PMD: Heroes Of Light (Book One: Rising Heroes)

Chapter Two: The Guild Leader, Snow

"Get back!" she yelled and carefully moved Blaze out of the way of the Honchkrow.

Autumn was amazed at how cool Blaze's guild leader was.

Snow didn't look young or too old, most likely somewhere in the middle. She looked stunningly beautiful, even when she was in an angered state. It was as if she was like an angel of death. 

Autumn helped Blaze get away from Snow, who was confronting the Honchkrow who had attacked them.

Blow after blow, she drove him away from them. Leaving the Honchkrow not much of a chance to fight back.

"Foolish, foolish! You dare stop me from my mission?" he managed to say before narrowly missing the claws of Snow. "You would help her—".

"I don't know who the hell you are, but you're not touching a single hair on them!" she spat.

Without any warning the Honchkrow finally had opening and attacked, aiming for Snow's eyes.

He missed and was swiftly punished for his mistake with a close-range shadow ball attack that sent him flying towards a tree with a thud.

He wasn't out cold, but he still had enough strength to get up.

"Damn you...guild scum," he huffed, "I'll be back and then you'll be sorry!" he spat and took off before Snow could catch him, flying into the darkness of the night.

When silence came to the forest clearing, Snow's attention soon came to Autumn and Blaze. She mostly had her sight on Blaze with narrowed eyes.

"What were you thinking of going out before nightfall? You have your team assessment tomorrow and you still haven't found anyone to be a part of it. Worse of all, you could have been killed if I didn't come to save you," she spat angrily.

"I...I can explain—," Blaze tried speaking, but Snow had already turned to Autumn.

"And who are you?"

"I'm...Autumn," she replied, "Blaze did nothing wrong, he helped me back in the meadow when I was unconscious and he protected me from that freak you just scared off".

Snow looked at Blaze again. "Is this true?"

Blaze managed to nod, despite his lack of strength that he had that helped to hold him upright.

Sighing, Snow relaxed a bit. "Just this time I'll let you go. Don't let this happen again".

"Yes ma'am...," Blaze said before falling unconscious.

Autumn panicked a bit and was about to ask if he was alright. Before she could ask anything about Blaze's health, Snow spoke.

"He's been through a lot worse, he'll be fine," Snow reassured me.

Autumn sighed in relief. Snow really was a lifesaver.

Snow carefully lifted her and Blaze onto her back.

"We shouldn't be too far away from the town of Leaftin. Hang on to Blaze, it might be a rough ride".

It wasn't long before they arrived in the town of Leaftin.

The town itself was very quiet. It made sense since the town's folk were already sleeping. The size of it wasn't as big as a city, but it felt like one to Autumn.

Snow kept on running until they got to a large building that Autumn guessed was the guildhall.

Just as Autumn got off Snow's back, the guild's door opened to reveal a Heliolisk. He looked worried when he saw Snow carrying Blaze on her back.