Heroes Legacy

Chapter 0: Journey's Beginning

What a wonderful day! I got up and dressed myself. I went downstairs to greet my parents. After breakfast,  I went outside to have a walk. I talked with my neighbors about some typical things like gardening and farming. I felt wonderful. I loved my life. I never wanted to move to a modern megapolis. I loved Posie Town much more. Sure, it was more of a village than a town and there was no internet connection or gadgets that the big city kids have, but that's why I loved this place. No cars, no huge buildings that made my head spin, no fancy tech like computers. I had no friends, but my family made me happy. But I always wondered what life would be like outside of my town. I dreamt of becoming a gardener, so I tried to not care about it. But I just couldn't take my mind off of thinking about how life was like in the big cities. My family and my neighbors only said that big cities were heavily polluted with houses to the sky and technology everywhere. Everyone was a permanent resident, so that's all that they have heard. By their stories, it sounded like...hell. But I did want to meet new people. The town had a population of around 200-300 people, and in the years I've spent here, I became acquainted with everyone. It was getting boring. I wanted to meet new people, discover new things...When I was 14, a new person showed up. He was a retired soldier with a wife and a son who lived separately with his own children. He told me all about his past, his time in the army, and about the outside world...I loved listening to his stories. He was like a locked, but transparent door to the outside world. You could see through it, but you couldn't enter it. As time progressed, my urge to visit the places he described grew and grew. My dream also changed...I now wanted to become a heroine, to protect the innocent and punish the wicked. I thought of joining the army when I was 18. But he told me something that broke my heart: that girls can't join the army. After hearing that, I went to my room and cried. My dream was impossible to fulfill! I wanted to give up and become a gardener just like I wanted to before, but part of me was telling me that it was possible. So I waited patiently for my 18th birthday...