Alright there is a story I've been meaning to write for a while and I finally decided I needed to get started. I'm still not entirely sure how it will all be composed so I'm not sure if this will actually be "Chapter One" but it shows the premise of one section of the book fairly well. All CnC is encouraged, even if it sounds mean. “Do you trust me?”“I hardly know you, and I'm not sure abou-”“Do you trust me?”“If you're wrong Kelina, I could die here”“Do- you -trust- me?”The two woman had been talking for nearly an hour today at the tavern table, but the past five minutes have been basically the same. A blonde, looking fairly tomboyish in a red tshirt and jeans, making claim after claim after claim while the other named a Kelina, a brown haired woman sticking out in her full body armor, responded time and again “Do you trust me?”Finally giving in the blonde haired one got to her feet. “Fine, but. If this doesn't go as you say...” There was a pause for a moment as she look down before she finished. “Take care of him” she looked back up, the few tears she couldn't hold back in her eyes. Holding her arms wide she closed her eyes tight, too scared to look onward.“I promise, Ellis” and then suddenly, in a movement fast enough Ellis would not have been able to react had she wanted to, Kelina drew a sword and drove it through her heart. There was sounds of commotion of all the unsuspecting patrons of the tavern, but it quickly faded as the world became black. ~~~ Kelina first became aware of a growling in her ears. Having not yet quite come to her senses she thought nothing of it before it turned into a howl. Turning quickly she saw a wolf with tufts of fire covering it's entire body. Smoke so dark it looked to be darkness itself poured out of every pore. It lowered it's head from the sky to show blue eyes and a second later came barreling down to close the distance a burning print with every step it took. Gripping her sword tightly she waited for it to come close and then leaped up above it. She turned quickly to find that the wolf had as well and was now preparing to follow her to the air.“Koori baku” Kelina shouted as she shoved her right hand forward. A mass that appeared to be made of blue light appeared and slammed into the blazing wolf. On contact it exploded violently pushing the two away and, based of the resulting yelp, injured the beast. As everything settled an icy fog hung in the air and the fiendish beast barked its anger in several directions. This time it was Kelina to close the distance. The closer she got she slowly realized why the beast was confused. Each of the pieces of ice acted like a tiny mirror for the light of its flames and with each step she took she grew increasingly blinded, eventually closing her eyes because it was too much. Suddenly she felt pressure on her left leg. It seemed that the wolf was biting her but wasn't able to get through the armor. But why? She wore the armor since it was far better protection than normal clothes but rarely did they stop these creatures. By the time she realized it, it was too late.Her leg burned from the heat of it's flames and she slashed at the beast to fend it back. The burning however did not subside. In the bitter cold fog the burning only got worse and worse. Forcing her eyes open she saw that it's teeth left a fire burning on the surface of the armor. She had to end it now while she could still bear to walk. The two made eye contact and began one final charge. She swung downwards but the wolf caught her left arm leaving her attack to divert to the right but she pulled the sword back and ran the beast threw with her sword.~~~ A cry pierces the night sky as a cold wind sweeps across the forest. An infant's plea for help in a world it does not understand. But unlike other children there was no mother to hold in nurturing embrace. No father to fight off the monsters that lurk in the dark corners. Only the beasts of the woods heard the cry. Cautiously the footsteps of a wolf drew ever closer to the helpless boy. Strangely, the child's cry calmed at the sight of what should be his end, it was as if it had no fear to him. The wolf came closer still and as it began to smell at the babe, the child laughed in all innocence at the tickling sensation. Startled, the wolf pulled back and turned to leave when it was met by another cry. Pulling it's head around, the wolf saw the baby reaching it's hand out, begging for the wolf to stay.The wolf looked around quickly before turning around once again to face the child. The wolf stood on it's hind legs and it's features began to morph. Hair pulled back into the skin and extended off the head as it changed from gray to blonde. Paws grew and twisted into hands and feet. Moment by moment the wolf changed to look less like a wolf and more like a human. More precisely a human girl of an age no greater than eight wearing a red shirt with blue jeans. She had dark skin suggesting she spent more time out in the sun than anywhere else. She got back to her feet and scooped up the child in her arms. “Ma won't like me coming home without food but if I left you here alone I don't think they would ever let me back.”At those words the two of them headed off to the village of the luvir people. The heart breaking irony of those words would not be found until the light of dancing flames glinted in the stream of tears hours later. Clutching the boy to her chest she ran forward hoping to save someone, anyone. But as she reached forward the flames scarred her arms. It was as if everyone she had known in her life, all of their love, their goodness, their warmth, their light. It was all being brought forth at once in a force so great she dared not come near. Retreating back to a nearby tree she fell to her knees. Holding the babe like one her age might hold a teddy bear, she wasn't sure if she was looking to comfort her or receive comfort herself. Their mutual cries filled the air until there were no tears left to shed. As her heart tired of the pain they both drifted off to sleep in the warmth of love that would not be felt again.~~~ “What are you doing? This is no place for a duel!” The barkeep was pushing Kalina and Ellis apart. But met no resistance for either party.Ellis gasped a few seconds with a wide eyed stare at Kalina “Kurt... Rounds across the house, on me”“Are you serious? This hardly seems the time. We need to get you to a hospital!”“Do you see any blood?” Kelina interjected sharply as she took a seat. “If she allowed you the perversion to look, you will find there are no scars either. Anywhere”Shocked Ellis looked down at her arm. The scar that served as a constant reminder of that dark day was gone. “What? Wait. How did you?”Kelina simply removed her right gauntlet to reveal an old burn scar that looked very familiar to Ellis. “All of your scars are now mine”
Ooh, I really liked this one. It's fast paced and it has an interesting storyline so far. The writing was a little hard to follow at first but once I realized what was going on, everything made perfect sense. Keep it up, I would love to see more of this.
