Night 1

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For years, demons had been hellbent on hunting humans. Thousands of years ago, humans had used magic to seal away the demons and for those years they stayed trapped underground but one day a demon as powerful as 100 demons combined rose to power. He promised the demons if they helped him they would have freedom. They stormed the gate that seperated the Demon world and the Human world.
All the magicians in the region came to fight. For 20 days and 20 nights they fought off the demons, but when the Demon King arrived on the 20th night he destroyed the gateway with the power the demons gave him and from then on they wreaked havoc among the human world.

It was during that war that the Demon Hunter Organisation was formed. Twenty of the top knights from the King's Guard left to train and the King formed the Organisation. They fought against the demons, learning of their weak spots, their powers , as they fought. After the gate was destroyed the Demons all gathered in a forest which they claimed as their land. Hells Gate.
The demon king built his land and so the Humans made that forest forbidden.

The Organisation became a society that protected humanity. Soon those who were left as the top Hunters were few. My Mother and Father were at the top. Joanne was one of the best female hunters. A rampant Wolf Demon destroyed hundreds of Human towns and my mother hunted him for days before finally finding him in a forest. She cornered and killed him and was praised by the King and the Organisation.

My father was part of the Organisation's hunt to take back Hell's gate as humanity's land. Unfortunately the hunt failed and many died but my father was one of the survivors, and he killed many of the demons there. My Mother and Father met when they were summoned to be part of the Organisation Council. When i was born they resigned from their places to take care of me. They had always planned to teach me the ways of a Demon Hunter.
They raised me and taught me all they could but they did not finish, because on a stormy night... They were killed.

I remember that night so clearly. We all sat in the living area, drinking hot cocoa , the wind outside blowing and rain slaming wildly on the windows, when suddenly , the front door slammed open and two demons entered. We all whipped out heads to the open door and see the two demons standing with menacing looks.

" Go Joanne! Take Rize! " My father yelled to my mother quickly grabbing his sword from beside the fireplace and unsheathing it from it's scabbard.

My mother grabbed me by the hand and rushed me into their bedroom, closing the door behind her.

" Hide! " she yelled at me grabbing her sword from inside the wardrobe. I stood there in shock.

" Quickly! In the wardrobe! " she pushed me in. " I will be back! I love you! " she kissed me on the forehead and then closed the wardrobe doors. Light from the torch on the wall flooded through the narrow openings in the wardrobe door. I hear the bedroom door open and then slam shut again.

I hear grunting and yelling. The squealing of the Pig Demon. The yells of my mother and Father. Smashing of glass and the clings from metal clashing against one another. Usually i would imagine my mother or father playfully hitting my own sword trying to teach me their sword skills but now all i could see was them bravely fighting the demons.

I kept seeing their faces. One resembled a pig. It's large canines sticking up and out from its lower lip, saliva dribbling from its mouth. It's brow in an everlasting narrowed expression. Its tall and muscular body covered in metal dark armor carrying what looked to be a heavy shield and axe, already stained with the blood from previous victims.

The other demon was tall yet skinny. Its long hair was white and its eyes were gold with black slits. A tongue poking back and forth was an obvious giveaway that it was a snake demon. Its body covered in lightweight armor and it was carrying a bow. It's face wore a evil grin.

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