A girl opened her eyes, unable to see anything clearly, only blurry shapes moving in the distance.
What? Why is everything blurry? Where am I? Who am I? The girl thought before she drifted back into unconsciousness again the last thing she saw being what looked like someone coming towards her
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Scrunching her eyes the girl heard voices, two that sounded like females, but she couldn't make out what they were saying.
What's happening? Where am I now? The girl thought feeling like she was laying on something soft remembering she was laying on something hard before.
Slowly the girl opened her eyes as everything came into focus. She was in a plain looking room that didn't have much besides a desk, a dresser, a closet, a window, bedside table with a lamp, and the bed she was currently laying on. There was also someone sitting beside her bed, a woman, likely one of the two she heard. She couldn't really make out any features besides her long dirty blonde and dark blue eyes, she also looked to be eighteen or nineteen. The woman was dabbing something cold against her head and looked at her in concern.
"Oh, You're awake! Thank goodness." The woman said smiling in relief
Huh? What's she talking about? Was I hurt? Who is she?
"Hang on, I'll get you some water." Said the woman getting up and exiting the room
She returned again not too long holding a glass of water.
"Here you go." The woman offered holding the glass close to her mouth
The girl gratefully began gulping it down soothing her dry throat. Once she had enough, the girl's head rested against the pillow under her. Opening her mouth to thank the woman, but when she tried speaking the only thing that came out was scratching noise before the girl began coughing at the pain.
"Hey, hey are you okay?" The woman asked concernedly, though the girl didn't hear her as she started freaking out and hyperventilating
Why couldn't she speak, why couldn't she speak, why couldn't she speak?!
"Hey, calm down. It's okay, it's okay." Said the woman comfortingly pulling the girl towards her resting her head on her chest
The girl shivered, still freaking out that she couldn't speak. But the woman's warm presence was helping calm her down. After a few moments the girl finally calmed down enough to lie back down.
"Hang on, I bet I know what'll cheer you up." Said the woman leaving the room again
When she returned she was holding a bowl filled with something colored white, pink, and brown.
"Here you go, ice cream always cheered me and my sibling up whenever we were upset." The woman said holding out the bowl for the girl to take
Ice… cream? The girl thought not sure what that was
Taking the offered bowl, which felt really cold, the girl looked at the ice cream, seeing red chunks in the pink parts. Tentatively she grabbed some of the pink parts with the spoon and put it in her mouth. After it touched her tongue, the girl froze for a moment before immediately began devouring it, much to the woman's surprise.
"I guess you really like it huh?" The woman said rhetorically smiling as the girls rapid nodded
The woman was surprised though when the girls eyes and hair changed color. Her hair turned half-pink and half-brown, the right side being pink with white streaks and the left side being brown. While her eyes began changing between pink, white, and brown before settling on the right being pink and the left being brown.
"Wow! That's pretty cool, is that your Semblance?" The woman asked intrigued not having seen many Semblances.
The girl tilted her head to the side with a confused expression.
"Uh, your hair and eyes they're changed color." Said the woman now seeing the girl wasn't aware of what she did
Blinking, which also reversed the color of her eyes, the girl grabbed a strand of her hair and saw it was pink with white streaks and the other side being brown. The girl looked at the woman with a curious expression.
"Oh, you don't know what a Semblance is?" She asked, the girl shaking her head no
"Well I'm not too knowledgeable about it either since it's a Huntsman and Huntress thing. What I do know is that a Semblance is a special power that's unique to a Huntsman or Huntress and connected to their Aura. Aura being the manifestation of one's soul." Said the woman adding the last part quickly
The girl nodded slowly, she didn't really get all of it, just that her hair and eyes can change color because she had a superpower.
"Hey if you don't mind me asking, who are you? How were you injured? Why were you alone?" The woman asked gently
The girl frowned at the questions looking down, trying to remember what happened, but coming up blank. She couldn't remember how she was injured, she didn't even know she had been injured, why she was alone, she couldn't even remember her own name!
The only thing that came to mind was a blinding light and a black shadow. Other than that nothing.
Feeling a hand on her shoulder the girl looked into the sympathetic eyes of the woman.
"You can't remember can you." Stated the woman, the girl looking down in sadness confirming
"Hey, don't worry about it. I'll help you, me and my wife. We'll see if there's anything we can find about you and if there's anyone looking for you." Said the woman comfortingly
The girl looked at her surprised at her kindness, she already felt the woman did enough by taking care of her, now she's offering to help her find out who she is and if anyone's searching for her. The girl didn't think before wrapping her arms around the woman's middle.
Surprised at the sudden hug, the woman returned it, patting the girl on her back.
"Alright get some rest, we'll start searching first thing tomorrow. Oh, almost forgot, my names Saphron, Saphron Cotta-Arc." Introduced Saphron grabbing the now empty bowl and heading for the door
Saphron… that's a pretty name.' Thought the girl as she drifted off back to sleep.