Legend of Dragoon
Recreation
Chapter 1: Bad Day
Avrin
I'm outside on a forest road to Bale, doing my business, till suddenly, I was being chased by Basil soldiers. So here I am, running for dear life from guys with sharpened spears. Weapons, which I didn't have with me right now.
"Aww!" I said to the soldiers with absolute no direct eye contact. "I didn't know goin' in the woods was illegal!" Yes, I did do that. That's what I meant by business.
"Return the jewel, thief!" I heard one of the soldiers say behind me.
"Yes!" the other one said. "Return His Majesty's jewel!"
"Great," I muttered to myself. "I'm being framed. What else could go wrong?" Suddenly, I bumped into something. Or someone. I looked up and there was a soldier twice my size. I sighed, "Well, ain't that just gre-"
All in an instant, the giant soldier picked me up by the leg. I tried kicking him, struggling to get out of his grip, screaming, "H-hey! Let me go!" but it was no use. (Thank God for skorts!!)
As the other two soldiers caught up, one of them said, "Good job. Let's take her back to the castle." I just crossed my arms, giving a slight growl of my rage. I mean, I didn't do anything, right?
As we entered the castle, I was still yapping and kicking, which still was of no use. I heard one of the soldiers call the giant up the stairs. But I didn't hesitate. I was still fighting my way out. Just like how a child would still be playing with its toys, even when there was a burglar standing there.
When we reached the throne room, the last thing I was shouting was, "This is child abuse, I tell you! Child abuse!" – pause – "Forget child. This is female abuse!"
I heard the King, behind the wall in front of me, say, "Let her go." As commanded, the giant had dropped me right on the ground.
"Hey! Watch it!" I warned the giant. It's amazing that the giant had all this strength – picking me up by one foot – and he looks as though he was as strong as his other two skinny, short soldier friends. I looked up at the King. All that I saw of him was his crown that was embroided with many gems and his sweaty, sticky-looking forehead.
The King raised his hand, decorated with a silvery-white silk glove and a jade green sleeve, and commanded so softly, "Leave us in peace, if you may." As ordered to, all three soldiers did their salutes and "Sir"s and they left.
I stood up, dusting myself off, and said, "Ok, lets make this quick. Whatever I took, I didn't take it, okay?" I looked at him, and I saw more of his body – all the way down to his hips. He wore a forest green cape around the jade green shirt, silky gloves on each hands, beige pants, and on his face… he was just starting to put on a smirk.
Confused, I asked, "What? Something funny I said?" He just shook his head, but his smile never faded away. "…okay?"
He looked down to his feet – no, his right palm – and said to himself silently, "So, it really is her, hmm?"
It was silent for a moment. Then I wanted to slap myself. "Get to the point, Avrin," I thought. Then I said, "Uhh… Mr. King… sir? I'm gonna… you know… leave." I turned around and started to leave. He didn't stop me, so he was probably okay with it. "That was weird," I said to myself after I was out of his ear range.
Back on the road that I was on, I noted to myself to never visit any royalty-ness ever again. Suddenly, I felt a thud on my head. "Hey!" I shouted, turning around to see who threw whatever at me. "Watch-" No one was there. I looked down on the ground and saw a blue-white sphere gem. I picked it up, examining it. Whoever threw it at me, I'm going to thank them to death when I meet them. I continued walking away from Bale.
Here I am, in Limestone Cave. A place that's surely full of monsters. I went through here only once – without my weapon – and I barely made it out alive. "Ok, Avrin," I told myself nervously, "you made it through once, you can do it again. Hehe, he…" Suddenly, I heard a ferocious roar. I got creeped out a little. "Now what?" I looked up ahead and saw a giant millipede. "Great…" I muttered.
I also saw a guy fighting the giant bug with a great sword. He jumped to attack it, but he got hit really badly. After hitting the ground, it seemed from my point of view that he was unconscious. The millipede raised its head, beginning the final blow.
I sort of panicked. I looked on the ground for anything to throw at the monster. I remembered my new-founded gem. I charged my throwing arm and ZOOM! it went and hit the Millipede on the head. It shook its head, trying to figure out what happened. I felt pride or something because I slightly gave a chuckle. Suddenly, the millipede looked right at me. I suddenly became paralyzed and mouthed, "Crap…" It was coming right at me. I still couldn't move. When I realized it was a lot closer, I felt like I was going to pee right there.
But he got there first. The guy that was attacked by the bug.
He grabbed me around the waist with his free hand and jumped just as the millipede began to strike. He and I landed right on its head. With a powerful blow, the guy drove his sword into the creature's head. He twisted the sword, pulled it out, and jumped off. Slowly, the monster fell to its side and laid there stiff.
Probably don't want to mess with this guy.
After he lowered his guard, I tapped his navy blue metal shoulder pad. He turned his head and glared at me. He had white hair and deep blue eyes that seem to have a dark story behind them… Well, at least one eye was hidden with his hair.
"You can let go now," I said, pointing at his hand that was still on my waist.
He let go, and he said in a dark voice, "Sorry." He started to walk off.
"Wait!" I called. "What's your name?"
He stopped walking and said, his back to my face, "My name is of no importance."
Before he started taking off again, I said, "C'mon! It won't kill anyone, will it?" All he did was glare at me, as if I was getting on his nerves. I sighed, "Ok, I'll start off. I'm Avrin. Now your turn."
It was silent for a while. Then, he closed his eyes – as if giving up – and answered, "Enga."
"Enga, huh? Cool name," I said. For some reason, I have a thing of asking people lots of questions when they do a good thing, like saving my life from a giant bug. "Hmm… Oh, yeah! What's-" I stopped. He was gone. "E-Enga? Where'd you go?" There was silence. "Well, that's crap."
I remembered throwing my gem at the monster, so I walked over to pick it up. After looking around one more time, I continued leaving the cave.
Finally, in a different part of the country, I made it out to the other side.
"Yay, Avrin!" I cheered to myself.
I went behind a tree to pick up my kusari-gama, my special weapon. Then, I saw a round dent in the handle. It made me think of an idea. I took out my gem and placed it in the dent. It fits perfectly.
"There we go!"
On the side of my skort dress was a hook, where I always put my kusari-gama at. After I hooked my trustful weapon against my hip, I continued walking.
Not-that-far later, I started hearing footsteps ahead of me approaching. Just in case it was a monster, I got ready to unbuckle the hook on my hip to take out my kusari-gama.
Finally, the thing up ahead was in view. It wasn't a monster, thank God, but it was a little-odd guy. As he ran by me, I heard him cursing, "Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap…"
As I watched the guy run, I said to myself, "What's his problem?"
All of a sudden, I heard someone behind me say, "Hello, Avrin."
I turned around to see who knew me. I saw who.
Warven.
"Avrin," he started, "you still look as beautiful as ever."
"And you still look like a crazy, psychopathic crap-face, Warven," I struck back.
"Ooh," he said. "Still spicy, too."
"What are you up to?"
"Well, I was after a thief, but…" He looked to the left and right of me, then licked his lips. "You can pay for what I lost."
"Hmph. I'd rather sink to the bottom of the ocean than be your dinner show."
"Very well." He waved his arm in the air to signal the four other men behind him that it was time to strike.
As soon as I unbuckled the hook, the four came charging right at me. In a hurry, I dodged. They took me by surprise. One of them tripped me, so I collapsed face-down in the cold dirt. As I was struggling to get up, another one harshly pinned me down to the ground. I screamed in pain. I tried kicking the guy, but two others pinned my feet down. I saw the last guy moved my moved my weapon away with his foot and pinned it down, too.
I was trapped.
Warven came down face-to-face with me and said, "Having fun, yet?"
I grunted. I just wanted to rip his spinal cord out so he'd never be able to roam again.
Suddenly, I heard the tree above us shake. Warven did, too. He looked up, and what was next wasn't what he expected to hit him. Literally. Someone fell from the tree and landed right on Warven's face. As Warven was screaming in pain, this person jumped over the guy standing on my back. He probably landed on the two guys on my legs, because I felt them shake. I heard the guy who stood on my weapon get hit and fall back. The person kicked the guy on my back onto Warven. I didn't see what happened next, but I heard the two on my legs get hit and fell to the side. I looked back. It was the cursing guy from earlier.
He ran up to me, grabbed my arm, and commanded, "Come on!"
I picked up my weapon with my free hand, got up, and we ran.