"Hey"
Breaking through a small layer of clouds and shining on the green grass, brown-auburn leaves, and mud-brown road, the sun beamed upon a small carriage. The horse's footsteps as it stood idle waiting for its owner to come back added to the soft melody of the rain pattering against the ground and carriage cover, each footstep added to the slowly booming chorus of the birds playing in the trees, and the hungry deer stalking around the edges of the trees.
A cool brisk air flowed through the forest and made the trees shuffle and the leave fly. Sitting on a small wooden log, Lecca hummed to herself as she looked to the grand view just beyond the cliff she sat on. Behind her she noticed Sergeant Randall doing the same. He looked at the vast greens of the canopy below clashing against the deep blue waters that were shining under the sun's rays. His smile was soft, kind, as his uncovered brown hair momentarily shuffled under the wind.
"How are you doing?" Sergeant Randall asked turning his view back to the woman in front of him.
"I'm just enjoying the view." Lecca responded brushing a small amount of hair behind her left ear, "What about you Mike?"
Tasting the salt from the large body of water so far away, the Sergeant shifted uncomfortably as Lecca stared at him with a curious gaze, "Just about the same." He said clearing his throat purposely, "It reminds me of something I saw in my home state."
"I see…" Lecca said apprehensively, "Well, as much as I want to spend the rest of my day here looking at this gorgeous view, I believe it would be best of us to depart."
"Yeah." Mike said a bit disappointed.
The serene view the two shared was quickly abandoned as they walked side-by-side to the carriage. Both the driver and the other Rangers waited alongside the wooden contraption, but they sorted themselves out as soon as both Mike and Lecca made themselves known, with Green attempting to make some smartass comments towards the Sergeant.
Now sitting across from each other, Lecca folded her hands over her thighs as the carriage lunged forward with the sudden pull of the horse. Just beyond the forest, the border of Bishmark waited for them to arrive. They were traversing through the older borders, yet as once beautiful as they were, several charred buildings and fauna covered ruins were spotted along the path taken.
Some many years ago during the old ages, the Kingdom of Yondel was once one of the few world powers that survived the initial attack made by the Demon Lord and his many legions of monsters. Death, ruin, sickness, and much more was precisely unleashed upon the once-united humans.
Now however, nature had once taken hold of the lands that once belong to the kingdom, and now vast fields of land and the once peaceful green forests used the layers of the dead to provide nutrients to the flora and fauna it spread to heal the scars made by the war.
Crossing a flat field once used by foreign farmers, Lecca looked upon the vast hilly fields that contained red flowers that seemingly stretched as far as the eye could see. Under the marmalade sunset and semi-clouded skies, the flowers glowed and almost bowed to her as a soft wind blew across.
Though it was a peaceful and almost comforting scene, the meaning of the flowers was much more unnerving and gloomier. Each flower represented each man killed during the dark ages; such flowers acted as a memento to heroes and villain's past. Patriots, criminals, heroes, villains, regular people; each were 'buried' here as a sign to remind those in the future of what was lost.
Yet not many knew that the war was merely on "hold". No one officially one, and the silver-haired princess would never rest until she knew her people would no longer be endangered by the looming threat of the Demon Lord and his endless army of monsters.
Everything was still as it was. Everything had yet to change since she was a child. She had no other choice but to keep moving forward to avenge those she lost, yet she would have to reach her destination to even start such a grand operation.
Luckily enough, she wouldn't have to wait long.