Lost In The Blue

"Oh God above. Please protect all the people that need it most, and let everyone feel your love in this time of need. Bless my father, who's age is starting to effect his health; my brother, who I feel is becoming lost in this world; and most of all my dear twin sister, and I pray that she will return home some day....."

After saying a short prayer kneeling by the window in her room, Eidin slowly picked herself up and proceeded to lay in her bed. But there was something that still bothered her. Still laying, she turned on her side and looked at the silver bow that she has laying on a small table not too far away from where she is. The bow glowed with a strange light because of the light from the moon.
"Everyone is worried about you, Brigid," Eidin said to herself. "Father told me to keep the Holy Bow Ichibal until some day when I see you again. Father is no longer strong enough to pull its string. Andrei and I can't even handle it. It's your bow now, Brigid....."
Although Eidin thought of Brigid every moment, the deep thought and the chill of the night made her melancholy mood even worse than usual.
"It's more than fifteen years since I last talked with you. I miss you very much......."

Lord Ring is a very religious man. That is why his heart is always set on giving to the needy. Many others thought that he must be crazy because he gives so much that Jungby never advanced in the ranks of the kingdoms in Grandbell. But the man himself would never lend an ear to such comments because he believes that one can never be too giving.
So Brigid, Eidin, and Andrei didn't live as lavishly as the families of Freege or Dozel, but they had much more love in their family that either of them. Their faith was also an important part of their upbringing. Lord Ring frequently left with his children to go to Edda and attend the most important religious events there. Eidin absorbs these things the quickest and became the most giving of the children. When her father went out to the streets to give food to the hungry, she walked right beside him and handed out the bread to them too. Brigid, on the other hand, was the active one. She loved to go hunting with her father with the small bow that he gave her on her third birthday. The two girls were active in their own ways, but Andrei was quite different. He is the shy one that always stays closed up and away from the others. No one understands what's in his mind because he never opens up to anyone--even his family.
Lord Ring also likes to travel. But his travelling is not usually for recreation, but either for religious reasons or to help others. His best friend, Lord Bailon, would try to get him to join him and his family on vacations, but Ring would usually be hard to convince unless it was for those reasons.
But never the less, Eidin felt that she was blessed with a happy childhood. But for most of the time, Brigid was missing. To tell you about this, I have to lead you to a time when Eidin and Brigid where only five years old, and they where on a religious family outing to the Tower of Blagi, on an island slightly off the mainland of Agustria, Dominion of the Lords.

"Father, are we there yet?" whined Brigid for the two hundredth time.
"No, dear, we still have a half day of sailing to go," answered her father, without a frown.
"You told me to watch the waves, father, but I'm tired of that now. Tell me what to do."
"Now try counting how many fishies swim by, dear."
"But I've done that already yesterday!!"
For a week now the family have been riding on their ship to try to reach the Tower of Blagi. Another half day will bring them to Fort Madino, and then their journey to the tower will be complete in no time. This will be the first time that Lord Ring will take his children to the tower, but the way there would be enough for any parent. Try taking two five year olds and a three year old on a vacation. These active little munchkins are stuck in a large ship, which feels to them like a small box after a few days, and they constantly demand something to do. But the crew thought that Lord Ring is lucky because one of his daughters are well behaved and learning how to read in her room, and his son is hiding is his own world like always. But there truth was that little Brigid has more than enough energy to cover for herself and both of her siblings.
"Father, are we there yet?" whined Brigid again. But Ring, for the first time, ignored her. This greatly upset the little girl, and made her even more determined to annoy everyone around.
"Father, are we there yet? ARE WE THERE YET?" Brigid whined and screamed while she tugged hard on her father's pants.
"Sweet heart, you have to learn to entertain yourself just like your sister and little brother. And you don't have to worry because I will tell you when we get there," her father said calmly, again without a frown. Brigid felt that she really can't move her father, so she just fell back on the floor and sat there staring at the busy crew.
"There you go. Now I will be going down to check on your sister and brother, so just sit there quietly for a while. I don't want you to be too tired when we get to shore later today," her father said. Brigid just nodded and watched her father go down the stairs to the body of the ship.

Although it looked like a very nice day when Ring went down, the weather at sea can change dramastically in just a short time. Without any warning, the clouds that used to be soft and white turned hard and dark gray. The soft blue sky that matched the ocean surface became bright green. Strong storm winds gusted from the east pushing them farther from shore. The ship swayed violently like a toy boat that a child playes with in the pool. Then a gust nocked down the mast of the ship, and sent some crews off the boat. Meanwhile, down in the rooms, Ring was trying to get out on the deck where he believed Brigid still was.
"Where is Brigid!!!" Ring, in the midst of the violent storm tried to push the men that held him in the room with Eidin and Andrei. "Brigid is still out there!! Get away from me!! I have to go and get my daughter!!"
The men shook their heads because they knew that if the little girl had not made it in the rooms by now, she must have been washed away. Andrei cried loudly and Eidin hugged him tightly. The battle between the men and the usually cool headed Ring lasted until the storm ended an hour or so later. In the wreak, broken parts of the ship and a few crew members were found, but Brigid was no where to be seen. The family turned back and went home without going to the tower, and everyone in the world thought that little Brigid had drown in the ocean. But Ring and Eidin refused to accept that idea and still believed that Brigid will return some day........

"Urr.....Let's go down to the happy Fort Madino and party down there, boss," a drunk pirate said to a beautiful young woman.
"No, not today, men...... I don't feel well tonight," sighed the young woman. The other pirates started to crowd around her.
"What's wrong, boss? Did the party last night hit you in the head?" the pirates joked around.
"None of that today.... I'll go and rest early......" then the young woman limped her way to the corner. But it doesn't look like she is hurt physically in any way. Something must be bothering her so much that she feels pain from it. While the other pirates poured some wine and danced around to some lively, but not very artistic, music, one of the young men walked over to the woman and kneeled beside her.
"Are you fine, Brigid? I noticed you haven't been yourself lately. What is bothering you?" the young man asked.
"I don't know..... There are images floating in my head but I don't know what they are..... Dad told me that it could be from when I was with my real family, but I don't know..... The only family I know are you guys and Dad... although he's dead now...... He told me before he died that I am not his real daugther and that my real family could be looking for me somewhere....."
"Don't worry about it, Brigid. I have been to the holy tower once. The priest there told me that there is a time for everything. When it comes to the time when you're suppose to meet your real family, you will." The young man smiled, and Brigid tried to smile in return.
"Thanks. Your stories of what you heard at the holy tower help me a lot."
Then Brigid looked up at the heavens and slept under the stars like she has done for as long as she can remember.

Fin

I didn't spend much time getting this one ready, so it's worse than the other one. But here it is, for the reading pleasures of the very few that may be interested in reading this (^_^). I hope you liked it anyway (^_^;). I wonder how many people even look for this page. I wonder if anyone even visit this site!! So if you actually read this one and the previous one, be proud of yourself. Does anyone care about Fire Emblem? I shouldn't have made this site because not many people visit it anyway (;_;) I feel bad now (;_;)
(An hour or so later.....)
I'm completely recovered now (^-^). Well, the story line is confusing as any of the others I have written. Just to clear stuff up, the first part is Eidin in the present. The middle is the past with Lord Ring, little Brigid (being a small brat), little Eidin, and little Andrei. The last part is Brigid in the present. It's based on the official information...... The part about Andrei being closed up and shy was not made up by me neither. So that's why he became the cruel guy that he is in the game...... (^o^).
Comments, suggestions, requests, and the other stuff are all welcome. You might just want to say hi because I don't have a clue as to how many people really come to this room. Thanks again, and I am waiting for your support!! And I hope you liked my choice of background (^o^)

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