Prologue A Lost One

On a rainy night in a rural village, a woman was walking through the storm. There weren't any stone roads so her shoes and part of her leg were covered in mud. Partially bend over, almost like she is covering something to make sure it doesn't get wet, she moved on.

'Tch, why couldn't they just build some decent roads here?'

Most villages in the outskirts didn't have any stone roads because there wasn't much traffic anyway, but the woman wasn't educated when it came to the workings in the outskirts. Trudging through the mud and being showered by the cold rain she slowly saw the church at the end of the main road appear in her vision. She was hooded, but it didn't do much against the downpour. Soaked and tired, the lady arrived at the steps of the local church. She couldn't see which statue was engraved on the wall because of the storm but it didn't matter to her. The church was very small but big enough for the local townspeople.

She walked up to the door and took shelter under the very small transom that was above the door. Listening to the rain that kept splattering down, the woman took a deep breath. She slowly got on her knees and put a small basket down. Inside this basket was an extremely young child. It looked perhaps a few months old if even that. The child didn't know what was going on but realized something drastic was about to happen.

"I'm sorry Cassius, I truly am, but I don't have much of a choice." While having a serious look on her face she hoped that her child understood any of her words.

"Hopefully they'll give you a nice place to sleep. Although I never really cared for you and you are the reason I'm in this mess… I don't despise you, remember that." With a very small tear in one of her eyes, she quickly stood up and started to loudly knock on the door.

'It's nighttime so it could take some time for the priest to come. If he dies of the cold before he gets here then so be it.'

With a final look at her child, she left and took the first alley she could find to disappear.

The double-sized doors slowly opened up after a few minutes. Out came an average-looking girl with long light brown hair in her nightgown with a small candle. "Hello? Huh?"

Looking down she found a small boy crying in his basket. "Another lost one? Sigh, if you can't take care of your child then don't have one." She reached for the basket and brought the boy inside.