The Forgotten Ashes of Ice

Chapter 1

Slow and steady footsteps were closing in on me, I looked around and saw nothing but plain darkness. Completely lost in the midst of nothingness I noticed a figure silently approaching me. The footsteps, they kept getting louder and louder until it came to a sudden halt. It approached me and spoke with a lifeless voice. "Hello Kieron" it said ,startling me. It took me up to the moon before coming back. I had hundreds of questions to ask none of which would be answered. Finally, pulling together all of my courage, I spoke. "Who... who are you?" Was all that came out with a high squeak. My body trembling with fear, sweating tremendously as I watched him with certain uncertainty. "Do you know about the the King of demons?" He asked with this deep voice, scaring me to fits. I managed to pull myself back together still covered with immense fear. I answered, stuttering tremendously "n...no"

He made a quick movement which ended in him leaning forward, revealing his horrific hideous face. A face, that could haunt you for decades if not centuries ongoing. His skin, an extremely harsh carmine color cutting through all of his other horrendous features. His face, riddled with cracks, exposing bones and oozing blood. It was an extremely scary figure to watch. His eyes, it was extremely odd in a queer manner, with scary scarlet irises and white pupils, giving the impression that he had fiery rings attached in place of his eyes. His nose was missing making it look like he had craters for them. There were small tufts of smoke emerging from them. He also possessed a long jaw with a pointed tip and had sets of teeth that were like a normal human's but they were soaked in blood and had flesh sticking out from a few of them making it look extremely disgusting .He had horns that were the deepest, darkest, most horrific shade of black resembling death in ways a human mind cannot imagine. He also had ghastly pointed ears which added to the alarming look of his. In addition, he was also bald adding to the immense zombie-ic look of his.

I was startled at the sight of him. "You do not know my identity yet, but you soon will .I have come here to put an end to the great prophecy" he said leaning back concealing the rest of his body "Your death is all I need to stop the prophecy from taking place" saying this he slowly but carefully pulled out a hellish looking scythe with a bronze blade. He slashed at me with his scythe surprising me by catching me off guard. My skin made contact with the blade, shredding through me, ripping through any layer of skin and muscle in its way and igniting my insides on fire.

I woke up screaming in pain ,trembling vigorously and completely drenched in sweat .I checked the time ,it was 5 in the morning .My parents were on a business trip so I had the house all to myself .I decided to take a walk and process what just happened .I changed into my jogging suit and stepped out of the house .Almost immediately I was greeted by a cold breeze ,'Perfect !'I told myself as I admired breezes .They generally helped in calming my mood .I started along the footpath and thought "What was the prophecy? What role did I play in that stupid prophecy? Where was I?" ,my head was fuming with such thoughts .I finally decided to take a deep breath and accept it as a nightmare which I should soon forget about .I raced towards home as I was hungry and tired .I went upstairs took a bath and got ready for school .As for breakfast ,I made few slices of toast and a cup of cappuccino as it was my favorite combo .I quickly finished the meal and exited the apartment and awaited the school bus .

The classic model-C rolled in from the corner and halted near the apartment's entrance .I was excited for the surprises High school held ,as I had just been promoted from middle school .The moment I walked in my smile faded ,the bus was rather empty except for a few students .The first two rows were occupied by a group of geeks and the last seats were occupied by the 'popular kids' .I made myself comfortable in the third row to the left as the right side was occupied by a pupil and I preferred being alone .The bus was on the move again. The brakes were applied close to a modern-styled mansion .The doors opened and the girl of my dreams walked in .She looked absolutely stunning .Her hair was blond and long and tied in a pony-tail. She had brown eyes that seemed to be angelic in appearance. Her face was heart-shaped .She possessed a long neck ,she was lean and had a light complexion .She also had a broad forehead lined with thin eye brows .Her lips were a natural tone of amaranth .The nose she owned was slightly hooked at the tip .Her jawline was well-defined .Her smile was breathtaking ,almost everyone in the bus was admiring her beauty .She smiled at all of us and then almost without hesitation strode and sat next to me .