Chapter two man! I'm gettin' there!
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Joelle woke to the sound of rustling fabric. She peeked outside to see that it was light out—six o'clock. She yawned loudly and climbed outside her tent. She looked at her companions to see them packing up their campsite completely.
"No, wait! What are you doing? The plan was to stay here a week, it's barely been a few days!" She retorted.
"Place is getting old. The animals would have found us by now; they'll have eaten our food if we stayed here any longer. Besides, I need to find new training grounds. One with a small meadow where I can worry less about lighting trees on fire." Azaleanne said. Once everything was packed up and the tent was wrapped tightly on Phaynus's bag, they set off for better grounds. After a while of walking, Azaleanne began to slow down. Her eyes became huge and she stopped, looking at her surroundings. "We…" She began
"What's going on, Aza? Why'd we stop?" Phaynus asked, concerned. He was surprised she didn't retort at the nickname.
She stood in silence for a while before she closed her eyes and said "The forest. Look around. Do you not recognize these trees? We came the wrong way. All the time we took getting farther from our village, we ended up going in a circle and coming right back to it."
Phaynus and Joelle shared a glance. "Are you sure? It is a forest after all. We've been gone here for about three and a half years, your memory could have been altered since then. You were young when you left." Joelle stated, desperate for her to be wrong.
"I may have had the appearance of a ten year old, but that doesn't mean I was young. I used to practice in this forest when everyone else was scared of me. I've seen these trees before. We came back." She turned around and began to walk in the other direction, when Joelle stopped her.
"Wait, Azaleanne. Think about it. That was the old days. Maybe they've changed now! You can't say you haven't wanted to see your family since you left them. Don't you miss your parents at all? And what about their child they were supposed to have? Do you not want to see your only sibling? Maybe it's not such a bad idea to go back."
Azaleanne stopped. She was shocked, astounded. Phaynus stared at her in disbelief, then turned his glance towards Azaleanne's back for her reaction. She didn't turn around.
"No one in that village accepted me. I was banned from all of their public events because I might have started an 'uproar'. I caught my parents talking about me in the middle of the night, talking about how they wanted a normal child. I'm never going to back to that life again."
"Azaleanne. Listen to me. We will still travel together. We'll always be a group! A team! I just don't think it's such a bad idea. Besides, it'll only be a small visit. You're no longer your young self, for all you know, they might not even recognize you. We can stay in the forest for camp, and you don't have to tell anyone who you are. Once, that's all I ask." Joelle pleaded.
Azaleanne stood still for a moment. She thought things over, before she turned around to face them. "No one is to take of my hood. No one is to tell anyone who I am. No one is to make contact with my family unless I tell you you can. Lets get out of here as soon as we can. I want this over with." She put up her hood and covered her body completely with her cloak with exception to her nose, mouth, and small curls you could see resting upon her shoulders. She bowed her head slightly to cast more of a shadow over her pale skin. Her teammates stared after her worriedly as she walked past them. In a cold, dark, and lifeless tone, a voice came from the hooded figure. "well?"
Sharing another glance between themselves, Phaynus and Joelle continued aside her. They walked a short distance, Azaleanne leading the way, when they came across a clearing in the trees. The lack of shade sent the sun ablaze atop the opened area. Azaleanne stared at the scene before her, eyes widening by the image that slowly began to seep into her minds eye…
Dude! Cliff hanger! I totally planned this. It's not like I can't decide where to go with this story or anything... I mean what? No of course not! (Dejavouz, anyone? I ended up giving up on my last story becuase I couldn't decide what house to put my people in.) I've gotten two very, very helpful reviews from Nemesis365 and Netarliargus, so thank you a ton! I've very sorry about the spelling errors and rambling. I'll do my best to check it over next time; send in suggestions for what happens next. I only have a vague image in my mind. For everyone else out there, the people that do read it, reviews make chapters go up faster! I understand that people rarley read DND fanfics because they are always based off an OC and they are rarley ever "finished", but I promise I will get over with the backstory soon and write up some of the quests me and my friends are on. Oh, and for future refrence? Don't be sad when I kill people off :D I mean what?