Through the eyes of a Poring

Through the eyes of a small Poring…

A bit late today… And I really miss being online too. Yesterday, I thought of RO, for some reason. I thought about friends, events, and even my pet Poring, Asch the Bloody. (Yes, he IS from Tales of the Abyss. Sister Zee thought of it, and I thought it’s preety cute. And hillarious. XDDD)

So I thought about Asch. Recalling back, all the time, I was hunting for empty bottles and apples to make apple juices for my new pet Poring, since… that’s what Porings eat. (And only that…!?) along with my friends helping. They did help alot, too. ^^

Yeah. Asch the Poring didn’t do much, other than make a few tricks, walk around with me, and overtime, I have given it more than 30 apple juices, and it’s finally loyal to me. And what do I get? It talks. Sure, it did cheer me on sometimes, as well as it’s cute, but some of it’s lines were repeative. It didn’t do much in battle when it was loyal as well. In fact, it was almost useless, and I had to go back and forth to get juices for it.

… But you know what? I didn’t throw Asch away. Actually, I still kept him, regardless of how useless he is. Sure, I had to keep getting juices, withstand it’s lines, and is useless in battle, but call me childish, but the time I spent feeding it while it was bouncing right behind me was preety cute. It also shows a bit of responsibility of keeping your own pet IRL, IMO. Maybe a childish thought as well, but I thought how would ASCH feel if I just throw him away like that. Yes, it’s an online game, but… I still couldnt throw him away. Plus super-awesome-sister-sage Deline tamed it and gave the egg to me, making me didn’t want to throw him away even more. I grew so attached to him, really.

The whole idea made me think of this short fic. It’s not really parody, but… I just wish you’ll enjoy reading it. ^_^;

For: Anyone
Contains Romance, Drama, etc.
NOTE: This fic does not meant any harm to the people at RO (Ragnarok Online) as it’s not used for flaming purposes.
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Summer, at the fields near the city of Prontera. The sun was shining quite brightly today, and the grass was as beautiful as usual. All the other porings like me were shading themselves under the sun, playing around with their own family. There were already those fluffy white fur rabbits, the Lunatics around the area, running around the field happily… except me. I don’t have a family. I don’t know what happened to them, but they weren’t there when I was in small age.

I looked at the crops ready to be picked just near from where I was sitting. I was the only poring without a family, and I survived by remembering the advice that my grandfather gave me, telling me not to go to hunt for crops during the afternoon or morning. This is because that it was the time that humans will come to our area to kill one of us. Disgusting. He also told to watch out for the thief bugs, which are slimy cockroaches, from how I see it. They steal our stuff after all the hard work we did.

But what I hated more than the cockroaches, were the humans themselves. They just walk in from Prontera like it was their own home, killing anything they see. Mostly our kind, the Porings, or the Lunatics, and sometimes the Thief bugs. They didn’t care who they kill. They’re just there. To extract our revenge, we started taking the farmer’s crops near Prontera to feed ourselves. It’s fair, right?

Today, there were no signs of humans anywhere. It was morning, and I already gathered the food I wanted. The only close relative I have was my cousin at Morroc. And he’s so far away. So I thought of making a nice letter for him. Taking out a piece of paper which I found on the grass, I wrote on the paper with my pink slime.

“i love you <3″

Looking at the paper, I felt really proud. My cousin is going to accept this, I just know it! Happily, I kept it lying on my tree, with an apple on top of it, so it doesn’t fly away. I sat down under the tree, protecting myself from the sun, and closed my eyes to sleep.

… But today might not be as peaceful as I thought it was.

Little did I know, A human stood in front of me. She had long blue hair reaching to her waist, a yellow shirt with a half cut metal plate around her chest, and also a dark brown skirt reaching to her legs, with also brown colored shoes. Her hands were covered by dark brown gloves, and on her right hand, she’s holding a shining sword… They what they call her… The swordsman class.

My whole mind just went blank…
My vision of sight was starting to fade…
My body was just about ready to be torn apart…
Is this how…
… Death for a Poring feels?

I was ready for her to strike down her sword any moment with the feeling around me. A few seconds passed, and she still haven’t used her sword yet. I slowly opened her eyes, only to find a green, unripe apple just near my eyes, with the human holding it. Was it a trap to poison me?…

My pink body just reacted by itself from there. I walked slowly to the apple,
and started to take a small bite at the unripe apple. It tasted delicious, like other unripe apples I have ate. The girl just watched me biting the apple with a smile on her face. I don’t get it. Why is she giving me this apple?

After I finished eating the apple, she petted my head and said the words which I didn’t want to agree in.

“Would you be my pet?”

At first, I didn’t want to join her. But I reconsidered that thought since it may be a good time to know about human activities, their lives, and such. Also, when the time comes, I will strike her down… Because humans couldn’t be trusted. But for now, I just played along and accepted her.

The days passed, and the girl was kind to me no matter how much I disobeyed her. Whenever I’m hungry, she took out an Apple juice from her bag, and gave it to me. All the time, I thought that there was poison inside, but they always tasted the same. Over the months, my trust with her seemed to be gaining. I couldn’t bring myself to kill her as well. (P.S: I also accidently dropped down her skirt once…!)

Then I recalled what a poring said. There were good humans in this world, just like there are good and bad porings as well. Perhaps that she was one of the good humans, after all that she done. She kept feeding me apple juices, and I followed her, no matter how far did she go. At the end, I always caught up to her.

From that day, I thought of being loyal to her, and open up to her. Everywhere she went, I followed her, and when she was battling other monsters like the undead, I tried to do my best like cheering her on in human language, and attacking the monsters which hurt her. My attacks didn’t do much to hurt the enemy, but at least it’s something, right?

Then, I realized that I loved my master more than anything in the world.

One day, my master got an egg. An egg of a giant bird. She hatched it, and a giant bird came out. She looked at me, and placed it inside an egg shell. I didn’t know what was going on, but I’m sure it was a good reason. I was able to see what my master was doing there. She’s taking care of her new pet. Well, understandable, since she just got it, but I wonder why did she put me inside an egg shell?

Time passed when I was wondering. Before I knew it, I was at a shop. She sold my egg along with me inside it. My guess is that she’s having low of money for a moment, so I plan to wait for her. I know she would take me back, I just know it! Our time together won’t be thrown away just like that!

The shopkeeper placed my egg on one of the shelves at the storage room. Around me were Poring eggs, like me. I wonder what was their story and how did they get there? I was trapped alone inside the cold dark room, having nothing to do inside.
Months passed, and I was still inside the storage room, nothing to do. The only thing which kept me sane was the memories with my master. What is currently happening to her? Is she doing well? Or is she suffering? Why did she forgot to take me back? The shopkeeper couldn’t find his Poring eggs, maybe?

And just when I thought about the shopkeeper, he walked inside, and looked at the poring eggs. Finally, master wanted to take me back! The thought brought hope to my eyes, and I was thrown into a black sack that the shopkeeper was holding. Inside the sack, I saw many other poring eggs inside. It couldn’t be master, since she won’t buy so much eggs. I wonder where were we going?

My answer had came sooner than I expected. I was taken to my own home. The fields near Prontera. The eggs were with me, as well. I was the first one to hatch after a few days, and I hopped back to my own tree. It has been quite long since I was here, ever since my master founded me. Then, I looked near me. An apple and a paper. I couldn’t remember much of it, but I remembered that paper was for a certain someone. Taking the piece of paper, I started looking for my master, wherever she is. I’m sure she is also looking for me.

Day and night, I looked for her tirelessly around the fields, with the note on my mouth. There weren’t any other humans in the fields, and if there is, I hid myself. I survived by finding apples, and such. A month passed, and I finally found my master. But she wasn’t wearing the same clothes as I thought. Now, she’s wearing a bright shining armor with a grand sword on her hand, with her beautiful hair fluttering in the wind. She’s also riding a big bird also known as a Peco Peco. I felt so proud of her. From how I see it, she became a grand Crusader. She also had her pet bird clinging on her shoulder.

I stood right in front of them with a welcoming smile, and was speechless. Good memories started to flow back to my mind as well. But however, the bird quickly got off her shoulder and…

… before I knew anything, a cold metal struck my entire body, and it felt like my entire body torn apart. My body was torn into half, and I was lying down on the grass. The paper which I was holding flew away from the wind into the bright blue sky…

I lied down there… looking at my master’s peco peco carrying her away, while her bird stepped the other half of my body, leaving it to nothing but slime now. My vision was fading… Everything in my vision turned white…

How could my master do such a thing? Wasn’t the memories we had together fun?

Didn’t she love me more than anything as well?

… No, that couldn’t be my master. My master was kind and gentle… Maybe that was another human with the same pet and the same class…

… Yes, it could be that…

My master would never something like that… to… me…

N…Ne…ve…

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