Eternal Harvest [CLOSED]

Darkness. That's what Nilani saw behind her eye lids. She had no dreams and could hear nothing as she was taken to Aria Grand. This place was supposed to help them, right? She hoped so. It would be her first time inside of a city. Usually, Elwyn protected her from the hatred that humans had against elves by keeping her on the outskirts of the town. This time, Nilani was going to be able to see the big city. At least, that's what she hoped. It was hard to say right now. Her body was weak. Yes, she had been poisoned and that almost took her life. Even with being cured of that, there was still something she had to deal with, the loss of blood and the open wound she had after being shot. The people that were helping them bandaged her up as much as they could, but they obviously weren't doctors. She only hoped that this person they had spoken of actually would help them.

They arrived at and Nilani was gently put down on a bed. She began to stir, but could not fully wake. She could hear things happening around her, but what caught her attention most was her sister calling her. She tried to answer, but her body wouldn't respond immediately. It ached. It needed time to get where it wanted to go. A few moments later, a low grunt sounded from Nilani as she opened her eyes. She could not move, but her eyes darted around the room for a moment. Her mouth opened and after a pause, she let out a quick exhale of air before taking in a deep breath. Nilani rolled her head over to see Hacil and Snopy were okay and awake. On her other side was Elwyn, who looked half dead. Elwyn's breathing was low, very low. Her skin was pale and the shine that she usually had in her hair had faded. Nilani had never seen Elwyn like that and feared for her survival.

"H-Hacil..." her voice cracked. Nilani turned back toward her red-eyed sister. She pushed herself up, struggling quite a bit as she brought her legs over the side of the bed. She stumbled, but she made her way over to Hacil and practically fell into her sister, crying. "I'm sorry... I'm so sorry!" Nilani grabbed onto her sisters shirt and clung, her small body trembling as she tried to hold back her tears, "This is all my fault. I didn't mean to make you guys push yourselves so hard!" Nilani looked up to Hacil with a weak smile, "Thank you... For saving my life." During this time, there were a few onlookers that found the scene a little endearing, but more of them were annoyed or disgusted. When Nilani saw this, she curled herself closer to Hacil. She wasn't used to the looks she was being given. "The Master will be here momentarily," a woman that had helped them stepped into the room.

Nilani wasn't going to listen to any warnings that Snopy or her sister had for her. She moved over to Hacil anyway and kept close to the one she knew wouldn't let anything happen to her. These people were bothering her. She couldn't look any of them in the eye, but she did her best to glance around and make sure none were getting to close. Elwyn stayed asleep, unable to wake this early after the trauma they had all experienced. Her face was calm, but the water that seemed to collect around her made it look like she was sweating heavily. Nilani looked over Hacil and over to Snopy with a soft smile, "Thank you too... Snopy." She quickly hid her face into Hacil's shoulder as she was brought onto the bed. This was better. This was safer. Nilani calmed down, her body no longer trembling as she lay there. Snopy began to sing and Nilani just listened, blinking in a little surprise.

"I like the words." is all she said after Hacil spoke up about the song. It was her way of agreeing with Hacil without saying it. Nilani was able to giggle a little too. The guild members that had been called out began backing off, leaving the infirmary or working on other things in the room. "I'm not that good..." Nilani blushed a little. She always thought Hacil and Elwyn were better singers than she was. Her voice was more 'fun', while Elwyn's was melodic when they sang. Frankly, all the sisters likely had wonderful voices. Soon, the "Master" would show up and Nilani wondered who that was. "Who's the Master? Is he nice?" Nilani asked Hacil, as if her sister would know, but then looked to Snopy for some sort of confirmation. "The Master is a woman, and she's the greatest Arcanist in Arcadia!" the woman who had informed them before spoke up after Hacil and Snopy with a confident smile on her face.

"I am nothing of the sort." a voice rang out from the door way as a woman in a green ball gown stepped into the room. Her long silky-white hair fell far down her back. Her violet colored eyes shined rather vibrantly. Although she was a beauty anyone with the smallest amount of good taste, her face showed a more 'cute' demeanor when she smiled. She stood at five feet, seven inches tall and had a bust that she seemed to have no problem showing off. The woman was dressed like a princess and walked like one as well; her posture was perfect. Her heels clicked along the wooden floor as she stepped over to the now filled beds. "So you are the four that my children tell me of?" Lillianna looked over them all, but her eyes stopped at the one still sleeping just a moment longer. She looked back to everyone and smiled, "You must have gone through quite a lot to get into the shape you're in, huh?"

Nilani kept as close to Hacil as she could. There was a few moments of silence between the group, so she almost fell asleep. It was when a new voice sounded through the infirmary that her attention was caught and she looked up. She sat up fully and looked over to the woman who walked in with wide eyes. Snopy introduced her and Nilani nodded. "Hacil..." she whispered to her sister and motioned over to Lillianna, "Her boobs... they're so big! Are they supposed to get that big?" Nilani was completley sincere in asking this question too. Elves had thin and slender frames. Breasts didn't get to the massive size that was popping out of Lillianna's chest. "Is it a human thing?" she added onto the question doing her best not to stare, but sort of failing. She kept glancing back and forth between different object, every now and then returning to the two balloons in Lillianna's clothing.

Luckily, Lillianna did not hear or notice the strange behavior. She assumed the young woman was just shy or nervous, which was understandable with what was going on. As the other two explained the situation, Lillanna looked over to Elwyn again. She was hesitating for a moment. Although she had no problem with healing these people, the city might. There was a lot of bullshit she was going to have to deal with after this. "How cute... Do not worry." Lillianna said as she stepped to the closest one, "I'll be able to heal you all." Snopy was the first. She stepped up to him and placed her hand on his chest. A moment later, her hand began to glow blue and the aura spread throughout his body. The feeling was warm as his body was put under her Acceleration spell. This spell allowed all the body to heal rapidly, so all things his body learned and went through still applied to his experience.

Lillianna stepped over to Hacil and Nilani and did the same thing, but Lillianna placed her hand on Hacil's back instead of chest. When this happened, there was a stronger infusion of energy that happened and she kept concentrating there for about five minutes. The feeling would have been warm and like a wind was swirling around rapidly over her wound. During this healing, the aura around Nilani and Snopy would not fade. They continued on the entire time and during this time, Lillianna was still using her Arcana. After the five minutes was up, Hacils back would have been about seventy five percent healed and Lillianna moved on to Elwyn. "I do not have the ability to restore Anima..." Lillianna said as she stood at the end of Elwyn's bed, staring at the drenched elf. She walked around to the opposite side and placed her hand on Elwyn's leg, watching as her body and face flinched in pain.

For a few moments, Lillianna seemed to just examine Elwyn and then looked up to the rest. "Whatever she did to keep herself running for those days has highly damaged her. Every muscle in her body is practically shredded, barely being kept together by the Anima she's been trying to regain on her trip here... It's been healing her and draining her at the same time..." Lillianna explained, looking down to Elwyn with a worried expression, "She can't absorb it fast enough to heal her body the amount it needs and keeps depleting herself almost to zero... I can heal her body, but there is still a chance that..." Lillianna hesitated for a moment, "... that she'll die if she can't regain her anima quickly enough." Nilani froze in horror and wrapped her arms around Hacil as tears began to form in her eyes. "I only tell you this so you understand exactly what kind of condition she's in..." Lillianna added.

With a deep breath, Lillianna's hair began to blow around and her body began to glow. She closed her eyes as the light around her began shining brighter. A moment later, she leaned over Elwyn and placed her hands on the woman's stomach. The entire aura that surrounded her body moved from her and onto Elwyn, causing the unconcious woman's body to glow brightly and float about six inches off the bed because of the immense amount of Arcana that was being used. Lillianna stepped back and stood there with her eyes closed. She continued concentrating. The same woman that had been helpful up until now stepped over to the rest and got their attention. "Do not bother her. Don't distract her in any way..." she said in a whisper, "If you do and the spell drops, she won't be able to start the spell up again and healing your friend will become impossible. Just keep quiet for now, alright?"

The healing was done and Lillianna was exhausted. It took only fifteen minutes, but the amount of Arcana and the rush put on it weighed heavily on her endurance. By the time she finished, she was breathing heavily and needed to take a break. "I have done what I can," Lillianna said as she stepped toward the door, wiping a bit of sweat from your brow, "I need some rest and so does your friend. You are welcome to stay at the guild hall for as long as you need, but please try not to anger anyone... Though I welcome your kind, not everyone in Aria is so kind. Not everyone in my own guild, though I encourage otherwise, is so kind. Please... tread carefully." With that, the tired woman stepped out of the infirmary and was escorted to her quarters to rest. She was not seen for much of that night.

Two days from the day of the initial healing and Elwyn was still not awake. Those within the guild treat Snopy equally, but there are a few who dislike how defensive he gets over the elves. Nilani keeps to herself or with Hacil during the times that she cannot be in the infirmary with Elwyn. She is treated with disgust, but her timid nature causes some to be easier on her. When it comes to Hacil, some of the expression and attitude she seems to get will be responded to with hostility and minor insults. Besides that, there are five to six members of the guild that are actually kind, supportive, and make sure to defend everyone at all times. One of these people are always required to be in the infirmary with Elwyn. Though Lillianna trusts her children not to do anything horrid, she does not feel the same way toward those outside of the guild that might sneak in to mess with any of the elves.

During the afternoon, a young man burst through the doors of the Aria Grand Guild Hall and in a panic. He quickly explained that a group of about ten bandits had wandered onto one of the wheat farms outside of the town. They are demanding food, stealing horses, and threatening to take the farmer's son and daugther and sell them into slavery. They keep waving torches when the farmer fights them back and are threatening to burn down his farm and home. They need help immediately. Lillianna looked around the guild hall in horror, unsure of what exactly she can do. Anyone currently present was not a fighter and this needed to be done quickly. "You." Lillianna pointed to Hacil, "This is your time to repay this guild for what we have done for you. Please, I need you to aid the farmer's family. This young man will lead you back there." Lillianna motioned for the young man to lead on.

Since there were a few nice people in the guild, Nilani was able to ask a few questions that weren't replied to with hostility. She learned a bit about the guild hall, being in a guild, the cities history, and the cities people. She was always the curious type and she was pretty fascinated by what she had learned. It was the only way she could be entertained while here. At other times, she would talk with Hacil and get to know Snopy better. It was during lunch on the next day that Nilani noticed something and her own heart sank. She said nothing about in fear of him getting mad, but she did mention his forgotten pet to Hacil when she knew that Snopy wasn't close enough to hear. Nilani felt so incredibly guilty about it that she ended up avoiding Snopy for the rest of the time here. Everyone was in such a rush to save her that Ahri had been left behind. When this was realized, Nilani stopped talking.

"Wait, what?" were the first words Nilani spoke when Hacil turned to her after Lillianna's request. She was pulled closer to her sister and very confused. "H-Hacil... I-I don't fight... I'm gonna get in your way." Nilani said as Hacil went up to Lillianna. Lillianna gave an understanding nod to Hacil and then looked to Nilani, "You'll be fine, dear. Just go with your sister; I'm sure she'll be less worried if you're there." Nilani gave a short nod and went along with Hacil and Snopy, though she was obviously reluctant to it. They were led by the young man who delivered the message and had to run behind him to keep up. As they neared the farm area outside of the main city walls, there were many onlookers watching in horror as some of the buildings had already been set on fire, but not the farmers home. An older man was begging them to stop and a middle aged man wanted his kids back.

There were a total of thirteen men. Most of them were armed with normal swords, two of them with crossbows, but five of them had Arcane Weaponry. The leader was a large man with enchanted armor that allowed him resistance to electricity. He was currently forcing a young woman, the farmers wife, to stand by his side and kept holding her in a way that would make her a shield at the same time. The other men were all gathering as much coin as they possibly could, hitting anyone who fought them.

The scene was actually about what Nilani had expected when they arrived. Hacil told her to stay behind and watch their backs as they took care of the situation and she agreed, but things changed. The bandits were being taken out one by one and becoming more and more distracted. Nilani took this chance to sneak over to the citizens of Aria and sneak them off. The less people that were in the way, the better. She got as many of them out of the way as possible, looking back to the fight every now and then to make sure that Hacil and Snopy weren't being snuck up on. Of course, with her doing this she could easily miss something. It was luck that she had not. She got as many people to safety and quickly returned to the scene. Hacil was distracting the fat man with insults and giving time for Snopy to sneak up on him. Their teamwork was surprisingly good for people who never trained together.

Back in the Aria Grand Guild Hall, Elwyn woke up with one other person in the room, Lillianna. She glanced around, unsure of where she was or how much time had passed her by. She felt well rest and much of her Anima had returned. She pushed herself upwards and looked around and then to the white haired woman that sat at a desk across the room. "You've finally woken up." Lillianna spoke with a smile, standing up and walking over to the silent and confused Elwyn, "I am Lillianna Aranhartte, Guild Master of Aria Grand. You, your sisters, and your friend were brought here by a few of the members of my guild for healing, but your Anima was so low that you have been asleep for the past two days." Elwyn kept silent, but when the time had been mentioned, she looked to Lillianna with slightly widened eyes. "I assume you're wondering where your friends are?" Elwyn nodded.

"As repayment for aiding you all, I have asked them to rid the farms on the outside of the gates of a few bandits that were attacking." As Lillianna was explaining, Elwyn stood up and looked around the room. She held a curious demeanor, but serious and cautious as well. Lillianna watched Elwyn walk around the infirmary as she explained. "So they went to help save the people... that..." Lillianna tilted her head to the side and changed the subject, "Are you alright?" Elwyn stepped over to the door and looked out into the Aria Grand Main Hall. As the question was asked, she looked back to Lillianna with a half-angry half-annoyed look in her eyes. "Where exactly is this farm?" Elwyn finaly spoke up and Lillianna stood up from the desk and pointed out the door and to the left, "You'll see the city gate. I'm sure once you step out of it, you'll see exactly where your sisters have gone."

Elwyn took no time. She darted out of the Guild Hall and to the left like Lillianna had instructed. "Someone's in trooouuuble." Lillianna said with a giggle, watching Elwyn vanish into Aria. Elwyn rushed through the gates and to the scene at hand. She could see the smoke raising from a few buildings and sighed in annoyance. At this time, Nilani was watching Snopy. The final crossbowman was still standing and Snopy started running toward Hacil. Nilani turned to see that crossbowman was about to shoot her sister and started running as well, but was no way near close enough. "HAACCIIILLL!" Nilani screamed at the top of her lungs, reaching out to her sister as the bolt was fired. Snopy was able to tackle her out of the way, taking the hit for Hacil and Nilani slid to a stop in shock. Her jaw dropped and she started running again, dropping to her knees and sliding to a stop beside them.

"Careful, careful!" Nilani did her best to help Snopy get off of Hacil. Elwyn started walking toward them, able to hear Hacil panic. "Calm down. The Master can heal him. She will, right?" Nilani said, doing her best to hold Snopy up so he would not fall or lay on his back, but would be able to relax a bit. Hacil began asking herself what to do and shocked the living shit out of Elwyn when she heard Hacil call for her advice. This stopped Elwyn in her tracks for a moment, but she continued toward them when Hacil suddenly charged the last man and began beating the bastards face in. Elwyn looked worriedly at her sister and began walking up behind Hacil. Nilani could see her coming and looked up to Elwyn with wide eyes and a growing smile. "You make sure the wound does not get any worse." Elwyn set a hand on Hacil's shoulder and knelt down next to her to stop her from continuing to beat the man, "You know your limits, get him to someone who you know can and will help, and you trust them to do their job. We aren't healers." Elwyn smiled softly and placed a quick kiss on Hacil's forehead.

"Now..." Elwyn stood up and took a deep breath, "Let's not let these homes completely burn..." Elwyn closed her eyes and raised her head and arms. Within moments a large glob of water formed over everyone's head. Some villagers began to panic while others looked on in awe. A few drops began to fall and then a few more, and then a few more. It practically began raining over the farm lands as Elwyn recycled the water in the air, on the ground, and in two nearby wells to put the fires out. About thirty seconds passed and the water had taken out all of the fires. Elwyn imitated an explosion with her hands, causing the water she had collected to immediately evaporate. "There..." Elwyn said and looked down to Hacil, Snopy, and Nilani, "Let's get him to a doctor..." Nilani stood up and hugged Elwyn, "Let's take him back to Lillianna. She'll be able to heal him." Elwyn just smiled, "Nice job you three."