Revised! (Edit 1)
Trials of a Pure
Chapter 1: Things Heat Up
In the shadows of what appeared to be a sewer, four candles were set up in a square. A man sat almost unseen in the center of the square meditating with a large, light gray-colored sword in front of him. Another man dressed in dark black robes and a black pointed hat sat on an anvil a short distance behind the first. HIs staff was giving off a glow that only revealed the blue pendent he wore around his neck. next to him was a pile of dark gray armor and a sword just as large as the lighter-colored one. The moans of the undead could be heard not far from where the two sat. Suddenly, the candles gave off a glow that briefly revealed the meditating man's face. He appeared to be muttering a silent incantation. He tensed and the candles' glow seemed to reach out and melt into the sword in front of him. as the last of the glow transferred to the sword, the candles went out, and the man who was silently muttering stood, grasping the hilt of the sword, turned to face the other man and said in a deep voice, "He'll be there soon, Shorudaretsu. You should be going."
Shorudaretsu stood in turn and packed the sword given to him and every other armament beside him into a large leather bag. "Are you sure he'll be ready for that kind of power, sir? I'm a bit worried," he said in a less than emotional tone as he strapped the bag to his back.
The man, whose face was illuminated only to the nose, grinned and replied, "you worry too much, Shorudaretsu. Don't worry about him. When he's done training with that iron sword, he'll be ready. I only put a minimal amount of my power into it, after all. He'll be fine." As he put away the candles, he added, "and the funds?" Shorudaretsu showed the man a small pouch and opened it to reveal a few thousand pieces of gold, which in spite of the lack of light managed to sparkle as if in the afternoon sun. The man's grin grew as he replied, "good, now go meet him."
Shorudaretsu pulled out a wooden stick with a tip made of chalk and drew a circle around himself. As he sat down in the circle, he said, "don't forget, sir. You're a wanted man for what you did. Be careful of anyone trying to get in."
The circle began to glow upwards from the ground, revealing the other man's amulet in the shape of a Yin-Yang and his blue plated armor. As Shorudaretsu disappeared, he thought to himself, "Sure, I may be wanted for this amulet, but it was worth it. No one can even reach me here anyway, thanks to my undead minions. Soon, with this new outside help, I'll be able to roam the world freely, as I did before." The amulet turned clockwise once as the light disappeared, taking Shorudaretsu with it. In the almost complete darkness, the other man bent backward and let out a loud sinister laugh that echoed through the sewer as far as it could until it was drowned out by the moans in the distance.
Shortly afterward, in a crowded castle courtyard, a younger man with snow white hair emerged from a portal above him. His the armor on his wrists and shoulders reflected the noon sun's brilliance. His half-and-half black and grey shirt had a neat triangle cut out at the bottom in the front. His blue pants hung down over his ankles until his flat feet emerged from them. He looked around and climbed a short hill. Once at the top, he leaned against the cold stone wall of the castle, listened to the loud chatter below him of others asking for handouts from more experienced warriors, and thought, "OK, I finally graduated the Island Academy. Now what? They said there would be a man waiting for me when I got here." He looked around, not knowing what he was looking for, looked down at the grass between his legs and continued, "but that's all they said. A description would've been nice. And why do I have this ridiculous name? 852145632589... Do they think of me as little more than an item at the market? Nevertheless, it pales in comparison to what they promised me if I only trained my sword in accuracy and power." He looked up in the air, raised a clenched fist beside his chest, and muttered loudly to himself, "I will succeed!"
I hope you liked my first attempt at a story. I promise to get better as I go. None of these characters exist and/or are active in RuneScape to my knowledge. Shorudaretsu might exist somewhere, send me an e-mail if he turns out to be yours.
If anyone would like their character to be in this story, I currently have positions open. I need someone to be 852145632589's earliest friend and some other henchmen for the unknown criminal.
In closing, for those who are wondering, Shorudaretsu is literally "cold shoulder" translated into Japanese.