Book One The Black Lion Old Version

specter of the past part 3 uncomfortable truths

Byleth, along with his traveling party, were in single file. There was silence. Hinata held a torch ahead of the group. He could see from her veins that she had her Byakugan activated. An ambush could happen at any time. He knew that they had to tread carefully whenever they were going in unknown territory.

The mysterious girl, Sonia, was someone he knew nothing about. She disappeared shortly after the battle. Why was she hiding? What is this place known as the abyss? Why was there almost no information about it? These were the questions that he wanted answered. He was determined to get them answered one way or another because something about Sonia felt familiar, and he wanted to know why.

He was determined to get answers one way or another and wouldn't rest until he did. The traveling companions walked in almost complete silence. They continued walking for another 20 minutes before finally reaching the bottom of the stairs and seeing a stone hallway ahead of them.

"This place looks ancient," said Monica, looking around in multiple directions.

"This place must have existed even before the monastery,"said Sasuke. They were both looking around and what he was seeing looked like ancient ruins of a city long lost.

"Ancient ruins as far as the eye can see this place must be at least 1,200 years old," said Hinata, who deactivated her Byakugan.

"Yeah, but this abyss that I've been hearing rumors about cannot be located where we're walking. It must be further down. These ruins are ancient; they look at least two to three hundred years older than the monastery itself." Claude added.

"Why would Sonia be in a place like this?" asked Dimitri, finding it strange, but she was in a place like this.

They continue to walk in silence, the very fact that this place was hidden from his sight—a place he had passed by almost every day during his entire time teaching. What was the archbishop hiding? He was going to find out; he had to find out why Sonia was hiding here.

The girl she looked familiar. She felt familiar. He continued to walk. He couldn't help but shake the feeling she was familiar, like he knew her somehow, and he could not explain why.

"I know I feel something familiar about her, too. I cannot explain it, Byleth; something about that girl Sonia she feels familiar to me. I don't know why the archbishop would keep something like this from you. I don't like this at all. I don't like this one bit." Sothis said

They continued to walk until they were finally in what looked like a dimly lit room.

"Whatever you do, be ready for anything that could come at us," Byleth warned.

He walked ahead of the group wherever they were. It looked like this place was recently occupied; he didn't get a chance to indulge in his thoughts until he saw him and his party surrounded with weapons pointed at them.

"We respectfully ask you to leave" said a tall woman who looked like she was in her early forties.

"We don't want to deal with surface dwellers," said another who concealed their face so it was hard to make out their age or gender.

"It would be messy if we had a fight. There isn't any way I can convince you to turn back, is there?" said a purple-haired man who had a flamboyant appearance.

"We should show these surface dwellers what it's like to deal with us," said a blonde-haired woman who had blue stripes in her hair.

"Well, I don't mind if it gives us a good fight. Hopefully, you're strong," said a tall man with black hair and a significant physique.