Hi! This is NOT my story, it is my friend's story! She doesn't have an account so I will be posting for her. She would like any advice you can offer or anything of the sort. I am not sure if the layout is right since this is the first time I am posting anything. Again; not my story!
Well here's a attempted Chapter 1!
Classes are:
Elsword: RS
Aisha: EM
Rena: WS
Raven: BM
Eve: CE(Empress, not Electra)
Chung: DC
Ara: Sakra Devanam(I think that's how you spell it?)
And later on Elesis: GM
Narrator's POV
This is the tale of an elf named Rena, a boy named Elsword, and his friends. Rena was a girl who had blond-green hair and matching green eyes the color of emerald. She often wore a green dress with white and black frills. She also wore matching black boots and detached green sleeves. Elsword was a knight who searched for fame and power. He had red hair and crimson eyes, and it is no surprise that he was hot headed as well. Elsword carried his sword everywhere he went, but could also use magical runes. He is known as the black knight of Ruben, because he wore a short black top with no sleeves, black gloves, and red, black and white baggy pants. He sometimes took walks in the forest in search of greater foes and the powerful stone called the "El". Rena loved nature and trees, and thought of plants as her friends. Rena enjoyed walking through the forests in the afternoon. The forest is where they happened to meet one fateful day, and their lives and perspective would be forever changed.
Rena's POV
Rena leaped nimbly from tree to tree patrolling the border of Elven territory. She made sure that she was not seen and that there were no monsters around and slid down a tree. She strode to the edge of a cliff that lay before her. The sight that she was greeted with was splendid and she could see all the way to Feita! She slowly gazed across the verdant landscape, and her sharp eyes immediately caught the red headed boy walking through the woods. She tilted her head curiously then set out to see what a human was doing in the forest, instead of in the town, where most people stayed. Rena neared the boy and dropped out of the trees next to the boy. "Who are you and why do you enter Elven territory? Do you have permission from the Elder?" Rena demanded. The boy looked surprised to see her. He narrowed his eyes. "Have you not heard of me?" Elsword said, not answering the questions " I'm the famous knight Elsword. I can go wherever I want and no one can stop me. You can't stop me, lady. Besides, I come here all the time and no one has stopped me before." Rena sighed mentally. This kid was obviously very prideful and stubborn. It would be tough to get him to leave.
Elsword's POV
As soon as I stepped into the forest, this weird lady with pointy ears just comes and asks me why I'm here! She must not be very smart, because who hasn't heard of me, the amazing savior of Ruben? This girl doesn't look much older than me either, she can't tell me where I can or cannot go. Oh I know! This lady is probably one of those elves that live deep in the forest. I hear they all keep to themselves, but I thought I would see one since they aren't seen often, especially around Ruben. That made sense that she did not know who he was. Elsword opened his mouth to tell her who he was and that she should let him in the forest, but the ground suddenly started to rumble, and it was all Elsword could do to keep from falling. The two heard heavy footsteps behind them and turned to see a large bear-like creature approach them. It had a long snout and a long purple horn jutting from its head. Its fur was cream colored, except in some places where light indigo colored plates grew. The giant creature let out a roar and swiped its long clawed paw at the knight and the elf. Elsword was about to swing his sword at the paw so that the Giant Phoru would impale itself, but Rena grabbed the back of his shirt and leaped away. Once they were a safe distance from the Phoru, Rena dropped Elsword, as she realized he was choking. "S-sorry" Rena apologized.
"What was that! I could have defeated that walking piece of meat if you hadn't pulled me away! Are you stupid or something?" Elsword yelled at the poor elf, who had put her hands up in front of her as if to keep Elsword away from her.
"That was the Giant Phoru. They are normally peaceful, but something must have agitated it. They are extremely rare, so you can't just go around cutting them up. I will have to subdue it so wait here so you don't get hurt."
"Wait! I'm not a kid! Its not like that giant rat bear would care if I killed it."
Rena's eyebrow twitched, but she continued toward the phoru. The phoru tried to attack her, but she quickly double jumped into the air and placed her hand on the Giant Phoru's forehead, right below its horn. A green ring of energy spread out from her palm and spread out, filling the area around her with a calm and steady green light. The phoru slumped down and its head drooped onto its furry chest. Rena landed lightly on the grass and walked back to where Elsword had been standing, mouth open in an "o" of indignation. "I still think I coulda taken him." Elsword said. Rena remembered what he had said about the phoru not being important and her calm expression became angry. Her being an elf, she loved nature and wouldn't let anyone insult any plant or animal in her presence. She kicked the redhead in the shin and he reeled back in surprise. "All living things have value! If you killed the phoru, the balance in the forest would be disrupted. Those phoru are said to guard the El stone, so if you killed it, the El stone would become unbalanced and probably explode, destroying this forest as well as Ruben. It is also unjust to kill a living being in the first place. You should think of consequences before you do anything." Rena admonished the shorter boy. Elsword, having heard lectures similar to this before partially ignored it and walked away, out of the forest. Rena yelled after him, "Hey were you even listening?" His only response was an almost unnoticeable nod as he left. "Geez, that kid..." muttered Rena. Unknown to her, he was thinking something very similar.
Elsword's POV
Elsword stood behind a red haired girl. The sunset illuminated her long crimson hair so similar to his. When the girl spoke, her voice was barely audible. "Thank you, and goodbye. When you are strong enough to follow my path I'll see you again. Definitely." Elsword's eyes widened and the red haired girl hopped off the cliff which they were standing on. As she fell her hair blew out behind her. Elsword watched her, stunned until she disappeared. He woke screaming her name. When he realized it was just a dream, he calmed and found that there were wet droplets on his face. Elsword reached his fingers up to touch the droplets. "Tears...how long has it been since I last cried? I have to get stronger and stronger, so I can find her again. Elesis, where are you? I promise...I promise I'll see you again someday."
?'s POV
A purple-haired mage with twin tails and a schoolgirl-like uniform walked cheerily through the streets of Elder. She was on her way to Ruben to look for a tool to return her lost magic power that had mysteriously disappeared. She hummed to herself and a store advertising magic rings caught her eye. She opened the door and heard the tinkling of bells above the door announcing her arrival. The store owner looked up from her book and asked her "Hello Aisha. How may I help you? Are you looking for any specific magic rings?" "Do you have any extremely powerful magic rings that could return someone's lost magic power?" The short magician responded to Echo, the shopkeeper. Echo thought for a moment and she walked behind some racks filled with magical rings. She beckoned for Aisha to follow her. The girl obligingly strode quickly to catch up to the shopkeeper. "I have a ring that can return part of a user's magic power, but not all of it. Its very rare though, and will be expensive."
"Great, how much is it?"
"Five million ED"
The purplenette looked astonished at this price, but fished in her bag until she found her wallet. She counted out 5 million ED and paid Echo for the ring. Aisha would do anything if even a small part of her magic was returned to her. She had researched about her ailment and found that something like this was the only way to return her powers. She picked up the small onyx colored ring and left the shop. Aisha walked to the back of the shop and put the ring on. Immediately, blue and red lights spread out from the ring and enveloped Aisha. The colors blended together to form a purple sphere around Aisha. The color of the magic was not too different from the magician's hair. She could feel magic power flowing into her from the ring. Her body tingled with the renewed magic. Aisha summoned some flames in the palm of her hand to see how much magic power was returned to her. She held out her palm and a sphere of golden and red flames burst up. The light shone on her grinning face and then it shrunk as she closed her fingers over it. Aisha leaned against the wall of the store and rested a bit so her strength would return, as she hadn't used magic in a long time and she was somewhat exhausted. Soon she would set out for Ruben and she was excited to find a way to get all her magic power back.
?'s POV
Somewhere in Altera, a NASOD queen sits in her castle and sips her tea. The moonlight streaming from the window illuminates her pale skin and silver hair that is tied into buns on either side of her head. Two NASOD servants step into the room and bow to her. "Queen Eve. We have found someone who tried to assassinate you. He appears to have a NASOD arm, but otherwise he is human." "Tie him up and bring him to me so I may speak with him and decide his punishment for attempting to kill royalty" Eve takes a short sip of her tea. "Yes Queen Eve" The servants leave and come back dragging a thrashing man who is tied up and gagged. He was short black hair, golden eyes, and tan skin that is covered with scars. The man wears black pants and boots as well as a white coat which shows his NASOD arm. Even in the room illuminated only by moonlight, Eve can see the light glinting off the cruel metal of the claw. She stands and pulls the gag off the man. "Speak. Who are you and why do you dare to attack the queen of Altera?" Eve commands coldly. The man shoots a rage filled glare at her but Eve is not fazed. "I will ask you again, commoner. Who are you and why do you dare attack me? Answer or you will face a fate worse than death." "My name is Raven and I'm the former leader of the Crow Mercenaries. I was kidnapped by NASODS and had my arm replaced with this...this lump of metal. I came for revenge. When my arm was replaced I was near death. You should have left me to die instead of facing the pain of all my lost comrades murdered by the people of Altera and Velder." The man reluctantly stated. After hearing Raven's sad story, Eve understood how devastated he must be. "I'm sorry. Even though I rule Altera as its queen, I do not have the power to control all the people that inhabit Altera. I will try to find the people that killed your friends, but I may not be able to find them. I apologize once again for the pain my people have caused you. Oberon, Ophelia, you may let him free but restrain him if he tries to kill me again." Eve's servants let Raven free and he stared in surprise and the NASOD queen. "Why are you letting me free? I tried to kill you." "It is not your own fault that caused you to try to kill me, and you did it for your friends, even though the way you went about revenge was not very smart. I commend your bravery, and someone like you should not be wasting away in a dungeon." Raven hurriedly bowed to the queen and was about to leave until his NASOD arm malfunctioned, sending a bolt of pain into his shoulder, where it was attached. Eve saw this and was concerned. "Oberon, Ophelia, fix his arm so that he leaves in comfort. He is to be treated like a guest until he leaves. Also bring me some more tea, it has gone bitter." Oberon sweatdropped and Ophelia went to make tea. "Your Highness...Don't you think you've had enough tea for today? You drank 13 cups already. If I didn't know you I would think you drank tea all day." "Be quiet Oberon. Just take Raven to get his arm fixed." "Y-yes your majesty." Oberon took Raven to a room full of welding tools to fix his arm. He told him to lay his arm on the table and set to work. As Oberon fixed his arm, Raven tried to suppress the pain in his shoulder. The nerves in his arm hurt like crazy, but he gritted his teeth and managed to keep a straight face. When Oberon had fixed the NASOD arm, Raven tested it out and it worked much smoother without any pain. "Perfect, thanks." He told Oberon. Then he walked out of the castle, managing to somehow not get lost.
?'s POV
Lacher swam and swam. The water was freezing and he wore heavy white armor, his Frieturnier. On his back he had tied his cannon, Destroyer. He was swimming away from his country, away from a father who had been corrupted, a kingdom lost to darkness, and people that would never bow to him. His kingdom may be gone, yet he remains. The prince of Hamel, he scoffed, I can't be the prince of a country that has been burned and overrun by demons, can I? Lacher just wanted to leave it all behind, getting away was the only thing that drove him to swim away, across the wide ocean. He was exhausted and had been swimming for hours already. If I keep swimming, he told himself, I'll be able to find a new life. One without death and mistrust. Suddenly, he felt his fingers hit sand. Lacher slowly pulled himself to the shore which he had longed for. He lay underneath the night sky, filled with stars and a brightly shining moon, and gasped for air. "I must look really pathetic, huh." He muttered to himself. "No one would ever believe I had once been the mighty prince of Hamel." Lacher smiled wryly. He closed his eyes and lay on the sand. He had already picked a new name for his new life. For some reason though, he could still see his father possessed by a demon burning down the grand city of Hamel. He saw it as clearly as if the scene were branded into his eyelids. This is for the best, he thought. A new name, a new life, I should just forget what happened. I am no longer Lacher, prince of Hamel, I am Chung, survivor of Hamel. With these thoughts in his head, his breathing calmed and he drifted to sleep.
?'s POV
A dark-haired girl jolts awake. Footsteps resound outside of the room where she lay in bed, and her door slowly creeps open. "Aren?" The girl asks. What she sees first is not her brother Aren, but a long sharp blade that is stained with some dark liquid. It is to dark to tell what color it is, but the girl realizes what it is. Blood. Her gaze travels up the sword and her eyes meet blood red ones. The person that stands before her resembles her brother, but has horns, black skin, and unnatural white hair. "A little girl crying out for her big brother? How cute. Too bad you wont live for long to realize what has happened. Remember this though, my name is not Aren, I am the mighty demon lord Ran!" The man laughs sadistically. The girl's eyes widen and she reaches for her long spear, which is next to her bed. She quickly swings it at Ran, but he blocks with his scimitar. "Oh? You think you can stand a chance against me? Bad choice." A shadow doppelganger appears behind Ara and it knocks her spear out of her grasp. Ara falls to her knees and crawls away from Ran, searching for something, anything, that she could use as a weapon. The tips of her fingers brush across the ground and she grabs a cold, thin piece of metal which happens to be on the ground. Ara grips it tightly in her hands and silently wishes for it to be useful in fighting Ran. She brings her hand in front of her and realizes what she has grabbed is a long pin with a white fox wrapped around one end. Suddenly, a white light explodes in front of her eyes. A calm voice says to her "I can help you defeat this 'Ran'. Just sit back and let me do the work." Ara is confused, but soon goes unconscious.
And that's that! I hope I did this right... Please review with tips or ideas or comments or something of the sort! Anything!