Chapter 2.

Chapter 2

By: Meowda

Edited by: thecat

A boy with long red hair was practicing his sword on a clearing in front of his house, in the human village of Canis. His name is Lux. “Lux? It’s time to hunt!” shouted the hunter, Robert Margin.

 “Dad, I just turned fifteen yesterday. Can I go hunting by myself today?” Lux asked while tying his scabbard and his a-hand-and-a-half sword on the left side of his waist.

“Mr. Margin, you’d better not let the little boy go by himself. Can I go with him?” Selena Carisona, a girl with long blond hair and dark green eyes said.

“Hey, Selena! Don’t call me little when you are only six months older than me!” Lux protested.

Then Ana Carisona shouted, “Selena! It’s time to weave! Come over here!”

 “Yeah, Selena. Go weaving! This is what girls need to do.” Laughed Lux.

“Oh shut up, Lux!”

Selena cried, “Mom! I hate making clothes and doing boring chores. Can I please go hunting? I’m pretty good at archery. I promise I won’t get hurt.”

“Okay, but just this once!”

“Thanks mom!” Selena smiled happily.

 Then Mr. Margin said, “Selena, don’t forget the dagger skill I taught you yesterday, and you also need to help me take care of this hasty boy.”

 “Hasty boy, Lux. By the way, I need to get my bow, arrows, and daggers from my house.”

When the two teens were armed and ready to go, Mr. Robert admonished them once more and said, “Remember not to cross the red line!”

“Yes, dad!” Replied Lux. Lux and Selena ran happily into the forest.

The human village of Canis is surrounded by a huge, dangerous forest filled with vicious magical creatures. It was said that a long time ago, Sai the spirit of all casted a spell that kept all magical creatures out of a circular red line, which surrounded Canis to protect the villagers. Inside the red line, there’s only normal animals like deer and rabbits. The legend also said that Sai built a temple in the forest, but no one knew what its position because it was outside of the red line. Canis is a small village with a population of 30 people. Villagers mostly hunted for living. And here goes Lux and Selena!

“Hush, Lux. I spotted a deer over there. I’ll shoot it with my excellent skills. If it still had the energy to escape, you go and kill it with your sword.” said Selena in a low voice.

“Don’t try to brag about your skill, Selena. You’re skills are okay, and I can shoot too.” “Shut up, Lux. My hunting plan starts now.”

Suddenly, the ground trembled, and the deer ran away with fear.

“What’s going on?” Lux asked with surprise.

The ground’s shaking became stronger, and four tall trees behind them were slashed away by a giant paw, revealing a huge human-looking beast.

 “Kill! Destroy! Blood! I can’t stop thinking about these words after the king did the stupid experiment on me!” The beast said, with a mouth full of fangs.

Selena shot an arrow straight at his head, but the arrow bounced off harmlessly.

Selena shouted to Lux with dread, “I think we’d better run.”

“You’re totally right.” Lux cried back as they ran deep into the forest.

They turned left and right to get rid of the chasing monster. However, the fat monster was very fast, and they spotted the red line right in front of them.

Selena stopped and cried desperately, “What do we do now? The big monster is catching up!”

 “What can we do? Run straight forward!”

“But…” Not waiting for her to finish her sentence, Lux grabbed her hand and dragged her forward.

“Lux, we’re forbidden to cross the red line!”

“But we don’t have a choice!”

“Then think of a way to go back without the monster chasing us!”

“I have no idea! By the way, let’s turn right here.” They argued as they continuously ran deep into the forest.

Suddenly, they heard a howl and saw a gigantic wolf with long fangs on a branch of a big tree staring at them. The fangs shined with electricity around it.

“That’s a magical wolf! I told you not to cross the red line, Lux. Now, what do we do?” Selena cried even more desperately.

However, Lux said with a smile, “I’ve got an idea! Stop running, and when I count to one, we jump to the side.”

“Really, Lux! You…”

“Three…”

The wolf howled with hunger. The human-beast was getting closer slashing away trees which blocked his way.

 “Two…”

The electrical wolf was ready to jump down, and the monster behind was ready to stroke.

“One!”

 Lux and Selena both jumped to the side of the path, and the monster clashed with the wolf. The electrical fangs stabbed deep into the monster’s shoulder, and the giant paw stroke deep into the wolf’s stomach. However, the two beasts didn’t die. The wolf rapidly jumped off from the monster, and the monster stumbled backward. Instantly, two arrows hissed through the air and hit both of the beasts on their wounds. Only Selena the great archer could shoot two accurate arrows together. She shot more arrows at them. Then Lux pulled out his long sword and stabbed the wolf on the back. Bluish blood flew out of the beast. After killing the wolf, Lux also jumped and stabbed the human-beast deep into his wound.

“Finally! Let’s go back.” said Lux who was gasping quickly.

“But how? I don’t know which direction the village is. I think we are lost.”

“One dilemma after another. Now you decide which way.”

“Okay. I think…the best choice is to turn left.” Selena said with hesitation.

They jogged for a while after turning left, and then they found themselves surrounded by four giant electrical wolves. Lux said with a wry smile, “Great idea, Selena!” Suddenly, a wolf jumped and slashed Selena down. Just as Lux was trying to protect Selena, another wolf jumped towards him and put him down as well. When he was trying to endure the pain, he saw the two other wolves gathering around Selena opening their electrical mouths, ready to have lunch. Rage grew inside him. Even though Lux always quarreled with her, he could not bear to see Selena his only friend, being eaten. “I want power.” he thought with anger and aspiration. Suddenly, a deep voice echoed in his mind, “I can give you power.” Then he blacked out for a few seconds.

When Lux was conscious again, he found himself standing with his sword in his hand. Around him, four dead wolves lied in puddles of blue blood. His sword had blood all over it as if it was dipped into blue ink. Selena was staring at him with surprise and fear. “Did I do this?” Lux asked with wonder. “You began to glow. You threw off the wolf on you. Then you pulled out your sword and slayed all the wolves with lightning speed and incredible strength. At that time, your eyes looked as cold as ice. Then you poked my arm, and both of our wounds were healed.” Selena explained. “That was unbelievable. Lux, how did you…” A blazing fireball suddenly landed between them, and threw them high into the sky. When they dropped hardly on the ground and stood up, an elf with brown hair, in empire armor was sneering at them with a blazing fireball floating in his hand.        

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!


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