Dark Raven: An Assassins Tale

Everybody's Fool

Demons run when a good man goes to war

Night will fall and drown the sun

When a good man goes to war

Friendship dies and true love lies

Night will fall and the dark will rise

When a good man goes to war

Demons run, but count the cost

The battle's won, but the child is lost

-When A Good Man Goes To War Doctor Who

I wake one morning to a loud pounding on my door. What a hangover.. How much did us five drink last night... The pounding only made my head hurt worse. I looked over at the floor across the room to see Matthew lying on the floor on a heap, three bottles of beer lying next to him.

"Maaaattheww... Matt! Get up and answer the door!" I mumbled.

Silence

I was losing my patience again. "Matt! Answer me..." I yelled grabbing my pillow from off my head and tossing it at his limp body. He grumbled and lifted his head slowly as the pillow it his body. His blonde hair hung low in his face ragged from tossing and turning in his sleep.

"You answer it..." He sighed sleepily. I glared and breathed deeply in annoyance.

"Fine. But next time you crash at my place and someone is pounding on the door at two in the morning, you're answering it." I said, lifting myself off my cot. I grabbed my glass of water from the nightstand and drank a bit, clearing my throat. I walked down the steps and into the main room. The pounding continued as I walked to the door. "HOLD ON!" I yelled as I reached for the handle. I opened the door slowly to see two men in red and white robes. "Oh, what do you two want, now?" I growled.

"C'mon, get your things." Said Jays voice.

"To where...?" I sighed.

"Rome. Duhr." Megastar said.

"Oh ok..." I said sleepily. I turned around ready to walk back upstairs when I froze. "Wait... Now?" I said whipping myself around. Jay looked at Megastar with a confused stare then back at me.

"Umm.. Yes now..." He said slowly.

I grabbed him by the throat and dragged him into my house, pinning him to the stone wall.

"You're telling me you came to my house at two in the morning telling me we're leaving for rome NOW?" I yelled. He nodded eyes wide. I punched him in the face and grabbed Megastar by the collar of his undershirt. "When were you going to tell me we were leaving!" I hissed. He stood there silently.

"Well... We were gonna tell you yesterday... Wait- you didn't pack yet?"

"Of course not! Nobody told me we were leaving!" I growled, pushing him back against the wall, letting go of his collar.

"Oh, don't worry. Shy doesn't know either." He said.

"Well, were you every going to tell her?" I said. He looked at Jay who just shrugged. I sighed angrily.

"We. Need. Her." I said. "She's part of the Elite Five too, you know?" He sighed.

"Fine... We'll go over after you're packed and tell her." He said. I sighed with relief as I walk upstairs to grab my robe and some supplies.

"Get your stuff, Moochan." I say. He looks up.

"For what?" He says.

"Jay and Star are waiting downstairs. We're going to Rome."

"At two in the morning?"

"I know right..." He grabs his stuff and walks downstairs. I follow behind him, my satchel stuffed wit supplies.

"Are we ready now?" Jay says impatiently. I nod and Matthew begins walking in the direction of Shy Fawns house.

"Lets get her and be on our way. I want to get this over with." He grunts. We follow behind looking at the town in the pitch black. We approach a small cottage luckily, the lights are still on. I knock on the door and the small blonde haired girl with ice blue eyes walks up. She rubs her eyes and looks at us four.

"H-hey *yawn* what are you all doing here?" She says. I give her a questionable look.

"Erm, weren't you awake?" I say slowly. She frowns and shakes her head.

"Of course not, silly. What made you think that?" She says. I point at the candles lit on the top floor in the windows. She laughs. "Oh, I must've left them on! Whoops!" Jay groans in annoyance as josh sighs and facepalms and Matt bangs his head on the wall. I look back and roll my eyes.

"Get yourself packed. We're going to Rome." I say. She looks startled at me.

"Uh, right now?" She says nervously.

"No, in a month." Jay says and Matthew bangs his head on the stone wall again. Shy Fawn looks at me awkwardly.

"I'll just go get my things..." She whispers and backs into the house. She comes back out wearing her red and white robe.

"Alright! Let's go! Megastar announces and begins walking in the direction of the trail to Rome.

"Wait!" Shy Fawn says.

"Ugh! Now what?" Jay growls. She runs back into her house and shuffles around in her chests.

"Ok! Ready she says walking back outside holding a rock.

"Uhm... What's that...?" Matt says staring at the round gray rock. It was about as bis as the palm of my hand.

"Oh this?" She says pointing at the rock. Jay nods slowly looking at Megastar, Matthew, and I with an expression that was most likely saying "Is she feeling ok?".

"This is Leonard." She says nodding her head. Jays eye twitches and Megstar stares at her with a crazed look. Matt continues to pound his head on the wall.

"That's it! We're not gonna make it to Rome!" Jay screams. I look at him tilting my head.

"Why...?" I ask cautiously. He lets out a trembling sigh.

"Because I'm gonna put my knife through my skull before we even leaven" He growls kicking rocks around sending dust flying into the air. I look at Megastar who only shrugs.

"Well, let's go!" Megastar yells.

"Yeah! Jay screams.

"To Rome!" Matthew and I yell triumphantly as the other three join in. And so, our real adventure begins.

I'm trying to decide weather to end it here and continue it with "Jays' Wing" aka the second nook in the series. Tell me in the comments what I should do! :D