(A RikoxPiers Golden Sun Fanfiction)

Chapter 2: The Fateful Encounter That Day

In the Lemurian Library, the timeline is right before Piers sets sail from Lemuria and Riko's found books to read while there.

She started reading "The People of Lemuria" and came across hints about Aqua Rock, so she thought she'd find her mother that way. She's extremely lost and trying her hardest to find out where her mother could've gone, so she's grasping for almost anything possibly related to Lemuria.

Piers walks into the library after being assigned his task to map out Weyard to see if there were any changes to the land mass. He's glad to have gained freedom this way, although... he has conflicting feelings and isn't quite sure how to handle them, until he met her.

He's not sure he had seen her before, not until today. A girl with warm blue hair and blue eyes, somewhat atypical of Lemurian features. She had pale skin that looked like his, hair that framed her face with ringlet curls on each side. She also looked young, which caused Piers to question himself about who she was and where she came from. He went over to her while she was reading a book.

"I haven't seen you in Lemuria before. How did you get in?"

His voice shocked her because she wasn't expecting anyone to find her in the library. She doesn't move from her seat but she turns her head to see who was there. A tall man with a muscular figure with turquoise blue hair that framed the sides of his face. He wore a bandana across his forehead that draped around the back of his hair and flowed behind him like a cape. The sound of his calm yet stern voice caught her off-guard and caused her to stare at him a little longer than she'd like to admit to herself before giving him an answer. "I'm not here long, I uh... just arrived with a friend of Lunpa", she began.

"You and I both. Why will you be leaving?" He leans himself against the bookshelf with his arms crossed as he glances over to her and back to the ceiling to gather his thoughts.

"I'm looking for someone... and I don't really know where they could be at all", her voice beginning to sound shaky and nervous with his second question. She decided to stare at the book she held, as though scanning the pages she was on for answers.

"We don't really see many people your age in Lemuria, who are you?" He asked with some hope and yet somehow still sounded like an authority figure. She quickly responds while trying not to reveal herself to avoid any kind of trouble. Although, she still feels his aura is... somewhat heroic, judging from the warmth he radiates from the way he talks and acts.

"I'm just someone of no concern.. A Lemurian myself, looking for Lemurian family members I may still have," she trails off, hoping she hadn't revealed too much of herself.

"But it's quite strange that I've never seen you before, are you really Lemurian? If not then you really shouldn't be here", he said, sounding extremely accusatory of Riko lying about who she is. His doubts were only formed on the basis that he'd never seen her in Lemuria before; Lemuria is a small city now with less civilization than there had been in the past, so it was natural that everyone in the city knew each other as though they were a small town. She is sure that he doesn't believe her so she pokes at his "age".

She risks it but she throws an accusation back at him too, "perhaps you're not a Lemurian either? If you were then I don't suppose discussing your age with me would be an issue, hmm?"
She smiles with her eyes slightly squinted at him while awaiting a response. Piers stays silent from her snarky remark. He doesn't like discussing his age because it is a harsh reminder of how long he's lived in Lemuria in silence without taking action to leave.

"I could tell you mine but hey, you're the one accusing me of deception so", she's cut off by his surprising and abrupt response.

"Okay, hold on- I'm sorry. I think we got off on the wrong foot. I don't even know your name yet..."