Chapter one: pursuit
"Somebody, help me!" A little boy screams, running as fast as his short legs will carry him. His shoes pound the ground, the sound echoing loudly as the rumbling noise behind him gets steadily louder. A dark form appears, axe raised above his head.The little boy shrieks as the axe is broght down. With an ear-splitting "CRACK!!!!", the axe shatters the black marble that paves the way to the palace. Rain begins to fall as black gates, seventy feet tall or more, fade into view. The boy silently prays that the gates are not locked as his pursuer draws close. He runs full force into the doors, the wind nearly knocked out of him. He cries out in frustration and panic when the doors do not open. The boy pounds on the gate with his fists until they bleed, all the while screaming, "HELP!!! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!" The doors stay locked, so the boy climbs up the black bars, pursuer nearly at his heels. He gets a little more than halfway up when his foot slips on the wet iron. He screams as he falls the long forty feet to the hard marble below, scream cut short when his head smacks against the rock.
The gates open just enough to let him through, so the boy squeezes through the bars. There, he finds a lady with blue hair, pink eyes, and dressed in a pink kimono running toward him. "P-please! You have to help me!!" He says, voice hoarse from all the screaming. The lady starts to say something, but when she opens her mouth, blood is all that comes out. She falls forward onto the boy, the axe blade embedded deep within her back. He shoves her body off him, and runs to the second set of black gates. Locked.
"Hey kid! This way!" another boy yells from an alley. The littleboy takes off again as the older one steps between him and the shadowy axe murderer. "Reigun!!" he yells, a blue light blossoming from the end of his right index finger. The blast knocks the smaller boy off his feet, head smacking against the black marble. After the flash clears, there is no sign of the intruder. The last thing the little boy hears before he faints is, "Hold on."
"Somebody, help me!" A little boy screams, running as fast as his short legs will carry him. His shoes pound the ground, the sound echoing loudly as the rumbling noise behind him gets steadily louder. A dark form appears, axe raised above his head.The little boy shrieks as the axe is broght down. With an ear-splitting "CRACK!!!!", the axe shatters the black marble that paves the way to the palace. Rain begins to fall as black gates, seventy feet tall or more, fade into view. The boy silently prays that the gates are not locked as his pursuer draws close. He runs full force into the doors, the wind nearly knocked out of him. He cries out in frustration and panic when the doors do not open. The boy pounds on the gate with his fists until they bleed, all the while screaming, "HELP!!! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!" The doors stay locked, so the boy climbs up the black bars, pursuer nearly at his heels. He gets a little more than halfway up when his foot slips on the wet iron. He screams as he falls the long forty feet to the hard marble below, scream cut short when his head smacks against the rock.
The gates open just enough to let him through, so the boy squeezes through the bars. There, he finds a lady with blue hair, pink eyes, and dressed in a pink kimono running toward him. "P-please! You have to help me!!" He says, voice hoarse from all the screaming. The lady starts to say something, but when she opens her mouth, blood is all that comes out. She falls forward onto the boy, the axe blade embedded deep within her back. He shoves her body off him, and runs to the second set of black gates. Locked.
"Hey kid! This way!" another boy yells from an alley. The littleboy takes off again as the older one steps between him and the shadowy axe murderer. "Reigun!!" he yells, a blue light blossoming from the end of his right index finger. The blast knocks the smaller boy off his feet, head smacking against the black marble. After the flash clears, there is no sign of the intruder. The last thing the little boy hears before he faints is, "Hold on."