The Quest for Onyx (Book 1)

Chapter 1

Ever since I was little I knew that I would be the one to get all the hard work. In my village only the best got to get the good jobs. The royal family or the rich got the most important or highest ranking jobs while everyone else got the hard jobs.

My family is in the middle class area of the village. I live with my mom, big brother Erin, and my baby brother Tiny. We live in a small but cozy house close to the village market. It's nothing special but it's nice to us. Erin was lucky enough to get a place in the Village Army. Which was great for us because as I said earlier those spots are normally reserved for more important individuals than us. Cough cough the snobby rich kids.

Erin's job in the army is where most of our money comes from. He does his job well and he gets paid pretty handsomely for it. I had to get a job too to help support Tiny and mom. It's been hard ever since my dad died but we make it work. I don't really mind working where I do anyway. I work in the local blacksmith's shop making weapons and tools for him to sell.

It's a pretty handy craft. I've learned how to make all kinds of tools and even weapons out of a lump of metal. The coolest part is that my boss even thinks my work is good enough to be used in the village army.

Erin will always come by and walk home with me after he gets done with his duties for the day. Erin tells me about his day and I do the same to him. I always love seeing his face light up when he talks about helping protect everyone at his post. Then we normally swing by the market and grab some things for mom to make dinner with. It's always the best part of my day.

Oh yeah, can't believe I didn't lead with this...my name's Essix. To give you some info about myself I'm a female fox that's about 15 years old. I'm kinda tall for my age, actually now that I think about it I'm a little on the strong side too. Not sure if my job at the blacksmith has anything to do with that or not but who knows? You'd be surprised what I can lift!!

I always enjoy sparring with Erin. He has to keep his fighting skills sharp so he uses me to practice on. He gets practice and I get to learn how to fight. Well...more like I'm mostly his punching bag. There are some rare times when I get an opportunity to get the jump on him. I can sometimes pin Erin to the ground and he's about 4 years older than me.

People from around town have seen me sparring with Erin in the small back yard of our house and they're scared of me. Some people won't even come into the shop when I'm there. Those are the same people who say my abilities are dangerous. I've never done anything to hurt anyone. I don't think I'm a danger. I think I have my abilities for a reason, and someday I want to use them for good.

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This marks the first chapter in my editing phase.  I'll be trying to fix things in the next weeks maybe months depending on my free time. So chapters might be getting moved around and changed so don't be alarmed. Also I'm thinking of leaving the old author's notes so I'm sorry if they're cringy. They're probably really bad and I apologize for it.

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