How are you all? My wonderful readers, today, we get to read about Lestallum. Now this chapter does get a bit crazy. It's probably not one of my best chapters, but it's relatively good nonetheless. I have only this to say for now: there is a lot of foreshadowing going on here and most of it is pretty important.

I do not own any characters other then my own. Some characters have been named and are present in the game, and I do not own them. I would like some entitlement to call anything not canon and original that I have included in here as my own.

Chapter 3 ~ Silver's Day Out

The drive to Lestallum takes no time at all as they watch the sights around them. Ignis pulls the Regalia into a parking space and the group of four look around in awe. Silver grips the collar of her cloak and looks around the area.

They all get out of the car. Silver quickly walks over and grabs hold of Gladio's arm, holding onto him tightly. "Not much for crowds huh?" He looks down at her. She looks up with a plea not to make her let go, as her pale blue eyes dart around to look at the various things.

People greet them as they walk past. Prompto looks around, "Any chance of sleeping in a nice room tonight?"

"Yes," Ignis answers, "I'm sure we can secure… suitable accommodations nearby." They walk up the steps and look around the main road. The main thoroughfare has lots of people loitering around and chatting together. "One hell of a crowd," Prompto points out. Silver squishes herself closer to Gladio, making him stumble slightly.

They cross the street and Gladio pries Silver from his arm, "You will be fine." He takes out his phone to look at the text from Iris. "She's at the Leville. Let's go." He continues walking, leaving Silver to stand alone and look at the people around her. A few children run up to her and the tallest one takes hold of her cloak to get a better look at the fabric.

She jumps back and a clawed gauntlet swirls with blue light to her left hand. Her weapon only intrigues them more as they crowd her further. She falls backwards on her butt and swipes in the air with her claws to give warning. She bares her teeth like a snarling dog and gives a low growl.

Noctis walks over and shoos the kids away before grabbing the back of the collar of her cloak and lifting her from the ground. "Enough of this. I know it's scary here and it's difficult to not be able to voice that. Just put the hood on and let's go." Silver dismisses her weapon and puts on her hood, leaving her silver locks sticking out to spill out of the hood on each side.

Immediate relief. She looks around, content that nobody can see her. She takes a deep breath and then walks onwards with the others, relatively unhindered by her fear. They wander through the less crowded street on the way to the hotel. They all cover their noses as they walk past piles of garbage that smells worse because of the hot weather.

"We can just hope that the hotel they are staying in is a lot nicer than the surrounding area," Ignis voices. They give a sigh of relief when they see the Hotel. It is much nicer than the area suggests, having a clean and pristine look to it. They walk next to the fountain and Silver stops to look into the water.

She stumbles a bit as the ground trembles beneath them. She grabs hold of the stone ledge to keep herself steady as Noctis reaches his hand up to his head and gives a pained grunt. "Whoa," Prompto exclaims, "Did you feel that?"

"You mean the earthquake?" Gladio questions a bit sarcastically. Ignis looks over at Noctis, who looks like he is in pain, "Are you alright?"

"My head just started throbbing," He answers as he tries to get his pain to go away. They all shrug is off as a weird coincidence and continue up the steps to the hotel. They wait in the lobby for Iris to come down. Silver looks at all the décor and wanders around. Once she feels it is safe enough, she takes the hood off and walks back over to the group of four.

Silver looks up when she hears the excited, "Gladdy!" A young woman with dark hair and black attire comes down the stairs excitedly. "Iris," He turns to accept a hug from his sister. She steps back and looks at the four, "Look at you guys, holding your own out there."

She turns towards the new member of the team: the she hunter with long silver hair. "Who is this? Your girlfriend, Gladdy?"

Gladio snorts and shakes his head. Ignis steps forward, "This is a new addition to our team: Silver. She is a skilled hunter." Iris holds out her hand to shake Silver's. Silver shakes her hand and gives a smile.

"Are you guys staying here?" She questions.

"That's the plan," Ignis answers her.

Gladio pulls his sister aside, "When you have time, we have catching up to do." His sister nods. They walk upstairs leaving the other four to fend for themselves. Silver puts her hood on and strides out of the hotel, intent on getting the lay of the town. She would also be sure to check out the local bounties.

Prompto, Ignis and Noctis wait a while before they join Gladio and Iris upstairs. They sit in her room and talk for a few moments before an older gentleman and a young boy come in to greet them. "Jared and Talcott!" Gladio stands, "Is it good to see you."

Talcott steps forwards, "Prince Noctis, Iris is safe with me!" Jared scolds him quietly, but Noctis stops him, "I like it." Jared gives a nod, "His Highness is very kind. We shan't impose. A very good night to you, Your Highness." Jared and Talcott leave them to talk with Iris some more.

"Where do you think you're running off to?" Silver does not bother turn around as she flees. Whilst getting a layout of the city, a small group of chatting adults greet her. She does not acknowledge them, walking onwards as if she had not heard them. A few of the rebellious looking ones decided they were going to teach her a lesson in mannerisms.

She takes a sharp turn, her pursuers hot on her heels. Her hood flutters off, but she hardly cares about such a thing at the moment. She reaches a dead end and turns to three angry men staring her down. In any other situation, she would have dispatched them and walked away calmly, but these were relatively unarmed citizens.

The stress from the town and all the noise keeps her from thinking clearly. She runs at them, ducking under their grasp and giving a quick smile once she thinks they won't be able to get her. Her running is stopped, as she chokes and falls to her back. Her hood was an easy part of her attire to grab hold of.

The man in the middle picks her up by the front of her cloak and throws her against a wall, using his weight to keep her there. "We don't got a lot in this city, but manners is one thing we take pride in in this city. You were greeted by the Bollard Gang, and you have the gall to walk past without a word? Are you nuts?"

The man on the left pulls out a knife and walks towards her. Silver's eyes widen as she struggles against her captor. Blue wisps appear under her cloak as her gauntlets materialize on her hands. He takes the small knife and drives it into her shoulder. She grits her teeth and hisses in pain. Tears well in the corners of her eyes as she debates her consequences of defending herself.

Using her right gauntlet, she brings the claws across her captor's chest, from his shoulder to his waist. He drops her and stumbles backwards, using his hands to try and stop the bleeding. She rips the knife from her shoulder and throws it away from herself. Blood soaks into her cloak and begins to drip down her arm.

She swings her left gauntlet at the man on her left, hissing in pain as her wounded shoulder is forced to move. She slashes him across the throat with two of the claws. The man on her right backs up. She disregards the consequences of what she had done, and put her humanity aside. She was in hunter mode now; as wild as the beasts she hunts for a living.

She drives her claws through his chest as soon as they are blazing hot. She removes them as he falls backwards. The blood that coats them slowly boils away, leaving scorch marks on the claws. She lets them disappear as she puts the hood over her head and strides out of the dead end alleyway.

So much for getting to know the town. No… Wait. I did get to know the town. This place is shit. What kind of place attacks you for not saying hello?

She makes her way back into the hotel just as darkness falls, walking into the bright establishment. The manager spots the blood dripping down her arm and yells, "You are staining the floors! Don't move a muscle!" She looks to see a small puddle of blood beside her. She rolls her eyes and continues upstairs, ignoring his pleas for her to clean up before she ruins his hotel.

She listens to the noise coming from the room on the end and knocks on it, mentally complaining about having to use her right hand to do it. She pulls back her hood, wishing to not be scolded for wearing it. She feels a tickle on her cheek and reaches up to wipe whatever it was away. She looks at her bloody hand and sighs. Of course she would forget and use her dominant hand to do something like that.

Ignis answers the door and then steps back at the sight of Silver. He can see the slickness on the fabric on her shoulder and the drops of blood on the floor. She smiles at him happily, despite the blood smeared on her cheek to the corner of her mouth. "Why is it that you are covered in blood each time we meet?" He steps away from the door to let her come in.

Iris gives a surprised yelp as she sees the girl covered in blood. Silver smiles at her and gives a wave to try to settle her down. She takes her cloak off and tosses it by the door. Silver walks past them all and into the bathroom, presumable to get herself cleaned up.

"I could only wonder what she did while she was gone. You're friend is something, Gladdy," Iris looks to the bathroom.

"Yeah," Noctis retorts, "She's trouble."

"No Way!" Prompto argues, "She's totally badass! We should get her to write down what happened so she can tell us."

Ignis pinches the bridge of his nose, "Of course. Why didn't we think of that before?"

The five wait for a while and chat about the local things Iris had seen and her little booklet of facts about the city she felt she needed to recite to them. Silver comes out of the bathroom with a clean tank top and black jeans. Her combat boots replaced with casual black street shoes. Her shoulder sports a small pink scar, from the knife.

Her arms have a few other scars, from many hunting trips she had gone on. Her tank top was low enough that they could see the top of some sort of tattoo on her chest. Her silver hair, now a darker color from being damp, droops lowly.

Ignis gets up and hands her a piece of paper, "I can't believe we had not thought of this before. Tell us what happened."

She snickers and takes the paper and pen from him. She writes a few words and then holds up the paper to him. He frowns and looks from the paper to her and back a few times. "What did she say?" Prompto questions.

"Her written language is not the same as ours," He passes the paper to Prompto. Iris asks to see it and looks it over, "I recognize this. I can't remember what language it is, but I think I can try to read it."

Silver sits on the bed and pulls out her phone. Prompto walks over when he sees her start to concentrate the way one could only do when they play a rather difficult game. He sits beside her and watches her slay beasts in her virtual world. After she dies and gives a sigh, she passes it over to Prompto to let him try it. She shows him which buttons to use.

"Ignis," He calls the man with glasses over to look at the phone while he plays, "The language on this is the same."

Iris holds up the paper, "I think I got it. There are two translations for what is written here. The way the language is put together may make this a bit weird."

They all turn to her. Silver sits up and looks at the girl, wondering if she would get it right. Iris reads, "Its really broken when you try to read it, but it says, 'Castle town was purple exhausted'. Silver?"

Silver snickers and shakes her head. "Right," Iris sighs, "I won't read the other translation." They all turn to look at Silver, who keeps smiling at them. Noctis sighs, "So we can just assume she had said something really vulgar about this place. Then she was mugged or something while she was out?"

She moves her hand to make the 'more or less' sign. They all sigh. "Well, I should probably get going to bed," Iris stands. "Silver, you get to share a room with me." She walks over and links her arm with Silver's. The young woman drags Silver along behind her. The she hunter looks to the four with pleading eyes. They all laugh as she gets pulled from their room and down the hall.

Prompto holds up her phone, "I think we can just give this back to her tomorrow."

Noctis sits beside him to look at the overly gory and graphic game on her phone. "You just want to play whatever game that is."

"So," Ignis brings the attention back to more important matters, "We will have to decide who is supervising her tomorrow. I don't think we need another incident. I wish to not be the one to watch her. You three can decide amongst yourselves."

Noctis is the first to answer, "Not me. She's trouble, and I don't need to be on the front pages of a newspaper." They look to Gladio. He shakes his head and crosses his arms, "I'm going to spend time with Iris. I don't need the she hunter giving her any ideas about women doing guy's work."

"Guess you're stuck with her Prompto," Noctis teases.

The blond shrugs his shoulders, "You guys totally act like that's a bad thing. She's not so bad." They all look at him with wide eyes.

Noctis laughs, "I want to see how long it takes before he's sick of her." Gladio and Ignis give a nod in agreement. "I think she's the new Cindy."

Prompto rolls his eyes at them, "Sure, she's weird. I mean she doesn't talk and is apparently really vulgar. I think you guys just don't understand her. She has good taste in games."

They shake their heads at him but give up on trying to convince him they added a crazy woman to their group. Prompto kicks off his daytime clothes and gets into the cushy hotel bed, not taking his eyes from the game. Though he could not understand the words displayed, he felt like if he tried hard enough, he would be able to find some way to understand the odd she hunter.

Iris wakes in the morning to see Silver sitting on her own bed, polishing the large claw weapons. Iris gets on her daytime clothes before walking over to sit on the bed next to Silver. "Can I see?" Silver turns her head to the younger woman and gives a smile. She hops off the bed and waves for Iris to get up as well.

Silver helps Iris put on the large leather gauntlet and helps make sure her fingers go into the right claws. She tightens the buckles and makes a few other adjustments before putting the other on herself. She makes a swipe in the air to show Iris how to do it. Iris hesitantly makes a swipe in the air and giggles when the claws swish through the air so easily.

Silver lifts her left gauntlet with her palm to the ceiling. The claws begin to glow a dull red before glowing a fiery orange. Flames begin to manifest around the claws. The flames swirl into the palm of her hand to make a small bauble of fire. Silver gives a smile as Iris watches with awe.

Silver shakes her hand and the flames disappear. The metal begins to dull in color until they are completely cooled. She lets the one on herself disappear before she grabs Iris' un-clawed hand and drags her down the hall. Silver spots Gladio walking towards the lobby and gives a whistle to get his attention.

"Gladdy," Iris runs over, "Look what Silver let me wear!" She holds up her right arm to show the leather reaching to her elbow and the slightly loose fitting of it. Silver gets their attention and swats her hand in front of her like a cat, telling Iris to show him. Iris does just that and swipes it through the air.

It whirs through the air, making the sound of blades gliding through the air. They both give a smile to Gladio. He laughs at her enthusiasm. Silver unclips it and returns it to her weapon inventory. Gladio turns to Silver, "Prompto is waiting downstairs. We thought it would be better for you to walk around with someone. Please try not to come back covered in blood."

Silver nods and gives a mischievous smile. "I mean: don't cause trouble," Gladio warns.

She wanders downstairs and stands beside the blond until he notices she's there. She gives a smile to him and holds out her hand. He gives her back her phone and she puts it in her pocket. She goes to put the hood over her head until Prompto gently grabs her wrists. He shakes his head at her, "Nope. You don't get to do that today."

Silver crosses her arms and looks away from him. "Awe, don't be like that. You will fit in better if you don't wear that." She shakes her head at him but decides that she will just have to keep an eye out around herself. She wanders out the entrance with Prompto following behind her.

She hears him snap pictures when they pass by something interesting. They walk onto the main thoroughfare and proceed down that street for a bit until she suddenly stops. Prompto continues walking until she takes hold of his arm and stops him. She points ahead of them at a group of guys. They chat with a few women. Two stand shirtless while the other has on a tank top.

Four large scars cross from the first's shoulder to his waist. The second has five puncture scars in a half circle around his heart. The third has two pink scars across his neck.

She frantically points to them and tries to pull Prompto to a nearby side street. He goes with her and she looks around the corner at the men. She points to them and then to her shoulder. "Those were the guys responsible for that?" He looks out to the large street again and back at her, "Well I think you won. They look awful!"

Silver crosses her arms and frowns. She looks over at them again and gives a smile. She wanders down the street, Prompto follows her, wondering where she could be going. They get to a large marketplace. Exotic foods everywhere! Spices hand from everywhere available, odd item shops have their products strewn about every which way.

She walks up to a stand selling different kinds of fruits and vegetables. She picks up an obviously over ripe Lucian tomato. She pays ten gil for it and wanders back to the thoroughfare. She hands it to Prompto and pretends to throw one. "You want me to throw this at them? I don't think I'd be able to hit them."

She nods and takes the tomato back. She holds her hand out to him in request for him to stay where he is. "I'm not really supposed to leave you alone…" She nods and requests him stay there. She counts on her fingers to three then sprints around the corner. She stops in front of the group and takes aim. The man in the middle frowns, immediately recognizing her.

She catapults the tomato at him and giggles when it splatters on his chest, getting some on the other two and the women chatting with them. She turns and takes off, disappearing around another side street. From Prompto's perspective, he can see her every move as she uses her claw gauntlets to scale the wall of the building and climb onto the roof. The three guys come running around the corner and continue to run, thinking they would catch up to her at any moment.

She looks down at the blond and gives a smile. He laughs as he shakes his head. He holds up the camera in his hand and points to it, "I got the shot!" She digs her claws into the building and uses them to slow her descent down the side. She runs over to the blond with a smile as she tries to settle down. The adrenaline running through her veins is hard to ignore when all she wants to do it run wild. Times like this, she would have a bounty in hand and already be running towards it.

"Damn, you're insane!" She looks up at him and smiles. She walks with him down the thoroughfare towards the street, making their way towards the spectacular view. Silver pats Prompto on the shoulder to get his attention. She gives a smile and takes off towards the outlook. She jumps over the hood of a car and narrowly misses being hit by another.

She makes it to the outlook and leans on the wall to look down the enormous ravine. "Silver," Prompto calls. She turns to him with a smile, frowning after the camera clicks. She crosses her arms. He laughs and gets another photo of her. She rolls her eyes and snatches the camera from him. She walks a few feet away and snaps a photo of him. He laughs when she hands the camera back.

Silver turns when she hears a familiar voice, "You there! Bitch!" She turns to see the three men from before. She reaches into her pocket and hands Prompto a paper. She jumps up to the wall and stands on the edge. She pulls out an odd black tube about four inches long with silver etch markings and blows into the end. A high-pitched whistle sounds. She waves to Prompto before jumping backwards off of the cliff with a twirl.

He yells and runs to look over the edge. The three guys run over as well, wildly frightened, despite wanting to kill her. Prompto hears a loud screech from the ravine below as a flash of autumn colored feathers as a huge flying beast ascends quickly into the sky. He sees the regal glory of a griffon gliding through the sky above. It swoops down a bit and lands with its talons deep into the stone of the wall. Silver sits atop its shoulders, black magic swirls around her being as she climbs off. Prompto helps her back over the wall.

She holds a claw gauntlet towards the beast as the dark colored magic collects around her hand. The magic slowly begins to wisp around the beast before it flies away. She looks to see most people had turned tail and ran. The group of guys was no longer present either. Prompto looks at his camera, beyond excited that he got a shot of one that close.

"What in the world was that?" He questions. She shakes her head and points to the piece of paper he has. She heats up her claws with magic and lightly starts to write on the paper, making sure not to catch it on fire. He looks when she is done, seeing that she had written in broken English. The note reads: Using Beast Tamer Magic. Learn from Xenova.

"How come you didn't just keep this paper?" She takes the paper from him and walks to the little wall. She drops the paper and it flutters away. "You didn't want it to fly away when you jumped off?" She nods. "I've got to tell the guys!' He turns to run back to the hotel. She quickly catches up to him and stops him. She shakes her head and gives a pleading look. She puts a finger to her lips and makes the 'shh' sign.

"Well if I'm going to keep quiet about this, then we have to at least prank them with this!" Prompto smiles so brightly, she has no choice but to give in and nod in agreement. They shake on it and return to the hotel.

…

Why is Silver so terrified of the crowded streets of Lestallum? Why cling to Gladio when she is afraid? Is this just the first of many adventures with Prompto? Will he keep her secret? Can Silver drive?

Find out in Chapter 4: "Brother"!

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