It is me again guys, who u~ doing?
Giving some minor spoilers today; today's chapter is the introduction of a permanent character :o.
I'll say more after the ending of the chapter cuz more would be some major spoiler XD.
hope you guys enjoy it. :)
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Day 1
On top of a house… or what is left of the house, lies a young woman watching the starry night with vacant eyes, her mouth is slightly open, her face has trace of tears, her cloth covered with dirt and ashes. She didn’t eat anything for 3 days, one could see it just by seeing her thin legs. She didn’t even move from that place for 3 days.
Her name is Esveta, she is from the cat-tribe… a beast-kin… not long ago her town has been raided, once again.
She is 17 years old, she has a scar on her face similar to that of Emily but not that deep. She got it when she was a child one of the raiders from that assault was tormenting her and before he murdered her, her father cover her leaving her that scar and dying in the process.
Not long ago she had a beautiful long curly red hair, smooth white skin on the front, short red hair on her back, like a Siamese but a bit shorter, a tiny whisker and a fluffy tail; But in this raid, the hair on her back got burn thankfully it is just a first degree burn, she also lost her whisker in the process, the only reason why her fluffy tail didn’t burn as well, it was because she huge it with all her strength so she would not scream. She got burn while she was hiding from the raiders, the raiders burned her house to check if there were anyone living there. In the process, they got her mother.
In her abandonment, she wondered why she is alive. Why does she need to suffer all of this? She is a good girl, she thought. She didn’t have a lover, but a lot of friends, she didn’t know if they were taken away, died or if they are alright… she didn’t care but they did, they tried to help her. Feed her, but she just lash out on them… eventually they stop visiting her but they still told this despairing event to the major, today he came. He knocked the ‘door’ and entered anyway.
-Step- -step-
“Nyaaa hello Sve”
He is an old man, an old man that have to suffer the raiding of those d@mn@ble people; Each time his people become lethargic, powerless but he knew how to make them feel alive. Yes he fought against these events but eventually he lost each time.
“…”
Of course she didn’t respond.
“If that didn’t happen… this could be call a beautiful night nyght?”
“…”
Seeing her like this, he gave a small sigh, his ears drop a bit; even though he saw this more than once, either see a friend have his skin burn or has empty eyes… he just couldn’t get used to it.
“… When I see you, I remember the day when your mother confess her love to your father”
Her ears twitched, her eyes turned red…
He continue the tale..
“It is such a funny story nyanyanya. At our moon festival, at our most sacred party of the year… she disrupt it all saying ‘FORGET HER NYA MERRY ME NYA YOU KNOW YOU LOVE ME NYYA! NOT HER!’ nyanyanya such a funny story.”
The last part he say it with sadness in his eyes.
She turned around and glared at him.
-Sniff- -sniff-
Even though she glared at him, her eyes turned red.
“the ‘she’ was his imaginary friend nyanyanyanyanya oh boy that hunt him even after so long… well they were kids not even 7 years old, they were ‘punished’ leaving both of them lock in my kitchen until the festival was over.
Thanks to them I did learn what truly means true love because, 12 years later… you were born my child”
With tears on her face, she couldn’t endure it anymore and asked him…
“Why are you telling me this? Do you enjoy making me cry?”
“That is one of the most happiest moment of your father and mother, Esveta… you should be happy only by remember it.”
“BUT I DON’T!! EACH TIME I REMEMBER THEM!! I REMEMBER MY FATHER BEEN STABBED!!! MY MOTHER TAKING LIKE LUGGAGE!!! who knows what hell she is facing…”
On her pain she slap him.
-Slap- once –slap- twice –slap- thrice. Before another one could hit he grab her hand. His eyes and cheek were equally red.
“… I know… her future is not something I wish even to the people I hate… his dead and everyone else dead is a heavy weight on my soul. But you are alive… and you are free… as long as you have both you can have hope.”
“… Hope?”
Her ears twitched again, her tail began to wail.
“Yes my child, if god is good with you, we will be able to see your mother again I am sure of it.”
When she heard the name god her eyes that were fill with despair, fear and pain, got another thing mix in… malice… fair enough god did nothing to save them, perhaps worst, god wanted their life become like this; But he didn’t notice, perhaps he didn’t want to notice it and continue talking more things that she forgot as fast as he say them.
Some time has passed… she eventually ate and drink a bit.
It is already the dawn of another day
“Look Sve. God is smiling upon you. A shooting star. Come on make a wish”
Indeed she notice it as well… but making a wish on that? She is not a little girl… but she decide to use this moment to change herself forever.
Her wish is simple…
Death…
The power to kill everyone that she hate.
The power to destroy everything that lead fate to her tragedy.
It didn’t matter what she has to do or pay. She wants it.
She closed her eyes, make a fist with both of her hands, her tail waved from right to left nonstop.
At the beginning the major saw her and smile… but slowly his smile vanished and asked her.
“My-my child what did you wish?”
Of course she didn’t tell him, slowly she opened her eyes and lied to him
“I wish I can make everything the same way as back then…”
“My child, are you sure? The shooting star is getting close. Look” his whisker is trembling nonstop.
This is the first time he ever saw something like this.
She notice it too. But unlike his fear she is happy, only she knows why.
Soon enough the shooting star bypass them, it was a terrific sight, like a fireball but waay much bigger and faster.
-ZOOOOOOM-
“”NYAAAAAA!!!!””
After some time, it hit the world, for a few seconds the almost morning day turned into midday, because of the light that crashing star emitted, and slowly, everything turn back to morning day.
Both of them scream at the same time. The sound, and the tremors they felt were too much. The shooting star was too close to their tiny town.
“ESVETA I WILL GO AND SEE IF OUR PEOPLE ARE OK, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND HIDE HERE!”
She thought no way, she has to go and find it, in there she will get what she needs, she knows it.
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“OF COURSE MAJOR!”
She went and collect all the food available, right after that moved to the river and collect enough water. After she prepared herself for the journey she thought for a while, she found out it will take her 5 days to arrive that place. But it didn’t matter… time is something she has the most or so she thought.
Day 4
From the get go her travel was somewhat peaceful. Of course she encounter beasts and monsters, nothing too much if they were too strong she will evade them, if not, kill them; she need that meat for the future.
But it was not that smooth either, from time to time at night or day she encounter weird things flying around, out of nowhere birds and other animals run in every direction like they were escaping from something.
The biggest problem she met were raiders. Yes, those b@*t@r*s that took her mother. Blood went into her head at that time, if she didn’t slip and fall, and also saw that flying thing once again… she would have “ambushed” them and meet her fate already… she knows she is no match for them… but seeing them walk in the open and so happy… it just drives her mad.
She didn’t have problem with food; water on the other hand, she run out of it this morning, she was searching water when she heard a noise.
She turned around and found that the plants in a certain place moved in an odd way
“Who’s there?!!”
She bend a little and retreat slowly, the encounter with the raiders wasn’t that long ago, they could be close if she is unlucky.
“Sister? Finally~~ sister we finally catch up with u!”
“Andrei what are you doing here?”
“THAT’S MY QUESTION! Guys cooooomeeee~”
“Sister uwaaaaa sniff I-I thought you would die… you didn’t eat or drink water for 3 dayssswaaaaaaa!!!”
“Sis!! What are you doing here? The town has just been raid it is not safe nya, and the town need to be repairnya!”
They are her childhood friends, 15 good children that encounter the same fate as her…
For some unknown reasons these raiders do not kidnap children below 15 years old and really old people, that’s why Esveta hid herself so much… even though they do not take them away… they still… “Tease” them.
“I didn’t come on my own, the major knows it, why did you come?”
She lied again. They knew it, they were keeping an eye on her all this time. But it didn’t matter to them, the state she was at that time and now… they prefer to be lied than she dying that way.
“We follow you!”
“After that star crashed, u become frantic nya”
“Nuy-u are are sear-searching th-th-the star nyght?”
She is shocked not all of them are little kids, some are of her age. Others a bit older but they read her easily. She was thinking to tell them the truth but something happened.
-ROOOOOOOOARRR- -HOOOOOOOWLLL- -POOOOOOMM- -wolf crying to dead noise-
After all those noises come to an end, some trees fall to the ground, some others are burning
And everything become silent.
“Sis-“
“Shhhh” she made some hand gestures to silence them and follow her.
They reach the commotion area, a ferocious bear has a hole on its stomach, a sunwolf was torn apart in two… behind them lies the fallen tree and behind that tree, a couple more are burning.
Near them there is a river.
“Guys go to the town now, Andrei escort them; I encountered some raiders not far from here.”
She walk to the river to gather water.
“What? Sis no! We all have to go back!”
“I can’t. Until I get what I need I can’t go back… it is close, I know it”
“Wh-what ar-are nyu talking a-about?”
“Not now. I am going”
Some hours later.
“I find it…”
It is a dessert the place she arrived. One would question himself, how does she knows that is the place? It is really simple.
Magic exist in that world, but no magician would be able to make this kind of a crater or so she thought… it was half of a sphere… a crater a big crater, big enough to make one climb it down for hours before reaching the bottom.
She successfully climb it down, reach the center search for a while… but
“This is it?” “THERESNOTHINGNOTHINGNOTHING!”
Before her insanity reach a new level she saw something
“NOTHINGYOOOOOOU! HUMAAAANNNN!!!!!!!”
She couldn’t see him properly, just his clothes, they were green and brown.
The human upon hearing her, run away.
“YOUD@*NB@****D”
-huff- -huff- She was climbing up like a lunatic, she hurt herself but she didn’t feel it.
“No. patience, a bit more of patience… with him, my road of vengeance will begin.”
She climbed up and found her friends.
“Guys, do you know what I found?”
””hmmm?”” “”nya??””
“A lonely human is here… his cloth seems funny did u saw him?”
“nouuyaa”
“n-no”
“I didn’t see him, but I did see some herbs made odd movements… although I didn’t smell anything either…”
The answer wasn’t the one she wanted.
“Guys don’t you understand? Every time they come, we lost friends… loved ones… those humans… this is the time! All our misery… he will be the first one to pay!!!”
“b-but w-w-we sho-shouldn’t kill p-people… d-d-daddy use to say d-do-don’t lower yourself”
“… your father died in the mines… you saw your older sister be burn alive… if you have the opportunity to make them suffer will you let it go?”
Esveta face distort greatly upon hearing her…
“… n-no… did you forget your stories? L-live f-for the sake o-of your s-sa-sake and those th-that p-passed a-awa-away… e-esve-ve-ve-ta wh-what happened to you? You you we-werent like this. Yo-your mo-mothe- uwaaa!”
She grab her collar and lifted him… this 3 days between let her think again what is important and not, it made her mentally colder than before.
She didn’t know her… Esveta change so much in such a short time… that scared her.
“Listen people, there were always 2 options. Continue like this and be hated by life itself… or fight with everything. Yes, we may lose, but so what? It is better than sleeping knowing when someone will die… or taken away.”
She turned her back to them and said
“Those that for once want a different life, follow me; the rest… wait here until we deal with him. We will all go back” out of those 15 that come looking for her, only 6 followed her.
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So she is Esveta. If it was not properly understood, she is the character that have her P.O.V at the prologue chapter.
So why the other side character doesn´t have name?
first, it will be confusing for readers and the author xD
second, when she see them she see memories that she wants to forget; Slowly she is excluding herself from everyone one can feel it when she said just one name in the whole chapter.