It was a nice and quite morning in the Clover Kingdom as the somewhat peaceful Asta slept in his bed. However, the morning cut into this precious slumber of his as light pooled in onto his face. He strained his eyes, trying to adjust them from darkness to now bright light.
He sat up reluctantly looking around him with slightly opened eyes. His vision was blurry, but Asta rubbed his eyes and bolted out of his bed in preparation for another day.
Asta is a 16 year old teen who is hyperactive, cheerful, and helping. He's short in size, however he has a big dream of becoming the future Wizard King (big ambition to make up for his small size). His hair is ash-blond and messy, which is also short. He has a black headband around his head with a Black Bull logo on the front and a large red "X" on the back of it. He also carries around the unique 5-leaf clover grimoire (I won't go into detail about that).
Side note: Asta has NO MAGICAL POWER as of the time this story is created (it could change). Its all in the grimiore.
"Ahh. Another Wizard King dream..." Asta said to himself as he put his clothes on. "Ohhh Sister Lily! I'll be back for you AND the church once I become the WIZARD KING! Asta practically shouts.
"Oh will you shut up already!" complains a man standing in the doorway. His name is Magna Swing, second in command of the Black Bulls. He's an aggressive fella, but has a soft spot for commonfolk like him seeing as how he is one himself. He's someone with a fire-based prowess, revolving around the concept of baseball from his weapon to how he throw fireballs.
"How many times are you going to give me a heartattack before I ACTUALLY DIE!?" Magna raged, a pissed off look on his face.
"Sorry... Just a bad habit!" Asta responed with an awkward smile on his face trying to lighten up his mood. It worked though as he loosened up.
"Alright kid, just get ready. Boss has a mission for you today." Magna informed him as he departed with a wave.
Asta was about to leave until he remembered his bird companion. He looked at the window to see an empty makeshift birdnest.
peck* "Oww!" A sharp pain ran through Asta's head. He looked up to see the bird had already made itself comfortable on top of his head.
"Glad to see someone's awake.." Asta groaned as he hurriedly ran down the stairs to the front door. His feet got the best of him unfortunately as he tumbled down the steps and coming to a complete halt at the front door, where everyone else was.
Asta picked himself up, wincing in pain.
The Black Bull captain, Yami Sukehiro, exhaled a heavy sigh as he looked at the vigorous boy with intense eyes.
"Alright, now that everyone's here. We can head out. This'll be our first mission as a group. We've gotten a report that some wierd things have been heard from the woods of Hage." Asta practically jumped out of his skin at the location of his mission. His eyes were as wide as they could possibly be and he was getting pumped.
"I get to see Sister Lily and the church again AND I get to show them how cool I am, so I can win over Sister Lily's heart!" Asta thought to himself.
YamI took an instant notice of Asta's reaction. "I know your from Hage, so I'll give you permission to visit your family. Only for a hour and then we've got to get back to the mission." He said coldly, feeling like he would regret his decision later.
"YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!" Asta uproared, like he was going Super Saiyan (wink wink).
"Shut the hell up and get movin' alreday if you're so excited!" The captain roared at the boy, causing him run out of the building at incredible speed.
"That goes for the rest of you as well." He hissed at the team and they followed suite.
--Meanwhile...
Getting the same notice, Asta's rival and childhood friend Yuno, is already on his way to the same sight seeing as how he grew up there too. Yuno is also 16 and who dreams of being the future Wizard King. In contrast to Asta, Yuno is the tall, calm and collected one, but is devastating on the field. He has wind-based power and his magical prowess is a cut above the rest, which is why he carries the 4-leaf clover grimiore. He also carries a royal blue ovalish jewel around his neck. There's a grey picture of a cross in the center of the jewel. It was given to him when he was a baby and it stands as the only reminder he has of his parents.
Yuno is accompanied by no one, the captain let him slip by with this mission on his own. The wind rustles up his hair as he flies on his magical broomstick like a skateboard. Yuno squits his eyes to see Hage village not too far away now. He smiles slightly and boosts the speed of his broomstick.
--After some amount of time...
The Black Bulls have landed in Hage village. Asta bursts for the church, leaving everyone else tasting dust. The thought of his team left his mind and the only thing that filled was thoughts of reuniting with his family once again.
"So this is how he treats "royalty", let alone his friend." Noelle Silva mutters under her breathe.
Noelle Silva is a 15 year old teen who just so happened to join the Black Bulls at the same time as Asta did. She has silver-colored hair in pigtails, bangs hanging over her forhead, and pink eyes. Being "royalty" she is quite self-conceited and cares for her appearence towards others. Also being royalty, she was outcasted by her royal family because she was the only one of them who couldn't control her magical prowess, which consists of water-based moves. She carries a 3-leaf clover grimiore.
The Black Bulls hastily follow him, not for food and water inside of the church, but for revenge.
"I can't believe I'm actually here again! My home!" Asta bursts out. He's interrupted by the sound of dishes moving and laughter.
"Must be another party...but I don't remeber there being a party around a time like this." Asta wonders as he welcomes himself in to see...
"YUNO!?!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" Asta shouts in shock, pointing at his rival. "When did you get here?"
"Not too long ago." Yuno replies. Asta takes him on his word and angrliy plops down next to Yuno. "Now I won't be able to impress Sister Lily, because Yuno will steal the spotlight." Asta slowly turns his head towards Yuno with agitation on his face and grabs a bite to eat.
"Hmm..just as good as I remember them to be. Well done as always, Sister Lily!" Asta exclaims, giving her a thumbs-up. "Oh, it's nothing really." Sister Lily replies back, embarrased from the compliment. "You know, you already have amazing qualities about you so wi-" Asta attempts to say before a watery fist of justice slams him into the wall, leaving a huge dent in the shape of Asta's body.
"Sorry!" Sister Lily says helping up Asta and guiding him back to his seat. "Great to see things haven't changed much." Asta squeaks out as everyone continues their feast.
"So Asta, how is everything." The kiddos say in unison, but Asta doesn't budge from pain.
--One hour later...
"Ya finished with your "family reunion"?" The captain growls at Asta. "You're lucky we're on a mission or else..." He says, causing his fierce purple aura to glow and pounds his fist into his palm. Asta shrinks in fear, getting the message. "Now, let's get this mission over with already." The Black Bulls made their way to the forest surrounding the skeleton of the greatest demon threat known to man. Said demon being slayed by the original Wizard King.
"Alright, let's split up into groups of two. Find the source and holler to everyone else." Yami informs them and they naturally split up, leaving Noelle and Asta to their own group. "Well this anomaly won't find itself! Let's do this, Noelle!" Asta tells Noelle running into the forest.
"Hey wait! Slow down!" Noelle yells to the steadfast Asta. After finally catching up to Asta, she gasped as she laid eyes on what Asta had been staring at. A pitch-black portal with a dark purple lining stood before them.
"What the h-" Noelle said before she heard a rustling in the woods to see Yuno break through.
"Yuno, what're doing herehere? " Asta asked him, confused. "I got a mission from my captain to go check out the Hage forest because there were reports of something weird going on here. I suppose you're here for the same reason?"
"Yeah, sounds about right." Asta replied with a smile on his face.
Between their frendly conversation, the portal starts to react. Small patches of rock and dirt begin gravitating towards the portal and being sucked into it. Second by second, moee and more debree was being sucked into tye portal and even the ground it hovered over was being pulled up. Asta, Yuno, and Noelle all focused their attention towards the portal now. They prepared for the worst with grimoires at the ready and Asta with his sword pulled.
Asta with the brightest of ideas "Hey, why don't I try cutting the portal? Its magic, so it should cancel the portal, right?" Asta charged at the portal, sword at the ready. When he was close enough he cut the portal, but it had no effect on it. The only thing that happened is that now Asta was being sucked into the portal.
"Yuno! Noelle!" Asta pleaded as he held his hand out, wanting them to pull him out. Yuno and Noelle rushed over and pulled with all of their might. To make matters worse now, they were being sucked into the portal too.
"I can't use my magic!" Noelle cried out.
"Me neither." Yuno said, trying and failing to use his magic.
The three soon fell victim to the portal and the portal closed up without leaving a trace.