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A while before dawn, on a brisk spring morning, Hiro Xen was sitting on a boulder and thinking, as usual. He had always woke up early and thought to himself ever since he was a kid. Even before he had left his colony. Hiro was a Wingly. He had messy platinum hair and deep red eyes. He was taller than average and was twenty two years old. He was thin and muscular, not bulky at all. This was the perfect body for a swordsmaster. He wore a traditional wingly war uniform. It was made up of black pants with a black shirt that had silver platinum designs all over it. His sword was in its sheath, which was strapped to his back. He had left his colony at age eleven due to the amount of people saying how evil humans were. He thought that there must be some good humans in the world so he left to find out for himself. He had found many and befriended one. His best and only friend Kraven was laying nearby, next to their fire.
Kraven was a human archer. His bow and quiver, which was full of barb-tipped arrows, lay nearby him. Kraven was very tall and lanky, yet lean. He had fiery red hair with deep brown eyes. He wore black pants and a dark brown tunic with a black pendant around his neck. Kraven was twenty, only a couple years Hiro's junior. Kraven had just escaped from Hellena Prison when he ran into Hiro. Well, to be more exact he ran into Hiro while escaping from Hellena Prison. Kraven was arrested after killing a Sandora Elite in a drunken brawl in Kazas. Hiro was trying to find an ancient Wingly Relic that he had heard the head warden had in his possession. Hiro failed and never found it, but he and Kraven escaped once they met and teamed up. Hiro with his sword, and Kraven with the bow and arrow he found in Hellena's armory. The only reason they got out alive was Kraven's marksmanship and Hiro's energy balls and flying ability.
The sun was now rising and traces of smoke could be seen in the distance. Hiro searched the horizon and jumped to his feet to search the area that was the source of the smoke. He jumped down and ran over to Kraven and kicked him lightly in the side to wake him up.
"Get up, Kraven! Seles is burning!" Hiro yelled to him. Kraven woke up and held his side, but got up and gathered his bow and quiver, strapping the quiver to his back. Hiro put the fire out and they headed to Seles. Kraven was a faster runner so Hiro flew beside him. As minutes passed, they entered the burning village. Hiro was disgusted as he looked around. Kraven had better hearing and heard a faint sound, like crying. Kraven looked around, trying to find the building that the sound came from. Hiro flew up to try and see what had caused the fire but came back with nothing. As he landed, Kraven pinpointed the source of the crying.
"Someone is alive in that building! I'll go check it out!" Kraven said as he ran into a nearby building before Hiro could stop him. Kraven searched the inside of the building, careful to dodge falling debris. He ran up the stairs, dodging burning pieces of ceiling. He heard the crying again and ran into a room, stopping short as a chunk of burning debris falls. He saw nothing in the room anyway so he ran down the hall and entered another room. He saw a baby in a cradle, crying but what else was in the room scared him far worse than a baby soon to be burned to death. Something had broken through the wall of another room to enter this room. It was like a shadow, engulfed in flames. The shadow was in the shape of a person, with armor and wings full of holes. It held a large sword in it's hand. Kraven and the monster glanced at eachother both ran at the cradle. Kraven was faster and picked up the baby, jumping through the window and landing awkwardly on his feet, falling to his side.
"Hiro, something was up there! I have no clue what the hell it was but it was going after the baby. Big and ugly too, kind of reminded me of you." Kraven said, gritting his teeth and half-smirking. No matter what was happening, Kraven could be relied on to try and lighten the mood. Hiro, pulled out his sword and looked up as the monster crashed through the side of the house and landed in front of Hiro. Hiro's eyes widened as the monster charged at him to get to the baby. Hiro jumped back and swung his sword, as if giving a warning. The monster blocked his sword and pushed Hiro to the ground. It swung around and began charging at Kraven and the baby he was holding. Hiro jumped up and slashed at its back. It swung around, roaring. It slashed back at him and cut his forearm, leaving a large burn mark around the cut. Hiro yelled in pain and held his arm to his side. Kraven thought about it and held the baby up.
"Hey, ugly. Yeah, I'm talking to you, not Hiro. Looking for this? Come and get it if ya want it! I don't think you can handle me though so if you are scared......" Kraven yelled. He stopped midsentence and turned to run as the monster lunged forward. The monster stopped short as Hiro's sword passed through it's stomach. It looked down and Hiro pulled his sword back and stood up, smirking.
"Let's do this." Hiro said with a smirk. What followed was an awesome display of swordsmanship as the two combatants hacked and slashed at eachother, neither gaining an advantage. Their swords clanged and Hiro grinned. He brought his injured arm up so his hand was to the monsters face. He nodded and shot an energy ball. The monster dropped it's sword and stumbled back, holding it's hands to its face and screaming. The sound was an eerie supersonic sound, giving Hiro, Kraven, and the baby immense pain. They screamed in turn. The monster spread it's wings and flew up.
"That was too close for comfort, man." Hiro said, bending over, trying to catch his breath. Kraven nodded as he got the baby to stop crying. Hiro grins at him, ready to make a smart comment but Kraven glares at him.
"What about the baby? What will we do with her? I know for sure we won't be raising her. We are friends, but not that kind of friends." Kraven asked. Hiro laughed, but then grew serious and looked at the baby, thinking. He then smiled and nodded.
"Bale. We can take her to Bale. I hear that the King's advisor, Minister Noish, knows loads of old legends and myths. Maybe he knows what that thing was or why it wanted the baby." Hiro finally announced. Kraven nodded, agreeing.
"We can cut through the forest first. From there, it isn't that long of a walk to the prairie. After we cross that we will have to go through the Limestone Cave. From the exit of that it is a straight shot to Bale. It may take a while to get there but we need to get there." Hiro told him. Kraven shrugged.
"Oh well. It's not like we had any real direction before. At least now we know where we're going and why." Kraven replied. Hiro agreed. Kraven ripped a piece of cloth from his tunic and strapped the baby to his stomach so his hands were free, in case his bow, which was on his back, was needed. Hiro busted out laughing.
"Nice look, Mr. Mom!" Hiro joked. Kraven glared at him.
"At least I had the guts to save her!" Kraven snapped.
"Still would have died if I hadn't fought that thing off." Hiro added.
"I could have outrun it." Kraven replied.
"Man, you saw those wings right?" Hiro asked, smirking. For once in his life, Kraven couldn't think of anything to say. He pushed Hiro in the shoulder and walked past him. Hiro turned and followed, snickering.
A while before dawn, on a brisk spring morning, Hiro Xen was sitting on a boulder and thinking, as usual. He had always woke up early and thought to himself ever since he was a kid. Even before he had left his colony. Hiro was a Wingly. He had messy platinum hair and deep red eyes. He was taller than average and was twenty two years old. He was thin and muscular, not bulky at all. This was the perfect body for a swordsmaster. He wore a traditional wingly war uniform. It was made up of black pants with a black shirt that had silver platinum designs all over it. His sword was in its sheath, which was strapped to his back. He had left his colony at age eleven due to the amount of people saying how evil humans were. He thought that there must be some good humans in the world so he left to find out for himself. He had found many and befriended one. His best and only friend Kraven was laying nearby, next to their fire.
Kraven was a human archer. His bow and quiver, which was full of barb-tipped arrows, lay nearby him. Kraven was very tall and lanky, yet lean. He had fiery red hair with deep brown eyes. He wore black pants and a dark brown tunic with a black pendant around his neck. Kraven was twenty, only a couple years Hiro's junior. Kraven had just escaped from Hellena Prison when he ran into Hiro. Well, to be more exact he ran into Hiro while escaping from Hellena Prison. Kraven was arrested after killing a Sandora Elite in a drunken brawl in Kazas. Hiro was trying to find an ancient Wingly Relic that he had heard the head warden had in his possession. Hiro failed and never found it, but he and Kraven escaped once they met and teamed up. Hiro with his sword, and Kraven with the bow and arrow he found in Hellena's armory. The only reason they got out alive was Kraven's marksmanship and Hiro's energy balls and flying ability.
The sun was now rising and traces of smoke could be seen in the distance. Hiro searched the horizon and jumped to his feet to search the area that was the source of the smoke. He jumped down and ran over to Kraven and kicked him lightly in the side to wake him up.
"Get up, Kraven! Seles is burning!" Hiro yelled to him. Kraven woke up and held his side, but got up and gathered his bow and quiver, strapping the quiver to his back. Hiro put the fire out and they headed to Seles. Kraven was a faster runner so Hiro flew beside him. As minutes passed, they entered the burning village. Hiro was disgusted as he looked around. Kraven had better hearing and heard a faint sound, like crying. Kraven looked around, trying to find the building that the sound came from. Hiro flew up to try and see what had caused the fire but came back with nothing. As he landed, Kraven pinpointed the source of the crying.
"Someone is alive in that building! I'll go check it out!" Kraven said as he ran into a nearby building before Hiro could stop him. Kraven searched the inside of the building, careful to dodge falling debris. He ran up the stairs, dodging burning pieces of ceiling. He heard the crying again and ran into a room, stopping short as a chunk of burning debris falls. He saw nothing in the room anyway so he ran down the hall and entered another room. He saw a baby in a cradle, crying but what else was in the room scared him far worse than a baby soon to be burned to death. Something had broken through the wall of another room to enter this room. It was like a shadow, engulfed in flames. The shadow was in the shape of a person, with armor and wings full of holes. It held a large sword in it's hand. Kraven and the monster glanced at eachother both ran at the cradle. Kraven was faster and picked up the baby, jumping through the window and landing awkwardly on his feet, falling to his side.
"Hiro, something was up there! I have no clue what the hell it was but it was going after the baby. Big and ugly too, kind of reminded me of you." Kraven said, gritting his teeth and half-smirking. No matter what was happening, Kraven could be relied on to try and lighten the mood. Hiro, pulled out his sword and looked up as the monster crashed through the side of the house and landed in front of Hiro. Hiro's eyes widened as the monster charged at him to get to the baby. Hiro jumped back and swung his sword, as if giving a warning. The monster blocked his sword and pushed Hiro to the ground. It swung around and began charging at Kraven and the baby he was holding. Hiro jumped up and slashed at its back. It swung around, roaring. It slashed back at him and cut his forearm, leaving a large burn mark around the cut. Hiro yelled in pain and held his arm to his side. Kraven thought about it and held the baby up.
"Hey, ugly. Yeah, I'm talking to you, not Hiro. Looking for this? Come and get it if ya want it! I don't think you can handle me though so if you are scared......" Kraven yelled. He stopped midsentence and turned to run as the monster lunged forward. The monster stopped short as Hiro's sword passed through it's stomach. It looked down and Hiro pulled his sword back and stood up, smirking.
"Let's do this." Hiro said with a smirk. What followed was an awesome display of swordsmanship as the two combatants hacked and slashed at eachother, neither gaining an advantage. Their swords clanged and Hiro grinned. He brought his injured arm up so his hand was to the monsters face. He nodded and shot an energy ball. The monster dropped it's sword and stumbled back, holding it's hands to its face and screaming. The sound was an eerie supersonic sound, giving Hiro, Kraven, and the baby immense pain. They screamed in turn. The monster spread it's wings and flew up.
"That was too close for comfort, man." Hiro said, bending over, trying to catch his breath. Kraven nodded as he got the baby to stop crying. Hiro grins at him, ready to make a smart comment but Kraven glares at him.
"What about the baby? What will we do with her? I know for sure we won't be raising her. We are friends, but not that kind of friends." Kraven asked. Hiro laughed, but then grew serious and looked at the baby, thinking. He then smiled and nodded.
"Bale. We can take her to Bale. I hear that the King's advisor, Minister Noish, knows loads of old legends and myths. Maybe he knows what that thing was or why it wanted the baby." Hiro finally announced. Kraven nodded, agreeing.
"We can cut through the forest first. From there, it isn't that long of a walk to the prairie. After we cross that we will have to go through the Limestone Cave. From the exit of that it is a straight shot to Bale. It may take a while to get there but we need to get there." Hiro told him. Kraven shrugged.
"Oh well. It's not like we had any real direction before. At least now we know where we're going and why." Kraven replied. Hiro agreed. Kraven ripped a piece of cloth from his tunic and strapped the baby to his stomach so his hands were free, in case his bow, which was on his back, was needed. Hiro busted out laughing.
"Nice look, Mr. Mom!" Hiro joked. Kraven glared at him.
"At least I had the guts to save her!" Kraven snapped.
"Still would have died if I hadn't fought that thing off." Hiro added.
"I could have outrun it." Kraven replied.
"Man, you saw those wings right?" Hiro asked, smirking. For once in his life, Kraven couldn't think of anything to say. He pushed Hiro in the shoulder and walked past him. Hiro turned and followed, snickering.