Knight Academy

PROLOGUE

The moment I came to consciousness... is the moment the pain buried deep inside my head came. I held my forehead and resisted the pain that I'm receiving... I feel dizzy, maybe it was because I just came from a deep slumber.

Slowly, I opened my eyes... and was welcomed by darkness. I can see the trees of the forest because of the light coming from the full moon, I was shocked. How did I even get myself lying on the middle of the forest? The last thing I remember is... I don't know... what was I doing and how did I end up here?

I finally stood up and gazed at my surroundings... it was quiet and peaceful. I also couldn't see the bag that I remember I was holding before getting myself knocked out for some unknown reason. I started walking... keeping my eyes locked around the forest, it was too risky.

I wasn't letting my guard down... not if I don't have my bag and the dagger that was hidden under my skirt. I knew that I wasn't safe... there could be some thief who took everything I got and left me alone, or maybe she or he was still around waiting for the perfect opportunity to end my life.

I hugged myself, I could already feel the cold breeze of air freezing my skin. It made me feel tired since I'm weak when it comes to cold weather... I did my best trying to keep myself from falling asleep, I needed to get out of here. Then I yawned, a signal that I now have low gas before turning off.

"Sakura!!" I was stretching my arms when I heard a loud voice calling for my name. My eyes were staring wide around the forest while my whole body went to a fighting position. What I heard brought my whole consciousness back to me...

"Sakura..." I twirled around to find the voice, that's when I realized how familiar the voice is. My hands fell, just like how my knees fell to the ground. I could feel how my tears are slowly forming on my purple eyes. I was weak... I couldn't stand up even if I try my best.

"Help me!!" it was the moment when my body moved on it's own. I was running fast... in the middle of the dark and peaceful forest. I was running after the voice... I had no direction to follow. I didn't care less about how many times I fell, I was pushing away the branches that were covering my way until my hands bled.

I ran... ran as fast as I could. I knew that I needed to chase after that voice, I didn't know what was happening but I needed to hurry. My breathing was becoming heavy and I felt like something was crushing my heart... all I thought and did was run really fast... until finally.

I stared at the old yet familiar shrine standing on front of me. The beautiful designs around it were slowly getting eaten by fire... everything was almost getting eaten by the fire. I went to the back door, everything was locked. I have no other choice but to force my way in by slamming the door open using my own small and fragile body. The fire that was slowly turning it to dust helped me a lot.

Then I ran again while trying to avoid the falling woods... the falling furnitures. I jumped back when a cabinet almost fell on top of me... I landed to the ground and bit my lower lip. I covered my nose and mouth using my right hand to stop myself from inhaling the dangerous air.

I tried to stand up but was stopped by a heavy thing holding my left foot. I looked back and saw the cabinet locking my left foot... I coughed loud because of the black smoke around me. Then I used the energy left in me and pulled my foot... I silently screamed in pain and stood up, using only my right foot.

Then I used the things that were still not burned. I used the walls to balance myself and crawled in to the place I wanted to go to. It took me a lot of suffering pain... some parts of my skin were burned by the falling fire. I also couldn't help but accidentally step using my broken foot that sent a different kind of pain to my whole body.

I saw the entrance that I've been looking for-for minutes... the door was nowhere to be found but I didn't care. I crawled until I reached the entrance... enough to see the horror that was about to happen right before my eyes. I tried to scream but the high pitch I was about to let go turned to a cough.

The noise I made took the attention of the two men standing inside the burning room. The one on the right side was kneeling and staring at me with shocked wide eyes... his mouth hung open. His messy white hair was almost covering his whole wrinkled face.

While the man on the left side stood up... like a king looking down on his prisoner. He wore a black robe and held a black katana... my vision was blurry but I can see his eyes... his eyes that showed unknown emotions. He was smiling- no, he was smirking at me... his brown eyes that I used to love was now staring back at me.

I trembled in fear... I looked at the kneeling man, full of sympathy. I needed to run and save his life. I needed to scream to stop the bad guy. I needed to help him... his mouth moved, everything was moving slowly before the katana slit his throat. I knew what he said and I didn't do anything but watch... I was weak.

"Everything will be okay..."

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