Chapter One: A Normal Day
I've been meaning to get started on this for a very long time. I kinda regret waiting so long, because so much stuff has happened in both my personal life and in the Adventure Time universe. I may never finish this, but for now I'll just wait to see if anyone likes it. Funny, it feels like I'm talking to my friends. Anyways, I've been a member of Fanfiction for nearly two years now, so I figured it's about time I get started on this. One last thing. The story will be told from a third person point of view of an OC of my own creation. Sorry that I've been droning on so long, it just feels nice to actually type this all down. Anyways, this is the first chapter of Guardian of the Flames.
It was a normal day in the Fire Kingdom. The guards were doing their routine patrols, and the fire wolves were running around the kingdom like always. Flame Princess was idly sitting in her lantern, and her father was sitting proudly on his throne. However, to an outsider of the Fire Kingdom, there would be one thing that seemed quite unusual.
One of the guards on patrol was not like the others. Well, technically he was just like any of the other guards. But he just happened to not be a fire elemental like the rest. If anyone had to guess, he looked human, but as far as Ooo knew, there was only one human left, but that's a story for later. This particular guard had shaggy brown hair and hazel eyes. He wasn't very tall, standing at only 5' 10". He wore the same armor as the rest of the fire guards, except instead of wielding a staff, he used an ordinary knife for a weapon, which at the moment was nowhere to be seen. Overall, he wasn't anything special. Despite not being a fire elemental like the rest of his fellow guards, this guard acted like any other guard. He did patrols, he broke up an occasional skirmish or two, and he even lived with the elementals. Unlike the other guards, this one lived in the castle. It was nothing to be proud of, just a room barely bigger than a broom closet that happened to be available when he became a guard. But as with many things, that is a story for later.
It was a slow day for this particular guard, as he was patrolling inside the castle. No one is allowed inside the castle without a reason is what his boss, a higher ranking guard, told him. So far it seemed to be true. All he had seen so far had been others guards and a couple of fire wolves. No one gave him any attention, and he hadn't given any to them. It wasn't anything new to him. He eventually finishes his patrol and returns to his superior.
The higher ranking guard looks over at his fellow guard and asks for a summary of his patrol. "Just the usual sir. Nothing unusual," said the lower ranking guard. The superior guard nods. "Good. You can take the rest of the day off now, just make sure to report in again tomorrow."
This was the daily routine for this guard. Occasionally he would be put in charge of guarding the throne room if no one else was available. Whenever he got to, he would chat with the princess of the kingdom. They would talk to each other as if they were friends. The guard would try to tell young girl about the world outside of her lantern, but he himself never left the Fire Kingdom. He tried to hide it, but to an outsider of this routine, this casual chat would seem to be highly unusual. What reason would the princess have to be so friendly with one of her subjects? After all she was supposed to be evil. Today, though, the guard decided to go talk to the princess again, despite it not being part of his daily routine.
Sorry, but that's all for now. Unless I'm mistaken, this is the part where I thank people. Well, here goes: thanks to D.E. Drabbles, William Elric, The Omniversal Champion, Gary of Ebonheart, and Austin-and-Allen. Sorry if I'm forgetting anyone, and I'm sorry that this chapter is so short and vague, this is kinda my first fic. While I'm apologizing, sorry for taking so long to write this. You know who you are. Because I'm sorry. Anyways, I might not make more chapters, or I might make more, it all depends on how things go. Thanks for reading, let me know what you think if you liked it.