The Hunter (Nim+Veona)

It was a nice quiet morning for most people who came from the Kingdom of Fiore. Most men would simply be woken up from the rays of the beautiful golden sun, kiss their wives, have a decent breakfast and go to work. Most women would take care of their children, shop for clothes or be at school. The kids would be outside running around and doing what little kids do. Well, that was the everyday life for most of the normal human beings in Fiore. Unfortunately for Veona, she wasn't a normal human being, most people don't spend half of their time reading on trees or playing card games with the idiotic man who saved their life...


Veona opened one of her teal eyes and groaned. It was too bright. She yawned and stretched before running a hand through her long white hair. The summoner looked out of the window, noticing that the bus was near its destination. The mountains were big, pretty and green and this was one of the best views a person could see first thing after waking up. "Good morning mistress." Elaine's voice rang in Veona's head, the Yggdrasil Maiden was very happy to greet her mistress, even if it was just through telepathy. "Morning." The mage said out loud causing the driver to respond. He though that she was talking to him. He said that they had almost reached their destination- the Ancient Ruins. As she returned to her previous actions of looking out of the window her spirits started waking up, one by one, greeting each other and their mistress, they started getting as loud as they usually were. Veona just knew that she was going to have a headache by the end of the day. She tried focusing on the task at hand, the mission that she had accepted wasn't going to be too easy, especially since she was doing it with someone she had never seen before. Her partner was supposedly from the same guild as her, and not much stronger than her, at least thats what she was told by her guildmaster.

"When are we going to be there?" Zappbau barked questioningly. "How should I know?" The Dark Queen of Nightmare land hissed "It's been like seven hours right?" Fever Therapy Nurse asked "We should be there soon." The Blue Storm Marine General, Hermes answered. The spirits in Veona's head were constantly talking, or arguing, it was driving her insane. She was never the type to like loud places and she had one right inside of her poor head. She couldn't' shout at them to shut up because that would disturb the driver and possibly cause a bus-crash. After a few more minutes of telepathic arguing the bus stopped and all of the spirits went quiet. Veona payed the driver with a tip and walked out of the bus, she could afford to spend extra money thanks to Ren's rich family. She took a few minutes in stretching her upper body, her arms and her legs. She looked around searching for someone who could possibly be the person who her guild master assigned to be her partner. Her eyes landed on nearby wooden table. A young red-haired girl lay there, one with strong magical presence, it made a shiver run down Veona's back as she approached her with her usual blank face. "Be careful." Hermes told her when she got closer to the other mage.

"Excuse me miss, could it be that your my partner?" She scanned the pretty looking red-haired girl, she seemed to be around Dasher's own age which made her relax a little. As she waited for the girl's answer she looked around the beautiful mountain, managing to spot the white bits of abandoned and destroyed old buildings, those were most likely where the band of thugs is. She squinted in attempt to spot something else interesting, but it was no use. She sighed and turned towards the other girl with a rather blank face.

"Well. If you'd like to take a break after your little road trip I don't mind." Veona blinked at the red-haired mage's consideration. She looked towards the small stop, it was set up for tourists. The summoner started jogging towards the bathroom as she heard Nim's explanation about their long hike. "Just a moment!" She shouted as she entered the lady's room. She came out after a few moment with brushed teeth, combed hair and a washed face. She quickly bough four bottles of water and a few fruits just in case her or her partner get hungry or thirsty. She then jogged back down towards Nim, and handed her a bottle of water politely. "I had to make sure we didn't get dehydrated, their might be clouds but the sun's still pretty warm." She explained her thoughts to the other mage as she slung her green bag back over her shoulder.

Nim seemed to be shorter then Veona, but the mage couldn't really consider that due to the strong magic vibe that she was giving out. That vibe also contained a sense of royalty, the way she spoke sounded as if she was a queen of some sort, it made Dasher respect her. That somehow reminded her of Ren. A frown of annoyance formed itself on Veona's lips, Ren did have the royal vibe, but the moment he opened his mouth, it was as if you were at a circus. Speaking of Ren, Veona checked her phone, noticing that she and no network coverage. At least he wasn't going to call her every five minutes. She shook her head before looking towards the younger mage with a questioning gaze "Would you rather we move by trees or by ground?"She asked Nim, most of the members in her guild knew about Veona's love for tree branches, some called her a monkey, while others said she was like a ninja.

Veona jumped down from the branch and followed Nim inside the forest. She and no idea how far they were going to walk she put her hands behind her head and looked up at the treetops quietly. She could only hear the sound of their footsteps and the chirping of some sort of birds who's sort she didn't know. "It's a Hoopoe." The goddess of the crescent moon, Tsukuyomi answered her master through telepathy.  Veona nodded silently and attempted to find another sound, something to distract herself with from the boredom. Her ears focused on the sound of a pair of flapping wings. She opened her eyes with slight confusion and looked at pretty green dragonfly in front of her. They only lived near sweet water streams right? There was only  a sea near them, and it wasn't even that close at all.

The dragonfly made a circle around Veona and decided to close its wings all of a sudden, falling on the summoner's head. She could hear her spirits question her in confusion but she simply let the dragonfly stay there for a while as she walked, the poor creature probably needed a break. That sounded crazy, saying that something that flew needed a break, but once in a while everyone needed one, right? After around two miles of walking the dragonfly flew off somewhere unnoticed. "There shouldn't be any streams near here, none that are mapped at least." That statement from Tsukuyomi caused Veona's guard to rize. "Nim, I just saw a dragonfly, there really aren't any river's mapped near us right? Something's weird." She told her partner. She was quite curious and slightly confused. Tsukuyomi was staying quiet while several others where discussing what the reason for the appearance of that dragonfly could've been. "It was an Illusion." "A magic teleportation device?" "They realized that the sea is a better habitat and addapted?" "It was a very strong dragonfly!" Veona had the urge to face-palm, the headache prediction was starting to come true.