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Title: Here you go.
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Mathias - September 13, 2007 09:13 PM (GMT)
I've been posting this in a lot of places, my Myspace and WorldofWarcraft guild site are two examples. This place here is in the crapper right now but it still has some of it's best members in it... all five of you. At any rate, those five of you were some of my more favorite people, so while I don't really expect anyone to read this, I'm going to go ahead and put it here for the one of you that decides to.

Enjoy...



Chapter 1: Why am I here?


Why was I here? I looked around in a stupor, it seemed almost as if time had stopped. I turned my gaze to focus on Karin, down on one knee, she was looking straight forward with her teeth clenched tightly. Shifting my eyes over toward the Ruby Dragon, I examined it in mid lunge... a sight that would astonish many people I was sure. After only a brief moment however I turned to look back at Karin, she had her eyes turned away from our foe, she was hardly bracing herself for the attack.

"Why am I fighting?" I asked aloud to myself.

My vision trailed to the bloodstained ground. What was happening? Why was I here? The shine of my family sword, the Crysalis, caught my attention. Staring at myself in the blade of the weapon, I longed to be back with the ones I loved, especially now, here in this moment I was sure to die. The sword in my hand turned ever so slightly, revealing another face... a face I had seen before in a flash, just as I had now. I looked up and found the answer to my questions staring right at me.

It was him. He was not hiding in the shadows, but for some reason he seemed difficult to detect. Yet there he was with his trademark glare, piercing my soul with a gaze that seemed to create the very definition of evil. His hair was gray and messy, his clothes and headband were torn and tattered, his face was wrinkled and twisted into a permanent scowl. That old man was the reason I was here, it was because of him I fought. It was all his fault.

He stood tall and strong despite the appearance of his age, one arm crooked against his waist, the other clenching his sword turned backwards, the tip pointed to the ground. The very moment I focused on his weapon I felt as if I would be sick. Even though there was a good distance between us, I was attacked by the stench of death. The broad blade of his sword was completely soaked with blood, one would say it was dripping wet with it, but I knew no drop of blood would ever fall from the edge of that sword for as long as that man wielded it.

"That man..." I muttered under my breath.

"That man." I said louder, feeling the rage surface, my consciousness slipping away as the anger consumed my thoughts and my body.

"YOU!" I screamed at the top of my lungs!

I tightened my grip on my family heirloom and prepared to rush forward. That man is going to die this day! I will charge into him like a hurricane and obliterate him and his putrid existence!

I drew my sword back, stood up straight, and drew back ready to charge in, only to find I could not step forward. I was losing control, I wanted to kill him so badly! Why could I not attack!?

"You're scared, aren't you?" A familiar voice said softly to me.

Mathias - September 13, 2007 09:14 PM (GMT)

Chapter 2: Why I was here.



The voice forced a hesitation in my thoughts. Was I really scared under all of that anger?

"Mathias, do not forget why you are here." It stated calmly.

I was confused, wondering what it meant.

"Why am I here?" I asked myself.

Time had stopped it seemed.

"I can't even begin to imagine what kind of people would live like this," Karin commented as we wandered from room to room in the underground ruins our enemies had fled to. "It doesn't make since, all of the plantlife is dead and rotted. There's no signs that anything has lived here in a long time, but something is still powering these doors."

As much as I hated to waste my time wondering about it, the state of things were interesting. Everything we had seen up to this point was long dead, but the energy that powered the lights and doorways could only come from something living. Was there a living being down here that was producing the energy needed for these lost ruins?

"Does it really matter?" I responded half-heartedly. "We did not come here to marvel in the exploits of a dead civilization."

This was indeed a fact, we were only here following Zinowa, after having fought him near the entrance of this place. It really didn't matter what it used to be, all that mattered was that it could be his base of operations. Apparently stating such an obvious fact annoyed her, as Karin replied with nothing more than a frustrated sigh.

We continued through, not stopping to observe what we passed and taking every left at every fork we came upon so we would not get lost. Blaine had already chosen to split up and cover more ground with Alyssa despite the indicent earlier. In our struggle against Zinowa and his Saphire Dragon, Zinowa wielded a special kind of sword that he used to somehow drain all the dark energy from Blaine, leaving him unable to even stand on his feet. Jarrod and his friends fought alongside Karin, Alyssa and I against Zinowa and his Saphire Dragon, but they both proved to be quite powerful and we were facing a possible defeat. Fortunately though, Blaine finally gained enough strength to take up his weapon and join us in the end, which was just enough to prevail. Though we slayed the Shaphire Dragon with our combined strength, Zinowa escaped on one of the local dragons he kept tamed in the area. It was in the mountains he fled into that we found these ominouse ruins.

"There's no telling what kind of traps are in this place." I recalled Blaine saying as I found myself bothered by the arguement we had after entering Zinowa's hideout and discovering the complexity of it's design.

"Zinowa more than likely planned to lead us here." Alyssa agreed. "He could be anywhere deep within these hallways, he probably expects us to die just trying to get to him."

It was after only a short walk inside we entered a large room with a dome shaped ceiling, tables and chairs scattered about. If I had to guess I would've believed myself to be in the remains of an old restraunt. Still though, we found multiple paths leading in all directions.

"We should not waste time deciding which path to take." I stated, pointing to the far left door.

"Very wise choice," Blaine said sarcastically while backing up toward the far right door. "Then if you don't mind I'll go this way, in the exact oppisite direction."

Karin cocked an eyebrow at him, "What're you doing?"

He grinned at her question without breaking pace. "Isn't it obvious? Let's split up gang!"

Alyssa looked to each of us and began to move toward him. I however was baffled by such a ridiculous idea. After the battle outside, Jarrod decided not to pursue Zinowa with us after he fled into the mountains that we found these ruins in. So this choice was going to leave us in two groups of two.

"You haven't recovered all of your powers yet and you've done quite well to prove your uselessness without them up to now, you do realize you'll likely die alone right?"

He glared at me for only a moment, showing the slightest bit of anger and nothing more before laughing. "Heh, the only people likely to die in here are people like you. Don't underestimate what Alyssa and I can do as a team." He closed his eyes with a smirk on his face and turned to continue toward the door he chose. "Not like someone like you would know anything about teamwork anyways, you can't even count to two!" He called back to me just before bumping right into the door, obviously with his eyes still closed. He then stopped and stared dumbly at what had proven to be an obstacle for him. "So... how the heck do we open this thing?"

I found myself grinning at the thought of Blaine's failed attempt to walk through walls and ironically bumped into Karin. She glared back at me for only a brief moment but decided not to comment as I greeted her with the most plain of looks. We had stopped at a suspicous doorway of our own. She ran her hand along the wall and pressed a panel of some sort, fortunately it served no purpose other than to notify whatever living being was here to open the door, which rose into the ceiling. We walked in to find the same thing we found in every single room we had been in up to this point save for one difference. There was nothing but a large red column placed exactly in the center of another large blank pointless room with another meaningless tall dome ceiling.

"Looks like something here doesn't belong." She said, almost to herself.

I looked over to her to examine her posture, despite the heavy dark purple armor covering her arms and entire upper torso and her spear sheithed on her back, she stood completely straight and alert, both her hands on her waist. Her face was turned away from me to examine the column, showing only her short pink hair. She didn't seem bother our scared by what we had come across in the least.

"Another strong observation I see." I muttered, looking to inspect the crown of my sword just in time to ignore a cold stare. I then looked up as I heard the footsteps of her closing in on the object ahead, and finally turned to look behind me after hearing the sound of the door closing behind us.

"It seems we've entered one of those famous traps Karin." I said loudly for her to hear.

Instead of another annoyed response from her however, I heard laughter. Laughter from a male voice. I quickly turned back as Karin drew her spear from her back, stepping away from our ruby colored column, which had begun cumbling and chipping away, revealing something shaped like a dragon

Lionman363 - September 18, 2007 08:06 PM (GMT)
Yeah.....should i cry now? ;)

SuicuneSol - September 21, 2007 12:22 AM (GMT)
Hello Mathias!

I got to reading it. I hope you aren't angry at me for not replying sooner.

So I see you've decided to write an original fic of some sort. Here we have the boy with an heirloom sword, fighting a dragon with his comrades and his special girl.

:/ I don't understand anything Mathias. What is this supposed to be? It isn't bad, but it needs description and... well, I don't know what it is.

SuicuneSol - September 23, 2007 03:52 AM (GMT)
I'm sure you'd love to see that.

Sounds like you're begging for a twenty percent warning.

Mathias - September 24, 2007 12:34 AM (GMT)
well suicine, you arent suppose to know anything about it obviously, this isnt the beginning of anything, its the middle, so obviously youre going to be clueless from the start

however, i do plan to explain everything to satisfaction as i write...and of course if youre so interested ill be happy to explain things and answer questions to at least some extent

and be careful with assumptions, its fun to guess but i really just cant see where you got the "special girl" thing from lol... point out where i made that apparent because it wasnt my intentions to make it seem that way

but at any rate, thanks for the interest guys ^_^

SuicuneSol - September 24, 2007 12:39 AM (GMT)
If it's chapter 1, then it's the beginning-- unless it's a scene of the future. You ought to be clearer on that.

If you can elaborate, then I'll be happy to be a regular reader.

Mathias - September 24, 2007 12:44 AM (GMT)
okay, you got me there, while this is a section of a bigger thing i did call it chapter 1, and thats a very strong observation to make

do you think i should rename it part one and part 2 perhaps to help avoid having that misunderstanding again?

i kind of wanted to introduce certain characters and themes before i introduced the actual story as a whole which is why im writing it in this fashion, do you think i shouldve done it diferently?

(and by the way, i have another fanfic thread on this forum, go check it out as you may find that its related to this on in the sense of a backstory)

Snipe104 - September 24, 2007 10:35 AM (GMT)
That might work depending where it actually is in the whole story. Seems like it is good, but I'm confused too.

SuicuneSol - September 24, 2007 04:13 PM (GMT)
Do you mean that you're trying to start the story at the middle, then later you will begin in the beginning, as though a flashback? If so, that's just fine.

But it's still very rough, because when you do that it needs to draw the reader in, and not just "begin".

If this is some sort of preface, prologue, intro, or something like that, I don't suggest seperating it into parts-- just make it one, big thing.

Another problem I've got is lack of description of the setting. I have no idea where anyone is, but I do know roughly what they look like. I do know they have swords and armor, but the imagery of where they're fighting is just a blur.

Lionman363 - September 24, 2007 06:31 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (SuicuneSol @ Sep 22 2007, 10:52 PM)
I'm sure you'd love to see that.

Sounds like you're begging for a twenty percent warning.

Sorry,Sorry,its actually my one not yours!Heh,heh.......god Im such a moron. :drool:

Mathias - September 24, 2007 07:15 PM (GMT)
Well something that has to be understood is that what you're reading is through the eyes of the main character. Everything described is in the first person perspective and he has a tendency to focus on some things and miss others. Even so, I still tried to have him describe his enviroment to satisfaction so I'm going to look back into it and see what I may have missed and apply those things to my more recent writings.
Which is why I'm doing this in sections, I still have a lot to learn so and all of this im releasing has been revised at least once anyways, so I'm going to give bit by bit to learn more about what needs to be changed so that the story can get better and better as it's read. I don't want to release it all at once with problems all up and down it's structure. Also, What you've read so far is about 1/12 of the entire thing....so it's not going to be very easy to read nor to write all at one time. :}

But I'm not really trying to "start" the story here, theres a lot to show in regards to timelines and characters, I'm just releasing it at this part because I think I can use this section of the story to introduce the elements of the world, the chatacters, and the general plot of things by the time I finish with the entire section. It's not a prologue and its not a start, its just a peek at things and an introduction of sorts. After I finished this part I planned on writing this section of the timeline over again from the aspect of Blaine, as he does, sees, and reacts to things in a very different way. He also has a lot of important dramatic issues at this same time as well, so I'me sure to he'll peak the reader's interests with his personality, dilemmas, and observations.

SuicuneSol - September 24, 2007 11:51 PM (GMT)
That may be so. Well, it is. XP But you should also know that as someone who is telling the story, he/she must be aware that he/she is writing to an audience.

Eh, you just need time... :} I'm criticizing you a bit much. Sorry.

Mathias - September 25, 2007 02:54 AM (GMT)
i appreciate the intrest, and im happy to let you know youll be able to poop on chapter/section/whatever 3 very soon, ive finished the revised version and all i have left to do now is check it over for typos, sentence errors and other gramar problems and it will be ready to release
ive taken a bit of what you said into consideration and applied it ever so slightly as well, i hope you enjoy it and find it well improved over the other two

and speaking of which, its about twice as long as the first 2 chapters combined, so be ready to sit down and read for a good few minutes, ill release it either tommorow night or the night after at the latest, and of course ill be here answering questions and talking about it meanwhile

Lionman363 - September 28, 2007 04:49 PM (GMT)
Mathias I just finished reading the story,I agree with Suicine it makes no sense,but its a nice....calming story,hope everyone read it. ^_^

Mathias - September 28, 2007 11:19 PM (GMT)
Well I'm sad to keep hearing that, but I'm afraid I can't push furthur into it because I've never recieved that kind of critism before, I'm going to post the back story in my next post and maybe that will help but other than that I think you two are just looking to hard into it and not just taking it lightly. You simply aren't supposed to understand, you're supposed to learn as you read and it's not going to kill you to do that ever though I've started the story at this point.
At any rate, like I said I will answer any questions you may have, if it's that important then just ask me.
Anyways, here's Chapter 3, enjoy and thanks for reading. ^_^



Chapter 3: The Dragon and the Angel

As the pillar of red stone crumbled away to reveal what seemed more and more of a new enemy to me, I quickly scanned the room one last time in search of obstacles and the source of the laughter. Oddly though the room was entirely plain. I would have assumed it was another recreation room, but if it was then it's furnishings were removed. Light flowed in from the domed ceiling and kept things visible enough, save for the dimness along the walls. There was nothing here and no place for something or someone to hide. I had no choice but to face the obvious foe in front of me.

"We were expecting something like this all along," I called out to Karin as I calmly drew my sword from it's sheath. "This is obviously another one of Zinowa's creations, a Ruby Dragon, I suppose. So let's deal with it and move forward without wasting too much time."

Karin nodded in response without taking her eyes off the monster, which had began to animate and stretch its long, slender legs and its broad wings. Its overall size was impressive. Standing on all four legs, it was taller than both Karin and I, and I assumed it would be very fast too.

"Yeah," she replied, readying herself to attack, "Lets just hope it's not as strong as the blue one then."

"Our best strategy is to focus attacks on one spot and cripple it," I continued. "I doubt it will take much to pierce it's skin.

This time Karin seemingly ignored me. Her contempt for me was always made obvious in this way. I was sure she was likely annoyed by the ominous foe in the area and didn't care to take orders from me either way. I sighed to myself, I couldn't be held responsible if she died for being so narrow minded while fighting.

The dragon hunched back and let loose a deafening roar, then charged toward Karin. The distance between them was small, so she had no time to move out of it's way. Instead she pointed her spear forward and charged into him as well. During the time it took for them to reach each other I altered the weight of my body to make it extremely light. Karin and the Ruby Dragon collided. She drove her spear into it's left shoulder, but was trampled and tossed aside in the process. I immediately fired a volley of energy at the dragon and leapt forward. The energy hit around its fresh wound and the dragon turned to look where I once stood just as I flew over it. I once again shifted my weight to make my body incredibly heavy and slammed into its back with great force, causing its slender legs to buckle and dazing it. I glanced where Karin's spear struck. The dragon's skin was tougher than I had expected, and it was barely pierced. Determined to make it's wound more dire I slashed at it violently and relentlessly. After close to a dozen strikes the dragon had finally begun to flail around and I finished with a quick stab centered into the cut before jumping to safety again.

The dragon rose to it's feet, growling and snarling in pain while flailing it's head and tail in anger. I looked to Karin and saw that she was still catching her breath from the previous attack. I was sure she would be ready to fight in only a few moments. However, I wasn't prepared to wait for her to make another mistake, such as dealing such a light blow to the enemy while taking so much damage. Instead I planned to lunge forward and finish the dragon with my next attack. I turned to face it as it glared at me with glowing red eyes. A look like that would intimidate most warriors, but I wasn't one to show fear so easily. I readied my sword behind me as I prepared to charge in. Dodging a clumsy swipe and going for it's throat would be the easiest way you kill it.

"It is fortunate this dragon is weaker," I thought to myself, "The Sapphire Dragon had skin much tougher than this one, it took all of my strongest attacks just to pierce it in the slightest."

I began to condense my energy into two sections of my body, a small portion emerged from my left hand in the form of a deep blue orb. The other flowed from my right hand into my sword, and it began to glow dimly. The orb of energy floated near me and I launched myself forward at maximum speed, prepared to destroy the dragon with my Lightning Stab. During this time it had slowly backed up in anticipation or my attack, so I was required to clear the entire length of the room to reach it, a mere 50 yards at best. After only a few seconds of running was I ready to strike. I prepared to dash forward with a burst of speed as the dragon opened it's mouth and... fire!

I had already propelled myself forward and right into it's flames! There was no way to expect an attack like that. I was taken completely off guard and engulfed in the fiery cone it spewed from its mouth. I hit the ground in pain and found myself unable to move from it's devastating heat. I cried out in pain as I felt the energy from my Lightning Orb release and strike the dragon. It wasn't enough to stun it though and I remained under attack, unable to escape for what seemed like forever. The pain I was in made what was likely only a few moments into an eternity before the fires finally died down. I opened my fluttering eyes to see arrows flying into the Ruby Dragon's head, mostly ricocheting off but interrupting it's terrible onslaught against me.

I tried to rise to my feet but found myself so badly injured I was barely moving an inch at a time. I had never been hurt so badly so quickly before. The dragon discovered I was still alive and began to limp toward me to finish me off. I frantically searched across the room with fluttering eyes and saw Karin releasing the string from her weapon, the Pearl, and latching its shaft back into place to convert it from a bow into a spear again. I felt the ground tremor beneath me and looked to see the Ruby Dragon standing right above me. I had only risen to my knees and had no way to escape. It slowly raised a claw to strike at me. I couldn't think of any way to defend myself, I was sure to be killed. I waited for the blow to fall upon me, but just before its attack Karin's spear flew directly into its more grievous wound. It roared again and fell on its side, and I fell to the ground again as the ringing in my ears was unbearable. There were a few moments where I tried to rise again, unable to open my eyes or hear but feeling the vibrations of the battle continuing around me. Finally the ringing died down and I began to hear muffled sounds of the fight, turning to look toward them as I stood on one knee.

Karin had already retrieved her spear but appeared to have taken further damage along with the Ruby Dragon. There was a fair amount of distance between them and an even greater distance between them and me. She kicked the center of her spear and broke it into a curve again, quickly pulling the string taut and pulling an arrow from the small quiver at her waist. She shot an arrow, and to our surprise the dragon retaliated by launching a fireball. She barely had a chance to move to the side as the ball of fire burned through her arrow and struck her side. Avoiding very little of the attack, she fell to her knees and braced against her bow. The dragon slowly limped step after clumsy step to her. I tried to rise and fight but my body spasmed with agony, I was completely immobile. My body was rapidly healing my wounds but I still needed much more time in order to be able to fight again. The dragon continued to close in on Karin as she frantically tried to re-convert her bow into a spear, something she seemed to be incapable of doing.

"Damn." I coughed between grunts of pain.

I underestimated the enemy and now Karin was going to die for it. I took her life for granted, forgetting that it was my life that was worthless. I should not have let this happen.

"Why am I even here?" I asked myself. "Why did I even come to this place with these people? Why was I fighting this monster? Why was I about to die, why was I even alive?"

The damage done to me must have been far worse than I thought. With these questions in mind I felt my consciousness fading as I struggled to answer them.

"So I'm about to die..." I continued thinking weakly. "I'm going to let Karin die... and then Blaine and Alyssa. I'm going to let all of them die along with me."

My eyes began to flutter again, the room started to slowly spin around me.

"I'm going to die here.. my friends are going to die here. They are going to die because... because..."

"Because if you die, there will be no one to protect them." A calm voice said.

The words circled around in my head. Without me, lives will be lost? I couldn't recall ever having "saved" anyone before. What had I been doing since I gained these powers? Memories began to flash before me, I trained in sword play for as long as I could remember... what was the point of it all? I opened an eye... I opened one eye just the slightest bit as I laid on the ground. I opened it and saw the slightest glimmer of something in front of me. I really couldn't see what it was, but I did not have to. I knew what I had dropped and forgotten about. It was my family sword.

"You live so that others may not die." The ominous voice continued on through my thoughts. "You are a gift to those who cannot help themselves. I have made you into a hero that prevents death."

I felt a tear roll down my face. My eyes were closed again but felt like I had never been less blind.

"I do not want to die." I said to it. "I want to live, I want to protect."

Somehow, I felt as I could see it smile. It seemed so familiar to me but I could not quite tell who it was.

"Then go," It replied. "Stand up and fight, and do not forget why you are alive."

Suddenly something hit me. Something crashed into me like a massive wave of water. But, it did not crush me, it didn't force me, it merely rushed along me gently and carried me along its current. I opened my eyes as the sensation died to find myself standing, sword in hand.

Why was I here? I looked around in a stupor, it seemed almost as if time had stopped. I turned my gaze to focus on Karin. She was down on one knee, looking straight forward with her teeth clenched tightly. Shifting my eyes over toward the Ruby Dragon, I examined it in mid lunge... a sight that would astonish many people I was sure. After only a brief moment I turned to look back at Karin. She had her eyes turned away from our foe, and she was hardly bracing herself for the attack.

"Why am I fighting?" I asked aloud to myself. I looked around, and saw the man who ruined my life. My mind was shocked, every single bit of energy in my body tensed and focused on him.

"That is why I am here." I told myself. "To kill that man, to get revenge."

"Mathias, do not forget why you are here." The voice repeated in my mind.

"I see him now," I told it. "I'm here to kill him."

"No," It said. "You're purpose is never to kill, you were not given your powers to kill."

Suddenly I recognized the voice. It was the Angel, the one from the shrine I found refuge in when I first began my journey. It was the spirit of the Hero from the Past, the one whom I inherited these powers and abilities from. I looked back to Karin, realizing she was gritting her teeth in fear. She was not bracing herself because she knew the next blow would end her life.


Mathias - September 28, 2007 11:20 PM (GMT)
And here is the Back Story.




125 years ago there lived a man in the small and secluded town of Anuro named Masamune. He was well known as an excellent blacksmith and swordfighter, and praised by his community, his skills as a warrior defended his home very well against monsters. And the wonderful weapons he made defended villages in other lands as well. Then, one day, he let loose an unspeakable horror across the world.

After finding a completely new and mysterious alloy, he worked feverishly for months, shunning his friends and family. With his new metal he forged four swords: Fenrir, Noem, Masamune, and Maelstrom. It is said that he forged the weapons for a group of bandits who were paying him a great deal of money, but on the day of transaction he was betrayed and killed. These four swords were so incredibly powerful, someone who wielded one or more could easily rule the world, and that is exactly what happened. Masamune died at the age of 40, buried with the sword he named after himself, which had been cursed when he died. The Maelstrom had never even been seen, because it went missing on the same day.

However, the other two, Fenrir and Noem, emerged in the hands of evil. Two of four leaders in an army of thieves wielded the legendary weapons now, and they wrought havoc on the world. Traveling from town to town, taking whatever they pleased and destroying whatever they wanted, they threw the world into a Dark Age for another 20 years, and no one attempted to stand against them but one man.

He was only seen by the world for one day, he came down from the sky like an angel and destroyed the entire army single-handedly. His name was Mathias, covered in white armor, with large angelic wings and wielding the long lost Maelstrom. He vanquished the army in that one day, and the four evil rulers and the two other legendary weapons were lost into the void. Then, at the end of that day, he vanished, never to be seen again.

The name Mathias was praised and honored and a great shrine was built in his name. The Dark Age had finally ended, towns were rebuilt and so were lives. A pleasant sense of peace blanketed the land for another 50 long years, but it all ended very abruptly when the Black Dragon appeared in the town of Foner, and a new Dark Age was just beginning.




For 50 years the world rested in peace, and during that time it prospered and developed. The villages eventually evolved into cities and formed governments. The largest city, Foner, founded the 4 year “World’s Strongest Warrior” tournament for the purpose of encouraging people to become strong enough to defend their homes against monsters. Things became very stable and organized, and monsters and other dangers were easily subdued. But even with all these efforts, nothing could really prepare for the next great threat.

On one foggy evening, about 7 months before the next World Tournament, a massive Black Dragon appeared from seemingly out of nowhere and began rampaging through the city of Foner. The 3-Time World Champion, known as Rave, lived in Foner and periodically defended it from dragons, and he and a band of soldiers fought back. In only a few hours over a third of the city was destroyed, countless lives were lost, and Rave was injured so badly he was bedridden for two weeks, while nearly all of his allies had been lost, along with countless other lives. The Black Dragon left with barely a scratch.

As if this weren’t bad enough, there was another threat as well.
Random massacres had just began occurring in other different cities. However, although all the victims died of sword wound, no bloodshed was ever found. In fact, the victims themselves seemed to have had their blood drained from their body. This and sittings of a mysterious in the cities lead to rumors of a vampire being the culprit. The news of the Vampire and the Black Dragon spread like wildfire and filled people with panic.

The world was once again covered in fear, darkness, and chaos; prepared to enter a new Dark Age. The Vampire struck again and every member of an aristocratic family from Montegale, the richest family in the world in fact, was found dead from the familiar bloodless wounds except for one member, who was missing and assumed dead as well, never to be seen again. The Black Dragon attacked again as well, except this time it completely demolished the entire town of Anuro, killed all of it’s residents, and destroyed the small army that had been formed against it. There was no stopping this horror, and it seemed as if the world was doomed for sure.

Lionman363 - September 29, 2007 09:32 AM (GMT)
Woah,IT WAS a good story! B)

Mathias - September 29, 2007 08:37 PM (GMT)
ah, im glad its starting to work out for you :}

i fixed a couple typos in it and the Backstory just now as well, the backstory may have given you a tiny bit of insight so far i hope, but if not then i guarantee if you use it as a reference youll find it to explain many things as you continue to read

also, im going to continue posting little "extras" like that to help you understand the charcters, plot, and the world they live in :)

Lionman363 - September 30, 2007 03:59 PM (GMT)
No thanks we have enough unless to plan to email me the rest!Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!Actually my email can delete unwanted messages..... ;)

The Wind Seer - October 3, 2007 08:44 PM (GMT)
Must read this!

Mathias - October 3, 2007 10:59 PM (GMT)
so....youre saying you havent but you need to?

Lionman363 - October 4, 2007 06:21 PM (GMT)
The poor guy,life is a shame. :cry:

Mathias - October 4, 2007 06:41 PM (GMT)
who?

The Wind Seer - October 6, 2007 02:33 AM (GMT)
me! I didn't have time yet to read this story....

Mathias - October 6, 2007 09:00 AM (GMT)
lawl dont pretend you have a life, none of us have lives


quit lieing to yourself, i sure dont :cry:

The Wind Seer - October 7, 2007 04:28 PM (GMT)
...I am not lieing....

Mathias - October 8, 2007 02:02 AM (GMT)
/pat






Lionman363 - October 8, 2007 04:00 PM (GMT)
Idont believe it!This sort of thing has gone nuts because of one guy unable of reading a story(strong reading disabilities)we need to put it back on topic.
Ok lets refresh,its a crap story about Suicune and his mother,oh wait,that was classified false o_O ,um.....its about ........something that doesnt make sense.END OF STORY. :}

The Wind Seer - October 8, 2007 08:22 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Lionman363 @ Oct 8 2007, 11:00 AM)
Idont believe it!This sort of thing has gone nuts because of one guy unable of reading a story(strong reading disabilities)we need to put it back on topic.
Ok lets refresh,its a crap story about Suicune and his mother,oh wait,that was classified false o_O ,um.....its about ........something that doesnt make sense.END OF STORY. :}

I just started to get hyperactive...on big 8 forums (which I spent about 4 hours)...plus...my life outside the PC world is also starting to get more active...

Anyways I read Chapters 1 & 2.
Very cool.

Mathias - October 9, 2007 07:04 PM (GMT)
ive been told the third is the best, i hope more people agree

at any rate ive started on 4 and im trying to stay consistent with my quality, which is slightly difficult

Lionman363 - October 10, 2007 06:44 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (The Wind Seer @ Oct 8 2007, 03:22 PM)
QUOTE (Lionman363 @ Oct 8 2007, 11:00 AM)
Idont believe it!This sort of thing has gone nuts because of one guy unable of reading a story(strong reading disabilities)we need to put it back on topic.
Ok lets refresh,its a crap story about Suicune and his mother,oh wait,that was classified false o_O ,um.....its about ........something that doesnt make sense.END OF STORY. :}

I just started to get hyperactive...on big 8 forums (which I spent about 4 hours)...plus...my life outside the PC world is also starting to get more active...

Anyways I read Chapters 1 & 2.
Very cool.

*shuffles hair upwards*HYPERACTIVE???
More than that you went bloody nuts!
Its just a fun non sense making story okie?Calm down a bit okie? :}

Mathias - October 11, 2007 04:52 AM (GMT)
anyways, here are some drawings of mine.


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Lionman363 - October 11, 2007 06:55 PM (GMT)
Cool,good shading around the edges,do you do art in highschool? o_O

Mathias - October 12, 2007 01:39 AM (GMT)
no, ive never taken an art class that wasnt mandatory and i never learned anything from them, everything ive learned was from studying and practicing by myself
the quality is considerably worse after running it through this new scanner... something i dont understand but am going to work on

The Wind Seer - October 12, 2007 11:56 PM (GMT)
Not bad.

Mathias - October 21, 2007 04:55 AM (GMT)
bump >.>

pumpkin - October 21, 2007 07:30 AM (GMT)
nice :gshappy:

Mathias - October 22, 2007 08:21 PM (GMT)
/clap

Well here it is, Chapter 4. I've decided not to waste my time writing anymore right now because im just not pleased with the lack of interest people are taking in it. So I hurried to finish this one and here it is. Hope the few of you who read it enjoy. :lol:



Chapter 4: One Problem After Another



I felt so confused, standing in the frozen scene of this calamity. I was having a hard time focusing on my surroundings, and I only just now realized that despite my gaining a second chance to live, Karin was still on the verge of death.

"You have gained more of my power by becoming more in sync with me," the Angel said, "do you think it's more important for that sacred power to end lives or to save them?"

"In sync?" I pondered, "I am my own person. I cannot become someone just because I have their abilities." I stood confused. "I make my own decisions do I not? I knew what was most important to me. But still..."

I raised my head and broke my thoughts to examine Karin once more. It seemed I just didn't know what was important in life. I suppose I just didn't know what life was anyways.

"Either way," the Angel continued, "you can't expect the world to wait on you like it is right now. You have had plenty of time to contemplate your existence, now isn't the time to stand around thinking."

Suddenly the room around me began to move again. There was no time to waste. I knew what I had to do, and I sprinted forward with only one thing in mind. New sensations flowed through me. My body seemed lighter. The movement in the room around me felt slightly slower, and I knew that I had certainly gained some interesting new energies. I intended to use them as I saw fit, I wasn't going to let anyone make my decisions for me. In the time it took for one simple swing of an arm I sprinted across the entire room, covering the last few yards of space with my Light Dash. I accelerated the energy in my body to propel myself forward and cover the short distance instantly, placing myself directly between the Ruby Dragon and Karin.

I knocked Karin's feeble body out of the way and the dragon's claw struck me instead. My shoulder guards and tough skin repelled most of the blow and it threw itself off balance. I lightened my weight and jumped toward the wall near us. I hit the wall with my feet flat against it and sprung myself forward with all my might, leaving a small indention where I lept from. Instantly I shifted my weight again and slammed into the side of the dragon like a boulder, knocking the breath and a little bit of fire out of it as it flew across the room. I hit the ground weightless and watched it roll and tumble to a stop, then frantically fumbled to get back on it's feet. Finally gaining its balance, the dragon immediately launched a fireball at me. Expecting an attack like this, I pushed energy out of my body in all directions and felt it condense and cover every last inch of my skin.

"Light Shield!" I called out as the fire slammed into me, failing to make me so much as flinch as the barrier absorbed all the damage and faded.

The dragon showed no signs of fear. It shook the room with another massive roar and stood ready for attack. It hardly seemed able to move and I knew now was another opportune moment to finish it. I lifted my sword and pointed it at the beast, focusing and condensing even more of my abundant energy. I pushed it down my arm and into the blade, filling it with unstable power as it glowed with a brighter and brighter golden light. It was now that I realized how much time I had wasted fighting this foe, it was time for to die. I began moving forward at a steady pace, with my sword trailing at my side. I knew I would have to act fast as the unstable energy in my sword would not last long. The dragon glared fiercely back as its eyes glowed red once more and smoke billowed from its nose. I sped up and then finally lept forward. It opened its mouth and... fire spewed out again! This time however I was ready for it. I hit the ground firmly, as I had not lept forward with very much force. The flames closed in on me, but I jumped backward with ease and completely evaded them, no sword in hand.



The flames died down immediately, revealing the dragon wide eyed in shock with its mouth still open. The handle and crown of my sword protruded from its throat. Its body shook slightly, but it did nothing but stare... there was nothing it could do, and it knew it.

"Soul Breaker!" I yelled with all my might.

The energy released from my blade and created a powerful explosion, flinging flesh and blood all about and completely destroying the neck and head of the dragon. It's still living body stumbled about and flailed violently. This time of course I wasn't forced to endure it's tedious noise and waited silently and patiently as it finally lost the last bit of it's strength and crumbled to the ground in a lifeless heap. The Ruby Dragon was dead.

"It's about d*** time!" Karin screamed from behind me. "But how about not cutting it so close next time before you decide to make your great comeback, okay!?"

I glance back at her. She was standing now, though still braced against her spear for support. I didn't see the point in responding, so I instead turned and walked to the corpse of our fallen enemy and retrieved my sword from the ground nearby. I looked around the room, and saw nothing. I wasn't surprised by this, but I knew he was there. I could feel him... he was watching me.

"Enough of this Draken!" I called out. "Show yourself!"

Suddenly it felt as if the room grew darker, a cold sensation swept over me. He stepped from seemingly out of nowhere into plain sight near the edge of the room. He was staring into my eyes every single time I looked at him, and he continued to do it now as he formed a nasty scowl.

"I get it now boy." He grunted with a deep raspy voice. "I recognize those powers you use. You're just borrowing them, aren't you?"

My fingers were shaking, and I struggled to maintain my structure as I stared back at him. I couldn't quite understand what was overcoming me. There was something about him that was indescribable. Was it an aura of some sort? He was piercing through my heart, I felt like I was stifling a cough trying to burst from my chest. I needed to focus, whatever he was doing I couldn't let him succeed.

"Do you remember me, Draken?" I stated trying to contain my emotions. "We've met twice already, when you attacked Montegale and when you destroyed Anuro."


His scowl twisted in anger and he spit on the ground.

"Remember you?" He laughed. "I dont give a crap about your sad excuse of an existence. Somehow you've managed to get your hands on some very interesting energy. Big deal, you're still just a stupid kid and you're no more special than the vermin I slaughtered in Montegale to feed my sword. You think you're strong? Think you're special? You're about to find out just how weak and pitiful you are, the worst is here now."

The Wind Seer - October 31, 2007 02:33 AM (GMT)
*reads it*




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