Note: to anyone that reads this, i am sorry my grammer sux Dx btw this is just the intro im putting it out to see if it gets peoples attention. enjoy
Running, running in total darkness, where am I? I think to myself, just then a tree branch bursts through the darkness and whips across my face. I feel the sting on my cheek and my eyes start to water, I want to stop and look around but my legs keep me moving. It looks like I’m running through a forest, I think to myself but why? A loud snap from somewhere above my in the trees quickly catches my attention. More branches snapping and leaves rustling as whatever is chasing me gets closer.
The loud twang of an arrow being released from its bow rings through the air and my body falls numb. I fall to the ground, sliding under a nearby tree. Lying there wondering what was going on and what was chasing me, a dark figure drops from the tree tops directly in front of me. I want to get up and run, defend myself but my body does not respond, I just lie there, paralyzed.
“You thought you could get away” the figure said in a strange muffled female voice. I try to look up to see the figures face but I can’t move my head enough to see. The voice sounds familiar, like a person I’ve known all my life.
“Truth is,” the figure says bending down to look me the face “you never had a chance”. The figure had its hood up over its face so I could not make out its face but it looked like it was wearing some sort of necklace with a brilliant black gem hanging down in front of my face. At that moment shafts of moon light shown through the trees and illumined 12 or 13 more hooded figures. “Never had a chance” everything blurs to black except for the gem.
All I could see was that black gem, I reach out and take it in my hand. The moment the rock touches my flesh it changes from black to a brilliant crimson, and flames erupt from the center; engulfing my hand and arm.
/chapter 1/Throwing back the blankets I sit straight upright, covered in cold sweat and breathing heavily. Looking into the blackness around me I relies it’s my room and I had just woke from a dream. No, it was more a nightmare than a dream. A reoccurring nightmare
“Why?” I say out loud to myself “What does this mean?”
“What does what mean?” says a familiar voice from somewhere outside. The unexpected reply made me jump and almost fall out of my bed. Who could that be? I think to myself.
“You gonna make me wait all night for you out here?”
By this time I knew who the one outside my window was.
“Why are you here, Marie?” I said quietly “shouldn’t you be asleep?”
“I could ask you the same thing” Marie’s voice echoed through the alleyway.
“I couldn’t sleep, I had a bad dream” climbing to my window, I see her figure in the darkness looking up at my window.
“There you are” she said stepping out of the shadow. With the moonlight illuminating her face I can see her smiling at me, that warm smile that give me a weird feeling but it was a good weird. I had known Marie all my life, I never would have thought that we would end up together. My mind suddenly was filled with memories of the academy and how I fell in love with Marie.
We learned history, English, philosophy at the academy. But mostly about the way our society worked. There are 8 districts in the kingdom, surrounding the castle. This is where the king lives along with his family; it also houses the upper academy.
The upper academy is where one goes to learn more than the standard academy has to offer. To gain access to this school you must graduate the standard academy at the top of your class, you must be over the age of 25, and you must be accepted by the king himself. The graduates of this academy go on to serve their district as an instructor, black smith, or future minister.
