The Flower Of Darkness

Chapter 1: The Beginning

The roar accompanied by the pouring rain made her cry. She cried in the cold embrace and gloom of the world. She was the only one, in a basket covered by thickets of large trees and wrapped in cloth. She was crying, not knowing what happened and why it happened.

Blossoming in the dark, perfectly describes her birth at that time. As long as she lived, she felt that she was destined by God when she was there. She thought that she could not escape from that incident. Her brain has been filled with questions about that incident for hundreds of years. As she was trying to find out, someone appeared with a glimmer of light in front of her. The bright light blinded her, giving her her first sense of what "feeling" really was.

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Long ago, there was a very famous history about the "Scorched Schneider City" and the prophecy about the birth of a war hero known as "Dark Flower". That history was the darkest history that had ever happened in the Roan land. The city of Schneider has been cursed by a magician who is known as the most cruel magician in the land. Never showing his face and using forbidden black magic, it is fitting that he be called a dark magician. He cursed the city to become a sea of fire, scorching everything that existed without leaving a single living creature.

After hundreds of years of history being passed down from parents to their children and grandchildren, the black magician has never been identified. Behind the terrible incident, no one knows that at that very moment a war hero was born as contained in the prophecy. In the prophecy, it is stated that the war hero can kill the black magician. The birth of the war hero was so bleak, true to her nickname "Flower of Darkness".

*** 7 years later ***

Blanche and her grandmother were picking up some medicinal plants that had been ordered by several customers. It was Blanche's daily routine to pick herbs with her grandmother because it was their job.

"Grandma.. I want to play near the flower garden over there."  said Blanche, pointing to the flower garden.

"Yes, dear.. but don't take too long, it's not good if you're alone in there."  said her grandma while picking some medicinal plants.

"Okay, grandma. Hehehehe."  Blanche was excited and ran to the flower garden. 

She circled and held the flowers that were there, she was very happy to be able to play for a while because she was tired of taking medicinal plants continuously. Then, Blanche rested for a moment by lying down in the flower garden, for a moment she closed her eyes. When her eyes closed, Blanche had a dream of a very horrible incident. She dreamed of a city being consumed by fire with its accompanying roar and rain. When she dreamed, unconsciously her tears fell, as if she saw the incident directly. 

Moments later, Blanche awakens. She sighed and paused for a moment as she thought about her dream. However, when she thought more about her dream, for some reason her chest felt tight, as if she had experienced it. At that time, she didn't know why she felt that way, she was just silent about what she had just dreamed. After that incident, Blanche felt something strange in her heart and mind. Blanche tries to understand for herself what she is dreaming of and also tries to find out what it means. 

Ten years have passed and now she has grown into a very beautiful teenager. Blanche became the prima donna and she was well known throughout the village. Naturally, she is the prima donna, Blanche is the only woman in the village who has bright red hair and very beautiful black eyes. She is very charming, her beauty is like a Goddess of war. She is so beautiful that every day she received love letters from several village youths.