4fireking here and the author who helped me write this story is Sapphire Tempest. We collaborated on this story and it makes me happy to post it because it's the 170 story I've posted on my profile. Please read and review.

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Some Mage's are made to be more good then bad. They learn what love is since the moment they take their first steps. And some... Well, some forget... That there is good in the world at all. They become dark, twisted versions of themselves, something no one can recognize as anything other than evil. Others chase what light they can find, jumping from place to place in an effort to regain it, joining with others in a crusade against the dark.

A ten year old girl was trapped in a crevasse with things seeming to be no one was going to save. As she trembled in the darkness, she began to wonder if she'd ever see the light of day again. Then, from above, a call rang out, "Hello? Is someone down there?! My dog keeps coming back here so..."

She wasn't happy or angry, just curious about the teenager with the wet hair missing a hole of hair.

"I'm... I'm here!" She shouted up to him, brushing her dirty silver hair behind her ear.

"Woah! So someone is down there! Alright just... Just hang on! I'll be back with a rope or something!" The boy missing hair shouted down, barely visible in the dark.
She hunkered down, alone in the darkness once more, waiting for the strange boy.

She didn't disbelieve he was coming back but he was taking a while so she looked at her locket. The locket itself had a timekeeper on one side, and a photo on the other. She looked at the broken timekeeper, as if she could make it tick again by sheer force of will. When it failed to work, she turned her crimson eyes to the photo.

In it was a young woman so happy and full of hope. She wore an orange bandana she used to use to wash dishes with, had brown eyes like a squirrel's eyes, and the brightest smile. She was her aunt and for the first two years of her life she was the one who took care of the poor girl.

With shaking hands, the girl traced her aunt's smile. She had so much to thank her for, but now, would never get the chance to.

" I'm back!" The boy called. " I am going to lower a rope to you. Please try to grab onto it."

"O...Okay!" She shouted back. She wasn't sure who this boy was, or if he could be trusted, but the small creature curled around her bicep hadn't made a move to attack him yet, so that was a plus. The creature was a snake, about the length of her arm, that was colored crimson and black. He had appeared after... After the tragedy happened, and he never left.

She was finally free of the crevasse and back where she could see trees and water glittering to her in the distance.

She turned to look at the boy with the missing hair. He was around her age, maybe just a little older. He gave her a toothy grin and stuck out his hand, "Hi! I'm Ravi! What's your name?"

" Carly. Thank you for saving me but I should be on my way. I'm on my way to join a guild full of people who are trying to recover things they lost and grow to be strong like a mountain."

"A guild!" The boy cried, perking up. "That's so cool! I've been wanting to join one for a while now, but all of them are so far... And I don't really want to go alone."

She rolled her eyes. She almost felt sorry for the boy eager to join a guild and because he seemed optimistic about it she let him tag along on her way to the guild.

A few hours later, when the sun beat mercilessly on their backs, the only thing that kept her hopes relatively up was Ravi. He kept bouncing along with his dog, who was a large white husky, despite the heat.

"How are you not really hot right now?" She asked as she wiped her forehead.

He gave her a blinding grin, "I'm a mage! My magic is all about heat and light, so this is kind of nice! What's your magic?"

" My magic is transformation magic. It's a shame that I cannot transform into an animal that can fly though."

"Really? That's awesome! You could turn into a cat or a dog! Or even a horse!" Ravi said excitedly.

The boy was smacked on his cheek by her hand. " I don't transform into this simple forms."

"Owwwww." He whined, rubbing his cheek, "Eesh. You don't have to get so huffy about it, Princess. So what do you shift into then?"

" I shift into tigers, hulking monsters with animal bodies, and a giant worm."

He raised an eyebrow, "Really? That's cool! You can still shift into stuff! All I can really do right now is make the light get really, really bright, glow, and throw fire."

" That doesn't matter to me. What matters is becoming a high ranking Mage."

"So you're pretty determined on that, aren't you? Any particular reason why?"

" I believe I can find something useful until the guild that means more to me then a bag of gold."

"Oh! That's another thing! What guild are we going to?" He asked excitedly.

" Werewolves Kill Vampires. That's the name, got it?"

The boy blinked, "Uh. Sure? You'd think they could come up with shorter names though. But it's cool!"

" Glad you think so. I want to walk there and you need to follow me all the way there. All I can ask is please and thank you?"

The boy bowed with a flourish, "I shall do as you request, oh great shapeshifter."

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The two Mage's stared in awe at the size of the Werewolves Kill Vampires guild they traveled so far to find.

It stood in all it's towering magnificence. The sunlight bounced off of it brilliantly.

To the two mage's, it was as if they had stumbled upon a temple. Like a temple they paid their respect to the place. Then the door opened, revealed a woman with golden hair and silver eyes, smiling cheerfully as she looked out.

" Welcome to Werewolves Kill Vampires. Whether your here to join or just need help on a personal mission for a personal member we are here to help."

Ravi bounced forward eagerly, "Hi! We're here to join!"

" Aren't you eager to go on life threatening missions from a guild with no respect. But sure you two can join." She said.

The two children exchanged a glance, surprised at the blunt wording, before Carly grabbed Ravi's shoulder and drug him into the building after the golden haired woman.

" I don't care if their name means we have to fight a bunch of werewolves in a cave." she said.