez just glanced at him and looked at Min.

"I mean... I... I dunno..." He was unsure of what to say, he was being fed so much information by his environment, he was coming up with his own theories of what happened here, why it happened, and who caused it, but the more he thought, the less he wanted to know.

Kez walked forward again, gently placing her hand on Min's shoulder. "Min... Are you sure you want to be here?" She asked in a quiet voice, not wanting to upset her sister-like figure. Min didn't say a word; just stared sadly at the ruined village. There was a smell of smoke in the air causing Buildersith to cough.

Min slightly shrugged her hand off, not trying to be too harsh. "Yeah..." Min said faintly as she walked forward to stand in the middle of the burnt desolate area that was probably full of inhabitants, laughter and voices. 'Does Min Know this place?' Buildersith Wondered, it ate him up inside, he wanted to know but he thought he may not like what he found. Kez-Kez started at Min in Empathy, she hated being here, but knowing it meant to much to her friend, she had to bare with it for now. "Kez?" Builder asked. She turned to face the smaller soldier. "Yeah..?" She replied instantly, moving her head to one side. Builder cleared his throat. "...Does Min know this place? He asked again, he didn't care if it was a stupid question or not, he just wanted to know...

Kez looked at him, closed her eyes, and nodded. "Yes," she finally said. "She used to live here, this was her home once..." Buildersith looked at Min, she was just standing there with her back facing the two. He looked back to Kez. "But... what exactly happened?"

"It's best we don't speak about it... not now..." Kez slowly replied. She took out one of her books and began to flick through it. It was filled with pictures of the village before the disaster happened. "This place was once wonderful...but now... it's nothing more than broken memories..."

Buildersith caught a glimpse of the photo's Kez probably took when she was a child. The Village was so beautiful, made of the most simplistic materials made it looked ancient. Buildersith couldn't help but feel a pain in his chest. He felt sympathy for Min. He knows what it's like to lose someone, but too lose a whole village...was totally out of his range of understanding. "Did...Did the king do this?" Buildersith heard Kez mention the King before, but how could this be, Buildersith was raised to obey the King's every order. The King wouldn't do anything like this...would he?

Builder shivered, the king he was taught and raised to trust, capable of doing something as awful as this, scared him greatly. Why did he do it? Why did he destroy a village full of innocents?

Kez suddenly slammed the book shut, a quick gasp filled her lungs as she too felt pain in her heart. "They... did all of this... manipulated these poor people... he had this place ripped apart..." she said as she looked up to Min. Builder stared at her, he was trying to solve these riddles Kez was feeding him. He blinked, "Who are "they"?"

Min just sat down in the middle of the ruins and stared at the black stained ground. Her arms slouched, her legs crossed. Buildersith was just left staring at her back, he sighed for her and had to look away. Kez tucked her book away. She didn't dare to walk up to her, Kez-Kez turned to Buildersith. "I think... I think we should head back..." Kez Stuttered out eventually. Buildersith met eye contact with Kez. "...Yeah, but what about Min..."

"She'll be fine, she can catch up with us when she's ready to leave..." Kez explained. Buildersith nodded, he felt like it was the only thing he could do.

Thanks for reading folks! :DD Remember this has been edited to suit the story! Also, this is written by three different people!

Builder and Kez don't belong to me, however Min-Min does, thanks again. Reviews are very appreciated!