Right now our group of heroes was walking through the forest, hoping to reach their destination which was Mondstatd the city of freedom and which worshipped the Anemo Archon
Even so, our group remained on alert in case that dragon they saw before appeared, but as the journey progressed it was calm, making their worries go away and before they could leave the forest something happened.
"STOP HAY" a woman's voice shouts
This scream stops Aether , Sora and Paimon and they look in the direction of the origin to see a Persona jumping and landing in front of them.
Our group of heroes stood silently looking at the newcomer, as she stood firm.
Anemo Archon protect you Outsiders" The Woman says looking at our group "I am Amber Scout of the Knights of Favonius, you do not seem to be from Mondstadt. Identify yourselves!" She said in a serious tone .
"What did we do to make her speak to us in that tone?" Sora and Aether thought, somewhat surprised by the tone Amber spoke to them.
"We're not looking for trouble," Paimon says nervously, trying to calm things down.
"That's something a suspicious person would say," Amber says seriously.
"Are we suspicious?" Sora asks in a confused tone looking at Aether and he just shakes his head.
"We don't want to cause trouble Explorer Amber" Aether says looking at the aforementioned "My name is Aether , while my companion friend here is Paimon "
"Hello" Paimon says , greeting in a friendly manner.
"Those names don't sound familiar to me," Amber says, then looks at Sora, "and your name?" She asks.
To that question he answers "My name is Sora, nice to meet you" He says with a smile
This answer makes Amber remember the name "Your name seems to be from Inazuma" then she looks at Aether and Paimon "You're from there too"
"Well, it seems that Sora is from there, but I and my partner Paimon are from another place far away" Aether says trying not to talk too much and say that he is from another world.
Aether 's words make her think a little "They can certainly be from other places, after all your clothes are strange, and I've never seen anyone like your pet" Amber comments looking at Paimon
"PET" Paimon screams somewhat indignantly.
" Paimon is not a pet, she is just a friend" says Aether and Paimon smiles "although in extreme cases she would be emergency food"
"Emergency food!" Paimon exclaims somewhat angrily, giving Aether a few blows.
Said action makes Sora laugh a little and Amber tries to hold back a laugh at the somewhat funny scene, but she was in her job as an explorer and stands firm.
"So you are travelers" Amber said looking at the three
Aether says looking at Amber
"We've been traveling together for three months," Paimon says with a smile.
"So the three of you have been traveling for the past three months, right?" Amber comments somewhat doubtfully.
At those words Aether decides to answer "The three months that we traveled were between Paimon and I, Sora joined us a couple of hours ago" He says clarifying the doubts
"Wait, his friend Sora just joined the trip ... Why?" Amber asks somewhat confused.
Aether and Paimon look at each other, but Sora still decides to answer the question.
"The reason I joined you on your trip is because you helped me with a problem" Sora says answering Amber's question.
"Problem?" Amber asks now somewhat curious.
"They found me when I was unconscious on a beach" Sora said calmly and carefree.
"Unconscious?" Amber asks, somewhat confused.
"We think Sora was shipwrecked by a storm," Paimon says , recalling how they found the aforementioned. "It's the only viable reason why he was in that state."
"A shipwreck" Amber thought, somewhat worried, and getting an idea of who the culprit could be. "I have to report this to Jean."
"Also, Sora apparently has severe amnesia" says Aether giving another piece of information
Aether 's words snap Amber out of her thoughts. "Severe amnesia?" She asks a little confused.
"If it seems that Sora has forgotten everything, who he is, his past, even everything in this world, be it visions, elements and apparently much more, the only thing he remembers is the basics" says Paimon .
Paimon 's words.
"It's certainly serious," Amber says, then looks at Aether and Paimon . "I'm sorry for my little rudeness with you, it's just that right now all the knights of Favonius are on high alert, after certain attacks by a dragon on the city, please let me escort you to the city so that you are safe."
These words make our group think about it and then a few seconds pass and the three of them nod.
In that our Group together with its temporary member Amber follow the path to reach the city of Mondstadt.
"By the way, why are you two traveling?" Amber asks, looking at Aether and Paimon.
"Well me and Aether are on a quest" Paimon says
"A quest?" Amber asks confused.
"We are looking for my sister, some events caused us to separate to our bad luck" Says Aether
These words make Amber stay silent a little knowing that she touched on a very sensitive subject "So a search for a relative... I understand how you feel" She said this
This response left our group looking at Amber, even so, the aforementioned only puts on a smile and then speaks.
"When I finish my tasks, I will definitely help you Aether with this problem, maybe I will put up wanted posters" Amber says with a smile
Aether says with a smile looking at the explorer
Amber just nods and then looks at Sora "By the way, about your case of Amnesia Sora, I can ask some friends to help you with that, maybe you just need time to recover your memories"
At those words Sora nods "Thanks for the help" He says with a smile
"You're welcome, besides it's my job as a scout for the Knights of Favonius to help those in need" Amber says.
But the conversations would be interrupted when they heard footsteps like sounds, making our group go on alert, in that about ten monsters appear making Amber and Paimon know who they were.
" Hilichurls " Amber says seriously summoning her bow for battle
Aether does the same by summoning his sword, while Paimon stayed with Sora
A battle ensues where the Hilichurls attack both Aether and Amber, splitting into two teams to take on the explorer and the traveler from another world.
Even so, the fight was in favor of both Aether and Amber, managing to finish off their enemies quickly.
"Damn, they've been getting closer to the city lately" Amber says seriously, as her bow disappeared, then looking at Aether "Good job"
"Thank you" says Aether as his sword also disappeared
"Are you two okay?" Paimon asks somewhat worried, followed by Sora.
"What the heck were those beings?" Sora asks, somewhat confused by the attackers.
These words make Paimon and Amber look at him and then remember the case of severe Amnesia and make Amber see that she should take Sora as quickly as possible to the cathedral to have him checked.
"Well, you see, Sora, the Hilichurls are monsters that are all over Teyvat . They are enemies that you sometimes encounter on certain routes, such as places. They also come in different sizes. There are also some special ones that can control the elements," explained Amber, looking at Sora.
This explanation made Sora understand, like Aether , that despite traveling for three months, he never encountered these enemies, to his luck.
"It's strange, the Hilichurls although they are found almost everywhere prefer to be away from cities even in inhabited areas" Paimon comments somewhat confused because these creatures were near the city.
"The truth is that with the recent attacks of Stormterror things have become serious for the city, many of our supply routes are destroyed, making it very difficult to get food, among other supplies, causing the knights to be on high alert" Amber comments seriously.
"Things must be pretty bad, right?" Sora asks.
"You wouldn't believe it," Amber answers, then looks at the corpses of the Hilichurls that were slowly disappearing. "It was just a small advance party, their camp must be close to here, Aether, I know what it's asking, but I'll need your help."
"No problem" says Aether
These words make Amber smile and our group goes in search of the camp and it doesn't take them long to find it.
"Great location for the campsite" says Amber a little happy when she found the campsite
"I only see five, two in the watchtowers and three on the ground" Aether says , observing the camp and seeing that there were only five Hilichurls , two who were archers and the other three who had hand-to-hand weapons.
"Well, it seems things will be easier," Amber says with a smile, then takes something out of her pocket.
Our group looked at what Amber took out and to their surprise it was a doll.
"Hey Amber" Paimon says somewhat confused looking at the doll "What is that?" She asks.
At those words Amber just puts on a smile "You'll see soon" She says this and then with all her strength she throws the doll "Come on Baron Bunny " Says this
In that the doll known as Baron Bunny lands in front of the camp and when activated it dances to the confusion of both our heroes and the Hilichurls , those who had melee weapons decide to investigate the doll, but after a few seconds the doll stops dancing and then explodes, killing the three Hilichurls.
Surprising both the Hilichurl archers and our heroes, Amber then quickly moved her bow to shoot one of the Hilichurls right in the head, causing her partner to try to find the person responsible, but he took a while to then receive an arrow directly to the head, thus finishing off the Hilichurls in the camp.
"And this is how it ends" Amber says with a smile as she put down her bow and it disappeared.
"Ok... What was that?" Sora says still confused by what just happened, even Aether and Paimon were also having that question.
Amber just laughs a little at the surprised faces of her new friends "That my dear friends, is called distraction and all thanks to Baron Bunny the Hilichurls were defeated"
" Baron Bunny ?" Paimon asks somewhat confused.
"That's the name of the doll, I have a lot of them saved for some situations that need some distraction" Amber answers.
"Well, it's a curious distraction," Aether says , looking at the destruction caused by the explosive doll.
At those words Amber nods "Well with the camp destroyed part of my duties are finished, now I can escort you to the city in a safe manner" Amber says
But before our group could continue on their journey something started to sound like tinkling making our group of heroes go on alert, even though the sound came from Sora
Sora, without wasting any time, looked for the origin of the sound and then searched his pockets and found what looked like a device, confusing him somewhat, but it seemed familiar.
"Sora, what is that?" Paimon asks , looking at the device. "It also makes a strange noise."
"I really don't have the slightest idea," Sora says, also confused, and tries to silence him. However, when he presses a certain button, the screen lights up, giving a warning: "Warning: Heartless near your position."
Reading those words made Sora feel strange, the name Heartless seemed familiar to him, but he didn't know why, even so. Aether and Amber looked at the device
"I've never seen a device like this before, it seems to be from Sumeru or Fontaine" Amber says looking at the device.
"I'm worried about the warning you're not giving," Aether comments . "Have you heard anything about these Heartless ?" He asks, looking at Amber and Paimon.
At this question, the two mentioned shake their heads.
"Still, Paimon is more interested in that device that Sora is carrying, it seems very technological, really" She says, looking at the device "And as Amber said, this could come from either Fontaine or Sumeru "
"And those places are?" Sora asks, somewhat confused.
" Sumeru is the nation that is protected by the Archon Dendro Goddess of wisdom, and there is also one of the best Academies for study, a friend of mine named Collei lives there, while another friend named Lisa studied in that place and now takes care of the library of the Knights of Favonius " This says
"It's a bit curious, actually," Aether comments, somewhat curious about the nation of Sumeru and even more so about Archon Dendro , who is the Goddess of Wisdom. Maybe he can find some clues about his sister there.
"It's a nice place, they say, but believe me, when it comes to studying, they are really demanding and the poor students spend almost no sleep when it comes to handing in their final papers," Amber says, recalling some anecdotes that Lisa told her during her stay at the academy.
"And Fontaine?" Sora asks, curious about the other place.
"Well, Fontaine is known as the Nation of Justice, protected by the archon hydro goddess of justice and although the place is known for the important trials that take place there, they are also known for their very technological advancement, the truth is, I even heard rumors that they created flying machines, even ships that no longer need wind and oars to move" Amber comments a little excitedly wanting to verify those rumors.
These words surprise Sora, Aether and Paimon just nod at those words.
"Now that I think about it, Sora's device could be from one of those places," Paimon comments, looking at Amber.
"It could be" Amber comments looking at Sora's device that still had the word warning on it "Even so , I've never seen that type of device, honestly, it seems very advanced, really"
Sora looks at the device carefully, still, a memory comes to his mind a name " Gummiphone " whispered this
"You said something Sora" Aether says looking at the aforementioned
Sora, hearing Aether 's words , quickly looks at the rest. "I don't know, but I think it's called Gummiphone or something like that."
Paimon says now knowing the device
But before they could continue talking, a dark aura quickly spreads throughout the place, putting our group on alert and they are quickly surrounded by some dark creatures.
"What the hell?" Paimon asks in a somewhat scared tone looking at the new dark creatures
"I've never seen these creatures in my life" Amber comments somewhat surprised looking at the new creatures, but she feels some discomfort being near these
Aether remained silent looking at these creatures, during his travels to the worlds with his sister, he never saw this type of dark creatures, even so, seeing them well he feels that he had heard something about them in other worlds, but he did not know when that was.
Still Sora was a different case, seeing the dark creatures brought many memories to his mind that were fragments, but only one was important .
" Heartless !" Sora exclaims, recognizing the enemy in front of him.
"Wait, you know them?" Paimon asks , somewhat confused by Sora's scream.
"It doesn't matter if you know them, Paimon and Sora go to a safe place" Amber says seriously preparing her bow for battle against these monsters.
But before Sora could do anything he heard a scream from Paimon and turned around to look at the little fairy who was about to be attacked by one of the Heartless.
And before Aether or Amber could do anything, Sora wasted no time and lunged at the Heartless , the Legendary Keyblade appearing from his hand, and with one attack he managed to finish off the enemy who was about to harm Paimon.
This action surprises Paimon , Aether and Amber, but their impression would have to wait when they saw that the Heartless quickly reacted with anger and headed towards Sora, they wanted to destroy him at all costs.
This action was noticed by our keyblade bearer who got into a combat stance and when two Heartless approached our bearer he finished them off with a slash to both of them.
The others tried to attack, but Amber uses her Vision to engulf their arrows in flames and when they hit the Heartless they fall, this action takes the attention of the rest who try to attack Aether and Amber, but the two defend themselves, finishing them off quickly.
A minute of combat passed, but all the enemies were already finished, Sora finished off the last one making it disappear
"What the hell were those things?" Paimon asks , somewhat frightened. "Those creatures gave Paimon the creeps."
"I've never seen monsters like that, actually," Amber says, somewhat seriously. She'll have to report this to teacher Jean.
"They are curious, really, and they also convey something dark... but they became more aggressive when Sora summoned that weapon," says Aether .
But those words Aether made Amber and Paimon look directly at Sora who had his keyblade in hand, but he looked at her carefully
"How the hell did I summon this weapon?" Sora asked himself mentally as he looked at the weapon that looked like a key, but when he looked at it he felt a feeling of nostalgia, but those thoughts would be interrupted when someone touched his shoulder "Eh" Coming out of the trance and looking at the person responsible who was Paimon
"Sora are you okay?" asks our little fairy looking at Sora
"Yes, I'm fine," Sora answers with a smile while still holding his weapon. "I was just lost in my thoughts about this," he comments, showing off his keyblade.
Seeing the weapon, Amber decides to take a good look at it. "It's strange, really. It looks like a giant key, but it cuts like a sword." Dice is analyzing the weapon.
"You fought well against those creatures Sora" Aether says "Your movements were good, you are certainly a good swordsman"
At those words Sora looks at his weapon "You believe it, yet, how can I fight, I don't even know anything about my past"
"Maybe muscle memory Sora, after all, even though your memory is blurry your body can still remember certain movements and apparently you were a very good fighter" Amber says giving her opinion "Even so, those monsters reacted violently when you summoned that weapon that looks like a giant key, but hits like a sword"
The words said make Sora look at his weapon again, even so he came up with a few words "keyblade" He says this
Those words confuse Paimon and Amber, Sora seeing his friends' confusion laughs a little
"Apparently this weapon is called a Keyblade, I don't know why but I feel like I've used this weapon for quite a while and it has saved my life many times" Sora commented with a smile while looking at the weapon.
"It seems that another memory came to you, that's good, actually" Paimon comments.
"And it's obvious you're a good fighter," Amber says with a smile.
Even so Aether, seeing the keyblade well, a small memory comes to mind "Where have I heard that name before?" He thought, trying to remember his trips with his sister to the other worlds, but nothing appeared.
But his thoughts would be interrupted when Amber spoke.
"Well with our enemies defeated, I think it's time to leave, when we get to the city the knights of Favonius will help you however possible" Amber says looking at Aether , Paimon and Sora
At these words the three nod and begin to move to reach their destination.
Elsewhere
You could see certain ruins, but in these there was a good group of Heartless , but of this group, there was one person, but he looked at a certain place, feeling an energy that long ago ceased to exist.
"A carrier is here… interesting" said the dark being and then retreated along with the Heartless.
END OF CHAPTER