Story/Side Story/Rena's Story 1: Difference between revisions

*''In the elven forest, as it had always been, it was the two tomboys that signaled the start of the morning. The two would make their way through the dew-filled forest laughing loudly at one moment, only to stop so they could focus on a race to beat each other.''

*''The two girls with their cheeks colored red, stopped running once they reached the pond. The short haired that had reached the pond first, took a deep breath and began to grin as the long haired girl while making a V-sign.''

*''The long haired girl sulked as she walks past the short haired girl, climbing the giant tree as if she had been familiar with it and looked down. That place in the tree was their spot. Every morning the two would race their way to the pond, with the final destination being the top of the tree where the long haired girl was standing.''

*''By the time the two girls had explored the majority of the forest, a small change had occurred in Rena. The beings called 'spirits' began to naturally gather around Rena. They protected her so that she wouldn't get hurt and from time to time granted her requests.''

*''Though the other elves were amazed and thought that the spirits particularly followed around that child, they also knew it was the same for Eridel Territory's greatest elder, Branwen Erindel. Branwen started to observe Rena more carefully, but did not make efforts to get closer to the child.''

*''Lua and Rena still enjoyed exploring different parts of the forest. Sometimes it would be close to the barriers they were told not to leave, other times it would be deep into the southern part of the forest that other elves didn't travel often to... When the two would go exploring, Rena did not hesitate to borrow help form the spirits.''

*'''Rena:''' ''Hmm... That's true.''

*''Rena turned to look at the spirits around her and shrugged as she took a bite from the fruit. The spirits that had suddenly appeared listened to any request she had. No matter where she went, they would follow, doing what they can to protect her.''

*''Rena gathered the spirits nearby then wished and wished again that she wanted to revive the wilted flower. Though the spirits gathered and circled around Rena as usual, none of them would listen to Rena's wish.''

*''Rena and Lua held their breaths as they watched the sight before them. They both waited with hearts filled with hope to see the flower come alive and bloom. However, before long the spirit's light faded away and the flow was back to being wilted.''

*''Branwen put her hands down on her knees then asked while staring straight at Rena. Rena had never brought up that event ever since she had woken. She would change the subject whenever the topic of that event was about to come up.''

*''Rena's mouth twitched as she couldn't answer right away. She was barely able to stop herself from saying 'I didn't think about anything' as she continued to think hard on finding a proper answer. However, the answer Rena gave in the end was not much different from the answer she had first thought of.''

*''Rena's face became red and she lowered her head. She had also been regretting what had happened on that day. I shouldn't have done that. I shouldn't have forced them. In her head she repeated hundreds and thousands of time that she will never use the power of the spirits ever again.''

*'''Branwen:''' ''All the things that could have happened if you were to revive that flower... Assuming you had revived that flower, whether it was causing the plants that surrounded the flower to wilt or if it was the spirits disappearing after turning into dew because they used up their power trying to save the flower... Were you prepared to take on the responsibility if such things were to happen?''

File:Portrait_of_Younger_Days_2.png|Portrait of Younger Days 2.

File:Portrait_of_Younger_Days_4.png|Portrait of Younger Days 4.