NOTE: Any similarities to names and places may change, so if you might know the names know that I have NOT stolen them. Also this is my first work and I really want you to judge me fairly.
Etheria, a world where magic takes form from a person's heart. In Etheria magic is the foundation of life. Everything contains magic power. People, animals, plants, water, air, even rocks and mountains. The inhabitants of Etheria use magic as a source of energy. Some use it for the good of mankind, others use it for themselves, while many use it to fight, or even for wars. Those who weild great magical power can become national leaders or warlords. In this world magic means power and strength. Kindness and purity simultaneously, depending on how one uses it.
After the great war 800 years ago, the world has known peace and prosperity. Every race and nation has banded together for the benefit of all living things. Except one race... the Elves. Not all of them. The Elven nation of Yggdrasil divided into two smaller nations. Those who seeked peace and balance among the races joined the nation known as Arcania and named themselves High Elves. Those who remained established the nation of Zargoth and were known as Dark Elves. Their great desire for world domination and greed for wealth and power declared them the most hated race in all of Etheria.
The High Elves felt it was their responsibility to deal with the Dark Elves so they waged war upon them. The two nations destroyed each other making the moon turn crimson red after their final desicive battle. Nowadays, the Elven race has totally extinct. None of them has survived. The only remnants of their civilization are numerous books and ten magical artifacts containing great magic power. Only a handful of people are able to read what is inside these books. Yet, the locations and the power hidden in those ten magical artifacts remains uknown. Might they fall into the wrong hands, the world's end may come. Chaos and darkness shall fall upon the world.
The year is 2087, 800 years after the great war that spilled the blood of millions innocent people and warriors that fought for their beliefs. The existence of the Elves has been long forgotten and now they exist only in legends. Not even a single report on elves has been made for over 650 years. Yet, the destruction they commited and the remnants of their great magical energy are still distorting and corrupting the world. The Nature and Animal Kingdoms have started mutating so they can endure the climatic changes. Although the war has ended, those mutated beasts and monsters make the land more dangerous than it has ever been.
In Elrin Forest, near the small town of Karin the world seems peaceful. A young girl is riding her white horse elegantly. Her face is covered with the hood of her brown long mantle. A bow and a quiver full of arrows lays on her back. Her white linen shirt and brown trousers are made to be confortable in the wilds, so she can move freely. Her dark brown boots covered in mud by the long journey. Then she heard some noise. She stops her white horse to check her surroundings. It sounded like someone was calling for help. But the voice was coming closer and closer from behind.
She turned around. A young man was barely seen in the woods running towards her. He had long spiky hair and a plait falling at the left side of his head. Anyone could say he is a fist fighter just by looking at the metal points on his leather gloves. His white shirt and red sleeveless vest are full of dirt. His vest has gold fire marks and a red hood at its back. His black pants and black boots are blasted with mud. He was also carrying a bag on his shoulder. He seems to be running away from someone.
The girl takes a better glimpse on him. He really does call for help. She hears him screaming "Heeeeelp!!! These b..... meeee!!!". But she can't hear the rest. As the young man closes in she can hear him clearly at last! He was saying "Heeeeelp!!! These bandits are after meeeee!!!". She thought "What bandits?" Then suddenly, a group of bandits appears behind him. All dressed in black with red scarfs around their faces. She panicked and shouted "OH MY GOD!". Then she turned her horse around and started running. Leaving the uknown young man behind.
The strange man yelled "WAIT FOR ME!!" as he sprinted to catch up with her. Before the horse was able to speed up much the youngster jumped on it grabbing the girl from her waist. She yelled "Who are you!? What are you doing!? Get off you fool!". He answered "Just run! I'll tell you later!". She said "No I don't want you to tell me later! I want you to get off!". Then she tries to push him off but he is holding on too well. She loses control of her horse and it bumps into a tree dropping both of them on the ground.
She gets up but she seems a bit dizzy. She looks at the young man and yells at him "WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT??? I COULD HAVE EASILY ESCAPED WITHOUT YOU!!! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU???". He responded calmly and ironicaly "What's wrong with ME? What's wrong with YOU? How could you leave a helpless man behind like that?" She said "How could I? I am a girl!!! What can a weak little girl like me do to help you?" He said "You could just have waited for me to get on your horse so we could both escape the bandits!" He stops for a second and thinks loud to himself "Huh? Actually... Where did they go?" A bandit's voice was heard "There they are! I found them! Let's kill them!"
They looked each other and the young man said "Now I THINK is a good time to run..." She answered "I agree". And they began to run again. As they were running the man tossed her the bag he was carrying and he said "Hold that! It's their food!" She once again shocked responded "THEIR FOOD??? ARE YOU NUTS??? Stealing from thieves???" He said "Yeah! Why? Is it bad to rob a robber? I think not!" She said "Oh God... He's an idiot... Anyways! What am I supposed to do with this?" He smiled ironicaly and said "Nothing! Just run! They 're gonna chase you if you hold it! So I can escape! IT'S PAYBACK TIME BABY!!!" Then he changed his course and ran on his own.
She thought "Damn!!! How did I let myself into this???". The bandits did chase her beacause of the bag. Except from two of them who went after the strang young man. As she was running she tripped on a tree's root coming out of the earth and fell. The bandits caught up with her and unseethed their rusty knives to threaten her. "You sure gave us a hard time there kids... Just hand over our food and I promise not to completely ruin that pretty face of yours! Hahaha!" said the leader of the group. She answered: "Alright! Take it! I have nothing to do with that man anyway!". The bandit grabs the bag and touches her face with his filthy hands, "Oh! So you are willing to betray your dear boyfriend?"
"I am NOT hel boyfliend!!" yelled the young man with a piece of bread stuffed in his mouth. He then swallows it and says clearly, "I am NOT her boyfriend!". She says, "See? He's NOT my boyfriend!". He then says, "But she WISHES I could be her boyfriend!" And she continues "Yes! I WISH he could be my bo... WHAT THE HELL ARE TALKING ABOYT YOU IDIOT???" He laughs hard and says, "HAHAHA! Damn, I almost got you! But it's ok! We are gonna finish this chit chat after I finish them off!" The bandits laugh at him and their leader says, "You got us kid! Nice one! Now get your ass here so we can kick it all over the place!"
The lively look on his face changed. He was serious this time. As the bandit leader was talking his body started turning red and an aura of flames appeared around him. Everybody stops aking any kind of sound. Then a whisper came out from the mysterious young man's mouth, "Burning....". The young girl whispered something too, "What... are you?". Then the burning young man continued his phrase yelling, "...RUSH!!!". At a glimpse of an eye he was standing right in front of the bandit leader punching him in the face and blasting him off on his men.
The bandit shocked and afraid ordered his men to attack him. "Wha... What the...? Get him! NOW!" As the party of bandits charged to him he took a fighting stance and punched the firing a number of fireballs yelling "Blazing Fists!". The bandits were set on fire and retreated in fear. Their leader said "By the name of our Boss Glanden I swear we 're gonna get you for that!" and ran off with the others. The burning aura disappeared from his body and the annoying lively look came back to his face. He turns around and reaches out to help the girl stand up. Then he introduces himself smiling, "Hi! I'm Zenn Spitfire!"
