Chapter 2: The Girl Who Is One With The Forest

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As Arkaine looks for the girl that wandered off, He sees a lake. The lake looked beautiful, majestic, and with so much life around it. Arkaine felt some sort of comfort for being here, as if he belonged here. He then remembered what he came to find. He found the girl sitting near some animals next to the lake, crying in despair and sadness. Arkaine walks over to her and asks, "Are you ok...?" The girl looks at him with tearful eyes and asked, "Why do you care...?" Arkaine's face turns red and answers, "I just don't think it's fair how they treat you, You have to stand up for yourself..." The girl looked at him with hope in her eyes, "What is your name...?" She asks quietly.

"Arkaine Lura." He answered. "I'm Leata.... Nice to meet you Arkaine..." She says with a slight smile. Arkaine looks at her and asks, "Why Do they treat you this way...?" Leata says nothing, but simply raises her hand near the grass and flowers instantly grow from the grass. Arkaine sees this and his Crimsona mark flashes red on his hand. Leata looks at his hand and her hand with a leaf shaped mark glows with a bright green. "What's going on..?" Asks Arkaine in confusion. Leata walks over to Arkaine and places her hand on his to see what happens, the results were surprising. "I have a special energy called Floweriem, It's said that Crimsona and Floweriem are attracted to each other..." As she says this the Crimsona mixes with her Floweriem and flows into the air creating a soothing mist, that causes the plants and animals to be at peace.

Arkaine watches in amazement, but it is cut short when he is tackled by one of the village boys. Toka walks up behind Leata without her knowing, and grabs her and holds a dagger to her neck. "Arkaine! Help me!" Leata shouts as she is held back. Arkaine kicks the boy off of him but then is stopped by Toka's comment, "If you come any closer, I WILL kill her!" Leata's eyes widen and she asks with tears in her eyes, "Why... Why do you hate me so much....?!" Toka simply replies, "Because you're an abomination to society...  Just like him..." Arkaine hears this and clenches his fists in rage, but yet feels useless. Leata stands there also feeling useless until she remembers what Arkaine said to her. She uses her Floweriem to make the tree's roots grow and wrap around Toka, making him drop the blade. "Wow, did you do that...?" Arkaine asks, to which Leata simply replies, "I did what you suggested...." Arkaine then smiled and walked back towards the village with Leata. "This isn't over.... Arkaine.." Says Toka quietly.

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