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this is my first FFXI fanfic, but its my 3rd actual fanfic. its the story of how my character meets up with her clan. tell me what u think.
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Anrai ran through the snow as a sabre tooth tiger chased her. She looked behind her and saw that the saber tooth was catching up to her real fast. Even though Anrai is a mithra, she is only 15 and can’t outrun a saber tooth. She wasn’t paying attention to where she was running and tripped on a hidden rock under the snow. She fell face first into the snow, knocking the wind out of her. She looked behind again to see the saber tooth slowly walking up to her, showing its teeth and growling. Anrai crawled backwards, trying to escape from the beast. The saber tooth prepared to jump on her. Anrai tried to cover up her face with her arm, but there’s no use for that. The saber tooth jumped in the air. Anrai closed her eyes, knowing this is the end.
Anrai heard skin being punctured. Blood splattered on Anrai’s face. Unusually, there was no pain, but her legs felt really heavy.
Silence.
Anrai opened her eyes to see the saber tooth’s body lying dead on her trembling, but intact legs. There was an arrow in its forehead, and blood dripping from the wound. She quickly pushed the body off and kicked it away. She wiped the blood off her face with her gloves, then picked up some snow to wash her face and get the blood out of her fur.
Anrai wiped off the water and saw 3 people standing in front of her. The first one was a hume male with a one handed sword. He had long brown hair. The second person was an elvaan female. She must have fired the arrow, because she was lowering her bow. The 3rd person was a hume male, holding a giant spear.
“Nice shot, Chandra,” said the first hume male.
“Thanks, Ace,” the elvaan replied.
“You should have let the saber tooth kill her, I haven’t seen someone die in a good 2 hours,” said the 2nd hume male.
“Maverick, you’re so barbaric,” the elvaan said with a light giggle.
Anrai stood up, brushing the snow off her brown leather armor. The 3 strangers walked up to her. The second hume walk passed Anrai and started poking the saber tooth corpse with his spear.
“Hey, maybe if you let it kill her, we could have fought this! The more blood the better!” he said.
The first hume sighed, and walked up to Anrai.
"Are you ok?" He offered her a hand to help her up, "My name is Ace, nice to meet you."
“Y-yeah, I’m fine. M-my name is Anrai,” Anrai replied. Her voice was still shaky.
“You look a little young to be fighting saber tooths How old are you?”
“I’m only 15,” Anrai began to calm down.
“Damn, I thought she was younger. Mithra girls are so damn short,” said the second hume.
Ace sighed again.
“That’s Maverick over there. This is Chandra,” Ace said, pointing to his party members. Chandra gave a smile and a little wave. Maverick was poking the dead saber tooth with his spear and was too occupied to reply.
“Maybe we should take her back to her home,” Chandra said, “Where are you heading to, Anrai?”
“I’m kinda lost, but I’m from San’Doria,” Anrai replied.
“WAIT!” Maverick shouted, “We have to take her to San’Doria? That’s way out of the way! We still have to get to Bastok and find Haven before all his good weapons get sold out! We don’t have time for this!”
“How about we just take her along?” Chandra said.
“Hmmm, well, we should still return her to her parents,” Ace said.
“Actually, I have no parents,” Anrai said, “I’m trying to get to Bastok too,” Anrai lied.
“There! We can take her along with us,” Chandra said.
“Ok, Anrai, you’re with us now,” Ace said.
“Hey! We just saved her life! She should pay us somehow!” Maverick exclaimed.
“Here, I have some gil with me,” Anrai said, removing a pouch from her belt. She opened it and put some gil in her hand. She reached out her hand to Maverick so he could take it. Maverick took it and put it in his gil pouch.
“HEY! Where did my gil pouch go? That was all the gil I was saving up for Haven’s weapons!” Maverick yelled. He started walking back the way he came to see if he dropped it. He left the scene shortly.
“Do you have an ink feather?” Anrai asked Ace.
“Yeah, I do. Why?” Ace asked as he pulled out a feather and handed it to Anrai.
“Oh, no reason,” Anrai said as she crossed out the name ‘Maverick’ on the gil pouch.
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Anrai ran through the snow as a sabre tooth tiger chased her. She looked behind her and saw that the saber tooth was catching up to her real fast. Even though Anrai is a mithra, she is only 15 and can’t outrun a saber tooth. She wasn’t paying attention to where she was running and tripped on a hidden rock under the snow. She fell face first into the snow, knocking the wind out of her. She looked behind again to see the saber tooth slowly walking up to her, showing its teeth and growling. Anrai crawled backwards, trying to escape from the beast. The saber tooth prepared to jump on her. Anrai tried to cover up her face with her arm, but there’s no use for that. The saber tooth jumped in the air. Anrai closed her eyes, knowing this is the end.
Anrai heard skin being punctured. Blood splattered on Anrai’s face. Unusually, there was no pain, but her legs felt really heavy.
Silence.
Anrai opened her eyes to see the saber tooth’s body lying dead on her trembling, but intact legs. There was an arrow in its forehead, and blood dripping from the wound. She quickly pushed the body off and kicked it away. She wiped the blood off her face with her gloves, then picked up some snow to wash her face and get the blood out of her fur.
Anrai wiped off the water and saw 3 people standing in front of her. The first one was a hume male with a one handed sword. He had long brown hair. The second person was an elvaan female. She must have fired the arrow, because she was lowering her bow. The 3rd person was a hume male, holding a giant spear.
“Nice shot, Chandra,” said the first hume male.
“Thanks, Ace,” the elvaan replied.
“You should have let the saber tooth kill her, I haven’t seen someone die in a good 2 hours,” said the 2nd hume male.
“Maverick, you’re so barbaric,” the elvaan said with a light giggle.
Anrai stood up, brushing the snow off her brown leather armor. The 3 strangers walked up to her. The second hume walk passed Anrai and started poking the saber tooth corpse with his spear.
“Hey, maybe if you let it kill her, we could have fought this! The more blood the better!” he said.
The first hume sighed, and walked up to Anrai.
"Are you ok?" He offered her a hand to help her up, "My name is Ace, nice to meet you."
“Y-yeah, I’m fine. M-my name is Anrai,” Anrai replied. Her voice was still shaky.
“You look a little young to be fighting saber tooths How old are you?”
“I’m only 15,” Anrai began to calm down.
“Damn, I thought she was younger. Mithra girls are so damn short,” said the second hume.
Ace sighed again.
“That’s Maverick over there. This is Chandra,” Ace said, pointing to his party members. Chandra gave a smile and a little wave. Maverick was poking the dead saber tooth with his spear and was too occupied to reply.
“Maybe we should take her back to her home,” Chandra said, “Where are you heading to, Anrai?”
“I’m kinda lost, but I’m from San’Doria,” Anrai replied.
“WAIT!” Maverick shouted, “We have to take her to San’Doria? That’s way out of the way! We still have to get to Bastok and find Haven before all his good weapons get sold out! We don’t have time for this!”
“How about we just take her along?” Chandra said.
“Hmmm, well, we should still return her to her parents,” Ace said.
“Actually, I have no parents,” Anrai said, “I’m trying to get to Bastok too,” Anrai lied.
“There! We can take her along with us,” Chandra said.
“Ok, Anrai, you’re with us now,” Ace said.
“Hey! We just saved her life! She should pay us somehow!” Maverick exclaimed.
“Here, I have some gil with me,” Anrai said, removing a pouch from her belt. She opened it and put some gil in her hand. She reached out her hand to Maverick so he could take it. Maverick took it and put it in his gil pouch.
“HEY! Where did my gil pouch go? That was all the gil I was saving up for Haven’s weapons!” Maverick yelled. He started walking back the way he came to see if he dropped it. He left the scene shortly.
“Do you have an ink feather?” Anrai asked Ace.
“Yeah, I do. Why?” Ace asked as he pulled out a feather and handed it to Anrai.
“Oh, no reason,” Anrai said as she crossed out the name ‘Maverick’ on the gil pouch.
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