The Lament of the God

Ch 3: I will

Months had passed.
I hadn't seen that guy from outside the walls, I guess he scared me, then I just forgot he was out there.
The other week, because a law had been passed that one person, between the ages of 15 and 20, from each settlement will be selected to help reclaim lost territories; and guess who was picked.
As they pulled my name from the glass jar, everyone was a little relieved. I was fast, I was unnoticeable. I was the perfect infiltrator.
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We all stood in the courtyard outside the mayors building, it was the day of selection. About 300 people's names were in there. No one had anything to worry about, but it all felt like we were waiting for an execution to happen.
Every teen in the sanctuary was more than eligible for becoming a soldier; but that can be blamed on the state of Guardiana. Because of the broken state of a large amount of buildings, people would use them as parkour grounds. I was dubbed to have a natural affinity in the acrobatic arts, I could scale a vertical wall in seconds, backflip from a building and still land on my feet, unharmed, I could jump an 8 foot gap between buildings, and yet still be tiny.
Me, Elysia LeVangelion: short, scrawny, not an ounce of muscle or fat to me, and yet I'm still the one with the most agility.
In my slight daydreaming cycle, I heard a mans voice call my name. I snapped out of it and looked up towards the front of the mayors building where a woman with short blond hair was standing.
"Come on Elysia, you win~" the word she used so casually.... Win.... Made me gag. I'm not scared of what may happen, but I'm being forced to help with war.
I reluctantly stride towards the woman, my long brown hair fluttering behind me like the name of a lion. My peers cheered, my parents cheered. If I prayed, who would hear? The tears would drown in their cheers.
I reached the woman, she held out her tanned and scarred hand, I took it and she shook it, then whispered.
"Put on a show for them, alright darlin'?" To her request, I turned towards the audience, pulling the silver ribbon from my hair, allowing its full volume to flow out behind me, trying the ribbon around my wrist.
"I, Elysia LeVangelion... I... I will be the one to end this war!"
The cheers from the audience raised in volume as I finished my sentance, and from the corner of my eye, I saw him.