Chapter 1: Departure

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In the back lands of the Castle of King Arthur ‘Elijah’ there is a small peaceful farm village. The breeze of the wind bellows to the trees and grasses in the field with the warm chirping sounds of the birds and the eerie sound of the cicadas at the woods.


“Leiah! Roxis! Look look!”

Leiah: “what is it again Rea?”

Roxis: “you found something cool?”

Rea: “yeah I found it in the mud it’s all shiny and glittering”

Roxis: “wow that’s awesome! I’m gonna find one myself too hehe”

Leiah: “wow that necklace is really pretty”

Rea: while smiling with delight. “Here you can have it since were best friends”

Leiah: “Really?!” with excitement on her face “wow thank you I’m so happy!”

Rea giggles with joy

Leiah: “I’m gonna put it on forever” giggles

Leiah wore the necklace and put it under her cloth for safe keeping.

Cheerful laughter breaks between the two girls when an old man with white bearded hair, has a firm bulk muscled body despite being near his seventies while holding some farmer tools at his back and three men around their thirties approached near an old wooden house near them.

He spoke with a deep resounding voice.

Old man: “hey kids come all now inside its getting dark, you don’t want the holy knights to come get you now.”

Rea, Leiah: “Ok grandpa!” giggles

Leiah: “huh where’s Roxis?”

Rea and Leiah looks worried

Rea: “oh no maybe he’s still in the grasslands”

“Grandpa! Grandpa! Roxis is missing”

Old man: “that idiot rascal! Jean, Mark, Joe go ahead and search for Roxis”, “and don’t forget to bring arms”

Jean, Mark, Joe: “yes sir Michard!”

It’s getting darker as the time passes, Michard is putting on his armor with a sword attached at the side of the plating and lit on a torch before heading out.

Rea: “Grandpa why are you all covered in armor?”

Michard knelt his one knee down and put his big heavy hand on top of Leiah and Rea’s head.

Michard: “because you always got to be ready, and you will never know what is out there in the dark. You girls stay inside we’ll bring Roxis back” saying with a worry some face then smiled.

Leiah: With teary eyes in her face “NO! We’re coming to help get Roxis back”.

Michard: “No! Its dangerous out there you both stay put inside the house”

A wild scream and a sword fight echoes from the darkness

“ARRGHH!!”

Jean: “Roxis watch out!!”

Michard: “That’s Jean”

“I got to get going you girls stay put okay?!”

Michard stood up and rush to the darkness.

Leiah: while crying “Rea what are you doing?”

Rea: “I’m going to help grandpa and Roxis”

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