Heeelllllooooo all!! And welcome to my story. Now I cant promise you any thing good. And I cant promise you anything bad.
But I can promise you a update once in a fair while. It wont be, like, one update, then two months later, another update. It dose take me a few days to write one chapter, and I'm a very lazy person, I cant help it.
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Our story begins in Bloodstone.
The air was chilly and whipped around the face of a small child walking the streets of Bloodstone. Her hair was tied up in pig tails and a black ruffled dress hung on her body oddly. She carried a letter in her small hand. She was sent by her lady to find Reaver, so she looked for the Bloodstone manor. She spotted a prostitute standing at the corner near the inn.
"Hey, whore." She said to the woman walking up to her. The woman looked down with a shocked look on her face.
"Who taught you to speak like that little girl?" she asked still looking down.
"My lady taught me. Now can you point me in the direction of the Bloodstone manor?" she asked sweetly.
"The Bloodstone manor?" she asked swooning slightly at the thought of who lived there. She quickly regained her balance and continued "Aren't you a little young to go there?" The little girl shook her head and held up the letter in her hand.
"My lady needs me to deliver this message for her." She said and sighed.
"Oh. Ok then. "She said and pointed up toward a pair of big iron gates that lead to the bloodstone manor. She smiled and walked away from the prostitute toward the manor. She stopped out front of the door and looked up toward the sky. She looked back down and knocked on the door. A buxom blonde maid answered the door. She looked back and forth before looking down and seeing the girl.
"Oh. Hello there. May I help you?" she asked. The girl smiled and nodded.
"Yes. I must speak to Reaver." She whispered innocently. The maid looked confused for a minute then noticed the letter in the girls' hand. "Oh yes. Of course. Come right in. He's in his study." She said quickly and moved outta the way as the girl pushed through and walked past the maid. The maid followed after quickly. The maid stopped following, as the girl seemed know where she was going.
"Hey. Reaver." The girl called into his study. Reaver stood quickly and turned to see the little girl. He held a glass of wine in his hand and his pistol in the other.
"Who are you and who let you in?" He asked.
"My name is not important. And your maid let me in." She was quick to rat out the maid. And even quicker to not tell her name.
"Alright then. Why are you here?" Reaver said taking a sip of wine and shoving his pistol back down into the holster.
"My lady has requested me to bring this letter to you." She said bowing down and holding out the letter. Reaver eyed the letter them quickly snatched it from the girls hand. Soon enough he was nose deep in reading it….
The same letter was sent out to Hammer at the temple of light, Sparrow at the Fairfax castle, and Garth at the Brightwood tower. By three more little girls, who looked almost exactly the same as the girl who delivered the message to Reaver. The letter read..
Dear Hero,
You have been invited to my grand dining hall, in the howling halls. Now don't worry. There are no Balverines left. They have been… evicted... If you would. They won't be coming back. But now back to the invite. There will be a grand party and you and three other people you know are going to be my guests of honor. And after the party, we must talk business. If you don't wish to show up for the party, your loss. The fate of the world rests in these halls. If you do not wish to help save Albion the world is sentenced to the same fate Reaver sentenced Oakvale.
When you decide to come, tell my girls and they will take you.
Loving care,
Rave Shadow Whisper
Reavers hand shook as he finished reading and he dropped his cup of wine on the floor, the girl smiled an evil smile and walked toward the door. Reaver looked up and drew his pistol.
"Who is Rave?" He said sternly. The girl turned back to him and smiled sweetly.
"Rave is my lady. Anything else you want to know you have to ask her yourself." She said and stretched. She leaned in the door way and yawned.
"You know more." He said and clicked the hammer back on his pistol. "Now tell me"
"Oh wow. A gun. Shoot me, I dare you." She said and looked up at him and looked him right in the eyes. Reaver shook slightly and though "This girls not afraid, why?" Reaver shot off to his side and knocked a book off the table and the pages flew everywhere. She smiled and said "Right now, shall we go?"
"Yes. We shall" he said. They set off for the howling halls.
At the Fairfax castle…
"A fate the same as Oakvale?" Sparrow said shaking.
"Yes. The shadow court." A second little girl by the name of Maddie said.
"Maddie. Take me to this Rave Shadow Whisper. I want to know how she knows of the shadow court." Sparrow said and set the letter down on the chair behind her. They set off for the howling halls.
The same happened for Hammer and Garth, they wondered for a bit then questioned the little girls, then set off to meet Rave at the halls.
Brightwood Tower... Heading to the Howling Halls…
"I have a cullis gate, I have no need to walk, and it takes me right into the halls." Garth said to a third girl, whose name was Toya.
"But Rave might get mad. I don't know. You can try it, but I don't support it." Toya said.
"I'm using the Cullis gate." He said and walked down the stairs to the first level of the tower. The cullis gate glowed a radiant blue; he stepped onto it and was transported to a room in the howling halls.
The room had a large bed in it and it was dimly lit, but a figure could be made out at the other side of the room, it was Rave, and she was naked, getting ready for the arrival of her guests. She quickly gathered up a sheet from her bed and wrapped it around herself.
"Get out of here! Go now! Toya! I'm gonna have a word with you later!"She shouted and Garth was rushed out of the room by Toya.
'I told ya not to use the cullis gate" she said and rushed him. She stood next to him outside the halls, for it being the middle of the day it was still quite dark, Lanterns illuminated the path to the door, which was now above ground, and the whole hall was redone, rooms were added on, a tower loomed up above the trees. A light flickered from it, the cullis gate was within and so was Raves room. A new lantern flicked down the path, another girl was approaching with a large lady, Hammer. She walked slowly just waiting for a balverine to pop out and attack her, her hammer was in one hand but when she got to the door and saw Garth she hung it off the strap on her back. The little girl rushed up to Toya and hugged her.
"Tammy!" Toya exclaimed.
"Toya!" Tammy said happily and jumped up and down with Toya.
"Well they seem happy to see each other" Hammer whispered to Garth. Garth nodded.
"They look so much alike." He said and stared.
"Well duh, we're twin sisters!" Toya said and turned to Garth.
"That makes sense." Hammer said and looked down the path. "Is someone else coming" she whispered squinting in the dark. A figure bounded up the path, a fuzzy dog by her side and another child by her side.
"Hammer! Garth!" Sparrow said as she ran up. Her dog growled at Tammy and Toya as they approached. "Bad Sammie! Don't growl at little girls, it's not nice." She said and scolded Sammie. Sammie sat down and dropped her ears. The girls ran up to each other and jumped for joy being reunited with their sister. Hammer smiled and walked over to Sammie and scratched behind her ears. Hammers eyes suddenly widened and she looked up and around at her friends.
"If we're here...Doesn't that mean?" She said and looked at Sparrow.
"Oh god not..." Sparrow said putting her hand on her forehead and sighing. Garth tiled his head in confusion then sighed as well.
"Reaver…. Not that insolent little fool" Garth commented. Toya looked up at Garth.
"I wouldn't say that" She whispered. And the other girls nodded in agreement.
"Why not?" Garth asked and looked down.
"Lady Rave might get mad, and you really don't wanna see her when she's mad" They said in agreement.
"Well why?" Sparrow asked as well.
"I'm not supposed to tell, but… Lady Rave has a thing for Reaver." Maddie sighed and turned to see Reaver making his way up the path. The fourth and final girl made her way up the path as well.
"Shelby!" All three girls yelled and ran down the path to her. Shelby ran from Reavers side and hugged the girls in mid-run. Reaver walked up beside Sparrow and sighed. Thoughts filled his head of this Rave girl, and how she knew of Oakfield and how she knew the shadow court would end the world. Sparrow looked over to Reaver and laughed slightly. Reaver looked up at Sparrow and glared at her.
"Why must you always laugh?" He whispered then raised a hand to silence Sparrow as she began to talk. "No, I don't what to know"
Sammie barked happily and jumped up in front of Reaver. Reaver sighed and petted Sammie's head. The girls turned to the door behind Garth and shooshed him to one side. Garth moved quickly and sighed. The girls opened the door and lead them inside. The halls were lighted up in many different colors and a soft beat filled the air.
"Come along. You must meet Rave!" The girls said in unison. They ran down the hall and opened another door. It lead to a large room. The lights were a soft yellow, the beat had stopped and a soft singing filled the air.
