Some where on the Planet Ersha, a portal opened up and out stepped a young woman with bland hair and red eyes. The woman panted out of breath as the portal closed behind her. "Damn it, i wish that they didn't try to kill me just because some guy in a stupid hat told them to." She panted out.
As soon at she regained her breath she took a moment to look around as she said to her self, "Where ever I am at I just hope that it's better than the world that I just got away from."
Nicholas
Nick was taking a walk down a path he hadn't taken before, when all of the sudden a strange fur less woman appeared before him.
He stumbled back nearly falling on his ass.
"Ack! Sorry! Excuse me!" He dropped his books and things.
Lilly Vald
The lady spoke in her old language to the strange furry man as she looked at him. "Sorry about that, oh and can you tell me where I'm at?"
Nicholas
Nick picked up his things and took a step back.
"Sorry.. I don't understand what you are trying to say." he straitened up and good a look at her. "By the m-!" He covered his mouth before he could finish. He didn't want to offend the woman, assuming she understood him. Holy crystal she was nearly furless! All she had was hair on her head. He hoped it was not contagious.
Lilly Vald
Lilly sighed as she couldn't understand him as well. "hold still." she said as she placed a finger on to his forehead and muttered a spell. A circle of light surrounded the two for a few seconds.
As the light subsided Lilly spoke out as she removed her finger from his forehead. "There, that should take care of most of the language barrier."
Nicholas
"So, um... you can talk then.." He scooted back. "N-not to be rude, but um... its not contagious is it?"
Lilly Vald
"No, i dont have eny thing that is contagius. Oh, can please tell me wher i am? Becuase when i made that emergancy planet hoping spell, i didnt spesafy wher to head to."
Nicholas
Nick breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't wanna lose his fur. Creepy.
"Your on the out skirts of Kerlel Ohil. You um.. some strange breed of cat? er.. not to be rude. Planet hopping spell? You've been out in the sun to long, come on I'll take you some place with water..."
Lilly Vald
"I came here from anuther planet, but maybe it would be easyer for me to explain if i had some thing to write with to show you. But i came from some place, very far far away." she said as she fallowed Nicholas, "oh, do you know what is going on localy?"
Nicholas
"Hrm? You mean like festivals and what not? Nothing much really... not until William gets married. At any rate."
Lilly Vald
"My name is Lilly by the way, but i think i'll show you what i mean." she said before she stoped to look around to see if eny one else is looking. After she was done with her delveloped habit she placed a gem on the floor and then muttered some very forren words. Before long the image of a planet that looks some what like earth appered before the two of them as it floated as it spined slowly in the middle of the room.
Nicholas
And by middle of the room she meant forest because they where outside.
"Thats very pretty... and I'd like to ask you how you managed to make the picture, but i really don't see how this proves your point, ma'am.
Lilly Vald
"Yeah your right, lets go some were, were we could have a roof over our heads." she said as she waved her hand and the picture disapered and she grabed the jewel before continueing to fallow the Nicholas
Nicholas
Nick rubbed his head.
"Are you sure you want to go into the village? Are you traveling with anyone?"
Lilly Vald
"Im not shure, I have never been to this world before. So i dont know wher i am going, or what is going on around here. So i think it would be a good idea to head to town so i can get a clear idea of wher i am." she said as she walked with Nicholas.
Nicholas
Nick nodded. If she wanted to go to town he suposed he could take her. He wasn't really looking forward to heading back just yet, but well what could he do?
"Another world.. like from across the great sea?"
Lilly Vald
"Yes, only that sea is even larger. the fact is the sea that i have crossed is some thing that is seen every night." she said as she pointed towards the stars. as she continued to walk with Nicholas towards ther destenation.
Nicholas
"Oh." Nick looked thoughtful. "So.. your from a moon?" No wonder she looked so strange. In there myths moon children were celestial beings with omnipotent powers. He wondered what moon she was from. Hopefully not the fire or crystal moons....
Lilly Vald
"Yeah, some thing like that." she said before she sighed as she wondered how she was going to explain things to him. "Eny way, does your people know eny thing about magic?" she asked.
Nicholas
"Um.. well my kind are forbidden from using magic." Nick tried to explain.
Lilly Vald
"Banned? why is that?" she asked as she hoped that she didnt jump away from one crusaid and into the maw of anuther.
Nicholas
"Is this a trick question?" Nick fidgeted. "Well, we're kept illiterate and magecless, makes it a lot easier to control us.. don't you think?"
Lilly Vald
"Im sarry, but you know that im not from arround here. so i just want to know more about wher i am at." Lilly said with a sigh.
Nicholas
"Right. Sorry I've never met anyone from some place else who wasn't exactly the same as everyone else in there thinking. My apologies ma'am."
Lilly Vald
"You dont need to call me maam all of the time, you can just call me Lilly." she said as she gave Nicholas a kind smile.
Nicholas
"Sorry Lily Ma'am. Its a bit ingrained into me by now." He looked around to see if anyone else was in the woods with them.
"I'll take you to the village, if they ask you're a free woman. I'm guessing being from some place else that you don't have any papers?"
Lilly Vald
"Papers, shot let me think." she said as she took one of her books and fliped through it. "let me see, Ah i alread memorised this chapter, so may be if i show them these pages and fanagel a bit i, think i could get through." She said as she carefuly tore a few pages from the book even thou it is writen in a language that no one on the planet knew, other her self. she then looked to Nicholas and said, "our little secret, ok."
Nicholas
Nick smiled.
"If you'll follow me them Lilly Ma'am." He offered her his arm.
Lilly Vald
Lilly noded and held on to his offered arm as she fallowed along with him.
Nicholas
"So, why come here from else where of all places?"
Lilly Vald
"It's a long story, so for the time being i'll give you the short vertion. I didnt have much time to chose what planet to go to, so i had to chose at random and hope for the best."
Nicholas
"You on the run?" He asked. He was a bit nosy, he couldn't help it.
Lilly Vald
"well, yeah. Wher i was from, magic is being outlawed left and right, along with the fact that the mana that is needed for magic is slowly disapering." Lilly sighed as she knew that ther was no way around it.
Nicholas
"Mana? I though Magic ate at your life force. Maybe its different here than there. Not that I know how magic works, seeing as how I can't use it." He could.. but saying that was like saying he was ready to be executed. He was already freed, he wasn't going to push it by casting magic all over the place.
"You might have picked the wrong place for your escape."
Lilly Vald
"Nah magic doesnt eat your life force, magic requires the use of a force called mana. Every planet that sustains life has mana, thou differnt planets have more mana than others." she said thought of some thing. "Hmmmm, i think i might have some thing that would alow you to see it, people who are not intune with magic and mana cant see it with out a tool to see mana with."
Nicholas
"Perhaps it works different here. Or perhaps using this manna tires you out." He shrugged. If there were other place then things could work different. He was willing to accept that.
Lilly Vald
"True, a novice would be tired out seens novices arent use to useing mana tend to use more energy than they need to." Lilly said as they went about.
Nicholas
"If that is your belief." Finally they arrived at the out skirts of the settlement.
"Well, there you are. I hope you ind whatever your looking or, shelter and what not."
He gave a bow and took a few steps back.
Lilly Vald
"Thank you Nicholas," she said to him before she looked at the settelment.
There wasn't much to see. There was one large building far to the back, built off of the face of a rock, it was actually a cave, so the house was bigger than it looked. There were two rows of smaller houses, each hose had a small shack near it.and then fields stretching out for as far as the eye could see.
Lilly stood in the forest at the ehad of the settlement, on a dirt road that drifted off threw the forest to who knew where.
Lilly Vald
Lilly took the path towards the small town as she hoped that she could get through with ether thous book papers act or the moon dweller act.
Out in the fields where various animals working. Everything from rabbits to bears, oxen and mice. But no cats or dogs, they were the people walking about in town, or over seeing the people at work, they ran shops and went shopping. It was clear who the upper class was in this society.
When Lilly entered the town some people stoped to stare at her in distaste before going about there business.
Lilly Vald
"Ruff crowd," Lilly muttered to her self before she continued. "but seens i'll be on this planet for a while, i better get into good standing with the locals." she said to her self as she looked at the locals and thought about what to do.
"Mommy mommy lookit!" A little kid cam running over to look at Lilly. "Hi!" The little kitty girl grinned up at her.
Lilly Vald
"Hello," Lilly said kindly as she smilled to the kitty. "Can you tell me wher i have wondered to and wher i can find the person that governs this place resides at?" Lilly asked nicely as she hoped that she didnt make eny major social mistakes.
"Umm.." The little girl scratched her head not really understanding the bigger words.
"I live there!" She pointed to the large half cave building that the town revolved around, thinking that's what Lilly was asking.
Lilly Vald
"Thank you young lady." Lilly said, even thou in her mind she knew that she needed to find some one who knew more about this town let alone this planet. Lilly smiled to the little kitten before she headed for the cave that the kitten pointed to.
As she headed to the building built into the cave a tall dalmatian man came out to meet her.
"Greetings stranger."
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