Pashiva The Archvil Saga

Melat and The Western Ranger

In a deep green forest south east of Archvil, Melat walks his way to a village out of the forest surrounded by small wheat and potato farms. The village is filled with unhappy faces, the houses are made of wood and have roofs of straw and the barn holds hogs, chickens and lamb. Every other block in the village marched at least four soldiers from Archvil. The soldiers wore white jackets and red berets and held muskets on their right arms and a sword in its holster on their left hips. Melat walked up to a market stand with a man running who wore tattered cloth and sold a various amounts of food. "What would you like sir"? The man asked. "fifteen apples and a slice of chicken". Melat asked. "(Sigh) That's gonna be fifty coins". The man said. Melat put his hand in his pocket and pulled out twenty silver coins. "Sorry I only have twenty". Melat said regretfully. The man running the shop started making sharp glances to his left, then his right, then straight away. "Alright give it quickly".  He said practically ripping the coins out of Melat's hands. "Here take it and go quickly". The man said looking more scared then depressed. Melat walked out of the village eating one of the bruised apples and looking out in the distance of the forest. Soon the sound of marching sounded as a group of four men with tattered shirts and pants ran after a small family of three,  a mother, a father and their son who looked about a year or two younger then Melat. Melat saw trouble and he pulled out an iron sword. The sword was clearly used and had a small rope attached to the handle of the sword which Melat put his hand through and wrapped his hand around the handle of the sword. He swung his wrist around which swung the sword as well. He started running after the bandits.

              One of the bandits shot a pistol at the dads leg causing him to fall over. "Argh uh". He screamed as he fell over. The mom and the son turned back to the father. "Ewen please get up". The mother said crying over his still bleeding body. "You jerks aahhh". The son yelled running after the bandits with the dagger the mother had in a holster on her left hip. He ran after them but was knocked away by one of the bandits hands. Both the mother and her son were cowering in fear. Melat soon showed up and stood between the family and the bandits. Melat's face was overwhelmed with disappointment. "Whatever these people did to you, you can deal with it with me". Melat said. "YOU IDIOT". A distant voice sounded as a bolt from a crossbow came and shot one of the bandits through the heart.  Melat looked over and saw a tall man in his mid twenties wearing a black robe and a gray undershirt and gray pants with his crossbow aimed at the bandits still there. "Get out of here kid and you guys to". He said. "Hey who the hell are you". One bandit said. "He's a ranger, see the badge on his shirt"? Another bandit said. Melat soon noticed a wolf shaped badge on the ranger's undershirt hidden behind his robe. The ranger already with his crossbow reloaded he shot again this time hitting a bandit in the skull. The next bandit ran at him but was struck down by the Ranger when he wacked him in the head with the crossbow. The next bandit had his pistol loaded and aimed it at the Ranger. "Take this asshole". He said as he shot three times leaving the Ranger unprepared. Suddenly Melat jumped in front of the bullets and swung his sword so quickly it wasn't even seen. "(Chuckles) Thanks kid". The ranger said as he fired a bolt at the bandit's heart. The ranger then noticed that Melat wasn't bleeding from the bullets instead the bullets lied on the ground next to him, one of which had an indentation from the sword. "Wait how did you move so quickly"? The ranger asked. Melat looked confused about what he said. "Huh oh my dad before he was arrested said I've always been quick on my feet, said something about these shoes". Melat said looking down at his feet which were covered with a pair small leather tattered boots with had a light white glow to them. "Those are Warp Shoes, one of the first articles of clothing in the full Pashiva Knight set". The ranger said looking shocked. "Hm"? Melat asked. "Uh you never heard of those". He asked. "Well the Pashiva knight was the most elite of knights a hundred years ago. It's said that they have boots that give them super speed and reflexes, gloves that make them more powerful,  armor that makes them take more damage and a helmet that can track whatever a person wants aside from God Scrolls". The ranger explained. Melat looked even more confused. "(Sigh) Kid where did you even get that"? "My dad gave it to me, say who are you and are you a ranger"? Melat asked. The ranger chuckled. "Yes I am a ranger my name is Felren, I'm on an important assignment". Felren explained. "Can I come to please I've always wanted to become a ranger". Melat asked with a huge grin on his face. Felren examined  him.  "Well he did manage himself fine and he does have Warp shoes. (Chuckles)".  Felren thought to himself. "Fine come along kid, you know at first I was against it but now I see that you can handle a fight, whats your name"? Felren asked. "My name is Melat i'm gonna be the worlds greatest crime stopper". Melat said.