Dragon's Blade

Prologue

"I am sorry my old friend." The voice was laden with sadness and misery, "I shall correct my mistake, and do what is right." The voice's emotion seemed to spill over, filling the empty void that surrounded it like a wave of sorrow. The voice was so familiar, so recognizable, and yet he could not place the voice with a face.

The empty space formed a vast black void that seemed to expand far beyond what the eye could see. Followed by a faint orange glow began to form and spread around the man as he stood in the void unaware of what was going on. The glow quickly grew into flames that covered the ground and seemed to continuously grow and reach far up into the sky, lighting what seemed to be the sky. Screams began to fill the air as if traveling from the distance as if thousands were caught in the flames. The man realized what was happening had to be a dream or a nightmare as he realized that the flames and screaming had completely surrounded him. A deep and booming roar filled the air, drowning out the sounds of the raging fires and cries.

The dreaming man looked up into the sky to try and see where the roaring had come from as another deafening roar cut through the void. A large black figure seemed to form from the void as if the black abyss was creating a physical form. The creature that formed towered far above the flames as it loomed over the dreaming man. Two large fiery eyes grew from the top of the figure, staring down at him, a burning gaze that failed to leave him. Its head split open as white hot flames billowed from the gaping hole that had formed, enveloping the dreaming man and replacing everything with white.