Chapter 4: Blessed by skill, cursed by quest part 3: Bottomless Canyon

Veloria's P.O.V.

I. Am. CURSED. At the 1st step out of the Northern Fortress, things go wrong on me. 1st, I nearly injured myself by falling off a horse. 2nd, I nearly lost my hair because I was stuck on a tree root. And 3rd, when father ordered me to execute a ninja named Kaze and a Flame tribe Princess named Rinkah, I couldn't stop looking at an illusion.

An illusion of a young boy by the age of AmyCamila with white hair with a curl going upwards shaped like the letter "P" and one eye green, the other one, blue. The boy was... crying... begging to have mercy on them.

But the illusion faded away when Leo saved the day by faking the execution and letting them get away by the end of the day.

The next day, father called me. Elise came too.

"Veloria." he nearly growled. "What seems to be the matter?"

"I'm sorry, father." I apologized, embarrased. "I don't know why, but I was born with some power that makes me see illusions."

"Please forgive her, father." Elise said, nearly crying. "She had a hard time."

Father wasted 3 minutes thinking, making me worried.

"Veloria." he finally added. "You are forgiven."

"Thank you, father." I said.

"However, I have a quest for you."

"A quest?"

"Yes. You must claim a Hosidan fortress that is in the Bottomless Canyon."

"Oh." I was going to wonder if it was easy.

"However, there are Hoshidan soldiers in that place."

I'll take what I said back.

"Veloria. You cannot do your quest without a proper weapon, so I would like to give you this in the name of Nohr."

And so, Iago, a sorcerer who serves father and who Xander will keep an eye of just in case, gives me a sword with some sort of... magical coal...

"This weapon I give to you, lady Veloria." Iago says. "Is the weapon Ganglari."

"Thank you, Iago." I unusually thanked him, since he hates me and vice versa.

"Do not fail me, Veloria." Father finished the conversation, but...

"I will come with you, lady Veloria." Hans, another guy who Xander hates, decided to come along, much to Gunter's disappointment and my confusion.

And so, we arrived at the Bottomless Canyon, and guess what... the place was full of Hoshidan soilders.

"Well, how irksome." Jakob said. I brought Jakob and Gunter again. "It seems that the Hoshidans arrived first."

"This will be worth killing." Hans added. Man, that guy likes killing...

Our main focus is that little fort. It wasn't as easy as they say, but we conquered it. However, as we were going to return to Nohr, Jakob and Hans went missing.

"Gunter?" I asked Gunter. "Have you seen Jakob? He was with us a few minutes ago."

"I honestly do not know, milady." Gunter answered for me.

But Suddenly, Hans attacked us, sending Gunter down the bottomless canyon.

"GUNTER! NO!" I'm not gonna cry... "HANS! I THOUGHT YOU WERE HELPIG US!"

"You're wrong, Princess Veloria." He said, evily laughing. "You will be next once I get stronger." And so, he left me all alone.

"Gunter, please come back to...!" Before I could finish my sentence, I was tossed into the bottomless canyon with Ganglari at hand. "AAAAAH!"

"Oh, great dragon Moro. Give me your power." I heard a familiar voice. And it was Lilith. She turned into a dragon to save me from falling down the canyon.

"Lilith?!"

"Are you alright, Lady Veloria? Oh! My form? If you were wondering who the little bird you healed a long time ago was, that was me."

"Oh. I see."

"Now. I will show you something."

And then, she teleported me to some place I don't know.

"What is this place?" I asked her.

"This is the Astral Realm."

"Astral Realm?"

"Your new home when you choose a path that's right for you."

"Oh. I see."

"Time to go back to the real world."

"Sure. I'll be redy when a Hoshidan attacks me."

"Ok, Lady Veloria."

3rd person P.O.V:

Lillith took Veloria back to the ground of the Bottmless Canyon.

"Well, then." Veloria said. "Time to return to..."

"Take this Nohrian scum!" She was interrupted by someone attacking her.

And Veloria was sent unconscious by the brutal attack from the back. The attacker was none other than the Flame tribe Princess, Rinkah. One of the prisoners who escaped thanks to Veloria and Leo.

"Rinkah! Where are you?!" a boy's voice could be heard.

"I'm here, Piko. You can come." Rinkah called him.

And the boy, Utatane Piko, AmyCamila's younger twin brother, showed up.

"Did you find anyon..." He was going to continue, but seeing Veloria made him gasp.

"Piko? What's wrong?" Rinkah was asking him.

"It's her! Veloria! You found her!" Piko was either shocked or excited to see Veloria.

"You're right. Let's take her to my quaters in Hoshido."

"Got it."

Rinkah grabbed Veloria's unconcious body and She and Piko went to the Kingdom of Hoshido, the home of AmyCamila.

To be continued...