1. Death
A tall hooded man entered a dark, quiet room and went to over to a bed with a boy peacefully sleeping in it. The boy was five years old had blue hair and his closed eyes were red-brown in colour. The man gently shook the boy and said, "Master Kai I am sorry to wake you but it is not safe here. Your sister has to get out of bed and I need your help to wake her." Kai groaned as he crawled out of bed and went to the bed next to his that contained his sister. She was a year younger than Kai with long, blue hair and pretty blue eyes. "Sis come on get out of bed." She just rolled over still sleeping. "Kayla get up Tom says you have to," Kai urged as he shook her. Kayla opened her bright eyes as she dragged herself out of the comfortable bed. "Tom what did you get us up for?" Kayla asked as she rubbed sleep from her eyes. "The Lord says that it is not safe for you two here and that I must get you out of the castle," Tom quickly explained. They didn't want to go but reluctantly each of the small children took one of the man's hands. They went through the dimly lit halls of the castle with the sounds of battle all around. Occasionally they could hear the crashing sound of a sword breaking through armour and the cries of people as they fell.
The man flung open the door to one of the side rooms and closed it behind him and there was not a noise except for the muffled sounds of battle. "We will stay here for a bit, we should be safe here while I catch my breathe," Tom said to his young charges. Soon after they had entered the room the door burst open to reveal a beautiful woman that had the same blue hair as the children and blue eyes that were full of love. Then she said with a cool, soft voice, "Kai, Kayla I'm so glad you're alright. I feared that something could have happened to you. Your father and I wish for you to go with your uncle and leave this place, it's not safe here anymore." Kai was about to argue with his mother but at that very moment two arrows hit her in the back and blood spilled from her body as she fell to the floor. Kai instantly let go of his uncle's hand and went to his mother's side crying because he knew that she wasn't going to wake up. Kayla wanted to go to her mother too but Tom held her back as tears poured down her face. Kai heard a sound from the doorway so he looked up through his tears to see two kids standing there. They were twins his sister's age with black hair, brown eyes and he also noticed that each held a bow in their hand as anger and hatred boiled up inside him.
Then a woman entered the room and stepped in front of the two children. The strange woman had long, flowing, black hair and brown eyes like the two behind her. "Now I will make sure that this traitor is dead," she said as she fired a knife. Right before the sharp blade could hit his mother Kai jumped in the way and it pierced through his left arm instead. Kai screamed in agony from the white hot, burning pain in his arm as his black blood seeped onto the stone floor. He clutched his arm with his other hand and looked towards the door but the three had left. "Kai are you alright," Kayla asked him with concern. He didn't answer as his vision went blurry, then black and he fell into his uncle's arms.
Kai opened his mahogany eyes, he could feel the motion of running and he knew he was being carried. He could smell fresh air meaning that they were outside but he could still hear the sounds of battle around him. His vision was still a bit blurry and he was weak with pain and loss of blood so he couldn't see well but he knew he was in the castle courtyard and that he still had that cursed knife sticking through his arm. Then Tom said, "My Lord, brother you're son is badly wounded. I fear that he might be dead." Hearing this Kai lifted his head a little to prove that he was alive. "Kai I'm so glad you're okay we were so worried," his sister said happily. Then Kai's father went to his family and ordered, "Give him to me and I'll see what I can do about this wretched knife." "Brother you're wife has been slain. I'm sorry I was powerless to save her." Then Kai's father pulled the knife from his son's arm and put a hand over the cut as it started to bleed again. Then magically the wound closed itself and the bleeding stopped. "Kayla did you see how I closed the cut on your brother's arm? You have this healing power as well my daughter." When Kai's strength had returned he climbed out of his father's arms and stood as he thanked his father.
Then an old man with long grey hair came out from the shadows and said, "How are my boys doing?" "Go away Voltaire and leave us alone," Tom replied. "You will call me father now hand over the children." "No they are my children and I'd never give them up to the likes of you," Kai's father said. "Alexander and Tomas Hiwatari you will do as you're told. But seeing how you won't you leave me no choice," he said as he pulled out a small dagger. The blade flew and landed in Alexander's chest, who was now lying on the ground. "My children never go with that crazy lunatic that is my father and Kai I want you to promise me that you will take care of your sister," he said with his last breathe and then lay still. "Yes father, I promise," Kai said as he started to cry. The young children were now very frightened and hugged each other as their uncle was knocked unconscious by Voltaire. Then the evil man picked Kai up, who was struggling, but the firm grip of the elderly man was too strong and Kai couldn't get free. Then he was given a good punch to the stomach and the boy ceased to move. Voltaire then picked up his granddaughter and she blanked out from fright as they were taken from their home which was now littered by the dead.