A long time ago, when humans and monsters lived together in harmony, life seemed perfect. Everyone did their part to help the community. But one day, the humans took on a new leader, who vowed to rid the world of monsters. They were forced into hiding, and the land was divided up into two. One side, Assiah, the human side, and the other, Gehenna, the monster's side. Only very powerful humans could defeat and kill monsters, for their power was enormous. However, the more humans were born, the more could kill. There were wizards, and warriors. The wizards took their magic from the essence of monsters, or spell books. The warriors took theirs from their powerful weapons. There has only been one person to be a type that is neither a wizard, or warrior, or peasant. And that was NYX. Some people called him a god, but his power was so overwhelming, and he wanted harmony again between the monsters and humans, so the new human ruler, Iahm, declared him EXILED and he went to live with the monsters. Some people think that one day, a child will set out on a quest to return harmony, and bring NYX back. THE END. CHAPTER 1 As Fox’s mom finished reading him the story, she gave him a kiss goodnight and left him in his dark, candlelit room. Fox tossed and turned, trying to fall asleep. Fox was 7 years old and was diagnosed with ADHD (except the people in his era did not know it) and it was hard for him to sleep after such a cliffhanger story, but eventually he fell asleep. As years went by, he began to grow taller, and more mature. He had brown curly hair that never laid flat, Hazel eyes that seemed brilliant green in the sun, and long arms and legs. When he was 8 he was sent to the castle to become a page for a knight. And once he was 15, he became a sire for a knight. He studied, and practiced, and studied and practiced all the time with his wooden sword. Infact, he was so good that he became a knight at 17. He was smacked in the face, to remind him of his oath, then he was dubbed by the lady, the wife of Iahm. his sword, which he called Frostbite, was about 5 ½ feet long and was almost as big as him! The handle was black and neon blue, and the blade itself was black, gray, and blue. The pommel was circular, and was gold on the edge, and had a red gem in the middle. (A pommel was the stud at the bottom of the hilt of a sword.) The rain-guard (the TOP of the hilt,) was circular as well and was a bright gold. The scabbard itself (the scabbard is the holder for the sword that you sling over your back or strap on your waist,) was black and gold, and attached to Fox’s waist. He liked the *shilliNG!* sound it made when he pulled the sword from the scabbard. It was oddly satisfying. After getting dubbed, he was immediately sent to practice again with the other newly dubbed knights. He was doing quite fine, and was even having fun practicing when the idiot Ace came over to the newly dubbed training field. Ace is a class A when it came to annoying and stuck up and stupid knights. His favorite pastime? Tormenting the knights below him. He walked up to a kid near Fox. Fox decided to sit down with his sword leaned against the stone wall under the tree he had been practicing, and started to watch them. He could see Ace laughing at the other newly dubbed knight and suddenly, Ace took out his sword from his scabbard, and smacked the newly dubbed knight over the head with the hilt of his sword. The kid he had just hit swayed on the spot, and then collapsed in a heap. Ace laughed loudly and started walking over to Fox. Ace was big and ugly, with a circle face and a squashed nose. He was bald and had 3 missing teeth. His sword was Massive, about 6 ½ feet long, and he had it slung over his shoulder. He stopped right in front of Fox, almost nose to nose. “Hey punk, I see you made it past the trials. Too bad you'll never get as good as me.” said Ace, smugly. Fox knew better than to answer. “I guess you'll miss living with your mommy, reading you bedtime stories.” “She hasn't read me a story since I was seven.” Fox muttered, but Ace heard it. Ace pushed him against the tree; “Look kid, point is that your smelly little cottage will be burned to ashes with your mother screaming inside of it if you keep making those smartass comments, alright punk?! But why would you care, your mother, you don't have a father anyway, she’s a FAILURE, JUST YOU LIKE YOU WILL BE. your kind don't go out right. They come to a sticky end. Your mother, that IDIOT had to give birth to a COCKROACH like you!” Once Ace got started, it was hard to make him stop. “I shouldn't be surprised, your mother is one too, and I bet-” he never got to finish the sentence. In 2 seconds flat, Ace was on the floor screaming.
Fox whipped out his sword, and slashed him across the arm. Ace withered and screamed and squirmed as Fox started slashing everywhere he could find. Legs, chest, face. You see, Fox had always been a very impulsive person, and it wouldn't help him in life. By the time he had stopped, Ace wasn't screaming anymore. He had passed out from the lack of blood loss. Fox had blood all over his armor, his hands, and his sword. He got up, realizing what he had done, and ran. He didn't know where, he didn't know how, but he was going to have to leave. He would have to be like NYX. he would have to run away from the kingdom of Assiah. He would have to travel into Gehenna. He went home, his mom wasnt home yet from work. He scribbled a note and went to get the rations he had saved earlier. They would come looking for him, and once they found him, they would kill him. For Ace was the son of the ruler: Iahm. btw this is part 1 im gonna post part two next :D
