The Beast and the Sword Book 2: The Changes

Prologue: Once Upon A Dream

Threatened by a ruthless demon

Humanity was on the brink of extinction

All hope was lost till one mage stepped forward...

He was hailed as the Wizard King and his story became legend

A long time ago, there existed a race that were favored by the Gods and blessed by the mana. Though they had helped humans outside of their homeland, they had been feared and called Devils because of their incredible power. And had been hunted by many to obtain it for themselves. One day an elf had saved the life of a human--Not just anyone, it had been the Princess of Clover, one by the name of Teita.

Her brothers, King Zeid and Prince Lemiel had seen this as an opportunity to make peace with the elves, and form a peace treaty between them. The progress had been slow, but King Zeid alongside his wife, the young elf Alma, Chief of the warriors Guild had created the first village where Elves and Humans could coexist peacefully.

With the birth of their only child, the first human-elf hybrid Princess Prism Aurora Clover, and the marriage of Teita and her savoir and leader of the Elves Licht, they had been just a step away from completing the treaty.

But on that day, young Princess Prism had vanished in a storm, and on the same day all of the elves had as well.

Five hundred years passed until three villagers discovered her in the Wandering Mist--These Villagers were Asta, Yuno and Feodora.

And though each had their own sets of goals their ideals remain clear and the same. Their hope and mission is to protect everyone and everything precious to them, whether they be a commoner, or a royal.

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Here she was again.

Like she had always been before.

Surrounded in a field of dark clouds, where the very sound of the thunder had shook the sky and ground. She couldn't see what was ahead, nor could she see what was behind, but all she knew was, she just couldn't stop. She had been in a panic as she rode along Adrien's back; holding a small little bundle in her arms as she couldn't see underneath the bloodied sheets.

The raptor she rode on--Adrien, ran as fast as he could as they could feel the rain hit against them like it had been that of hail. "Keep going bud!" She urged, "We'll push on through the clouds if we have to!"

Adrien let out a squawk of some kind as he started to pick up the pace. Suddenly they could see something through the clouds as it started to come towards them. A set of black spikes started to fall just above their heads as it came down hard and fast.

"ADRIEN, ZIGZAG!"

Adrien started to do just that as the spears started to hit everything but them. As he moved quick she kept firm hold on the bundle as she could hear it let out a whimper.

"It'll be okay--I won't let anything bad happen to you."

There had been a sudden blast as Adrien fell to the ground with a cry; Prism let out a shriek as she fell off his back and rolled on along the bed of grass as the bundle rolled out of her hands. As she recovered from the fall she saw the little bundle just a few feet in front of her as she could hear it let out a cry.