My friend and I wrote this story Junior year of high school. It started off as nothing more than passing notes but it quickly escalated to a full blown story. The original story is nothing more than cartoons and word bubbles, but I loved this story so much, that I decided to write it out.

This is an original story, but has a ton of references to video games, anime, and some sci-fi and fantasy. I originally based the story off of the Fable series and Skyrim. I hope you enjoy reading my story and have fun finding all the hidden references and ester eggs.

This is an original story with original characters, but I Do Not own any of the references or characters that may be mentioned in this story.

Prologue

The Legend of the Swords

Long ago, there was a mighty nation called Atlantis that was ruled under a tyrant of a King named Eli. This nation had many enemies that desired the great riches of the land, and so, the nation was constantly at war.

In a village, not far from the great cities, lived a blacksmith with his wife and daughter. Because of the great dangers of the many wars and battles that came upon the land, the blacksmith decided to create a weapon that he could pass down to his daughter to ensure the safety of his family. He created a great sword, the best he had ever crafted, which he named Excalibur. It was forged from the strongest elements of the earth and contained all the power of the land. He gave the sword the ability to transform and consume the magic of any opposing enemies. He used his own blood to lock this mighty power so that any descendants of his and only his bloodline had the ability to unlock it.

When word came to King Eli about this magnificent sword, he desired to have it for his own against the many warring nations that came against him. And so, he sent an elite team to retrieve it but found that he was unable to wield the sword. Out of rage, he killed the blacksmith and hired another to create a twin to Excalibur.

In an attempt to save the world from Eli's Tyranny, the blacksmith's daughter stole back what was rightfully hers from the other blacksmith that Eli had hired. Unfortunately, it was to late, the blacksmith had already made the replica and named it Mordrid. With the same abilities as Excalibur, Mordrid was only unlocked with the bloodline of Eli.

And so, the day came when Eli would use his sword in battle, the power was so great that it killed him and possessed his soul in itself. An Assassin, whose family had served Eli for generations, had stolen this sword, and hid it away from the world. This secret was the heirloom that the Assassin's family would carry for many decades to come.

Chapter 1 And So our story begins...

Bethany and I had been fighting for hours by now. The sun was starting to set but there is no way I was going to back down now. Tonight was a full moon, which means our demon blood would be stirring up inside us.

I decide to summon some dragons to help aid my attack. I send them towards her and they start to surround her with lightning and rain clouds by their side. "Zeus' Wrath!" I shout at her. Bethany takes some damage, but its not enough to let me win just yet. The dragons disappear and she decided to use a clone jutsu. Thousands of Bethanys surround me. They all attack at one time and I almost cant fight them all off. They didn't do a lot of damage, but it sure took a lot out of me.

This is how our night goes on. I surround myself with a flame shield while she uses a rose whip. I turn into a dragon while she evolves her sword.

Anyways, when night fell, it was a whole different ball game. We both take a break to look up at the beautiful full moon that hung in the sky. Bethany transforms first. Her long red hair with black tips changes to a baby blue with white tips. Her blue wolf ears and tale appear and I start to feel myself transform. My white ears and tale appear and my black hair turns white with the red tips turning blue. I am the opposite of Bethany when it comes to colors, but when it comes to power we are same.

She takes a stance, and I see her flashing her fangs. I take a stance and do the same. I growl and snarl at her.

"Gareth! Bethany! INSIDE NOW!" my mother calls out to us. "Ugh. Just my luck…" I think as I drag myself to the house, Bethany following behind me with the same disappointed look on her face.

"You know what tomorrow is…. I don't want either of you dead. Its hard enough that your father is." Mom says with weakness in her voice. Which is a rare thing. My mother is a full-fledged wolf demon. She is already centuries old, but still as beautiful and young as ever.

My father was a human, but he was the strongest there was. He could take down hundreds of wolf demons in one sitting. As strong as my father was, there was one thing he couldn't fight against, time. My father was only 57 when he died, but the many years of battle and wielding the great sword of Excalibur, had taken a toll on his body and tomorrow was the 3rd year anniversary of his death.

I was really close to my father, so I wasn't looking forward to tomorrow at all.