Chapter 2

Blue Eyes.

Sara shivered, as she rubbed her hands together. It must have been winter where ever they were, as she continued to wait under the large tree. The colors in the forest were far more visible than before; perhaps it was because she finally finished whipping the tears from her eyes.

The sky was blue, and the sun was shining, as Sara continued to wait for the return of the teen. She didn't know why she was waiting, she simply was. The woman had nowhere else to go, so she only sat there.

Her blood froze when she heard the sounds of the leaves being misplaced as she peeked around the corner. Sara let out a sigh when it was revealed to be Roy, carrying a pile of bland brown clothing with a rather large bag.

Sara frowned slightly at the sight. There were two sets, as Roy let out a slowly placed the clothes on a nearby stump.

"I managed to find these, there not much, but it will let us blend in more..." Roy gave a small smile as Sara frown stayed on her face, never leaving it once.

"I suppose I should at least start explaining what I think happened..." Think was a rather good word for it, honestly what Roy knew was barely above nothing. And that in itself was because he knew the series or at least the world they were stuck in.

"Um...so," Roy gave an awkward cough before continuing. "I guess I should explain a little about the world were in,"

"Just know the Drayh Plines is wrong, and you should avoid them..." Roy had to put it in simple terms like that. He really couldn't get into why, since that was an entirely different story, but it seemed Sara knew the explanation was going to be a long one, so she just nodded her head.

"Anyway...you need to change clothing, we don't have to throw them away. We can keep them in this bag for now," Roy smiled as Sara's expression remained nearly stoic. He didn't know if that was a good thing or a bad thing as Roy coughed again.

"W-well, we're near a Tusmeyrus town, right near the border of Drayh Plines colonies, so we should be fine if we change clothing and not draw too much attention to ourselves. My clothing got burnt pretty badly on my way here, though, just so you know I didn't land anywhere near a safe zone."

Thinking about it Sara did notice that his shoes were a little worn out, He must have done a significant amount of walking to get to where he was as Roy merely pointed towards the newly acquired lump of clothing that was on the nearby stump.

Sara frowned, she knew it was time to change clothing. Though she was somewhat hesitant, less because there was someone of the opposite gender watching, and more that it was far too cold to strip nearly naked.

"H-hey, isn't there a place that's a little warmer to do this?" Sara didn't like the idea of the chilly air touching her bare skin as Roy only shook his head.

"Well, we can't go into town and change because if we did that than our unique clothing would be noticed. Well, at least odd by this world's norm," Roy made a good point as Sara's eye twitched. She never went camping let alone change clothes in the middle of the wilderness where bugs and other creatures may have a chance to attach themselves to her skin.

"It's okay I guess, as long as I don't have to strip completely..." Sara took a deep breath as she walked towards the stump before she cut a look at Roy. It seemed that he didn't need much of a hint to walk behind a nearby tree.

It only took a few minutes for Sara to change out of her normal clothes as the dirt brown was easily the dullest looking thing she ever wore. Which was saying something since Sara wasn't a fashion buff in any way.

Roy didn't say a word as he picked up his outfit and walked behind a nearby tree. Sara had waited for a moment before he changed into an equally mute colored attire. Though it probably looked far more natural on him than on her.

Actually, in fact, Sara was almost confident that the clothing that Roy managed to get was for males specifically.

"I don't know where we are or what our next course of action is, I want to get home but..." he was aware that the world was still at war, but that was about it.

"Hey...what are you thinking about?" Sara didn't like the idea of her dream people being in such a daze as Roy only laughed before shaking his head.

"No, that just happens, come on, if we wait too long then they are going to be suspicious!" Roy tried to change the subject smoothly as Sara held her breath before giving a light shrug, she honestly didn't care what he was thinking. As long as she was able to get home and continue her life, everything else was extra.

The trek through the forest was a short one as Roy carried the bag containing their old clothing. As the trees became somewhat less thick, small buildings came into view. Low and made of stone as people walking around in rather particular clothing looked like the norm. Luckily there weren't any guards at the entrance to check their identity as Sara bit her lip.

She hated being around a lot of people, even if there was only a few in the town she felt the moment she stepped into the area they would all stare at her. Yes, staring, the same kind of looks people gave her before.

This was the very reason why it was so easy to lock herself in her room for days. People on a whole were annoying, at this very moment, she just wanted to bite her arm. One person to talk to was enough, more than that just wanted to make her slam her head against a rock.

As they headed deeper into the small town, the dirt road under their feet Roy stopped for a moment before crossing his arms.

Despite acting as the guide up to that point, he had no idea where he was going or what to do. They were dropped in the middle of the world without many directions, they didn't even know the name of the town.

Which brought up another problem, how were they going to ask for information and not appear awkward. It was bad enough that they had to change clothing not to appear as Drayh Plines spies, but just randomly asking weird questions would have just made people more suspicious.

Sara only stood there, not making a move, not wanting to draw attention to herself. Even if it was a dream, it was one that she didn't want to be a part of, so being frozen like a statue was only natural.

Right as it appeared that they reached a dead end, something of interest caught Roy's eye, well closer to someone.

A girl in regular commoner clothing was wearing a hat that covered her hair. There wasn't anything out of the ordinary about her, well nothing out of the ordinary except her eyes, which were a dark blue. Normally this wouldn't be cause for alarm, but her skin tone obviously didn't match what is required for blue eyes.

"What..." Roy frowned, as far as he could tell most people in the world they currently were located in either had brown black or amber eyes. Since Roy landed there, he hadn't come across a single individual that had blue eyes, until now.

Roy grumbled as he gripped the bag containing his and Sara's clothing as he started to follow the girl, paying little attention to the now confused Sara who was just standing in the street.

"H-hey," Sara frowned if she moved from the spot or raised her voice she would have drawn attention to herself, but at the same time leaving things as is would have left her alone. Sara only stood there looking like an idiot, something she was most likely going to have to get used to.

Roy's heart raced, for some reason, he was nervous, after all, if he was wrong and the girl was a native from that world he was taking a huge risk in talking to her. At the same time, if she was from their world, he simply couldn't let her go without helping her.

He needed to help everyone and make everyone smile because that is what heroes do. If there was someone alone and needed help, then that is what he was going to do no matter. No matter how stupid such thinking was.

The girl with the blue eyes stopped to examine something, as Roy nearly froze. This was his chance to speak to her, but if he was wrong he was going to enter a conversation with a complete stranger that might sound crazy, then again that might happen regardless where she was from.

"Um, hello," Roy gave a small smile as the girl turned to him and glared.

"What!" She snapped as if she was a clam snapping shut as Roy twitched slightly, to say he wasn't expecting such a hostile response would have been an understatement. Though it seemed that the girl realized her mistake as she gave a quick cough, "I mean...hello,"

For some reason, Roy felt that the second time was far less genuine than the first one as he shook his head before speaking. "Oh, it's just I was wondering if you were from around here?"

The girl's eyes narrowed from such a question before she looked towards the bag and back at Roy again with a smile plastered on her face. "Why would you ask such a thing?"

Now she was just fake as Roy couldn't help, but grumble. Though her false manners didn't necessary, mean she wasn't a native of that world, it just that she was a really rude person.

"Well, it's just...that you don't look like anyone from around here. I mean you have blue eyes and all," Now he just sounded creepy as the girl only looked towards the ground with a small cough,

"...My mother wasn't from around here, you know some natives in the East have blue eyes..." It was a decent excuse; Roy didn't know how genetics worked and considering how primitive everything was he doubted that anyone else did either.

"What's your name?"

"Why do you want to know?" The girl tone was blunt as Roy froze, he didn't have a reason to ask something like that, and the entire conversation had been random. She could easily cut it off right then and there, and he would never know if she was from his world or not.

Roy's hand went near the bag, as his eyes cut around, there were other people on the street. But if he just flashed his and Sara's clothing... nothing bad would have happened, if it was just a corner of a pant leg or something.

Plus he wasn't getting anywhere playing 20 questions other than making the person in front of him suspicious.

So, he just took out a random shirt from the bag, only showing the collar and an arm. Keeping it hidden enough that the people around wouldn't be able to pinpoint that it was anything odd.

The blue eyed girl eyes widened, she was left speechless for a moment. Roy didn't know if it was because she recognized the clothing or just how odd they were compared to the clothing everyone else was wearing.

"I thought, I was the only one that was sent here..." It was somewhat eerie, the tone was a mixture of shock and almost bitterness, though Roy seemed to have missed the latter as he just smiled lowering his voice, but still keeping it's optimism.

"This is great, I didn't think we would find another person here, now if you can come with us it might be easier to find our way ho-" Roy didn't finish his statement as a glare cut him off, a glare and almost pure hatred coming off of the girl in front of him.

"Why would I want to go with a loser like you?" The blue eyed girl gave a small grumble before continuing. "I'm here for adventure, not some nobody that is from a boring world,"

Roy only looked at the teenage girl; he shook off the insult as he started to speak. "But, it's pretty dangerous just to travel by yourself, I mean, do you even have any money and a change of clothing?"

Roy hated being the bearer of bad news and hated, even more, being a kill joy. But there was an absolute strength in numbers, and plus he wouldn't be able to sleep if he wasn't able to convince or help someone that needed it. Then again, if she wasn't interested in getting back, he assumed she had some pretty twisted priorities.

Though it seemed, Roy's words struck a nerve as the blue-eyed girl looked at the ground.

She didn't want to admit it, but she was dirt poor, and she stole the clothes she was wearing at the moment.

"Okay...I guess I'll hang out with you; you have money right?" The girl frowned as she placed her hands on her hips.

Roy's eyes widened for a moment; he honestly had no idea. He dug his hands into his pockets before his eye twitched. He felt what appeared to be a small bag of coins. It was strange he didn't notice it before, but it was probably best if he didn't look a gift horse in the mouth.

"I...guess so, by the way, my name is Roy,"

The more Roy thought about it, the more he realized he probably needed an alias, his name wasn't very Asian sounding, and it drew attention to him.

The blue eyed girl grumbled slightly as if she was weighing her options and wondering if she should even bother with introductions.

"Franziska Schultheiss, though I doubt and idiot like you would remember it," It seemed that Roy's assumption about her playing nice was correct, considering how she casually spouted idiot, then again Roy already knew his feelings probably meant nothing to her.

"Did she need to give her full name like that, and it sounds German..."

Franziska wasn't the kind of person Roy would hang around in a normal circumstance. However, either way, she needed help, and it was his policy never to turn away or ignore someone in need. After all, he wouldn't be able to make people smile if he did.

Author note

Really, the reason Franziska name is so long, was because I honestly wanted to pick the most German sounding name as I possibly could, mostly so the readers would know that she was German.