A boy sat on the ground, blood coming out his month, and a swollen eye. He growled as he weakly stood up, his legs weak, but he pushed on.
"I told you kid, when you did that, you're gonna die!" A man with white armor yelled, his armor had holes behind them, letting the man's wings freely move behind him. The boy growled and charged at him, before getting hit in the head with the side of a sword. The kid fell to the ground again, as another bruise is on his head. This time though, the man didn't wait for him to get back up, he appeared on top of the boy with his sword raised, ready to stab him.
"STOP!" A female voice yelled, as a girl walked towards them, she has long, white hair and a pair of angelic wings. Her body is that of a 9 year old, exactly what she is, a child. What stood out about her though is her stern look, one that doesn't fit a normal child, and how the guard reacted to her words.
"MA'AM ASTERAOTH!" the man yelled in shock and fear, he knew exactly that this child is the kings daughter, and going against her will get him executed. And with him rather staying alive, he quickly got off the boy, and sheathed his sword. "Please forgive my playmate, he tends to get a bit... problematic, but I promise that this will not happen again." She gave him a sweet smile that he couldn't resist to not stare at behind his helmet, "yes, ma'am, it is alright. I was punishing to hard on the kid to." The girl smiled again and went to the boy
"Eli, I told you to not bother the guards" she said kindly, and gave him a hand. He spat on the ground, before taking it. He stayed quiet, and shakily stood up and sling his hand around her shoulder, as she helped him get inside of the building.
They walked through the hallways of the building in silence, going to the medical bay. "Thanks" the boy said while looking down. "Its alright El, I told you, we're supposed to take care of each other, that's what we promised each other, right?" The boy, Elion, just smiled and nodded.
Elion left a few minutes later, walking towards a horse drawn carriage owned by Asteraoth's father.
"Why do you care about him so much?" a voice asked, Asteraoth looked behind her to see her brother, Michael, leaning on the doorway to her home, he was holding a knife, spinning it in his hands, before catching it, then spinning it again, repeating this process over and over again. "He's just a demon, another creature that isn't worth anything. it's not like he's actually important."
"Of course you say that, brother. You haven't ever talked to him, not even once, and you know our saying here, 'you can't love what you don't know' and you definitely don't know him." Michael just laughed, spinning his knife one last time, before catching it and walking back inside. "Father wants you in, more training, you know how he is about his kids being well trained in fighting." He walked inside without giving her a second glance.
-----11 Years later----
Elion stood there, staring in shock, in front of him is, no was a castle, it was burned down to the ground. Only ashes remain and debris remain.
"No way... th-this can't be true, right?" He looked around in shock, believing that it was just a dream, but he knew it's not a dream rather a reality, on that he can't escape.
Suddenly, he dodged a stab from behind, seeing a man with a sword, armoured as an angel, and he instantly knew exactly who was behind this, Michael, Asteraoth's brother. He always did hate demons, it wouldn't be a question on why he did it.
Elion unsheathed his own sword, and getting into a stance. He was never good with a sword, doesn't mean he won't try. He slashed his sword sideways, going for the man's least protected spot. The man, in turn, blocked it with his own sword, before going for a swing, Elion didn't waste time, and dodged it before going for a thrust at the man's shoulder, before the man's head suddenly fell. Elion looked at it in confusion, before looking up. There, stood a person with a cloak, he had a gigantic scythe, and looked like an alcoholic.
"Good show kid, could use more work on actual combat though, all your moves were just military drills." Elion looked at him for a few seconds in confusion before asking "who are you?". The man chuckled for a few moments, before his scythe turned to a staff, and he smirked from under his hood. "Names Edward, but you can call me Mentor"
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From Dust, We Rise
Fantasy"Angels, Demons, Humans, they're all the same, they all have monsters inside of them" on the east, there is a the land of Ascentias, a land of Angels, where the world sees them as perfect beings. While on the south, there's Goerthia, the land of Dem...
