Me: YAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!
Croix: what's with you?
Me: Nyquil and red bull
Croix: Oh dear god no
Me: you say something
Croix: nothing
Me: anyway Chapter 3 ya'll
Chapter 3
"Are we there yet?" Romeria asked bored out of her mind. "Not even close besides this is good exercise for you." Lyre said in a mocking tone. The trio had been walking for three hours and it became apparent that Romeria wasn't used to walking great distances. "Shadow how is it that you're used to this sort of thing?" Lyre asked curiously. "I've been training to be a swordsman since I was five years old. And the constant changes in the environment back home helped me get prepared for what conditions I may be faced with." Shadow responded calmly. Lyre and Romeria just stared at him for a few moments thinking 'Wow he's really dedicated to that dream of his.' "What is there something of my face?" Shadow asked. "Um…uh…no nothing." The two said in unison.
Shadow and Lyre decided to stop and take a break for Romeria's sake since she was the only one that was exhausted. Shadow opened up the bag that Lyre gave him and picked out a plump and juicy apple to eat in order to keep up his strength. "Say Shadow let me ask you something." Lyre said with a serious tone. "Sure what is it?" Shadow asked nodding. "Something's been bothering me ever since I met you two." Lyre started. "And that something is what exactly?" Shadow responded. "Well… why is it that you've never heard of a laguz before?" Lyre asked. "Oh! That's easy my homeland doesn't have any laguz and that's why I've never heard of you before and why I was shocked to see you transform." Shadow explained. "SAY WHAT!? NO LAGUZ!! Then what do you have for other races besides yourself?" Lyre was astonished at the answer she received from Shadow. "Well we have a race that lives in the mountains called the gorons and people who live in the waters called the zoras that's basically it." Shadow said ignoring the outburst Lyre gave. "Oh really? Well do they transform?" Lyre continued asking question all the while listening to Shadow's explanations.
At the end of it all Lyre and Romeria knew more about Shadow than they probably wanted. He even explained to Lyre how his home came under attacked by demons and how he thought he was weak for not being able to help. "Wow that's a pretty sobering story I kinda feel sorry but at the same time sympathetic, you see I lost my parents too but I still have my twin sister." Lyre said looking down and then back at Shadow. "Is she as nice to our race as you or the complete opposite?" Shadow asked. "The complete opposite she can't stand even being within three feet of a beorc." Lyre answered. "Man I wouldn't want to get near her then she might rip my throat out or something." Shadow said semi-sarcastically. "Wouldn't surprise me if she did after all she is a soldier of Gallia and she does also have a violent streak." Lyre pointed out. Shadow immediately put his hand to his necked and gulped at the thought of Lyre's sister tearing his throat out with her bare hands.
After a "somewhat" delightful conversation the three began to continue to travel towards Castle Gallia all the while making brief stops to rest. Finally after two days they had the castle in view. "So that's the castle in question?" Shadow asked "Yep and not a moment too soon look over there." Lyre said pointing to her right. As Shadow and Romeria turned to look in the direction Lyre pointed to the noticed a small band of men and women carrying weapons and supplies arrived at the front entrance. "Mercenaries…but why are they here?" Romeria asked. "I think they're the ones that my captain told me about." Lyre said. "Well anyway let's go see and who know maybe we can join them in whatever fight they're caught up in." Shadow said.
Several hours later Shadow, Lyre, and Romeria were waiting outside the throne room when a man with blue cat ears and tail wearing a light brown sleeveless shirt, an orange cloth around his waist light blue pants, green fingerless gloves, and green boots; the mans build was slightly larger than Lyre's but was still small compared to some of the other laguz they encountered in the castle. "CAPTAIN!! Mmmmmm it's great to see you again." Lyre said running to the man. "AAAHHHH! Lyre come on get off me seriously." The man said trying to get the clingy Lyre off of him. Shadow and Romeria were confused but thought for a moment on the situation. "Hey Lyre, could you please get off of him for a moment and introduce us to your captain." Shadow said trying to help the man get Lyre to stop hugging him. "Oh fine! Shadow, Romeria, this is my Captain. Captain, this is Shadow and Romeria." Lyre said Pointing to Shadow and Romeria. "Hello beorc children I'm Ranulf nice to meet you." Ranulf said fixing Lyre's introduction before she got back to hugging him. "LYRE! DAMMIT GIRL GET OFF OF RANULF NOW!!!!!" a loud voice boomed.
The four looked in the direction the voice came from to see a girl the exact same build as Lyre but she wore a light green shirt, a dark green skirt, and her cat ears and tail were a slightly darker orange. "Oh! Come on Lethe why do you have to ruin this moment?" Lyre asked her sister. "WHAT MOMENT?" Lethe asked in an angry tone. Shadow slowly started backing away when Lethe noticed and turned her head toward him. "And what's your problem?" She asked Shadow. "Uh…problem, what problem, I don't have a problem." Shadow said nervously. "It's bad enough we have a large group of beorc in Gallia but now two more show and one of them happens to be lying to me." Lethe said angrily. "Lethe just calm down I'm sure Lyre has a good reason for bringing these to here, am I right Lyre." Ranulf explained. "Yeah I do these two are the survivors of that fire in the forest, it turns out a creature called a golem did the deed." Lyre said. "You don't know that for all we know it could've been those two that really started it." Lethe accused Shadow and Romeria. Shadow felt uneasy all of a sudden and began to hold his head a bit. "Shadow are you okay you don't look so good." Romeria asked concerned about Shadow's health. "I'm alright I just need to sit down for a little bit." Shadow said groggily. As Romeria and Lyre took Shadow to lie down on a bed instead of sitting in a chair while Lethe and Ranulf followed.
"It's alright guys really I don't need to lie in bed just a chair is fine." Shadow protested. "Like hell you're sitting in a chair now take off your clothes so the doctor can examine you." Lyre said trying to get shadow to remove his shirt. "No! Dammit Lyre get off me I said no." Shadow panicked but Lyre wasn't taking no for an answer because soon she already had his shirt off and was now working on the chainmail he wore underneath. Romeria only blushed as Lyre Struggled to get the armor off the boy. "Kid just do not struggle, once Lyre has her sights on a goal she doesn't stop until it's complete." Ranulf said. "Like hell I'll stop struggling now please help me I'm begging you!" Shadow begged as Ranulf and Lethe only stood and laughed as Lyre continued to struggle with Shadow's armor. It was too late Lyre succeeded in removing the armor revealing a shirtless Shadow. Romeria was LITERALLY drooling over Shadow's body as it could be plainly seen that he worked out a lot. "ROMERIA CLOSE YOUR MOUTH THAT'S HOW FLIES GET IN!" Shadow shouted. Romeria completely ignored him as she was still drooling over Shadow's muscles. "And she's lost to us, thanks a lot Lyre." Shadow said glaring at the one responsible. "Hey how was I supposed to know that would happen?" Lyre asked.
Minutes later a priest walked into the room with medicine and needles, however the moment Shadow saw the needles he immediately began to freak out. "There is no way in hell I'm getting any shots do you hear me?" Shadow said trying to get out of bed only to have Lethe hold him down. "I'm not going to give you any shots unless it's called for." The priest said calmly. "Right and I'm the king of a powerful country." Shadow said sarcastically. "Hahahaha I like this kid when he panics it's funny and quit being a baby about a few needles it's not like it'll hurt or anything." Lethe laughed. Shadow continued to struggle only to have not only Lethe but also Ranulf and Lyre hold him down. "I thought you said it was going to be a simple examination Rhys?" a voice behind the priest said. "Well apparently I didn't realize just how stubborn the patient is." Rhys responded. Shadow then stopped to see a man with blue hair, a green bandana tied to his head, a red cape, brown shirt, steel arm guards, white pants and brown boots with leg guards standing in the doorway. "Ah Ike perfect timing could you give us a hand here this kid is surprisingly strong even for one so young." Ranulf said. "Nah this is pretty entertaining really." Ike mocked. "When I get loose you're all going to pay dearly for this!" Shadow threatened. "Go ahead and try little beorc I could tear you apart in seconds." Lethe said challenging the boy's threat. Shadow immediately froze and remembered the day his mother died and how some of the citizens were torn limb from limb and eaten. Romeria now stopping herself from drooling anymore noticed the fear in Shadow's eyes and calmly walked over and placed a hand on his shoulder. "What's with him first he starts panicking and now he's frozen like a statue." Ike asked. Nobody knew the answer until Romeria asked everyone to leave for a few moments. "Are you sure that's wise I mean what if he runs off?" Lyre asked. "It's alright that won't happen he's too paralyzed to try just let me talk to him okay." Romeria said.
Moments after closing the door behind her, Romeria looked at Shadow who finally realized that he was free of the laguz's grips. "So care to talk about it a little more it might make you feel better." Romeria said walking over to Shadow. She sat on the edge of the bed and placed her arms around Shadow while resting her head on his shoulders. It was the last thing Shadow expected her to do before they talked.
Me: Awwwwww! so cute, it makes me want to go back out with my ex
Croix: you mean Katie
Me: Yeah you got a problem with that.
Croix: no just asking.
Me: oh well at least now the nyquil-red bull combos out of my system
Croix: at least you don't act like ling ling
Me: i know and f.y.i i talked to her recently she says she can't wait to see YOU again.
Croix: *gulp* i hope she doesn't drink that stuff again.
Me: ha ha, sucks to be you. REVIEW PLZ. oops how'd that get out.