Prologue: The story of Titan Springs (Edited)
(Year x784, the same day most members of a certain guild disappeared)
It was late at night in the small town of Calmar and a group of three were walking down the silent streets. They all wore identical black coats with the hoods on and had the same pace, the few people who actually saw them immediately knew that something was going on. Even they who didn't see the three could feel the dangerous aura that was around them. Two of the cloaked ones were girls and the other one was an old man, that much did most of them understand.
They kept walking until they reached a cave entrance just a bit outside of the town. It was covered in dark vines and was barely visible. The small group just stood there, they didn't say anything and they did not move.
After some minutes, one of the women broke the silence and let out a heavy sigh, "Why the heck do we have to start our own guild? Can't we just join one? I mean seriously, is it worth the effort, George?" she then suddenly yelled at the old man.
This "George" didn't care about the yelling, though. It seemed like he was used to the girl's, well, temper. She was obviously annoyed by the fact that George didn't reply, and she was probably annoyed before that too.
George was a rather short man, he was at least half the size of his annoyed friend and it was unclear if he had been that short all his life or if he had begun shrinking when he got older. Because he was definitely old, beneath the black hood you could catch a glimpse of dark grey hair and a beard.
"Bonnie! Take it easy on him, you know that all of us would have problems with that, right?" the other girl scolded the annoyed one and gave her a strict glare. "I'm sure that George knows what he's doing and we have to trust him!"
The annoyed girl, Bonnie, glared back, "Oh yeah, and that's why the two of us have absolutely no information about this place! Isn't that logical, Nat?" she sarcastically said and snorted.
"Just keep quiet for once, will you?"
It was now George raised his hand to silence his two arguing companions, who both stopped at once. He grinned and said the following: "Natalie, Bonnie⦠This is it, I am once again here"
When he had said that, he entered through the vines leaving both Bonnie and Natalie confused. " Are we supposed to follow him?" Bonnie asked and looked into the darkness of the corridor.
"George! What are we doing here?" Natalie asked the old man when she and Bonnie had caught up to him.
George, though, didn't say anything, he just continued to walk. After some time, you could see the light of the stars at the end of the corridor. It looked like they were heading for a valley of some sorts, but Natalie felt that there was something special about the place.
"Woah! Why haven't you shown this to us before?" Bonnie asked as the stepped into the valley.
It was big and beautiful, or let us say enchanted. Everything about the place was amazing, the grass, the stones, even the dirt. There were trees that neither of the two girls had ever seen before and the night sky above them seemed so close.
"Well, have you got any reasons to why I should have?" George answered his companion with another grin. Natalie sighed at him and shook her head, the old man would never stop now would he? He was always surprising them with new places and missions.
George laughed at her reaction, "So, any suggestions on names?" he gave the girls a smile, "You know, for the guild?"
"Seriously? You haven't decided on a name?" Natalie was now furious, he had dragged them into the middle of nowhere, made them enter an unknown cave, convinced them that they should start a guild and all the time he hadn't even thought of a name?
After a while, when she had stopped yelling at the still grinning George, Natalie sighed. What did she think? That George, the George, would have done any real work when she and Bonnie could do it for him?
"Titan Springs" Bonnie suddenly said and her companions looked her way, both with really confused expressions, "As a name! What? You aren't suggesting anything" she continued and after a long moment of complete silence, she sighed. They really were idiots sometimes.
But George grinned at her, "I like that name, so who'll be the master?" the old man said and received another pair of sighs. That question was absolutely idiotic, George had taken care of Natalie since she was a newborn child and Bonnie joined them when she and Natalie were nine. He had been there for them since they were young and reckless, he had even trained them in magic. George was their leader, and soon to be master, too.
"Well, then it's decided!" George grinned once again, "Bonnie, you know what to do" he then turned his other companion, "And Natalie, you can help me with the other necessary things". The girls nodded started their first job as a real guild.
It took about a week to get the guild hall ready, and after that George went to report to the Magic Council about the very new guild that was up and running.
That is the story of how Titan Springs, a not-so-well-known guild, was created.
Once again, hello!
So this is the edited and rewritten version of the TS prologue. Other chapters won't be out as fast because this is only a prologue and it isn't that complicated or long. If you have any questions, criticism or praise; please write a review or PM me.
All the characters that appear in this part are mine, other characters will come along later.
- Yoshi -
