A memory flashed through Quin's mind. She was suddenly back 10 years ago.
Quin looked around the forest that surrounded her. She was just kicked out of her village. She didn't know what she had done wrong or why she had to leave, all she knew was she was alone. She clutched the sword that used to be her father's, heavy as it may be, and trudged on.
A figure appeared in the darkness. "Hey, girly, you want a sweet?"
"No thanks," Quin responded, but then the man grabbed her arm.
"Come on, girly, one sweet won't kill you." The man was starting to get on her nerves.
"I said no," Quin calmly said, trying to move past the man. Then he went too far. He reached for a spot no one should, and Quin reacted instinctively, using her father's sword to cut off his arm.
"Hey! What the hell?! How can a little girl like you use that blade?!" The man cliched the stump of a shoulder he had.
Quin looked at terror at what she did, despite what the man was trying to do. "I'm sorry, sir... But you were going to rape me weren't you..." She started shuddering.
The man laughed and cringed from the pain it caused. "For a young'un you catch on quick. So, what are you going to do?"
A group of men suddenly came out of the forest surrounding Quin. She reacted at the grabbing hands and started stabbing with the blade, missing more times than she hit. Then, one by one, all fell with a perfect puncture in their head. Quin dropped her dads blade and looked towards a sound she heard, spotting a girl about the age of four with light blue hair. She then collapsed, crying.
"Hey, you okay miss?" The blue haired girl was now next to Quin, holding her shoulder, "my name's Arya, and I couldn't stand by while those beasts were after you."
Quin looked up, catching a glimpse of the blood on Lux. "My name's Quin... Th-thanks for saving me, Arya..."
Arya tried to cheer her up. "No problem. I know of a village nearby where you can rest. Let's go." She helped Quin up and walked her to the village, an Espeon coming out of a bush and following Quin as if she was his master.
