Chapter One.

Chapter One.

According to the well-known legend, the land Mashironia was once ruled by spirits and shadows. Humans, beasts, dwarfs, elves, and many other creatures struggled to live in depression and darkness. In the year 0 which is known as the great beginning, a spirit of fortune and prophecy defeated Malum the shadow of chaos and division after a long battle. The spirit then created light, happiness, and fortune for all the creatures in the land. The spirit’s name is Sai, and he was known as the spirit of all. In addition, the great spirit built many grand temples, and the temples were for Sai’s prophecies which were always true and inevitable. But after all the temples were finished, all the spirits and shadows in the land just simply disappeared. No one knew where they went.

Many years later, humans got the throne. In December 31st 2999, the oldest prophecy of the great spirit was newly discovered in the remains of the great temple Maiestas in December 31st 2999. One part of the prophecy said that one human who will be born on January of the year 3000 would be the ruler of all. Other parts of the prophecy were ruined and illegible. Subjects of the empire who knew the prophecy were all hoping that the evil emperor Domanuct would be overthrown. However, the emperor heard about the prophecy, and ordered all his men to make sure that no child remained. The massacre lasted for a year, until the emperor was finally satisfied that all the infants of the prophecy were dead, but what he didn’t know was that five lucky ones survived.

In the entrance-forbidden dark forest near the human village of Canis, three savage beasts were chasing a hunter who’s right shoulder was bleeding. There was no moon that night. The hunter was running tiredly with his bow in his hand and his quarrel on his back with only three arrows left. His long a-hand-and-a-half sword was swaying in its scabbard. He was running too fast to stop on the cliff at the end of the forest. He dropped down. As he was thinking that he was going to die, his body touched the water with a splash. When he was trying to swim to the surface of the water, he noticed something glowing at the bottom of the water. He curiously swam down, and the hunter found out the glowing figure was a wailing baby. He promptly grabbed the baby, but he too, began to glow. The warm light then became a golden bubble, and the hunter and the baby were carried out of the water and they were floating in the air back to the hunter’s house. The hunter’s wound on his shoulder also miraculously healed!

The hunter’s wife was walking back and forth worriedly in front of the hunter's house, she was too stunned to talk when she saw her husband descending from the sky in a bubble, holding a baby in his arms. When the bubble touched the grassy ground, it popped and splashed golden liquid all over the front lawn. “Oh, Robert! Is... is that magic?” Robert Margin explained all the things he experienced as he was hunting to his wife Kathleen. “Oh my goodness! That's unbelievable! Then what do you want to do with the magical baby?” Kathleen asked. “We are going to adopt him.” “Okay. Sometimes I do think about having another child.” Kathleen thought about both of her sons’ deaths because of the evil empire army. “But he needs a name!” The hunter said with a smile, “He already has one! His name is Lux, which means light.”

The next morning, the hunter started to tell others about his experience the previous day, but no one believed him. Then one of their neighbors Ana Carisona said. “Even though I don’t believe you, you adopted a child right? Let me see!” “Sure!” The hunter said. So Ana walked with the hunter into his house while carrying her baby, Selena. As Robert, Kathleen, and Ana were watching the babies playing together, Coran the blacksmith rushed into the house. He said in a very deep and quiet voice “The emperor’s men are coming! The emperor ordered his men to kill all the infants! Hide them immediately!” Robert hurriedly hid the babies under a pile of clothes in the kitchen cupboard. A moment later, two armed men kicked open the front door. “I believe there are babies in this home. Do a search!” A fierce looking soldier opened the cupboard and threw the pile of clothes onto the ground. Ana and Kathleen covered their mouths in fear, but there was nothing there! After a few more minutes of searching, the two soldiers finally left. Momentarily, the kitchen cupboard shined so brightly that everyone inside the house had to close their eyes. When they had opened their eyes again, Lux and Selena were both sitting safely inside the cupboard!


First story series! Meow.

Editor.

Author