Bard- Bard

Wearing the gemstone necklace given to him by a mysterious girl he saved, Bran embarks on a journey to the Bard campus his father once went to. However, he's never traveled beyond his home. All he knows about the outside world is from sketches in school books. And what he has learned from the mutilated Residences, who escaped from the Emperor's land across the sea. >EXCERPT His sight becomes blurry. Images fade in-and-out. Things grow extraordinarily large. Everything becomes unclear and black speckles dance in front of his eyes. He stands up and staggers outside into Cranny's Forest. " Off to the Campus, alone," he sings: Off alone, to a place far from home Where the Bards are So, I can sing to the Earth >Her long brunette hair The tiny freckles around her nose Are burned into my memories And her evergreen eyes As luminous as a pond, >For a moment of bravery When I saved her, from two ghouls She clasped a silver necklace, around my neck Her farewell kiss, a bonding reminder That when we are older, I must return to her, This gemstone necklace, That always rests, against my chest EXCERPT Gently, he lays his lute on his lap, and gazes around at his surroundings. To the east there are alternate clusters of apple and cherry trees. Beyond the clusters he can see a wall of pine and spruce. Behind that wall the Druids roam. Through the rustling leaves, and gentle wind, he can hear the faint whistle of the Druids playing their flutes. > He ran beside the forest to find the place of his destiny Everything seemed dark and overgrown Alone, he ran, Through the dense woods No one knows what creatures he met, Nor the men who captured him, Nor the one who let him go Who would believe the monsters he saw, Two-headed men, With hatchets Covered in blood-