Eyes and Emeralds

Welcome to DragonFang

Chapter 2
I opened my eyes slowly, very confused. My vision was blurry and all I could hear were muffled voices. A lot of voices. I am definitely not in the attic anymore. What's going on? As my vision started to clear, I realized what I was looking at. I gawked in awe at flying creatures, people with pointy elf ears, half-human beasts. What is this place? I sat there for a minute, staring, taking in my surroundings.

"Welcome to DragonFang islet" a young lady's booming voice called out to the crowd that had formed in the street. DragonFang? Is that the name of this place? I accidentally made eye contact with the lady. She looked a bit concerned and walked over to me slowly.

"Are you lost?" She looked a year or two older than me, maybe seventeen. She had sharp features and long brown hair covered by a draping purple hood. She's very pretty. "Who are you?" I asked, trying not to sound rude. "I'm Hue, nice to meet you" she belted, extending her hand to help me up. "Ez" I replied slowly. "So what brings you here, Ez? Are you from a neighboring island?" Should I tell her the truth? No, i don't even know her. She would think I'm crazy. I don't know if I can even trust her. "....um, yeah. I'm from a small town down south…. Albsville" i quickly lied and prayed she would believe me. "Cool! I've never been there"

The conversation continued for a little while as i tried to internally calm down. "Well Ez, I was about to head to the festival downtown. Would you like to come with me? I can show you around. " Maybe I can convince her to help me. "Yeah, sure," I replied.

We walked for 20 minutes talking, laughing, and enjoying each others company quite a bit for two stranges who just met. Until we finally reached the festival. There were a lot of people. Most of them dancing to music or purchasing strange items at the vendor shops. I checked out a few of them, one was selling 'pickled eyeballs' and another was selling 'enchanted trinkets'. Very strange. We found a quiet place in the grass to sit.

"So, what do you do for a living?" I asked, trying to make small talk. "Well, I'm a street performer, but I make most of my money from pickpocketing." She looked a bit embarrassed. I tried to keep up the conversation,"Do you live with any family?" "No" she replied, "I never met my dad, and I kill… ran away from my mom. What about you, where's your family?" "Its just me and my mom. She's on a business trip right now, so i doubt she'll know im gone." I had kind of forgotten about my mom in all the confusion from the last hour. She'll be on that trip for another few weeks, so at least i have a bit of time to figure out how to get back home "So, why did you leave Albsville? You know now that i think of it, i've never heard of Albsville or seen it on a map."

Oh shit "....um ya well, it's pretty small" she didn't look convinced. "I know you're lying to me. Did someone send you after me?" She accused whilst taking a dagger out of her pocket. "What no, Noone sent me after you I just…" She looked like she was about to stab me. "Give me one reason why i shouldn't kill you right now" "Ok ok, you're right, I lied. Albsville doesn't exit. I just…."God, how do I explain this without sounding crazy? "I don't think I'm from this world. I was snooping in my creepy ass attic, and I blacked out, and now I'm here, and I don't know who these people... er creatures are or what the hell is going on." All Hue could stammer was an "Oh"

She put her dagger away and concentrated for a moment. "That's….. strange. Although, that kind of reminds me of a legend I once heard when I was a little girl." Oh, thank God, maybe she can help me. "It was a long time ago, I don't really remember any details, but it was something about world travelers, beings that managed to find a portal, or ripple in time or something. It's just a children's story, but maybe we could get some more information on it. Follow me. "

A/n: OK, so I'm hoping to update at least one a week, and I'll try to make the chapters longer. What do you think of my writing style? If you have any suggestions or constructive criticism, please lmk. I hope you enjoy the story so far. Btw, the cover art is basically how i picture Hue <3