To Harness Tomorrow

Chapter two

               10 years later

The night was cold with a breeze that stung through the soldier's armor as a scouting brigade of holy troops scaled a cliff to spy on the corrupt to learn battle plans. Faint bird calls sounded in the sky of midnight, the only thing lighting up the footholds on the steep cliff was the torchlight from above. Only inaudible fighting and chattering could be heard until a scream rang out followed by yelling that the scouting troops could just barely make out. 

"Throw him off the cliff! We have no use for him!" Yelled one.

" Oh come on can't we have a little bite Crow?" exclaimed another followed by a cackling laughter. 

"Get down!" whispered the lieutenant as loudly as he could without being heard by the guards above. Just after the warning a screaming figure flew past into the abyss below taking one of the scouts with them. 

"No! We lost one!" exclaimed the lieutenant. As he cursed, a voice said from above 

"now take care of those holy scouts eavesdropping on us from the cliff. My birds are getting restless." 

"H-how did she know! Move troops! Quickly!" Suddenly the cliff shook violently and a murder of crows swarmed like locusts over the edge of the cliff cutting the brigade with their talons and beaks relentlessly. As quickly as the figure before the brigade fell one by one engulfed into the abyss below. Crow cackled 

"teaches those holy scum right."

Hi! it's me Pixie, here to explain Crow. Unlike the rest of the holy or corrupt knights, Crow was executed because the armies thought it was just another human for execution but when they put his head through the noose all hell broke loose. Crow faded through the noose and it seemed all the birds went quiet as a rumbling shook the ground beneath them (a detail you might want to remember because that is Crows signature signal that appears when she is nearby.) Then all of the birds big and small came making a path of destruction. This is what started Crow. Immediately after this incident, Crow was taken to Hatar the capital of the corruption where she would be tortured until she was so evil only crows responded to her fear and pain thus the reason she was given Crow the magic vessel of a grim reaper (scythe.)

"I see Munk is growing lazy with such incompetent soldiers." Laughed Khaos. 

"I wonder if I could just win the war right now! Alright Carl, you have always been good at not dying, go inform Crow that we will send troops to our Western border and Southern border. Also I want her to know that she shall go to mount rightpeak and see her older brother wraith." Khaos said with a grin so dark it could block out the sun. 

"Um my lord don't you think that is dangerous? I mean no disrespect by it my lord but Crow has killed the last three men who even spoke Wraith's name and since Wraith became a traitor and joined the holy knights nobody has even heard of him. My lord, I am not even sure he is alive." 

"Oh he is alive Carl I sense his presence is still alive and strong on this Earth." Khaos spoke with a evil grin now,"Go, find him with Crow and if you return empty handed, well let's not get into that now hehehe."

"Um, with all do respect sir, what are you going to do with him once we bring him back?" Carl asked cautiously. 

"Well since you asked so nicely, I guess I could tell you a bit. I plan to corrupt him again and if that doesn't work then I guess I will have to destroy him" Khaos then licked his lips and snapped his fingers sending a flare of blue smoke around the room "go and do not fail me or I will break you! Safe travels hehe." 

"Yes my lord, I will my lord."