This book's kindsa long... (38 pages on Windows) so bear with me. oh and i added the 1st chapter into the prologue, because the prologue was too short... ------------------------------------------------------------- The Village of Time: In a land far away a hooded warrior stood in front of hundreds on his own to protect his home. ‘This is what I was trained to do’ he told himself. As they charged he stood his ground, his only movement was to un-sheath his sword. He fought valiantly but soon started to weaken but he refused to lose and charged in a valiant attempt to at least weaken his enemies. He lost and soon was thrown of the bridge. Chapter one: shame and sadness He awoke a few hours later feeling tired and miserable. The smell of burning wood was in the air and he could imagine his village burning. With tears in his eyes he left the village. A week went by and he traveled through village to village only staying long enough to eat and rest. He continued doing this until he came to a tavern. He went inside to get some food with the last of his money. He met an old man in there who seemed kind enough. The old man predicted that he would return to his village and fight of the darkness there. The warrior questioned the old man but he replied simply “Alex you cannot escape this destiny but if you travel to the outer regions you will only find heartbreak and death until you are forced to return” this surprised the warrior for not only had the old man predicted what he planned to do but also knew his name. That night he left for the forest of death seeking a passage away from his so called ‘destiny’ and from the pain this world still held for him. The winter was bitter against his skin but he didn’t care all that mattered was escape. Soon he was too cold to continue and made camp for the night. That night he dreamt of his best and closest friend: Eliss. He remembered when they first met. He was a young boy no older than nine and he had been rejected from the trials academy and was the first in 80years to have no special skills of his own. This had caused many problems for him and he had never had any form of friendship before because those who were willing to be his friends were picked out by others and ‘sorted out’. Once he had lost his temper at the other kids and instead of staying down like normal he got back up immediately and tolled them to stop picking on him and when one of them came up to hit him again he kicked them in the nose. This enraged the others and to Alex one second they were there the next second one of them had punched him in the face. Alex got back up again and another one punched him in the face. This continued until he was ready to just collapse and not get back up ever again. This time however when one of them had disappeared he ended up sent flying by Eliss. Eliss took down the other 8 bullies with ease. That day Eliss had become his first and only friend. He awoke soon after remembering this with tears in his eyes. Truly feeling the cold for the first time he left heading to the forest of death directly. ------------------------------------------------------------------ i'll post the next chapter once i get a couple of replys...
Chapter 2: the forbidden village. Alex ran for hours and hours on end only thinking of how unfair it was that he survived and nobody else did. He ran for days and days on end without stopping for rest until he collapsed from the lack of sleep. The next morning he woke up feeling horrible. He decided to continue through the forest until he came to a break in the trees, he saw a small village a few miles away and ran as hard as he could manage. A young boy stood near by the main entrance. He had only been recently assigned there and was not expecting anything interesting to happen so he was highly surprised when a half starved boy with a half torn hood and bright brown hair came charging through. Exhausted from hunger the boy collapsed a few meters past the gate. The young boy ran to his parents to help. They soon found the unconscious boy and took him to the village orphanage for nourishment. Alex awoke a week later in a warm bed. He got up and found that clean clothes were set out near his bed. After he got dressed he went outside. Once outside he found a young boy and his family at the door. The young boy explained his name was Erek and that he had been the one that found him and that he was hoping that Alex would come to his school. Alex reluctantly accepted and was heading to Erek’s school when they ran into an old man who was somehow familiar to Alex he asked who Alex was and explained that he had never seen him before. Erek explained that Alex was new to the village and that they were on there way to Erek’s school. The old man requested that if possible Alex could go to Erek’s school tomorrow and that Axel could accompany him instead. A few hours after, Alex was at the top of the mountain he saw when he entered and was surprised to find that there was a temple on top of it. Another hour later he found himself in the middle of the temple. There were a group of people surrounding him including the old man he had come with. One of the men spoke but Alex couldn’t make out the words. Another man responded and Alex was able to make out his name. A sudden flash and Alex saw this white circular shape flowing into him just inches away from his heart… He awoke a week later feeling light headed and weak. The events of last week were erased from his mind so he didn’t know why the elders wanted him to go to the lake. Once he was there three people came out of the shade. One was a young man with brown hair, bright blue jeans, a black shirt and leather jacket with a short sword slung around his shoulder. The second person was a young woman with light blonde hair, with pinkish colored jeans, a half jacket and a white shirt with a strange katana wrapped around her thighs. The third person was an old hooded man with a staff resting on his shoulder. They slowly surrounded him and seemed to expect him. The young man walked out and handed him an awkward looking sword with a curved handle a small button at the border and the guard and a peculiar set of nozzles which made up the guard. Other than that the blade was a single edged blade designed for single handed combat. They grouped together and discussed him. Soon the young woman stepped forward and un-sheathed her katana. “Block all my attacks using that sword and you’ll pass the first test†she tolled him. The next second she attacking him trying to find a way through Alex’s fighting pose. Alex blocked the first few attacks but soon lost balance and lost… ----------------------------------- O.O people were commmenting... i realy need to check this more... anyways i have over 42 pages worth (on microsoft office word) of this story and i'm currently working on chapter 8... thank you for commenting!!!!
