The Jade Blade

Bright Eyes

~Prologue~
The world has been ravaged by war, and all light has been taken just like the hope of the people. All of the Protectors are dead and the whole world is covered in darkness. Everything and everyone is being controlled by the benevolent evil of Delacroix. It's been Seventeen years since Delacroix has taken over and the world has fallen into a deep depression from the lack of hope and light. Families have been torn apart, and millions of people have been killed. No one is brave enough to stand up to Delacroix and if they were they didn't even make it past the Sweepers. Who will save the world from the dark oppression of Emperor Delacroix and how long will it take. If there is anyone who will, may the odds be in your favor.

~Curtis p.o.v.~
As I stare at the clock waiting for the both hands to hit the twelve, even though it was around two o'clock. We never really cared as long as we heard that bell that signaled for us to go straight home. I wondered how long would it take me to get home. We had to go straight home because of the "Sweepers".

The sweepers are these shadow like figures who move across all the land at a certain point of time. If you were caught out during that point they could do anything they wanted to do with you, by the Emperors commands.

"Ding!!" The school bell shrieked and we all began to rush out of the door at once. We began to push and shove until we got out of the door. Once I got out I went straight for the front door because it was almost close to three thirty.

But as I went to the door the Emperor's son and two others were blocking the door way and I bumped into him knocking him down. The other two picked him up then quickly grabbed me pining me to the floor. The Emperor's son had walked over to me but all I could see was his cream colored shoes and brown pants.

Then he ducked down looking me in my face with his black shades and said "If you ever do that again I will see to it that you will be killed." in a calm voice. Then he turned around and kicked dirt into my face. As they were walking away I noticed that he had a black glow coming out of his hands just like the blue ones that come out of my hands and eyes.

Maybe that's the reason why he wore the black shades, so he could block out the darkness in his eyes. After I had got up I reached into my back pocket and pulled out an old pocket watch my mother gave to me. I looked at the time and the hand was on one thirty so I began to run.

I ran until I saw my home, but the Sweepers had already showed up at the edge of the town. I ran as fast as I could but my hands and eyes began to glow and it began to draw their attention. There was no light in the world so my glow attracted them to me, By that time I had already reached my home. So I ran inside slamming the door behind me. While I was closing the door one of the shadows arms got shut in the door. As soon as I got in the house the glow on my hands and in my eyes had disappeared.

I fell face first on the chair in relief, and my mother(Nancy Burrows)had ran out of the kitchen to see what was going on. I turned around and told her that I was almost caught by the Sweepers because of the glowing lights. My mother stepped back away from me and turned around into the kitchen threshold. Then she began to speak.

~Nancy p.o.v.~
I began to explain the reason why his eyes and hands glow up. You are something that the world used to believe in, you are a Protector just like your father. Your father(Cass Burrows) was one of the one of the five Protectors who were killed by Emperor Delacroix and his evil army of destroyers. There are no others like you.

You were the only descendant of a protector none of the others had children because they wanted to keep their families safe. But your father didn't care about the war but while I was pregnant with you Delacroix had attacked the world. Filling the clouds with darkness and once your father and his allies went off to war they never returned except for one who got away.