Hey boys and girls, this is my first own-developed story so I hope you will like it. Please don't hate me because of my grammar and my sentence structure, English is not my mother tongue. I'll try my best and hope that you don't get eye cancer after you have read my sentences. Enjoy my story, I hope like it. I'm not sure how many Chapters I can upload per week but I'll try once per week maybe two if I have enough time. Don't worry if you haven't captured the story's plot, you will get more information later and understand it soon enough.
She jumped over a tree, which lied on the ground in front of her, at the same time she dodged the incoming dagger, which would have hit her. She glanced over her shoulder, only to see that the assassin, who tries to kill her, disappeared in a blink of an eye. She felt a lot of pain as his iron fist hit her in her left cheek, she stumbles and felt in the dust right ahead with her face. The cloaked man kicked her in the back as he laughs evil.
"It's over" he said. He pulled another dagger out of his belt. She tried to stand up but the pain in her back denied her attempt. She let a painful sound slip her throat. She pulls herself up a little but the slim man kicked her in the back again. "It's over Sarah. That's how you call yourself now? Sarah Darkbinder? Pathetic!, he said as he targeted her head for quick blow. Sarah closed her eyes. "This is it? Is this the end?" she said more to herself than to her attacker.
Chapter One – Love or Trouble
Two Weeks earlier
A woman, cloaked in black covers, hasted over a small stone covered path to a small hillock. She glanced over her shoulder, making sure that nobody had followed her. As she nimbly advanced towards the vantage point, with about twenty houses and a few larger building. The villagers hadused stone to build most of their homes, only a few wooden shacks where among them. I need to rest, I don´t have the strength to keep going, she thought. She slid down the hillock until she stopped before the signpost. "Jensbark", she mumbled as she read the sign which is pointed in toward the village.
She looked at the village for a couple of seconds, lost in thoughts, but a horrible sound tore her from absence. She turned around only to see that a ghoul had stumbled out of the forest. The grey monstrosity ran right toward her. "Damn it" she hissed as she pulled a long silver shining blade, with a black skull with red shining eyes, for a pommel, from her sheath. The ghoul was 3 meters away from her as she stepped forward and beheaded the foul, 1.70 meters tall, creature with a single, well placed blow. The ghoul's body and head made a dull sound as they landed on the ground. Weird. I've never seen a ghoul that far away from war's territory she thought as she smashed the creatures head with her foot. "Whatever" she muttered as she started walking to the village.
After a walking for roughly 40 minutes she arrived at the village's gate. She looked around for guards but she only found a man at the age of 40 with long brown hair and a full beard in the same colour, he also wears a shabby, heavily damaged, iron corselet. He carried a long spear with a dark, wooden shaft. As she walked through the gate she spotted several houses which spread left and right along a cobbled road. The Streets where full of inhabitants. The crowd was composed of representatives from different races and cultures. She turned her head around to admire the beauty of the village. The village looked very friendly compared to the other villages, towns and castles she has visited before the kingdom which was ruled by Plague, one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Most of the villages are dismal, dull and mostly or completely destroyed without any inhabitants since Plague disappeared and War, another horseman, took control of it. This village was one of the few which weren't destroyed since the Servants of War invaded this kingdom.
She spotted a sign that revealed the location of the village's tavern. She followed the direction in which the sign pointed. Most of the inhabitants ignored her, only a few individuals kept staring, but she ignored them and kept walking. She passed the market where a lot of different products where sold by traders. She spotted a lot of food, hides and materials for forging or building. As she arrived at the tavern she opened the door carefully, she took a quick peek inside of the tavern before she fully opened the door and went in. She spotted a dozen costumers, three elves, two humans, two demons, two dwarfs and two gnomes. The service personal consist out of two female humans, two female elves, three male demons and an old male dwarf. She discovered a mirror next to the bar. She walked in front of the mirror to admire herself, a young, beautiful, silver haired human with a tall and slim body.
She walked to a free table and sat down on a chair belonging to the table. She looked around and she noticed that most of the costumers where heavily drunk. She signals the blue haired elf, who is working here, to come to her. The young woman did as she was told and walked to the silver haired beauty. "What can I do for you Miss?" the elf quietly asked. "I want to order something. What do you recommend" the human answered. The elf replied "If I would be you I would order the cow steak with salty potatoes and a spicy sauce. And for a drink I would prefer beery juice." The silver haired costumer smiled as she nodded her head and said "That sounds nice. I'll take it." The blue haired beauty nodded her head to and she walked away, swaying her hips.
Three drunken male humans walked to the table where the newest costumer sat herself down, a few minutes ago. "Hey cutie *hicks* can we offer you a drink?" A tall man with a muscular body asked. His skin was little tanned and a few scares decorated his face. She could smell his alcohol contaminated breath from miles away. "No thank you" she mentioned without looking up to him. "C'mon a little drink hasn´t harmed anyone before" his blonde friend of medium height said. All of them wore brown rags and old damaged shoes. "I said no" she answered, now looking them with an upset look in their faces. "Hey Hey calm down Hottie. We just want to be friendly "the third man said. "Leave me alone PLEASE" she answered.
The first man looked angry at her and shouted outranged "Am I right that we are not worthy for a girl like you? Stupid arrogant bitch" He grabbed her left arm. "Get off me asshole" she shouted back as she punched him in the face and he let her go. He held his left hand over his bleeding nose. "Get her boys" he shouted. She took a defensive pose and clenched her fists. "Three against one that doesn't sound fair to me" an unfamiliar female voice called. She and the three drunkards turned their heads in the direction where the voice came from. They spotted a beautiful, black haired woman in the age of 25. She wore a long black dress with a low neckline, a necklace forged out of red precious stones. She had high cheekbones, blue glimmering eyes and a strange symbol decorating her neck. She is so beautiful, the most beautiful woman I ever have seen, the young silver head thought.
"The young woman told you that she doesn't want your company so leave her alone" the unknown woman said. "We don't take any orders from a kind of you Slut" the first man answered angrily. The three men clenched their first ready for an act of violence. "You leave me no choice "she said calmly. She made a small gesture with her hand and in a blink of an eye the three men lay knocked out on the floor. "I would have handled them too, but thanks for your help" the younger woman said. The older woman smiled and answered "You are welcome. What's your name?" "Sarah. Sarah Darkbinder" the other woman replied. "And yours?" Sarah asked. "My name is Miranda Krijan" she replied. "Nice to meet you" Sarah said smiling at her. It's difficult for her to not get drawn in Miranda's glimmering eyes. Miranda smiled as she noticed that Sarah kept starring at her. "Do we want to go to my house before we cause more trouble? It's not far away from here and we have our peace there. "The larger woman asked. Sarah answered with a quick "Sure". "I will guide you" Miranda whispered and took Sarah's hand. Sarah felt a sparkle rushed through her body as their hands connected. She followed Miranda to a small Stonehouse.
She was dragged in by the black haired lady. She looked around to admire the house's inside beauty. Inside are four different rooms. First the living room with a table, three chairs and heater with a fireplace. The second room is the kitchen with a larger table, four chairs, and an oven with a fireplace where you can fry some meat. The doors of the other rooms are locked. On the floor lay hides from different animal's races.
"Your home is a lovely place." Sarah said unable to escape Miranda's beautiful eyes as she kept starring at her. "Thank you" Miranda answered with a short smile. "Sit down on a chair, I'll bring you some food and some wine" she said. Sarah told her that she doesn't like wine at all but Miranda insisted. "Fine. I'll take a sip." Sarah said. "Good choice" Miranda said smiling Sarah sat down on a chair in the same time as Miranda left the living room. A few minutes had past as Miranda re-joined the room with a plateful of meat, vegetables and a thick, yellow sauce and a glass filled with a red liquid. She walked to the table and placed it in front of Sarah. "Enjoy your meal" Miranda said smiling. Sarah smiled back and nodded her head thankfully. She started eating the meal, it has a juicy taste but the sauce tastes a little bit weird. She looked up to Miranda, who kept smiling and starring at her with her gorgeous eyes.
"I never thought that a beautiful woman like you would ever come to my house and visit me. Are you a goddess?"
That statement made Sarah blush a little bit. "Thank you, but we both know that all of the gods died or were absorbed by the horseman of the apocalypse War"
"All of them?"
"Not all. Aphrodite is the only one remaining."
"Because of obvious reasons"
"I wonder which reasons" Sarah joked
"She is pretty but not as pretty as you" Miranda smiled
She is obviously flirting with me Sarah thought. "You are pretty too "she answered and kept looking at Miranda. She guided the glass near to her lips and noticed that Miranda's smile grew bigger. She sat the glass down on the table. "Is something wrong" Miranda asked. "No I'm fine" Sarah answered. "So why don't you drink the wine?" she asked. "I save it for later" Sarah replied. Sarah regarded the tattoo. The tattoo looked weird, like a bizarre mix out of a hand and a skull. She is certain that she has seen this tattoo before, but she forgot where. "What is the meaning of this tattoo? For what does it stand for?" she asked interested. "It's nothing, it has no special meaning." she answered a little bit nervous. Sarah noticed that nervousness and she replied "Really? I don't think that's just a normal tattoo. I think it's a tattoo from a clan or gang".
"You are right but I don't want to talk about It." the older woman said. Sarah took the glass back in her hand and she smelled the wine and it smelled normal. She pulled out a little bag out of cloak. She opened the bag and pulled out a little bead and placed it in the liquid. "What are you doing" Miranda asked nervous. The bead's natural blue colour changed to a dangerous red. "Don't try to fool me Miranda. If that is your real name "Sarah said angrily. "I don't know what you are talking about." She hissed. "You poisoned the wine and the food probably too".
