A/N: OK! So, this will be a novelization/retelling of EBF4 as I love this game and wish to give it a more in-depth plot therefore a few scenes may be changed slightly and/or added. I make no promises on an update schedule but be assured that I have several people who will be hounding me in my home to keep updating! On the slight off chance that you might not know how put two-and-two together to get fish, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS, MANY, MANY SPOILERS! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

A few things to know: 1) I have made Anna slightly older (she will be 18, the rest will be 19) as I may or may not be pairing her with another character. 2) They will only have one weapon and one outfit each that they will be wearing/using, at any given time. The clothes may change depending on the plot. 3) Healing magic will be a thing, but I'm going to have to tone its power down a bit to make for some dramatic and/or angsty scenes. 4) There will probably be several OOC moments. Please bear with me on this as fleshing out their characters/the plot can do that.

Disclaimer: I do not own Epic Battle Fantasy 4, its world, its plot, or its characters! They belong to Matt Roszak. I will only be borrowing these elements for the purpose of this story, not for any monetary/physical profit on my part.

Now then enough out of me, enjoy the story! :D

*EDIT 10/25/2015* Fixed the spelling of 'NoLegs' and added indication of who's speaking.

There was no light, yet it was not dark. There was no noise, yet it was not silent. A void was where She had been banished to; contained by the magic of three sacred jewels. How long She had dwelt there, She didn't know. Hours, days, years, millennia, even, perhaps. It hardly mattered for She knew She only had to wait. Her children would learn the error of their actions and then they would seek to free Her from Her prison. It was simply a matter of time…

Greenwood Village was a quiet and peaceful community full of honest people who made their living off the land or by slaying monsters from the nearby wilderness. So, understanding all of that, it was rather strange to hear hushed voices and muffled thumps coming from the closed store in the predawn light.

"What are you stealing colored twigs for…?" A male voice whispered.

"Aren't they pretty? NoLegs agrees with me, don't you, NoLegs?" A female responded, her voice a cheerful whisper.

"Meow?"

The girl went on quietly, "Anyway, how do plan to carry all of those swords and gems? You're just making yourself an easy target."

"Just let him take them then, while he's getting attacked, we can use him as a distraction to get away." A new male responded.

The first male gave a quiet, irritated grunt, "Very funny, Lance. Besides, I don't have any of these in my collection and just think of all the gold we'll get for these gems!"

"Shh! I think the shop keep is coming to open up! Quickly, out the window!" the girl suddenly hissed.

There was a muffled shuffling and then two shadows slipped out the window and into the high bushes behind the shop the first one dashing ahead into the woods followed by the second. Shortly after was a clattering combined with muttered swears as a large sack was forced through the window followed by a third figure who proceeded to heft the sack over his shoulder and make for the tree line as well.

"Almost there…" The third figure thought as he tried to prevent the loot in his sack from making too much noise. He was almost there, not even a yard away, and began to think he'd made it when suddenly,

"What-? Hey, my merchandise! Stop, you thief!" The shout came from the startled owner of the store who had walked yawning around the store upon hearing the suspicious clinking sound and spotted the conspicuous figure creeping toward the trees in the early morning light.

"Damn it, and to think I was just laughing off this very scenario not ten minutes ago," the thief mentally complained. Having been spotted, and there being no way to explain away just what he was doing with all of the weaponry and other valuables of the local store, the thief made a quick decision, dropped all efforts of being quiet, and started an awkward, over-encumbered dash for the woods closely followed by the irate shop keeper.

The chase was not very swift as the thief was weighed down by the sack containing every weapon gem and the store owner was an older man who enjoyed his fine food and drink just a little too often. They crashed through the underbrush, branches whipping their limbs and faces, one hollering promises of broken knee caps and flaying while the other saved his breath for running mentally cursing his so-called friends for taking off and leaving him to the evil and creative designs of an angry old man.

The sun was beginning to get fairly high in the sky and the shafts of light piercing the branches revealed the thief to be a young man with long blond hair two braids on each side of his head. He wore a pirate outfit, complete with a feathered hat. Strapped across his back in a leather sheath chased with red was a fine sword with a gold and red hilt inlaid with rubies. The store owner froze in shock, jaw dropping as he recognized exactly who this person was. The young blond was Matt the swordsman who had helped take down the evil god Akron and saved the entire world! There had been the occasional rumors that adventurers and other visitors mentioned when they stopped by for supplies. They said that Matt and his two friends were bored and had taken to robbing stores and towns claiming that since they had saved the world they were entitled to everything in it. He had passed it off as just a tale that the occasional wanderer would spin hoping to be hired as a sentry or bodyguard; never had he believed it to be true!

Suddenly remembering just what he had been doing, the owner gave a startled jerk and looked wildly around for a glimpse of the hero-turned-thief. But unfortunately while he had been caught in his realizations, Matt had given him the slip and was nowhere to be seen. His face turned an unhealthy shade of purple in rage and he whipped around to stalk back to town to report the theft, snarling under his breath about self-entitled brats the entire way.

Meanwhile not too far away, a much greater theft had happened…

Next chapter is longer, I promise!

Please drop me a review, constructive criticism and things you might like to see plot-wise are very much welcomed! If you see any spelling or grammatical errors please tell me about them as this is all self-edited.